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Monday, August 23, 2010

JOURNAL: OLD TO NEW

Hi Bloggers,
I hope everyone had a good weekend. I missed out on the Scrappy Moms Blog Hop this Saturday because I was celebrating my 2 year anniversary with my boyfriend and the last weekend before school starts. Even though I missed out on the blog hop I had a great weekend acting like a tourist in my own city.

Okay, now back to this journal; I had an old journal that I was not liking too much, so I decided to give it some life again hope you guys enjoy.

 The journal is covered with the same designer paper as my "Best Wishes" card. If you would like to take a look to see how the card looks CLICK HERE.

I used 3 grass green pearls from Queen & Co. I then glued a piece of gold ribbon form the dollar section at Micheal's. I also glued a multi-colored ribbon on top of the gold. The ribbon is from American Craft.


I wanted to personalize the journal since it is my new baby, lol. I used the mini monogram cartridge and cut out an "A" on a scallop in green paper from the Cricut card stock.

Ingredients:
* Designer paper from Me & My Big Idea stack.
* Green card stock from cricut rainbow stack.
* Gold ribbon from Michael's at the dollar section.
* Multi-Color ribbon from  American Craft.
* Queen & Co. lime green pearls.




Tuesday, August 17, 2010

BABY ALBUM: MOMO'S TUESDAY CHALLENGE

Hi My Blogger Friends,
Here's another Tuesday challenge for Made by Momo's blog. This Tuesday her theme is ""Babies, and Diapers, and Onesies, Oh My!!!". The lucky winner will receive a prize pack which will include paper, ribbon, embellishments, and more. For those of you that haven't done one of her challenges you can check out all her challenges HERE

For my challenge I decided to make a mini, mini album for my cousin.  She is expecting a baby boy soon. I am not good at making albums yet, that is why it's a mini album. The album only has about 4 spots to put pictures in.
Enjoy. =}

I used my new corner punch to cut the around edges on each corner. I also used white ribbon from the Dollar Tree to tie it together.

Isn't the bear so cute? He's cut out using the Create-A-Critter cartridge from page 27 cut out at 1 1/4". The pink nose is a recollection pearls. I love this!!! I think is going to be my new thing. To put pearls for noses.

I used buttons for the middle of the carriage. Sorry I forgot where the buttons are from. I bought them at Micheal's at the fabric section.

  The sentiment is from the Studio G stamp set. I did stitching around the circle with a white gel pen to match with the rest of the cut outs.

I haven't added much to the inside because I really need to think about what I am going to do. I might post the finish project when I am done to show you guys.

Oh, forgot the card measures 4"X12", so each square is 4"X4" and the carriage is from the Heritage cartridge and is cut at 2".
See you guys soon.

Ingredients:
* Create-A-Critter and Heritage cartridge. 
* Navy blue card stock from recollection stack 4"X12".
* Baby blue card stockfrom recollection stack cut at 3 3/4"X3 3/4".
* Designer paper from Me & My Big Idea stack cut at 3 1/2"X3 1/2".

* Recollection pearl for the nose.
* 2 Baby blue buttons.
* Dollar Tree ribbon.
* Studio G "BABY" stamp.
* Black and white gel pen.
* Googly eyes.
* ColorBox ink in black.



Monday, August 16, 2010

CUTIE POODLE

Hi Bloggers,
Over the weekend I went to Michael's with my dad. I bought a couple of stamps, buttons and recollection pearls. Since I found so many cool things for a lot less I thought I should share my project with you. Everything I purchased was less then $2.00 (YAY! lol). Hope you guys like the card.
 

 I use recollection card stock for the base of the card and the first dark pink layer.



 The poodle was cut out from the Create-A-Critter cartridge on page 36. Then I used a light pink nose from the recollection pearls. I love how it turned out. Super cute!!!

 The buttons are from Making Memories in rouge. The ribbon is from American Craft.

I love this stamp "Cutie" from Imaginisce. I am not good at stamping, I always make mistakes. Since I couldn't get it right or the type of ink takes too long to dry I used the distress look on it. Hope you guys like it. I also used a Studio18 gem in silver for the middle of the flower.

Ingredients:
* Create-A-Critter cartridge. 
* Light pink card stock from recollection stack cut at 8"X4".
* Dark pink recollection card stock cut at 3 3/4"X3 3/3".
* Recollection pearl for the nose.
* Making Memories buttons in rouge.
* American Craft ribbon.
* Silver Studio18 gem.
* Black and white gel pen.
* Googly eyes.


See you soon. =}


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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

1000 SHEETS FOR A THOUSAND SHEETS...

Just wanted to share this blog with you guys so you guys can share on the fun. All this information is straight from the blog. Please make sure you visit the blog. Enjoy =} 



Today is a special day here at the ol' A thousand sheets of paper blog. No, it's not quite the one year anniversary, as that was on July 16th. Instead I thought it would be fun to combine that celebration with another crazy milestone that I've been keeping track of and finally hit this past week... you see, since I started making cards and posting them here I've been keeping track of the number of different sheets of pattern paper that I cut into for my cards just to see how long it would take to get to 1000. I'm excited to say that it only took a couple weeks over my year anniversary to get there! I told you this was crazy! LOL!

Crazy or not though, I'm in the mood to celebrate (and clear out some paper) so I've got A THOUSAND 6x6 sheets of paper that I'm giving away! Wanna see what 1000 sheets of paper looks like? Take a look-see...

Monday, August 9, 2010

"SMILE": CHALLENGE ME MONDAY #22

Hi Bloggers,
I'm working hard to do a lot of projects before my semester starts and I have less time on my hands. Before I start letting you know about the challenge I want to tell you a cute story. When I got home from work I started working on this challenge. When I was done my boyfriend got home and I started cooking dinner. While he was fixing up the salad I asked him, "Hey babe want to see the card I just made?" long story short he says, "That's really cute babe. Is that for Momo's blog?" I kind of laughed inside and said no babe it's for my blog and for a different challenge. Sometimes we think that our loved ones don't pay attention to what we do, but I was so wrong. Made me love him even more.

Okay, now back to business, lol. Today I created a project for Fantabulous Cricut's blog. This Monday our challenge is to create a project for National "Smile" Week. When creating the project the rules are to use the word "SMILE" and to use the cricut to cut an image out. After finishing the project, I don't know, but I think that I am getting the hang of this. Hope you guys enjoy.




Just looking how silly the flower looks with it's googly eyes can make anyone SMILE or laugh. lol


The yellow frame is popped up with foam tape. The light green grass is only glued in the middle and the sides lifted up.


The shadow layer on this flower is one piece. I decide to cut the head and foam tape it on to the side to make it look even sillier. 


The heart is glittered using a two way zig pen.

Ingredients:
* Blue card stock from cricut's card stock stack cut at 8 1/2"X5 1/2".
* Yellow pattern paper from DCWV Citrus stack cut at 4"X5 1/4" and the frame is an 1" around.
* Baby blue card stock from cricut's card stack cut at 2 1/4"X3 1/2" .
* Create a Critter cartridge: Flower from page 44 and Smile phrase from page 45.

* Crystal fine Martha Stewart glitter.
* Black and white gel pen.
* 3 Baby blue buttons.

See you soon. =}

Sunday, August 8, 2010

SIGMA MAKEUP

Hi Bloggers,
My post is a little different. As much as I love crafting I love makeup too. For those of you that are into makeup  make sure to visit the Sigma website for great makeup and great makeup tutorials. I have been a Sigma customer for a year now and I love there customer service and their cute packaging. They also give you a free gift with a $30 dollar purchase. So again don't miss out. Enjoy =}


A BIG HUG!!! CARD

Hi Bloggers,
Since I haven't been crafting much I am trying to make it up this weekend. I bought some stamps on Friday and made a project using one of my stamps. No more hang writing my sentiments. Lol. The card also has some green buttons that I bought at the fabric section of Michael's. The smallest embellishment makes the project pop. I love it, hope you guys love it too.

Big hugs for all my blog friends.



Ingredients:
* Dark green & light green card stock from recollections stack.
* Pattern paper from DCWV Citrus stack.
* Create a Critter cartridge.
* Studio G "HUG!" stamp.
* White ribbon from the dollar tree.
* Green buttons.

See you soon. =}

Saturday, August 7, 2010

MOMO'S TUESDAY CHALLENGE: BEST WISHES CARD

Hi Bloggers,
Sorry that I have been away for so long but me and my boyfriend have been looking for a new apartment. Can't wait to move out to start a new chapter in our lives. I still found time to do some crafting and made a card for Made by Momo's Tuesday challenge. I decided to make the card for the challenge and send it to my mother-in-law to be for her newly remolded home. I wanted to send her our best wishes for her new home from her son and I. Hope she loves it. 

