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Happy Sunday my friends.  Today some of my family have come in from out of town to do some spring skiing.  The weather here has been exceptional , usually between +7 / +10.   I had gone yesterday and tortured my quads.  So, today I am vegging. Today's card was inspired by the week's color challenge over at the Just add Ink blogspot.   All papers, tools and most accessories are from Stampin' Up! Have a wonderful day, and thank you for stopping by! Alyson

Hello my friends, Happy Valentine's Day to all .  I 'm curious as to what hubby has in store more me.....Flowers....Chocolate... Dinner. anyway.... today's card was made for this weeks challenges over at the Mojo Monday & Play Date Cafe blogspots. I used a variety of patterns, which I love to do, along with a little punch art, washi tape, lace trim, bakers twine and other toppings for this adorable Easter card.  Have a great day friends! Alyson

Hello my friends, I'm enjoying a day of solitude while the family is out for the day.  I'm at home sick with the stomach flu, but, am getting better by the hour.  It's so much easier to heal when its quiet. Today's card was made using this weeks color challenge over at The Paper Players blogspot. Stampin' Up! has a few product suites that have these very color combinations in them, how perfect is that.  So, together with those papers, some tools and accessories this pretty card came to be. I hope you are all having a happy Tuesday. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

Today's card was inspired by the sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday and the beautiful inspiration photo over at The Shabby Tea Room. Card Recipe : Paper : Stampin' Up (Bella Bleu), Little Yellow Bicycle, MME Ink : Basic Black, Walnut Stain. Stamp: Well Scripted Accessories : Die Cuts (Circle, Heart), Lace, Paper Doily, Punches, Seam Binding , Paper Flower. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

Happy New Years my friends.  I hope that 2012 was good to you and I hope 2013 will be just as good or better.  I always look forward to making new goals, short and long, then look back to see if I actually achieved them.  Most times I do, but there are a few that never do get accomplished. Today's card was inspired by two things.  First by the color challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments , as well as the pretty card that I CASed from the 2103 Spring catalogue. Card Recipe: Paper :  Textured White, Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Scraps. Ink :  Pool Party. Stamps : Hearts a Flutter, Hand Penned Holidays. Accessories : Honeycomb embossing folder, sander, heart embossing folder, hearts a flutter die cuts, Pool Party embossing powder, dimensionals, Whisper White satin ribbon. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

Today's card was inspired by the colour challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Begin by painting the edges of a Bashful Blue cardstock base.  Mount a Whisper White mat onto a Red/White patterned paper mat, zigzag stitch, distress and ink the edges.  Add a sentiment and lace to the bottom half of the card.  Stamp an image onto some Whisper White, ink the edges Blue and mount it slightly to the right of the card.  To this attach a Red button, Blue seam binding and a felt holly. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

 Good morning, here is another card for the Friday Mashup challenge.   For this challenge, I chose to mash it up with leaves an d a Thank You sentiment .   I began on Old Olive and adhered a Whisper White and Bravo Burgundy mat. To this I added some glittery leaves, pretty polka dot coordinating organza ribbon and an Old Olive button. So here is the  "Mashup"  Challenge: Make a project with  "Leaves " . Or Make a project saying  "Thank You " . Or  "Mash it Up"  and create a  "Thank You project with Leaves " .

  Today's card was inspired my the technique challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments. I began on Crumb Cake.  I ran some more Crumb Cake through my big shot using a Vintage patterned embossing folder that I inked White.  I topped it off with a pumpkin die cut, ribbon, lace, buttons, a prima flower. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

Good morning, today I have made a card using the fun colors over at The Play Date Cafe .     I was able to dig up some scraps for this one.  I used bits and pieces of many patterns.  I began on some Crumb Cake and distressed the edges White.  I layered on some Pear Pizzazz along with shabby pink and ledger patterned paper.  I ran some pretty pink patterned paper through my big shot using a bigz butterflies die cut. I finished it all off with tangerine pieces, Gren brad and rustic Cream twine. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

