BFF Gifts...

Just last week I had a class on making quick and easy little gifts...these are perfect for teachers or friends who need a little "pick me up". I never knew how easy it was to stamp on cloth until I tried it! These are flour sack towels by Martha Stewart and I found them at Kmart. The best part is that they dry dishes beautifully (they look good and work!). I used Palette inks and stamped on prewashed towels - I also heat set it quickly with an iron afterwards, just to be safe!

The little post it note keychain idea was found here: http://www.chicnscratch.typepad.com/

And, the other post it note/pen combo was the idea of a very talented Joani. If you never have visited the Paperwings Gallery, you should. Anyone can view the gallery and it's even searchable by TAC stamp sets!



Well, I'm not normally to "businessey" (yes, that is a made up word!) on here but I am one $30 order away from reaching this month's goal!! So, if you were interested in either the September Stamp of the Month or Paper/Stamp special - just give me a hollar. Don't forget that my own personal special is your choice of stickles with your order...and it's double rewards time from The Angel Company.

Before and After

Do you ever have one of those days that your card just doesn't feel right? Or worse yet, you make a mistake like some ink shadowing and you just aren't quite ready to toss the card out. This is for you!

Here I made a card and it needed "something" so I used Versamark to make three little leaves in the corner and boom! Too much ink. Yuck...

In the night it hit me...I love to paper piece so why not stamp the leaves again on the green cardstock used for the oval and pull that color into the whole card more? I like it much better and next time though I won't use blue for the vase...that still bugs me!

Here was a quick and easy card I put together. I wanted to do an emboss resist card. The colors were "okay" but I felt it was missing something...

I did some paper piercing but still not enough "umpf" added. During my Open House Juliet commented that I should run a cream ink pad over the Cuttlebug embossed cardstock...hm.

She had a point! I ended up using the Canvas Palatte ink pad and it really made that panel pop! Thanks Juliet!

Oh...and here's an after picture of me!! After 4 years of having the same hairstyle (read: no style!!) I finally walked into a new salon and told them to give me a hair cut... now if I could just get rid of the crows feet... too bad palette ink won't work on them!

Marvelous news!

By accident, TAC left out this new set out of their Fall Supplement and I just wanted to share it with you. It may be ordered!

Marvelous Mottos (set of 12)

T-2888 $21.95

Compatible acrylic blocks: 1 1/2" x 4", 2" x 4"

And now, congratulations to: daiseyfreak You won the blog candy!

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The stickles and set are on order and I'll send them out to you shortly! Thanks to everyone who visited my blog.

Blog Candy, Fall Supplement & Last Cardstock Match!

Yup! It's a big day here! I got my Fall Supplement in the mail yesterday from TAC and it is packed with little idea cards as well as some great new stamp images. I'm ordering my extra copies today to send out to those to those customers that participated in my preorder special! Don't despair though, it's on PDF and TAC just posted it here: http://theangelcompany.net/fallsupplement.html

Just a tease of the cover!

I'm also posting my last in the series of Cardstock Color matches...to access them easily you can just click on the right sidebar below and choose "color matches" for the whole batch. I wanted to show you how beautifully TAC cardstock matches not only other papers in the Soar With It Collection (SWIC) but with other papers as well, like DCWV. This is one of my favorite combos and I had a card published in the catalog using it (the Elephant Take Pride card)....


and now for the "stuff" you really care about, tee hee...Blog Candy! Everyone loves snowmen (and women!) so let's celebrate with this new $8.95 set from the Fall Supplement and some Icicle Stickles to make some sparkly snow around them!



Just leave me a comment below about which SWIC card colors are your favorite and if you have or are tempted to try them now! If you post as anonoymous, please be sure to leave your email so I can get ahold of you if you win! The cut off will be 12:00 EST on Friday, 19 Sep and I will use the Random Generator to pick a winner!

If you don't get my monthly newsletters, let me know. I include project ideas, TAC specials and sneak peaks, and my own give aways. You won't be bombarded by emails, promise!

Also, shoot me an email if you would like the entire line of exclusive TAC papers and their cardstock coordinates in PDF.

Cardstock Color matches - only 1 to go!

These colors can only be appreciated when you hold them in your hands. The neat thing about our SWIC cardstock papers is that they are made by Bazzill. I may have mentioned it before, but they include the lovely textures that they are famous for!

Well, there's just one more color match to go so I hope you join me tomorrow for the reveal of my blog candy! And, if you want all of these families in one handy dandy PDF file, I will have the details on that too (not that I mind you popping back to my blog to check them out).

