Glittered Paws

Lucy

2012-01-23T05:50:00.001-06:00

Although this is not the digi Lucy I still had my rubber set of Lucys - but she is available from Whimsey and Stars and is she not just too cute??? I colored her with copics, cut her out with nesties (love my nesties) and mounted her on cherry red cs from AMuse - and DP from Making memories - added a little glitter on the lace of her dress - heart is from spellbinders - sentiment is Morning Star - bit of bling again from AMuse. Edge punch is from MS - which I love - got it with my 40% off coupon at Michaels. I have someone in mind for this card - probably my regular chemo lady in Washington.

Zoe's Heart

2012-01-19T10:33:00.003-06:00

This cute little darling is from Whimsy and Stars artist Mabelle - she has such a cute line of digis and some rubber stamp images. I colored Zoe with copic markers, then used my NEW spellbinders die to cut her out - layered on AMuse pink heart paper - don't you love it???. Pink satin bow around the card, and the sentiment is also from AMuse with a tiny heart bling in the center of the heart. I don't know if it is showing up in the picture but I stitched (after dusting off the sewing machine) the dp on top of the pink cs - and carried through on the inside with the same DP and tiny hearts punched out of the Amuse heart cs. I know my granddaughter will love receiving this card in her valentine box.

Workout Birdie

2012-01-11T14:26:00.002-06:00

OMG isn't this little guy just the cutest and it was "FREE"!!! yes I said FREE - how - well just go to Doodle Pantry Blog and enter their challenge and this will be yours FREE. I love DoodlePantry Images as they are so cute and versatile - I use a lot of the precolored images for a quick card to send. For this one I "cased" this pattern from Indiana Inking and it was so much fun to make, a different spin on the standard gatefold card. My daughter found out a few months ago that she is diabetic so she has been working very hard on loosing weight - now that she has lost 50# she has decided to join the gym to help tone the body - so this image was just perfect for me to send to her.

DPDC19 Plush Panda

2012-01-06T11:31:00.000-06:00

Love this little fuzzy Panda bear hanging on to the bamboo branch - and the words that go with this set (Plush Panda)from Doodle Pantry . This set just fit my need as I had a special request for a 12 year old chemo patient that was having a difficult time and I thought this card was perfect for her. I printed off the DP that was included in the precolored set (love precolored for quick and easy), used my nesties to cut out the panda and scallop circle, then used the printed words again included in the set. Punched out some flowers with MS punch and a few bling pearls and the card is read to go in the mail. Go check out Doodle Pantry and I am sure you will like what you find.

Cushioned in Comfort

2011-12-30T11:33:00.003-06:00

The past week has been busy with the holiday festivities and we had a nice Christmas with my son who was with us for a week. Now things are "quiet" again and hopeful I can get back in my studio and create. There has been a high demand for card angels for Chemo angels so I have been trying to send a few extra cards out, they make such a difference to these people. I used an AMuse Studio set for this card and since it was for a male I went with the more masculine colors. I love to paper piece and the grey gingham was perfect for the chair and lamp shade, what coloring was left I used my copic markers, again NESTIES were used (love Nesties) a bit of bakers twine and the card was ready to go. Hope this lifts the spirits of the chemo patient.

TAC Blog Hop

2011-12-18T09:53:00.002-06:00

Another blog hop to honor artists in TACs last catalog - I choose the Soft Pencil artist and made this simple tea bag holder - I send a lot of these out for my chemo patients, it just says you are special!!! Colored with copic markers, glitter on her wings and of course a bit of bling on her shirt.

Christmas Mouse

2011-12-15T14:32:00.002-06:00

I thought this turned out just too cute - this is an older image from The Angel Company and although this is not the typical Christmas image it worked perfect. Used nesties to cut him out - out of the box - the stamped Merry Christmas, mounted him on some adorable Echo Park Paper - and I had some Merry Christmas Ribbon in my stash and it just all came together just like I wanted. He is off to Washington to one of my chemo ladies who loves mice so I hope she enjoys.

Holy Night

2011-12-09T05:54:00.000-06:00

This is my daughters Christmas card for this year. They usually come on Thanksgiving and on the Friday after turkey day we pull out all the christmas stamps and she decides what her Christmas cards will be. When she saw this set Holy Night form Amuse it was a very quick decision for her, we were able to make 25 in about 2 1/2 hours and she was very pleased with the results. We used white cs, French Roast ink, French Roast brown cs and w bit of white ribbon for accent. She made an "opportunity for embellishment" so we added 2 tiny brown pearls to offset the "oops". After using the ribbon on the first one she decided to use the bakers twine in place of the ribbon to save on "bulk" postage, the twine will go through the postage much easier than the ribbon. The twine worked equally as well. Mom had to tie all the twine as she cut the tip of her index finger off about a year ago at a well known chain restaurant (on the chair) and has no feeling now in the end of her finger, so Mom was happy to tie all the twine/ribbon.

Skater Boy

2011-12-06T05:46:00.000-06:00

This little cutie from My Favorite things is headed to a little 6 year old chemo patient boy who is having a birthday this week. I have so many girl images and need a few more boy ones so this was perfect. I colored him with my copic markers, matching the colors to the DCWV paper I used. Cut out with 3 sizes of nesties labels 11 and then the card was cut out using the LARGE labels 11 - perfect size for an A2 card. We found out a tip from the Northwoods class we took - to use Beacon 3-way glue when adhering to glitter paper/cs, so that is what I used. Hoping it stays put!!! I slipped a couple of "Cars" tatoos inside the card as a little treat for him.

Starbucks gift card holder

2011-12-04T09:36:00.002-06:00

I made this quick and easy gift card holder using AMuse stamps that were in my starter set and how easy this was to put together, used white cs, brown gingham cs (Amuse), nesties and the coffee cup. Held together with French Roast ribbon. Inside I use the coffee beans and slipped in my gift card from Starbucks. DD is coming this weekend and I know how much she loves Starbucks and has one very close to her office so this will go to her.

Quirky Penquin

2011-12-02T05:26:00.000-06:00

This cute little guy is called Quirky Penquin from Doodle Pantry digi images, he came precolored and as well as black/white for you to color yourself. I choose precolored as well as the free bg paper that goes so well with this image. I cute him out with nesties, mounted him on the bg paper, and punched some snowflakes out of the bg papers. The sentiment was also included and it went so well with this image. I uused this same image earlier in the week for a birthday card and it turned out really cute, just changed the sentiment to Happy Birthday.

Northwoods Class

2011-11-30T17:01:00.003-06:00

On Tuesday one of my BFF's Donna and I took a class at a super well stocked, and fun scrapbooking store called For Keeps Sakes in south St. Louis county. The teacher Mary was great and showed is some "new" techniques. The three cards we made were so pretty - although I am thinking the glitter and shine doesn't show like it does IRL. This class was my BD present plus I was also able to get one stamp - and I choose the snowy trees as I think this is my favorite. Thanks Donna for a super fun and credative day.

Have Hope

2011-11-26T13:13:00.002-06:00

This little sweetie from My Favorite Things was made for one of my breast cancer patients - it just seemed to go together once I had my DP pulled and started coloring. The Dp is from Imaginisce - they usually have such nice soft colors that go so well together - colored little girl with copic markers, hearts from die cutes from AMuse, and the stick pin thingie (there is a name for them but I can't find my CTMH catalog right now!!!), holds the Think Pink sign. Nesties labels and card ready to go - although I am not sure I can mail it in a plain envie - will probably have to put it in a padded envie because of the stick pin.

Vintage Ride

2011-11-20T07:38:00.005-06:00

This weekend there is a blog hop using Nina B's stamps that were in the 2011/2012 TAC catalog. I fell in love with Ninas stamps the minute I opened the catalog and this was one of my favorite sets. I was able to get this set before TAC shut their doors. This image is from Vintage Rides and I choose the bike as my granddaughter bd is coming up in Dec. and I wanted to get it done before I worked on Christmas cards. I colored with copic markers, then put glossy accents on the seat and sprinkled some fine prism glitter on top - (okay remember the glitter seats???). I cut out with Nesties labels 1, used DP by Imaginisce that I had in my stash and for finishing touches I put a yellow flower from Bitty Blossoms, a pink button and yellow scrappers floss. How much fun this card was to make.

Doodle Pantry Step Card

2011-11-19T04:58:00.000-06:00

I used the Pilgrim Sheep from Doodle Pantry again - they were just too much fun to work with, especially since they are precolored (you can also print them to color yourself) and I made one of my favorite step cards - the middle step card. It goes together very quickly - especially if you have made a couple before!!! I used MS dp, nestie for the sentiment and the leaf punch to punch out fall color leaves to accent the base of the card. This sets up really cute on a shelf and there is ample room inside for your greeting. I love working with the Doodle Pantry images, there is variety, easy to download, and easy to resize and print for any project you might need.

Doodle Pantry Pilgram Sheep Stage Card

2011-11-15T07:47:00.000-06:00

How much fun is this "stage" card - the directions are on Split Coast Stampers and you best print them out so you have the directions at your finger tips to follow. This is not hard - just requires placement of the figures. I used a digi image from Doodle Pantry resized the images so they would fit on the stage. They are precolored so easy easy. I trimmed them and just left a slight space around them so they would stand up nicely. The evergreen trees are from The angel Company (now closed), the DP is from MS and Echo Park - (love them both), white CS from Gina K. flower soft on the floor of the stage to look like autumn, nesties to cut out the sentiment, leaf eyelets and punched leaves. This card can be closed and held together with a belly band and ribbon, it will fit in an A2 envelope but will probably need extra postage.

Ornament Girl

2011-11-13T05:45:00.002-06:00

This cute Ornament Angel was a "freebie" digi image last week from Whimsy and Stars by Mabelle. she has such a unique style all her own and her images are so much fun to color. I colored the image with copic markers, used my nesties to cut her out - layered her on blue glitter cs, then on Flurries and Frost by Deja Views DP, tied a big red bow at the bottom and used Glitter Domes embellishments from Crystal Stickers. Mabelle is currently having a blog hop so go check out her web site and get some cute ideas.
I am thankful for my good health, good friends, and a great family.

Snowman and Girl

2011-11-10T05:17:00.000-06:00

How much fun is this digi image from Whimsy and Stars Studio - by Mabelle - I love snowpeople and this one was so much fun to color and embellish. I colored her with copic markers, cut out with nesties, then just a bit of embellishments - the love tag matched the DP I used from Deja Views "Flurries and Frost". I have a collection of "micro" and I do mean tiny eyelets so I put one in the tag and used silver elastic cording from AMuse to tie a little bow, pop dots to accent it off the card and then a snowflake punched form a stash of glitterpaper I had - again pop up with pop dot. The fuzzy fur on her hats, sleves etc. I got from Archivers and I love the effect it gives - feels like real fur. A bit of stickles on the snowbank and this card is ready to go to - hmmm...probably dear granddaughter.

A Box of Love

2011-11-08T05:08:00.000-06:00

I love these little girls (and they have boys too) from Pure Innocence - My Favorite Things. They are so much fun to color and they have such a collection it is hard to narrow it down to just a few when I order. I love chocolates - and I thought this little girl holding the giftie box would work up cute. I colored her with copic markers - spica glitter pen for her hair embellishment, cut out with nesties and mounted her on a piece of Bo-Bunny DP then on DCWV DP - brought it all together with a piece of bakers twine for just a little accent. I try to keep my embellishments to a min. so I don't have to pay the extra postage when I mail them out. Hope you enjoy.

Lilly's Paint your Life

2011-11-03T04:58:00.001-05:00

Love Mabelles images so I had to have Lillys Paint your Life - and isn't she a cutie, the sentiment that goes with her is Paint your life with JOY and I thought she would be perfect for some of my chemo cards I mail each month. I colored her with my copics to match my DP that I had from Nanas Kids pk. by DCWV and thought it made up so bright and cheery. Then I colored her bracelet with my glitter pen and oops got my finger in the wet ink and had to add a bit of bling to cover up my "opportunity to use bling", not exactly the look I wanted but it is okay. Cut out with nesties 11 - little bow at the top and ready to mail really soon.

Darling

2011-11-01T04:36:00.000-05:00

I am not sure what I am going to use this card for - it is so versatile I can use it for a Birthday, ThankYou, lets do lunch or for the right person "thinking of you". I absolutely cased this card from one I received from Mischelle Smith (TAC owner) during a swap and I loved the colors and the layout it was very easy to copy. I did change up a bit by using the nesties, some pearls and don't you just love the pleated ribon the the right side. Oh the memories!!!

Happy Birthday Hubby

2011-10-28T04:50:00.000-05:00

Today is DH birthday - and this is perfect for the handyman he is!!! Every year for our birthday my boss, friend, and stamping buddy get together at home and "create" for our birthdays!!! We have so much fun and she has things I don't have and visa-versa. She has a cricut - plus this hammer sizzix die so the components were all there - just make a card. We used the Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder, added the hammer and nails and a cute screw brad as well as the Happy Birthday. I think he will like it - and I know he will like his birthday cake - Earthquake Cake!!! I only make this cake on special occasions as it is LOADED with calories but...since it is birthday it was his request.

Happy Birthday Mouse

2011-10-27T04:28:00.000-05:00

Another Mabelles Image Lucy's Cheese - which makes up into such a cute birthday card - and love the sentiment for the inside - "Age is not important unless you're a cheese. She was so much fun to color with my copics, I matched her outfit to a DP I had from a DCWV pack and love love love the absolutely ticket die from AMuse - and the set of sentiments that you can purchase to go along with, it worked perfectly for this card. I send a lot of birthday cards so just trying to get a few ahead so I don't slammed during the busy holiday season. Enjoy.

Halloween Hello

2011-10-25T04:58:00.000-05:00

We had a "special" request for chemo angels for a lady that had fallen and broken her leg - she loves cats and since it is getting close to Halloween and it is fall I decided to use an Image from Mabelles collection - I love Fibi and Lilly - especially with these lovely pumpkins - I went with Halloween colors and used my nesties to cut out the focal image then used my new Amuse dies to cut the scallop border - how much fun it was to layer the colors to match my backgrounds. A little bit of bakers twine tied at the corner and a card is ready to go in the mail today. When I mail my cards I really "need" to keep the embellishments simple so I don't have to add 20 cents extra postage, you see I probably send out at least 30+ cards a month so cost comes into play.

Halloween Tags

2011-10-23T04:19:00.000-05:00

My hairdresser knows I LOVE to stamp and create and she asked me to make her up a few Halloween tags so she could put them on her grand childrens gifties, I knew that I was going to use the set from AMUSE Too cute to spook and I think they turned out just darling. I used (or cased) a lot of the ideas directly from the holiday Catalog but there were a couple that I came up with on my own. With the beautiful cs, embellishments, dies, bakers twine they came together so easily and quickly. I can't wait to take them to her tomorrow. Got my fingers crossed XXXX that she will want some Christmas Tags too!!!

Be Strong

2011-10-20T04:49:00.000-05:00

Since Oct. is breast cancer awareness month I have one more card to show today - this one is using a TAC image and the words from MFT (My Favorite Things), I love how the image resembles a cross and an angel - so simple but so powerful. I colored the ribbon with copics the halo in gold mounted it on nesties labels then a piece of shimmer (Hobby Lobby 40% off), and had already cut and tied this pink ribbon for another card and it just didn't look right but fit perfectly on this one. I already have an envie addressed and ready for this card to go to a Chemo patient.

Dinosaur Birthday

2011-10-18T05:03:00.000-05:00

As some of you know I am a Chemo Angel, "special angel" and a "sub angel" I send a lot of cards and never seem to have enough little boy cards. I found this stamp at Hobby Lobby from Stampabilities and it was 40% off (even better) and thought perfect image for boys. I worked it up in green and yellow - very little coloring and the card went together very easily. I am hoping this will make a smile appear on a little guy.

We Love Mabelle R.O.

2011-10-15T05:37:00.002-05:00

I think this should just be Dessert Weekend - I love all things sweet - the DT over at PaperWings is having a hop using Mabelle images and for this one I chose Cupcake Cuties - you see I also love Mabelles images and I am so happy she is making rubber images available to us again. This little cutie was colored with copics, the DP is from DCWV - ribbon is a MS ribbon, nesties to showcase the image and the saying is from TAC Sweet Sayings. I love chocolate and blue together so that is the theme I kept with. I added the dots around the image and I think it makes it stand out just a bit more.

Happy Dessert Day

2011-10-14T05:52:00.001-05:00

Did you know that today is Dessert Day - WOW I am glad that Dessert Day is not everyday because I LOVE sweets. For my card I used a sweet image from My Favorite Things from Pure Innocence - this little girl is so cute and is one of my favorite. I paper pieced her dress and cupcake liner with paper from TAC, colored her skin tones with copics, hair and shoes with prisma pencils and OMS. Of course she needed a bit of bling in her hair with a hear sparkle from Amuse and another one on her shoe buckle. The cherry on the top of the cupcake has liquid accent to make it look real. I had this cute cupcake ribbon and it just worked perfect. Enjoy Dessert Day.

DPDC17 Candy Corn Ants

2011-10-12T04:57:00.000-05:00

Every month Doodle Pantry there is a monthly challenge and I usually take part - you see I LOVE their colored images!!! For this month I used the treat box which I printed out on magenta cs, cut out then used printed DP that came with the set Candy Corn Ants - purple ghosts and green candy corn paper - this worked perfect cut out my main focal image with nesties, tied together with bakers twine and filled with candy corn. What a cute giftie for a co-worker or for a very sweet special grand daughter!!!

Wedding Pics

2011-10-09T15:48:00.003-05:00

Just had to share a couple of pics from "the wedding" yesterday. My beautiful 24 year granddaughter got married and of course Grandma is very proud. She is simply beautiful and the ceremony was stunning. The other pic is of my youngest granddaughter Megan that I am always mailing fun stuff to - she will be 10 and was the junior bridesmaid and she is going to be as pretty as her sister.

Halloween Tri-fold

2011-10-07T05:59:00.000-05:00

A couple of weeks ago on the Hero Arts Blog there was this darling Halloween Tri-Fold card - so packed up my new Too Cute to Spook set from AMuse and my new bat trio die set and some onxy gingham and slate cs again from Amuse and off I went to my friends Patti house just down the road and after some delicious cappuccino we got our creative mojo flowing and we each came up with our own version of this absolutely cute tri-fold card. I choose to use the cat in my window and Pat used the little ghost. How much fun is this card and I already know which granddaughter is going to get it in her Halloween treat box. I got my card home and decided it needed just a hint of color so I colored 2 buggie eyes green with my copic markers (love those copics) and my kitty has green eyes for a little extra spook. Go on over to Pattis blog and check out her darling tri-fold card.

Breast Cancer Awareness

2011-10-05T05:22:00.003-05:00

October is Breast Cancer Awareness and I am a chemo card angel to 2 women that are currently battling breast cancer so these 2 cards are already on their way - these limited stamps are from MFT and they were just perfect for my chemo angel crusade that I am a part of. Love all of the sayings and the images speak volumes. I chose to stay simple with my card - so I could easily mail them in a regular card envelope.

World Card making Day

2011-10-01T10:53:00.002-05:00

My week has been very busy - and although I didn't forget this special card making day - I simply didn't have the Mo-Jo or the time so I quickly put this together this am and this is what I love about AMuse stamps, you can make a card truly in under 10 min. No coloring, just a bit of fussy cutting, nesties dies - some pop dots and how cute did this turn out. This will be sent on to a special chemo patient that is needing some special prayers, and hugs right now. I can't wait to go visit other blogs to see what everyone has posted for their Happy World Card Making Day.

Fall/Halloween Treat Box

2011-09-22T05:40:00.003-05:00

Is this not just the CUTEST!!! This is a pattern from Doodle Pantry digi images and I love everything they have!!! This box is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square - folds flat for mailing - although you have to include the treats - and isn't it cute. I used an image from Mabelle at Whismy and Stars Studio called Pumpkin Kitty - isn't it the cutest and then had some DP in my Halloween stash with candy corn - which worked out perfect. Tied together with Lemonade bakers twine and then filled the tray with Autumn Mix which included candy corn, pumpkins, etc. How cool will this look on my desk at work??? I have several printed out to make to send to family and some of my chemo patients.

Amuse Butterfly

2011-09-18T12:13:00.003-05:00

Here is a really quick card I made for a friend who is going through a difficult journey right now and talk about easy peasy. The other day my friend and stamping bud Patti was here and we were looking over my starter kit and she inked up the butterfly in pink pigment (love love love the Amuse pigment inks) and then took the polka dot stamp also Amuse and "kissed" it taking off some of the ink. don't you just love the result. Cut out with an oval nestie - then followed through with the polka dot on the bottom in same pink ink. Since I don't have very many colored cs yet from Amuse I used some I had in my stash and it matched very well. The thinking of you is also a very nice sentiment included in the starter kit. In 10 min. I had my card ready to mail.

Halloween

2011-09-15T07:44:00.003-05:00

This is my first Halloween post for this year and I used a CTMH (Close to my Heart stamp set - which my stamping bud and friend "share". We just live a few miles apart and decided to pool resources and share some of the special holiday stamp sets. I was first to use this witch set and don't you just love her??? I used a middle step card pattern (which is so easy and adaptable to almost image), my paper was from my scrap box - and used the MS goo punch for the border - cute cute. Hope you enjoy and now my friend Patti will create with her.

Favorite Set Swap

2011-09-12T04:49:00.000-05:00

These are 2 of my cards I choose to do for the favorite Set Swap from the Angel Company (which has now closed) - I choose Apple of my Eye designed by Mabelle - not only a great designer but a great person - the bear was done with a child in mind - ( I have a little 10 year old girl that received a heart/lung transplant a few weeks ago), and the basket of apples was just to "enhance" my coloring with copic skills (LOL). I like how both of these cards turned out and had so much fun creating them. I hope whoever gets my swap cards will be happy with my creation.

Amuse Starter Kit Card

2011-09-10T11:50:00.002-05:00

I got my starter kit from Amuse when the big brown UPS truck pulled down my drive way - as he stood at the door with my 2 huge girl dogs threating him he said "I'll just leave it here on the porch for you"!!!, for some reason my girls hate brown. A quick slash of the packing tape with my exacto knife and I was ready to unpack - oh my - I got the $99 starter kit and although I am kind of wishing I had gotten the $149 I am totally happy with what I got, not only how much but the quality. Love the rubber - open the dvd case it comes in and with a light push the image is ready to put on a block and stamp, already indexed, stamped image with bubblegum/grass pigment ink (very nice) and stamped on white, cut out with scallop circle nestie then made my card on sage cs and cut out the card with my lg. scallop nestie die, white on the inside, again very nice. Had to add a bit of bling, clear bling colored with copic and card is ready to do.

Teddy Bear Day

2011-09-09T02:51:00.000-05:00

Friday Sept 9 is TEDDY BEAR DAY so I thought of this darling teddy girl from TAC - colored her with Copic Markers - (still working on creating fur like texture) paper pieced her bow with Basic Grey Paper - coloerd the dainty flowers in her head band with Atyou Glitter Markers and fussy cut her and mounted her on circles cut with my nesties. How much fun is she - my dear granddaughter will get her a day or two late but she will still enjoy.

DPDC16 Noahs Ark

2011-09-06T16:39:00.002-05:00

This week over at Doodle Pantry the challenge is to use any Doodle Pantry digi image. Well I have several but I had not yet used Noahs Ark - which is precolored (love it) and ready to go. I used a middle step card design - printed out my digi image, added some polka dotted DP (source unknown) on the sides and bottom, then decided to use my punch Treading Waters to punch a border and it worked perfect!!. I love the results!!

