HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOTHER!

Hey, everyone!!

I wanted to wish my mother THE HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY EVER today! I love and adore my mom! She is the kind of mom who always put her kids first. There were 4 of us and I know that my mom did without MANY, MANY times so she could give us things. I remember that we had delicious meals that she made right when we got off the school bus. Mmmm! I know that we had popcorn and cool-aid when we watched movies as a family at night. I can remember sitting at the table for hours while she told us fascinating stories from her childhood. We would laugh so hard! She taught me to celebrate every little thing...not just the big things! I remember so many good and wonderful things about her and I am so thankful I still have her. One of my dearest friends lost her mother to cancer and even though she is in the arms of Jesus I know it has to be so hard to not have her. I do not even allow myself to imagine how that must feel! The older I get the more I need my mom!

My mom loves strawberry pie! Mmmm! I do, too! LOL So I try to make her one for her birthday. Here is the one I made for her this year. It's SIMPLE to make but delicious, too, and yes, I cheat! LOL I get a store-bought pie crust, even though I have a wonderful recipe for an amazing crust from my home ec days! I take the strawberry gel and fresh strawberries, cut and tops removed, mix it up in a bowl and pour into the baked crust. Sometimes we add cool whip and sometimes we don't! So yum!

This is the card I made my mother. The sentiment is from The Angel Company and it's called Celebration Time! I stamped it in Palette Hybrid Bordeaux ink. I used my Clever Lever Marvy punches for the large circle and scalloped circle.

Here you can see the shimmer on the sentiment that I created with my Stardust Clear Gel Pen. You can purchase those supplies from The Angel Company. Let me know if you'd like to order the new catalog! It's amazing! Some of you have already requested one and I will be sending them to you soon!

Angel Hugs,

We interrupt the usual Wednesday posting....

Hey, everyone!

I have a card class today in my home. We're making 4 cards and I hope they have as much fun creating them as I did! I know this is supposed to be my usual Wednesday Kinda Sketchy post but I decided to share this with you instead.
This is a Faux Pinwheel card. The sentiment says "hello there" and it is from Tag Tidbits by The Angel Company. The designer paper, Amelia, is from TAC, as well.
I had a lot of fun creating this special card! It's a Joy Fold card featuring two stamp sets in Serendipity Street. The cupcake is from Little Cupcake and I used my Stardust Glitter Gel Pens to add the shimmer!

When you open it up, it says Cupcakes make everything better! This sentiment is from For Someone Special. You get 8 of these sweet sentiments for only $5.95!! The paper is Reece which is on special this month! You buy one pack and you get another one free!

You know how much I love the More Mimi double sided designer paper we carry! This is a really great technique to use this paper with. It's an Origami Faux Shadow Box fold. Super easy to do! The sentiment is from Celebration Time and stamped in Belle Rose ink. I added some sparkle with the Stardust Glitter Gel Pen.

Mother's Day is next month and I know exactly who I want to give this card to. In real life it is super shimmery and I love, love, love it! The butterfly is from Butterfly Swirls. I stamped it on Angelee and paper pieced it, then fussy cut it out. I added some Scrapper's Floss to the back of the butterfly to replace the antennas I cut off. I colored it with my black Tombow marker. Love that I can do that with my white Scrapper's Floss. The sentiment is from Trendy Greetings and I used the clear Stardust Glitter Gel Pen on it, too. The butterfly is up on a pop dot for added dimension. I curled the wings up and inward slightly. I love it!

If you didn't sign up for this class but would still like a kit, the cost is $10, plus s/h if I need to mail it out. Hope you have enjoyed today's post. I will be back tomorrow!

Angel Hugs,

March Card Class Cards

Hey, everyone!!


I wanted to share some of the cards with you that we created at my card class this month. I hope they inspire you to make something fun, too!

This is the card I already shared earlier that Christina inspired me to make! One of the ladies in the class actually used the HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentiment from the Celebration Time Stamp set and created this card for her son! This is a very versatile style card, especially with these colors! The scalloped circle is from the More Mimi paper collection, which is Buy One, Get One FREE until the end of this month! So the scallop is reversible!

I just love this spinner card. I used VersaMark to stamp the ladybugs onto the red paper for a watermark effect. I stamped another one of the ladybugs from the Squiggle Ladybugs stamp set and cut it out. This is a fun card to play with. I added shimmer to the sentiment and ladybugs with my stardust glitter gel pens.

I had never used the Toodle Loo paper collection from TAC before this class. I used a sketch from the TAC catalog and from over at PaperWings to create this fun card! It features all the kewl patterns from this designer paper. There are lions, monkeys and elephants that were so fun to punch out and share with the class. The sentiment is a PWP stamp and only $2.95 for a set of 4 sentiments! Great deal!
This is a really sweet card to make for ANYONE! Not just for kids! I can see this being a fun card for baby showers, co-workers, neighbors, friends, family...really ANYONE! I love how quick it was to make and how easy! Check out the chick's wings...that is yellow Fun Flock! I love how soft the wings are!

Open up the card for a sparkly Easter greeting and a package of Skittles! These would be fun to take to school, too! I just love that cute skateboarding bunny on the package!

Thanks for hanging out with me today and seeing what new and fun things we've been creating! Hope you can make it to the next class, April 19, at 2 p.m.!

Angel Hugs,

CC52

Hey, everyone!

Today is another Color Combo Motivational at PaperWings! I think you will enjoy this one!!!
The color combo is:
Birch Cardstock (or something similar, natural or ivory)
Burnt Umber Palette Ink (or something similar, browns and tans)
Sparkle (think SHIMMER, SHINE, clear stardust glittering gel pen, rhinestones, bling, shiny ribbon, whatever!)
Have fun with this one! This is a card I am featuring at my card class later today.
I stamped the background in Burnt Umber Palette Hybrid Ink. I also sponged the edges of the Birch cardstock. The stamp I used for the background is from the Swirly Gigs stamp set. I also used shimmery brown ribbon at the top of the card. Gotta love the Bow-Easy!

The scalloped circle is punched from the More Mimi designer paper using the Mega Scalloped Circle Clever Lever Marvy Punch. This designer paper is Buy One Get One Free this month, so you should definitely order some during this special! I love this paper!!! The circle was punched from the Birch cardstock using my Super Jumbo Clever Lever Marvy Circle Punch. I sponged the edges of this circle, as well. The sentiment is from the Celebration Time stamp set. I inked it up in Burnt Umber then outlined it with my Clear Stardust Glitter Gel Pen for extra sparkle! I hope you will play along with this Motivational! My friend, Christina inspired me to create this card! She totally rocks!

Angel Hugs,

Thanks so much!

Hey, everyone!

I just made some customer thank you cards and wanted to show them to all of you! My inspiration came from Angie Kennedy Juda from Chic 'n Scratch! She is an amazing paper crafter and I love all her videos. Here is the link to the card I liked so well.

I am using Premium White Cardstock for the bases cut at 4¼" x 11" and scored at 5½" on my Scor-Pal. The designer paper is discontinued but I love it! The name of the paper pack is Finger Paints! The red colors are so vibrant. I know it looks kind of pink in the pictures but it really is bright red! I cut a piece of 4"x4" designer paper and placed it on the top of the card. Using Black Cardstock, I punched out a scalloped circle with my Mega Scallop Punch. The polka dot patterned paper was punched using my Super Circle Punch and the sentiment was stamped on a circle measuring 1½" in Palette Hybrid L'Amore Red ink then raised with pop dots. The sentiment is from the Celebration Time stamp set available in our brand new catalog. All these products are available through The Angel Company. I will add a little shimmer with my glitter gel pens! Hope you like the cards I created! They were a lot of fun to create!

Hugs,