Birthday Card/Favor Box with Template

Here's a birthday card and favor box that I made for a friend's birthday. I put some M&Ms into the box for the birthday "sweets."

Created with The Angel Company Stamps & Papercrafting Products:

Stamps: Birthday Wishes & Little Cupcake
Paper: Mia's Cottage - Soar With it Collection
Cardstock: Mia's Cottage, White CS
Ink: Belle Rose Palette Ink

This Favor Box PDF template is available for instant download for only 99 cents! (I'm trying to find creative ways to pay these bills that are piling up!) I used the file with my CraftRobo and it worked perfectly.

Spring Bunny Easter Holiday Cards

Here are two of the cards that I submitted for the catalog design call that were not chosen. Both cards feature Angelee designer paper.

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps & Papercrafting Products:

First Card:
Rubber Stamps: I Love Easter

Second Card:
Rubber Stamps: NoBunny Like You

Both Cards:
Paper: Angelee - Soar With it Collection
Cardstock: Angelee Coordinating Cardstock


Here are my other entries. Please take a moment to take a look at all of the wonderful entries for The Angel Company catalog design call:

Michelle

Christina

Photo Gal Jan

Carol 1, Carol 2, Carol 3

Ginger

For All Seasons Birthday Card

Here's another card that I had submitted for the catalog design call! This set is great for creating your own background paper for cards/scrapbooks.

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking Supplies:

Rubber Stamp Sets: For All Seasons & Tag Tidbits
Paper: Brighten My Day -Designer Collection
Cardstock: DCWV

Here's an image of the complete set:

Lilly Anna Twins Baby Card

Here's a card that I submitted (but not used) for the new catalog art submissions call. Unfortunately, the rubber stamp set was discontinued but you can still get the designer paper.

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps & Papercrafting Products:

Rubber Stamp Set: Twins
Paper: Lilly Anna - Soar With it Collection
Cardstock: Lilly Anna Coordinating Cardstock.

The Angel Company Blogs, Great Ideas from The Angel Company

Here are links to The Angel Company blogs that feature papercrafting projects using The Angel Company rubber stamps, designer papers, and projects featured in The Angel Company Catalog.

Snowman Nativity

Here is a card to help get you ready for the winter. This card is based on a sketch comes from my upline, Heather Scott. I used Reflection Blue Palette Ink for the snowflakes and actually stamped some clear embossed flakes in white, but they don't show up that well. I did use some non-TAC products like the Aleene's Glitter Snow and the Ranger Puffs Embossing Powder, but I couldn't resist adding some texture to the card.

If you'd like to get some more ideas for using Ornamental Snowflakes and Snowman Nativity rubber stamp sets please visit the blogs of some talented Angels:

Melisa Jany Kellyrae Diane Martha

Jen Barb Carol Laurie

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

Always Remember Friendship Card

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

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps & Supplies:

Always Remember
Catelynne Paper Collection
DCWV Cardstock

Miss Moxie Ladybug Race

I still have the Miss Moxie paper collection in the midst of my work area so I used it to make this for a sketch challenge.

Created with the Angel Company Stamps & Supplies:

Bitty Bugs
Miss Moxie - Soar With It Paper Collection
Miss Moxie Cardstock - Soar With It Collection

Miss Moxie Flamingo Card

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps & Supplies:

Happy Day
Miss Moxie Paper (Soar With it Collection)
Miss Moxie Cardstock (Soar With it Collection)
PrismaColor Pencils

Spring Bunny Card

Peeking Bunnies
by Deb Grady 2007

Created with The Angel Company stamps:
No Bunny Like You

Sweet Skunks Z Fold Card

I was just trying my hand at making a Z-fold card with the Scor Pal. I was having trouble finding a just the right shade for the flowers. I ended up using a combination of Lyra Watercolor Crayons and Mahogany Red PrismaColor Pencil.

Angel Company Supplies Used:

Sweet Skunks
Uptown Girl - Wing-it Paper Collection
Black Cardstock
White Cardstock
Noir Palette Hybrid Ink
Bordeaux Palette Hybrid Ink
Lyra Watercolor Crayons
PrismaColor Pencils
Scor-Pal
Black Ribbon (non TAC)

Square Ladybug 2-Minute Notecard

This is a very quick and easy card to make! At first glance The Angel Company's Circle Sampler set doesn't look like much, but it's great for window cards like these. It gives some nice detail around the opening.

Bitty Bugs
Circle Sampler
Moulin Rouge Palette Ink
Red Ribbon

Altered Kisses Jar & Candle with Coordinating Card

Mimi Soar With It Paper Collection (SWIC)
Mimi SWIC Cardstock
Mimi SWIC Ribbon
All Things of Nature (bird stamp)
Trendy Greetings (card sentiment)
More Abundance

On Safari Baby Card

Supplies:

On Safari
Circle Sampler
Burnt Umber Palette Ink
Mimi Paper Collection
Mimi Cardstock
Mimi Ribbon
PrismaColor Pencils

Heartitude Embossed Valentine Card

Here's a Valentine card that uses two stamp sets. I've noticed there are a lot of swirly stamp sets in The Angel Company Catalog so I figured I would try using them as a background for this card.

Supplies:

Heart-itude
Flourishes
Scarlet Cardstock V237
Black Cardstock V215
Clear Embossing Powder
Red Stickles
Black Scrapper's Floss
PrismaColor Pencils

Masculine Old Car Birthday Card

Be prepared to see a lot more items created with this paper line! I have lots of scraps. The sentiment might be a bit "strong" for your taste, but let's hope the recipient has a sense of humor.

Supplies:

Cars
Needed Numbers
Amelia SWIC Designer Paper
Amelia Cardstock
Burnt Umber Palette Hybrid Ink
Metallic Staples

New Year Singing Fish Card

Every time I see this little fish it makes me smile! This isn't a traditional New Year card, but it is FUN. I had to crop the card a bit so you can see the animation, but most of it is there.

Supplies:

Every Day Events
Trendy Greetings
Frutti Fusion Paper Collection
Light Staples
Noir Pallette Ink
PrismaColor Pencils
Copic Markers

Puppy Valentine Retiring Stamp Set

Here's the last Valentine Card using sets that will soon be retired from The Angel Company. This one uses two of the Valentine Stamp Sets:

Valentine Trio
Happy Heart Day

as well as Earth Laughs (the top background image) which will also be retiring. The little red heart is from a set that was retired last year called Peaceful Heart.

The words "Hugs and Kisses" are from the Wishing You set (which is, thankfully, not retiring this year.)

Kitty Valentine - Retiring Set

Here's another card made with the Valentine Trio set that will be retiring this month. No, I didn't sew on this card! That's the Running Stitches stamp set from The Angel Company.

Lizard Love Retiform Valentine

I know it's a little early for Valentine's Day, but I wanted to post some cards because these valentine stamp sets will be retiring at the end of this month.

Valentine Trio

Hoppy Everything Frog Card

Here's a quick card I put together for a little boy's 5th birthday part today. (Happy Birthday, Keenan!)


Supplies:
Hoppy Everything
LillyAnna Patterned Paper
LillyAnna Cardstock
Noir Pallette Ink Pad
Dark Staples
Green Ribbon
Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils

Everyday Events Wedding Cake Card

Since I had some scraps left of the Lilly Anna cardstock I used on the most recent cards I've made, I decided to break in a new stamp set. The set is called Every Day events and for some reason, the image has not been updated in The Angel Company online catalog so I'm posting it here.

Supplies:

Every Day Events
Love Doodles
Lilly Anna Cardstock
Lilly Anna Ribbon
Pink Petunia VersaMagic Pad
Noir Pallette Ink Pad

Winter Snowman Card

Here's my attempt at making a winter themed card with some different colors than what I am accustomed to using. You can see it very well in the scan, but I used white fun flock to give the snowmen a bit of texture.

Supplies:

Winter Tags
LillyAnna Patterned Paper
LillyAnna Cardstock
PremiumWhite Cardstock
PrismacolorPencils
Icicle Stickles
White Fun Flock
Copic Markers: YG03, B34, RV11 & Ribbon colored with YG03 (non TAC items)

Ginger Joy Vintage TAC Set

Be sure to get this Vintage Stamp set for only $4.95 (with a $30 purchase) from The Angel Company before it is retired again on November 30, 2007.

I think I went a little crazy with the glitter, but this little guy is a great way to use up all of those embellishments like buttons, liquid applique, glitter, and whatever else you can think of!

Supplies:
Ginger Joy
Red #1 Cardstock
Green #1 Cardstock
Designer Dries Clear Glue
with UltraFine Metal Tip
Glitter
Souffle Gelly Pen - White
PrismaColor Pencils
Markers

Stamped Ladybug Card

I'd like to take credit for the overall design of this card, but I was inspired by a card that I saw at Splitcoast Stampers. This card uses a discontinued TAC set called Bold Posys. It is making it's debut again as a Vintage Set offering and will only be available in October 2007.

Supplies:

Bold Posys stamp set
Mia's Cottage Paper Collection
Mia's Cottage Cardstock
Mia's Cottage Ribbon
Claret Palette Ink Pad
Chartreuse Palette Ink Pad
Bordeaux Palette Ink Pad
Sizzix Ladybug
Paper piercer
Needle & black thread

Trick or Treaters Halloween Card

I can't wait to play with this set a bit more. It's the Trick or Treaters set from The Angel Company's 2007 Fall Supplement. I'll bet this mummy would look great stamped on white mulberry paper. Didn't think of it until it was too late!

Supplies:

Trick or Treaters
Running Stitches
Simply Spooky Paper
Dark Colored Staples
Noir Palette Ink
Tea Leaves VersaMagic Ink
PrismaColor Watercolor Pencils
Ribbons (from the local Wright's Factory Outlet)

Delicious Autumn Card Kit

This is just one of the cards that you can create with the Delicious Autumn Card Kit. Thanks to Heather Scott for allowing me to reproduce her card kits for my customers.

Kit Includes:

• Delicious Autumn Stamp Set
• Ivory Ultrasmooth ( 5 sheets)
• Wine Red #3 Textured Cardstock (5 sheets)
• Yellow #1 Textured Cardstock (5 sheets)
• Silver Swirl Paper Clips (3 each)
• Black Scrappers Floss (2 yards)
• 4 Idea Sheets - Includes color pictures of samples, all materials and supplies listed, and step by step directions

$24 with Stamp Set (or you can substitute any same price set)*

$10 without Stamp Set*

*prices do not include shipping


Visit www.CreateWithLove.com and click on Card Kits for further details.

Sympathy Card - Fall/Autumn

Here's another sympathy card with the Good Timber set. I love this tree! I'm not sure where the green cardstock came from, but I think it may be one of the older Bazzill cardstock colors.

Supplies Used:

Good Timber
With Sympathy
Spanish Olive - VersaMagic Multisurface Chalk Ink
Lyra Watercolor Crayons
Stipple Brush (Size 2)

Sympathy Card - Winter Season

Unfortunately, I 'm always looking for a decent sympathy card. Needless to say, I was thrilled when The Angel Company included a sympathy set in the Fall/Winter 2007 Catalog.

I used DCWV Cardstock and white ribbon from my non TAC stash.

The rest was made with the following products from The Angel Company:

With Sympathy
Good Timber
Clear Acetate
Cotton White Opaque StazOn Ink

Boo Bash Halloween Cards

Here are some Halloween cards that I made to send as thank you notes for my customers. I used Prismacolor pencils and blended them with a blending stump and odorless mineral spirits.

Stamps & Supplies:

BooBash
Simply Spooky Paper
Noir Pallette Hybrid Ink
Prismacolor Pencils
Orange Cardstock

Halloween Treat Box

I was shopping at Staples and noticed some plastic pencil boxes. I knew instantly what I would be using them for and grabbed a bunch of black ones to make this stamped treat box for halloween.

Supplies:

Plastic Pencil Box from Staples
T2246 Boo Bash
V-926 Simply Spooky Pad
Noir Pallette Ink

If you'd like to see more of my halloween themed stamp art using The Angel Company stamps, please visit my art gallery at Create With Love.

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