Christmas cards

 Here are three Christmas cards we made at my stamp a stack earlier this month. Just wanted to share...

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Paper Wings Blog Hop PWPs and GWPs

If you have ever ordered from me, you are probably familiar with those little stamps that you get for free or just $2.95 with a $30 order. Well, TAC has been running a Stamp-a-Palooza of a deal where you can tripple these stamps free with a minimum order of $30. Please check out the blogs below to see what fantastic art can be done with these litlle stamps.
I have just figured out how to make easel cards and wanted to try one here. I apologize for the photo-I usually scan my cards, but I wanted you to see it upright. I used the GWP stamp mini damask (TG3434) to create a background with Brilliance Gold Galaxy and then embossed it. Then I sponged three chalk inks(from the Versa Magic Dew Drops set Harvest) over each row and around the edges.I then used a soft paper towel to wipe the ink off the embossed areas. The paper for the cup and mini damask circle is from our newest set Maggie(V847). That's the floral reverse side on the bottom. The cup and sentiment is from the set Coffee Talk(3208). I embossed the cup with black ink and clear embossing powder before coloring it with Copic Markers.

So, now go check these talented ladies blogs:

Shirley
Chelsea
Christine
Tina         
Laurie U
Angela
Carol:    
Seleise      


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Simple and fast card

 I bought a Fiskars border punch today for the first time because I have seen so many neat cards using them. This one is called apron strings, I think. The tag for the sentiment uses the punch, too. I used Kraft paper, red paper,and a piece of designed paper from a DCWV mat stack that I have had forever. The stamp set is Furry Friends (T3245), inked with Burnt Umber Palette. Simple and fast.

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Halloween is almost here...

I was checking out my angel friend's blogs and got the idea from Chelsea to make a treat box and Mischelle's card to make this cute little girl into a ghouly girl. She is from the set Delightfully Spooky(T3348). I used stickles on her eyes and wings, and put her face on with a micro pen.I plan to make others with other images from the set for my co-workers and fill with candy.

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Blog Hop into Fall

It's time for another angel blog hop. This month's theme is "fall" images. Be sure to check out the blogs listed below to see other ideas by some very talented angels!

This card is made with the set "Autumn Leaves" (T-3311) which will also be  the September stamp of the month. I used Brilliance Cosmic Copper ink for the leaves and Palette Noir for the pumpkin and embossed both with Transcendence Powder(C-151). I used copics to color in the leaves and pumpkin. Can you see the line of color around the layer with the leaves? That was drawn with one of the copic markers and it really added a finished look to the card, I think.  The yellow designer paper is from the Miss Moxie(V-841) Soar with it Collection. The green paper is from the DCWV Neutrals (V-74) and the red from DCWV Brights(V-72) cardstock stacks. I left a sentiment off the front so I can use it for a "thinking of you" card or save it for Thanksgiving.

The participating angels in this blog hop are all demos for The Angel Company and members of PaperWings. If you like what you see, be sure to click on the link to the PaperWings gallery to see lots more stamp art organized by stamp sets. You can also do a search for a key word like "birthday" to get ideas for doing your own creating.
Here are the blogs to see:
 Shirley http://glitteredpaws.blogspot.com/
Julie http://juliesstamppad.blogspot.com/
Heather http://stampez.typepad.com/
Angie - http://www.creativeinkspirations.com/
Christine - http://christines-creativetherapy.blogspot.com/
Angela - http://angelakelley.blogspot.com/
Seleise - http://www.amethystcat.blogspot.com/
Laurie - http://laurieunger.blogspot.com/
Rita W. - http://ritascreativenest.com/
Michelle - http://www.michellescreativejourney.blogspot.com/
Carol - http://stampincarol.blogspot.com/
 Candi - http://www.stampcandy.blogspot.com/
Kim - http://angelatmydoor.blogspot.com/
Lisa http://lisadwb-blessedbeyondmeasure.blogspot.com/

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Christmas in July

 At Paper Wings, a group of us are doing a Christmas Blog Hop. The participants' blogs are listed below.

I decided to use papers that are more non-traditional. The patterned paper is from Willoughby and the solids are DCWV Neutrals and kraft. I stamped the main image(from T3045 Holiday Collages) with gold and embossed with clear pwder. I attached it with pop dots. I chose the shiny ribbon to go with the embossing and contrast the subdued colors of the papers. The sentiment is from T3310 Jingle Jolly. To see these products click HERE to go to my ecommerce page. Browse the newest catalog while you are there. Don't forget to come back to this page to follow the links to the rest of the blogs for beautifully designed Christmas cards.


Rita W - http://ritascreativenest.com
Shirley - http://glitteredpaws.blogspot.com
Christine - http://christines-creativetherapy.blogspot.com/
Carol - http://stampincarol.blogspot.com/
Kim - http://angelatmydoor.blogspot.com/
Julie - juliesstamppad.blogspot.com
Seleise - http://www.amethystcat.blogspot.com/
Angela - http://www.angelakelley.blogspot.com
Michelle  - http://michellescreativejourney.blogspot.com
Chelsea - http://inkystamps.blogspot.com/
Candi - http://www.stampcandy.blogspot.com
Angie - http://www.creativeinkspirations.com/
Teresa- http://mamapickle.blogspot.com/ Diana- www.dianasdesignsonline.blogspot.com
Diane H - http://www.thesmilinstamper.blogspot.com







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Our New Catalog is Here!

The new Inspiration Idea Book and Catalog is here.There are new paper sets, new stamp sets, new accessaries, and, even better, TAC has an exclusive arrangement with Copic to have Caboodles-sets of Sketch markers and papers to match. And the best news is that
prices have been LOWERED on stamp sets! So where other companies are raising their prices, TAC has returned theirs to the same prices from past years. That means you can buy beautiful stamp sets for as low as $5.95, with most sets $19.95 or lower. Email me to get your own copy of this beautiful idea book. you can also see the stamp sets and order at my ecommerce site.

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Work in Progress

 The challenge was to create a card with a winged image and pop up the wings. This is what I came up with. (on left) I used the level A hostess set from the Serendipity Magalogue, called Swirled Spring Life.


 Then I thought the bee's body needed more height and interest, so I added fun flock on another stamped image, cut it out and put it on a slightly thinner pop dot. (on right)

 Then I used a retired stamp in the blank space on the left and added sparkle with a stardust gelly pen on the wings.

Lately I've been adding patterned paper to the inside of my cards. This time I only glued the right side inside, folded it closed, trimmed the edge so the inside print shows, and stamped the sentiment and little bee(another retired set).

 Then, I stamped the rest of the sentiment and little bee again on a piece of white, trimmed the edge and glued it to the inside on the patterned paper. Then, of course, I used the stardust pen again to add some sparkle to the little bee's wings on both images.
 
 This made a great "thinking of you" card for a friend.

 If you are interested in seeing other beautiful cards made by talented angels for this challenge, click on the PaperWings gallery link on the side and put "SC10 Wings" in the search box.

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Scor Buddy in the new catalog!

This just in from Mischelle, The Angel Company founder. We will be carrying the newest tool from ScorPal called the Scor Buddy. It is a smaller, more portable version of the ScorPal made especially for card making. It has scor lines at 1/8th inch as well as 1/4 and comes with a tote bag. Click here to see a You tube video of the demo.

Artsy Owls Birthday Card

 I am trying to go through my large collection of assorted cards and papers. I started with a square embosssed card that TAC carried some time back. I masked around the square and stamped the tree from Artsy Owls in the middle. Then I stamped and colored the Artsy Owls with Copics and put them on with pop dots. I added the sentiment from What a Hoot, punched the tag from Miss Moxie cardstock, and used it to line the inside, too. I cut the right hand side for the inside a bit larger than the front and used decorative scissors to trim it on one side. I liked the way it shows in the front with the card closed. I am really liking using patterned paper to line the inside of the cards and am doing it lots lately. I used gold stckles on the number and the dots and swirls  around the U. I also used a Versamark pen and clear embossing powder to make the U stand out.


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Wonder and Joy

Here's a birthday card I made with the new set "Wonder and Joy". It's my favorite set at the moment!  I used a card that I had in my "stash" that had a window in it. I covered that with acetate and stamped the girl and balloon on the front. Then I stamped her again on white, colored her with Copics, cut her out, and mounted her and the sentiment with pop dots. I added the pattern paper strips to the front and inside the card. I masked the stamp to get just the balloon. Now that I am looking at it here, I realize I forgot to add curvy lines to look like balloon strings from the circles with the words from Tag Tidbits at the top of the inside. Still, I think it looks very cheery, don't you?


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Apologies for Lagging Here

 Sorry not to have posted in months...School got in the way most of the time. Other times I forgot to scan the card before mailing it out because it was a "rush job." I have been stamping lately and want to make this blog a new priority, so please come back often. Here is one of my most recent creations. It is another acetate over photo card. The photo was taken last year when I went to the northernmost Pacific corner of Oregon. the sentiment is stamped with white opaque Stazon.

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This is proof that you should never throw away your creative efforts. I colored this daisy a long time ago with Pearl Ex palettes, but didn't like the card it was mounted on. So I took it and the darker blue piece it is attached to and mounted on lighter blue piece that I had scored with the scorpal and ran a line down with the scor bug. then I stamped the black image on a white base and voila- a card that I can use for thinking of you or happy birthday.

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Coloring with Copics

I bought the Copics set A as a half price item and have been practicing coloring with them. This is my first success.  It does take a little bit of practice and I may not do as well the next time, but I wanted to show off my first efforts. I really like the way it turned out. BTW, I used the "microscope" technique(punching a circle and using a pop dot to raise part of the image) with the butterfly to cover the one underneath because I didn't like the colors I had originally picked.

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Coloring with Colored Pencils and Baby Oil

I colored this image with Prismacolor Pencils(regular, not watercolor) just along the lines, then went over the coloring with a Fantastix dipped in baby oil, blending the color in toward the center of the image.Where I wanted more color, I made to sure to color with a heavy hand before adding the baby oil. I really like the effect this gives to the coloring. This is supposed to be like coloring with odorless mineral spirits, but I used the baby oil because I had some in the house.

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These were two of my favorite valentines that I made. Sorry they weren't up in time to inspire you for this year.

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Ugly card updated

I really did not like that victorian inspired card, so I took it apart and redesigned it. I like this one much more now. I sent it to my sister who had given me the little cameo embellishment to start with.

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What inspires you to create?

My inspiration this weekend came from PaperWings where the TAC Angels posted Valentine challenges. (I mentioned one in my previous post.) Sometimes, the idea for a card layout can come from a non-stamped item or picture. Pam posted this picture of a Victorian Valentine and asked us to get inspired from it. My creation is on the right. I think I will overstamp a sentiment on the tag on the top because I think it needs something there besides the floral design. And maybe some glitter on the heart, too...

You should check out the PaperWings gallery to see how others took this idea. Just put VC10 Inspire in the search.

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Oh the weather outside is frightful...

It snowed all day

...so I spent the afternoon in my stamp room. Below is a sympathy card I made. This was so easy because I used the designer cardstock that TAC carries.

Over at Paperwings, we are having a Valentines Celebration with challenges to create different cards. Above are some mini valentines that I made with More Mimi tags. Each of our cardstock sets come with coordinating tags. You should see what we have made in our gallery-just click the link on the right side.

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