SS 757 - Sunflower Cluster

 Welcome to Sketch Saturday Challenge 757!

The optional theme (in addition to the sketch) is to use summer colours.

I chose to use sunflowers to represent the squares on the sketch. 

The background was embossed with a leaf embossing folder and I die cut the leaves and sunflowers from white cardstock. I inked all the pieces and assembled them on the front of the card. The sentiment was embossed in gold and adhered toward the bottom. I added some gold gems around the card and adhered the card front to a green mat and then a brown card base.

Come and join us at Sketch Saturday and show us how you interpret this sketch. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

CD 613 - Inlaid Heart Card

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 613!

Shades of red, yellow and blue must be used. Please see the graphic below for the details. 

I die cut the heart image 6x - in white, red, yellow, gold and two shades of blue. I inlaid each of the pieces back into the white heart, including those tiny gold circles. That was placed on a red hot foiled background that was done on vellum and attached to white cardstock. I added a black border before adhering everything to the white card base. A gold foiled sentiment was placed at the bottom and I brushed the yellow flowers with a shimmer brush. Light blue Stickles were added to the flower centres. 

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

Cut It Up 310 - Thinking About You

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 310! 

The theme for this challenge is thinking of you. 

I love thinking of you cards as they can be used for so many occasions. Everyone loves to receive a card like that! 

I die cut and ink blended a floral spray using shades of purple and green. I also ink blended a rectangle using the same colours and after the card front was die cut, the rectangle was placed behind the circles to allow the colour to show through. The butterfly was hot foiled on vellum and coloured from the back. I added a purple mat before adhering everything to a white card base. Some purple gems were placed around the card. 

Come and join us at Cut It Up 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

MTTC 540 - Apples for the Teacher

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Challenge 540!

The theme for this challenge is "back to school". 

Apples are always associated with teachers so I chose to use a couple of apples on my card. 

The apples were stamped, stencilled and die cut. The background was created using patterned paper, a die cut scalloped border, a thin piece of black glitter paper and some red and white twine. I splattered the right side with a green shimmer brush and stamped a few hearts on that part. The apples were adhered with foam tape across the scalloped border and I added a die cut sentiment at the bottom. 

Come and join us at MTTC and show us your back to school projects. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

It’s Slim!

 A friend of mine designs for Miss Ink Stamps and she has a rescue dog named Slim. The stamp company made a stamp about Slim - how cool is that? 

Slim is such a handsome doggie with his bow tie and coffee cup. I adhered the fussy cut image to a white inked die cut with a black frame. The background was hot foiled with rainbow foil to provide a colourful but not overwhelming background. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Rose Postage Cards

I love the rose stencil from Waffle Flower so much! I die cut two white backgrounds and stencilled the roses onto the sections using the stencils. I added some dimension to the flowers and leaves by adding darker shades of the same colours. I stamped the postage images in various places and then went back with the third stencil and added solar paste or lunar paste for the small diamonds. The sentiments were embossed in white and added across each card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 652 - Christmas Greetings

 Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 652!

My card ended up being a LOT busier than I originally anticipated. The background was hot foiled in silver and I coloured the poinsettia images with markers. I added a silver die cut rectangle on top of the three strips and created a floral spray on that piece. The sentiment was embossed in white and added across the bottom. Some silver gems were placed in the centres of the flowers. 

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

Sets of cards from SU Expressions of Kindness Kit

 I recently purchased the Expressions of Kindness card kit from SU. It's a gorgeous kit BUT it is designed to make only 8 cards. Considering the cost of the kit, I wanted to get more out of it than just 8 cards. Rachel Tessman is a SU Demo and she did a video on how to cut up the card bases and envelopes to make the paper go further - to actually make 32 cards instead of just 8. I changed up a few small things but I love that I was able to get 4 sets of 8 cards each from this kit! This photos shows one of the four completed sets. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Dragonfly Dreams August - Sunflower Fun Fold Card

Welcome to Dragonfly Dreams August challenge! 

The theme for this challenge is "my favourite things". 

I love sunflowers so that is definitely one of my favourite things. They are so bold and vibrant!

I stamped, stencilled and die cut several sunflower images. The card was assembled and the sunflowers were added to each panel. There is a white piece on the last panel to write a message. The front panel has the sentiment which was stamped and the hearts were coloured. I added some flat gold sequins on each panel but they are thin so the card sits flat for mailing. 

Come and join us at Dragonfly Dreams and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Fold Over Scene Card

 This card is so pretty with the detailed scene paper. It folds flat for mailing as well. 

I used some SU paper for the image and also die cut a branch to go on the side of the scene. The folding component was adhered to a horizontal card base and there is a panel inside to write a message. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson