A fun card making blog
I saw a card like this on Pinterest and wanted to create it myself.
The bottom of the card front was lightly inked with blue ink and a heart stencil. I stamped several squares with a text stamp and then die cut hearts from each piece. They were arranged above the stencilled section and I added a piece of twine across the images. A small sentiment was stamped on a tag and tied to the twine. Some iridescent gems were added around the card.
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 688!
The sketch is shown below.
I stencilled a flourish with purple AstroPaste and let that dry. The plumeria image was stamped, stencilled and die cut and I also embossed a silver outline on vellum. The vellum piece was offset under the coloured image and adhered at the side. A sentiment was stamped at the bottom. I dragged my ink pad around the edge of the card base so it would match the dark purple in the flowers. Some silver gems were added around the flowers.
Come and join us at TSOT and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have two weeks to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Heart'sQuest Celebrations of Love and our February challenge!
This is always a celebration of love challenge - birthday, wedding, anniversary, engagement or sympathy. The optional theme for this month is Valentine's Day.
I chose to make a birthday card.
I stencilled the clouds first and then stamped the trees and stencilled the leaves. The mice and birds were stamped, coloured and die cut and I also stamped a sentiment. The images were arranged on the grassy base and I stamped a smaller sentiment and some music notes near the images. The sentiment was placed at the top and I brushed parts of the birds, hats and jackets with a clear shimmer brush. The card front was adhered to a kraft border and then a white card base.
Come and join us at HQCOL and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have until the end of the month to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 209!
The small graphic is below - please visit the Double Trouble Challenge blog for detailed information.
I wouldn't usually consider a coloured card to be clean and simple, BUT Thing 3 wants a colourful background... I chose a purple and mint colour scheme and die cut ribbon strands from light purple cardstock, Those were adhered to the mint piece and I added the dark purple circle flourish on top. I glued in the light purple centre pieces and added a stamped sentiment across the middle. No embellishments - just clean and simple.
Come and join us at Double Trouble and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have two weeks to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Heart'sQuest for Shaped Cards and Tags and our February challenge!
This challenge is always about tags or shaped cards.
I used a set of dies from The Stamps of Life to create this thankful card.
The dies honestly do all the work for this - I just chose the papers. Since the sentiment is all about thankfulness, I decided to add some hearts along the sides. I didn't have a lot of choice of colours as the papers were blue, cinnamon and peach so I stayed with those colours. I added a smaller heart to the centre of the larger ones and I placed a gold gem in the centre of the smallest hearts. There is a panel inside the card to write a message.
Come and join us at HQFSCAT and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have until the end of the month to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Dragonfly Dreams and our February challenge!
The theme for this challenge is shaped cards or fun fold cards.
I love fun folds - they are my favourite kind of cards to make. This is a style I have made a few times but it creates so much of an impact when it is opened.
I chose a black, white and turquoise colour scheme. The papers were layered and the base of the card was assembled. I die cut two large flowers and a bunch of greenery from white cardstock and inked the pieces. They were splattered with water and assembled. I placed the flowers in the opposite corners with appropriate greenery. The sentiment was originally silver glitter paper on vellum but it didn't show up very well so I cut another piece from turquoise cardstock and offset it on top of the glitter word. The cards fold flat to 6x6 for mailing and there is a place on the back to write a message.
Come and join us at Dragonfly Dreams and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have until February 27 to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Pearly Sparkles and our February challenge!
The theme this month is hearts.
I used a vine die but I altered it to accommodate all the hearts. This is a picture of the die cut in its original form.
I cut off the edges of all the small images. The word "you" was die cut (I also cut the shadow but didn't use that). I was down to my last piece of dark green cardstock so I cut everything from the centre of that piece. That piece was used for the border of my card - shown below.
I added the hearts to the vine. The backgound was lightly inked with Tattered Rose Distress Oxide ink and I added water to some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink to splatter the card. The vine image was placed on the left side and I stamped the bottom of the sentiment before adding the word "you" on top. A few scattered hearts were placed around the sentiment and I used a clear shimmer brush to add some sparkle to the hearts.
Come and join us at Pearly Sparkles and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have until February 28 to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
This card is from the 30 Minute Card Making Stash Dash.
The parameters for this challenge were as follows: Type of Card: A2 Portrait, Colour: orange, Embellishment: shiny, Technique: fussy cutting and Occasion: just because or get well soon.
I lightly ink blended a background using shades of yellow, orange and red. The image was stamped across the card with black ink and I stamped the sentiment on one side. I fussy cut a piece of gold foil cardstock to cover the bottom of the stems and placed the card front on a gold foil mat and then a black card base. I finished in about 18 minutes - probably a record for me!
After I had time to look at the card, I decided to colour the flowers and leaves as well.
Which is your favourite?
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 689!
The graphic is below.
This colour scheme was a struggle for me... I finally decided to use all the colours as well as white and gold.
I cut a strip of each of the colours and taped them together on the back. That was embossed with a leaf pattern. I split up the pieces and adhered them to a white card base, leaving a small space between each piece but continuing the embossed pattern across the card. The sentiment was die cut from gold cardstock and placed at the bottom along with some gold glitter gems.
Come and join us at Colour Dare and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have two weeks to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
Although Christmas is over, it is definitely winter here! Snowmen are great for any winter card.
This card was inspired by one made by Mindy Eggen. I sprayed the white background with solar spray and when it was dry, I embossed it with a cascading circle pattern. The snowmen were stamped, coloured and die cut. I also stamped several snowflakes and the sentiment and die cut those pieces. Everything was arranged on the white background and that was adhered to the blue base with foam tape. I use clear Stickles to add extra shimmer to the centres of the snowflakes and various embossed circles.
Enjoy,
Alyson
