Christmas Wishes Windows

 I recently purchased this set of windows dies from Spellbinders - I have wanted it for some time! 

There are tiny pieces in this set... and so many of them! I chose a blue and silver colour scheme and arranged all the windows and the elements on a paint splattered background. I used white glitter paper for the snow and added a bit of shading to the trees. The sentiment was hot foiled and placed at the bottom. I added some green and clear Stickles to the wreath, the plant and the trees. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Swinging Birthday

 Sketchy Saturday is a challenge I like to do when I have some extra time. This one was fun as I chose a black and white colour scheme. 

The papers are old SU papers and I added a black mat around the largest piece. The image was stamped in black and die cut with a circle, along with a mat piece. A small sentiment was added with foam tape. Easy! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Hope All is Well

 This simple card was based on a sketch - I used 49 and Market papers. 

I followed the sketch for the placement of the panels and die cut a stitched hexagon from vellum. The image is a rub-on that was die cut with a circle and I added a darker circle behind it, along with some silver metallic thread. The sentiment was added at the bottom of the circle. I used three colours of Liquid Pearls to add some dots around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

AH 684 - Beautiful Friend Flowers

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 684!

The sketch is shown below. 

I chose a 3D embossing folder for the background, cut that piece into three even sections and adhered them to a white mat with foam tape. The turquoise circle was die cut and I added a white circle on top. The flowers were stamped, coloured and added in the centre, along with some open vellum pieces. A small bow was placed at the base of the flowers and I added a hot foiled sentiment. The flowers were brushed with a shimmer brush to add some sparkle. 

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

Poinsettia Inlay Card

 Today marks a big change for me. I am so busy that I have decided to leave nine of the eleven design teams that I have been on for quite some time. I am staying on my two favourite teams (Atlantic Hearts and Cut It Up). I am hoping that this change will allow me more time to work on projects without it feeling so much like a job! 

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I am working through an Alphabet Soup Challenge this year - every month has a new letter and a project is to be made using something that begins with that specific letter of the alphabet. 

This is my project for the letter I - inlay technique and ink blending. 

I die cut the poinsettia images from gold and white cardstock x3. The gold outlines were adhered to a piece of white cardstock. I kept the inside pieces together and inked blended them with shades of red. I also traced the lines with a red Copic marker. They were pieced back into the gold outlines. I cut two thin strips of cardstock and placed them under the poinsettias. A hot foiled sentiment was added at the bottom. 

Enjoy,

Alyson 

White Anemone Wedding Card

 A friend asked me to create a wedding card for her grandson's wedding. She wanted something elegant but preferably white. 

I chose some dies from Gina K Designs and die cut the frame and the lattice background. I embossed a card front with a 3D heart folder and placed the frame on top with a gold panel underneath. The flower and leaves were die cut, assembled and added in the corner. I embossed the sentiment and placed it across the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 357 - Friendship is a Special Gift

Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 357!

The theme for this challenge is friendship.

I die cut a detailed background from white cardstock and trimmed off about one third of it. That was adhered to a grey card base. The floral image was stamped, coloured and die cut. It was placed across the bottom of the card and I added some shimmer to the centres of the flowers. The sentiment was stamped, die cut and placed at the top. Clear sparkly flat gems were placed on the die cut background to add some sparkle. 

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

You have until Monday, June 8 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Lemon Column Card

 This is such a fun card and not at all difficult. It's all about the scoring - and it folds flat to 5x7 for mailing. 

I chose some old lemon themed patterned papers. Once the panels were cut and the paper adhered, I stamped the lemons and die cut them. They were added to a piece of acetate on the front panel so they appear to be floating. I added clear Stickles to the dots on the lemon - they look like shiny gems in the photo... The sentiment was placed at the bottom. The column piece was built on a 5x7 card so there is lots of room for a message inside.

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Birthday Gatefold Card

 I love the actual gate on this gatefold card! Those pieces were die cut and attached behind the white cloud piece. I stencilled the clouds and as an afterthought, created a flip card for the inside and lined up the stencil to stencil the clouds again to create a continuous pattern. 

The front was decorated with various vines and flowers. I added white Liquid Pearls to the centres of the flowers. The sentiment and the top flower were adhered only on the left side of the gate so the card opens up to reveal the cloud panel and the hidden flip card. I added vellum to the back of the windows to soften the inside.

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 696 - Doodled Stones

Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 696! 

The sketch is shown below. 

Doodling has never been my thing... I always struggle with it. A friend of mine introduced me to some different methods of doodling and I really liked the "stones" look. It took me several tries to get the results I wanted. I doodled the stones, coloured and shaded them and added some white details on a large piece of white cardstock. The squares were cut from that piece and adhered to white mats. The black background was embossed and I arranged the squares as per the sketch. I also cut two very thin strips of white cardstock to add between the squares. The sentiment was stamped and I used the same markers to blend a background for the mat behind the sentiment. 

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