Interactive Music Thank You Cards

 I always make thank you cards for the director and accompanist of my church choir as they both put in so much time and effort throughout the year. I try to incorporate a music theme but that's not always easy... This year, I bought some specific music dies!

Both cards are the same inside but the outsides have different colours and bases. I die cut all the elements and arranged them on the front. Once all the pieces were assembled, I added clear Stickles to some of the music notes. The backs of both cards are blank so the choir members can write their messages there. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Elephant Hexagons

 This is another card inspired by one on the Sunny Studio blog. 

I die cut six hexagons from a card front and placed coloured cardstock behind the openings. The elephants and balloons were stamped, coloured and die cut and arranged in the sections. The sentiment was embossed in white and I added a few tiny die cut stars. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Sending Smiles Baby Elephants

 How sweet are these baby elephants? This card was inspired by one made for the Sunny Studio blog. 

I ink blended the grass panel and die cut it in parts with an arch grass die. The sky was ink blended, splattered with oxide sprays and white paint and the grass panel was placed on top. I stamped, coloured and die cut the elephants, clouds and balloons and adhered them to the front and a sentiment was stamped in the corner. I used a black marker to draw the strings for the balloons. Everything was added to a stitched mat and then to the card base. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Winter Wishes Card

 This card was made for the Sketchy Saturday challenge. 

I stayed true to the sketch because it worked for my idea. 

The focal image is from a Doodlebug Designs patterned paper and it features winter animals and characters. I designed the card according to the sketch and added a simple sentiment at the left side. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Napkin Cards 2

 This is the second post showing napkin cards - all I added were mats and sentiments. These ones are all created for Christmas. 

Which set is your favourite? 

The photo below shows all the finished napkin cards, ready to give away! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

You Make Me So Very Happy

 This card was created for the Sketchy Saturday challenge. 

I reversed the panels (accidentally). I cut them, taped them together and stencilled those pieces. They were adhered to the card base and I stamped a sentiment on a white circle. That was adhered to a silver circle and I placed flowers and leaves as per the sketch. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Napkin Cards 1

 I recently visited a napkin store and bought several packages of napkins and rice paper. They make such beautiful card fronts. I only had to create mats and bases and add sentiments to make complete sets of cards - fast and easy! 

This is the first post showing a selection of these napkin cards. I made almost 100 cards in total - terrific to give away! 

Which set is your favourite! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Blue Flowers Napkin Card

 I was recently introduced to napkin cards - there are so many beautiful napkin images! 

Once the napkin was adhered, I trimmed that panel and cut half inch wide strips. I raised every second strip with foam tape, working on a piece of printer paper. That panel was adhered to a green mat and a blue card base. I only added a hot foiled sentiment so the image would remain the focal point. 

I have TONS of napkins already on paper - just need time to do something with them! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Just Becows

 The parameters for the latest 30 Minute Card Making Stash Dash were as follows: 

Type of Card: A2 landscape, Colours: any three colours, Embellishment: animal, Technique: splattering and Occasion: just because or no sentiment.

I chose a cow theme for my card. The cows were stamped, coloured and die cut. I splattered the blue cardstock pieces with white paint and layered them on black cardstock. The cows were arranged on the front panel and I stamped and cut the pieces for the punny sentiment. 

My three colours were blue, pink and grey (the minimal shading on the cows).

Enjoy,

Alyson 

Cats in Boxes

 I recently purchased the cutest stamp set with images of cats in boxes. Two friends of mine are huge cat lovers so I made these cards for them. I cased this design from the Gerda Steiner design blog. 

I die cut an oval from masking paper and ink blended a pink background and splattered it with water. The images were stamped, coloured and fussy cut. I stamped a sentiment in black and added the cat image on the left. Some twine was added across the top and the card front was adhered to the base with foam tape. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson