Mojo Monday Sketch 264

It's been a while since I joined in on a challenge, but I fell in love with this sketch over at Mojo Monday . I'm getting this posted just under the dead line. This stamp is from one of my favorite go to sets called All Things Of Nature T-907 from The Angel Company. The DP is called Lively from Authentique.  

 

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

You're Sew Sweet Tag

This is a Tag from another swap I did on PCP with "all things vintage group". I used Sew Thankful

T-3288 from The Angel Company.The center flower was cut with my Tattered Florals die from burlap, that I stiffened with mod podge. A very fun and addictive technique!!!

 

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Vintage Button Card

This is a card I made for a vintage button swap a few months ago. I joined a vintage group on PCP and have met some wonderful ladies... The stamp set is called Sewing Labels RN-21 and was designed by Nina B. for The Angel Company and is one of my favorites. The paper is For the Record by Echo Park, and had the perfect vintage feel.

It's so good to be posting again, thanks for all your kind comments!
 

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Beautiful Butterfly Tag

Wow I can't believe its been almost a year since I have shared anything... My life has been crazy busy this past year!The last time I thought about posting... blogger had made some changes and I wasn't able to use it.Yesterday I was blog hopping and had to sign into my account to comment and later had some more issues with google/blogger account. Today I decided to try to fix things and my blog had disappeared..... Yikes!!! I did some reading and was able to get it back.... Yay!

 

  I think one of the hardest thing for me is to get a good photo to use, I will try harder so its not so long between posts. Here is a Tag that I created for a shoe box project for our girls WAG weekend in September.  I still can't believe it's been  over a year since TAC closed their doors and everyone has moved on... I have a group of wonderful ladies and I'm still creating and teaching a monthly class, I do enjoy the freedom of being able to use what ever I like for our projects! There are so many cool products out there to try...

 

Supplies

 

Justite Stamps:

 Vintage Alphabet Soup, Just The Right Words

 

Paper:

Manila Folder, Chipboard, Brown Packing paper

 

Inks

Tim Holtz Distress

Worn Lipstick

Fired Brick

Peeled Paint

Vintage Photo

 Jet Black Archival Ink

Metallic Alcohol Inks & Blending solution

 English Ivy Glimmer Mist

 

Misc.

TH Tag & Bookplate Die

TH Butterflies Die

Sizzix Flourish Floral W/Leaves Die

Spellbinders Spiral Blossom1Die

Spellbinders Pennants Die

Clearly For Art Blackout Modeling Film

Glue N Seal

Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint

Snug Hug Seam Binding

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by have a great week!

 

   

Nina B. Blog Hop

Today I thought I would join in on the fun... with a TAC blog hop, I created this card with one of my favorite sets called Beautiful Lace.

I'm a big fan of Nina B. and I'm so happy to share that she has several of the sets from the last Angel Company Catalog available again through Layers Of Color.   

Supplies:  Ivory CS, BG Sweet Threads DP,Copics, Memento Rich Cocoa, Pearls, Spiral Blossoms 1, Foliage, Petite Ovals, Petite Oval Scallops, SU Border Punch 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure and check out the wonderful creations from these ladies below.

Autumn Blog Hop

Don't you just love the cool crisp feel of fall... when the leaves change colors and you just want to snuggle up with a good book and your favorite blanket!

Debra Miller is hosting a 1st day of Autumn hop and she was gracious enough to extend it a little longer so more of us could join in!

I made this card using an older TAC set called Luscious Leaves... It's perfect for an Autumn hop! I colored the leaf with my aqua watercolor crayons and die cut with Labels 3. I then ironed beeswax over the top... the paper is Blackbird Collection from Memory Box. I hope you will join in on the fun....

Thank you for stopping by!  

Final Farewell Blog Hop

Fairy Wishes RN-6

Chair-ished Friend T-3476, Wonderful News T-3410



Fairy Wishes RN-6



Sewing Labels RN-21



This hop is bitter sweet ... I would like to thank Mischelle, Kevin and my extended Angel Company family for an incredible 6 years! You have enriched my life in so many ways and touched so many of our hearts! I know you have made me a much better person and I hope where ever God takes you on your next journey, you will remember how you have made a difference in so many life's! 

Please won't you join me on this Final Farewell hop as we pay tribute to an amazing company with art from these retired  TAC Angels below!    

Julie
Seleise
Rita W.
Donna
Chan
Mary
Angela
Laura
Barbara
Trudy
Shirley
Wendy
Carol
Rita K.
Chelsea
Kim Here
Paula-Kay
Ginger
Teresa
Maria
Angie
Deb Miller
Diana
Betty G.
Char
Sandy
Christine
Diane
Chris
Stacy
Rita H.
Risa


God Bless and thank you for stopping by... I hope you will continue to visit my blog!

How Tweet Of You

Sharing some cards I did last week with one of  my new TAC sets called "How Tweet Of You" This

set is from one of my favorite designers Nina B. I'm so glad I was able to get several of her new sets before TAC closed thier doors....

Please join us on Sunday 8/28 at 8 pm CS time for a Final Farewell Blog Hop as we say good bye to our friends at The Angel Company, This promises to be our largest PW sponsored hop yet!!  

Supplies: White Premium CS, Kaleidoscope Girlz,Tangerine Blast & Caribbean Breeze Bazzill Smoothie CS, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Spellbinders Carnation & Foliage Dies  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

A Very Sad Day

This was posted today on The Angel Company web site

It is with great sadness that I must announce we are hanging up our wings. These past several years our industry has faced enormous challenges and as a result, we have seen many companies close their doors. We continued to hope we could see The Angel Company through this recession and back into prosperous days and we held onto this hope as long as we could.

One of the largest challenges affecting each of us is our industry not being able to support all of the direct sales companies in our field. Even in a healthy economy, we are a niche market trying to compete for a very limited number of distributors. As a small company, this has been a grueling challenge for us. Times are tough for everyone ~ in direct sales and retail environments.

I would like to thank each of you for being an customer and Angel these past 14 years. Indeed, it has been a pleasure to serve you.



The Angel Company


I have been with The Angel Company since 2005 and it has been such a blessing in my life! Thank you Mischelle for all these past years, and for including me in your TAC family!

God Bless 
Kim     

"Christmas In July" Angel Art Blog Hop

It's time for another Angel Art Blog Hop sponsored by Paper Wings! I have been crafting up a storm and and have quite the odd mix of Christmas that I'd like to share.

First is a very traditional Christmas Tin & Card Gift Set using a new TAC stamp from Nina B. called Love Never Fails. This isn't even a Christmas set, but I knew right away it would be perfect... I can see lots of uses for this set and I'm sure it will become one of my favorites!

Next is a  vintage 3 sided ornament featuring the lovely lady from the hostess set Beautiful Soul. She was colored with Copics and I used melted beeswax over the piece before it was framed inside the Heirloom Nestabilitie.The shape was cut from corrugated cardboard and dry brushed with lt. ivory acrylic paint sprinkled with glitter while wet. I decided I liked it turned upside down with the touch of pearls across the top. I added a rayon tassel and loop for hanging and a velvet ribbon to finish it off.
     
Last is a very un-traditional Christmas Card using Joyful Ornaments and the More Mimi paper collection. Love the richness of this one! I embossed the ornament with Versa Magic Pink Petunia & Clear EP the top of the ornament was Embossed with Color Box Platinum & Clear EP. I pieced the two papers and the border that I cut from Parisian Accents together then cut using Labels 5, a string of pearls on each side finish it off.

Be sure to check out the wonderful Christmas creations from these talented angels below!

Rita W
Michelle M
Seleise
Laura
Wendy
Laurie U
Chelsea
Shirley
Kim  You Are Here
Mary
Angela K
Carol N
Betty
Rita K
Julie
Donna


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have been inspired to do some holiday crafting of your own!

Technique Blog Hop "Spotlighting"

Friday on the Savvy Projects blog there was a technique blog hop that featured some wonderful cards with Spotlighting so be sure and check them out. I was unable to play until Sunday and am finally getting it uploaded today, better late than never... This is a reverse spotlighting card using one of the images from Peace Be Still, This is such a fun technique I hope you will give it a try!

Supplies: Natural CS, Brown CS, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Cognac Palette Ink, Copics, 1 1/2"Circle
Punch,Twine, T-3309 Peace Be Still
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New Creation

Here is a another card I made using another new stamp from the new 2011-2012 Inspiration Catalogue called New Creation I think this one is so beautiful! The back ground paper is another piece I made using the letter press technique with Haystack & Seascape palette inks and the Floral Fantasy cuddlebug folder. The image was colored simply with my Copic markers & distress ever so slightly with Cognac. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the mailman brings happy mail today and I get my catalogues!!!

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"Chair-ished Friend"

Today I'm sharing a card I made using one of the new sets in the catalogue called Chair-ished Friend... This is sure to become one of my favorites!!! The background is the letter press technique using ivory cardstock and haystack palette ink and victoria cuddle bug folder.The lacy brads are from making memories... I love how this one turned out!

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Happiness Is

Just a quick post of a card I made using a level B hostess set called Happiness is, this is such a fun image to color with your Copics! Check back for a look at some cards designed with some of the sneak peek sets. The new TAC 2011-2012 inspiration book & catalogue is being unveiled this weekend in Kansas...
I can hardly wait!! Please contact me for your copy, they're $6.95 plus the cost of shipping if you need it mailed. I hope to have them in hand by the first of next week as the catalogue goes live on the 6/27...

Thanks for stopping by!

