Floral Thinking of You

 This is a card style I have made before but this one was made for the 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash. 

The parameters were as follows: Type of Card: surprise inside, Colour: crafter's choice, Embellishment: die cut/punch, Technique: stencilling and Occasion: friendship or thinking of you. 

I chose a turquoise and green colour scheme. 

The floral images were stamped, coloured and die cut. I stencilled the front panel of the card and cut the frame opening from all three layers. The actual frame was adhered on both sides of the opening. I lightly inked the background of the white panel and adhered the largest floral image to that. Inside the card, there are two smaller floral images and a spot to write a message. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Napkin Card - Leftover Pieces

 I recently posted a pile of photos of napkin cards that I made into sets. These cards were made using the leftover pieces.

The first pair of cards was made from one napkin front that was cut into two sections. I adhered the panels to green mats and then to white embossed backgrounds. I added three strips of cardstock under the images and chose hot foiled sentiments to go across the bottom. Silver gems were placed around the cards. 

The second card had the centre die cut from the image and matted on the same green cardstock as the base. The pattern was kept intact and I added a hot foiled sentiment with blue metallic thread. Again, silver gems were placed around the card. 

The napkin piece for the last card was simply cut diagonally and added to a green mat. A black glitter sentiment on vellum was added at the bottom and those same silver gems made another appearance. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 688 - Arch Shaker Card

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 688!

The sketch is shown below. 

I created an arch shaker card for this challenge. The gold outline looks more like yellow in the photos but it is gold foil. I embossed the black background and stamped a grey pattern on the back of the shaker. Pink and silver sequins and tiny stars were placed inside. The flowers were die cut, assembled and added to the side of the arch and I placed a hot foiled sentiment across the shaker.

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

Purple Roses Friendship Fun Fold Card

 This card was made for the 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash. 

The parameters were as follows: Type of Card: fun fold, Colour(s): purple, Embellishment: shiny, Technique: stencilling and Occasion: crafter's choice. 

I did not finish this within 30 minutes... took me closer to an hour because of the stamping. 

I chose a rose stamp set with multiple layering stamps and stamped and die cut all the flowers and leaves. I used a dark purple card base with grey and black patterned papers. The stencilling was done on the front frame panel and I added shiny silver gems to the front. There is a spot to write a message inside the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Grey Skies Elephants

 This card was inspired by one on the Sunny Studio website as they are the creators of these adorable elephants! 

I stencilled a grey sky and stamped the sentiment. The grass was die cut and added to the bottom. I placed the elephants and umbrellas and then stamped the hearts around the images. The card front was adhered to polka dot paper and then a white card base. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 359 - You're Just Plane Awesome

Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 359! 

The theme for this challenge is critters.

I love these paper airplane flying mice! I stamped several images, coloured and die cut them. The background was stencilled in a rainbow colour scheme and adhered to a black card base. The mice and paper airplanes were added with foam tape and I stamped a few trails and some small sentiments as well. The large sentiment was stamped and added at the bottom of the card. 

Come and join us at Cut It Up and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until Monday, July 6 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Happy Anniversary

 This card was requested for a second anniversary. 

I chose a subtle colour scheme of blues and greens. There are SO many layers on this card - at least 14 that I see initially. 

The main white piece was embossed with a heart and line folder and I also stencilled the front panel very lightly with dark green ink. That same ink was used to stamp the sentiment (looks like black). I added some die cut stems and flowers and used blue glitter gems to embellish the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CAS Birthday Card

 I found a card like this on Pinterest and wanted to try it myself. 

I masked the card front and stencilled a floral image in fairly light colours. The text was stamped on top and the masking paper was removed. I die cut flowers and leaves and arranged them along the side and added a silver foiled sentiment at the bottom. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Happy Birthday Expanding Panel Card

 This card was made from a tutorial on Lisa Curcio's site. It is very easy but there are so many possibilities! 

I stamped, stencilled and die cut a large flower image for the front. The white panel was lightly inked around the edges and I stamped the sentiment on the top right and added the image. Inside the card, the middle panel was random stamped and there is a place to write a message on the back panel. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Rainbow Card Set

 I created a single card like this a while ago and decided to make 16 of them to separate into two sets of 8 cards each. They are perfect to give away as the sentiment can be used for almost anything. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson