Stamped Butterfly Anniversary Card

I am celebrating 15 years of a wonderful marriage to my best friend! Here is the card that I will give to him today. It features one of my favorite TAC sets, Flutter By. This butterfly stamp set will be retiring in July 2009 . Do yourself a favor and grab this set while it is on sale for only $8.21. In fact, all of the stamp sets that will be retired by The Angel Company are ON SALE NOW at 25% OFF. Order before July 1, 2009 because these rubber stamp sets will not be in the new catalog.

In case you are wondering how I created this card let me tell you that it was not at all what I originally envisioned. My alcohol inks were feeling lonely because I hadn't used them in such a long time. I created a green colored background on glossy paper. Then I embossed it with one of my Cuttlebug templates. I thought I had made a mistake putting my paper in because the raised edge wasn't on the side that I wanted. Then I thought....hmmm...those leaves would really stand out if I swiped my black ink over the background. That made the leaves show up quite nicely. I ended up with a background that was just crying out (yes, sometimes my art work talks to me) for some butterflies.

I stamped the butterflies separately with black pigment ink and heat emossed with black embossing powder. I colored them in with Copic Markers, cut them out and then placed them on top of the card. I'll admit that I felt guilty cutting off the antennae and wondered if anyone would notice that they were missing....but it was bothering me so I used some really thin craft wire to re-create them.

Stamps:
Flutter By
Trendy Greetings

Supplies:
Black Embossing Powder
Graphite Black Brilliance Ink

A Little Bird Love

I challenged myself to make a Valentine card that wasn't red or pink and this is what I came up with. The image is from SWAK (sealed with a kiss), the Vintage Stamp Set release for February 2009. It will only be available for a limited time. This is a great stamp set for those who enjoy coloring!



Created with The Angel Company Rubber stamps:
SWAK (Feb 2009 Vintage Stamp Set)
Trendy Greetings

Birdy toasts to the New Year!

Here's one of the cards that I created using the Barnyard Birthday rubber stamp set. All I had to do was cut out the glass from the For All Seasons rubber stamp set and place it in the bird's hand.....er...um...I mean...wing so he can toast to the New Year!

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps:

Barnyard Birthday
Trendy Greetings
For All Seasons
Mia's Cottage (Soar With It) paper

Faux Cloissone' Technique - Mother's Day Card

OK...so I know it's November and you're probably not even thinking about Mother's Day, but when I tried the Faux Cloisonne Technique the card just morphed into a Mother's Day card...I really had no control over it. The technique is super easy. Just get out a magazine and stamp an image onto one of the glossy pages with your VersaMark inkpad and heat emboss with Gold Embossing powder. This happened to be a picture of a baby's quilt, but you'd never know it now! Grab some of your old magazines and a stamp...preferably one with bold lines and not too much detail and give it a try. You can even try adding some Crystal Lacquer over the top to give it some shine (I've got one drying now that looks pretty good.)

Created with The Angel Company Stamps:

Butterfly Swirls
Trendy Greetings

Decorative Circle Medallion

When I saw the TLC193 Decorative Circle Medallion Technique Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers it reminded me of how I used to make snowflakes by cutting into a folded circle shape. I didn't have any corner punches so I just used a tulip punch that I had hanging around. The card was kind of boring so I used stickles to jazz it up. I'll have to try some other punches to see if I can get a more interesting pattern.

Created with The Angel Company products:

Ornamental Snowflakes
Trendy Greetings
Scallop Circle Punch
Stickles

I used a tulip punch that I had in my punch drawer, but you can try any hand punch for a decorative effect. Visit Splitcoast Stampers to view the Decorative Circle Medallion Technique.

Flowers and Holly featuring Angelee Paper

I've combined a couple of challenges to bring you this card. My upline, Heather Scott, came up with the card sketch and one of my very talented downlines, Melisa Waldorf, wanted to see what other TAC Angels could do with the Flowers and Holly set. She has some wonderful samples on her blog so be sure to take a look.

Created with The Angel Company Stamps:

Flowers and Holly
Trendy Greetings
Angelee Paper with coordinating Cardstock & Ribbon.
Prismacolor Pencils

Elephant Silhouettes in the Sunset

I just can't get enough of these brayered background cards! I used two different sized circles to create the sunset in the background. I put the smallest circle on first and brayered Paris Lights, then I added the larger circle over it and brayered the orange on top of that. I removed the circles and I just sponged on the orange and some yellow to blend the colors a bit. The bottom is simply torn cardstock with Noir black rolled along the bottom.

I had already finished this card and noticed that it resembles Heather Scott's Weekly Card Sketch Challenge! She made a great card using the Holiday Cheer stamp set from The Angel Company (Fall Supplement).

Take Pride
Always Remember
Trendy Greetings
Noir Palette Ink
Paris Lights
Orangerie
Black Scrapper's Floss

Flowers in a Vase

(CASE'd card for a Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS)

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps:

Spring Flowers
Trendy Greetings
Running Stitches
Genevieve Paper Collection

Horses in the Sunset

(Inspired by Michelle Zindorf. You've got to visit her blog and see her beautiful cards!) I had a bit of trouble with brayer lines because I'm just learning...so pretend like you don't notice...lol.

Created with The Angel Company Stamps:

Happy Trails
Tree Silhouettes (Discontinued)
Trendy Greetings
Palette Ink: Toile Pink, Nude, Seascape, Reflection Blue, Noir Black

Ice Cream Girl

Created with The Angel Company Products:

Ice Cream
Trendy Greetings
Brighten My Day - Designer Collection (TAC Exclusive Paper)
Giga Scallop Circle Punch