I'm back with a few things....

Howdy everyone! I'm back to show you a few things that I've been up to.

My daughter is feeling better. She's still sore. Which is to be expected. And I'm not sure that she's wanting to get in a car all too soon, and I'm thankful for that. I want to keep her a little girl a bit longer. I know that's not possible, but just a little longer....

My doggie is feeling better. We took her bandage off and she has a tube in her ear. It has to stay there for 3 weeks - but she's doing better. At least she does not "look" as pathetic as she did with the bandage on.

Well ~ here's what I've been up to.

I was not sure how Halloween would go over at my booth at the Peddler's Mall so I only took a few cards over there and these 2 packages of treat bags that I made.

They are made out of regular envelopes. I stamped on them and added the ribbon and such. I took some lightweight paper to make the shredded paper at the bottom of the bag. There are 5 in each bag. I don't know ~ what do you think?

My daughter told me that this year she "likes her teachers" so that means that I get to make things for them. So this is the cards that I made for them for Halloween.

I stamped the image from Best Fiends and colored it with my watercolor crayons. The base card is Basic Black. I layered it with Only Orange and some DP from Moxie. I took the image and swiped it across my black pad before I layered it on to Basic Black and I attached it to the card with pop dots. The saying "Happy Haunting" is from my TAC set Happy Haunting.

This card I came up with the other day and I thought that I posted it and didn't.

The base card is Basic Black. I layered it with Only Orange and some DP that was in my drawer. I don't know why manufactures don't have their name on the paper someplace...

I stamped the images in black from SU! Home is where the Haunt Is on the two panels. I sponged Only Orange around the panels then layered those panels with Basic Black and Only Orange. Before adding the layers to the card I ran a length of black ribbon around the bottom panel. The house panel I placed on the card with pop dots. So what do you think???

That's all for today. I am going to go get started on something ~ anything. And I'm sure that I will show you tomorrow!!

Hugs,

Joani

Good Morning

Good morning everyone! I am just popping in with a quick post this morning. You can not imagine the weekend we had at our house.


It was supposed to be a normal weekend, just cleaning up, laundry, going to my SIL's to help out, going to the local orchard for some apple picking, maybe doing some decorating for Halloween. Well, no ~ none of that happened. Last week my DD was off for Fall Break. Strange, yes. When we were in California they never had such a thing. But they do here, and the kids appreciate it.

Well - some of you who do know me know that I am a little strict when it comes to my daughter. There are just some things that I won't let her do, I believe that she is a little too young. Well, I finally caved on one of them. I've never let her go places with her friends in a car. What I mean is when the friend is driving. Well, weekend before last I let her friend drive her home from the Homecoming game. It is only about 2 miles and I thought 'well ok.' That was fine. Then the same friend asked if they could go to the movies this past week - I thought fine.


Danielle asked to stay over at another of her friends house this week for a couple days. This is one of her friends that they were so close not too long ago, but a boy got in the middle of that friendship. Yes, she drives. Well - I thought that it could not be too bad. A couple of nights she was there. I'm not stupid, I know that they were driving around. There really is nothing to do in this town for kids except they all go to Walmart and hangout in the parking lot.


Her friend stopped by on Friday and asked if she could take Danielle to Chuck E. Cheese in the next town - it was a family members birthday. I really did not want to, but I said yes.

Well - about 9:00at night the phone rang. It was Danielle. They were in an accident. Yes, she is ok - just a little bumped up from the impact. But there was no broken bones or blood ~ just a couple of scared girls. Some guy passed them on the road and then stopped sideways in the road in front of them. He claimed that he saw something in the road, which is not to uncommon out here. I took Danielle to the hospital and she is fine, just like I said a little jarred from the impact. And do you know what she told me? She said before they left they BOTH had a feeling that something was going to happen that they asked God to keep them safe on the way home. Really gives you the goosebumps huh? Her friend was smart enough to get right back in the truck and drive home after. She said if she didn't then she would not want to drive again. And I think that Danielle will not be so quick to ask to go with her friends in a car again, at least for a while.

That was the highlight of the weekend. Then there was trauma with our pooch.


Last week I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not - but she was getting this bubble on her ear. It was spongy inside her ear, like it was fluid. Well - we took her to the doggy hospital and she ended up having surgery. She had a hematomia. The doctor said that it was due to her head shaking a lot, due to her allergies. Well, they put her out and got rid of the fluid and put a drain tube in her her. She has to leave it in for 3 weeks. Ricky said that she looks like she belongs in a civil war picture.

Poor girl. We do get to take the bandages off today. They said that the drain tube she has in is stitched so it wont come out. But I'm just concerned that she will paw at it. So we will have to keep a close eye on her. She's a sneaky one :)


Well, that was my eventful weekend. I can say that both my girls suffered some type of trauma over the weekend ~ but they are both A O.K. and they will survive. Sometimes you get thrown a curve ball in life, it's just a test. To see how strong you are. I would like to think that we passed this test. And all is well. It just makes you think how precious life really is.


With that thought I will go. I will be back tomorrow with something, anything.
Have a super day!
Hugs,
Joani

In honor of Halloween...

I thought that I'd post another Halloween creation! As I've mentioned before, I just love Halloween! And I'm sure that you'll be sick of it by the time it rolls around if you keep up with my blog :)

Over at SCS the technique this week was to make a mini pizza box. I just had to do it! They are so darn adorable! I'm sure that I will be doing some more of these for Halloween. They are perfect to give out little treats in. And they are super simple to make!!

You take a piece of paper that is 6" x 10" long. Score in 1" on each side of the long side. Turn it 1/4 turn and score at the 1", 5", 6" and 10" marks. You will make cuts on the 1", 5", 6" and 10" marks to the 1" score line. Fold the flaps in and tape and you are done. If my directions are confusing (sometimes I know what I want to say, but my fingers cant type it out right) then click here to take you to the link and the directions.

For my box I used some DP from K&Company and the Trick or Treaters set from TAC. I punched out the different layers of Only Orange and Basic Black with my Marvy Mega & Giga Scallop Circle punches. I hope that you all try it, I'd love to see what you come up with.

This is another little treat holder that I made. It was another quick and simple thing. I've made a few of these and I really don't follow any direction - I just cut and score. But I think that maybe on the Scor-Pal site they might have some direction. They have lot's of projects you've got to check out!!!

The treat holder is made with Basic Black paper. I punched a hole in it with my 1 3/8" circle punch. It will fit over the top of a water bottle.

I stamped the images from my Trick or Treaters and Spooktacular TAC sets. I colored in the images with pencils and gamsol. I added some stickles to the moon and the booglie eyes to the images. I thought they looked cute with some booglie eyes. Thanks to my Mom for the licorice. Her and my dog, Ginger, love that stuff!!

Well - that's all that I have today. If for some reason I don't make it back tomorrow I hope you all have a safe and wonderful weekend!!
Hugs,
Joani

It's almost the weekend!

Yup, it's almost the weekend! And I'm excited it's finally Thursday. I've been waiting and waiting for today to come. Why? Because the season of CSI finally starts!! I love all the CSI shows, and this one is my favorite. Bad news though that Grissom is leaving this season. How?! He's the biggest part of the show!! I'm not sure how it will be without him, especially since they've got Laurence Fishburne taking his place. Well, we can only hope that he comes back....

I've got a couple of things to show you today. I've been in my craft room working away. I hope that you like them.

The base card is Basic Black that I layered with Pumpkin Pie and some DP that I bought a long time ago that does not have any maker on it. I stamped the images from Best Fiends and Web Wishes and colored them in with pencils. I used my Sakura gel pen on the web as you can see it's sparkly! I also added a length of orange ribbon.

I added a piece of Pumpkin Pie layered on to Basic Black to the card with the sentiment before I added the image panel.

I sponged around the image panel with black ink, layered it on to Basic Black cs and attached it to the card with pop dots.

Here's a fall card that I made for a swap that I am in. I was a little behind on getting these out. Actually when I sign up for a swap I do the cards right away so they are ready. This time I slacked a little, but they are still in the mail be deadline time.

The base card is Really Rust. I layered it with Chocolate Chip and some DP that I punched the corners with my corner punch from All Night Media. But before I added that to the card I laid down a piece of gold ribbon to tie. The image is from Great Impressions that I've had for years. I stamped it and colored it with my pencils and gamsol. I sponged Chocolate Chip ink around the image and layered it on to a piece of Chocolate Chip and a piece of Gold cs. I added the sentiment Autumn from Ann-ticipations that I stamped on Really Rust with Chocolate Chip ink. I layered that on to Chocolate Chip and Gold cs and attached it to the card with pop dots. I added some stickles to just parts of the image for just a little "pop".

I made this next card for a friend of mine, Betty last week. I did not want to post it because she did not have it yet. Our "play date" was cancelled and she did not come over. But she stopped by this week and I gave it to her so now I can post it. She was Member of the Month on my MSN site and I wanted to give her a card to make her feel a little special.

The base card is Chocolate Chip. I layered it with Bliss Blue (yes, I still have a pack of it), Chocolate Chip and some DP from Paper Trey Ink that Betty gave me Ü

I stamped the image from On the Move and colored it with my pencils. I sponged Chocolate Chip ink around that panel and layered that with Bliss Blue and Chocolate Chip paper. The sentiment in the corner I stamped in Chocolate Chip and layered on to the scraps. I'm happy to say that she liked it!

Well - that's enough for today. I do have a couple more things to show you but they will have to wait til tomorrow.

Have a great day!
Hugs, Joani

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I'm still here, really.....

Good morning everyone! It's such a nice crisp morning. I'm so excited that Fall is creeping up on us. Of course this week it's supposed to be in the upper 70's and low 80's but the mornings and evenings are still "crispy".

Even though I've not posted, I'm still here. I've been busy with life things and I've been getting in some good reading. For my birthday my Mother bought me all the Twilight books. OMGoodness ~ I could not put them down. I was so addicted!! I must say they were awesome! I'm kinda sad though, because in the 1st three books she did not write 'the end' and the last book she did. What am I going to do?? Have you ever been so caught up in a book that you become part of it. I walked around with those books - reading every second I could. And to think that the last book was it. The end. No more. How can that be? I need to know what happens next! It's awful! I want more..... Oh well, I can only hope....

Now, on to the cards.

This first one is a RAK that I received from Christina over at Paper Wings. Isn't it just adorable?? Purple, orange and black are some of my favorite colors for Halloween!














This card I made the other day consisted of a lot of coloring. So needless to say this stamp has

not been used much.

The stamp is from Imaginations. I bought this stamp a long time ago. The base card is Only Orange. I added a piece of Certainly Celery on to the lower part of the card. I doodled the "stiching" around it and added a length of ribbon to it. I then layered the image panel that I colored with pencils and gamsol on to a piece of Lovely Lilac. The "BOO" is

from Whipper Snapper. I stamped it in black and added stickles to it for a pop. The little spiders are covered with fun flock. Aside from all the coloring on the image panel the card was actually a simple one.

Well - I'm sorry that's all for today. I've got to save something for tomorrow Ü

Have a super great day!
Hugs,
Joani

Dont forget, there's a special going on.....

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Don't forget-World Card Making Day Tomorrow!

WHAT
World Card Making Day is a holiday especially for card makers around the world to Celebrate the creativity of handmade cards and the personal connection that they create between friends and family.
Kick off (and get a head start on) the holiday card-making season

WHEN
The first Saturday of each October, kicking off the holiday card-making season, the most popular time for creating and sharing handmade greetings.

WHO
The card-making community worldwide, including hobbyists, beginning card makers, manufacturers of card-making products, retail sellers of products, educators, and press are invited to come together to celebrate this holiday and creative passion.

WHY
It is a day to connect with fellow card makers both near and far, to applaud the creativity that powers the craft, and to provide an opportunity for card makers to connect and find resources that will empower, inspire, and encourage them in their card making.

So who would like to join me? Let's all sit down and make a card. Post it on your blog, or if you don't have a blog you can post it HERE and show it off to the world!!! Better yet, why don't you send it to someone, it will put a smile on their face!

For even more info about this holiday please click HERE to take you to one of my favorite magazine web sites, Paper Crafts and there is loads of information about this "holiday".

Hugs,

Joani

Ü Happy Friday Everybody!

Woo Hoo it's Friday! For some reason my internal clock has been telling me most of the week that it's Friday, but I'm glad it's here.


I've been a little busy working on some cards to show you. But for some reason I don't feel like they are just right. I'm thinking that a trip to the scrapbook store is called for. I'm in need of some new paper.


As I've told you all before, I am a lover of Halloween and Fall. So that's why your going to be seeing a lot of Fall cards. I'm almost done with Halloween ~ but my DD came up to me the other day and told me that she likes all her teachers this year. So you know what that means? Yup, I get to make little teacher goodies. Last year she only liked one teacher, so I was off the hook. Looks like I'm going to get busier than I thought!



I made this card to send out for a RAK. I wanted to use only theangelcompany™ products and they don't have any paper, so I thought well what do I have that can be used for Halloween? Then I thought about the Brighten my Day collection. It's got orange colors in it! Ok, not a traditional Halloween card, but I thought that with the black it would look nice.

I used a Basic Black for the base card and layered it with Only Orange and paper from my TAC™ Brighten my Day collection. I sponged black ink around the Only Orange layer. I stamped the images from my Spooktacular set and colored them with my pencils. I sponged Only Orange around the layer and adhered that to the card. The sentiment, also from my Spooktacular set I stamped straight on to the DP. I think that it turned out ok.

I'm sorry for the glare in this picture ~ I tried to fix it and couldn't. This is another stamp from the Spooktacular set. I think that these images are adorable!! And they fit nicely into the scallop circle punches!

I looked back thru some old SCS sketches and found this one SC179 that I thought might look ok for this card.

I stamped my image from the TAC™ Spooktacular set, punched it out with my Mega Scallop Circle punch and sponged Only Orange around the edges and added small black dots to the scallops. I then punched out a piece of Only Orange with my Giga Scallop punch. I lightly sponged black around the edges, then I added the black dot's to the scallops.


The base card was a piece of yellow paper that I had that's not too thick - so all the layers helps. I added a piece of Only Orange and a layer of DP from Heidi Grace. I then took some DP from SU! and layered that on to a piece of Basic Black and added the length of ribbon. The sentiment is from the Spooktacular set also. I stamped that with white ink onto black paper and layered that on to a piece of Only Orange and added that to the bottom right corner. Once the card was complete I added some orange stickles around the moon to give it a glow and I was complete.


This card is a mish mash of all things scrapped. I have a dear friend, who's name I wont mention ~ comes over and goes thru my craft room garbage because I'm bad about throwing things out. I have paper that I'm sure I can still use but toss out. So she goes thru it and punches out squares for her inchies. I've not got into the whole inchie thing ~ they are just too small for me to concentrate on. I tend to over layer, or over do. With inchies you have such a small space, I'm always thinking too big. Anyway, this card is "dedicated" to her ~ because I was good and used my scraps Ü

The base card is Basic Black. I layered it with a piece of Certainly Celery and Orchid Opulence. The DP is from Heidi Grace, Making Memories and Frances Meyer. The image is from A Country Welcome and I purchased that years ago. I think it's still available on their site. I colored the image with my pencils and gamsol. I sponged some Orchid Opulence ink around the edges, layered it and I was complete. This card was actually very fast and easy. I followed another sketch from SCS, which is SC194.

I do have another couple of cards to show you but I am going to wait until tomorrow ~ I don't want to overdose you in one day :)

Have a great day and I will be back tomorrow to show you more!

Hugs,
Joani

Happy Tuesday!

Howdy everyone! Here I am again ~ I'm sorry it's been a while. Once again, life. Life got in the way. I was just saying to someone that isn't it weird that when you work you find time to get in your crafting or "me" time. But when you don't work, don't have that 9-5 you can barely find time to get everything done. Why is that? I sure would like to know.

So in the spirit of fall, I've made a couple of fall cards. The first one that I made was for the challenge over at SCS. It was the card sketch from last Wednesday - but at least I had finished it. The challenge was to make a card using this sketch:

And here is the card that I made:
The base card is Chocolate Chip. I layered it with Garden Green, So Saffron and some DP that I've had forever that I don't know who made it, sorry. It was in some paper pack that I got many years ago. The image is very old. It is from D.O.T.S. and it is called Bountiful Harvest. It's one of my favorites to do each year. This time I colored it with my watercolor crayons. I sponged it with Garden Green ink and layered it on to So Saffron and Garden Green. Following the sketch I layered it and the other layers on to the card. I added the length of ribbon for a small touch. I also pulled out my Friskars corner punch and punched the corner of the other layers. So, wadda think? Is is "fall-y"???

You wanna see another Fall card??? Here it is.....

This card is a mish mash of a few stamps. Since I am a lover of fall (really, could you tell?) I love apples and apple trees. These stamps get pulled out every year.

I first stamped the tree by Great Impressions. I then stamped the basket also by Great Impressions, twice. Once on the image panel and once on scratch paper for a mask. I then took out my SU! set Happy Fall Ya'll and used the mask to cover the basket and stamped the fence. I used my pencils and gamsol to color the images. Here and there I used my markers to just add a touch. I layered the image panel on to a piece of Really Rust. The base card is Chocolate Chip and a piece of DP, from who I don't remember. I attached the panel and made some photo corners and added a red jewel to bling it up.

I would also like to show you a card that my dear friend Betty sent to me. She got a few people together and asked us if we wanted to make cards to swap for World Card Making Day which is October 4th. Now if you want why don't you go and make a card and send it out to someone to make their day!

Fall is my favorite time of year ~ you know that, I've said it enough. But what else would you like to see? I might bore you with all the Fall and Halloween cards. Is there something else you'd like to see? If so just leave me a comment, I'd appreciate it!

Well I'm off to visit blog land and then to get a few cards made. What's on your agenda today?

Hugs,
Joani

Just jumpin' in really quick to....

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I should be back in the next couple of days to show you some more posts. Sorry I've been busy this weekend ~ life's getting in the way of my play time :)

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,
Joani

Good Morning!

Howdy everyone!

I have a quick post to show you. Yesterday I sat down and I was having trouble working on things. I would stop and pick up another project or start to tidy up my craft room. I just could not concentrate on doing anything. I actually did finish a card ~ but I think that my brain was sidetracked and you could tell on my card.

I have this HUGE tubby filled with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas stamps. I put all those holiday stamps in it and tuck it away through the year. There is no need for me to keep them all out when I don't use them all year. Besides, it makes more room to buy other stamps! Well the crazy mood I was in yesterday I pulled it out. I had to make the first card with this little guy. I bought these stamps years ago. The hat, kitty, kettle and saying stamps are all from Ann-ticipations. This sour faced kitty can be used with so many different things.


So I preceded to make the card. The base card is Basic Black. I added the background paper from Cloud 9. I stamped the kitty and the kettle and colored them in with my watercolor crayons. I then cut out the image panel and adhered it to a piece of Tangerine Tango. Isn't it perfect how SU! came out with another orange color just in time for Halloween?

I used my mega and giga scallop punches to punch out the orange and purple circles. I placed them on the card before I added the image panel. I also added a ladle in the kitty's paw and another hat to his head with pop dots.

I wanted to add the sentiment panel to the front of the card ~ but I kinda ran out of room so it had to go where it went. Told you I was in a strange mood yesterday! I then added some stickles to the steam coming out of the pot and I was finished - thank goodness.

This is a good idea gone bad! It totally goes to show that if you are not feeling right or in a "mood" that it reflects on your work. It reminds me of a saying I once read when my DD was little "Don't let your Mom brush your hair when she's mad at your Dad". But in this case it was "Don't create anything until your personal black cloud blows by".

On another note....

Danielle is in a class in school called floral design. She is really having fun with this class to the point where she'd like to work at the local florist but you've got to be over 18. Anyway, I wanted to show you what she made and brought home yesterday. I think that it's adorable! What looks like shaved ice in the glass is just smooshed up Styrofoam. Cool, huh?

Well ~ that's enough from me today. I think that my mood has changed a bit and I will try to create something better today to share with you.


Have a great day!!

Hugs,
Joani

Just as I promised ~ here I am!

Good morning everyone! Just as I promised I've got some post's to show you.

But first, I wanted to give you a little peek at what is inside of the Fall Supplement from The Angel Company. Are they just the cutest little guys? If you would like to place an order just send me an e-mail. I'd be happy to take care of that for you!



Yesterday when I sat down I was still in Halloween mode, and I might be for a while longer. So you think that you can handle that? I just love Halloween. I will make "other" things too just so it won't get too boring for you....




Here is the first card that I made yesterday. It was super quick and easy. I had saved this piece of DP from SU! Ghostly Greetings to use on something. I just love the white webby flourish thing. So I used the bats from my TAC set called Spooktacular. I layered it on to a piece of Tangerine Tango and Basic Black, added the sentiment and I was done. Told ya, super quick and easy.









Here's another Halloween card... I got this new SU! set called Tableau of Terror. I don't think that they are terrifying, do you?

The base card is Tangerine Tango. I layered it with a piece of Basic Black and then 3 different stripes of DP from the Ghostly Greetings pack. I stamped the image and used my watercolor crayons to color in the image. I sponged Perfect Plum around the edge of the image panel then I layered it on to a piece of Perfect Plum cs. I then made the photo corners from scrap and adhered those to the panel.


For the sentiment and cute little bat those came from my Best Fiends set. I stamped the sentiment in Perfect Plum, sponged it and layered it on to a scrap piece of Perfect Plum cs and adhered it to the card. The bat is stamped in black directly on to the card.




Ok, now here is a card that has nothing to do with Halloween. I needed to make a card thanking my sister in law for her kindness towards hubby and I for our anniversary. We just celebrated our anniversary and she was very generous to us.


I wanted to make something pretty to thank her so I pulled out my A Beautiful Thing set. I just love this sentiment.


The base card is Rose Red. I layered it with Certainly Celery, So Saffron and a piece of DP from the Bella Rose collection. I used my Fiskars corner punch on it and added a length of Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon to it. Very easy and pretty. I'm sure that she'll like it.


Well ~ that's it for today. If there is something that you like, or something that you would like to see different please leave me a comment. I want to make sure that you all enjoy what you see, that you like to stop by my blog.


Hugs,
Joani

Just a tease...

Hello there everyone! I would like to first say that I am sorry for not posting on a regular basis lately. We have been helping my SIL get her home ready. One of her son's and his family will be moving out here from California to stay with her and we've been out there everyday for about a week. That's what's been taking up my crafting time. But that's fine, she does SO much for everyone else that it is time we all help her out.

I wanted to share with you a little sneek peek at what The Angel Company has in store for you. Their fall supplement is out and available to view on line! If you'd like to take a peek you can view it HERE. If you are one of my customers your fall supplement is all addressed and ready to be mailed ~ I just need to get to the post office.

I am going to get off this computer and get into the craft room and make something to share with you all tomorrow! Promise!!

Take care & have a happy crafting day!

Hugs,
Joani

I'm sorry....

Hello there everyone!!!
I'm sorry that I've not been posting regularly ~ but my DD decided to bring home a nasty bug and she gave it to me!

I should be back in a few days - full steam - making something or another :)

I did want to show you the "tool box" that I got for my birthday. I've been wanting one of these for a while and have not purchased it. It's my inker box.

I took the inkers that I have with a clean sponge and put it in a drawer. When I want to sponge something, say Pink Passion then I know that I am not using a Pixie Pink sponge. I've got almost all the inkers ~ I really did not have reason to buy them all at once. Now I do, I've got to fill all the drawers :)

For the labels I went on to SCS and printed off a chart. You can find it here. I just cut the chart apart for the drawer labels. But it is nice to have because you can keep track of your SU! inventory.

Well - I hope that you have a very nice, crafty day!

Hugs,
Joani

Hello everyone! And here's a promotion!!!

Who loves a sale? Better yet, who loves a sale on rubber stamps??? I know I do for sure!!

Well The Angel Company™ has done it again!! They are having their double dip promotion. What does that mean? Well, it means TWICE the goodies for you! That's what that means!

As a customer you can have twice the goodies. If you make a a purchase from the catalogue worth $100.00 (before shipping and handling) you will receive not just the one hostess set, but TWO hostess set's free!! And that's not all! You will also receive TWO 1/2 price items from the catalogue!!! How cool is that?! You can get that bind-it-all that you've been wanting or the scor-pal that keeps getting put on your list and taken off because you can't justify spending $40.00 on it. Well, now you don't! You can get it for $20.00 with a qualifying order. Or maybe you have those items and you'd just like to get some stamp sets 1/2 off. With the exception of some alphabet sets the highest price stamp set in out catty is only $19.95!!

And not only will you get double the hostess rewards and double the 1/2 off items ~ you will get double the Gift with Purchase stamps too!! So instead of picking out just one GWP stamp for every $30.00 you spend, you will get 2! How's that for a promotion!!!

BUT WAIT!!! There's more!!
If you've been sitting on the fence about signing up with a company ~ either to start your own little business or to just be a hobby demo, now is the time. Because if you sign up with The Angel Company™ now you can enjoy and extra $50.00 in stamps to go along with your starter kit!!

So who would like to join me for some double dippin'?

And I would also like to let my customers know that I am ordering the fall supplement as we speak - so as soon as I have it in my hot little hands I will get a copy out to you!

If you have any questions just shoot me an e-mail and I'd be happy to help.

Have a great day!!
Hugs,
Joani

Happy Friday!

Good morning everyone! I hope that today finds you well!

I wish that I could say the same. It seems that my wonderful DD has decided to share with me her cold that she just got over. Actually share with me and Mom. So as I sit here feeling not to up to par, I just wanted to share with you a couple of things.

One of the projects that I had made a few months ago for Paper Wings was a picture frame. I often joke with my daughter that I loved it when she was a baby. She never talked back - then she learned how to walk & talk and it's now all history!!

This was one of the easiest projects to do. I really don't remember if there was a pattern or not. I just took a round coaster, cut a hole in the center, covered it with paper (from TAC's Uptown Girl collection) and popped the photo in it.

For the back of the frame you can see that I used just plain pink paper. I took the piece that I cut out and "bent" it a tad then took 2 eyelets and secured the stand to the back of the card.

I added the butterfly on the wire and sandwiched it between the front and the back of the frame. I also added a piece of ribbon to the stand so it would not open too far and fall.

Do you remember when I said that I would not buy anything else til I use what I had? Well, no ~ I've been good. But I'm just bored!! Well my friend Betty stopped by this week and she had some new stamps that I got to ink up. It's from My Favorite Things and the set is called Totally Witchin'! So I was just as excited as if I got something new in the mail myself. And of course it is time to make Halloween cards ~ so that's twice as nice.

I used some SU! paper that I've got - Ghostly Greetings - to make this card.

It's a Basic Black card with different layers of the Ghostly Greetings paper mounted on it. The image was colored with my pencils and gamsol.

I made a couple of photo corners from the extra pieces (Betty, you'd be proud of me!) and used my Sakura gel pen on their stockings and I was done.

It's kinda funky, but I like it.

Well - if I don't make it back here this weekend to post it's either because 1. I'm feeling icky or 2. I'm better and helping my SIL sheet rock a couple of rooms in her home.

Have a great one!
Hugs,

Joani

A quick Howdy & A card!

Hello there everyone!

As you can tell by my not posting, I've been busy for the past few days.

Let me share with you..... Monday was my birthday. One day closer to the big "40"!!! Just one more year and I'm on top of the hill - as my DD would say. But I want to share with you what my wonderful sister-in-law did for me. It was the most memorable birthday I think that I've had.

First let me tell you - we have this hat. It started when I first came out here. I just love birthday's, and I personally think that everyone's day should be their special day. You MUST have a balloon and cake. And you must have some sort of a celebration! So when I first moved out here I went to the party store that they have in town. There was this necklace there that was just beads and it had this huge plastic circle filled with confetti and on it was written "It's my Birthday". Well, I bought it and made everyone wear it on their day. So when my birthday came around my SIL thought she'd top that and buy a tiara that said the same. I had to wear that! But it actually hurt, it was too heavy and pinched so we just put that away.


Well, last year once again my SIL and her boyfriend bought this HUGE hat that said "It's my birthday" but it was colorful with candles on it! So last year I had to wear that in public. Oh, trust me - everyone's birthday since has had to wear it too!!

So Monday started early. My SIL came over, made me wear the hat and we were off. She took me to Starbuck's to start the day. Then she took me to get a pedicure, took me to get my haircut and took me to lunch. Yes, even after I got my hair cut she made me wear the hat! So we came home and a little bit later my hubby took me to the movies! It was a huge day and I slept well that night. You know it is kinda funny ~ and makes me think back to what the comedian Bill Engval said once about "Here's your sign". Here I am wearing this silly hat and people everyplace we went said "Is it your birthday?" Um, well no - my ear's were cold. Trust me people, if it was not my birthday I would not wear the silly hat!



So, now I want to show you a card that I made the other day.


I needed to make a thank you card and this is what I came up with. I was searching thru my book that I made up of sketches from SCS and this popped out at me. To be honest I forgot to write it down, but I think that it is sketch 25 or something close to it. It was an old one, I remember that.


And trying to stick with my pact of not buying anything new until I use what I have (this could take a while!) I used an old SU! set called Both Way Blossoms. What better than something long and skinny for this sketch, huh?


My base card was Purely Pomegranate. I layered it with a piece of Certainly Celery and a piece of the Bella Rose DP. That paper is so yummy!!! I stamped the images and layered them on to Purely Pomegranate & swiped them across a Purely Pomegranate ink pad. I took my designer label punch and punched a piece of Purely Pomegranate paper and adhered that to the card. I then stamped the sentiment from Versatile Verses on a piece of white cs with Pomegranate ink and layered that on to a piece of Certainly Celery cs.

Before I finished I added a little sparkle with my sakura gel pen to the flowers and I was done.


I hope you enjoyed my post today ~ now I need to get off this computer and go create something!


Have a great day!!

Hugs,
Joani

Good Morning!

Good Morning everyone! I hope today finds you all well.

Yesterday was not such a bad day. We drove out to see Betty where she was camping and took her TAC order to her. Not bad, huh? How's that for customer service :)

I wanted to get some crafting done, but the day seemed to slip by. I'm not sure where it went to. I looked at the clock last night and it was 7:00p.m. and thought "we didn't even have supper!" Time just sort of got away from me. I did have time to finish a card I was working on. I wanted to make a card for this weeks sketch challenge 192 over at SCS so I did. I'm in Halloween mode right now.

For the base card I used Basic Black. A must have staple at Halloween ~ and I have plenty of it!
I layered the card with paper from SU!'s Ghostly Greetings collection. I'm so going to get more to keep on hand because I'm sure it will retire.

I stamped the image from SU! Just Fiends set and colored it with my pencils and gamsol then layered it on to a piece of Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black. It looked a little lonely there so I stamped the sentiment from TAC's Spooktacular in white on black paper and layered that on to a piece of Pumpkin Pie I punched out with my scallop punch. I layered it on to the paper with pop dots, I think it looks much better.

Now lot's of you were asking for directions on how to make the tri-fold card that I made. It's very simple.

Take a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of paper. Score it at 2 1/2" and 5 3/4". On the 2 1/2" score line cut the paper down to 3 1/2" and on the 5 3/4" score line cut the paper down to 4 1/4". Cover each front section with DP or stamped cs. To make the belly band just use a piece of cs that is 6 1/2" and decorate the front with different punches or flowers, whatever is desired.

Told ya, very easy!

I think that today I will get some more crafting done - so hopefully tomorrow I will be able to post more to show you.

So far I've only got 4 people to play in my "Birthday Candy" game. Does no one want to play? I will run the game thru the end of the week and draw a winner on September 12th. You don't have to send me a card. Just make a card, post it on your blog and link it back to me. Make sure that you post a message on my blog so I know that you did it. Easy, fun and a chance to win some goodies for yourself.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Hugs,
Joani

I'm sorry....

I'm so very sorry that I've not been posting - just a lot going on around here lately.
There has been a few of you ask for the directions to the tri-fold card that I made and posted a few days back ~ I hope to get that posted today, if not then tomorrow at the latest.

I wanted to also thank a couple of wonderful women who have given me yet more blog awards!

Gabby, once again has given me another award. It is the Brillante Weblog award. I must pass this on to 5 women who's blogs I think are brilliant.

1. Becca over at Amazing Paper Grace. Her cards are amazing for sure!!
2. Mel over at Mel Stamps. How does she come up with all these links? She's an inspiration.
3. MaryBeth over at Stampin Space. She always puts a smile on my face.
4. Linsey over at Outside the Lines. Her ideas always spark my creativity.
5. Nic over at Gorillamama Greats. Her blog's never boring. She uses a variety of stamps and such you are never bored.

Hmmmm.... Now, I've got another award from Tracy over at Stamping all Seasons. That award is the The Wylde Woman Award. Here are the Rules for this award:

1. You can give it to 1 or 100 or any number in between - it's up to you.
   Make sure you link their site on this post.
2. Link back to this blog.
3. Remember the purpose of this award:
   To send love and acknowledgment to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy. So here I go!

• Betty - Stampin' and Scrappin with Betty. This woman I had met this year on the internet and we've become good friends. I look forward to her visits often. She is one awesome lady!
• Cheryl - Cheryl Stamps and Scraps. This is another amazing woman who I've met on the internet (I'm seeing a pattern here - I don't get out much) and she is a great lady.
• Julie - Julie's Rubber Temple. I've know her for a few years thru our online stamping group and she's recently started a blog. Julie is a great lady with a wonderful talent.
• Barb - Barb Cards. Another talented lady I've met on my MSN site. She also makes me smile when I see her cards.

I know that I've forgetting so many wonderful people I've met on line - who inspire me, make me smile and share my love of papercrafting. If you are one of those people who have touched my life - consder yourself awarded!!!

Also for those of you who do not know, September is National Stamping Month. So let's get our juices flowing and see what we can come up with this month!! It's a month to honor all of the hard "work" that we do. Oh, and by the way October 4th this year is National Card Making Day. It's our own little holiday!! For more info on that click here.

I've got a few things to get done, you know ~ house stuff. Geez, sometimes that house stuff interferes with my play time ;-)

So if I dont check back in today - I'll be back tomorrow for sure!

And don't forget to play along with my birthday candy. Who wants some free stuff???

Hugs,
Joani

A SpookTACular kind of day & gone to the birds!

Howdy everyone! I hope that your week's been going good so far! Yesterday was Doctor appointment day and run around day. Those day's just beat me - especially when it's 90 and humid out. Going in and out of the cool stores to the heat outside ~ it just kicks my rear! So today I figure that I am doing nothing but stay in and craft. The only time that I'm peeking my head outside is when the mail comes.

And speaking of mail..... I placed one of my stamper's group party orders on Tuesday. I figured that Monday was a holiday and TAC was closed, they might be a little behind. Well, I went in last night to check the order and it was shipped on Monday!!! It should be here today ~ that's so super quick! So later on today I'm going to be sorting and putting my packages together. I never would of thought it would be here that quick. I just love getting party orders in. I ooooogle over everyone's stuff and then make a list of what I "have" to get.....

Well - my hubby finally finished one of his projects the other day. He started off late spring with making a bird house. I have a weeping willow tree in the back yard that I hung a bird feeder in. I just love to watch the birds in the yard. So he thought that he'd make a birdhouse to go with the feeder. Then my SIL was tossing out her birdbath - I took it. So now I've got the bird bath and the feeder. So Hubby's been working on the birdhouse for a long time. It's just something that he tinkers around with in his spare moments. And it's funny ~ he started out making this little birdhouse and it got bigger and bigger. I teased him that it was no longer a birdhouse, it was a bird condominium! It's got 10 holes for 10 different compartments in it! It's huge! But I love it, and I love him for making it! So now, within a few feet from one another I've got the feeder, the bird bath and the condo all together.

He's such a joker - I told him to pose for the camera and this is what I got!

He knows that I'm always snapping pictures of everything. And some day I will have them all in an album - I've got to get another one. The one that I have is so full and heavy that you pretty much have to keep it on the table.....

But anyway - each "story" of the house is petitioned off inside. There are 4 "units" on the first floor, four on the second and then there is 2 "attic" units. He used actually roofing shingles on the roof. Then he got out the table saw and cut the little strips to make the "barn doors". This project has literally taken months of a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Of course I always have something for him to do. Like the hillbilly hangers.... He was working on those around the parts to the condo... But now it's done and he's happy.

Now, on to what I created....

A couple of weeks ago SCS had a tutorial on the Joy Fold card. I just never got around to making it until now.

As most of you know I am a lover of Halloween. It is my favorite holiday to decorate and send cards out. There are so many adorable Halloween images out there. No, I don't like the scary, creepy stuff. But I love the cute images, pumpkins and all the cute little kiddies dressed up trick or treating. It's so fun!

This card I made using a Basic Black base. I used the SU! Ghostly Greeting DP along with Pumpkin Pie and Only Orange cs. The images are from TAC's Spooktacular and Trick or Treaters sets. They are adorable!! I colored everything with my pencils and gamsol and I was done.

Today I hope to get some more Halloween or Fall items done ~ but I must first get off the computer to do so :)

I hope that you all have a wonderful day!!! And dont forget!!! I am running "birthday candy" for someone who would like to win a suprise!! See this post for more info!

Hugs,

Joani

Good morning everyone! And some birthday candy

I hope that the long weekend kept everyone safe and rested. Now I'm a little excited for fall to be here. Labor day in my mind marks the end of summer - even though it seems to be getting hotter and hotter out.

I think I've said it before, my favorite time of year is fall. The leaves are changing, there begins a crispness in the air. But according to the forecast for this coming week, I don't think there will be any crispness in the air any time soon.

Enough of the sappy stuff ~ let's get to work!

This card is still not what I wanted. I have this image in my head and it just wont work out on paper! Has that ever happened to you?

I've got this image in my head but when I sit down to create the card it just won't come out the way I want to. The card still turned out cute I guess ~ but it's not what I wanted.

I used a stamp set from TAC that's been discontinued - but everyone has a set similar to this one I'm sure.

The base card is Pixie Pink and the DP is some I found in my scrap drawer already cut - I'm not sure who it's from. I stamped the little candle from a SU! set called Birthday Banter for each day of the month except for the actual birthday. I stamped the date for the day. I then punched out the circle using my 3/4" and 1/2" circle punches. The cupcakes are from a Stampendous set "Hey there Cupcake" set and the present is also from them. The hat is from Hero Arts. I stamped each and cut them out and positioned them at different places on the card. I used some stickles to jazz it up a bit and I was done.

I was in need of making a card to send to a new found friend on line. I want

ed to use some of my yummy paper from SU! I was so in love with the Berry Bliss paper that they had - and now that it's gone I had to fall in love with another, Bella Rose. To me it's almost as nice as the Berry Bliss ~ but then anything that has to do with card making and is brown is ok in my book!

Just a simple card to go with the post it note holder I made for her too. The card is nothing but DP and ribbon, with a small sentiment in the corner from my TAC set Enjoy Today. Sometimes simpler is better.

There is another lady that I've met on line thru one of the forums that I belong to. She's having a bit of a hard time right now and I wanted to make something that might cheer her up. And of course one of my favorite flowers is daises. Some more DP that I have in a drawer that I don't know who it's from. I do have lot's and lot's of paper like that.

The daisy is from TAC and it's called Gerbera Daisy. The base card is Ballet Blue. I stamped the image and colored it in with my pencils and gamsol then layered it on to a piece of Creamy Caramel and sponged some Creamy Caramel ink around the edge of the image panel. The card is layered with the DP and Creamy Caramel. I added a length of ribbon to it too.

Once the card was all put together I added some stickles to the flower to give it a little shine. I sure hope that it brightens her day.

Since my hits are getting up there, I want to offer up some candy - "birthday" candy that is. Next week is my birthday and I was thinking that I would offer up a present to you all.

Make me a birthday card and post it on your blog. Then link it back to me and post a message on this post. I will then draw thru random.org the winner of some blog candy that I will be giving to you. Think of it as my birthday present to YOU. Let's see how many people we can get to play this.....

I hope that you all have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Joani