Celebrate Winged Gatefold Card

 This was a fun card to make - I had to play with the measurements to make it fit into a standard A2 envelope. It is 51/2" tall but 4" wide, so there is a bit of extra space. 

The flowers and leaves were all die cut and assembled. On each piece of white cardstock, I used a silver marker to draw a border. The flowers and leaves were adhered in groups. The side panels behind the front panels were stencilled to add some interest. A sentiment was stamped on the inside panel and since I had some extra images, I added a flower in the corner of that piece. I used a white gel pen to add details to the flowers. 

The first photo shows the card standing up - the sides fold in together so only the panel with Celebrate shows when it is flat. The second photo shows the card opened up. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Hot Foiled Peonies

 I recently bought this gorgeous peony press plate. Instead of pressing the details of the flowers, it presses colour onto the background. I used the plate in my hot foil machine instead. 

I made a few backgrounds and chose a gold holographic background and a gold dot background for these two cards. 

Colouring is not my strength but I do enjoy it... I coloured the first card in shades of blue for the flowers. A hot foil sentiment was added and the card front was adhered to a dark blue mat.

The second card took me WAY out of my comfort zone as I used inks and a water brush to watercolour the images. It's not great - my watercoloring skills most definitely need work. I added a hot foiled sentiment and a black background to that card. 

Enjoy,

Alyson 

AH 574 - Just Because

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Challenge 574!

This is a very simple sketch and I stayed true to that for my card. 

The purple background was toner foiled (at the top of the photo, it picked up some of the shine). The banner piece and a border were die cut from dark purple cardstock and I also embossed the sentiment on the same cardstock. Some white twine was added under the circle and a few iridescent sequins were placed as per the sketch. Easy!

Come and join us at Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret this week's sketch. 

You have until Sunday evening to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Blue Christmas Cards

 I waited for almost 5 months for this press plate to arrive at my local scrapbook store... although it is designed to be used with the Better Press system, I chose to hot foil the image with a holographic blue foil. 

The first image is the original foiled image - such a pretty blue background with white trees. The second card is the reverse foiled image so the background is white and the trees are blue. Both cards shimmer beautifully in the light. I added only a silver sentiment to each and I did place a blue mat behind the white background. Easy, but oh, so pretty! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

SS 749 - Hello Sunshine

 Welcome to Sketch Saturday Challenge 749!

The optional theme (in addition to the sketch) is a trio of something. 

I couldn't make the trio work so I used only the sketch. The purple background was embossed with a small dot embossing folder and I added a piece of light turquoise patterned paper on a diagonal. Two slim frames were cut and I also placed two glitter strips along the bottom so they fit under the frames. The flowers were stamped, stencilled and die cut to represent the half circle and I added five clear gens to the left. Light turquoise gems were also placed on each flower and a die cut sentiment was adhered near the top. 

Come and join us at Sketch Saturday and show us how you interpret this week's challenge.

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

CD 597 - Vellum Inked Background Just Because

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 597!

The grid is below - I used Sundance, Rosy and Limeaid for my card. 

These are not go-to colours for me and I tried a few things before I was able to make something work. I scribbled three markers on vellum and splattered that with rubbing alcohol to allow the colours to blend a bit. That piece dried very quickly and it was adhered to a card base and a black frame was placed around the outside. The image and sentiment were both die cut from black cardstock and adhered - nothing else was added. 

Come and join us at Colour Dare and show us how you interpret this week's challenge. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 302 - Birthday Balloons

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 302! 

The theme for this challenge is "starts with B". 

My card has two B items - birthday and balloons. 

The background was die cut with a stitched maze die. I added the balloons and brushed them with a clear shimmer brush to add some shine. The sentiment piece and the card base were inked with a dark teal ink and the sentiment was die cut along with a white border. That was adhered at the bottom and I added some turquoise sequins around the balloons. Easy!

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

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

MTTC 532 - Dogwood Hello

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Challenge 542!

The theme for this challenge is everything dies. 

Everything on my card was die cut - everything! I used a Jennifer McGuire design for my card. The back of the card has the same opening around the edges as the front so it is completely see-through. The floral image was cut from white cardstock and inked before adding it to the vellum front. I also used a die cut coloured cardstock piece behind the flowers. I added a silver sentiment and put some Stickles on the centres of the flowers. 

Come and join us at MTTC and show us how you interpret this week's challenge. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Daisy Double Flip Card

 I saw a card like this on FB and figured out the measurements myself. I considered adding a horizontal card base to the back but it became rather bulky so this card can be leaned against something for display. 

The card opens to reveal two "hidden" sections. I blended some yellow ink on the front panel and decorated it with a stencilled daisy as the background paper also has flowers on it. I added a sentiment across the front. The next panel is the patterned paper panel and I selectively coloured the flowers and leaves to add some interest. Inside that panel is a stamped greeting plus a place to write a message. Everything was set on an embossed piece of cardstock which was adhered to the base of the card. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Daisy Hello Card Set

 This set of eight cards was created for a lady at my church who wanted cards with thinking of you related sentiments. These cards don't look like that BUT there is a catch. Inside the box, there is a small envelope with sixteen embossed sentiments so she can choose what to add under the hello sentiment on each card.

The design is the same for each card but I used eight colours so each card is unique. The woodgrain centre was embossed and inked in grey as that matched all the colours. 

Enjoy,

Alyson