Ayana's Creations

Compose A Card & Annabelle Stamps Challenges

Good Morning Everyone!.... Happy Monday! =)

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. Mine went pretty well... (I'll tell you more about that later). 

But first, today I have not one, but TWO cards to share with you all. Both are very similar to each other and both were made specifically for challenges. 

The two challenges I made these cards for were:  Compose A Card # 9  And  ABSC019

    

Now don't you see how similar the challenges were?.... Both of them had similar layouts. 

Here are some close-ups of my second card:

In case it isn't obvious, twine has become one of my new favorite embellishments. =) And i'm really happy that I finally got to you use my "On My Couch" set from Papertrey Ink. I have had the set for so long now, but I just haven't had the chance to get around to using it. (I hate when that happens).... But for this challenge I finally managed to reach for it and put it to good use!

As for my weekend, if you read my last post, I mentioned how I was going to be taking a class on Copic Markers on Saturday. Well I did, and I absolutely loved it! I guess you could say it was the start of my soon-to-be "new addiction". Haha!... 

I took the class at my local stamp store here, in South Florida. The class was taught by Colleen Schaan. She's a Regional Instructor for Copics and she's absolutely amazing. This girl definitely knows her stuff! =) She was super sweet and very helpful. We worked on three different cards in the class and practiced different types of blending techniques and other little tricks that Colleen shared with us. If you're interested in checking out Colleen's classes or learning more about her, then you can visit her blog HERE.

I definitely had a great time at her class and i'm looking forward to putting my new knowledge to use. I will try to post the cards that we made in the class on my blog soon, and I'll also try to post some of the tips that I learned when I get the chance.

Well, I hope everyone enjoys their Monday today... hopefully the week will go by pretty fast!

Thanks so much for reading! =)

Butterfly Hearts Card and Holiday Card

Hi Everyone...

Ok, well since my initial introduction, I guess you could call this my first official post in regards to an actual project of mine. Being that I just recently started my blog and we are already on our way into the month of March, I wanted to share some of my creations from earlier this year.

This first picture, shown above, is a photo of a project that I made for some of my girl friends this year for Valentine's Day. Rather than just making a card, I wanted to be able to give them some candy and other little gifts as well. So I decided to use one of Papertrey Ink’s Timeless Templates in order to make this picnic basket with the matching card.

These baskets were lots of fun to make. The flourish stamp from Hero Arts is one of my favorite stamps. I stamped in various places with the Rasberry Fizz ink. In order to give the project more dimension, I added some sponging to the basket handles and also some glitter to the butterfly and its trail of hearts. It might be hard to notice in the picture.

But here’s a closer look..............

The tiny hearts were the left-over scraps from using the Lace Heart border punch. I never like to let those little pieces go to waste! =) 

I also added some embossing and some more sponging to the white center piece of the card.
In addition to this project, I also decided to make "opposite" card. I used the exact same layout as my first card, only I switched the colors around and used the pink cardstock as the card base, and then I used the kraft cardstock on top. I figured it was a simple way to get some more variety with this project.

This is how it turned out......

I placed the pictures side by side, so that it would be easier to compare.The only main difference, besides the colors, is that on the pink one I rounded the corners. But other than that, the layout is exactly the same for both cards.

And here is just another quick look at the original card along with some of the others from the same set.

AND NOW... I'd like to take you a couple months back and share with you my Christmas card for this past holiday season.....

 

Very simple design.

All products used were from Stampin' Up, except for the ribbon and the pearls.

Here's a couple more shots.....

 

Well, I guess that about wraps it up for this post!....

I've been learning A LOT this weekend about posting my work on the web. I finally set up a Flickr account just a few nights ago. So I will also be posting my work on there, as well. For those that are interested, you can find my account HERE.

Until next time......

Hope you have a great week! =)

SUPPLIES:

Butterfly Hearts Card

Paper: Shimmery White & Kraft Cardstock (Stampin’ Up), “Rasberry Fizz” (Papertrey Ink)
Stamps: “Outline Bold Flourish” (Hero Arts)
Ink: “Rasberry Fizz” (Papertrey Ink)
Other: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (Stampin’ Up), Lace Heart Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Swiss Dots embossing folder, PTI Ribbon

Holiday Card

Paper: Real Red Cardstock (Stampin’ Up), shimmery red & gold cardstock 
Stamps: “Patterned Pines” & "Sincere Salutations" (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Garden Green (Stampin' Up)
Other: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (Stampin’ Up), thin red ribbon, oval punch & scalloped oval punch (Stampin' Up), small star punch, and white pearls