Ayana's Creations

PTI January Blog Hop

HeLLo Everyone! Thanks for visiting!.... Today I'm participating in the January Blog Hop for Papertrey Ink!

This is actually my very first time participating in one of these hops! I've always wanted to join each month. However, procrastination always seems to get the best of me. Ugh!... LoL... Anyways, I'm glad to finally be joining today, so I sure hope you like what I've made! :)

The challenge for this month was to create a project using a set that had not been inked up yet. I decided to use my "Friendship Jar Fillers" set, that I have had a for a while, in order to create this fun birthday card. I also used one of the lovely text images to stamp my background. 

I decided to add this last picture below, using a different photo background, because I was having some difficulty when taking my photographs. My lighting was a bit off. Thus the buttons in my previous pictures showed up way too dark. It was bothering me. LoL. So I decided to share the pic below in order for you to see the card better, since it had less shadows. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Hopefully you'll come back soon and hopefully this won't be the last time I join one of the PTI hops. Don't forget to visit Nichole Heady's blog for a full list of all of the participants for today's hop!

Until next time.... have a FANTASTIC day!!!

SUPPLIES:

PTI Daisy Flowers Card

Paper: "Solar White" (Neenah Paper) & "Kraft", "Chocolate" (PTI)
Stamps: "Friendship Jar Fillers" & "Background Basics: Text Style" (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: "TuxedoBlack" (Memento)
Other: Copic markers, sheer gold ribbon, "New Leaf" satin ribbon (PTI), brown buttons, Martha Stewart border punch, twine,

Ribbon Leaf

Helloooo there everyone! 

Did you all have a fun Thanksgiving??.... I sure hope so!... My Thanksgiving was great. I cooked and ate with my family and it was so nice having the day off from work the following Friday. Although I didn't do much shopping this year (very unusual for me), I did enjoy the free time and I was able to get some errands done and also go see a movie too. My boyfriend and I went to see "127 Hours" last night. Has anybody else seen it???.... I enjoyed it very much. It was based on a true story and it was definitely a pretty intense movie. However, if you're the "squeamish type", then it may be a bit uncomfortable to watch. Just a bit of a "warning" there. :-) 

So, my card for today is another one of my features from Sue Berker's blog that was recently showcased. This is the final card from that collection that was shared on her blog, so many of you have probably already seen this card. But if not, then you can read all about it by clicking ---> HERE. Oh, and if you're interested, you may want sign up to follow Sue's blog too, because she usually shares a new "Featured Stamper" each month, in addition to sharing the wonderful projects that she creates herself too! :-)

The design for this card was inspired by a card that Kristina Werner had created a while back. I was unable to locate the original card when I went back to search for it on her blog. But she had a similar cut-out shape with ribbon peeking through, only hers was a heart shape, instead of a leaf.

Oh... and one more thing, before I go... I know this is long over-due, and I apologize tremendously for my delay. But I wanted to finally announce the winner of my most recent giveaway, for the Hero Arts lace ribbon.

Thanks to Random.org, the winner is ---> #77: Ann Cox!

Yaayyy Ann!!!... You're going to love the ribbon! Please be sure to send me a quick email with your home address, so that I can send you your prize!

And, thanks so much for everyone who entered the giveaway! I will definitely be having some more Blog Candy opportunities in the near future, so be sure to look out for those!

I hope you are all enjoying the long holiday weekend with your close friends, families, or loved ones. Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments and visits, and thank you so much for stopping by today! 

Big Hugs!!! :-)

SUPPLIES:

Ribbon Leaf Card

Paper: "Kraft" (Papertrey Ink)
Stamps: Papertrey Ink
Ink: "Antique Linen" (Tim Holtz Distress Ink) & "Close to Cocoa" (Stampin' Up)
Other: Dots Sizzix embossing folder, leaf die (PTI), grosgrain ribbon scraps in various colors, twine

Art from the Heart

 

Hello Everyone!

Just sharing a card that I made up for Kim's OTWC Challenge #18, which is based off of the inspiration photo below. The color challenge required blue, yellow, and white. I am also submitting this card to the Creative Inspirations Challenge #39, which states that "anything goes" for this week.

