Aya's Designs - Card Making

Hi everyone, thanks so much for dropping by! Today's card was all about using different inking techniques like layered stamping and using ink pads as paint. I'd been wanting to use Altenew's Indian Lotus layering stamp set for quite a while and thought this would fit the bill. I wanted the lotus to sit on the flower pad so first, using the Tropical Forest set of crisp dye inks, I stamped the flower pad. Then I covered it with a Post-It note mask and set about stamping the flower using the Deep Blue Seas set of inks. Unfortunately, the blue inks bled right through the Post-It note to the card base.  So I dug out the Altenew Masking Paper I recently got free with an order and tried again. This time, the masking worked perfectly. I decided I wanted to use this tranquil looking lotus on a sympathy card and used the "With Deepest Sympathy" sentiment from the  Sunrise in the Park silhouette stamp set. I stamped my sentiment with  Sapphire pigment ink and heat embo...

    Hi everyone! This lessons’ class calls for shine - bring it on!  I decided to go with a summery theme using Altenew's Daisies stencil set coupled with the retired Pocket Full of Sunshine crisp dye ink set.  To kick it up a notch, I applied  Mayan Gold shimmer paste to the center of the flowers.  The paste glided on so smoothly and evenly and dried to a beautiful, textured gold. I die cut the daisy panel and gold backing using oval stitched dies and stacked them on green textured paper.  My friends are celebrating their wedding anniversary, and I thought this would make the perfect card.  So I pulled "Celebrate" from Altenew's Scripted Sentiments set and framed it at the bottom of the card. I didn't to hide any of these beautiful daisies. This was a fun, simple card and I really enjoyed making it.  Till next time!    

Hi everyone, thanks so much for dropping by! Today's card topic is "For the Guys". I started with stamping and clear heat embossing Roaming Pandas . The panda's came out nice and shiny and the pigment ink won't smear because heat embossing seals the ink tight. To have options, I used embossing folder and stencil set Bamboo Branches on white and green panels. I ended up making cards from both! I ink-blended the stencil using Tropical Forest Crisp die ink. The white panel is bright and colorful and the green panel is beautifully subtle. Which do you like best?  

This is the card for my second Altenew Educator Certification Program class - Seasonal Scene Building.  I had a tropical scene in mind so I started by stamping and heat embossing Altenew's cute little Tropical Toucan . I colored it very simply using OLO markers.  To build out my tropical scene, I used leaves from Altenew's Hibiscus Garden 3D die set. I really love the two-part palm leaf that sits in the upper left of the card and have plans to use this set again. For the peak-a-boo effect, I used an oval die and cut through the panel and the front of the card base. The toucan was positioned in the background and the leave overlapped the oval. For the sentiment, I used "Good Morning, Sunshine" from Altenew's  Sunrise in the Park stamp and die set.  To finish things off, I placed a few Altenew's Green Fields enamel dots.  This was a fun and informative class!  

This is the card I made for the my first class in the Altenew Educator Certification Program - All About Layering 3. I used the Build-a-Flower Belladonna Lily Layering Stamp and Die Set along with Cherry Blossom Crisp Die Ink. Although I'm not versed in layering stamps, the process was simple and aligning the stamps was easier than I thought. For the background, I used the (retired) Doodle Dots Cover Die. I backed the cover die with pale yellow card stock and layered a partially cut circle beneath focal lilies.  Also included are photos of the other cards I made in this class. All in all, this was a very fun, informative class and it's taken away my trepidation of layering stamps!