Thursday, September 24, 2009
more of YOU
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Oh Christmas Tree...
The ornament dots on the Christmas tree are just dots punched out of scarlet cardstock and glued on. The edge of the white paper I distressed with an edge distressor. Instead of using ribbon, I used a striped stamp to add some visual interest and break up the snowflakes.
Supplies
Stamps: Holiday Cheer, Ornamental Snowflakes, Friendship Strips
Ink: Lamore Red & Landscape Palette
Paper: TAC Kraft, Scarlet & Ultrasmooth White
Other: Edge Distressor, Hole Punch
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Fabulous Party Favors
I recently entered a TAC contest called "Fabulous Party Favors". I didn't win but I really like the end result anyway and wanted to share the ideas with you.
The first thing I did was make a paper cone out of TAC's Catelynne paper. You might have seen this cones before hanging on doors or filled with flowers at a wedding. That is what I patterned this cone after. How cute would it be to go to a party and at place at the table to have one of these cones filled with goodies hanging on the chair?
I stamped the emery board and toe separators with claret ink and another image from "Sweet Treats".
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Dwight's Birthday
Dwight's birthday was last week and I wanted to share the card that I made for him. I love how it out. I used the new "Open Presents" set and I am so glad I got that one!
I stamped the owl on Kraft cardstock which worked well because that provided a natural color for the owl to start with. Then, I took my colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits to add some more browns and blues to him. I cut him out and popped him up with pop dots. The piece of lined paper is also on pop dots. Since I didn't have to mail this card, I could use lots of dimension! You can see the dimension better in these next photos.
Supplies
Stamps: The Angel Company's "Open Presents", "Be Square"
Inks: Burnt Umber & Reflection Blue Palette
Paper: TAC Brown, Kraft, Scarlet & Ultrasmooth White
Other: Crimper, Pop Dots, Colored Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits
Friday, September 11, 2009
More Christmas
This first card uses the fun little secret I discovered while playing with my Champagne VersaMark ink (CVM). To create the background on the Kraft cardstock, I stamped The Angel Company's "Script Background" with CVM ink and then stamped the holly image from the "Sweet Goodies" stamp set on top of it. Of course it sparkles! But, you knew it would do that already!
Supplies
Stamps: The Angel Company's "Script Background", "Sweet Goodies", "Thinking of You", Build a Background"
Ink: Moonlight White Brilliance, Champagne VersaMark Ink, Turquoise Gem VersaMagic, Bordeaux Palette Ink
Paper: TAC Ultrasmooth White, Brown & Kraft, Bazzill Rain & Burgundy
Other: Scalloped Scissors
This next card uses many of the same supplies & colors. The photo just doesn't capture the true colors of this card.
Supplies
Stamps: The Angel Company's "Snowflake Backgrounder", "Holiday Cheer", "Ornamental Snowflakes"
Ink: Moonlight White Brilliance, VersaMark, Bordeaux & Burnt Umber Palette Ink
Paper: TAC Ultrasmooth White, Brown & Kraft, Bazzill Rain
Other: Souffle White Gel Pen, Ribbon, Pop Dots
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Scalloped Christmas
Supplies
This next card uses a stamp from a Christmas set but I made into a non-Christmas card to show you the versatility of this stamp set! I love the bright colors!
Can you believe that there is NO ribbon on this card? You could easily use this same, easy design with more traditional Christmas colors to make Christmas cards.
Supplies
Stamps: Good Tidings, Aged Ornaments
Paper: Catelynne, Brown, Kraft & Ultrasmooth White
Ink: Claret Palette Ink
Other: Pop dots, Scalloped Circle Punches
Be sure to check back tomorrow!! I have a FUN idea on how to use your Champagne VersaMark ink that I think you'll love!!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Elegant Christmas
As soon as I made this Christmas card, I couldn't wait to share it with you! I really like how it turned out! And, it may be one that we make at my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack on Saturday, October 24th at the Inman Wellness Center. You can find more information about that at the bottom of this post.
The colors on this card are just so classic: a deep red, gray & white!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Christmas?
This next card looks so much better in real life. Sometimes I have a hard time capturing the true colors of the ribbons & cardstocks. The ribbon has a much softer look in real life.
Above you can see that I cut out the bird from the "Holiday Cheer" set and popped him up with pop dots. The green panel is also popped up on pop dots as well. I colored the leaf stem with markers.
Supplies
Stamps: Holiday Cheer, Snowflake Backgrounder, Tag Tidbits
Inks: Sea Breeze VersaMagic, Burnt Umber & Lamore Red Palette
Paper: TAC Brown & Ivory, DCWV Green
Other: Green Tombow marker, pop dots, ribbon
Friday, September 4, 2009
Dimensional Pop Dots...A Lesson
Do you use pop dots? If not, or if you're just getting started, I wanted to share a few secrets on how to get the most out of them! TAC has THE best pop dots ever!! I have used lots of different kinds of pop dots and have never found any that I like more than these! They are just the right thickness and they don't "squish" and lose their dimension. I LOVE them!!
Here's what the sheet of pop dots look like when you get it. The sheet contains 100 circle pop dots:
Very rarely, do I use a WHOLE pop dot though. These pop dots are nice and thick, so unless I am applying them to a really BIG section (and it would have to be big), I almost always cut them in half or in fourths. It makes the pop dots go a LONG way. Sometimes when I am using them in my scrapbooks, I'll be a little more generous and use a complete circle, but even then, I don't always do that. Here's what they look like cut apart in half & in fourths.
After all the circles are popped out, you have a sheet that looks like this. Don't throw this away! Use this to get even more pop "dots".
Cut that sheet into strips like this:
Then, cut those strips into pieces like this:
You have just doubled or tripled your pop dot supply! These pieces work just the same, no one sees them on the finished project and they are perfect for lots of different places. You can cut them tiny for small areas (like flower petals) that you need to pop up, you can leave them bigger/longer for border strips, etc.
Here's a closeup of the dimension on the card above. I used 4 of those little pieces I cut. Basically, equivalent to 1 pop dot cut in fourths or maybe 2 circles cut in half.
I hope this post helped you if you are just starting to work with dimensionals! Have fun playing...I LOVE them!! :)
Supplies:
TAC Kraft, Brown & Ultrasmooth White Cardstock, L'amore Red, Haystack (on the background circles) & Burnt Umber Palette Ink, Scalloped Square punch, TAC Ordinary Greetings & Floral Fruits stamp sets
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Mini Ornament Box
Here's a view of the top of the box. It has an acetate window so that you can get a glimpse of the surprise inside!

Well, thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed a few extra peeks at this box! Remember, if you would like to know how to make this box, stop by The Angel Company's website for the template and instructions or click here.
Patterned Paper: TAC Reece Paper Pack
Coloring Medium: Watercolor pencils & Dove Blender