Another project

I've been a little busy, see...

I love love love those little binder clips and I'm always looking for things to do with them. I saw this idea the other day when I was scanning thru SCS and thought they were so cute! All you need is paper, clips, and some coasters. Voila! And the paper is one of my fav's so I had to use it. It's from The Angel Company, the Catelynne collection.

And who wouldn't want this little thing sitting on their desk? One of my new fav's at the moment ~ SU! Tea Party DP. Of course it's got purple in it, who wouldn't love it??

Just sharing some inspiration with you! Have a great day!

Mojo Friday?

Mojo Friday?? Nope, Mojo Monday just 5 day's late...

I had all good intentions on getting my version of the sketch done Monday but those little stationary set's threw me for a loop. I l♥ve making those. I will post later today all the other ones that I've made. You'll think I've gone mad!!

Well here's the sketch that was posted over at Mojo Monday. I really love this one, and I think that I may use it often.

So here is my version of the sketch. There is something that I had to pop in the mail today and I thought that I'd make it a RAK day too.

I pulled out one of my old SU! set's Best of Cluck and thought that I'd use it. It has not seen ink in a while and I thought I'd condition it *Ü*

The base card is Riding Hood Red that I layered with Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette and the yummy DP from The Angel Company called Catelynne. It's my favorite one. I stamped the image from Best of Cluck and colored it in with my pencils and gamsol. Following the sketch I used my nesties to cut the circles out for the images and my 1" and 3/4" circle punches for the words. I hand made the photo corner at the top left like I've shown you before and the sentiment was stamped and added to a piece of Pink Pirouette that I cut out the right edge like a flag. A little gem here and there and I was complete.

I've been pre-occupied today with things, so I'm sorry that my posts are a little late. But better late than never.

Have a great afternoon!

What's Moo Everybody?

I've been in a Moo type of moo-d... I just love farm animals, and I think that farm animal stamps are just the cutest! So I've got a couple of cow cards to show you.

The first card I want to show you is made from all stamps from The Angel Company. It was a quick card. The base is Pixie Pink and I stamped the swirls from Spring Dream on it with Pink Passion ink. I then layered it with paper from my FAVORITE collection called Catelynne. I added a length of ribbon to it also. I then stamped the "frame" from I Remember when and then the image from SWAK. I colored it in with pencils, gamsol and markers. I cut it out and placed it on the frame with pop dots. I added some stickles and I was done. Told ya, quick and easy.

The next card I made for a friend who needs a little pick-me-up.

The base card is Certainly Celery. I layered it with Lavender Lace, Purely Pomegranate and DP from TAC's A Little Whimsy collection. I stamped the image from the set What's Moo and colored it in with pencils and gamsol. I first layered the card with the DP and ribbon. I then added the image panel to a piece of Purely Pomegranate and then on to the card. I then stamped the sentiment and added that to the card with the flowers that my Mom made and a crystal brad.

I decorated the inside with left over scraps and I was complete. I hope that it gives her the right pick me up that she needs.

Boy, no rambling or blah blah blah today. I must be sick *Ü*

I hope to be back later with a little digital scrapping for you! Have a great day!

Hugs,

Joani

Good Morning!!

Good morning everyone! How's your day going so far?


I've got a lot to do today, so here goes.... I've been a little behind on a swap that I needed to get out so I finally finished it. I had to do some type of technique and I thought that a "Z" or "Joy Fold" card would be kinda cool. And I had to use some of my favorite paper too!


The base card is Pink Pirouette and I layered it with Pink Passion and TAC's Catelynne paper. I used my nesties Labels 2 to cut out the cs on the front. I stamped the images from TAC's Little Cupcake set (adorable if I say so myself!!) and colored it in with pencils and gamsol and used pop dots to adhere it to the corner. The sentiment is also from that set. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the correct placement and then I stamped the sucker over the top.


So what do you think? Cute, huh? As soon as Easter cards are over I'm going to have to really ink this set up.


I just listed a few of my old SU! and CTMH sets on EBay. I've got too much and I need to purge what I don't use. If your interested, go here to check them out...


I've got to be off. I've got a few things to take care of. Yesterday the Internet and phone went out so I'm a little behind....


See you back here tomorrow!
Have a SUPER Great day!!
Hugs,

Joani

Happy Hump Day everybody Ü

Here it is the middle of the week and the weekend's almost here. Anyone have plans for Valentine's day? I'm not sure what we will do. I told hubby to surprise me. We generally have a date night, but we haven't for months. With being busy with my SIL and her dogs, then our precious dog passing, the holidays, Mom's birthday, being lumberjacks..... The list goes on and on. So this Valentine's I am for sure doing something! To start it off I still needed to make cards! I've been thinking of making the cards to sell, making cards for friends and family ~ but I neglected to make my own family's cards!! So that's what I did yesterday.

This is my daughter's card. I looked in my stash of images that I've received and I found Ipodabella. Now I thought that this was perfect for Danielle. This so reminds me of her, without the phone of course, so that's why I did this one for her. And of course in pink!

The base card is Pink Pirouette layered with Pink Passion and Pixie Pink. The Pink Passion background was run thru the CB with the swirls folder and I sponged on some Pink Passion ink. I also layered on some DP from TAC's Catelynne collection (my most favorite of all of them!!). I colored the image in with pencils and gamsol and sponged some Pink Passion ink around that layer. I added some pink ribbon and a bow, and in the center of the bow I glued a pink heart that I found in my button stash Ü I also glued two red heart buttons at the top right of the card and some primas and a crystal brad at the lower right of the image panel. I stamped the lips from Whipper Snapper, colored it in with my Real Red marker and punched it out with my 3/4" circle punch. I layered that on to a scrap piece of DP from Catelynne punched with my 1" circle punch and layered that on to a clear flower from Making Memories.

I'm sure that she will like it - all that pink, she's got to!

Here's the card that I made for Mom. This was another RAK image that I had and thought that it was cute for Valentines. It is House Mouse Designs Chocolate Mouse. There was a time that I was addicted, I mean ADDICTED to House Mouse.

The base card is Real Red and I layered it with Chocolate Chip and some DP from Paper Salon's Smitten collection. The image was colored with my pencils and gamsol. I sponged Close to Cocoa around the edges and layered it on to a piece of Chocolate Chip and Real Red and placed it on the card with pop dots.

For the inside of the card I took a strip of the DP and a pink and brown ribbon and added that to a piece of white CS. I stamped the image from Whipper Snapper inside and colored it with my Chocolate Chip and Real Red markers.

And now for hubby's card.For Ricky's card I used some images that I stamped from Betty's Love You Much set. The base card is Real Red. I layered it with some Catelynne DP and Pink Pirouette cs. I used Real Red ink to sponge the layers. The 'love' panel I colored with markers and for the flower I used some flower sequins I've had for years with a heart brad. The center of the "O" I punched a heart out and glued it to the center and added some stickles for a pop! The heart I colored it in with pencils and outlined it with a Real Red marker, cut it out and added some Fruit Punch stickles to the petals on the flowers. The hugs and kisses panel I colored with pencils and markers and punched out with my scallop punch. I added some stickles to that also. There is a Pink Pirouette panel tucked behind the heart that was punched out with Betty's Martha Stewart punch, and I added a length of organdy ribbon.

Inside I layered with Pink Pirouette and white cs. I stamped the image and lips from Whipper Snapper in the lower right corner and colored those in with markers ~ I punched a pieces of scrap Real Red and Pink Pirouette with my scallop punch, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" circle punches and the hearts with my heart punch.

Not too frilly I think. But that's ok too ~ because it's Valentines and those are supposed to be mushy. I used all RAK images because they are stamps that my family's not seen. I did not want to make Valentines with images that they've already seen, it would not seem as special.

I do have something else to show you today. It's a treat - so your going to have a super long post today!! It's the least I can do for not posting yesterday.

I can not take credit for these! These are made by a friend of mine and she e-mailed me pictures of what she has been up to. As you can see, a whole lot!!!

Now how stinkin' cute are these??? I don't know which one I like best, I like them ALL!!

If you are interested in these calendars let me know and I will hook you up with my friend Keersten. She does not have a blog - I've told her that she needs to! Maybe we can all persuade her, huh?

Well you all have a super great day!! And thanks for puttin' up with my blah blah blah!!

Hugs,
Joani

Happy T.G.I.F. Everyone!

Woo-Hoo it's Friday!! For some reason this was a long week. Maybe because my daughter's been home for almost 2 WEEKS with snow days. The other day she just did not feel goo, of course the one day that they did have school. She's not been feeling too well and I made a doctor appointment for her and today she goes in after school for an ultrasound. They think it might be her gall bladder. Well, it seems to run in the family.... Poor thing, all she's worried about is not being able to eat for 6 hours before. Now tell me, does that sound like a teenager you might know?

I've got some pictures for you today. For some reason my camera works when it wants to. I re-took pictures of the cards I told you about the other day. One picture came out fine, the other not too good. Strange.... I've had this camera for a while, I guess I need a new one Ü

I made this card using my Barnyard Birthday set from TAC. Isn't it cute? I love cows and he's no exception!

The base card is Pixie Pink and I used my TAC Catelynne paper on it (another one of my fav's!!) and some cute pink ribbon. I stamped the image and colored it in with my pencils and gamsol. I cut around the image with a pair of decorative scissors, sponged on some Green Galore ink around the edge and layered that on to a piece of Chocolate Chip. For the sentiment panel I first stamped the border with Pink Passion ink from TAC's I remember when set and then stamped the sentiment with my Stamp-a-ma-jig from the Barnyard Birthday set in Green Galore ink. I sponged some Green Galore ink around that panel and adhered it to a piece of Chocolate Chip cs.

I thought that it turned out kinda cute, don't you?

This card is basically the same thing. I used the same paper and set's I just stamped the little piggy and lamb. Of using the scissors to cut around the image panel I used my Marvy Mega and Giga scallop circle punches, Close to Cocoa ink and a white gel pen. For the little piggy I stamped him twice, cut out the head and used a pop dot to add the image over the top - just for a little dimension. The lamb I added some white fun flock to her pouf.

Do you wanna see something cold? Well here it is!

This is ice on the INSIDE of our windows in the craft room!!! My SIL gave me a basket this summer that is HUGE. I keep all my supplies in it in the house because I'm not going in there til spring! I have to go out to the craft room to grab a punch or something every now and then, but there is NO WAY that I am going to be sitting in there until the first tulip pops thru the ground! Starting today we will be warming up to the 40's - then we'll be in the 50's next week. But I'm still not going out there!

Well - that's all I have for today. I've go to get some laundry done, then maybe make a card or two to share with you!

OH!!! And don't forget the giveaway! Make sure that you sign up for The Angel Company giveaway. If you missed the post or the link on my sidebar just click HERE.

Have a great day!
Hugs,

Joani

I thought I'd share....

Today I thought that I'd share with you the RAK card that I received from Tracy over at Stamping Seasons. I got this card a while back from her. Her and I decided to swap catty's. She sells SU! in New Zealand and thought that it would be nice to swap catty's for a different perspective on the inspiration we might get from it. Let me tell you, the SU! New Zealand catty is awesome!!

There are some sets in there that were discontinued from our catty a while ago. And as far as the items for inspiration ~ well they are somewhat different too. There are things in our SU! catty that they have in the New Zealand one but with a different twist. I can tell you that I keep it right next to me along with my SU! catty and my TAC catty. When I need a quick boost of inspiration it is at arm's length to grab for.

I've been busy with making paint cans and bottles that I've neglected the swaps I am in. I still have time before the deadline, but I like to get them done right away.

Here is the first swap cards that I made. These are for an Animal ATC swap that I'm in. Now, a fish is an animal, right? Well it is for this swap :)

I used my new theangelcompany™ stamps for these. Of course the paper is from whatever I had laying around. I did not get a picture of it but the back of the doggie ATC has dog bone paper!

These next ATC's are for a bird swap that I'm in. It's hard to tell, but the flamingo's are colored with my twinkling H2o's. I actually had to dust those off I've not used them in so long!!

The flamingos are from a SU! set that I have ~ I think it was called Tickled Pink. The other ATC is made with my TAC™ set called Hello There. She's adorable, isn't she? I wanted to run a funky border of stitching around the edge and my sewing machine thought that it was a good time to have the tension not work. So I kinda played it off and ran it around 2 times to make it look like I meant to do that!??! I guess it still turned out ok.... I hope!

This last card I made was for the SC172 over at SCS. I am a week late, but at least I tried. Today I am going to try to make SC173. So I'm not that behind....

For this card I used my TAC™ set Ice Cream. I think that this little girl is adorable!!! And the paper used was from the TAC™ Catelynne collection. I just pieced it together like a quilt. The little tab on the side has the word "hello" from the Just Giggle Hostess set. I think that it turned out pretty cute. I am actually sending this card off as a RAK to someone across the pond. Let's see how long it takes to get there...

I hope that you all have a super great crafty day!!
Hugs,

Isn't this fun?!?

I am just having so much fun with my new stamps. Have you ever stepped outside your box and tried something new? For a few years now I have only been a SU! girl. Where I live there is really a very limited supply of stores so just about all of my purchases were thru SU! Well, blog hopping one day I decided to join the Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers and that was it! I met Toni my wonderful upline and it was the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Yes, theangelcompany™ and ME!!! I still love my collection of SU! stamps, but I can't say enough about TAC™. They are so reasonable and the quality is awesome!!! So now SU! has to move over in my heart to make PLENTY of room for these guys!!!

Ok, enough of my babble ~ let's get on with it!

This adorable little girl is from the Hello There set. She's just so darn cute. This is another card that I made for my little basket of cards that I'm selling.

I stamped the little flower on Pixie Pink paper with Pink Passion ink. I then took a piece of DP from the Sands of Time collection and sponged Chocolate Chip ink around the edges. I cut a piece of Blue Bayou cs and used my colozzle to make a square in the center of it. I don't have the square template so I made due with my rectangle one!! I then distressed the edges with my Heidi Swapp distresser (totally cheap for only $0.99) and placed the image that I colored with pencils & markers in the center of it. I wanted a quick saying so I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to place the words in the panel to the left of the image. I stamped one more flower, colored it in with markers and used a pop dot to place it in the corner over a photo corner I made from scraps. Quick, easy & cute!!

Here is another flap card that I made from the directions over at SCS. If you have not made one of these you've got to! They are SUPER easy and they are so cute.

For the base card itself I used So Saffron. I cut the paper and scored it according to the directions. I then cut a piece of DP from the Sands of Time collection and sponged Chocolate Chip ink around the edges. Before I glued it down I added a length of ribbon to it with a 'slide' that I made.

I took my designer label punch and punched out a piece of Old Olive cs. I then took my 1 1/4" circle punch and punched a circle from the same and adhered that on top of the label punch. I stamped the words "hey chick!" with Chocolate Chip ink, used my 1" circle punch and punched out the saying. I then sponged some Old Olive ink around the edge and taped that to the makeshift slide.

For the 'flap' part of the card I stamped the word peep in So Saffron ink. I stamped the chick images and colored them with pencils. I punched out that layer with my Mega Scallop Oval punch and layered that on to a piece of Old Olive that I punched out with my Giga Oval punch and adhered it to the card. To keep the flap closed I glued a tiny piece of Velcro on the inside ~ and I was done.

Another one of my favorite TAC™ sets is Little Friends. I think that the huge smiles on their faces are precious. So that brings me to the next card.

The base card is Soft Sky. I took a piece of Old Olive cs and layered a piece of DP from the Sands of Time Collection and used the sewing machine to sew those two pieces together. I then taped it to the card. I took another piece of Old Olive paper and layered another piece of DP from the Sands of Time collection, sponged around the edges with Old Olive ink and adhered that to the card.

I then took a label from the Catelynne collection and stamped the word 'hello' from the Just Giggle set with Old Olive ink and placed that to the right of the 2nd panel. I stamped the image from the Little Friends set and colored him in with pencils. I sponged some more Old Olive ink around the edges, layered it on to a piece of Old Olive cs and used pop dots to adhere to the card.
That was another quick and simple card.

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I hope that you all enjoy these few cards that I made ~ and I hope that it inspires you to go make something today!

Have a great day!