 This is the 1st card I made that I did not use the Cricut.

Ingredients:
* Yellow and white card stock from recollections stack.
* Green card stock from cricut rainbow stack.
* Pattern paper from Me & My Big Idea stack.
* ColorBox pigment ink.
* Studio G stamp.
* Studio 18 flowers.
* Gold ribbon from Michael's at the dollar section.
* Queen & Co. lime green pearls.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.





Thursday, July 29, 2010

CRISTINA'S COMPANION CHALLENGE #2 : RECYCLING IS BEAUTY

Hi Bloggers, 
Here is my second project for Crafting with Cristina companion challenge #2. This weeks project is a recycling project. We had to take something that we would normally throw away. I decide to use the packaging of the reveal light bulb that Cristina recommended to use to take pictures are Made by Momo's blog. Here is a before picture of the package...


I decide to make a gel pen holder because the one I had was falling apart. If you want to recreate my project make sure you measure your package because each one is a little different because their shape changes from being moved from the manufacture to the store. I recently purchased a new cricut cartridge, Yay! I purchased the Create a Critter cartridge and used it for this project. The next couple of projects would be with this cartridge because I love it so much. Hope you guys enjoy and thank you for taking the time to stop by.

The owl is on page 25 and is cut at 2 1/2". The phrase bubble is cut at 2" from page 28.

 

Ingredients:
* Card stock from recollections stack.
* Pattern paper from Me & My Big Idea stack.
* Create a Critter cartridge.
* ColorBox pigment stamp.
* Green, blue and black glitter gel pen.
* Reveal light bulb packaging.
* American Craft ribbon.
* Queen & co. grass green pearls.
* Jolee's by You dimensional flower.

See you soon. =}

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

NEW CRICUT IMAGIN MACHINE

Hi Everyone,
I just got back from having dinner with my family for my sister Amaris's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS!) and I was looking at some youtube videos and saw that Robyn at the
PinkStamper posted a new video of her and Karlee at CHA. I don't know if I am late finding this news out but wanted to let some of you that weren't aware just like me know. Well, I need to start saving some money!. Cricut is coming out with a new machine called "Imagine". Is great, no more pattern paper, you make your own pattern. Take a look at this video 
it will explain it better then I can. Enjoy.

Click Here... and Click Here...

Have a great night everyone.

Monday, July 26, 2010

MOMO'S TUESDAY CHALLENGE: EARING CONTAINER

Hi Blog Friends,
As some of you know Momo at Made by Momo has her Tuesday Challenge that will end tomorrow July 27th (My sister Amaris's birthday. Yay! lol) I made something for the challenge but never got around to putting the pictures up till today. The challenge is to make something,
"Super Girly". I decided to make something that wasn't a card. I Hope you guys like it. Also, don't be afraid to leave a comment I love to get them. =}

For the challenge I used a little plastic container that I bought at the dollar tree and modified it to be a earing container. I decide to make this to give to my little sister as part of her birthday gift. She can use it to put her little earings in since she has them all over the place in her room.
(Love you sis.)


I also created a small box to put the gift in. Thanks to CARDZ TV for her great video and helping me create the box. 



I used the Mini Monograms cartridge to make the flower. The flower is on page 121. After I cut it out I inked around the edges and inside to give it a more true to life look. I used the technique Momo uses on her videos to put glitter on the middle circle. (I think is called the flower bud) I also used the Mini Monograms to make the letter "a" and the scallop. The leaf is from the Heritage cartridge on page 24 .

Ingredients:
* Card stock from recollections stack.
* Pattern paper from Me & My Big Idea stack.
* Heritage cartridge.
* Mini Monograms cartridge.

* ColorBox pigment stamp.
* Green glitter gel pen.

* Martha Stewart glitter.
* Small plastic container.
* Red tape.


Hope you guys enjoy. =}

Thursday, July 22, 2010

GRAB & GO CARDS

Hi bloggers,
This week my boyfriend took me to Michael's (Sometimes better then Disney World, lol). I try not to go crazy. I need to learn to control myself when I'm in there. I finally got some stamps in the dollar section. I also got a black ColorBox pigment stamp pad. So far I really like it. I also got 12x12 card stock so I'll be making a box project after this one. So since I got a couple of goodies I decided to make my next project with what I just purchased. I decide to try the distressing techniques that I see crafters do, and guess what??? OMG! I L-O-V-E it! I hope you enjoy the project and let me know what I should get next at Michael's.

