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,

Happy Easter

Hey, everyone!

There are so many wonderful reasons to celebrate today. The main reason is because my Savior lives! I believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried in a borrowed tomb and rose three days later! Because He lives I can face tomorrow! What a wonderful message of hope! I was going to share with you the scripture I chose for the Divine Design Bible Verse Challenge 09 this month on Thursday but time got away from me. It is a wonderful verse for today's celebration so I will share it with you now.

In this passage of scripture, Jesus is speaking to Martha regarding her brother Lazarus who died and was buried 4 days before. Jesus resurrected Lazarus' body that very day and it was just an awesome example of the power of God! Of course it makes me think of my uncle John and my grandparents, aunt and uncles and other relatives who have fought the good fight of faith, run the race and made heaven their home. With the passing of each precious family member, heaven is much sweeter! The best part will be seeing Jesus and thanking Him for the supreme sacrifice He made to pay for my sins! These pictures were taken at the Creation Museum during our trip on Spring Break. I love the picture of the empty tomb! Click on the photos to enlarge them so you can read the text if you want.
Our Easter is going to start with me and Paul taking our children to church. We will come home and I will finish preparing dinner. My mom and dad, brother, sister and her children will be coming over to eat dinner here with us. We're going to have an Easter egg hunt and I have a back up plan in case of rain! It will be a joyous time. I made some things for my husband's friends' two children.
I put a cardstock alphabet sticker on each candy bar holder to personalize the candy for the kids.

This card is a 3x6 piece of Tutti Frutti paper that I scored at 3" and added the HAPPY EASTER sentiment from the Trendy Greetings stamp set stamped in Burnt Umber ink. I used the chicken from the Hey Chick stamp set using Sunflower Palette Hybrid Ink. I punched it out and layered it onto the Orange designer paper from Kaleidoscope Brites. I then put that layer onto a scalloped square I punched from a piece of yellow cardstock I had. This is all on some foam tape and added to the front of the card along with some ribbon from my stash. I colored the chicken in with my Orange and Yellow Tombow markers and then I adhered some yellow Fun Flock to the chicken on the shaded areas. He is so fuzzy and my son just loves touching the "chickies"! It's so funny!

I put two Easter egg popcorn balls inside with a belly band around each. I stamped HAPPY EASTER from the Trendy Greetings stamp set on the center of each. I added the candy bars and the card I made. This is all sitting on top of some Easter grass inside this cute little Easter bag I made them. The chick is fuzzy with yellow Fun Flock. We sell the Fun Flock in our catalog in many different colors and it would be great with those lamb, sheep, chicken and bunny stamps we have! Enjoy your holiday and remember why we celebrate! The tomb is empty and Jesus is alive forevermore!

Hugs,

Box Card

Hey, everyone!

I was looking online at some websites I hadn't visited before and happened to see a tutorial for a Box Card. I was curious as to what a Box Card looked like and when I saw it I was so excited to try it! The tutorial is by Chiaki Haverstick and here is the link. There are a lot of tutorials there that I haven't even looked at yet! Here is the Box Card I created.

I used Gentle Beginnings paper from The Angel Company. I just love this paper!
I inked the edges of my Premium White Cardstock box lid in Reflection Blue Hybrid Palette Ink. I stamped "think spring" in the same ink. The sentiment is from Tag Tidbits. The chicken is from the Wild For You stamp set from The Angel Company. I inked the image using my Tombow Brights markers and then using my yellow stardust glitter gel pen I colored in his head and wings. I added yellow fun flock to his belly!
Here is the inside. I stamped the sentiment using the Feel Better Hostess Level A stamp set.
I thought it would be nice to say "warm wishes" since it's turned cooler weather here and then the "think spring" on the outside is definitely what I am thinking...warm spring weather come quickly! LOL

Thanks for checking out my Box Card. I hope you'll make one, too! Don't forget about my contest! You can enter to win a free stamp set from the list above with any $30 purchase from me this month! Read all about it just above this post! Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you to those of you who have already placed an order!

Hugs,

FunShop FUN!

Hey, everyone!

I am so sorry I have been absent from the blog world a little bit this week. I know that many of you like to check in each day to see what projects I have been working on. I have been really busy but it's been a good kind of busy!!! LOL I think I mentioned here before that I have been organizing my craft space downstairs and it's coming along so well! It feels great to be able to find what I need in no time at all! I love it! It's been hard work and it takes a LOT of time but I am getting there and I am very excited. I may post some pictures this weekend to show you my progress.

I have some fun cards to share with you! I think they are fun anyway! LOL So, let me just start off by saying that Saturday afternoon I went to Carolyn's house for a FunShop. Carolyn is Shelly's mom (Hi, Shelly!!) and so it was a lot of fun to see everyone again and meet one of Shelly's sisters that I hadn't met before and her father, too. Carolyn has a beautiful home and made some yummy food! It was snowy and slick with ice and rain mixed in some but we all made it safe to the FunShop and back home again! I want to show you the hostess gift and card I made Carolyn. She really liked it so that made me really happy!

This is just a small basket made from the Winterberry paper pack that I love so much! The handle is the same paper with a white cardstock base. The chick is from the HEY CHICK stamp set and is stamped in Burnt Sienna, colored in with my yellow Tombow marker from the Brights collection and then I added a little bit of yellow Fun Flock to make the chick fluffy! I used my Clever Lever Scalloped Square punch with Premium White Cardstock and added yellow doodle dots with my Stardust Glitter Gel Pen.
This is the waterfall card I made Carolyn to thank her for being the hostess. She loves pink and so I tried to go all out with the pink paper! This is also from the Winterberry paper! The stamp is Fantasy Flourishes with Prisma Glitter added for more bling! I stamped it in Belle Rose first then adhered the glitter! The "pull" sentiments are from the Interact stamp set. This is a really fun set!
This is the card, opened some to show how the waterfall card looks when you pull it down! Carolyn really liked this! Yay!!! I hope you do, too!

Carolyn wanted to make a St. Patrick's Day card and an Easter card for her party so I came up with two cards that were really simple and easy to make more than one since she wants to make cards and give them out. Here is the Easter card I made to demonstrate:

The yellow patterned paper is from the Gentle Beginnings set. I love, love, love that paper! I bought it to use with baby papers but I have used it for so many other things since! The "Easter" sentiment is one of our current Gift With Purchase stamps you get FREE with any $30 purchase. The chick and "Peep, Peep" sentiment is stamped in Burnt Sienna. The "corn" is using the Speckles stamp set and Sunflower ink. Then I added my yellow Stardust Glitter Gel Pen to each speckle for some bling. This chick got some yellow Fun Flock also. It was so much fun to see everyone trying to use the Fun Flock for the first time! My, what fuzzy chicks! LOL I love it!!!

I know it's kind of blurry but this is a close-up so you can see the glitter corn, LOL, and the fuzzy chick!

This is the St. Patrick's Day card I made to demonstrate:
I stamped the 4 leaf clover from the Celtic Images stamp set. The horseshoes I stamped on the Willoughby cardstock using the Wild West stamp set in VersaMark. I used the green Stardust Glitter Gel Pen for the clovers and the horseshoes. The white doodle dots on the black scalloped circle were made with my Extreme White Gel Pen. I added some Prisma Glitter to the main 4 leaf clover image. I think it came together well! It was so fun to see everyone's ideas on how to make this card! So fun!!
I didn't add a sentiment but I will later! The GWP stamp we have in our catalog right now would work great, but so would the Trendy Greetings stamp set. Of course, you could always make your own!

I had some kits left over from the FunShop because I always try to make extras. Kadesia asked me if she could make a card, so how could I say no? LOL She had so much fun and I think she did a really great job! My daughter just got accepted into a new pen pal group over at SplitCoastStampers and she already has one pen pal that she loves dearly so you know who will be getting some of these cards! This is my daughter's version of this card for her pen pals:

She didn't want hers to open like a book, she said. She wanted it to open a "different way" so this is her version! I think it is really sweet!
She loves that glitter, can you tell? LOL

There's one more thing to share with you....a fun surprise! The Angel Company has come up with a fun new idea for Angels and our customers! I am so excited to share this with you all. You can get FREE downloads to print and enjoy! I love it!!!! Take a look at what you can download right now...aren't these awesome?

You can click on the photo above to download these fun candy bar wrappers! They are combining my two favorites: Dove Chocolates and St. Patrick's Day! What could be better? LOL Go download yours now and have fun with it! Let me know if you use yours soon! I want to see!!! Thanks for coming to hang out with me today! I am excited about the new March specials. You may see them posted on other Angel blogs if you get the chance to browse around! There are some really fun stamps and specials coming your way and I can hardly wait!!! Oh, and don't forget! The person who showed me the most love this month will get a really special BLOG CANDY prize! I will post a picture of the prize along with the winner's name on February 28.

Hugs,