Thank You Card Series~Card #6

The embossing folder I used on this card is one of my favorites. There are so many places to add gemstones to make it pretty and simple!

Angel

Thank You Card Series~Card #5

I am really enjoying this card series. Can you tell?? (smile) Once you get started you come up with more ideas that can be done very simplistically.

Angel

Thank You Card Series~Card #4

Pink and green and French! There are so many ways to say thank you and they can all be easy to create!

Thank you for checking in!

Angel

Thank You Card Series~Card #3

I thought this beaded flower was so pretty and I really like it on this card. I used stickles and gemstones on the embossed area.

I hope you like it!

Angel

Thank You Card Series~Card #2

On this card #2 I used Stampin Up's embosslits die to make the butterflies and I made a second set in pink. I mounted the first patterned set on top of the solid pink set to give it dimension.

It was all pretty quick and easy!

Angel

Thank You Card Series~Card #1

The "thank you card series" was created to be an experiment in creating design ideas utilizing a particular format of card. I decided to make the series a total of 10 cards.

They are all cut basically the same and embossed with cuttlebug embossing folders. I did all the cutting first and embossing second. Then I started with the first card and said "ok how quickly can you dress this up without too much time being involved." Then I proceeded to the second through tenth card in the same way.

This card #1 turned out so pretty. The picture doesn't really show how I used the blue on the border punch to darken the edges. I love this blue and green together.


Thanks for checking in again!

Angel

Friends Card

This "friends" card is really more subtle in color. I had a hard time trying to get the color to show correctly with Adobe Photoshop. It is more of a "shabby chic" style without the vibrant color on the flowers and the green is more subdued also.

This set is from Stampin Up and I used a vanilla twill ribbon with some green ink swiped along the edges of the ribbon. I also stamped the background with a pale pink ink.

I used some Nestabilities and a couple of border punches to finish it up.

Hope you are all doing well. Thanks for checking in!

Angel

Joy's Art Doll

My friend Joy created this adorable french art doll! She is involved in a monthly art doll swap and I was so excited to receive this beauty in the mail. You'll have to look closely at the french details she added. I especially love the cancelled stamp that she has at her left hip. This stamp is a Paula Best stamp.

I would close with something french, but I don't know any french...except the basics..!

Thank you Joy for sharing with me!

Bonjour!

Angel

Cute Little Rabbit in a Basket

Don't you just love rabbits!!?? They are another sure sign of spring and Easter! This cute little guy is from Stampin Up. It is one of my last two swap cards for this go-around. I used quite a few COPIC markers for this card: E11, E15, E17, E25, E31, E33, E35, E47, E71, G000, G05, G09, R32, R35, Y000, RV32, 0 colorless blender. I also used one of my new Nestabilities for the mat.

My last swap card is actually the Wendy Vecchi tulip card below.

I hope that you've enjoyed my swap as much as I have. I'm involved in two cricut classes right now so I won't being doing another swap for a while.

Angel

Wishing for Spring with Wendy Vecchi Stamps

Everything outdoors is still dead looking but at least we now have sunshine!! Yippee!! I know spring is on the way because the birds just started singing on Monday. It is time for everthing to begin a new. I'd rather have allergies than miss out on the beauty of spring!

This card is a watercolor paper card. I painted the background with my new Derwent Inktense pencils. After it was dry, I started stamping with my "Wendy" stamps. I also used distress inks on the edges. This card is for one of my swaps for "spring".

Angel

Copic Class Examples With Wendy Vecchi Stamps

I taught a COPIC coloring class last week and thought I'd share a few examples of what we were practicing during class.

The tulip on the far left was with just one base color on the leaves and tulip flower.

In this example I used: G40, G24, G28, R30, R32, R37 and the blue is Pale Porcelain Blue.

This photo the reds used on the left tulip were R30 &R32. The right tulip were R30,R32 and R35. The greens were the same as above.

I am going to cut these out and use them on a card or scrapbook page.

Sunshine On the Hills...

I guess if I named this piece of art it would be "sunshine on the hills".

Swap Topic: Button Card

I had to make this quickly since it's due in California by Friday and it will take at least 4 days to get there from here! I used nesties circles and one oval. I think next time I would just use my scissors so the hills didn't look so pre-formed. Oh well, it still came out sorta cute don't you think?

Have a great week!

Angel

Black and White and New Nestabilities

Swap Topic: Black and White

I have a black and white swap coming up with one of my groups and I really wanted to use some of my new nestabilities for my swap. I also needed an anniversary card, so I decided to make two cards with different sentiments.

Angel

Just a Little Note and a Valentine...

Swap Topic: Die Cut

Utilizing a die cut somewhere on your card is not too difficult especially when you own a GOB of them! Also, I used gold "Smooch" on the top of the embossing on the background mat.


This adorable squirrel valentine came from Joy and I just had to share her artwork! Thanks for stopping by and for the emails!

Angel

Happy **Heart** Day

This year while making these cards, my mind went WAY, WAY back to 7th grade when we would have a Valentine's Day Lunch Box Social. The girls would make a yummy lunch, put the lunch into an oversized shoe box and then decorate the box. The boys would bring a couple of dollars, mostly in coins, and they would bid on the boxes. Now, the boys were not supposed to know which girl decorated which box, but you know how that usually works! **wink** Then they would enjoy the lunch together. And somehow the boy always knew what kind of lunch he was getting....hmmm...wonder how he knew that too??!! Anway it was a lot of fun during lunch hour.

These cards were a lot of fun and all the center hearts are watercolor paper cut with Nesties, watercolored, then doodled and embellished.
Of course, the cute owl was for my friend Joy since she loves to use them in her artwork!

I hope your V-owl-entine's Day is special.

Angel

Copic Colored Rooster

Swap Topic: Animal

I think my swap partner will like the farm animal I sent to her this week. I used 13 copic markers to color this guy. I started off with light colors so it wouldn't be so dark from the beginning since you can't easily add highlights back in. I practiced on three examples and I printed a photo off the internet to help with the color choices.
Don't you love the french script mat layer behind it??!!

Angel

Cricut Cupcake Card

These two photos are of the same card only it was photographed on different backgrounds. This card is for my niece Mikayla. She turns 8 at the end of the week and I've got to get out and do some shopping for her. She said that she would like "penguin" clothes. This is something new to me so I asked her "where do you buy "penguin" clothes"? She said she saw them at Kohl's when she was out shopping with Grandma. OK...Good! At least I know she didn't mean something like a penguin costume.. or clothes for a stuffed penguin. My gosh its been so long since I've had little girls that this really threw me for a loop! So as soon as our 8" of snow is melted..hopefully by Wednesday I can get out and do some shopping.

Create art everyday!!

Angel



















I don't know why, but this edit is placing the typing right next to the pink background card...AARRGGGHHH...no matter how many returns I add to the text!
**EDIT**BEFORE POSTING**
Down below you will see my edited card. I found a cute penguin in my collection, so I decided to add him to Mikayla's birthday card. Also, I got out to do my shopping and there were no penguin clothes available at Kohl's anymore, so I did the next best thing: I shopped at Amazon. That is one of my new favorite places to shop! I found a cute *multiple* penguin t-shirt and a cute book about "Tacky" the penguin. So she is set! I've received them and all I have to do is mail it off to the birthday girl!

Inchie Faces

Swap Topic: People
People and faces are sometimes hard to color with copic markers. I think the skin colors turned out well on this card.
I used photoshop to try and show this card at its best, but you are seeing a bad interpretation of the colors in the background paper. The photo also fails to show the glossy accents and glitter pens that I used. I should have done some macro shots of those things with extra lighting...it was late and I was tired...next time......:O)

Angel

Copic and Prismacolor Flowers in Vases

Swap topic: Basket or Vase of Flowers

This was an oversized stamp so I cut it down with a Nestabilities Label die. Most of the flowers were colored with Copic markers, but I also used something new. I purchased some Prismacolor Premier pens with brush tips. They came in a multi-color pack. These brush tips have a very fine point and they can get into the smallest places.

I airbrushed some pale porcelain blue around the edge before I took it out of the die. Then I colored the rest of the image. The yellow background near the vases and flowers was added after the flowers were colored.

Angel

January Sketch Card

I am trying to get back into the swing, or should I say "stamp" of things. This is the first monthly sketch card. Although there is only one stamped image on this card and that is the sentiment! Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with them and the other swaps I am involved in.

The first picture is of the card in the closed position and the second one is open so you can see the sentiment. I think I was able to capture the glimmer mist on the flowers and the sentiment frame.

And I felt I needed to put a cute little bird on the envelope too.

What have you been working on lately?