Open Sentiment Tree Card

 This card was made for the 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash.

The parameters for this challenge were as follows: Card Style: surprise inside, Colour: green, Embellishment: crafter's choice, Technique: tearing and Occasion: holiday or thinking of you. 

I chose to make a Christmas card. The trees were die cut and inked. I used gold and silver pens and red Liquid Pearls to add the dots on the trees. The blue background was embossed with a falling snow embossing folder and I tore pieces of white cardstock to create snow. The circle opening allows the sentiment to be seen on the inside of the card and I added clear Stickles along the edges of the snowbanks. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Plumeria Card

 This pretty card uses one of my favourite creative sets. The plumeria set from Pinkfresh Studio is so pretty. 

I used a quilted die on the white background and then die cut a large oval from the centre of the panel. The floral image was stamped, stencilled and die cut. I inked the opposite corners of the oval and set it inside the raised background. The floral image was adhered across the oval and I added the sentiment and some clear gems on the front. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Watt's Up?

 This is the most adorable stamp set... there are coordinating dies but I didn't use them. 

This was a new to me technique... stamped the lightbulbs with grey ink and coloured in the open section using a white Posca marker. That was tough - the marker is very wet and getting full coverage in one pass is almost impossible. The paper pills if the marker is layered. 

Once that was dry, I restamped the image and embossed it in black. I fussy cut the silver parts for the bulbs and coloured the bottoms black. The sentiment was embossed in white at the bottom. Some rounded edges on the layers and this card was finished! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 364 - Pair of Lovebirds

Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 364!

The theme for this challenge is to make a shaped card. 

I chose an arch shape. The white background was embossed with a leaf folder and I die cut all the elements for the birds and flowers from white cardstock. Those pieces were inked and the birds were placed on their swing. I added a sentiment at the bottom. 

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

You have until Monday, September 14 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Paper Pieced Poinsettias

 This card looks so easy but it was time consuming! 

I die cut the oval frame from gold, green and white cardstock. The gold frame was adhered to an embossed panel and the green pieces were fit into the image. I inked the white poinsettia pieces with dark red in the centre, fading to pink at the ends. Those pieces were pieced back into the gold outline. I added a hot foiled sentiment and some gold gems. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Non-Traditional Poinsettia Shaker Cards

 I was inspired to use this colour scheme from a blog post on the Pinkfresh Studio site. Blue and purple for poinsettias are so pretty. 

I stamped the images with medium grey ink and used stencils to colour the images. They were die cut and I die cut several additional pieces for each card to stack them together to create depth. The background was die cut with a quilted die and the shaker pieces were placed in the centre with the stacked image on top. Hot foiled sentiments were added to each card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Nessie Z-Fold Card

 Here is another Nessie fun fold card, a Z-fold card this time. 

The scene image was stencilled twice so I could line up the panels when the card is closed. The clouds and the water pieces were die cut and added across the top and bottom. Nessie was stamped along with some seaweed pieces. Once they were coloured, they were die cut and arranged on the front. The sentiment was placed at the top and I added Stickles on the water. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Sketchy Saturday - Happy Day

 This card was created for the Sketchy Saturday challenge. The sketch is shown below. 

I wanted very contrasting sides so I chose dark alcohol ink paper and almond cardstock. The squares were die cut and assembled in the centre and I added a stamped sentiment to the centre square. I felt like the card needed something extras so I placed some gold gems around the sentiment.

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Just for You Florals

 This card was created using my favourite colour combo - turquoise and grey. I coloured the flowers with various turquoise markers and the leaves were coloured in grey. The image was die cut, along with some butterflies. Everything was arranged on a splattered light grey background. That piece was adhered to a black card base with foam tape and I added a thin stamped sentiment near the bottom of the flowers. A few clear gems were also placed around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Nessie Pop-Up Card

 This is just the cutest card! It's a pop-up card that folds flat for mailing. 

I stencilled the scene and cut the panels into strips to fit the background. The clouds and water pieces were die cut and inked for dimension. They were adhered to the top and bottom of the base. Nessie and all the seaweed images were die cut, inked and adhered to the layers to create a scene. I added some holographic die cut fish to the water on the front and then used Stickes to line the edges of the water. Nessie's eye and spots on her body were enhanced with Glossy Accents. The sentiment was placed at the top. 

I am entering this card in the Creative Creases Challenge. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson