TAC Transformation

Andrea Walford does a really cool feature on her blog that she calls Makeover Monday. Basically she takes a "designer's" card that she has seen published or on a blog, and remakes it using SU products only. I love card sketches but this idea will really save you a lot of time if you are in a pinch - or a creative rut!

So, I am calling it TAC Transformation as I start with Amy Rohl's card that I saw here. (I love Amy's style, by the way, and am often inspired by her cards!)

I am a little bummed because I could not find my large polka dot from the Awesome Blossoms set that I used on my daughter's birthday card ... so I had to make do with the flower strip from Linear Sentiments...and I picked the dragonfly from the Wishing Happiness set because that's my favorite of the 3. I hope you'll make allowances for these slight changes!! :)

and so here is my card...



Card Materials: all stamps and papers from The Angel Company
Stamps: Wishing Happiness (now on sale for 25% off!), Linear Sentiments
Accessories: Hemingway Soar with it Collection and cardstock, twine, Lemonaid buttons/blossoms, Spellbinders (TAC)

Have a super weekend!!

Toot, Toot!

If you are short on time and don't have the chance to really sit and color, this stamp set could be for you! Offering three different styles of fun cars and even cuter sayings, I found this made a one layer card in 10 minutes (or less!). And, because I had lots of time left over, I even took a moment to decorate the inside (gasp, I know!!) :)

Outside: Some ric rac ribbon and little pearls add a little "extra" to the card...I stenciled the clouds. (sorry for the dark picture - it was cloudy and I've been working the last 3 days so I've been missing any chance for sunshine!)

Inside: The row of flowers is from Linear Sentiments but the rest of the images are from a new set coming out 1 February!

Don't miss out on these goodies (clickable) that will be only available in January (can you believe the month is already half over? Didn't we just celebrate the New Year?!?)

More Christmasy Inspiration

Time to announce my blog candy winner!

Random Sequence Generator
Here is your sequence:

6

So congratulations to Dee!

I wanted to share some more cards from my Christmas card batch. Let me tell you up front that sometimes I can make a card all by myself (at this point you are probably thinking, "oh sure!") ... and other times I see something so wonderful, that I want to make it too! These cards are those kind of cards, they have tiny changes, but honestly they were originally designed by the ever so talented Jen of Jen's Inkspot and Laurie of Soapbox Creations.

These cards use the same set, Holiday Cheer from the Inpsiration Avenue, for a totally different look!

Inspired by Jen:



Inspired by Laurie:



I used the dotted line from Linear Sentiments to add to the whimsical look.

Thanks so much for visiting - I'm sure most of you are busy getting ready for Christmas; I know I am! My blog posts will probably slow down a bit during the next two weeks - my parents are coming to visit, my sister is moving away from here (I'm so sad!) and I just completed my Substitute Teacher training today so my routine is about to change!

We Are The...

Champions!! My son's football team won 25 - 14 during a nail bitter of a game. Honestly, I was nervous until about the last minute of the game. Crazy, but fun!

Here are some photos if you don't mind me sharing! He's 11 and this is his third year playing - I think I am finally getting the hang of things too. (But he still gets annoyed when I ask obvious questions, oh well!)

And, I had time to "play" yesterday with a really fun postcard sketch. It was a good opportunity to pull out this retired skater that I got in a grab bag from The Angel Company. I just love his funky, sassy look! tee hee...

This summer I was in a card board craze and I found this left over piece, flattened it several times through my big shot, and it worked perfectly...do you see the Vintage Santa (text and snowflakes) again in this card?! I tell you, it's a "must have" set!!

Card Materials:

Stamps: Post Card (Inkadinkadoo), all others from The Angel Company

Accessories: lace, cardboard, Rusty snowflake from AC Moore, Burnt Umber, Haystack, Moulan Rouge Palette ink, Scarlet paper from The Angel Company

And now I'll leave you one more photo of my little guy in action. Have a super week!

Birthday Cards

Every once in a while I have a Birthday Card class over at my home...It's a great chance for me to catch up and make sure I have some cards on hand, rather than run down into the basement and "rush" making a last minute birthday card before the mailman stops by. Sound familiar?!

We make 5 cards in all but these were my favorite two of the batch...

Stacy, another Angel, is really talented and I love her style so when I saw this card of hers, I thought it would work super well with the new set, Open Presents, from The Angel Company.

For this card I used Linear Sentiments again - it's one of my favorite new stamps. New to me but it has been around for a while.

Quick tip: When working with Tombow markers, IF you decide to use the blender pen, blend one color and then go in and add the other colors. Here I colored it all in and then decided to blend it a bit...thus my red somehow pulled into the tan. It's more glaring in the photo but I may just end up redoing the present because it's driving me nuts!

Taking a second look...

It's a funny thing. I thought I had all the stamps I wanted from the old catalog but when The Angel Company went back to 100% image sizes, suddenly I saw some of the older sets in a new light!

Linear Sentiments is one of those sets! I think it also helped that I remembered seeing Michelle Wooderson (Mish Mash blog) use them brilliantly and she is the master of mass production!

So here's how I did it...step one was to cut a border on paper cut to the width of the card size I wanted. Step two was to ink up the stamp(s) and stamp!

By punching both ends of the paper, I could do two strips right away...and even play with the color combinations.

The 3rd step is to trim your sentiment strip and then add it to a card!

This card is easy to whip up and perfect for mass production! And look at all of the sentiments that come with this set...plus some great bold images that make wonderful focal points when cut out or quick and easy backgrounds!

So, here's to second looks! If you want to have a copy of The Angel Company catalog, I have some in stock and I'm waiting on my shipment of the Fall Magalogues! All stamps and papers from The Angel Company.