Blue Panel Card

 I have made this type of card before - the easiest way to describe it is to call it a panel card. 

A friend of mine hosts a 30 minute card making stash and dash once a week - the goal is to create a card within 30 minutes. I haven't met that deadline yet (the time IS flexible) but this past week, I took well over an hour to create the card below. 

The parameters were as follows: 1. accordion card, 2. monochromatic, 3. inking and 4. crafter's choice for embellishments.

I chose to use some alcohol inked patterned paper in shades of blue. I inked a piece of white cardstock using shades of blue and splattered it with water. Those pieces were cut for the inside small sections. I die cut leaves from vellum and added them to the inside panels as well as to the front. The sentiments were die cut from the inked piece and adhered to white shadows. I added a few silver gems and there is a white panel on the back to write a message. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Celebrate Card with Inside Pop-Up Feature

This sweet card has a nice surprise inside - a pop-up feature. 

I lightly blended pink ink in the two opposite corners and used a stylus to dry emboss lines on all four sides of the front white panel. The gold die cut circle was adhered off centre and I used the same die to cut a piece of white cardstock and embossed it to go in the centre of the circle. The citrus blooms (previously stencilled and die cut) were arranged along the frame. A hot foiled sentiment, gold gems and metallic thread were added as well. 

It took me a while to figure out the measurements for the inside pop-up but once that was done, everything fit together easily. I stamped a sentiment at the bottom and added more of the citrus blooms to the pop-up element. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

TSOT 586 - Coneflower in Orange

 Welcome to Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge 586!

The optional theme (in addition the sketch) is plaid. 

I started by creating a blue ombre background with Distress Oxide inks and I splattered that with water. The white plaid background is a diamond die that I cut twice and offset just enough to create a plaid appearance - that was trimmed and adhered to a stitched rectangle. The flower and leaf pieces were inked with gradient shades of orange and green and then assembled. With the flower at the top, it left room for a sentiment at the bottom - that was embossed and adhered with thin foam tape. Some clear dew drops were added around the card. 

Come and join us at TSOT and show us how you interpret the sketch shown above. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

AH 502 - Thinking of You Bunny

 Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 502! 

I am long finished my holiday cards so it is time to rebuild my stash of cards for other occasions. 

I chose to create a thinking of you card. The background was inked using four Distress Oxide colours and then die cut with a stitched coverplate. I added a piece of bright pink glitter paper across the centre before adhering that piece to a white card base. I die cut several circles from black and white cardstock. The smallest circle was lightly inked with a green colour and I added the marker coloured bunny holding a bouquet of flowers. The sentiment was placed across the bottom and some enamel dots were added around the image. 

Come and join us at Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret the sketch shown above. 

You have until Sunday evening to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas - Merry and Bright Stencilled Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge! 

This is always a a Christmas challenge and the optional component this month is to use a stencil. 

I created the background with layering stencils and green and red inks. That was die cut with a blanket stitched frame die. The red outline was also die cut from a smaller die from the same set (blanket stitch). The sentiment was embossed in gold and I die cut a bunch of holiday greenery and adhered the pieces to the back of the frame so they would show on the white cardstock. That frame was adhered with craft foam and I added some gold gems around the sentiment. The last step was to brush the red berries with a gold shimmer brush. 

Come and join us at Happy Little Stampers and show us your Christmas creations. 

The challenge is open until the end of the month. 

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

CAS Leaf Cards

 These two cards are based on a pair that I found on Pinterest quite a while ago. I really liked the idea of making two of the same type of cards but with reverse images. 

I die cut the leaves in three colours as well as white. I did the card front in two ways - for one of them, I used a square die and for the other, I marked the sections and cut them using my paper trimmer. It is hard to line up the dies exactly, especially when you only have one in that size!

The individual sections were created and then adhered to the card base. I stamped a sentiment on both card fronts before adhering them with foam tape. I love the simplicity and the clean lines on both of these! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Trio of Branches Shaker Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers - Birthday Challenge! 

This is always an anything goes challenge, as long as the theme is birthday. 

I had some alcohol ink backgrounds made that I wanted to use and this was a great opportunity to do just that. 

The triple branch image was die cut from both the alcohol inked background and also from black cardstock. I carefully adhered the black die cuts to a piece of acetate and created a shaker. I inked very lightly at the bottom of each square with a turquoise ink before adhering the shaker front to the card base. A sentiment was embossed and added at the left side, along with three enamel dots. 

I created a second card (not birthday) with the leftover pieces from the first set of die cuts. I cut a second set from back cardstock and inserted the alcohol inked pieces into the black frames. I splattered the backgound and die cut a sentiment to fit in the bottom corner. 

Come and join us at Happy Little Stampers and show us your birthday creations! 

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

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

CD 525 - Love and Friendship Blooms

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 525!

Choose at least three colours from the graphic below - neutrals and metallics are free to use. 

I chose Raspberry, Lemonade and Lagoon (plus black, white and silver).

The background was hot foiled on black cardstock using silver foil. I die cut a circle in silver and built the blooms around that. I inked sections of some of the blooms to darken selected areas. The sentiment was added just under a flower petal. I added some silver gems around the circle and adhered the front to a silver mat and then to the white card base. 

Come and join us at Colour Dare and show us how you use the colours for this challenge. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Double Trouble 127 - White on White Thinking of You Card

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 127! 

This is the last challenge for the calendar year and it will run until December 28th. 

The small graphic is below - please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information. 

I chose to create a white on white card - well almost! 

The background was die cut three times and stacked together before being added to the card base. I embossed some leaves and the same flower twice in white on vellum and cut away the outside of the flower on one piece. I used a thin marker to colour the centre sections from the back on the smaller flower and adhered that on top of the first flower with foam tape. The sentiment was also white embossed but on cardstock and I used a light blue ink to blend some colour over top so the sentiment could be easily read. 

I created a second card in a rainbow colour scheme. 

The background was hot foiled using rainbow foil and a geo arch design. I stamped the flowers in two colours each in the same rainbow combination. The sentiment was stamped using all the same ink colours in an ombre manner. I arranged the flowers on the background and added a sentiment. The border is a stitched black rectangle to match the offset black cardstock for the images. 

Come and join us at Double Trouble and show us your project!

You have until December 28th to link up with this challenge. 

I am also entering both my cards in the Colourful Options Challenge. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Folk Floral Stem Misc. Cards

 I have had the Folk Floral Stem collection for a while - it was time to do something with it! 

There is so much inspiration on the Pinkfresh Studio website and that's where I found these card ideas. 

All except one are A2 size. Some of the backgrounds were die cut and inked. I stamped and stencilled the images, sometimes using all the stencils and other times doing my own ink shading. I love the different looks with the same stamp set! 

Enjoy,

Alyson