Brandy and Emma

2011-09-04T16:40:00.002-05:00

As some of you know I am a Chemo Angel - and we got a "special request for a gentleman that "loves" dog and needed some cheer so I immediately thought of the dog from Brandy and Emma - colored with Copics (HELP - I need suggestions with coloring lifelike animals), cut with nesties, DP is from DCWV - Pet Stack - some brown grograin ribon from my stash and the card was complete. On the outside I put Smile and the inside said "I do that when I think of you". There are so many sentiments from TAC that are so appropriate in special situations, I will surely miss them. I am sending this guy a pic of my 2 "BIG" girl dogs and I know he will smile!!!

Final Farewell

2011-08-28T19:58:00.002-05:00

I really was challenged with what to do for our "Final Farewell to TAC" Blog Hop - and then this afternoon it finally came to me and this card reflects now only what I feel but what TAC has meant to me the past 9 years. When I think of TAC, Mischelle - and the dear angel friends I have made over the years I can only smile with the memories. Tac inspired me to take risks, be creative, and come out of my shell - when I joined I was so much a "lurker" but with the encouragement of Mischelle and dear angels I spread my wings and learned to fly. My self esteem grew, I became more confident in my skills and learned there was no "wrong" way or mistakes in stamping, it was just an opportunity to embellish!!! And embellish I do!!! May everyone be showered with blessing as new opportunities arise - I know everyone will find their niche and continue to be creative. Thank you for all the memories which no one can take away!!! Now follow the links and continue on this final farewell journey to TAC.

Julie:
Seleise
Rita W.
Donna
Chan
Mary
Angela K.
Laura
Barbara
Trudy
Wendy
Carol
Rita K.
Chelsea
Kim
Paula Kay
Ginger
Teresa
Maria
Angie
Deb Miller
Diana
Betty G.
Christine
Sandy A.
Char
Diane H.
Chris F.
Stacy
Rita H.

Doodle Pantry Challenge DPSTP5

2011-08-24T13:26:00.002-05:00

I have been participating in the Doodle Pantry challenges for a few months now - they have the cutest digital images - a lot of which are precolored which is what I used in my project today. Isn't this School Sheep and Back to School Papers the cutest and I made it up into an easel post-it-note holder. My dear granddaughter wanted a giftie to give the teacher so I thought this was not only useful but cute too. I have shown 2 views - both closed and open so enjoy.

Special Places

2011-08-20T23:00:00.000-05:00

I needed a card for a very special person to let them know they were in my heart and on my mind during some trying times. I wanted to let them know just how special they are to me and this card and sentiment was so very fitting , I used Fibi and Lilly from TAC designed by Mabelle and the DP I choose was Mias Cottage, colored with copic markers, of course what girl wouldn't be dressed without her bling so she has a bit of a bling necklace. May Gods blessings be with you.

Happily Grateful

2011-08-19T04:54:00.001-05:00

I needed several cards today so off to the "studio" I went - (I am still playing bachelor as DH is still fishing in NW WI.). I needed a sympathy card for a blogging friend that recently lost her spouse, I had seen this online while blurfing and I think the site was Happily Ever Crafting - I knew that our stamp set Happily Grateful would work well, I double stamped it in Jardin Moss green then slightly overstamped in the new Memento Summer Sky - ( I am loving some of the lush colors from Memento). I used a small flower punch that I had in my drawer - diamond dots for the flower centers, then a lt pink ribbon on the side. I used a sentiment from a retired set that I kept as it has such nice sympathy sayings.

With Love

2011-08-17T03:33:00.000-05:00

This is another fun quick cute card we made during our marathon stamping session using With Love by Soft Pencil Studios - I love the whimsy of the sets and this snail was just too cute not to paper piece. We used Miss Moxie DP - paperpieced the snail, a bit of bling and the sentiment in the lower right corner. This card is going on its way tomorrow to a Special patient that is struggling with some difficult times.

Be Fabulous

2011-08-15T14:45:00.002-05:00

My BFF from St. Louis came down last pm to help celebrate my BD, we stamped until 10:30 last pm then got up at 6:30 this am and started stamping again and we created some awesome cards. I don't have this set - in fact this was not on my wish list but Donna brought it with her and it is now on my "must have" list. We smoothed some pastel colors on a piece of smooth white cs , blended it and then stamped the image. We fussy cut and then mounted on black then on dk green. A little bow and the card was complete. There will be more super cards this week as we were very creative. Enjoy.

Quirky Cat

2011-08-10T21:33:00.003-05:00

I am not only a Chemo card angel but also a "sub angel" (for regulars who are on vacation etc.) and a "special assignment angel" (for those folks who just need a extra special thought or bit of sunshine to a cancer patient that is going through a difficult time). Sometimes there is a need for a card to go out the next day and with the Doodle Pantry Digi images it is so easy peasy to get a card together quickly especially when the image is precolored. I knew the person loved cats so when I saw the request come to my email I knew which image I was going to use - this cat from Quirky Cats was perfect. I used my spellbinders nesties to cut the image out mounted on another nestie shape. I had this DP scrap in my scrap basket and the colored cs is bazzill. A few bling the sentiment (from The Angel Company) "just wanted to" and the inside says "brighten your day".

Happy Leaf

2011-08-05T16:18:00.002-05:00

This is one of the Level A sets we got at seminar this year - and is currently the August card club stamp which means you can get it at a reduced price with a $30 purchase. This is not my usual style as I think you have to color, bling, cute, paste to make a pretty card so when there was no coloring on this I went oh I don't know if I can work this one up. But using rhubarb memento ink (isn't it lush) and transdence embossing powder I embossed the leaf on kraft cs, as well as the sentiment on Mixx Moxie DP. I used one of the tags from the Miss Moxie DP (Julie does such a great job using her tags), and the matching cs in which I cut scallops and layered at the bottom it turned out pretty well with no coloring, bling, or pasting!!!

Blog Hop Christmas in July

2011-07-31T19:55:00.000-05:00

With the temperature at almost 100 and heat warnings out for several states from East to West, North to South it was so much fun to think Christmas!!! And this card sure put me in the mood for some cooler weather and making my Christmas cards. This card is a Pop-up stage card that was on SCS complete with directions and I guess the directions were pretty good as my card came out pretty much like it was supposed to!! I used Jingle Jolly for all my images except Merry Christmas and my DP was Maggie. As you can see it all folds in and the card is held together with a belly band so you can mail it (may require a bit extra postage) then can be displayed standing up!! This card is already marked for my dear granddaughter. I am so anxious to see what everyone has done for this PaperWings sponsored hop - Christmas in July!! Just click on the list below and enjoy.
Rita W.
Michelle
Seleise
Laura
Chelsea
Kim S.
Mary
Angela K.
Carol N.
Betty
Rita K.
Julie
Donna

Apple of my Eye

2011-07-29T12:31:00.002-05:00

OMG I love this new set by Mabelle - it is just too cute. You can color (like I did her face and hands,pie crust and shoes) paperpiece (like I did her dress, bloomers, hairbow and pie dish) or you can spotlight her like I did a couple of posts ago. This card is going to a special child and I am hoping it brings a smile to their face. I colored her with copic markers and the DP I choose was Miss Moxie because it just went so well with this image. Of course a bit of bling and a flower and card complete.

Winter Wishes

2011-07-16T17:19:00.003-05:00

No I am not crazy - well okay maybe a little - but it is 94 outside and there is no break in sight from the temps for at least the next week so I thought a winter card would help cool me off!!! Not real good logic but this was a fun card to make - I love Mice Day - and I have had an idea for this winter coat for a while - the safety pin worked perfect and I think just added a sweet touch. She is colored with copic markers, oval is a nestie as well as the banner with the sentiment. Then my friend Pat and I had coupons for Martha Stewart 40% off - that does not happen often. Well Pat wasn't with me so my DH stood in line with one coupon and I with another and we got these too cute double punched borders. This one is going home with Pat and I have a flower/vine one that is too cute - I am sure you will see it soon. I had to make sure Pats worked so I punched out a border for my card - and yes Pat it does work nicely.

Sugar Plums Emma

2011-07-12T02:52:00.000-05:00

Isn't she the cutest??? She was so much fun to color - and I am again practicing on my coloring skills this time hair. This little girl came from All that Scraps - they have several - well okay lots of cute images to color. I sat her on my bench of DP from Echo Park (fun new papers), then added some lace I had in my basket for a long time. This time I selected the DP before I colored her - I usually color and then try and find something that goes with the coloring!!! So much easier this way.

Mice Day

2011-07-10T04:40:00.001-05:00

This little guy is so cute and part of a set of 13 - he is cut with a round nestie and the technique is called "out of the box" or in this case out of the circle. I have really been working on my color blending with my copics since my friend and fellow angel buddy Chelsea worked with not only me but several of the angels at seminar. I want to be able to color like chelsea when I grow up - (oh wait I am grown up!!). I cut a circle card with the largest scallop circle and doesn't it look like he is ready to write a note. This card will find a home yet this week as I am now a "special assignment" angel for Chemo angels.

Spotlighting

2011-07-08T11:43:00.002-05:00

This weekend over at TACwe are having a Blog Hop on spotlighting. I knew immediately which set I wanted to use - the NEW Apple of My Eye - this darling bear is just too cute and I knew I was going to spotlight the pie. I colored with copic markers, highlighted a bit with a gold atyou glitter pen (what fun to use), mounted both the spotlight and the bear on kraft cs - my DP uses Miss Moxie - it is so bright and cheerful - sure to make anyone feel better. I have some new banner nesties which I popped the sentiment on. A bit of bling and a touch of ribbon - card complete.

Doodle Pantry Challenge #14

2011-07-07T14:04:00.005-05:00

OMG - I have loved this did set from Doodle Pantry from the first time I saw it - it makes such a cute fun summer - the ants look like they are in my backyard!!! I choose yellow because it is a bright summer color - then mounted my image and words on a light blue to match my yellow/green and blue ribbon. I ran my base card through the cuttlebug as it reminds me of bubbles, and I tied my ribbon around a digi paper again from Doodle Pantry. I thought it just all pulled together with my colors of green, yellow and blue.

Konnichiwa

2011-07-06T04:38:00.000-05:00

Another new set from the 2011-2012 Inspiration book from The Angel Company and this is just one of my favs - (yes I can have more than 1!!), there are 3 little geisha girls and they are so... much fun to color with copic markers. There are 14 stamps in this set and I stamped the fan with versa mark to make my bg. I cut the little girl out then mounted her on a labels 10 nestie (another favorite of mine) sponged some aged mahogany distress ink in the center of the nestie then mounted on a dk. pink cs. The pearls on her fan cover a bit of a boo-boo!! and I put 2 dots of liquid pearls on the pins in her hair which I thought looked rather cute!!

America I Love

2011-07-04T15:28:00.002-05:00

This is a NEW level A set from our NEW Inspiration catalog - I love the retro feel of this image. I didn't relize how challenging it would be for me to color - I attempted with my copics, couldn't save it!!! Then I went to my prisma pencils and OMS and had a little more control where the color was going. I did use a Atyou gold pen to add a bit of sparkle to the banner and red to dot some flowers. I cut out and distressed the edges with a pair of scissors (can't find my distresser) mounted it on some downloaded stars paper mounted on red, then used red/white bakers twine punched stars in the corner and my card base is blue. I took my cloud stencil and made soft fluffy clouds in the sky. Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th.

Patriotic Turtle

2011-07-01T18:41:00.002-05:00

This card is going to serve a dual purpose, first of all this cute adorable turtle in his red/white/blue finery is just too cute, he came as a digi from Doodle Pantry and I love love love her images, especially the precolored ones - talk about easy!!! I am also going to enter this in PaperPlay Time with the challenge being red/white and blue - again perfect. But most important this celebrates our 4th of July holiday and our freedom! May you have a safe and happy holiday.

Thinking of You

2011-06-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

I just signed up to be a "special assignment" angel for Chemo angels which requires me to send more cards, notes and words of encouragement to some very special people. I love this set and it is so fun to color. A friends who was new to copics came last week and wanted some instructions on how to use her copics and this is one of the images we worked with. I love that the shading detail is already in the pitcher for you. I got a new nestie - labels 18 and banners and it worked very nicely on this layout. I ran the red cs through my Grand Calibur with the tulips plate and got such a nice impression. The thinking of You is "years" old and is also from TAC but is one I have hung on to because I love the script. Hoping this will bring a bit of sunshine to a special person who is dealing with a difficult time in their life.

Bird in a Cage

2011-06-22T06:12:00.000-05:00

This cdard is made with a cute little set from Hampton Arts that I got at Big Lots for $2.00 - yes I said $2.00 - what a steal - I picked up a couple of different sets, they are clear stamps and had several cute images I knew I would use. I had won some Basic Grey Papers a while back and this was included in the papers. Perfect for this image. How much fun is this little bird in his cage and the chain is just too cute. I put some gold gel pen around the bird as he just wasn't standing out and then a bling at the top of the bird cage. No coloring on this one and it was a quick and easy card to put together.

Happy Fathers Day

2011-06-20T12:24:00.003-05:00

This is the card I made for DH for "Fathers" Day. This card was from his fur babies - made by "MOM" (that would be me). He is such a good dad to all 5 (2 big girl dogs and 3 cats) of our fur babies. When I saw this image over at Doodle Pantry I knew I had to have it - it has several fishing images and DH is an avid trout fisherman. I colored the image with copic markers, and cut with nesties, made into a gate fold card. The stripped paper is from my scrap stash. He really enjoyed getting the card yesterday and the dogs got an extra long walk and the cats got some extra strokes last night as we were watching television. I am entering this in the Doodle Pantry Challenge Stock the Pantry Challenge #3.

June Blog Hop

2011-06-19T19:58:00.002-05:00

It is time for our June Blog Hope over at PaperWings. This month the theme is CAS (clean and simple) as several of the angels will be leaving for the annual TAC seminar so we kept it simple this month. I case'd my design from Card Creations Volume 9 by Paper Crafts - this design was on the cover and I simply used TAC images. I colored the image with copic, as well as the bling colored with copic. I just love that you can color ribbon, bling, flowers with copic to match your design. This image Toodles is being retired when the new Inspiration Book comes out but we are looking forward to many new sets to replace those that are retiring. Why not hop on over and see what everyone else has come up with for their CAS card.
Kim
Seleise
Rita
Angela
Carol

Fireworks Birdie

2011-06-14T14:58:00.003-05:00

This little fellow is from Doodle Pantry and isn't he perfect for the 4th of July celebration or any celebration in fact? This is a digi image and I colored him with copic markers, and Atyou glittler pens then mounted him on a piece of red cs - punched stars out with a rounded corner/star punch. I used glitter star brads on the main focal image. I then used narrow strips of red line tape and applied red, gold and blue glitter lines which completed the feel of a celebration. This is an old technique which I had forgotten until my friend Pat used it on a recent card she posted. This will go to my chemo angel patient for the 4th of July.

TAC Favorites Blog Hop

2011-06-12T14:40:00.003-05:00

This weekend over at TAC Savvy Blog we are posting our favorites - favorite stamp set, favorite technique, favorite retiring stamp set etc. My favorite is "EASY" and this card is nothing but EASY plus I used one of my favorite stamp sets Sew Thanksful T3288 and my favorite embellishment bling. Doilies are so in now - and these were purchased from WM in their cake decorating section - I think 1.99 for lots of them. I embossed the sewing machine in black, cut out with a circle nestie, cut out a black circle just a bit larger and mounted it all on the doily. My bg paper is FREE - downloaded from TAC - my saying is cut out with a nestie also and couldn't be a complete card with a bit of bling. Total time - less than 10 minutes and EASY!!!

Baby Card

2011-06-07T12:34:00.002-05:00

I needed a "quick" baby card so i could get it in the mail like today so I used this simple design from Stamp TV - using a scallop circle nestie I embossed the circle but it did not cut thru the cs. I stamped the baby carriage from Just Bee Cuz (retiring soon) from TAC then placed the scallop circle for placement. A blue/black ribbon and a simple sentiment on top with 2 blue bling and the card was completed in under 10 minutes. Slip a Target gift card in the new card and off it went!! How easy peasy!!

Doily Card

2011-06-04T18:28:00.003-05:00

Using a doily on your card seems to be popular now - (isn't it funny how trends go?). I saw this on Stamp TV - which is a really good site to get tons of ideas. Talk about a quick and simple under 10 minutes card this is it. I started with a yellow card base, layered with black, then printed downloaded (FREE) from TAC printed paper. On with the doily (and they are so reasonable in price), black circle and then stamped my Limited Edition Bloosoms and Blessings flower in Dandelion Memento ink and embossed with Transcendence Embossing Powder. Makes it pop a bit. I used circle nesties but you could use circle punches for the same effect. Placed some sheer ribbon with a thin silver cord on top and the word FRIEND (from the same set) on top. I added the cute little button bumblebee for a whimsy look. This card can be used for just about anyone or any occasion.

God Bless America

2011-05-29T11:25:00.003-05:00

What a perfect image for this Memorial Day - I picked up this FREE - yes I said FREE digi image, already colored and ready to go over at Doodle Pantry. This image is free with any purchase and ...all images, templates, and downloadable papers are 35% off this weekend. Well I had to get a few images that I had been eyeing for a while - one in particular for DH who is an avid fisherman. For my card and challenge I used the image, Patchwork Star, the red/white strip paper is also from there, and I used some blue/star paper I had in my stash. We were also to use any papercrafting item and I choose to use red/white/blue scrappers floss through the button on the star, I also used a corner punch with a small star punch out on the top corners. Then I remembered I had the perfect stamp to go with and was so fitting for Memorial Day - Always Remember at the bottom of my card. It is a retired image from TAC but was perfect. I kept it simple as there just wasn't much else to do to make this card the perfect card for this holiday. Let us not forget all of our servicemen and women who are fighting for our freedom. "We will always remember"!

Simply Sweet

2011-05-24T14:16:00.003-05:00

This month over at the Angel Company Blog we are having guest designers and a Card a Day challenge. There are sketches from Heather Scott each week for us to base our card on. I haven't had time to play until this week and this sketch fit what I was making. A girl at work is getting married and we are having a little surprise "girlie" shower for her and I thought this made up as a cute invitation. I used a stamp from Simply Sweet (retiring) as I thought it looked like a very pretty nightgown. Colored it with Copic markers and mounted it on a Spellbinders nesties which had a bit of a girlie feel. I had ribbon that matched very well, some blue pearls for my touch of bling and a scallop border. The sentiment is computer generated by me!! Why not go on over and see what all the designers have done this month - the ideas are endless.

May Paper Wings Blog Hop

2011-05-22T19:57:00.000-05:00

May is always a "sad" time being a TAC instructor - we must say goodbye to some of our favorite images BUT...the anticipation of NEW images coming in June makes up for the ones we will be retiring. This month at PaperWings we are saying goodbye to some of our favorite images in a blog hop. I choose Spunky Sprite Girls - I purchased this set when it first came out as my dear GD was 6 and I thought this fit her perfectly. She is now 9and enjoys more of the "tween" images. A few weeks ago some friends and I took a class at the LSS in using Spellbinders" nesties. This card is an exact "CASE" from one we did in the class. I used the largest scallop circle and made my card base from kraft cs - then a pale pink circle and then the little spunky girl on the scallop circle. Colored with copic markers, a pink/white gingham bow and a pretty little rose complete my card. How cute did she turn out?? I am going to send it to dear GD just to let her know she is still my "little" sweet GD. Now why not hop on down the list and see what the other angels have choose as their "retiring" image.
Rita W.
Laura N.
Trudy
Carol N.
Angela K.
Seleise
Teresa

Congrats!!!

2011-05-10T04:53:00.000-05:00

My sweet friend is going to be so happy when she sees her card on my blog!!! I told her I wanted to scan it for the idea but didn't tell her it would be on my blog - SURPRISE Shelley!!! We both needed a graduation card - and right now TAC doesn't have any specific graduation images so...I thought this little girl from Savor the Sweetness was perfect. She colored hers (the green/purple) with pencil and OMS and I colored mine with copics, otherwise the layout is exactely the same. I think it made a really nice graduation card especially when you slip something green inside!! And how convienent both cards were for girl graduates. perfect.

Birdie on a Wire

2011-05-07T15:19:00.002-05:00

A friend of mine came over yesterday late afternoon and told me she had to have a quick and easy Mothers Day card - how quick and easy was this card - talk about a ten minute wonder!! I used pre-colored Birdie on a Wire from here stamped the sentiment from TAC - cut image out with oval nestie, mounted on black beaded oval nested then mounted on digi paper from Doodle Pantry. I thought the clouds were so appropriate for this card - then my embellishment is a flower that one of my patients made for me - she crochets all the time and made me several. (I feel so blessed). A bit of pearl bling and the card was ready to given to a lucky Mother. I am entering this card over at Doodle Pantry for their current challenge, go to their blog and check out all the cute creations.

Cup of Kindness

2011-05-06T04:43:00.000-05:00

Another cute digi from Whimsy and Stars Studio this is a Cup of Kindness and I paired it with a retired TAC set called Morning Buzz which worked perfect with this image. I paper pieced the cups with Fruitti Fusion DP colored the flowers with copics, the centers are dot sparkles and then used my stardust pen to add a bit more sparkle. I used labels 4 to cut out the image and used versamark to stamp the coffee beans on the main card. Easy Peasy and an all purpose card ready to go.

Feel Better Soon

2011-05-04T17:32:00.002-05:00

This darling nurse is just what I was looking for when not 1 but 2 of our nurses from work both ended up in the hospital. She is a digi image from Whimsy and Stars Studio and are part of her new releases. Is she not just the cutest??? I colored her simply using copics and spica glitter pens, cut her out with labels 11 nesties and the card is the grand labels 11 nesties which I cut with my grand calibur. I had these bandaid eyelets for quite sometime and it was perfect, especially with a bit of red bling!!! On the inside I had a stamp that says Get Well Soon Nurses Orders. There will be 2 cards ready to go in the mail tomorrow.

Tulip Birgitta

2011-04-30T10:36:00.002-05:00

I just got this new stamp Tulip Birgitta from All That Scraps and she was so much fun to color as are all of the Swiss Pixie images from All That Scraps. I colored her with copics, punched her out with a circle nestie, then mounted her on a scallop circle nestie, stamped sentiment from TAC mounted on a piece of yellow/orange cs with the tulip impressabilities ( which I love). Then in making some fluffy clouds in the sky I had an "oops" so had to use a yellow/orange bow to cover up the mistake. It worked okay but not the look I was going for. A few pearl bling and this card is ready to go.

Black and White with a Splash of color

2011-04-26T14:20:00.002-05:00

Todays challenge over at TAC is Black and White with a splash of color - my card is very simple using a cuttlebug embossing folder I embossed the top 2/3, left a space of about 1 in. then embossed the bottom portion of the card with the embossing folder, I used my scor-pal and drew definite lines to show off the white space. I stamped my sentiment using Savvy Sayings, cut out with labels 4 nestie and put it on the right side of the card. Then I am so excited - I just learned to make rolled flowers using a circle punch or nestie - how much fun so the red flowers are my splash of color. I have a co-worker/friend that just had open heart surgery to replace not 1 but 2 valves so I am hoping this card will add a bit of cheer for her recovery.

