Blue Daisies

 I love the dies (usually designed by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders) where the inner flower pieces are separate from the frame. This daisy one has more detailed pieces than the others I have. 

I die cut the image twice from silver foil and white cardstock. The foil outlines were adhered to white cardstock and I kept the white pieces in their places on a piece of tape so I could ink them. Once that was done, they were inlaid back into the silver outlines. I added a thin strip of silver foil under the images and stamped the sentiment at the bottom. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Quirky Birds

 I finally played with a new stamp of quirky birds! I stamped the birds and coloured them with my Copics. The clouds were stencilled behind and I adhered the front to a teal mat and then an orange card base. The sentiment was stamped at the bottom. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Masked Snowmen

 Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends! 

Although July is typically warm here, I am thinking abut Christmas cards. I found a sweet stamp and die set called Feeling Frosty (Sunny Studio) and I stamped, coloured and die cut a pile of snowman images. These two cards are the same style but in different colour schemes. 

I cut a piece of masking paper like a small hill and placed it on the back of a circle stencil. I inked the background to make it appear like a hill at the bottom. The sentiment was stamped and I used a score board to score lines along the edges. The snowmen were added along with some white gems. Easy - and I may choose to mass produce these as making individual Christmas cards each year is a HUGE job!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Washi Tape Christmas Cards

 At a recent crop, I used some layering washi tape and created 72 images - yes - 72! I die cut them in squares and circles and layered each on a white mat. The front card panels were all embossed and I added a gold hot foiled sentiment at the bottom. 

I give these to my church for their Christmas market - people are always asking for Chrimstas cards and these were quick and easy to make! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Hello for Sketchy Saturday

 I like to play along withe the Sketchy Saturday challenges although I am definitely behind! 

This sketch lent itself to an ink blended panel in yellow, orange and red. I splattered that with water and added it to a 3D embossed piece of black cardstock. The leaves were die cut from gold paper and patterned vellum and assembled under the circle. I stamped the sentiment in black in the centre and then stamped a yellow/orange mix at the top and an orange/red mix at the bottom. Some gold gems were added around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 690 - Thinking of You Squares

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 690!

The sketch is shown below. 

I used the same shapes as in the sketch. I chose a black and white colour scheme and added bold colours to the images with markers. Everything was matted - some panels on two or three mats. I added a few gems around the sentiment and the circle and added Stickles to the centres of the flowers. 

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

Pair of Elephant Cards

 Nelly the Elephant is a set of dies from Studio Light. I placed Nelly in two different backgrounds.

The first has Nelly sitting up. The background was inked with Distress Oxide inks and covered with a clear glitter paste. I die cut two ovals and adhered Nelly to the centre. The sentiment "tons of love" fit so perfectly. 

The second card has Nelly fully sprawled out within the sunflowers. I die cut a cloud background and used a white gel pen to outline the clouds. Nelly was arranged on the left side and I placed the sunflowers around her - tying as much as possible to avoid it looking like she was farting flowers :) I used markers to add some interest to the flowers and leaves. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Birthday Rainbow Flower

 This was a new technique for me - one taught by Mindy Eggen. 

The background was watercolored - totally not my strength. Once it was dry, I embossed that panel with a 3D folder. Using the coordinating stencils, I coloured the image, pulling colours from the watercolored background. That took a long time... I splattered the piece with black, white and gold paint and adhered it to a black mat and then a white card base. The sentiment was placed at the side and I added some clear dew drops around the card. I am so happy with how this turned out! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Stencilled Daisies

 These two cards were made withe the same products but in different colours. 

I embossed the image and stencilled the flowers and leaves. Each piece was cut down to an A2 size and added to a coloured mat. I placed a hot foiled sentiment at the bottom and used Liquid Pearls to add some dots around the images. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Blue Peonies Acetate Card

 This card was inspired by one made by Mindy Eggen for the Let's Stamp Together program. 

The floral image was stamped, stencilled and die cut. I also cut two blanks of that image. The front blue panel was ink blended, adhered to a back panel and then adhered to an acetate card base. The back panel was covered with white cardstock on both sides. The flowers were attached to the front, trimmed along the edges and a blank piece was attached to the back to cover up the adhesive. I added a silver glitter paper piece on the back of the front panel so the edges would show through to the front. The sentiment and some gems were placed on the front. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson