Mini Angel Blog Hop

Hey, everyone!

I have a sneak peek to show you! It's an image from one of our yet-to-be-released stamp sets called Oh No She Didn't. Isn't that so fun? Sassy and full of attitude! The images were sent to me from Shirley and they are soooo cute! Here is my card:

I used Kraft cardstock, Cha Cha dp from TAC and some white cardstock. I used my Fiskars Threading Water border punch for the dp piece. I added white doodle dots and faux stitching with my favorite white pen! I colored the image with Copics, Bic MarkIts and Tombow Brights. The card measures 4x8 and scored at 4. Isn't she cute? I made her a little red head! But I know you want to see more!! Hop on over to Shirley and Chelsea's blogs to see their cute creations! You will not want to miss it!

Angel Hugs,

Thanks, Friend!

Hey, everyone!!

I just wanted to share the "thank you" cards I created for my customers who placed an order in January. I used my Scor-Pal to create a fun border for my sentiment. The card measures 4" x 8" and then I scored it in half at 4" also using my Scor-Pal. The sentiment is from the Squiggle Ladybugs stamp set using Noir Palette Hybrid Ink. The hearts are from Sweet Goodies using L'Amore Red Palette Hybrid Ink. I love the design in the hearts! Too cute!

Thank you for stopping by today! I will share some really sweet projects coming up this week and I also want to share my Scripture Challenge with you. My son has been sick so I have been behind this week for posting... well for a lot of things! Take care!

Hugs,

Little Darlins

Hey, everyone!!

Today is my little cousin's birthday and I thought I would make her a cute little card! I used Brighten My Day designer paper from TAC. I sponged Reflection Blue palette hybrid ink around these cute owls! I colored the owls with my clear stardust glitter gel pen and gray Tombow marker. I also colored the beaks and "feet" with an orange Tombow marker. I outlined the fence with my gray Tombow marker, as well. The sentiment is stamped in Reflection Blue.
The circle and scalloped circle punches are from The Angel Company. The stamp set is called Little Darlins and you can go HERE to check it out! I used two pop dots to add dimension to the front of this 4x4 card. I rounded all 4 corners with my Corner Chomper. I hope you like this card!! I am looking forward to tomorrow's card class at 1 p.m. and will share the cards here on my blog soon!

Angel Hugs,

CC47

Hey, everyone!!

Laurie, an amazing Angel has issued a Color Challenge over at Paper Wings. This is the first challenge of the year and I really want to participate in more challenges, especially at Paper Wings, so I was eager to make a card using only Turquoise, Kraft, Ivory and Brown. I will admit that my "Ivory" is actually "White" but the rest of the colors qualify, right? LOL I made a masculine Valentine card to give my two year old son! I hope he likes it. It's up on dimensionals and has a little bling but I don't think it's too girlie for him! LOL What do you think?
The cardstock is cut at 4" x 8" and scored with my Scor-Pal at 4" creating a square card. I love this size! I then added a brown layer with measuring ¼" smaller than the 4" base. The white cardstock is ½" smaller than the 4" base. I sponged some Reflection Blue Hybrid Palette ink onto the white cardstock and then added a blue rhinestone in each corner. The scalloped squares are made with my punches I have from The Angel Company. The white square is 1½" squared, sponged with Reflection Blue and the cupcake wrapper is paper pieced with the turquoise cardstock. The cupcake is a PWP stamp set! You can buy this adorable set called All Smiles for only $2.95 with any $30 purchase. In fact, this month you can purchase TWO of these PWP stamps for any $30 purchase!!
Here's a look at the inside:
The sentiment is from a retired stamp set from The Angel Company. It's called Sweet as Pie. I always tell my kids, "You are as sweet as pie!" So I will be including this sentiment in both my children's Valentine cards this year! What have you made today? I'd love to see it!

Angel Hugs,

Birthday Gifts!

Hey, everyone!

Yesterday was a crazy busy day here at the Owens' house! Not only was it day #2 of the garage sale but Kadesia had a friend's birthday party to go to and then the pageant. I am sooo glad Mini Miss is over! I am NOT a fan of pageants and absolutely did not want her to do this but we still had a pretty good experience overall... I'll share some photos with you tomorrow about that! For today I wanted to show you what I made Kadesia's friend! I made this little gift tote bag for her, personalized with a monogram! It's up on pop dots! We sell those in our current TAC catalog and I absolutely love them! I included a matching pen and a sticky note holder. The card is 4x4 which is a favorite size of mine! The image and sentiment is Dear Friend from Serendipity. Happy Birthday is stamped inside using the Trendy Greetings stamp set. The monogram is taken from the Scriptybet stamp set and the circle is from Circle Sampler. These are all from TAC, of course! I used my Tombows to color in the image, stardust glitter gel pens for the balloons and paper pieced her outfit. The skin is colored with my copic markers.
I hope you like this! I am exhausted so I think I will go to bed soon! Be sure to check back tomorrow if you want to see some photos of Kadesia during her contest!

Hugs,

Happy Father's Day!

Hey, everyone!

I'd like to wish all the dads out there a very happy Father's day! If you have the opportunity, be sure to hug your dad and tell him how special he is and that you love him!! I shared a scripture with you already this month but it doesn't hurt to repeat it:
1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we might be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.

Today I am sharing a project with you that I made for my father-in-law. The card is 4x4 (finished size) and all the items were found in my scrapbooking stash (racing theme).

Paul and Javan baked these chocolate chip cookies today for him. Don't they look yummy? I ate THREE of them! Oh my!!!
What better to hold them in than a cookie box that looks like a tool box! You can see the tutorial for this box HERE. You can see another cookie box I have made before by clicking HERE. There is a tool box and card gift set on SCS made by Katie Renz that inspired me.

Tomorrow I will show you what I have made my dad, then Tuesday is StampTACular Tuesday Challenge, followed by the Scripture Challenge on Wednesday. If you haven't placed your order yet, remember you only have until June 26! The new catalogs will be here very soon and I have a special event planned! I'll post details soon!

Hugs,

SWEETIE PIE TUTORIAL

Hey, everyone!

I realize that the tutorial won't come in clearly for some reason for some of you, so I decided to just print the tutorial here. I hope that you will enjoy making this very simple and very versatile card!!!

To start with, we need some supplies:

You will need:
Cardstock: black, white, pink
Designer Paper: (I am using Winterberry)
Embellishments: white grosgrain ribbon, adhesive, pop dots
Ink: Belle Rose, Burnt Umber Hybrid Palette Ink Spots, (from the Monet and Escher Ink Spots), Tombow blender pen, Tombow gray marker, Memory Marker (Hazelnut), Stardust Glitter Gel Pens
Tools: Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Scor-Pal, Paper Trimmer, Sponge
Stamp: Kid Praises
(all supplies from The Angel Company)

Now the first step to creating our card is to trim the black cardstock to 8" x 4" and then lay this piece on your Scor-Pal lengthwise. (see photo)

Using your Scor-Pal tool, score the cardstock at 4" then fold and crease your score line.

Take your pink cardstock and cut it to 3¾" x 3¾" and then punch out a circle from that same color cardstock using your Scallop circle punch.

You will need to cut your designer paper at 3½" x 3½". Cut a piece of white cardstock to measure 3¾" x 3¾" and also punch out a white circle with your circle punch.

Cut a piece of white grosgrain ribbon to 5" and you are ready to start assembling the card!

Adhere the designer paper to the pink cardstock.

Apply adhesive to the back of your ribbon and attach to the front of your card horizontally in the center, wrapping the ends around the back.

Now place this layer on the front of the black cardstock.

Take your sponge and Belle Rose ink spot to sponge the edges of your white square. You will adhere this to the inside of your card. You can add a sentiment or leave it blank for notes later.

Now you stamp your image onto the white circle. I used Burnt Umber to ink up the pie and then Belle Rose to ink up the sentiment. I colored the pie crust in Hazelnut and used my blender pen for blending. The Stardust Glitter Gel Pen was used to color in part of the pie plate and to add doodle dots to the scallop circle. I created a shadow with the gray Tombow marker. Then I adhered these two pieces together.

Finally I put some pop dots behind the scallop circle and attached it to the front of my card! Here is the finished product:
This is a simple and fun card to make for any occasion and I hope you'll make some of these soon! You could even make a set of these cards, tie them with ribbon and give them for a fun gift! I hope you enjoyed the tutorial!

Hugs,

SWEETIE PIE TUTORIAL

Hey, everyone!

I remember when I first learned to stamp a little over a year ago. My friend, Dawna taught me how to make a card and I was so nervous! LOL I was afraid of messing up but she just kept encouraging me and telling me it was easy and not to worry and once I started it was so much fun, I didn't want to stop! I will never forget that excitement and joy at learning how to stamp! I get that same feeling of excitement and joy when I teach my family, friends, customers and anyone that asks me, really, (LOL), how to start creating their own beautiful projects. There is a moment of pure joy when they realize they really CAN make something creative, too!

In keeping with my love of teaching, and to encourage all my viewers, new and seasoned stampers alike, to make something fun and EASY just for the JOY of card-making, I have come up with a tutorial. We'll be making this card today:


I hope you like it and remember just by changing the papers, the ink, the stamp, or even the ribbon, you can turn this card into the PERFECT card for any occasion! Enjoy the tutorial and if you have any questions saving it or viewing it large enough to read, let me know. I will make sure you get the tutorial. I'd love to see yours when you get it done!


Hugs,

Angel Art Challenge

Hey, everyone!

I am participating in a blog hop Angel challenge with a winter theme! I am so excited! My soon to be sister-in-law, Hannah, let me play with her Sprigs stamp set (T-2676). As soon as I saw them I knew I wanted to make a card using a reverse masking technique that I had learned a year ago. One of my favorite things about using this particular stamp set is how versatile it is. You can use the sprigs with stars for 4th of July or New Year's party invitiations, the flowers can be for spring or wedding themes, the hearts would be great for Valentine's Day and that is just the beginning! You can create so many different cards for special occasion, birthday, get well or just because! Mix and match the sprigs and create your own bouquets. I definitely added this stamp set to my WISH LIST.

I thought it might be kind of fun to use my scallop circle punch to create a neat effect. I used Water Lily Green (TT-212) on this 4"x4" card. The sprigs are stamped in Noir Palette Ink (TT-220) and then I added Prisma Glitter (A-287) to give the stars a little shimmer. The Christmas Blessings sentiment is from a retired TAC stamp set. The cardstock is Premium White Cardstock (V-290).

Here is a close-up of the stars. It's not the best picture in the world and the cardstock sort of looks ivory for some reason but in real life it's very shimmery and the cardstock is bright white!Now that you have seen my creation for the December Angel Art Winter Theme blog hop challenge, why not hop on over to the other Angel blogs to see all the great stuff they created, too?

Stacy
Carol
Jany
Christina
Angela K
Melisa
Rita
Maria
Diana
Diane
Laurie U
Jen
Deb
Laurie W

Now it's your turn! Leave me a link to share your winter-themed creations, too! I'd love to see them!

Hugs,