Birthday Gatefold Card

 I love the actual gate on this gatefold card! Those pieces were die cut and attached behind the white cloud piece. I stencilled the clouds and as an afterthought, created a flip card for the inside and lined up the stencil to stencil the clouds again to create a continuous pattern. 

The front was decorated with various vines and flowers. I added white Liquid Pearls to the centres of the flowers. The sentiment and the top flower were adhered only on the left side of the gate so the card opens up to reveal the cloud panel and the hidden flip card. I added vellum to the back of the windows to soften the inside.

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 696 - Doodled Stones

Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 696! 

The sketch is shown below. 

Doodling has never been my thing... I always struggle with it. A friend of mine introduced me to some different methods of doodling and I really liked the "stones" look. It took me several tries to get the results I wanted. I doodled the stones, coloured and shaded them and added some white details on a large piece of white cardstock. The squares were cut from that piece and adhered to white mats. The black background was embossed and I arranged the squares as per the sketch. I also cut two very thin strips of white cardstock to add between the squares. The sentiment was stamped and I used the same markers to blend a background for the mat behind the sentiment. 

Come and join us at 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

DT 217 - Kraft Birthday

Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 217! 

The small graphic is shown below - please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information.  

I chose to create a birthday card.

The Kraft background was die cut with a stitched leaf coverplate die. I cut the branches and flowers from brown, green and purple cardstock and arranged them on the front. The entire front was splattered with gold paint before I added the sentiment at the bottom. 

Come and join us at Double Trouble 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

Foiled Card Set - Timeless Blooms

 The Timeless Blooms collection from Taylored Expressions is gorgeous! I used the foiled base sheets for these cards. 

The blue set was stencilled and then foiled with blue (around the flowers). The yellow set was stencilled in shades of yellow and the foiling was on the stems in turquoise. The foiling can be hard to see in the photos as it appears either very light or almost black but it is so pretty in real life. I stamped text in white, splattered ink and foil, die cut the centres and placed them on cardstock and used arch dies for variation. I chose to make 5x7 cards and used caring sentiments as these will be used for the outreach program at my church. The last photo shows the set of 8 cards wrapped with a ribbon. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Marvin the Mouse and His Apple Basket

 I recently purchased the Marvin Mouse die set and had to use it! 

I die cut all the pieces for the mouse, the apple basket and the apples. I added dimension to the pieces with inks and markers and then stencilled the background to make grass and clouds. The basket with the apples was placed on the right and Marvin stands to the left, holding an apple. The sentiment was stamped in the top corner. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CD 705 - Birthday Stripes

Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 705! 

The colour grid is below.

I choose to make a clean and simple card. 

I masked off three long rectangles on a card front and ink blended each of them using the colours in the grid. The leaf and sentiment were stamped in black ink and I splattered the card front with gold paint. It was adhered to a white card base with foam tape. 

Come and join us at Colour Dare 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

I Woof You

 This cute mini slimline card was created for the 30 Minute Card Making Stash Dash. 

The parameters for this challenge were as follows: 

Type of card: slimline/mini slimline, Colour: monochromatic, Embellishment: three of a kind, Technique: fussy cutting and Occasion: thinking of you or friendship.

I ink blended a turquoise background and splattered it with water. I die cut three circles and placed black cardstock behind the inked panel.The dogs were stamped, die cut and adhered inside each of the circles. I stamped and fussy cut the sentiment and added three gems around it. 

I took the original photo BEFORE I coloured the dog's tongue pink... this is the photo after that was done! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Banded Double Gatefold Card

 I have made this card style before - it was time to revisit it again. 

The vellum band slides off the top and the card opens to reveal a double gatefold design. I chose purple and green papers to decorate the panels and the centre panel was embossed and I dragged an ink pad over the top. The flowers were all stamped and stencilled and I chose a large flower for inside the card. There is a notch at the top to pull out a white panel for a place to write a message. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Trio of Fun Fold Cards

 Let's Stamp Together is a card kit that I receive each month - this time, it was created by Pink & Main. 

All three cards are fun fold cards - not difficult ones, but cards with a twist. They are shown closed and then open (photo taken from above). The bicycle in this set is so adorable and it's not huge so it is great as part of a scene on a card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

AH 682 - Sunflower Trio

 

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 682!

The sketch is shown below. 

I inked the edges of two pieces of yellow cardstock and adhered them at the top and bottom. The blue circle was placed above the yellow strip and I splattered the background with gold paint. The sunflowers were die cut, stencilled and cut apart. I arranged them over the top of the circle (which you can't see) and placed a butterfly at the top along with some brown gems around the card. 

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