A fun card making blog
This is the second set of cards using the latest Let's Stamp Together kit.
I love the non-traditional colours of pink and purple with orange. Gold metallic cardstock was used as a shadow for the images on the acetate front card. The shaker card has gold and clear sequins in the shaker.
Enjoy,
Alyson
These three cards were from the August Let's Stamp Together class.
The colours are perfect for autumn and I love the touch of turquoise with the autumn colours. There were some inking techniques, stencilling techniques and selected inking for the leaves. I love these cards!
Enjoy,
Alyson
These cards were made with the Let's Stamp Together subscription. The designer of August's kit was Pretty Pink Posh and it included a stamp set, two stencils and tons of dies!
Some of the birds were stamped and coloured and others were die cut, inked and assembled. The cards are so cute with so many neat ideas.
Enjoy,
Alyson
The second class for the Let's Stamp Together subscription resulted in these two fun cards. The colours are bold and bright and the images are so perfect for Summer in Sardinia, which is the theme of the collection.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This set of cards is from the latest Let's Stamp Together subscription.
They are Mediterranean inspired cards with lots of small images that can be stamped and coloured. I love the green and red colour schemes!
Enjoy,
Alyson
This card was inspired by one made by Mindy Eggen for the Let's Stamp Together program.
The floral image was stamped, stencilled and die cut. I also cut two blanks of that image. The front blue panel was ink blended, adhered to a back panel and then adhered to an acetate card base. The back panel was covered with white cardstock on both sides. The flowers were attached to the front, trimmed along the edges and a blank piece was attached to the back to cover up the adhesive. I added a silver glitter paper piece on the back of the front panel so the edges would show through to the front. The sentiment and some gems were placed on the front.
Enjoy,
Alyson
These two cards are from the second class for the Let's Stamp Together program.
I chose a purple colour scheme for the peonies. They were stencilled and die cut. I embossed a striped background for the first card and dragged a purple ink pad over top. The image was placed at the side and a sentiment was added at the bottom.
The second card has an oval background that was lightly stencilled. The peony image was cut along the edge and the smaller piece was inserted behind the main image.
Enjoy,
Alyson
These three cards are from the latest Let's Stamp Together kit. The peonies are gorgeous!
I stamped and stencilled the peonies for the first card. I die cut two additional images and stacked them together. The sentiment was stamped directly on the card base and I also splattered the base with gold paint. The flowers were added at the top.
The second card used a design that I gravitate to when I need a quick card. The images were stamped in the corners and stencilled. I die cut a large word (you) and stamped the smaller sentiment underneath.
The final card was marker coloured - the original class used watercolours but my attempt was a complete disaster... I splattered white paint on a black background and added the image at the side. A small sentiment was placed at the bottom with foam tape.
Enjoy,
Alyson
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
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
This trio of cards is from the latest Let's Stamp Together subscription. They are not really cross-stitched... just stamped with cross stitch images!
One of the cards has a stencilled centre section with some twine at the bottom. The others use several of the stamps in the set to create both focal points and backgrounds.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I don't send Easter cards but the latest Let's Stamp Together class was an Easter themed class. These cards are super cute! They were all about ink blending, embossing and shakers.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This set of cards is from the Let's Stamp Together subscription program. Concord and 9th created this set.
There are several stencils to create the main sentiment and the florals. The colour schemes are soft and pretty, withe blue, green, turquoise and coral. I love how these turned out and can definitely see myself using this product suite again down the road!
The first pair were stencilled in the same colour scheme and I love the light orange and dark pink for the flowers. The stencilling on Kraft was done with white pigment ink first and the colours were added on top.
The large thanks is so versatile, especially with the coordinating die. The first card has a unique opening as well with the scalloped piece being the card base.
Enjoy,
Alyson
The Let's Stamp Together subscription program provided one of my favourite sets of recent days. This product suite by Spellbinders is just so adorable!
There was a lot of die cutting (typical of Spellbinders), stencilling and some colouring. I added quite a bit of sparkle using a shimmer brush but that wasn't picked up in the photo.
I can't choose a favourite from the trio of cards below - I love all of them!
Which is your favourite?
Enjoy,
Alyson
The Let's Stamp Together subscription program provides a stamp, stencils and dies to make a few cards every second month. This month was the most adorable kit called Snack Attack.
I honestly didn't think I would like this kit but I think these cards are so sweet! The bottom one is actually a shaker card.
Enjoy,
Alyson
The most recent Let's Stamp Together class was held early in August and the designer for this kit was Gina K. The stamp, dies and stencils make the most beautiful cards!
These are the cards that were made during the class. Just when you think there isn't anything different to try, she introduced the idea of mixing inks to shade the flowers. They are just so pretty!
Two of the cards are fun folds - on is a Z fold card and the other has a top flap that opens and a gift card or something else could be hidden there.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This trio of cards was created as part of the Let's Stamp Together subscription program. The package this month was from Picket Fence Studio. There was a stamp set, stencils (we didn't use those) and dies.
Watercolouring has always been difficult for me so I really enjoyed this class. We used water based markers to create the painted effects on the tulip images. The Kraft card folds flat for mailing and opens into a V-shape.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This is another bonus card from the last Let's Stamp Together subscription program.
I ended up making two of this card because I thought the placement on my first one was incorrect. They ended up looking the same anyways...
The images were arranged into a wreath and stamped in grey. I used the coordinating stencils to colour the flowers and leaves and teal ink was blended around the edges of the card fronts. Each was adhered to holographic paper and then to a teal card base. Some clear sequins were placed around the wreaths.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This card was a bonus card from the last Let's Stamp Together subscription program.
The background was stencilled with glitter paste (I used a different stencil than the one that came with the kit). The decorations were die cut - including that minuscule silver die cut at the top of each tassel) and they were arranged on the top part of the card. The sentiment was die cut three times, stacked and added to the bottom. I raised the card front with foam tape as well.
Enjoy,
Alyson
Last month's Let's Stamp Together kit was all about birthday and congratulations cards. The set contained a stamp, layering stencils and dies.
These are the cards that were made with the instructor. There are many other possibilities and I can't wait to play more with this kit.
I love the streamers - both the die cut ones and the stencilled ones!
Enjoy,
Alyson
