TAC Favorites Blog Hop

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!!!

May Paper Wings Blog Hop

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

Shirley Hotop

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.

Cheery Hello

This little girl makes up so cute for a "girly" Valentine. I colored her with copics and paperpieced her outfit with More Mimi paper. Matching photo corners with just a tiny bit of bling in the left corner using TAC Fun Gem Collections in white. Polka dots seem to be in this season so I used the polka dots from Background Soup. I am happy I have 2 granddaughters so one of them will be getting this card.

Fall Blog Hop

This month the angels over at Paper Wings is having a "FALL" blog hop which included not only fall projects but some halloween projects too. I chose to do one of each and they were both so much fun, entirely different cards.
Had to do one with the darling kids from Delightfully Spooky - colored with copic markers but with my octagon nesties and thenm mounted on a "retired" paper pack of Halloween papers we used to carry. I am very stingy with this pack as it has so many cute designs. Some green Halloween grosgrain ribbon and I used my BD present from DD - the tiny attacher (stamples) from Tim Holtz. Isn't it just the cutest with those tiny stamples, perfect for ribbon.
My next project was one I cased from this issue of Paper Crafts magazine using a 5 1/2 square TAC dark green card stock and a selection of fall colors from DCWV Neutrals stack with white core - great for sanding. I used 3 patterned cuttlebug embossing folders and then placed them geometrically on my card. Used some heavier twine to tie a bow and for the focal image colored the pumpkin from another new set Autumn Leaves (which will be offered as the SOTM in Sept - at a reduced price.).
Now hop on over and see what everyone else has come up with for their fall projects and sit back and enjoy.
Angie
Christine
Angela
Seleise
Laurie
Julie
Rita W
Michelle
Betty
Carol
Heather -
Candi
Kim
Lisa