Overall, my card is fairly simple. Lately, i've been trying to keep things with a CAS style, due to my lack of time during these past couple of weeks. Hopefully, you guys are still enjoying my creations. For this card I used the paint brushes image from one of my Papertrey Ink sets that I bought a while ago. I used Copic markers in order to color in the brushes. Then I just added some blue satin ribbon, along with some pearls which I colored in order to make them match.... and that's basically it! Super Simple! :)

I sure hope you all are having a great week so far. As many of you may know, I haven't been feeling very well lately. But luckily, I was able to rest yesterday, since I stayed home from work in order to go to the doctor. So hopefully this virus will go away soon, so I can feel "normal" once again. I hope you enjoyed my card today and hopefully some of you will be inspired to play along in the challenges as well. Until next time, I hope you all enjoy the rest of your day! Thank you for spending some of your time with me. :)

SUPPLIES:

Art from the Heart Card

Paper: "Solar White" (Neenah Paper) and "Brilliant Blue" & "YoYo Yellow" cardstock (Stampin' Up)
Stamps: Papertrey Ink
Ink: "Tuxedo Black" (Memento)
Other: Copic markers, blue satin ribbon, pearls

Fancy Flourish Card

 

Hey Blog Friends,

Just sharing a quick card I made the other day, using the "Fancy Flourishes" set from Papertrey Ink. The sketch is from the CPS Sketch #174 and the colors combo is from the Curtain Call Color Challenge #37. 

Do you see that flower embellishment at the top corner? I actually made that months ago! LoL... For a while I saw sooo many other stampers making their own paper flowers for their cards. I'm sure you all have seen them several times as well. But anyways, so I ended up making up a few for myself. I found an old book in my garage and tore out some sheets of paper to use for it. I think I made like three or four all together.... only I never ended up using any of them. I just made them and then stuck them in a drawer. Every time I tried to use one on a card, it just never seemed to fit or look right at the moment. But hopefully it looks okay on this card today. In order to stick with the color scheme, I simply just grabbed a pink button and stuck it in the center of the flower. Oh, and by the way... also, when I was making this card, I realized that I didn't have any yellow pearls. So all I did was use basic white pearls, only I colored them first with a yellow Copic marker. Hope you guys like it! :)

SUPPLIES:

Fancy Flourish Card

Paper: Papertrey Ink Cardstock
Stamps: "Fancy Flourishes" (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: "Raspberry Fizz" (PTI) 
Other: Copic markers, white pearls, pink rhinestones, pink button, old book paper for flower embellishment

One Layer Cards with Masking

So it's the start of a new week!... I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. My post today consists of two single layer cards that I made up last night for the OLW#8 Challenge which required us to include "masking" within our backgrounds. My first card above is a sympathy card that I made with stamps from Repeat Impressions. In order to make the sunset in the background, I simply masked off the circle cut-out shape by using one of my Nestabilities. Then I applied two shades of ink by using a sponge dauber. I made sure to blend my colors into each other, in order to acheive the "sunset" look.

This next card, shown below, was made up with Argyle diamond image from Papertrey Ink and the sentiment is from Stapmin' Up. I incorporated the masking technique around the edges. As you can see in the pictures, I made a border using a blue marker and then I masked off the border before I stamped the diamonds, so that the ink would not cross over to the edges of the card.

The sketch design for this card is from this week's CPS Sketch #171.

I have to tell you that I have really been enjoying these "One-Layer Card Challenges" over on Susan's blog. I am so used to always reaching for a ton of embellishments and always adding on lots of dimension and layers to my cards, which I still love to do, of course. But it's also nice to participate in these unique challenges that make you "step-back" for a sec and realize that you can still create a wonderful card just by keeping things "simple". These cards don't usually take much time to make at all, which is certainly NOT something that I can say for the rest of my cards! haha... So if you haven't tried making one of these single-layer cards yet, I definitely think it's something you should try! I didn't think I would enjoy making them, at first... but surprisingly I do very much! =)

Oh, and one more thing, before I end this post... I just want to let you know that there is currently a new "Stamp of the Week" being offered over on the Repeat Impressions Blog. Make sure you check out their post for today for more details, along with some great new samples from my fellow design team members.

Ok, that's all for today! Thanks so much for stopping by and spending some of your day with me! =)

SUPPLIES:

Sympathy One-Layer Card

Paper: Neenah Paper (Solar White)
Stamps: "Divi-Divi Tree" & sentiment (Repeat Impressions)
Ink: "Summer Sun", "Pumpkin Pie"," Garden Green", & "Close to Cocoa" (Stampin' Up)
Other: circle Nestabilities, sponge dauber, ruler, and permanent marker

Argyle Congrats One-Layer Card

Paper: Neenah Paper (Solar White)
Stamps: "A Little Argyle"(Papertrey Ink) & sentiment from Stampin' Up
Ink: "Summer Sunrise" (Papertrey Ink) & "Pixie Pink", "Brilliant Blue" (Stampin' Up)
Other: ruler, blue marker, & post-it notes for masking 

Whimsical Cake

Hello Everyone!

Today I am sharing a card that I made for the OTWC Challenge #10- "Mad Hatter Madness". The theme and requirement for this particular challenge was to make a project inspired by the infamous movie of "Alice in Wonderland".

