Cut It Up 358 - Masculine Birthday

Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 358!

The theme for this challenge is "one for the boys" (or men).

I chose a blue colour scheme and a clean and simple card design. I cut thin strips of blue cardstock and placed them across a white card base. The shadow of "happy" was die cut from a piece of white cardstock and I stamped Birthday underneath and coloured it in the same colours as the cardstock. That was placed over the stripes with foam tape. The word was die cut four times and stacked before being adhered inside the shadow. I added three diamond gems around the opening. 

Come and join us at Cut It Up and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until Monday, June 22 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Blooms and Bicycles

 These cards are from the second class for the Let's Stamp Together subscription. I apologize for the shadows... the pictures were taken at night and the lighting wasn't good. 

The first card has an embossed watering can as the focal point. The background was created by using tiny white die cuts and adhering them to a white cardstock panel. That panel was then inked to created the pattern and dimension. 

The second card has a bicycle behind the two gate panels that open from the sides. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Trio of Kites

 The alphabet challenge that I am doing has the letter K for the month of June... I chose to use kites. 

The cloud background pieces were die cut and assembled with foam tape between the layers. The kites, strings, bows and the sun were die cut, inked (the kite pieces and the sun) and assembled. I arranged them inside the clouds and added a long sentiment at the bottom. The centres of the kites and the bows had clear Stickles applied to them. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Dogwood Celebrate Card

This card was created for the 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash.

The parameters for this challenge were as follows: 

Type of card: A2 landscape, Colour: any 3 colours, Embellishment: crafter's choice, Technique: splattering and Occasion: get well soon or celebrate.

I die cut all the pieces for the dogwood image from coloured cardstock and inked them for dimension. The white background was embossed and spattered with black ink. I added strips of green cardstock and teal glitter paper along the left side and added the image across the card. I used several mats and added a hot foiled sentiment at the bottom. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Birthday Gatefold Card

 I purchased the Gina K Designs Garden Gate die and it is perfect for creating gatefold cards like this one. I added a hook and loop dot to keep the front closed. 

The gate was die cut from white cardstock and I added black panels behind each section. All the flowers and leaves were die cut and assembled on the gate and I added clear Stickles to the centres of the flowers. The sentiment was stamped, die cut and stacked three times for strength. 

Inside the card, I ink blended a panel and used a stencil with white pigment ink to create the design. A second sentiment was stamped, die cut with an oval die and adhered to a black oval mat. The inside piece lifts up to allow a place to write a message. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Thank You for Being You Postage Collage Card

 This card was cased from one on the Waffle Flower website. 

I used the wavy lines stencil set to create the background and stamped wildflower and postage images in each section. I splattered the entire front with gold paint. The flowers and leaves were die cut and I added yellow ink to the flowers along with a gem in the centre of each. They were arranged around the card and a white heat embossed sentiment was placed off centre. The card front was adhered to a light purple mat with foam tape and then to a white card base. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

You Are Beautiful Angled Card

 This pretty card was made with bold colours.

The white background was die cut and placed on a green card base. The shadow word "beautiful" was partially cut from white cardstock and angled over the background. I added the bold pink letters to the shadow and stamped "you are" as well. A small floral arrangement was placed under the word and I added some iridescent gems around the flowers. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Rainbow Hello

 This is one of my favourite designs, especially for mass production. It's easy to ink blend the left side of a card front using Distress Oxides. The image was embossed in black and I added two sentiments on the right side. The front was adhered to a black card base. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Rainbow Brick Card

 This card is based on one I saw online - I love rainbows so a rainbow brick background was very appealing!

I stencilled the background with 8 oxide inks in a rainbow colour pattern. The butterflies and the sentiment were die cut from black cardstock and I added gold glittery bodies to the butterflies. The front was adhered to a black card base. I think it's quite striking! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Christmas Wishes Windows

 I recently purchased this set of windows dies from Spellbinders - I have wanted it for some time! 

There are tiny pieces in this set... and so many of them! I chose a blue and silver colour scheme and arranged all the windows and the elements on a paint splattered background. I used white glitter paper for the snow and added a bit of shading to the trees. The sentiment was hot foiled and placed at the bottom. I added some green and clear Stickles to the wreath, the plant and the trees. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Swinging Birthday

 Sketchy Saturday is a challenge I like to do when I have some extra time. This one was fun as I chose a black and white colour scheme. 

