Split Christmas Tree

 This card is based on an idea I found on Pinterest. 

The original poster used a simple shape - a heart. I decided to do this using a Christmas tree, which turned out to be considerably more difficult than I expected. 

This is hard to explain - I used a stitched rectangle die, a tree die and some printer paper with several strips of cardstock. I had to die cut some things twice to make it work, but the strips of cardstock are reversed on the right side tree image. Cute, but not the easiest idea, for sure! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Christmas Tree Gatefold Card

 I saw a picture of this type of card and figured out the measurements to make it. 

The card folds flat to form a tree shape. Once opened, the tree section splits and there is a basic scene inside. I used snowflake paper that I have had for ages and I embossed some trees in white on dark teal cardstock and placed them on a piece of silver glitter paper. Two hot foiled sentiments were added above the trees. There is a panel on the back to write a message. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Christmas Cards x4

 This set of cards was very easy to make! I chose four related patterned papers and cut each one the same. Once the pieces were all cut, I arranged them so each card had all four patterns in a different orientation. I adhered the patterned papers to a dark blue layer and then to the base cardstock. I simply stamped the same sentiment for each, coloured the word Christmas, and added the sentiments to the centre. Easy! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

DT 175 plus TSOT 655 - Hopping By Froggies

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 175 plus Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 655!

The theme for the challenge at Double Trouble is to use punches or dies. I used several dies for my card. Double Trouble is pairing up with TSOT for this challenge. Details can be found on the Double Trouble website and the TSOT sketch is shown below. 

I started by creating the orange background. I used various shades of orange and adhered the pieces vertically to a piece of printer paper and then cut that to fit an A2 card front. I arranged the hexagons and die cut those openings. A piece of yellow cardstock was placed underneath and I die cut the hexagons again, using a slightly smaller one for each opening to create a border. 

The frogs were die cut, inked and assembled. They were arranged in the openings, facing all directions. I added a sentiment at the bottom right. 

Come and join us at both Double Trouble and TSOT 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

Poppy Card Set

 This is another set of cards that I completed at a recent crop. 

I die cut the kraft backgrounds and set them onto coloured cardstock. The floral and leaf images were die cut from the same coloured cardstock and adhered at the bottom. I die cut six different sentiments in the same colours, one for each card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Reverse Bay Window Card

 This card is based on one I saw on Instagram and I figured out the measurements on my own. 

The finished card stands up for display and there is a panel on the back for a message. I chose a winter theme and I die cut all the images and sentiments from white cardstock and inked them. The front of the pinecone pieces were inked with a silver ink pad although that is hard to see in the picture. I added a silver bow to each of the clusters as they were missing something without it. The card folds flat for mailing with one pinecone cluster showing on the front.

Christmas card count is currently at 148... about 80 more to go! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

MTTCC 95 - Christmas Circle Collage

Welcome to My Time to Craft Christmas Challenge 95!

The theme for this challenge is Christmas stockings. 

I love this open circle die and I chose to cut it in white and decorate each of the circles. I placed a variety of red and green patterned papers behind a few of the openings and stamped and coloured additional images, one of which is a stocking. I added Stickles to some of the images for shine and used green Stickles between each of the openings. I also used fine tip markers to draw dots around a few of the images.

Come and join us at MTTCC 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

Card Sets - Stencilled and Coloured

 I spent a day at a 12 hour crop and completed 40 cards - yes 40 cards!

32 of them (4 sets of 8 each) were ink blended. I actually had a blister on my thumb from doing so much of that. I used four layering stencils and created 8 cards in different colour schemes with each stencil set. I stamped the same eight sentiments and placed a different one on each card in a set. 

I also completed a set of eight cards that were stamped and coloured. Those are not shown below. 

Lots of work - all to be given to cancer patients who appreciate them so very much!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Silhouette Trio

 This card was inspired by one made a while ago by Chris Lothian.

The three panels were ink blended and I sprayed water on an acrylic block and pressed it into a corner of each piece to lighten the colour. I used a script stamp to stamp the text in black and then embossed the silhouette images over top. The pieces were arranged on the front and a sentiment and three coordinating hearts were stamped at the bottom. A black marker was used to doodle a line around the edge. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Holiday Cheer Fun Fold Card

 This is a card design I have made before but I wanted to use some Gina K Designs images to make a Christmas card. 

I foiled the images and used stencils to colour them. I adhered the large flower with the stems on the front and added a hot foiled sentiment with some metallic thread and gold gems. That was all set on a die cut background with a floral pattern. 

In the first open panel, there are three smaller sentiments with another stem image. 

Further inside the card, there is a panel on which a message can be written. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson