Happy Valentine’s Day!

This card is for my hubby. I have been waiting to post it until today so he wouldn’t see it before actually getting it. It was so much fun to make. I went for the faux pressed flowers technique that I saw on Splitcoast. I think the effect is better if the embossing is tighter, but I just had to use my hearts fiskars texture plate since I can use them in the Wizard… love it! The flowers were cut out of an old dictionary… so neat to match the words used to what you are doing… all about Love today!



I stamped  the swirly vines from Simply Divine in Noir Palette ink then adhered the flowers before embossing. I used a makeup sponge to wipe New Canvas across some of the hearts. The center of the flowers is a sequin with stickles… just saw the other day on someone’s card…. can’t remember where now to give credit but it is super cute! I added some white gel pen dots and ribbon from Wal Mart.



On the inside decided to carry the embossed hearts over on the mat.



Thanks so much for stopping by, please let me know what you think. I hope that you have a wonderful day!

Stamp: Simply Divine
Ink: Noir and New Canvas Palette
Paper: Red, Black, Ivory CS
Other: White gel pen, fiskars texture plate and Wizard, stickles, sequins, dictionary, ribbon

The missing cat….

Okay, my family is a dog family. We do not have a cat, nor will we ever.. the hubby is allergic and I’m not fond of animals that can jump up on the counter when they feel like it… so lucky to have a dog that is adorable and sweet and very well behaved. Back to the topic at hand. Pickle’s class needed to bring in items for a Cat basket to be raffled off at a festival. Of course there is cat food, toys, books etc. Well what does a card maker do? Of course I wanted to send a set of cards in to be added to the basket. After searching high and low I discovered three cat stamps only…. one is TAC spooktacular with the moon and cat silhouette on the fence, one is from TAC Cupcake Cuties where it is holding a cupcake, and the other is this one by SU. I so need to get my hands on some of the new Theo images from TAC… a cat with an attitude LOL, but I have a hard time considering we just don’t do cats… but if my friends/family do then I guess I can send some to them right? Or am I just giving myself an excuse to get more stamps… gotta love it!



So I made up a set of these and sent them in along with some food and toys! Hope that someone finds a friend to send them to! I colored with copics cut with Nestabilities Labels 4 and popped it up. The flower is from Simply Divine.

Tile card catty submission

This is the last of my recent catty submissions. I am so glad I gave it a go, and will again! Time to play along in the monthly challenges too! I was inspired by a lovely friend of mine that made a card using tiles like this that had me in awe... mine didn't turn out near as lovely as hers!

I used Simply Divine and Trendy Greetings stamp sets. I stamped and embossed with Transcendence embossing powder, love that stuff!



Thanks for stopping by! Let me know what you think and have a wonderful week!

March Card Class

I will be teaching a card class on March 18th and 19th... its been a long time coming and I can't wait! These three cards are what we will be making, two of them feature our aquacolor crayons! If you are in the local area and would like to attend, please contact me or check out my meetup group listed to the right!

The first card is a double pocket card and features our Simply Divine and Trendy Greetings Stamp sets.

These super cute bunnies are from Nobunny Like You. There is even a cute little crochet flower that I made!

This card uses the cupcakes from our Cupcake Cuties stamp set.

I hope that you are having a wonderful week! Please let me know what you think, and if you are out here in Northern Virginia I would love to see you in one of my classes!

Best Wishes

This card is a play along with a color challenge. I needed to use purple, yellow, and white. The little girl is from the Fairytale Fun set. I think she is adorable sprinkling her magic over the "Best Wishes". I stamped it, embossed it and then colored and embossed some more! Versa Marker makes it easy to emboss over top of colored images. The flowery vines up the sides is from Simply Divine.



Thanks for looking! I hope you like it, let me know what you think! If you would like any of the supplies used to make this card, contact me or checkout my online store. Have a wonderful day!

The Angel Company Supplies:
Stamp: Fairytale Fun, Simply Divine, Trendy Greetings
Ink: Noir Palette, Purple Hydrangea Versa Magic, Versa Mark
Paper: White CS
Other: sponge, Glitter Pen, Souffle Pen, cloud scissors, Transcendence
Copics: Y08, E51, E53, E55, E57, R30

October Angel Art Blog Hop

I'm so excited to be playing along in another Angel Art Blog Hop! Fellow Angels and I are doing a "All Things Fall" themed Blog Hop this month. I decided to do a Halloween wall hanging... my first attempt at anything like this. It was certainly fun and I kept changing and adding as I went! Take a look and let me know what you think, then be sure to hop through the other blogs to see what they have to share too! Thanks for looking!

For the background I colored with aquacolor crayons and a water brush, then added some chalking. The lamposts (hinge stamps :-) and bushes were first stamped and embossed with transcendence. The castle was cut out on my Wishblade, thanks to the Yahoo Wishblade group for the file!

For the moon I colored in with copics, covered with Crystal Lacquer and then popped up another set of bats for depth.


These kids were colored with copics then cut and popped up. I added a little yellow chalk to theme for moonlight. Can you tell that I am having fun with lots of different types of coloring?

My tombstones were cut and sponged with Noir Palette ink. I scribbled on them with a black slick writer and added some yellow chalking to them too. I only popped the top of these.

Now Hop Along to these Angel Blogs!

Laurie
Kim
Shirley
Julie
Jen
Diane
Rita W
Jamie
Suzanne
Stacy

The Angel Company Supplies:
Stamps: Simply Divine, Hinges, Spooktacular, Trick or Treaters
Ink: Noir Pallete, Spanish Olive Versa Magic, Versa Mark, London Fog Memento
Other: Aquacolor crayons, chalk, Crystal Lacquer, Transcendence

Copics: 0, C0, C1, C3, C10, Y11, E53, E55, E57, E95, YR15, YR16, YR18, BV11, BV13, BV17, G02, G05, G09, R24, R27, R29

Using less paper!

I have been spending soooo much time drooling, yes I said drooling, over Inspiration Avenue and all the new stamp sets that are coming out next week that I have barely done anything! So this morning I went into my craft room and settled in to make some quick cards. I hope you enjoy them!

I decided to show that it is possible to make pretty cards without having layers of patterned paper or cardstock. While I love my paper... if you need to budget out your stock, then here are some ideas to try! I used stamps from Flowers and Holly, Simply Divine, and Trendy Greetings. This first one has a masked border, I stamped with Versa Mark, and embossed with Transcendence then sponge/wiped on Versa Magic with a cosmetic sponge. The image is colored with a water brush picking up Versa Magic ink.

This Card I colored the stamp with Tombow markers and stamped it, even put both stamps on the same block to do it all at once! Then used the Scor Pal to create a border, which for some reason only the top and bottom really show in the photo, but I did the same two lines on both sides as well! This is a very simple card and could be made in bulk quickly!

This flower was colored with prismacolor pencils. I used a paper peircer in the corners and as a circle around the image and then sponged ink around the outside to grunge it up a bit.

I had a great time trying out these techniques and hope you will too! Let me know what you think!

Sketch Motivational SK08

I'm participating in my first Paperwings Sketch Motivational. It is great to use a sketch from someone else and piece everything together to fit it! I was so excited to get done and posted, I think some of my watercolor is still wet under the bat! It showed up more in the picture than real life!

I stamped Simply Divine on white CS using Noir Palette. Spooktacular is stamped with Noir Palette then heat embossed with Transcendence. It is colored with aquacolor crayons using a water brush. There are some faux stitches using a white Souffle Gelly Pen.

On another note, I just got my copy of the new Fall Magalogue, Inspiration Avenue in that becomes available on September 1st! I am in awe, there are so many wonderful new stamp sets, as well as a few sets that are coming back into play that make me soooo happy!

Let me know what you think! Have a great weekend!