Happy Day.

Hi everyone. It's a "Happy Day" here, now that we're all on summer vacation. I'm loving some time off with my family. :) Here at Ally Scraps, we're really enjoying having Daniela Dobson here with us for the month. She makes the lovliest cards, check out these super cute ones that she's made just for us.




Instructions
1. Make a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” card from cardstock.
2. Cut patterned paper slightly smaller than the card front, ink edges and adhere .
3. Adhere doily to the top of the card.
4. Make a pinwheel from patterned paper, adhere to the card and add a flower to the center.
5. Add flower border sticker to the bottom and and spell “Happy Day” with letter stickers.
Supplies
Cosmo Cricket Upcycle collection, Repeat
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Scene
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Alpha Stickers
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Element Stickers
Maya Road Ruffle Blossoms
Other supplies
cardstock, doily, toffee ink




Instructions
1. Make a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” card from cardstock.
2. Cut patterned paper slightly smaller than the card, paint edges and adhere to the card.
3. Cut patterned paper to 3 ¾ x 5” and punch a border at the bottom. Paint edges and adhere.
4. Paint edges of chipboard frame and adhere.
5. Cut strips from patterned paper to make a flower. Adhere to center of chipboard frame with foam adhesive.
6. Adhere doily and a button to the flower center.
7. Adhere die cut border to the bottom of the card.
8. Tie twine in a bow. Add two butterflies and spell “hello” with letter stickers.
Supplies
Basic Grey Hello Luscious Collection, Succulent
Basic Grey Hello Luscious Collection, Blissful
Cosmo Cricket Upcycle Collection, Repeat
Cosmo Cricket Upcycle Collection, Butterflies & Doilies
Cosmo Cricket Salt Air Collection, Buttons
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Alpha Stickers
Maya Road - Ornate Tags Chipboard Set
Pink Paislee Hometown Summer Collection, Border Stickers
Other supplies
cardstock, twine, paint, border punch, foam adhesive

Have you checked out Daniela's blog lately?? It ROCKS, so many pretty projects there.

Check back here soon too, I'm expecting awesome projects from Linda Albrecht and Beatriz Jennings! :) Take care, Dana

Beatriz Jennings is back, with this lovely altered Bingo card. I love that it's so pretty and feminine.




Instructions
1- Distress Ink edges of Bingo Board. Tie ribbon around paper and adhere to bingo board.
2- Add some lace and embellish with flowers and buttons.
3- Add artisan elements, rub ons and sticker.
4- Add ric rac, buttons and adhesive pearls.



Supply List
Melissa Frances bingo card
Pink Paislee Artisan Elements
Melissa Frances Essie paper
Kaiser Craft Le chateau collection rub ons
Glitz Design Love Nest cardstock stickers

Thanks so much Bety, this is beautiful!. Be sure to check out Bety's blog for even more inspiration! See you soon, Dana :)

June sketch winner announced!

A BIG congrats goes out to Shellye, the winner of our June sketch contest. The challenge was to make 2 cards based on this awesome sketch by Debbie Gaydos.



Here are Shellye's two super cute cards, they are so adorable.





Shellye wins both of these lovely 6 x 6 pads from Fancy Pants. Perfect for avid card makers. :)




It was SO hard to pick a winner this month for our sketch contest. Wow, there are some tremendous card makers out there. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

Check back later this week, for a super cute project from Beatriz Jennings. :) Dana

Summer Days...

There are some artists who make amazing, wonderful mini-albums... and obviously Daniela Dobson is one of those artists. Love this mini-album of her son on vacation. Love that it's so joyous. :)





Instructions
1. Cover each note card with a strip of patterned paper.
2. Embellish the front of the album with stickers, letter stickers, chipboard and a flower. Add twine and tie in a bow.
3. Add embellishments and photos to the inside pages.
4. Tie pages together with seam binding. Add a button with a twine.






Supplies
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Quilt
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Big Dots
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Alpha Stickers
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Chipboard Accents
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Element Stickers
Cosmo Cricket Salt Air Collection, Buttons
Cosmo Cricket Upcycle collection, Butterflies & Doilies
Maya Road Ruffle Blossoms
Other supplies
Note cards, Martha Stewart twine, My Mind’s Eye Stamp, Seam Binding, Clearsnap ColorBox Pigment Ink – Canary.



Be sure to check out Daniela Dobson's blog, it's full of wonderful creations. Happy Father's Day to all. See you soon, Dana

P.S. Don't forget that today is the last day to enter our June sketch contest, info here! June Sketch contest.

A big AllyScraps welcome to Daniela Dobson!

We are so pleased to welcome Daniela Dobson as a special guest designer here at AllyScraps. We've admired her work for a long time, and we are so happy to have her with us. Here is Daniela, I'll let her tell you a little about herself.



"My name is Daniela and I live in Dallas, TX. I am married to Peter and we have a little boy, Alex, who is 3 years old. He keeps me busy and my days are filled taking care of him. I have been scrapbooking and stamping for over 8 years. I really enjoy challenges and strive to be innovative. I love recording every day moments, especially now, with my son. I am a night owl and I stay up way too late creating. I love patterned paper and I am a collector of things, stamps in particular, they are everywhere. When I am not crafting I can be found spending time with my two boys, watching reality TV, cooking or reading."





You are My Sunshine card
instructions
1. Make 3 ½ x 5 ½ “ card from green cardstock.
2. Cut a strip of patterned paper to 2 ¾ x 4 ½ “. Adhere a strip of border punched patterned paper to each side.
3. Adhere tissue paper to the bottom of patterned paper. Distress the edges with scissors. Adhere to the front of the card.
4. Machine stitch four doilies over the bottom seam.
5. Tie twine to chipboard shape and adhere to the card.
6. Adhere sun and two butterflies.
Supplies
Cosmo Cricket Upcycle collection, Repeat
Cosmo Cricket Upsycle collection, Butterflies & Doilies
Echo Park Summer Days collection, Rainbow
Echo Park Summer Days collection, Chipboard Accents
Pink Paislee Soiree collection, Printed Tissue
Other Supplies
Twine, sewing machine, Bazzill Basics Paper cardstock, Fiskars border punch





The Grass is Greener with YOU card
Instructions
1. Make a 5 x 5” card from green cardstock.
2. Cut a piece of patterned paper to 4 ¾ x 4 ¾” and adhere to the card front.
3. Cut sun sticker in half and adhere to the top edge of the card
4. Adhere green border sticker to the bottom of the card.
5. Adhere two flowers and add a button tied with twine to flower centers.
6. Adhere sentiment sticker and tie twine around the front of the card.
Supplies
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Scene
Echo Park Summer Days Collection, Element Stickers
Cosmo Cricket Salt Air Collection, Buttons
Other supplies
Martha Stewart green twine, Bazzill Basics Paper cardstock

Thank you so much to Daniela for her lovely cards!! Be sure to check out her blog, and enjoy. Dana