A fun card making blog
This is such a pretty card and it doesn't require any special dies to make it.
The finished size is 6x6.
I chose some old papers for which I had butterfly ephemera. I used gold holographic paper for the mats to bring out the gold in the papers. There is a piece of acetate running across the centre of the card that allows the images to pop out when the card is opened.
A belly band holds everything closed.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I have been taking these last two stitched cards to crops time after time and I never get to them... the last crop I went to, I decided to finish them first!
Stitching the elements takes a lot of time. I die cut the JOY word from silver foil paper and once the stitching was finished, the fronts were adhered to embossed pink panels and white card bases. I added small gems to the centres of the tiny flowers.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This card was from the 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash.
The parameters were as follows: Card Style: crafter's choice, Colours: complementary, Embellishment: food, Technique: paper piecing and Occasion: crafter's choice.
I finished right on the 30 minute mark! I die cut two candy canes and pieced the red sections onto the white bases. The leaves and berries were also die cut and I cut a background from white card-stock and adhered that to light green cardstock, The candy canes, leaves and berries were arranged on the card front and adhered to a red card base. The sentiment was die cut from gold glitter paper and adhered at the base of the card.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I made two sets of eight cards each using my Betterpress system along with coordinating stencils. Each of these cards was pressed in black ink and stencilled. I trimmed them down to fit on a black mat and a green card base. Some silver gems were added to each along with a sentiment.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This is another card made with the Feeling Frosty set.
The circles were die cut from the card front and I embossed that piece with a cascading dot embossing folder. I inked a panel using turquoise and blue inks and placed it behind the circles with "snow" inside to make mini shaker sections. A sweet snowman was added at the bottom and the sentiment was placed across the centre circle.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This card is based on one I saw on Pinterest but there was no name attached to it so I am not are who originally made it.
This was considerably more difficult than I anticipated... I ended up making a slimline card as an A2 card didn't allow enough room for three butterflies to cross the open centre. I stamped a sentiment along the side in black ink. I chose brushed gold paper for the butterflies and I randomly marker coloured parts of them. The flowers and leaves were arranged coming out from the sentiment strips - that was tough as the sentiments needed to be straight so I couldn't put them on the butterflies until those were adhered to the card. The little flowers and leaves had to be arranged in such a way that the ends were covered by the sentiment pieces.
I splattered the two side panels with gold paint and added gold gems around the card.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This is a card style I have made before but this one was made for the 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash.
The parameters were as follows: Type of Card: surprise inside, Colour: crafter's choice, Embellishment: die cut/punch, Technique: stencilling and Occasion: friendship or thinking of you.
I chose a turquoise and green colour scheme.
The floral images were stamped, coloured and die cut. I stencilled the front panel of the card and cut the frame opening from all three layers. The actual frame was adhered on both sides of the opening. I lightly inked the background of the white panel and adhered the largest floral image to that. Inside the card, there are two smaller floral images and a spot to write a message.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I recently posted a pile of photos of napkin cards that I made into sets. These cards were made using the leftover pieces.
The first pair of cards was made from one napkin front that was cut into two sections. I adhered the panels to green mats and then to white embossed backgrounds. I added three strips of cardstock under the images and chose hot foiled sentiments to go across the bottom. Silver gems were placed around the cards.
The second card had the centre die cut from the image and matted on the same green cardstock as the base. The pattern was kept intact and I added a hot foiled sentiment with blue metallic thread. Again, silver gems were placed around the card.
The napkin piece for the last card was simply cut diagonally and added to a green mat. A black glitter sentiment on vellum was added at the bottom and those same silver gems made another appearance.
Enjoy,
Alyson
Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 688!
The sketch is shown below.
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
This card was made for the 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash.
The parameters were as follows: Type of Card: fun fold, Colour(s): purple, Embellishment: shiny, Technique: stencilling and Occasion: crafter's choice.
I did not finish this within 30 minutes... took me closer to an hour because of the stamping.
I chose a rose stamp set with multiple layering stamps and stamped and die cut all the flowers and leaves. I used a dark purple card base with grey and black patterned papers. The stencilling was done on the front frame panel and I added shiny silver gems to the front. There is a spot to write a message inside the card.
Enjoy,
Alyson
