Successful Adulting and Birthday Cards

 These two cards were created for challenges for an online crop. 

I chose a blue colour theme for the birthday card - the pieces were die cut and arranged on a foiled background. I used a shimmer brush to add shine to some of the flowers. 

The second card also has a foiled background with glitter paper strips and a snarky sentiment.

Enjoy,

Alyson

Pumpkin Thanks

 This card is from the 30 Minute Card Making Stash Dash. 

The parameters were as follows: Card Style: surprise inside, Colour: orange, Embellishment: ribbon/twine, Technique: crafter's choice and Occasion: thank you or just because. 

I chose a pumpkin theme. I don't have the dies for the pumpkin images so they were all stamped, coloured and fussy cut (technique). I lightly inked the edges of a white card panel and adhered an embossed piece inside the gold circle. The pumpkins were arranged in one corner along with some brown twine. 

Inside the card, there is a pop-up feature plus a large sentiment. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Penguin Pop and Twist Card

 This card is one that I taught in my Facebook group... it's a pop and twist card. 

When the card is opened, the four panels twist and pop up. 

I stamped the inside background with a snowflake stamp and embossed the same stamp on each of the panels. The images were stamped, coloured and die cut and I arranged them on the four panels and on the front. A large sentiment was added to the front panel as well. To keep this card as flat as possible, I didn't add any embellishments to it. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Upside Down Arch Card with Angels

 I saw a card sort of like this and very specific dies were used to make it. I wanted to try to recreate something similar without using specific dies. 

I used a nesting arch die set to create the card base and the layers. The images were stamped, coloured and fussy cut. I also die cut a piece of white glitter paper for the base. The cloud image was suspended from the top of the card and I added clear Stickles to the wings of the angels and the cloud with stars. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

LST Non-Traditional Leaf Cards

 This is the second set of cards using the latest Let's Stamp Together kit. 

I love the non-traditional colours of pink and purple with orange. Gold metallic cardstock was used as a shadow for the images on the acetate front card. The shaker card has gold and clear sequins in the shaker. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Black and White Thinking of You

 This card is from the 30 Minute Card Making Stash Dash.

The parameters for this challenge were as follows: Style: A2 Landscape, Colours: black and white, Embellishment: die cut or punch, Technique: tearing and Occasion: thinking of you or holiday. 

I tore two pieces of patterned paper and adhered them at the bottom of the card. The leaves were die cut from black glitter paper and added to the front. A thin strip of black cardstock was placed at the top of the patterned pieces and I stamped a small sentiment at the side. 

I finished in under 20 minutes! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Christmas Floral Spray

This pretty card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. 

The card base was inked in shades of green and I adhered two layers of a stitched border angled across the base. The floral spray was die cut, assembled and added to the top layer and I placed a hot foiled sentiment on the front. I used a white gel pen and some gold Stickles to add details to the images. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Friendship Sunflowers

 This card was CASEd from a design made by Mindy Eggen. 

I masked the background and inked it with teal ink. I stamped a text background on top, embossed it and then removed the masking tape. The sunflowers were die cut, inked and assembled on the front. I added a sentiment at the bottom and some gems on and around the sunflowers. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Happy Holidays Banner Card

 This card was created for a virtual event sketch challenge. 

I cut the banners from various patterned papers and placed them across the card front. The sentiment was stamped, die cut and placed on a larger piece. I added a gold ribbon under the sentiment and placed three poinsettias around the sentiment. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 702 - Christmas Stripes

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 702! 

The sketch is shown below.

I really struggled with this sketch - finally decided on a Christmas theme card. 

I cut strips of red and green alcohol inked paper and thin strips of gold foil. Those pieces were arranged on a piece of printer paper with double sided tape on one side. I die cut the sentiment plus some holiday  greenery and arranged all of that at the top. I added some gold Stickles to the berries and brushed the leaves with a gold shimmer brush. 

Come and join us at Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret this sketch. 

You have until Sunday evening to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson