TAC Blog Hop

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.

Special Places

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

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

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.

Happy Leaf

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

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

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

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.

Mice Day

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

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.

Konnichiwa

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!!

Thinking of You

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.

Baby Card

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

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

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

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.

Birdie on a Wire

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.

Black and White with a Splash of color

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.

Kraft Card

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.

Beautiful Day

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!!!