April Blog Hop

2011-04-24T19:58:00.000-05:00

We are having a fun blog hop over at Paper Wings this evening so follow the links below to get some fun new ideas on not only how to use flowers but maybe see some handmade flowers,and get some new ideas in how to color flowers. I used flowers on 2 cards this evening - the first one I used Simply Sweet set (which is soon to retire) colored with copic markers, cut out with nesties then used some posey flowers which I had in my stash - don't you love it when you can use something you have been hanging on to? I used some pearl bling on my DP and a quick and easy card using flowers. My second card is Sew Thankful stamp set and I used a variety of elements in this card. I embossed the dress form, mounted it on a nestie shape, then on a doily (doilies are so popular right now). I used pruple bazzil cs which I embossed with a impressabilities die called Flowers (K-306). I love using my "new" Grand Caliber with the impressabilities. I used a 2 in strip of Miss Moxie DP then a beautiful handmade flower which one of my home care patients made for me, she loves to crochet and made me several flowers in both white and a variety of colors. I put a red pearl in the center which is all it needed. I think this card is going to her as a thanks. Go check out everyone elses take on "flowers".
Teresa
Carol
Rita
Chelsea
Seleise

Golden Egg

2011-04-22T18:14:00.002-05:00

Today over at Savvy Projects Blog there is a challange called the Golden Egg - we had to use 5 elements - 3 layers, ribbon, glitter, 3 or more colors, and flowers, I think I did it with this card and it was so much fun. I have not inked up any stamps from this set - Thinking Sweet Thoughts but I loved this watering can with the flowers and the saying was perfect. I colored the watering can with copic markers (warm greys), the flowers with Atyou glitter pens (love them), used green glitter from Glitter Art (we used to carry it several years ago), ribbon, posey flowers and a downloaded black/white dot paper from TAC. I would so like to find that Golden Egg - but if I don't I know it will make someone happy!!!

Being Cute

2011-04-21T04:57:00.000-05:00

These images are so much fun to color - simple but cute and there is such a selection - My Favorite things and this one is Being Cute is What I do. I colored her with copic markers, mounted her on a scrap of blue. the base card IRL is really a bright sunshine/yellow/orange color but my scan just does it no justice. I ran this though my cuttlebug. I had a scrap of dotted paper then I used lemon drop bakers twine and a bright orange dotted button that i had (TAC) and it just all went together so nicely. This will go to my Chemo Angels lady which I am hoping will help her through her chemo treatments this week.

Kraft Card

2011-04-19T09:18:00.003-05:00

Today over at The Angel Company Savvy Projects it is "Kraft" Tuesday - cards made using Kraft CS. I really like how versatile Kraft CS is - you can use it for any occasion and it goes with any color combination, here I did one with brown on Kraft. I used Sea Stamps (to be retired soon), Script Background, kraft,brown, and Ivory CS, Burnt Umber Palette Ink and Transcendence Embossing Powder (love this stuff). I stamped the image using burnt umber ink, then stamped again and embossed with the transcendence powder, I then cut out the shell and popped it up. I mounted on brown cs. For the bg I used the script stamp, some score-bug work on the side, a bit of ribbon and then a tiny shell on the ribbon. You could use this card for just about any occasion.

Birthday Gretel

2011-04-18T05:29:00.000-05:00

This card is for a dear friend of my Mom which I have kept in touch with for many many years even though my Mom passed away 35 years ago. I love these little Swiss Pixie designs from C.C. Designs . This was an adventure in copic coloring for me as it had so many elements and colors - it just let my creativity go "wild". I tried using some of the techniques I learned in the copics class and I am pretty pleased with the results. I used nestie labels for my mat pieces and also the card base which turned out very nice. I had tiny brads which I used for buttons on her top and of course some glitter on her wings. I hope my dear friend Thelma smiles when she gets her card.

Beautiful Day

2011-04-16T05:17:00.001-05:00

Just got this new rubber this past week and when I saw the bunny I knew exactly what I was going to do, he so reminds me of the muslin bunnies that were so popular a few (well okay several) years back. I can't tell you how many of those cute little bunnies I made plus the clothes to go with. In fact I still have a mom and her 2 children (boy and girl) in my granddaughters guest room. I think I should have gone one shade lighter with the coloring but it turned out ok. I used X-Press CS (we got samples at the copics class) and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it - colors blend so smoothly. Used some nesties dies some "stashed" SEI (TAC used to carry this many years ago), brown and pink scrappers floss and then I thought oh my he needs something else, so I tried a flower, placed different words, some bling and finally I remember the Gem collection TAC carries and the heart worked just perfectly. Used a corner chomper on the corners and some black Tim Holtz accent on his eyes. Cute!!!

Cupcake Birgitta

2011-04-14T04:13:00.000-05:00

I had 2 birthday cards to make this week and having just received Swiss Pixies Cupcake Birgitta from All that Scraps I decided to use this oh so cute image. I colored this darling with my copic markers glittered her wings and made 2 different designs . Images are cut with Nesties (love to have their legs out of the box), on the green card I used a new saying from TAC that was just perfect for this card - and for the little girl in blue I had some cupcake brads and I used bakers twine with the cupcake brad. I added a bit of glossy accents on the cherry on top. I slipped a gift card from a new downtown cupcake/dessert shop (has yummy pasteries) in the card so hopefully the girls will be happy with both their cards and their gift cards.

Beautiful Day

2011-04-12T18:05:00.002-05:00

I am so "impressed" with this tulip Impressabilities that I just received from TAC - using my "new" Grand Caliber machine (which so far I am really enjoying), I love the impression I got!!! I was never quite able to get the impression I wanted just using my cuttlebug - now don't get me wrong I love my little bug too but...move over little one. I used a new stamp set that I just cut called Beautiful Day again from TAC it is a new set which is part of their Spring Fling collection - (if you would like to add this to your stamp collection please email me). I colored my image with copics, cut with labels 11 and mounted on an oval nestie which I cut from Miss Moxie DP. The saying is also from the same set. A bit of bling and with the nice impression that is all I needed to make this card complete. I'm off to color another image from the same set so keep checking back to see my next post.

Doodle Pantry Froggie

2011-04-10T10:53:00.004-05:00

Over at the Doodle Pantry there is a challenge to use any of their digital images - well I choose a FREEBIE called Pre-colored froggie - yes I said pre-colored - what a fun fast easy card this was. I added some wispy clouds in the sky - fussy cut the lilys and popped them up to give some dimension, cut out with an oval nestie and mounted on a fancy oval nestie. I used TAC paper - called Hip Hop the sentiment is also TAC and I found some little froggie eyelets which I put in each corner. fun is this???

Easter Basket Hop

2011-04-08T11:06:00.003-05:00

There is an Easter Basket Hop this weekend over at The Angel Company . I just got my first Big Spellbinders dies and a Grand Caliber so this is my first project using the big dies. I have the scallop circles and I cut my basket using pink cs, I colored my image from I Love Easter with water color crayons. I was cleaning out some "stuff" and ran across some water color paper so I stamped my image on the watercolor paper. It has been a long time since I used the water color crayons and I forgot how much fun coloring with them was. I mounted my colored image on a scallop fancy circle cut from More Mimi paper. On the handle I tied a bow (the ribbon is from a gift my friend Pat gave me this week), it went perfect with the More Mimi. I used an oval pink gem from the Pink Gem collection D310 - they reminded me of Easter eggs. I put three chocolate bunnies in the basket and I think it turned out pretty cute. Fun project for my new big dies.

Hedgehog Happiness Easter

2011-04-04T01:23:00.001-05:00

This is another Easter Card I came up with using Hedgehog Happiness (what a fun versatile set). I stamped the focal image and then masked the wagon to put the bunnies in the wagon. I colored with copic markers, (I tried to do some flicking for her fur). I added a bit of bling on the wheels, some glitter (just a bit) to the grass in the wagon then cut it out with a nesties labels 17 (which I love). I used Pop Rockz DP for my papers as it just had the right colors to go with my coloring. I used a grass punch to do the grass then I slipped it into the bottom of the nestie to cut the rounded shape. I don't remember where I got the Happy Easter brads but I thought they were cute for this project. Hope you enjoy. Why not hop on over to The Angel Company and check out some other creations.

