Fantastic Fall

When I look out my windows now I can take in all of the wonderful fall colors of the trees. Even though I don't like the falling temperatures - I love the colors I see!

This is a card I made using some of my TAC stamps - it's perfect for fall! And I love to roll different inks on bold stamps like this one...



Card Supplies: all stamps and papers from The Angel Company

PS. My friend Silke has been busy making amazing tags with some things I sent her - you have to check them out! She's so talented....

Catalog Rejects & Open House...

Earlier in the month I thought some of my cards were rejected and the others made it when I saw a glimpse of the seminar boards...but I had it reversed! Sadly I was in such a rush to make the deadline and mail off my cards that I didn't realize I had snapped blurry photos. I still wanted to share a few of my catalog rejects because the first one is my favorite of the bunch and it was so cheerful in real life!



This had a Christmas-y feel to it.



And here I just went nuts layering Emma papers together!



Invitation!!
If you live in the Washington DC area, I'm having my annual Open House this Thursday from 10 am - 5 pm. It should be a lot of fun and I hope you can stop by! Send me an email if you need directions. :)

Happy Mother's Day

Here are my final cards for the sketch challenge over at The Angel Company. I took the pictures on a rainy day but they had to get in the mail or they would be late for that special day! :)

Same image, copics and papers (gosh do I ever love this Emma Soar with it Collection!!) but just a slight twist so that both cards wouldn't be the same...not that they went to the same place!

For my Mother in Law...



and for my mom...since I didn't use the patterned paper, I wish I had matted the panels because it looks a little plain here.



Other Challenges:

AiFactory - Mother's Day
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Happy Mother's Day
Craft Us Crazy - Mother's Day and/or flowers
Crafty Sentiments - flowers

Have a super weekend!

Amberley Grace

I think The Angel Company has some of the prettiest papers (and names of papers!) around...while making some catalog samples for the Design Call, I really enjoyed using Amberley Grace.

Card Materials:

Stamps: Love and Laughter, Be Still

Accessories: Amberley Grace Soar with it Collection, cardstock and ribbon, Spiral clip

Card Matericals:

Stamps: Aged Ornaments, Be Still

Accessories: Scor pal, gold Brilliance pad (rubbed over scoring), Amberley Grace Soar with it Collection, cardstock, ribbon and hardware

You may not be familiar with this but all of our Soar with it Collections feature a matching Bazzill cardstock package, ribbon and hardware package that you can buy with the main collection.

I'm Back!

We had a lovely get away weekend trip to West Point, New York where my husband celebrated his 20th year reunion. The fall colors were beautiful...can you believe I forgot my camera? Almost as tragic as the time we were at the Grand Canyon and I found out afterwards that there was NO film in my camera. argh....

Some housekeeping type info...there is a new Bind It All machine in town! The Bind-It-All manufacturers have now remanufactured the tool to have a pink body style. The tool looks and works exactly the same, yet has a couple new features. The new design is able to punch through thicker material, and has an extension on the paper guide bar and plate. It is now a soft pink where it used to be a turquoise blue. To view a photo of the pink Bind-it-All go to the Products section of E-Commerce, click on Accessories, then click on Tools. From there, scroll down to the Bind-It-All.The packaging that the product will arrive in is also slightly different. The new color helps to distinguish the newer version of the Bind-It-All from older versions. The new Bind-It-All pricing will be $80.95. This price change will take place immediately.

And now to share some more cards from my recent card class...these are all using papers and stamps from TAC!