Before I show you my card, I would like to share with you where I got my inspiration from:

As I was searching around the internet for some ideas, I came across this fabulous cake on the Marmalade Cake Company website, and I immediately thought it was perfect! It was like a cake straight out of the "Alice in Wonderland" movie itself! So colorful and whimsical and just absolutely stunning! In fact, I actually got pretty distracted and spent quite a bit of time browsing around this company's website. I was completely blown away with their brilliant Cupcake Towers and gorgeous Wedding Cakes.

I was so impressed with the "Alice in Wonderland" cake (shown above) that I knew I wanted to base my card off of it for the challenge. Sooo... I reached for my new Bake Me A Cake set from Lawn Fawn, along with some pattern stamps from Practicing Creativity and Papertrey Ink, and came up with this........

So, what do you guys think????...... Did I do a decent job at re-creating the cake? I tried my best to mimic the same patterns from the "real" cake. Unfortunately, I didn't have a purple striped cat for the top. So instead I just added on an extra layer of cake, and I just used the same colors of the cat. I used an image from the For the Love of Dots set to stamp the fourth layer, as well as for the background base of the card too.

It's hard to tell from just this photo, but the cake is actually 3-dimensional, and the candle flames also have glossy accents on them. I'll try to take some better pics soon, so I can update this one.

I really hope you guys enjoyed this card, and hopefully I was able to provide some inspiration to some of you today. I'd love to hear your comments and feedback about my "whimsical cake"! :)

Thanks so much for reading today! Hope you visit again soon!

SUPPLIES:

Whimsical Cake Card

Paper: Neenah paper (Solar White) & Basic Black (Stampin' Up)
Stamps: "Bake Me A Cake" (Lawn Fawn), "For the Love of Dots" (Practicing Creativity), & "A Little Argyle" & "Polka Dot Basics II" (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: "Jet Black" Archival Ink & sliver (Encore)
Other: blue rhinestones, glossy accents

OWH Memorial Day Bloghop

HeLLo Everyone! Happy Memorial Day Weekend to you! :)

Today I am participating in the 2010 OWH Memorial Day Weekend Bloghop. So for those of you that are new to my blog, I would just like to say "Welcome!"..... Hope you are able to find some inspiration here and enjoy this post. I'll try not to write too much, since I know many of you have various other blogs to visit today as well.....

My first card for today was made using the Star Cascade stamp from DeNami Design. I figured it was appropriate for my card, since it was simply based off of the American flag. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.   

My next card was meant to go along with the "Miss You" theme of today's bloghop. I figured the message of "Thinking of You", along with a bare and lonely tree, would represent the fact that the receiver of this card is being missed. Hope you guys are able to interpret it in the same way. :)  

And finally... If you have some time, I would just like to share the following video with you that I found on the internet a while back. Some of you may have already seen this before, but for those who haven't, I think it is a great compilation of those families who are missing their loved ones, and the mix of emotions that they go through when their soldiers finally return home.

I definitely get a bit teary-eyed when I see this video. But I feel it is appropriate for Memorial Day, and it can help us all to be appreciative and grateful for those who have given the ultimate sacrifice to our country. 

Well, that's all for this post. I really hope you enjoyed my cards. I'd love to hear what you think! And if today was your first time on my blog, then I hope you come back to visit again soon! :)

Thanks for stopping by!.....

The next site for the OWH Bloghop is Jackie.... You can check out her blog HERE.

SUPPLIES:

Red, White, Blue with Stars Card

Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Real Red, Brilliant Blue (Stampin' Up!) 
Stamps: "N80-Star Cascade" (DeNami Design)
Ink: "Jet Black" Archival Ink
Other: Fiskars Upper Crest border punch, Copics, circle nestabilities die, Yellow Stickles glitter glue, twine

Thinking of You PTI Tree Card

Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Real Red, Brilliant Blue (Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: "Through the Trees" (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: "Jet Black" Archival Ink
Other: blue string, Fiskars Upper Crest border punch, Spellbinders Ribbon Trio die, black pen

Embellish Butterflies Color Challenge Entry #1

Good Morning & Happy Thursday Everyone!....

Today I wanted to share one of the cards that I made for the Embellish Butterflies Color Challenge. Yes, that's correct, I ended up making more than one. It wasn't hard to do, because I happened to really like this color combo and I just love butterlies too! 

For this particular card I used the butterfly die from Papertry Ink to cut the shapes out of the kraft cardstock. The actual butterflies are stamped on to the different shades of green cardstock, and they are each matted on to the base of the card. Whereas the kraft cardstock is popped up with dimensionals. I tried to show that in the second picture, however i'm not sure if you are able to tell or not just by looking at the photo.

