Flower Collage Trio

My fellow Angels are having a "Blog Hop" where we all post a card made with the same stamp set and then add the links to everyone's blog so you can see everyone's ideas. The stamp set we are using is called Flower Collage Trio (T899) and it is one of my favorites. It can be used for many different occasions. Click on the stamp name to see all the stamps in the set.

I colored the flowers with a blending pen and watercolor pencils, trying to keep it subtle. The bottom is torn patterned paper with sponged purple ink across the torn edge, then glued on white cardstock . The purple tab is just a punched circle cut in half with a stickle spot in the center. There's also a stickle spot in the flower's center. I did a little paper piercing, some sponging of black around the edges, wrapped a sheer ribbon around it, and then adhered it to a purple card.

Take a few minutes to check out these Angels' cards by clicking on each girl's name:

Melisa Maria Angela Jany Christina Laurie Deb Chelsea

Valentines

The day will be here before you know it. I made these two cards today. The scallop edge was made using a corner rounder. I colored the ladies with a blender pen and watercolor pencils on a piece of watercolor paper. "Love" and "U" are heat embossed using Versamark ink with pink powder. The red paper is a deeper red than the scan shows. All stamps are from The Angel Company. The ladies are from a retired set.

Birthday Cards

I have made these cards recently for family birthdays.

The one on the left was for my sister who loves to dance. I used the Giga scalloped circle punch with the swiss dot embossng folder. The other one was for my husband's sister. The red cardstock opens into a check holder. I then glued it onto a 5X7 sheet so it would fit in a standard envelope. Now I have to go make my son's birthday card.

Christmas Cards

Wow, I can't believe I have not updated this blog since July! Here are three of the designs I used for my Christmas cards this year. THe first 2 cards use stamps from the TAC set Christmas Fun(T1253) and the last one uses a set from the fall suplement called Homespun Holliday(T2976). If you want to know how I made them, shoot me an email.

Serendipity

Last week I was making a card using Heiroglyph Horses and wanted to see how the Jumbo Java color would look embossed on the light green textured paper. So I practiced on a smaller piece not intended for my card that I was making(see post from July 17). Anyways, that practice piece was laying out on my work table and today I decided to incorporate it into a birthday card I needed to make. I planned to have the green sheet matted squarely by the brown sheet, but when I dropped them both, they landed at angles to each other-I liked the look and decided to stay with it.

that's serendipity!

Simple Sketches

This card was created from a Paperwings sketch challenge yesterday. I have never made a card from a sketch, believe it or not, and I now think this a great way to go when you can't think of a design layout. This is different, too, from "casing" a card-that is, making one to look just like, or very similar, to another because you start with only a sketch or drawing. You still have to decide on color, images, embellishments etc.

I used the heiroglyph horses and linear sentiments stamp sets as well as Sands of Time paper. The horse and dots were stamped with Jumbo Java VersaMagic ink and embossed with clear powder. If you read this and are inspired, I would love to see a card you make with this same design.

I am back from Rhode Island.

My angel friend Sandy invited me to her home for her catalog debut today. She had Penelope and Angelee papers cut out for 2 make and takes. The card on the right I made using Angelee paper and the Build a Floewer set. The other is a 6x6 scrapbook page using the Penelope paper and the More Abundance stamp set. I plan to put a picture of my grand daughter on it using the punched flowers as corners.

travelling tags

I am going to visit my sisters in RI soon and I had an idea to make this luggage tag tonight. I bought these adhesive lamination tags a long time ago, so I was glad I remembered where they were in my stash! The stamp set is the retired Oopsie Daisy. The letter stickers are from the Sands of Time paper. I used Palette inks, watercolor pencils, and a Dove blender to add the color.

Feeling challenged lately...

What I mean is, I have been going online at PaperWings and getting inspired greatly lately. I was on a late night chat last week and the challenge was to make a card with paper piecing. This is what I came up with-fastest I have ever made a card. It was really neat chatting, then working, then chatting some more. The "chat crop" started at 10 PM and ended at 2 AM.

The next challenge that night was to make a birthday box. I had never made a box before, but I love playing with my scor-pal, so I came up with this.

The next day I added a ribbon handle to the sides on which I had stamped "happy birthday to you," put 5 birthday cards and envelopes inside and gave it to my friend at her b-day party. I did all this very last minute, so I wasn't able to scan the finished cards and box before I had to leave.

Today I was looking through Cardmaker magazine and saw a triangle card, using scor-pal again. I have seen quite a few of these on the PaperWings gallery, but never had directions before. I made this card this afternoon. I don't know what made me pick orange and blue, but I really like the way it came out. Here's the inside:
If you want directions or know which supplies I used, just let me know.

Christmas in June

I made 6 Christmas cards today. I am hoping to make at least 6 a month-that way I'll have them ready to go in December instead of trying to find inspiration and energy to make them the week before Christmas!

I used the TAC set "Christmas Fun" and paper from my scrap box. The sentiment is actually on grosgrain ribbon that I bought last year.