A fun card making blog
This card was made for the Alphabet Challenge that I have been doing all year. In October, the letters are T and U and this is my card for the letter U.
U stands for underwater.
I ink blended a background with rays of light coming from the top and splattered that with water. The images were stamped, coloured and die cut and a few were just die cut and inked. Everything was arranged on the front and I added clear Stickles to some of the images and the bubbles.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This card was created for the Alphabet Challenge - the month of October requires projects for letters T and U. This is my card for the letter T.
T stands for teacup, tea bag and turquoise/teal.
I die cut the background and adhered it to turquoise cardstock. The images were stamped, coloured and die cut and I arranged the flowers on top of the teacup. The sentiment was placed in the top corner and I added small gems to the holes on the background.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This is my card to represent the letter R for the Alphabet Challenge.
R stands for red, rabbit and Ray-Ban sunglasses!
I die cut and assembled the rabbit and added glasses to his face. In hindsight, I should have added vellum or something to make the glasses look more like sunglasses. I chose a red gingham pattern for behind the rabbit and along the bottom. A simple sentiment was added and I used red Stickles for the dots around the circle.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I am still working away at the Alphabet Challenge... this is my card for the letter S.
S stands for the following: scene card, sunflowers, scarecrow, squirrels, stencilling and sweater weather. Whew!
I stencilled the clouds and added the grass at the bottom. The basket was die cut and inked and I stamped, coloured and die cut the scarecrow, sunflowers, mice and leaves. The scene was placed on two mats and then on the card base. An autumn sentiment referring to sweater weather was placed at the bottom.
Enjoy,
Alyson
Here is my card for letter Q for the Alphabet Challenge - Q is for quilt.
I cut four sections of patterned paper pieces and arranged them on a square sort of like a quilt. The card looked rather blank after stamping the sentiment so I added a spool of thread with a needle and some scissors.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This is my letter P card for the Alphabet Challenge - P is for poinsettias.
I die cut three poinsettias, inked them and splattered the pieces with water. They were shaped and arranged on a woodgrain background. I added an embossed sentiment and several gold gems.
Enjoy,
Alyson
The letter O for the alphabet challenge was a bit of a struggle for me... ocean was the best choice and I pulled out a stamp set I haven't used in ages.
The scene was created by stamping images to create a mountain and water scene. I also stamped some mountains on grey cardstock and placed that piece across the embossed card front. Silver ribbon was added under the mountain strip and I placed the sentiment under that and added the scene image along with a silver bow.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I am still working my way through the alphabet challenge. This card is for the letter N = nature.
I inked a background in a rainbow colour scheme with the centre being primarily orange, yellow and green. The tree image was embossed in black and the panel was cut down to leave a thin border on a white card base. A simple sentiment was placed across the centre.
Enjoy,
Alyson
I am continuing to work on the alphabet challenge with two new letters each month. This card is for the letter M = monochromatic.
I embossed several images in white on blue cardstock and die cut them. I stacked each image three layers thick. The sentiment was also embossed in white and I arranged the images around the card, leaving the sentiment visible. The edges were trimmed and the card front was adhered to a white card base. It's such an easy way to make a monochromatic card quickly!
Enjoy,
Alyson
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
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
This card was created for the Alphabet Soup Challenge - letter J.
J is for jute twine. I pierced the holes along the insides of two pieces of cardstock. Stitching the pieces was really hard - keeping them the same distance apart was quite a struggle. I doubled up the twine and once the stitching was finished, I adhered the two sides to a card base with foam tape. The sentiment was embossed and added across the twine section. I added a small bow and a few gems to finish off the card.
Enjoy,
Alyson
These two cards were created for the alphabet challenge that I am doing throughout the year. April's letters are G and H.
G is for Gardening.
I stencilled a set of plant pots on shelves using blue, green and brown inks. I stamped designs on most of the pots and added a die cut word "friend" and an ombre stamped sentiment.
H is for Hydrangea, Heat Embossing and Hugs.
I heat embossed the hydrangea images in silver and coloured the flowers (not my best work, for sure, as I am not a colourist!) I stamped some splatters around the card. The sentiment was also heat embossed and I added silver thread underneath before adding it to the front. Some clear gems were placed around the card.
Enjoy,
Alyson
The month of March brings the next two letters in the Papercrafter's Workshop Alphabet Soup challenge - E and F.
For E, I chose emboss resist. I embossed a panel with a vine image and with masking paper still in place, I inked over it with shades of blue and turquoise. It was wiped down to remove the ink from the images and I stamped a sentiment in the corner. The card front was adhered to a white card base and I added a few gems to the front.
For F, I chose foiling and florals. The image was hot foiled in gold and I coloured the sunflowers with markers. I embossed a green background and adhered the image to that piece. The sentiment was embossed in white and added at the top along with some gold gems.
Enjoy,
Alyson
These two cards are for the ABC Alphabet Soup Challenge for the Papercrafter's Workshop store. These are my C and D cards for the month of February.
C is for cats... I embossed blue cardstock with a paw print pattern and ink blended some postage shapes with an ombre blue blend. The images were embossed in black and I used a white gel pen to add details. I arranged them on the front and added a small stamped sentiment under one of the images.
D is for dogs... I kept the postage collage frame intact and ink blended a blue and purple background. The dog images were die cut and arranged on the front. I used a white gel pen to add details and I heat embossed two sentiments as well.
Enjoy,
Alyson
This card was created for a year long challenge run by The Papercrafter's Workshop, a scrapbooking store. Every month, they post at least two letters from the alphabet and the projects must be focused around elements that begin with that letter. There are prizes each month and also a grand prize at the end of the year.
January (although it was a late start) is A and B. We have until the end of February to complete the January projects as well as the two for February (C and D). This is my "B" project.
The focal "B" events on my card are bees, the colour blue and ink blending.
I ink blended a background and splattered it with water. The flower and the bees were stamped, coloured and die cut and I added heart trails behind each of the bees. I used clear Stickles on the bees' wings and on the centres of the flowers. The sentiment was placed at the bottom and I added the front to white cardstock and then a blue card base.
Enjoy,
Alyson
