Lucy's Summer Birthday

In keeping with the HOT, HOT, HOT temperatures around here, I thought I would pair little Lucy here with the Mia's Cottage paper collection.



Don't look too closely at my coloring! Pinks and reds are a real challenge but I managed to stay inside the lines! I also tried my hand at a bit of the dotted background technique...I just had to bring in some more blue although technically the blue would be in the sky. :)

Thanks for taking a peek and stay cool!

By the way, if you are in the area, I'm having a Meet Up on August 16 and 18th...it's an Angelee paper pack workshop where we'll be making 5 cards featuring "tags" and you take home all the leftover papers of one Angelee Soar with it Collection, 1/2 matching cardstock, plus directions for 5 more unique cards using the papers! This class has a real vintage or shabby chic feeling to it...I'm so excited to share it with you. {Email me if you'd be interested in purchasing this as a kit}

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My masculine Valentine didn't seem to go over too well with my viewers - we made it as a hostess club project this month and I think it's just one of those cards that looks better in person. {Can I convince myself of that?!?}

So back to super cute! tee hee... This week's tutorial from SCS was a sliding card that pops up. During Thanksgiving I made a different type of stand up card and you can see it here. This one had pretty clear instructions and once I wrapped my brain around it, it worked! I did cut my "pop up" supports smaller because my mouse was quite tiny for the card and I mounted her on an embossed Nestabilities Label. I love that The Angel Company carries these now too - my collection continues to grow. I've been eyeing the scalloped circles but held off so far. Still, Sunday is my birthday so I may just have to treat myself!!

Here is the card closed...although the top panel is popping up a bit because I have the card tilted up.

Now standing open - the hidden message appears! I really wish I hadn't added the stickles to the heart...it looks better in person and I scraped off the extra so it wouldn't look so lumpy. Don't you hate it when you ruin a card with that last "extra touch"!?!? argh...

Just one more angle.

Card Materials: all stamps and papers from The Angel Company

Stamps: Lucy, You Are

Accessories: Maggie Soar with it Collection (double sided paper), nestabilities, CB script embossing folder, stickles, copics, Scor Pal

I truly hope you have a great weekend! I can't believe that January is already half over...yikes! Don't forget to take advantage of the triple rewards if there is anything you "needed"...it's a great time right now. My last hostess couldn't believe that she got 9 free Gift/Purchase with Purchase stamps and three Level A stamp sets for free.

mmm...free paper!

Did that catch your attention?

The Angel Company has put out a new free paper line called Robyn that you can download here.

It's so pretty - here's just a taste of it:

I don't have a (decent) colored printer at home so I saved the file to a thumbdrive and high tailed it over to Staples - I brought my own white cardstock and that saved me some money. In the end, it ran just 50 cents a sheet.

I paired two of my favorite sheets with Lucy - I find myself longing for these wonderful spring colors even though we are just heading into fall! I watercolored little Lucy with my Tombow markers and aquabrush...still making sure I am using all of my different coloring techniques!

Unfortunately I ruined her socks and shoes (I think it was too wet when I added a second color) and so I just restamped Lucy, painted her lower half and cut out the good part on the original one and layered it for a popped up effect.

Well, now I have to rush and get ready for subbing again...I am ready for a vacation!! Thanks so much for taking your precious time to read this - I appreciate it!!!

Flavor of Fall Blog Hop

Thanks for stopping by today! The Angel Company had so much fun during the Halloween Blog Hop that they decided to have another one, this time celebrating fall and giving thanks!! You can add your linky here until 11 pm EST on Saturday or if you don't have time to play along, be sure to check out all of the great ideas.

I decided to make a card and a matching candle...it's the perfect hostess gift or little token for someone you are thankful for! This is Lucy and if you love Mabelle's work, there are 4 little cuties in this set - perfect for fall, Christmas, Valentine's Day and birthdays. It's the perfect set. And, don't you love this new paper line from The Angel Company? It's two sided!!


Don't forget that if you wanted to purchase one of these Limited Edition sets, they are just $3.95 with a $30 order (you only need one $30 order and you can buy one of each!)...but you have to do it by 31 Oct...



Enjoy the rest of the Flavor of Fall Blog Hop!!