More Fabric

I started another card this weekend and just finished it up this morning...using more fabric! Did you see all of the great ideas for stamping on fabric in the Blog Hop? Check out my last post if you missed it...

Last week I saw a wonderful fabric flower on Artistic Avenger's blog and I thought about stamping my own piece of muslin instead of using a patterned fabric. I didn't even know the colors of my card yet but I grabbed Boudoir Blush because I thought it would look nice with one of the Victorian Elements stamps. The rest came together quite quickly and easily - especially since I CASED the layout from that same card.



Card Materials: all stamps and papers from The Angel Company
Stamps: Victorian Elements, Chair-ished, Hope Perches, Fanciful Vintage and Love you
Accessories: Caboodle paper pack, text paper, manilla tag, muslin, brown button, MS border punch, Boudior Blush and Burnt Umber palette ink

I didn't hear back from my winner for my last blog candy so the next person in line was Holly! I'll be sending you your prize this week. :)

Stamping on Fabric Blog Hop

Starting today, The Angel Company is hosting another great technique Blog Hop - and you are invited to play along!! It's a fun one...stamping on fabric!

I stayed with my old tried and true method...palette inks and muslin. In the past I've really enjoyed making baby onsies or kitchen towels with this technique. Here I made a mini collage (which my daughter told me was boring) and went from there.



I had a fun clear button which I glued (used Glossy Accents) to some of the green DP in our Catalynne paper collection.



Card Materials: all stamps from The Angel Company
Stamps: Hope Perches, Theo's Joy, Fanciful Vintage, Vintage Backgrounds
Accessories: Catalynne Paper Collection (TAC), Kraft (recollections), muslin, lace, button, twine, Flourishes Impressionabilities Die (TAC), Sizzix tag die, Versamark ink, Burnt Sienna, Landscape and Reflection Blue pallette inks

I hope you'll play along and be sure to visit all of these creative ideas!

Tune in Tuesdays - Black/White & a splash of Color!

I made this card a while back and had thought of sending it for a magazine call or card contest. But, I liked it so much I couldn't bare to part with it and now the main image is retiring so if you like it, you can buy it on sale!

I used stamps from both the Vintage Backgrounds and Fanciful Vintage to achieve my collage on the back panel - and the tulip is from the Flower Collage Trio set. I used Tombow markers to color it in and I hope you like it!!



And now for my blog candy winner...

Random Sequence Generator

Here is your sequence:
11

So that means Heidi O. won my Hope Perches set. Congratulations!! I'm going to dig around for your address but if you see this post Heidi, just shoot me an email!

Finally...Going Green!

This month the theme over at The Angel Company is "Going Green"! That means your project can focus on recyling, reusing, St Patty's Day or just plain green! My card today features green as it's main focus but I am also bringing out some of my retired stamps to "renew" them...and I used a piece of ledger sheet from a package my Mom gave me years ago.

I spotted a candle from a Pier 1 Imports catalog that I thought was beautiful:

That inspired a card for my Birthday Card Class for my Meet Up group...we met on Monday and have one more session tomorrow. It's so much fun! Wouldn't you know, Juliet grabbed my sanding paper for my gamsol stumps and used it to distress her cardstock. It has a white core and I loved the results...I'd forgotten that technique - I call her the Distressing Queen. So that card was the base point for this one...

My butterfly is colored with Copics and then I just cut it out and layered it on top. I love collages and it's a good way to use a variety of your stamps in a new way.

Card Materials: All stamps from The Angel Company (So Girly and Fern: retired)

Vintage Backgrounds, Fanciful Vintage, Give Praise to Him, Ribbon, Kraft cardstock, green DCVW, Copics, Palette inks: Haystack, Landscape, Burnt Umber

Don't forget about this month's specials! Stamps with our four legged friends and a flower are all on sale this month. All of the information is in my sidebar, just a click away!

One More!

I had to make a card with this left over panel I had made the other day! I stippled haystack and burnt umber palette inks over cream and the results were quite bright, surprisingly. The stamp itself is in landscape. What to do?!



Rustic Chic to the rescue! I love this paper pack from The Angel Company and it paired perfectly with some Kraft and DCWV green cardstock I had laying around. I stamped the Script stamp sideways for a different look and then finished it all off with a ribbon and button tied with scrappers floss. My favorite go-to accessories!

I hope you've been inspired by all of the other cards on this blog hop - you'll even find some awesome tutorials along the way! (you can see them all on my post below) And, have you had a chance to check out the new Spring Fling sets? I am loving those as well! I can't wait to get my hands on some of these...

With just one $30 order, you can buy one of each of these specials...unbelievable!


Beautiful Day T 3441 $7.95 (retail: $10.95)


Sweet Day Cupcake T 3442 $11.95 (retail: $15.95)



Sweet Sayings T 3443 $5.95 (retail: $7.95)


Gift of Friendship T 3444 $11.95 (retail: $15.95)


Majestic Mountain T 3445 $14.95 (retail: $19.95)

Seeing Shamrocks Blog Hop!

I normally don't really have much of "Kiss me, I'm Irish" stuff around since I am of german decent...but when The Angel Company announced it's Seeing Shamrocks blog hop I thumbed through the catalogs to see which stamps I had that might work. Voila!! One of my most favorite sets is the versatile set, Fanciful Vintage, and once again it proved to be handy. It's got a lovely postmark type image with a shamrock, surrounded by the words: Memories, Heart, Faith, Laughter and Happiness.

Here's what I came up with...this first card is a pretty common sketch but it looked just a little too plain to me when it was finished so I stamped the Decorative Corners up in the left hand corner before I added the ribbon and I really liked that touch. And, you may be amazed to hear it/see it, but...I inked ALL of my edges! {big grin}

This second card isn't really what I had intended it to be...the original panel will show up in another card that I just finished today (couldn't let it go to waste!). I really wanted to use the soft Angelee papers for this card and added the saying to balance it all out. I hope I accomplished that and that it's not just hanging out there! Above I cropped the image to highlight just the medallion but here you can see the entire stamp which I clear embossed.

So now it's your turn! Dig through your stamps and see what you can turn into "seeing shamrocks!"...I think of good luck, blessings, rainbows, etc...hope that gets your creative wheels turning. Here is what others are crafting!

Cross Your Fingers...

and your toes! Yesterday I mentioned that I was one of 20 Guest Designers for the month of February...I can just feel the excitement building for this big event! In addition to that, The Angel Company is having a Guest Designer Dream Team call for it's current Angels and I've decided to apply. Here are my three cards and project...I hope you'll enjoy them!

This first card features Little Cupcake (R-2038) and Catelynne (V-851). I was tickled to find that the ribbon from the Penelope package (B-226) matched perfectly and this image colored up beautifully with my copics and White Caboodles cardstock (V-293). For an extra treat on this yummy cupcake, I touched it off with some Glossy Accents (F-610).

My second card - you can click on these photos for a larger view! I love how soft looking this came out. Of course you can never go wrong by pairing More Mimi (V-855) and Kraft (V-244) together. If you have ever hestitated to buy paper from The Angel Company, then you have been missing out on a beautiful thing! :)

Other supplies here are Ordinary Greetings (T-2881) and Give Praise to Him (T-3338). I used copics to color my moth and cut out the frame with Labels 1 (K-300). PS. That snippet of doily is the leftover from the top card which I picked up in the baking department of a local store.

My last card ... I love to mix pigment inks when I am embossing! Sadly, this is the first time this lovely flamingo (from Exotic Bird Colleges VT-3110) has seen ink - but it won't be the last! I wanted to stay away from pink and the colors in Winchester (V-835) guided my color choices: Jumbo Java and Ocean Depth Versamagic inks. I also inked up various stamps from Vintage Backgrounds (T-3224) and Fanicful Vintage (T-3232) in Versamark ink. When that didn't feel bold enough, I just quickly embossed it with clear embossing powder and bam! Lastly, my center panel just felt too dark. I tried different variations but I liked this best...luckily I remembered some burlap I had tucked away. I startled the art teacher at school when I asked her if I could cut some of her burlap in the stock room ... I knew it would come in handy though!

Phew. I hope you aren't too bored yet! I still needed a "wow" project for my DT application. I searched the Scor Pal (F-358) blog for some ideas and came up with this cute little coffee cup designed by Valerie. More Mimi (V-855) is just one of three of our double sided papers and was perfect for this project!

I used the stamp set Sending a Latte (T-3182) for the gift tag and topped it off with a damask image stamped in Burnt Umber Palette ink from the Damask Backgrounder (T-3276) set. I filled my cup with Coffee Nip candies and tied it off with a ribbon from the More Mimi ribbon collection (B-211).

So that wraps up my post! There is a lot of stiff competition and some wonderfully talented Angels out there - good luck to everyone!

And don't forget to visit Mischelle's Savvy Projects Blog for a daily post featuring a new stamp per day! Also, if you have never participated in a blog hop - you should! There is one coming up Feb 5 and there will be a prize for one Angel and one non-Angel so pull out your favorite stamps from The Angel Company and get busy! One of my friends won last month (it's a random drawing!) and I was blown away by her prize package...

More collage goodness...

can you handle it?!? I hope so!

This weekend Debbie Olson was featured on The CLASSroom blog and she was showing how to make ATCs into cards. Her ATC images were one stamp featuring a round cut out circle in the middle, but I thought, "hey, I can do that with what I've got!"




I stamped my circle first from the retiring (and on sale!) Circle Sampler set and then stamped it again on a sticky note so that I could mask it off. I then proceeded to use Gerbera Daisy (also on sale and retiring!), Vintage Backgrounds and Fanciful Vintage to create a collage around the masked circle. I cut out the inside of the circle and I used the Judikins Color Dusters we carry (you can find them here) to add a little color to the white cardstock. Later I dusted Violette Palette ink over the text sheet and dragonfly image and mounted that underneath the opening.

Card Materials: all stamps and papers from The Angel Company

Collage Style

I bought both the Vintage Backgrounds and Fanciful Vintage because I just loved Barb Foster's sample cards in the Serendipity Magalogue. I'm intrigued by the idea of collage style cards but they are a little bit scary to me! While I waited through tumbling practice, I thumbed through some pretty old magazines for collage ideas. I also wanted to use Gesso as my base - another neat item I found out about through my friend Juliet. She is the true artsy-fartsy type and I've been wanting to give it a try myself!

For this card I painted white Gesso on some textured blue Bazzill paper (from our monochromatic packs!) with a foam brush and let it dry overnight. Then I randomly stamped my images with Palette Noir ink and came back and laid some color down with my Tombow markers on select areas. I could move the markers around with my aquabrush to give it a watercolored look.

Stamps used: Gerbera Daisy (now marked 25% off since it's retiring!), Vintage Backgrounds and Fanciful Vintage (which is the Stamp of the Month for April so it's on sale for just $14.95)

Hope this encourages you to give collage style stamping a whirl! It was easier than I thought and I can't wait to play some more.

Pretty in Pink

hm...I tried a couple of titles for this post and none seemed to work. This flower from Flowers and Holly set (which has been around forever - and I just got it finally last year!!) is wonderful to watercolor. I tried to make a real vintage feeling card by stamping the pink cardstock with an image from Vintage Backgrounds (out of the new Serendipity magalogue). I covered some black embossed spots (that were not supposed to be there!) with the image from Fanciful Vintage, which is the Stamp of the Month so it's on sale!

I did some more watercoloring with my Tombow markers and aquabrush...the pinks match much better in real life, honestly! :)

I still have company so this is one more short and sweet post! All supplies (except for the lace which is from Joanns) are from The Angel Company.