A use my stash day.

I have a whole post of non TAC items today. I LOOOOOVE TAC, and our products are fabulous, but every now and then something catches my eye and it needs me. What kind of crafter would I be if I walk on by when some pretty paper needed me? LOL

First have a little album made from coasters. I love making my own little books, I can make as many or as few pages as I need. The Hello tag is on ball and chain from Tim Holtz- I waited forever for it to come in at my LSS. I love the Bind-it-all, it makes binding books a snap. The tag can be used as a bookmark.

Next - Thank you cards for my mom. She wanted more to hand out at her treatments. This is one of a dozen I made. Half are horizontal the others are vertical. I used a very simple design featuring the pretty paper. (Guess what, I am pleased to say I used the ribbon I ordered from the Ribbon Retreat on half of them. LOL)

Up next is a card for my mom. I like to send her a card so she gets it on her Chemo days- which will be on Monday. I went ahead and made 2 of these. My mom's friend has Chemo on Tuesday so she will get the other one.

This is a 4.25" x 11" piece of cardstock scored at 2" and 7". I used adhesive on two sides of the 2" piece to form a pocket for the bookmark. A sentiment is stamped under the bookmark. I used some papers from my stash that were in a Breast Cancer pack. Oh, and the Treading water Fiskers punch is so cool. And yes, that ribbon is more from The Ribbon Retreat. LOL

Lastly, I made this Christmas card with paper I bought the day before my TAC Christmas papers arrived. I was a little anxious to get started on Christmas cards. LOL The tree is from TAC's Vintage Christmas set.

Until later~

Christmas already?

I am a part of the Christmas Card Challenge over on Paper Wings (a site for TAC demos). We set our goal of how many cards we would need for the upcoming Holiday season. Then each month we make a portion of them. We are trying to have them done early this year so making cards is not another thing on our mile long lists of things to do. ;-)

So, Sunday I finally got started on mine. LOL Seven down, many more to go. LOL

This is July's card sketch on Sheetload. I changed it up a little, I stamped my vertical piece, and my circles are larger and one is scalloped. Don't you think the Reece paper collection beautiful?

Stamps- Christmas Fun and Holiday liners

Ink- Palette Burnt Umber and Noir

Paper- Reece SWIC and Reece cardstock

Misc- Mega scalloped circle punch, Coluzzle cutting system, circle template, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS and Christmas red Stickles

Today's Blessings-
** Christian role-models**
** Mom is doing very well**
** My family**

Until later~

Heat embossing tutorial

Are you ready for a tutorial? Do you ever find yourself needing a color of embossing powder you don't have? Yesterday while working on some Christmas cards I started a list of all the colors of embossing powders I need. For starters I need green- not too bright, not too dark, more of a celedon-ish color. Then it happened, I started playing, and from that comes my next tutorial.

The Angel Company has listed coordinating ink colors with each of it's Designer Papers. They list both Versamagic (a chalk ink) and Palette (a Hybrid ink) colors. Embossing with chalk inks is very easy peasy- stamp, sprinkle with your clear embossing powder and heat until the powder melts. Chalk inks are slow drying. Hybrid inks on the other hand dry very quickly, making it more difficult to emboss with it. So, that is where this tutorial comes in-

1. Ink up your selected image with Versamark Ink.

2. Use your Palette ink to ink over the Versamark.

3. Stamp on cardstock, cover with Clear embossing powder and heat set.

There you have it- a custom embossed image. This technique works with all your Dye inks. Isn't that just so cool? Go ahead, you know you want to try it. :-)

Until later~

Playful kittie

Do you ever have days when you feel like this.......

I feel like that this morning for some reason. LOL I think this little kittie is so cute!! She is from a new The Angel Company set called Playful kitties. There are four very mischievous kitties in this set. The paper is Rustic Chic and Brown cardstock from TAC. I used the Crop-a-dile to set the eyelet. I want to start adding more than a sentiment to the inside of my cards, so I also added a few little details to this card.

Here is a shot of the front and a peek of the inside.

Here is the inside. I added just the head of another kittie from the set here.

I hope you all have a Happy weekend!!

I will try to come back later and add the click-able links, my angelnet sight is down right now.

Until later~

Wedding Wishes

Nap time yesterday was a good crafty day. This is one of the two cards I got to complete. I am very pleased with this one. The Wedding Wishes stamp set retired in June, so until I decide on a new one I will just keep using this one. LOL

I had been wanting to play with the Scor-pal to create a frame. I think it looks very elegant on the white layer. Embossing is an easy (and inexpensive) way to add interest to your cards. The grays used here should be neutral enough for any Wedding. A little bling bling (from my moldy stash LOL) finishes off the card.

Today's blessings-

**It's Friday**

**Farm fresh veggies**

**Stopping the neighborhood Ice Cream truck**

Until later~

Enjoy

First I want to thank you for the comments on yesterday's card. I guess it is growing on me. LOL

Yesterday I went down town to "work". I am a SAHM, and I haven't "worked" in over 4 years. A couple of months ago I sign up to help with diaper research. I finally was called to come down and give my opinion. I was told it would take 23 minutes to complete- it took 5. I went into a room where a couple of people where sitting at tables, on each table was a black box. I had to stick both hands through the box and feel 2 diapers, then tell which one was softest. I moved to 3 tables doing the same thing. That was it!! Then I stopped by the desk on my way out and the handed me a crisp $50 bill. That was the fastest and easiest way I had ever earned $50! LOL I am hoping they call me again. LOL

Ok, now on to the card.........

This stamp always makes me think of vacation (possibly by the lake) or retirement. The paper, ribbon and cardstock are from the Miss Moxie Soar with it Collection-love those vibrant colors!! The stamp is from Everyday Events and colored with Prismacolor pencils and OMS.

Until later~

I am not sure I like this one. LOL I don't know what it is, but something just does not work for me. Maybe it is because I have always colored the butterfly? I don't know, I just can't put my finger on it, but there is something. LOL
This one is for a young lady, so I tried to use a "young" color combo. LOL The papers are Genevieve from TAC- love those papers!! The butterfly is retired, but I think it will always be my favorite Butterfly stamp. The sentiment is from Be Still, another one I will be using for a long time. :-)

Until later~