Angel Art Blog Hop "Clean and Simple"

Tonight I'm sharing a clean & simple card I designed for one of my card classes a few months ago. I used one of my favorite floral sets by Mabelle RO called Simply Devine. It is on the retired list and will only be available through June. I created a vase  from one of our double sided papers More Mimi SWIC and my extra jumbo circle punch and by trimming a piece from the bottom. I stamped the flowers with one of my favorite VersaMagic Dew Drop collections called Jewel Box. The sentiment comes from a level B Hostess set called Love You. Thank you Paper Wings for sponsoring another great blog hop! Now make sure you check out the wonderful creations from these angels listed below.     

Shirley
Kim  Here
Seleise
Rita
Angela
Carol

Thanks so much for stopping by!

You Make My Heart Sing

Copics: B00,B23,E000,E00,E15,E23,E25,E31,

               G82,T2,T5,T7,Y11,Y13,YG03,R20,RV55 

Copics: BV0000, BV02,E23,E31,R0000,

R20,RV0000,T2,T5,T7,Y11,YR30

This sweet stamp set is a Limited Edition for June called "You Make My Heart Sing" it can be yours for $10.95 and a qualifying purchase of $30. On the first card I used the Toodle Loo Colletion and my Copics to color the image along with my Micron .005 pen to add some bangs and details to her hair, if you click on the image you will be able to get a close up look. On the second card I used my circle & lacey circle die to achieve my shaped card.The cardstock is from the Toodle Loo collection and the Angelee collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Favorites Blog Hop

So this Blog Hop is ALL about your FAVORITE! It could be your FAVORITE TAC stamp set, your FAVORITE technique, your FAVORITE TAC paper collection, your FAVORITE retired TAC set ... even your FAVORITE way to use glitter glue! {smiles} What's your FAVORITE?
Stop by and check out the "Favorite's blog hop on Savvy Projects...

I have always had a LOVE for anything VINTAGE and this old car is from one of my most FAVORITE stamp sets... I also love distressing with Cognac palette ink, it ages the card to perfection!

Supplies:
White Ultra Smooth Cardstock,Raven Black Cardstock,Tuxedo Black Ink, Cognac Palette Ink,
Antique Copper Hardware,Grosgrain Ribbon, Black Scrappers Floss, Labels 20 Nestibilities,
T-3203 Just Because, T-2898 Script Background, T-3346 Background Soup 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Kim

Sea Stamps and Color Throwdown #4

Today I'm sharing a card I did for Kerry's color throwdown, I really loved these colors together so I went through my paper stash and pulled out some like shades to give this one a go! I'm using a great TAC set called "Sea Stamps" that is retiring and on sale for 35% off through 5/29. I love this vintage angel fish, I googled angel fish so I would have an idea how to color this little guy... I really had no idea there were so many different types of angel fish out there! I think it turned out pretty cool and I have another Father's Day card done to boot!
Supplies:

• Bazzill Cardstock
• Premium White Cardstock
• Tuxedo Black Memento
• Copics: BG0000, BG10, BG53, Y11, YR15, YG61, T2
• Grosgrain Ribbon
• Pearls
• Brown Scrappers Floss
• T-3074 Sea Stamps
• T-3128 Thinking Of You

Thanks for stopping by!
Kim

Swirled Spring Life

I thought I would get inky and play along with this weeks new sketch for A Card A Day in May over on the Savvy Projects blog. I just got my hands on these beautiful new spellbinder dies and knew they would be perfect for this sketch! I also used one of my favorite A hostess sets Swirled Spring Life, you can purchase it for $5.17 through 5/29. I hope you have a chance to check out the great new line up of designers for the week and be inspired to try out one of the many sketchs for May.

Supplies:

• Bazzill Cardstock
• Premium White Cardstock
• Ocean Depth VersaMagic
• Cognac Palette
• Floral Doily Motifs Shapeabilities
• Floral Doily Accent Shapeabilities
• Circle Nestabilities
• Grosgrain Ribbon
• Pearls
•  TA-3239 Swirled Spring Life
• T-1186 Tag Tidbits

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Guest Designer Cards For "A Card A Day In May"

These cards were suppose to be featured for the "Card A Day In May" on the Savvy Projects blog yesterday, But due to a glitch in the system they never posted.... So I thought I would share them here today!

  I have really enjoyed seeing how each of you interpret Heather Scott's Sketches each week and come up with so many different cards! These are my takes on the sketch. Hope you have a chance to play along!

Life Is Short
Supplies:

White Ultra Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Scarlet Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento, L'Amore Red Palette, Cognac Palette

Fleur De Lis Accents Shapeabilities, Circle & Rectangle Nestabilities

T-2895 Life Is Short, T-3224 Vintage Backgrounds, T-3279 Fly Fairy

Happy New Baby

Supplies:
Ivory Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Angelee Cardstock, Black & White II FREE Download

Tuxedo Black Memento, Malted Mauve VersaMagic, Cognac Palette

Circle Nestabilities, MS Border Punch, Ivory Crinkled Ribbon, Lemonade Blossoms & Buttons

T-3203 Just Bee-Cuz, T3193 Vintage Santa

Thanks so much for stopping by!






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