A fun card making blog
This pretty card was inspired by one made by Lisa Curcio.
I chose an arch shape for the front and the inside of the card. The front is simple - layered arches with flowers and a die cut sentiment.
Inside the card, the open arch has flowers floating inside. I used the same flowers as on the patterned paper and added a few sequins around them (most are further to one side and are not visible in the picture). There is a panel on the right side to write a message.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I made a card of this style a while ago - this is the one I taught in my Facebook group.
I chose teal papers with gold foil for this design. The card is held together with a belly band and once opened, there are two flaps that have sentiments on them. Under those two flaps there are white panels to write a message. I used ephemera pieces to decorate this card.
Enjoy,
Alyson
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
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
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
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
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
Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 690!
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
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
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