Today's card was inspired by two challenges.  The colour challenge over at the play date cafe along with the sketch challenge over at mojo monday. Here is the card recipe: Paper : Old Olive, various retired patterned dsp from Stampin Up!, Bravo Burgundy, Pumpkin Pie Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive. Stamp Set: Fabulous Phrases . Accessories: fabric prime flower, large oval punch, orange button, bird builder punch, square punch, corner rounder punch. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson  

Good morning, I'm glad to be back.  School is in, guests are gone, and life will be back as I know it.   Today's card was inspired by the fun sketch here.   I used some pretty light blue textured paper as well as some of my favorites from the Little Yellow Bicycle line.  I also used some chipboard, stickers and Red pearls. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

This card was inspired by the color challenge over at Sunday Stamps.   The layout was cased by a card Cathy Gray had done.  Sorry, I can't remember where I saw it.  I began on a piece of Soft Suede cardstock.  To this I layered some Very Vanilla with stamped images from the French Foliage stamp set.  To the So Saffron lattice I added leave die cuts in Real Red and Soft suede.  The ribbon and rhinestone were added as finishing touches. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

Today's card was inspired by the colour challenge over at The Play Date Cafe.  Oh, how beautiful these pastels are.... I began on a piece of White cardstock.  These this I added a patterned paper panel, a Yellow scalloped strip, a stamped mat and a nice sentiment.  When this was done I did some spritzing in Green, Yellow and Coral. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

Today's card came from the inspiration photo over at The Shabby Tea Room. I mounted 3 panels of Tea Party Designer patterned paper on a piece of Crumb Cake, machine stitched them on, painted around the edges, and stamped a sentiment on the bottom right corner.  I then adhered some white lace and ribbon around the middle panel, along with a stick pin.  Finally, a White chiffon fabric flower and button were added. Thank you for stopping by. Alyson

2 more days my friends...yes 2, until I hop on a plane to EUROPE.  This is a dream holiday for me and I'm super pumped. Here is today's card using the color scheme over at the colourq blog. I began on a piece of Whisper White.  I scrounged around for a strip of Bashful Blue patterned paper and some Night of Navy patterned paper.   I inked the edges with some Crumb Cake ink, then used it to stamp my petal.  I stamped the floral image onto some Bashful Blue using Night of Navy ink, cut, shaded and raised them on dimensionals before adhering to the paper mat.  I finished it off with a sentiment using Rich Razzleberry ink and added some pearls to the flowers. Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

This is my take on the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I began my creation on a piece of Certainly Celery cardstock.  The first layer is Whisper White with rounded edges and pink shading around all the edges.   I cut a panel from Certainly Celery and another layer with Whisper White. I once again rounded all the edges as well as pink shading.  The patterned paper is from the Recollections collection, the blue is random scraps and the lower border is also Recollections.  For the finishing touches I used a few Pink buttons and Pink rhinestones. Here is the Mojo 237 sketch: Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

This is my creation for the Create with Connie and Mary color challenge. I began my creation on a piece of White confetti cardstock.  I punched the White strip with a retired Stampin' wheel in Certainly Celery.  The top and bottom piece were punched out using Concord Crush.  The tag was stamped using the new 'Summer Smooches' stamp set in Certainly Celery, Marina Mist and Concord Crush.  I finished this card off with a cute little sentiment, ribbon and rhinestone. Here is the color challenge:   Thank you for stopping by! Alyson

This card entry is for 2 challenges.  The color challenge is from Color Throw Down & the sketch challenge is from retro sketches . I began my creation on a piece of Basic Grey cardstock.  The first layer is Regal Rose and the second layer is an embossed piece of Whisper White cardstock.  The stamped images are from the Up, Up & Away stamp set, and are matted onto Kiwi Kiss.  I used Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss & Basic Black stamp pads.  The 'birthday wishes' sentiment is from the So Happy for You stamp set, that has been matted onto some Regal Rose patterened paper.   Here is the sketch and color combo:     Thank you for stopping by! Alyson