A fun card making blog
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 594!
There is much that can be done with this sketch - it is posted below.
I chose shades of turquoise to make a Christmas card. The centre panel has white snowflakes and I chose a darker shade of turquoise for the cross piece. I also added thin strips of the same cardstock along both sides of the centre panel. The sentiment was die cut from white shimmer cardstock plus both light and dark turquoise cardstock and pieced together. I brushed the lightest part of the letters with a clear shimmer brush. I die cut some small snowflakes and added them around the sentiment and used Stickles on the centres of those snowflakes as well as on the others on the background paper.
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
My friend, Dena, recently posted a card using this mandala die and I had to find that die! I love it!
The design of this card is similar to the one Dena made but I changed up a few elements. I used another GKD set to created the floral sprays found throughout the card. The mandala front was inlaid into the side of the card and the floral image and a large sentiment was placed on the top.
Under the sentiment when the card is opened, there is another sentiment on an ink splattered panel.
When the card is completely open, there is a third decorated panel and a place to write a message.
Enjoy,
Alyson