Hippity Hoppity

2011-04-01T16:42:00.002-05:00

Well it is Finally Friday and over at The Angel Company there is The Joy of Easter - you will be pleasantly surprised at the creations Angela Kelley has made - (might have to case them myself). I made an Easter card with a "retired" TAC set called Hippity Hoppity - which I had in my "for sale" box and dug out when this hop came up. I have been digging several of those stamps sets out of my for sale box recently. I had to make a larger card to get all my images on, I used Tutti Fruitti DP as my bg papers as it had all bright Easter colors there. I used copics to color my images and nesties label 4 to cut them out. Popped the images up with pop dots, a bit of pink ribbon with cute Easter eggs tied , the ribbon could have been a bit brighter but I loved the Easter eggs. Go visit the Savvy Projects and have fun looking at all the creations.

Pot of Gold Challenge

2011-03-25T16:43:00.003-05:00

Over at The Angel Company there is a Pot of Gold Challenge in which we had to use several elements including stitching, a punched shape, ribbon, button/bow or brad, the color green and layers. For my card I used Sew Thankful, stitching on each side of the first layer of my card, I used 4 layers, the top layer is punched with an oval punch, the color green, ribbon is woven through the holes in the nesties die cut, and I used 2 layers of flowers held in place with a brad. I think I have met all the elements of this challenge which was fun!!! Please go to The Savvy Blog and check out all the fun projects.

Savor the Sweetness

2011-03-23T05:06:00.000-05:00

I made this card for my daughter who will be going to a Walk to Emmaus - I heard from her sponsor and was requested for cards/letters so that while DD is at the retreat she would receive these letters/cards. I made her 2 cards - one which I posted for the Spring Blog Hop just a day or two ago. This one I made with a versatile set called Savor the Sweetness - it had the perfect images and I chose the one with the sunshine. I made a gatefold card and DP from Heidi Grace - colored the image with copics (I just took the beginner copic certification this past weekend in St. Louis). I cut it out with nesties 19 and covered up an oops with a pretty little flower with a butterfly perched on the flower. Oops aren't mistakes just opportunities to add embellishments!! I hope she enjoys getting her special cards while she is there.

Spring Blog Hop

2011-03-20T19:58:00.001-05:00

We are having a SPRING blog hop over at Paper Wings this evening and I know a lot of people are so ready for signs of spring, warm weather, sunshine, blooming flowers and the birds setting up their new homes. For my projects I did a card - which I cased a "long" time ago from Julie Robinson. It is a pocket card and I used a flower packet to insert in my pocket, I used Catelynne DP which went so well with my focal image from Springtime Garden. I colored my image with Copic markers, cut out with nesties label 4. I had some of these cute spiral clips from a long time ago and decided it complemented the project. For my boxes I used a pattern from SCS called Gable box - these were so much fun to make. I used More Mimi and Miss Moxie DPs to make my boxes which need an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper. Scores, and folds and magic a cute little box. I put Easter grass in them - chocolate bunny rabbits in one and will put chocolate in the other one also. I made a rosette to put on the Miss Moxie box and a flower on the More Mimi box. Loved making both of the embellishments they were so much fun - almost therapeutic. Hop on over and see what the other players have created to put you in the mood for spring.
Rita W.
Laura
Seleise
Angela
Kim
Laurie
Carol
Teresa

Book Mark

2011-03-18T13:27:00.002-05:00

A couple of weeks ago I participated in a bookmark swap with a group that one of my BFFs got together. I used a "new" image from Hero Arts as the chair looked like you could just curl up and read all day, well I needed some lighting so I put the chandelier over the chair not realizing the crow sitting there so I put the shadow around the chandelier just "for fun". The saying is from TAC Toodles - I cut apart and just used the I'm here portion and it really looks cute in a book. With the shadow around the chandelier and crow it almost has a Barb Foster feel about it - LOL.

Going Green

2011-03-15T19:23:00.003-05:00

This week over at The Angel Company Savvy Blog there is a "Going Green" creative selection. We could either re-purpose something or make something green. I choose to do both although my photo did not turn out very well, think it was my lighting, but I took a small lunch box size can of diced fruit, and opened the bottom lid with the can opener (Pampered Chef has a very nice one), which does not leave any sharp edges. Rinsed the can and let air dry then covered the can with a strip of green DP from Lilly Anna then Easter popped in my mind as I wanted to fill it with treats to send my Chemo angel patient so I colored the cute little bunny from I Love Easter (notice her cute little pink flocked tail). I used some pop dots and put her on the can, on the top I used a tag from the DP and stamped for somebunny special and tied some bright scrappers floss around the pull tap and tag. I filled with some wrapped (we can't send homemade or loose unwrapped candy like jelly beans) candies and glued the bottom back on the can. These are so easy and fun to make and I am hoping it will put a smile on her face when she gets her Easter box.

Corner Bookmark

2011-03-12T16:40:00.003-06:00

I was "cleaning" out some scraps today and came across a 4 x 4 piece of velvet embossed cs from DCWV - I almost pitched it in my waste basket and thought no I think this would make a cute bookmark. I found the instructions on Bob's web site and then I added the ribbon on my own. It still needed just a little something more so I embossed a small flower from a retired set Fanciful Flowers (which was one of my favorites) and put it on the front.

Purses

2011-03-07T05:02:00.000-06:00

These darling little purses were a "special" in January I believe - you got 2 stamp sets plus DP, and since Mabelle was the designer I thought I needed them!!! Besides purses are big right now. This card is for a friends birthday - and yes she loves purses - I paper pieced all three of them, then added a big of bling to each individual purse. It was so much fun to bling up each purse. I then cut them out with labels 10 which I love. Now the problem is I can't remember what this retired dp is called but it worked perfect for this card. I hope my friend likes her special card.

Seeing Shamrocks

2011-03-06T05:32:00.002-06:00

Today is the last day to share our Shamrock cards over at TAC. Once I got out some stamps I realized I could put a wagon full of shamrocks from Mini Sampler (retired) in the hedgehogs wagon - set is a hostess set called Hedgehog Happiness. What a fun set this has been - and what fun it was to fill this wagon with good luck shamrocks. Again I used my stampa-ma-jig to place the shamrocks (as well as masking) in the wagon. I colored the images with copics, used the greeting from Trendy Greetings, stamped the shamrocks in giverny green palette ink to make my bg paper, a bit of green ribbon, and of course a bit of extra on the wheels. Mounted on the extra piece of Patch cs I had left from yesterday.

Shirley Hotop

2011-03-05T04:10:00.000-06:00

This weekend is a fun blog hop over at TAC Seeing Shamrocks. I started my mission to find a shamrock among my collection of TAC stamps and came up with the shamrock from a retired set Mini Sampler, Date Discs (which is current) and my sentiment is from a hostess set called Blessings to You. Using my stamp-a-ma-jig I place the shamrock in the center of the March disc, colored them with copics, punched them out and popped them onto a circle of Catelynne paper ( perfect match). The blessing I also popped up and added just a wee bit of bling to the top of the sentiment. It still needed something else so I took the shamrock stamp and some versamark and random stamped the shamrocks on V397 Patch cs. I do have a bit of Irish in me - my mother was a "O" Casey, my dad was Scot. What fun this hop was to figure something out using what I already had. Love to be challenged.

OLWs Christmas

2011-03-04T04:50:00.001-06:00

I have admired these one layer cards so often and just didn't like what I came up with. I have often seen a bare tree with a single red bird done up for a Christmas card also and started searching through my "huge" collection of stamps. In fact the set I used was in my "for sale" box but after playing with it it is back on my shelf. I think I like the birds in flight from Hope Perches I used burnt umber palette for the tree and a lady bug memento ink for the birds. I tried to change each one up a bit - so let me know which one is your favorite.

Teddy Bo

2011-03-03T04:34:00.000-06:00

This cute, adorable little girl bear is from Teddy Bo printed out and colored with copic markers, . I did not like the cs I used to print her out on therefore I did not get real good shading on her purple dress. I have trouble shading purple anyway and the cs didn't help. I used a fancy oval nestie and wove some sheer purple through the holes, tied in a little bow at top. I colored little cotton pom-poms on her hat with pink copic and glued them onto the bottom of her hat strings. A couple of pearls on her hat brim, sentiment hello there from TAC and what a cute card. I think I am going to have to get a couple more of these images.