We're back! Cardstock Color matches...

Another great cardstock package for scrapbooking kids pages...or for the child at heart!


My Open House went great and I really had a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who dropped by! Here were the two projects I finally settled on! This was my prototype for the acrylic box I found on SCS here. But I had a 25% off coupon burning a hole in my pocket so I splurged on the Martha Stewart drippy edge punch and the guests at my Open House used that. I had to increase the template size for one of the "lids" to a 3 inch width to accomodate for the punch - don't forget that part! We used Happy Haunting for this box but any of the new halloween stamps in the Fall Supplement would be perfect too!

Psst! Do you know that candy corn comes in Candy Apple and Indian Corn flavors now? So yummy!!

(my "twist" to the standard box top)

For our second project, also featuring a twist to the standard acetate card...I found my inspiration at Amy Sheffer's blog ... http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Here I used a Hostess Level A set (it's a perfect time to earn yours with Double Dip rewards going on!), More Abundance and Artsy Elements. I also used TAC's Kraft paper as my card base and I can't tell you how much I love that paper! If you haven't tried it, you won't be disappointed in it's weight at all!

Fall Supplement and Double Dips!

Hey! I'm going to interrupt my Cardstock Color matches series to bring you some exciting news!

The Fall Supplement is now online!! Just click on the bottom tab that says Fall Supplement. It's real exciting and has lots of new styles...you won't be disappointed!

Also, starting on Monday, 15 September and running through 3 November ... both hostesses and customers will enjoy double rewards!! That's two free of every thing!! woo hoo.

And new recruits...they get to pick $50 worth of extra free stamps (look for the T coded stamps)!! So what are you waiting for?!?! Contact me today!!

Cardstock Matches - continued!

Today has been super busy! I've been preparing this week for my Open House on Friday and can't wait to post my projects next week...they are a work in process. Do you ever have an idea, sit down and "create" and then think...yuck! That's where I'm at and the clock is ticking. I'm on round two of creations. Wish me luck.

Enjoy the latest matches...this is one of the new catalog papers.

Cardstock Color matches - still more?!

Yup! I only have a few more to go...that's from the Soar With it Collection (SWIC) that is!

I also have the Wing It, Classic Soar With It and Designer Collection matches but I'll save those for another time!

I do hope you are getting an appreciation for these lovely colors...I don't think the catalog can do them justice!

Hanna's Havoc and Cardstock Matches

Miss Moxie reminds me of a circus or carnival...the colors are so cheerful and lively! Our crawl space is dry at last, but just so you don't think I was too much of an alarmist, here is a photo of my son's football game fields. The good news -- the sun is out again!

Cardstock Matches - and rain!

I'm off to rent a sump pump because my craft storage room is about 1 inch above the waterline in our crawl space right now!! eeckk!!! We are having a much needed rain, true, but a whole summer's worth just hit!

But, since I already missed posting yesterday, I didn't want to be a slacker! Enjoy these soothing colors.

Another Chance to Win!

The Angel Company has one great give away after another! Be sure to visit here to enter for your chance to win! Hey, some one WILL win, why not you?!?!

http://www.theangelcompany.net/Promos_WinNataleeAngelee.html

And now, for another wonderful cardstock color match. These do remind me of cottage colors by the sea... ah... Can we re do summer again?

Cardstock Matches - continued!

Yikes...I'm starting to sound like a broken record. I'm in awe of those ladies that update their blogs daily with witty verse and great project ideas. For now, you are stuck with me! I sent out my monthly newsletter today filled with a sneak peak of some Fall Supplement stamps (date of release still a complete mystery!), Stamp of the Month and the Fall in Love with Sydney special plus, my newly revealed Card Kit of the Month project. If you don't get my newsletter, be sure to drop me a line! george.franco@cox.net

Back on Track...more Cardstock Matches!

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. Ours passed by in a whirlwind and I have said goodbye to my two darlings as they left for their first day back to school. I was looking forward to having some "free" time during the day (ie. crafting time when you don't feel guilty that you should be doing something else!) but now I have a sadness inside and I know I miss them. Still, I have lots to do before the school bell rings again for the end of the day and even then it continues as I'll be setting up for a concession stand at tonight's football practice...

But back to more wonderful Cardstock Matches from TAC. I hope you enjoy the limitless possiblities this brings.

Just as a reminder, today is the LAST day to order the Meet Woodrowe special but have no fear, more specials are just around the corner! Be sure to read the latest updates in my newsletter coming out tomorrow...