Christmas Poinsettia

 This card was made for an online sketch challenge. 

The sketch is shown below. 

I chose a Christmas theme and inked a poinsettia and leaves, splattered the pieces with water and assembled it. The background was created using alcohol inked papers and once the poinsettia was in place, I added a hot foiled sentiment with gold thread and some gold gems. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Snarky Cat

 A friend of mine recently gave me some cat stamps - as much as the cats are cute (but snarky), the sentiments are hilarious! 

I stencilled the background and added clear paste on the snowflakes. The cat was stamped, coloured and fussy cut. I adhered him to a piece of vellum and added the sentiment underneath. How can you not laugh at that sentiment?

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Rainbow Snowmen Slimline

 These snowmen images are so adorable. I have used them before.

I stamped and coloured them in a rainbow colour scheme. They were adhered to a slimline card with a snowbank at the bottom. The sentiments were stamped and I fussy cut them into speech bubbles. I also die cut snowflakes and stars in coordinating colours and placed them above the snowmen. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Snowmen with Hanging Ornaments

 I have never mass produced my Christmas cards - I always like to send a one of a kind card to those on my list. 

This design was so adorable that I had to make a few - 12 to be exact. I did 4 in each colour. 

The postage background was die cut and lightly inked. The images were stamped, coloured and die cut and I stacked them 3x. I stamped the sentiments at the bottom and added the ornaments and snowmen. Each card front was placed on a glitter background and I added clear Stickles to the snowflakes and to various elements of each snowman. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Warm Wishes Wreath

 I embossed the gold panel and cut a circle from the centre. The wreath was created by using a variety of leaves and berries and I added the sentiment in the centre. Red Stickles were used on the berries. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Blackout Flower Cards

 These two cards were made using the same technique. I roughly inked a piece of white cardstock with various inks (one in pink, yellow and turquoise and the other in shades of pink and purple). Those pieces were embossed with a 3D embossing folder so the debossed side was facing up. I used a foam blending tool and black ink to lightly ink over the raised sections, allowing the colours on the flowers to show. Each card was spattered (one with yellow and the other with silver paint) and I added Stickles to the centres of the flowers. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Hanging Ornament Cards

 These three cards were created with the newest Gina K kit. I chose both traditional and non-traditional colour schemes for these cards.

The background on each card was lightly stencilled in the same colours as the main images. I stamped, coloured and die cut the images and sentiments and stacked each of them three times for dimension. They were adhered to die cut fronts, then to black mats and finally to the white card base. I added tiny sparkles to the centre of each snowflake. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Blue Poinsettia Postage Cards

 These cards were based on ones from the Gina K website. I just received my kit with this gorgeous poinsettia stamp and had to play! 

I chose a blue colour scheme and stamped the poinsettias. I went back with a blending brush and a darker shade of ink to add more depth at the base of the leaves. The images were cut down and adhered to postage frames. I stamped the postage images and the sentiments on each panel and adhered them to coloured cardstock bases. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Thanks a Latte

 This card is from the 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash. 

The parameters for the challenge were as follows: Card Style: A2 landscape, Colour: any three colours, Embellishment: food or drink, Technique: layering and Occasion: friendship or thank you.

I chose a drink image and stamped it three times, coloured (blue, orange and green) and die cut them. Those pieces were arranged on a black oval on a white embossed background. The sentiment was placed at the bottom and I added some orange enamel dots around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 700 - So Special to Me

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 700! 

I cannot believe this is sketch 700... I joined this design team way back when they were around sketch 50 or so! 

The sketch is shown below.

I chose a busy floral paper for the frame and drew the colours for the flowers from that piece. I inked the pieces with Distress Oxide inks and splattered them with water. The sentiment was embossed in white and added at the bottom. 

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