The papers are old SU papers and I added a black mat around the largest piece. The image was stamped in black and die cut with a circle, along with a mat piece. A small sentiment was added with foam tape. Easy! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Hope All is Well

 This simple card was based on a sketch - I used 49 and Market papers. 

I followed the sketch for the placement of the panels and die cut a stitched hexagon from vellum. The image is a rub-on that was die cut with a circle and I added a darker circle behind it, along with some silver metallic thread. The sentiment was added at the bottom of the circle. I used three colours of Liquid Pearls to add some dots around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

AH 684 - Beautiful Friend Flowers

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 684!

The sketch is shown below. 

I chose a 3D embossing folder for the background, cut that piece into three even sections and adhered them to a white mat with foam tape. The turquoise circle was die cut and I added a white circle on top. The flowers were stamped, coloured and added in the centre, along with some open vellum pieces. A small bow was placed at the base of the flowers and I added a hot foiled sentiment. The flowers were brushed with a shimmer brush to add some sparkle. 

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

Poinsettia Inlay Card

 Today marks a big change for me. I am so busy that I have decided to leave nine of the eleven design teams that I have been on for quite some time. I am staying on my two favourite teams (Atlantic Hearts and Cut It Up). I am hoping that this change will allow me more time to work on projects without it feeling so much like a job! 

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I am working through an Alphabet Soup Challenge this year - every month has a new letter and a project is to be made using something that begins with that specific letter of the alphabet. 

This is my project for the letter I - inlay technique and ink blending. 

I die cut the poinsettia images from gold and white cardstock x3. The gold outlines were adhered to a piece of white cardstock. I kept the inside pieces together and inked blended them with shades of red. I also traced the lines with a red Copic marker. They were pieced back into the gold outlines. I cut two thin strips of cardstock and placed them under the poinsettias. A hot foiled sentiment was added at the bottom. 

Enjoy,

Alyson 

White Anemone Wedding Card

 A friend asked me to create a wedding card for her grandson's wedding. She wanted something elegant but preferably white. 

I chose some dies from Gina K Designs and die cut the frame and the lattice background. I embossed a card front with a 3D heart folder and placed the frame on top with a gold panel underneath. The flower and leaves were die cut, assembled and added in the corner. I embossed the sentiment and placed it across the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 357 - Friendship is a Special Gift

Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 357!

The theme for this challenge is friendship.

I die cut a detailed background from white cardstock and trimmed off about one third of it. That was adhered to a grey card base. The floral image was stamped, coloured and die cut. It was placed across the bottom of the card and I added some shimmer to the centres of the flowers. The sentiment was stamped, die cut and placed at the top. Clear sparkly flat gems were placed on the die cut background to add some sparkle. 

Come and join us at Cut It Up and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until Monday, June 8 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Lemon Column Card

 This is such a fun card and not at all difficult. It's all about the scoring - and it folds flat to 5x7 for mailing. 

I chose some old lemon themed patterned papers. Once the panels were cut and the paper adhered, I stamped the lemons and die cut them. They were added to a piece of acetate on the front panel so they appear to be floating. I added clear Stickles to the dots on the lemon - they look like shiny gems in the photo... The sentiment was placed at the bottom. The column piece was built on a 5x7 card so there is lots of room for a message inside.

Enjoy, 

Alyson

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

Rainbow Stripes on Black

 This card was created for an online crop event - I used a rainbow colour theme. 

The stripes were cut and adhered to a black panel. I ink blended a rainbow on white cardstock and adhered the stamped sentiment to that piece. I added some gold metallic thread to the back and glued the sentiment to the front. The black panel was adhered to a white card base and I added some gold gems around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Rainbow Squares Scraps Card

 This cute card was inspired by one made by Laura Beacham. I love the tiny squares and all the white space. 

I chose a rainbow paper pack and cut the squares from leftover pieces. They were arranged on a white card front and a sentiment was added along with some die cut vellum leaves (patterned vellum). I doodled around the edge and adhered the front to the base with craft foam. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Cut It Up 356 - Trio of Coneflowers

Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 356! 

The theme for this challenge is florals - my favourite! 

I pulled out one of my favourite die sets - the Honey Bee Stamps coneflower. 

I die cut three sets of flowers and leaves from white cardstock and inked the pieces. They were shaped, splattered with white paint and assembled. I played with several backgrounds and finally settled on a woodgrain background. The flowers and leaves were arranged on the front and I added a heat embossed sentiment with foam tape. I added some gold gems around the flowers.

Come and join us at Cut It Up and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until Monday, May 25 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson