A fun card making blog
I'm sure I have made this card style before but I love it and needed a gift card holder!
I chose a turquoise colour scheme with three patterned papers in that colour. The front image was stamped and stencilled. The card folds down flat for mailing and there is a place to insert a gift card inside, along with a place to write a message.
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 693!
The chart is shown below.
I used the closest colours I had to ink blend my floral piece although the green in the chart looks more blue on my card. That was set on a stitched rectangle and then a lace die cut. I added foam tape to the back of the rectangle piece and adhered that entire section onto a stitched card front. A few gems were placed around the image and a sentiment was added in the corner.
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
I love the postage collage collection from Waffle Flower and I own several of the products from that set.
I die cut the outline and ink blended each section with shades of orange and yellow. Using a lot of masking paper and a masking stencil, I embossed each of the images in the sections. The sentiment was embossed on black cardstock and adhered to the front. The postage panel was adhered to a black mat and then a white card base.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I had an idea in mind for this card for a while...
It's funny how things don't always work out as planned - this was one of those situations.
The background was hot foiled with rainbow foil. I die cut all the tulip and leaf pieces, inked them and assembled the flowers. They were arranged around the edge of the card and I used Press 'n Seal to pick up all the pieces. They were adhered to the background and I added the stitched frame on top. After the flowers were in place, I thought I would lightly splatter the flowers with black paint - but I had to mask off the frame. In hindsight, I wish I had skipped the splatter - I think it makes the card look rather messy. The sentiment was added in the centre with foam tape.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I saw a card like this on Pinterest and wanted to try it myself.
I chose dark Kraft cardstock and the oval was die cut from a card front. I stamped the images along the sides and I also stamped a sentiment on a separate piece. The butterfly was coloured and die cut. The card front was adhered to the Kraft base with a piece of patterned paper under the opening. The sentiment was placed across the bottom with foam tape and I added some gold thread and the butterfly.
I like this so much that I have prepared all the pieces in different colour schemes to create 16 more cards at an upcoming crop!
Enjoy,
Alyson
The sketch is shown below.
I decided to create a shaker which was embedded into the card front. The shaker has an ombre background panel but that's hard to see with all the shaker filler. I embossed the background and added a floral stem along the left side (in place of the tag). A hot foiled sentiment was added near the bottom of the shaker and I used clear Stickles on the centres of the flowers.
Come and join us at Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have until Sunday evening to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
This is the last card I made using the die set Lucas, the Giraffe.
I ink blended a background with oxides and splattered it with white paint. That was die cut with a deckled edge die and I also die cut a black mat. The giraffe was assembled and added to the front. A few butterflies were placed around Lucas with trails drawn behind them.
I expect to revisit this die set in the near future - I think Lucas is just so sweet!
Enjoy,
Alyson
This is the second card made with the Lucas the Giraffe die set.
I die cut and assembled the giraffe and I stencilled a background with clouds and grass. The fence was stamped, coloured and die cut and I joined two of them together to add some height. Lucas was placed behind the fence with his hooves sitting on top. I added a sun in the corner and a sentiment on the left side.
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 350!
The theme for this challenge is "by the river" so anything ocean, sea or lake related works.
I love this lighthouse die and I also have the coordinating stencil set. I used the stencils to create the background and then die cut all the pieces to form the lighthouse and the rocks. The lighthouse has a tiny light behind it and there is a spot to press on the card front to make the light work. I stamped a sentiment on the front and aded a couple of birds in the sky.
Come and join us at Cut It Up and show us how you interpret this challenge.
You have until Monday, March 2 to link up your project.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Enjoy,
Alyson
Quite some time ago, I purchased a set of dies to make Lucas, the giraffe. I finally found some time to play with that set!
The giraffe was die cut from brown and black cardstock and assembled. I lightly inked a white piece of cardstock and added a blue frame around it. That was set on a leaf embossed background that was sanded to reveal the white core. The sentiment was placed at the right and I added a few blue gems. Isn't Lucas adorable?
Enjoy,
Alyson