Well, Friday is JUST around the corner! Then it's on to a nice 3-day weekend for Memorial Day! Yay! Does anybody have any exciting plans? As I've stated before, i'm really looking forward to having that extra day off from work. I don't exactly know what I'll do yet, but i'm sure I'll find something. :-)

Ok, well i'm off to get ready for work now. Hope you enjoyed this card. I should be sharing the other two cards that I made for the challenge either later on today or tomorrow. Hope you come back to check them out!

Thanks SO much for looking!

SUPPLIES:

Embellish Challenge PTI Butterflies Card

Paper: Gable Green, Green Galore, Glorious Green, Kraft, Whisper White, & Basic Black (Stampin' Up!) 
Stamps: "Butterfly Dreams" (Papertrey Ink) & "For the Love of Dots" (Practicing Creativity)
Ink: "Jet Black" (Archival Ink) & Versamark
Other: Butterfly Die (PTI), scalloped border punch (Stampin' Up), green gems

Embellish Dimension Color Challenge

Ok, well i'm a little late with this.... But "better late, than never", right??..... haha ;-)

This is just a quick post with my submissions for the previous Embellish Dimension Color Challenge. By the time you read this, it will already be past the deadline for this particular challenge. I just barely made the cut-off time for their deadline. It was very close, but thankfully I was still able to submit and participate in this fabulous challenge. The colors that we were required to use were: sea foam, brown, green, and terracotta. Along with this color combination, we were also required to incorporate dimension within our projects as well. 

For my first card, I chose to use one of my favorite punches from EK Success. The punch cuts out two hearts at the same time. One is the outline with the center missing, and the other is the middle part of the first one; so it's a tiny little heart. I love it! Here's what I made......

Then.... as I was cleaning up my scraps from my first card, I decided to salvage the negative pieces from the heart punches, and I ended up using them to make this card below.....

I also used a Scor-pal in order to make the score lines on the strips of cardstock and around the base of the entire card. Then I applied glitter by laying down a few strips of red-line tape across the colored cardstock.

Pretty Cool, huh?..... I was able to make TWO cards with ONE single punch! I need to do things like this more often. I love when I am able to use up my scraps, instead of throwing them away. =)

Well, I hope you all enjoyed these cards. I'd love to hear what you think! I truly treasure each and every one of your opinions. I appreciate all of you who frequently leave feedback, and even to those who just like to browse around. I know we all have very busy lives, therefore it means SO much to me when you chose to take a few minutes out of your day in order to show me love!

Thanks so much!

SUPPLIES:

Heart Punches Card

Paper: Papertrey Ink & Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Sentiment from"Heart Prints" (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: "Close to Cocoa" (Stampin' Up!)
Other: EK Success Double Heart punch, brown sharpie

Heart Punch Negatives Card

Paper:Papertrey Ink & Stampin' Up!
Stamps: "TR21- Tropical Drinks" & "TR25- Let's Get Together Stamp Set" (DeNami Design)
Other: EK Success Double Heart punch, Dazzling Diamonds glitter (Stampin' Up), red-line tape, Scor-pal

Three Chairs Card

Hi Everyone....

Today I am sharing a card that I made for the Three Cheers for Chairs Challenge in the Moxie Fab World and for the Wee Memories Challenge #5, which required the theme of "stitching".

I'm actually super excited about this particular card today. The reason is because this is my very FIRST time using stitching in one of my cards! Yup!... I finally did it! :) I've been admiring so many other people's creations with stitching and I have always wanted to try it on one of my projects. My grandmother bought me a sewing machine years ago, because I used to take sewing lessons when I was a little girl. However, that was so long ago, and I barely even remembered how to utilize a sewing machine! But luckily, I was able to figure it out for this card.

So, as you can see, I still need quite a bit of practice! I would have preferred for my zig-zags to be a bit straighter and I also need practice on what to do when I get to the end of the paper. Haha! I still need to work on those imperfections, but overall, I found this technique to be pretty easy and lots of fun! I'm sure you will be seeing lots more stitching in many of my future cards from now on. However, i'm still learning, so if any of you have any tips, I would LOVE for you to share them with me! Any comments or suggestions are always greatly appreciated!

Hope you are all enjoying your week! :)

SUPPLIES:

Three Chairs Card

Paper: Kraft, New Leaf, Razberry Fiz, Dotty-Biscotti (Papertrey Ink), Neenah Paper- "Solar White"
Stamps: “On My Couch” & "A Little Argyle" (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: "Not Quite Navy" (Stampin' Up) & "Tuxedo Black" (Memento)
Other:  Spellbinders "Ribbon Labels Trio" Die, "On My Couch" Steel Die (PTI), EK Success Edger Punch, white grosgrain ribbon, white thread & sewing machine