Gift Card Pockets

These were the EASIEST gift card pockets I have ever made! The pocket itself is something that is recycled! Can you guess what it is??

Anyway, mat paper that comes in pads from Michaels or HL is the perfect size to cover the pocket. Decorate the rest and pop the card into the pocket; punch a hole and insert ribbon and a tag. You can have lots of these ready to go for that instant that you need a gift card holder.

It would also be great to put into your child's lunchbox with a note tucked inside. There are lots of ideas for this particular pocket.

Email me if you want to know what the pocket is made from!

Angel

Happy Snowman

Isn't he adorable or what!!! He is so happy! I hope your Christmas is wonderful and that you are blessed in every way. The new year is just around the corner and I am really excited about it!

If you are lucky enough to have some snow for Christmas, go outside and make a snowman....or better yet, make some snow angels!

Angel

Bind It All 6 x 6 Book

First of all, please look past the fact that this book is no where near being done! There are a lot of chipboard cut outs and many other things that need to be added to make this book special. I think the embellishing part will have to come after Christmas this year. Maybe even into 2010!! This 6x6 book cover is Bind It All's canvas artboard. I used a Glimmer Mist stencil and sprayed the whole thing with purple, pink and gold Glimmer Mist sprays. Of course, you have to let it dry in between coats, but the wait is worth it!

As you can see, some of these 6x6 pages have been cut in half to give more places to put pictures or journaling or what ever your heart desires. Please note the picture of the gatefold pages at the end.

Today is my gift wrapping day...yes all day! I think it would have been easier if I wrapped as I bought!! Wish me luck, so I don't run out of tape!
Have a great day!

Angel

Circut Cut Outs for Christmas...

These numbers, letters and ornaments were all done on the Circut machine. I've done a lot of cutting for my daughter in the last few days. She works for a non-profit organization and they decided to make a float for their Christmas Parade of Lights. This is a portion of what I made for the float. The float was titled "Santa's Workshop". The parade was yesterday, so if she sends me any photos of their float, I'll post it for you all to see.

These Christmas tree ornaments are so easy to make (especially when you aren't the one cutting them out!) Thank goodness for technology. If I had some chunky silver glitter, the kids could have added a little *sparkle* to the ornaments.


Thanks for stopping by!

Angel

Bind It All 4x4 Book

This book was created from taking a Bind It All course. This basic book class is to help understand the basics of using this particular binder. I have used a GBC binding machine before that utilized plastic binding rather than metal binding.

This class was a lot of fun and I recommend it to anyone who has the older or newer Bind It All. It definitely opens up your mind to the creative possibilities with this machine.

The front cover is the acrylic cover so you can see through it. The back cover is their clipboard wood and has dp on both sides.

As you can see I haven't put the ribbon on all of the tags yet, but you definitely get the idea. Each page has also been edged with distress ink by Tim Holtz.

My next project is a 6x6 book. Hopefully I'll be able to get to that today!

Thanks for checking in!

Angel

A Pink Book Club Invitation...

Every year we have a party to celebrate first the birth of Jesus, then we celebrate all of our friendships, then the books we have read. This year we are having our annual Book Club Christmas party at the "Pink House"!...that's why the invite looks like a pink house... Hopefully all the members will enjoy this creative idea! I had to come up with an easy to make idea and get them done in one day since time is just blowing by this year.

The image is from Stampin Up and the card has been embossed with an embossing folder. Of course, it's been colored with COPIC markers!

What books have you read lately? Does anyone have a Kindle or are you ordering a Nook from Barnes and Noble? One of those two is on my Christmas list..I just haven't decided which one! I'm thinking the Nook...newest on the market! But is it good to buy the "first" of something??? What do you think?

Have a great week!

Angel

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, it's Thanksgiving week and I have a lot to be thankful for. I hope all of you are excited for dinner with family or friends or just a quiet day by your selves. My hubby and I are making dinner together at home and it will be a relaxing day.

Thank you all for checking in this year and I appreciate the emails you have sent.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Angel

Lexi's Card to Angela

This birthday card is made out of colored paper and

it's taped together since she didn't have any glue. I thought it was great card since she didn't have any craft supplies...only office supplies!

I hope you all have finished your Thanksgiving cards by now. I am still in the process of getting mine done...

I just started taking an on-line class to help me use my Bind It All. (I've only had it two years now!!)I basically know how to use it, BUT I somehow always make a wrong punch somewhere! In the first class, I've already had an "eye opening" moment when something "clicked". I can see why I always made the same mistake over and over. It's a 4 week class and hopefully at the end I will have something to show you.

Hope all is well with you...

Angel

Birthday Card

This birthday card is for my youngest daughter, Angela. She celebrated her 24th on Thursday the 30th. I used my Justrite stamper collection to center her name on the oval.

On the inside, I used the horizonal and vertical Justrite blocks to create the sentiment.


Angel

Dies and Punches...

So many elements to use and not enough space to use them all. Do you find it difficult to choose which dies to use for your art? Sometimes I pull out so many and start cutting and then realize I couldn't possibly put them all onto one card! I think I counted 7 layers on the top area of this card. That has got to be a record for me!!

I hope you enjoyed this friendship card. The stamped images are from Stampin Up.

Angel

Sympathy Cards

This is such a beautiful tree and you can use it in so many types of cards. Images are from Stampin Up.

Angel

More Halloween Cards

These are made mostly from stickers and punches. Three of them have a stamped frame. Have a great weekend!

Awakening...Through Art Journaling...

This is how this particular art journal page started. I used Tim Holtz Distress ink on the edges, used other ink in the center of the page and used the COPIC airbrush system to create a scalloped masked area on the sides of the page.

This is a great way to experiment with your art process and with supplies. There is no right or wrong way to do this. You can learn a lot about yourself; your likes and dislikes and you can clear your mind of all the clutter!!

Completion of this page felt really good and I used TONS of supplies like: ink, stamps, Graphic 45 paper, old paint pens and stuff like that. What ever was close at hand, I used it somewhere on this page. I found there were supplies that I really liked using and others that I would probably use on some other type of artwork.

You can put what ever your thoughts are at the moment down on the paper and create around that central idea or just ramble on and on.

I really enjoy it and I will probably share more Art Journal pages in the future. Maybe it will spark your creativity!!??

Thanks for checking in.

Angel

Halloween Cards Using Masking and Other Techniques...

Well I knew I wanted to use these images, but I wasn't sure just how to make it all come together. I must have experimented with this for at least two WHOLE days before it finally hit me!

This yellow post it covers the moon area so I could spray the rest of the background with a blue color.

I stamped the images on white cardstock with black ink and versamark and used clear embossing powder. I let it cool down, then I colored the image with COPIC markers. After that was dry I colored over each colored area with a versamark pen and used embossing powder again. I did this so when I sprayed the background, the background color would not stick to my already colored goblins.



Each colored area had to be masked to protect it anyway, just in case there was a little bit of embossing powder missing.



This "cat in the moon" has a circle mask cut out around it so I could add the gold glow to the moon area.

This is how the final card turned out. The cat is sitting in the glow of the moon with a nice blue background. The punched out bat is flying around and the cute bird with a pumpkin basket is sitting in the tree created by the Cricut Expression. The tree and the punched fence were also colored using the airbrush system.


Angel

Button Card Swap

There is sort of a reflection of fall colors in this card. These stamps are from Stampin Up. One is retired, and I can't remember if the other one is also. I used the Nestabilities dies with my Big Shot machine to cut this matting. Hope you enjoy it.

Angel

Fall Card Swap

I hope this shows up on-line as well as it looks in person. This turned out to be a very pretty card. It was stamped with versamark and dusted with gold embossing powder. Then it was colored with COPIC markers and outlined in black. I used black ink and gold ink to add lines around the vanilla mat. The butterfly was something I found to add to the front. I think it turned out pretty good.

Happy fall to you all!

Angel

Coffee or Tea Card Swap

This first card is the one I sent for the swap. It's a larger format than A2 and has a lot more "bling" on it. I didn't have a coffee or tea stamp, so I had to go on the search really quick for something that would work. This set has about 10 stamps to it. It's very cute! I used a couple of "Nesties" to cut out the top stamped piece and the mat behind. Also used a Spellbinders die for the sentiment tag.

These two are just different color variations with some other differences. I used the COPIC airbrush system to do the background. I had to mask the coffee cups before doing the background.

Hope you had a great week!

Angel

Cat Card Swap

This is a Magenta stamp. It is so adorable and I thought the perfect comment from this kitten would be: Oops! Did I do that?
I used a couple of Nestabilities on this card, some stickles, gold floss, black chunky glitter and COPIC markers.

Angel

Two New Things...A Tag and a Compressor!!??...

This birthday tag is cute! I ran the tag through a cuttlebug embossing folder with the Big Shot and then added paper and embellies to the top! I used the Justrite stamper for the sentiment. The recipient usually responds with "Oh, I can use this as a bookmark too"!! Hey that's great if it's dual purpose!

Yep this THE Copic compressor!! I've got it to use with all my fancy COPIC markers! I am so excited! No more air cans that get cold and then you have to warm them up before you can use them again...Nope! This baby is there for me and ready to go when I am ready for some artistic endeavor! It's very quiet, unlike my hubby's compressor that is a monster and shakes the house when it is on! And you gotta love the color...Blue...it's my favorite! (smile) This is definitely worth every penny...I'll always have air! Now I need to do A LOT of practicing. It feels "smoother" than the air cans, so you know what I'll be doing this weekend. Practice makes perfect!

Thanks so much checking in! I hope you are creating art everyday in some way!

Angel

Anything that Flies Card Swap

I absolutely love this set from Stampin Up. It is the cutest! The sky was created with blue designer paper and the grassy hill was created with green designer paper. I inked the edges with distress ink and used pop dots on the images. I also made faux stitching by using a white gel pen. I colored the bee and the flower with my COPIC markers. I really like how this turned out. Hope you enjoy it too.

Angel

Animal Card Swap

This adorable kitten is from Penny Black. The image was colored with COPIC markers and I also colored the pink flower at the top left with my COPICS.

Hope you are having a great day!

Angel

Anything But a Card Swap...Note Pad

These are the pieces for the swap. They are images from Wendy Vecchi.This picture is the backside after I finished up with the front. The copper floss holds it together!

This is what the back looked like before the front was done.

This is the finished note pad.

This is a close up of the Tim Holtz ball hitch that I used for the closing on the front.

After I finished this note pad, I wished that I had made 3 or 4 more to give away as gifts.

Thank you for checking in with me again!

Angel

Swap A Card with Bling...

My card has a little bling on it. In the last swap, I made a card with a lot more bling! Sometimes you need to be a little understated. Sometimes we need to show people that we've got a little softer, and pretty side...(smile). I just wanted the bling in smaller areas. Hopefully my swap partner Debi will like it when she gets it. Also, the red background edges are NOT part of the card. I just happened to take the picture on top of this extra sheet of cardstock that was lying there. The butterflies are by Inkadinkado and the sentiment is by Stampin Up.

Angel

Anniversary or Wedding Card

The background of this was created with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and the stamped image and sentiment was set off by using the Nestabilities. The images are from Stampin Up and colored with COPIC markers. I also used Stickles, which may be hard to see in the picture.

Thanks for checking in!

Angel