My "Grab and Go Cards". I call them grab and go because I want to have some little cards I can just grab and go and write any little message on it. They are great for thanks you cards, I miss you cards, just wanted to say hi cards. Almost anything. Let me know what you guys think.


Measurements:
Card: 2 3/4" X 4 1/2"
First Layer (Red card stock): 2 1/2" X 4"
Second Layer (Designer paper): 2 3/8" X 3 7/8"
Scallope: Mini monograms cartridge on page 129 at 1 1/2"
Florish: Setimentals cartridge on page 33 at 2 1/2"

Ingredients:

* Card stock from recollections stack.
* Pattern paper from Me & My Big Idea stack.
* Sentimentals cartridge.
* Mini Monograms cartridge.

* ColorBox pigment stamp.
* Black brad.

See you soon. =}

Monday, July 19, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

Hi friends,
So tomorrow is my mom's birthday (YAY!). Since my days of buying my mom a card at the store are over I made my 1st birthday card for her. The card was inspired by her name, Rosa and her 3 daughters; my sister Amaris and my baby sister Lorraine (well, she's not a baby anymore lol) and I. The flower in the middle is for her name and the 3 candles represent us. I hope she loves it as much as I love her.

***Happy Birthday Mami! Make a wish!
***


I used the circle tag on page 123 with the blackout button. I don't have a lot of cartridges so I have to think outside the box. Did it work? Lol.

Ingredients:
* Card stock from recollections stack.
* Pattern paper from Me & My Big Idea stack.
* Celebrations cartridge.
*Gold ribbon. Sorry the tag form the ribbon came of so I don't know where it's from. I did buy it at Michael's at the dollar section.
* HP photo paper.
* Crystal fine Martha Stewart glitter.
* White gel pen.
* Sharpie extra fine point.


Till next time. =}

Friday, July 16, 2010

CRISTINA'S COMPANION CHALLENGE: FLIP, FLOP, SPINS OR POPS

Hi bloggers,
Hope everyone is having a great start to the weekend. Last night I finally finished Crafting with Cristina challenge. Her challenge is to create a card that flips, flops or pops. She wants crafters to create a card that does something a normal card does not do. For my card I created a card that flips. Let me know what you guys think. Please leave me a comment. As a new crafter the advice from people that have been doing this for many years makes me happy. Hope you guys enjoy.


Pull the right and left side and...

...(FLIP) "Happy Birthday"

The circle is HP photo paper. Since I am new to crafting I do not own any stamps yet. What I do is take photo paper and write a message on it. I LOVE how it turns out. The glossy look gives it a printed from the computer look.

Ingredients:
* Card stock from Cricut Rainbow & Recollections stack.
* Pattern paper from Me & My Big Idea stack.
* Celebrations cartridge.
* Pink gel pen.
* Lime green ribbon from Celebrate It.
* HP photo paper.
* Sharpie extra fine point.

Hope everyone has a perfect weekend. =}

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

MOMO'S TUESDAY CHALLENGE: YOU GIVE ME...

Hi blog world,
Here's my 1st project that I finished last night for a Tuesday challenge for Momo at madebymomo.blogspot.com. I want to first thank Momo for giving me the courage to start a blog and if I get better make an Ebsy Shop. So again a million thanks Momo.

Momo's Tuesday Challenge
What does love mean to me?............BUTTERFLIES. This warm, butterflies in my stomach feeling. Using one of Momo's YouTube "Peek-A-Boo" tutorial I created my, "You give me... butterflies" card.

Ingredients:
* Card stock from Cricut Rainbow & Recollections stack.
* Pattern paper from Me & My Big Idea stack.
* Sentimentals cartridge.
* White & pink gel pen.
* Dark pink ribbon from Celebrate It.
* 1" circle punch.

I hope you guys enjoyed my 1st card. =}

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

MY YUMMY SHOP...

HI BLOG WORLD. MY NAME IS AYARIS AND AS OF TODAY I AM A BLOGGER. YAY! IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BLOGGED IN MY LIFE, BUT I GUESS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING. IN MY BLOG YOU WILL FIND PICTURES OF CARDS, POLYMER CLAY CREATIONS, DRAWINGS, PAINTING AND MORE. I HOPE YOU ENJOY MY LOVE OF ART AS MUCH AS I DO.
ENJOY MY LITTLE, YUMMYSHOP. =}