Happy Birthday Masculine Spinner Card

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April 1, 2013 Update:

 

 

Suzanne is hosting a blog hop with the Ugliest Card we've ever made.  Well, as I was looking through my blog, especially from wayyyy back I found some pretty awful cards.  But, none as ugly as this one that I gave to my husband for his birthday one year...prepare yourself, it is UGLY!

 

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Today is my husband's 35th birthday. He made the comment that I didn't give him a card last year (shame, shame--but I did give him a gift) and so I made it a point to make him a cool card this year.

He is totally into race cars (used to race a dirt track car) and so I pulled out the new TAC "Cars" stamp set. I couldn't bring myself to use the actual race car in this set because we are not Ryan Newman fans and the car on the stamp is number 12. We're Jeff Gordan fans--#24!! So, I used the sports car instead and made this cool spinner card.

This is the first time in a long time that I didn't use exclusive TAC papers but I had bought these papers several years ago and since it was for my husband I decided that it didn't matter too much. The black and white paper that the car is "driving" on is a left-over piece that I made using the wax resist technique.

The fun thing about a spinner card is that the image actually spins across the card! It's so awesome! I always tease Dwight about crashing so I thought that it would be fun to put the car on a spinner. As you can see on this next photo, as the image makes its way across the card it spins around and upside down. It's so much fun!! And, it's easy to make!!

Of course I couldn't make just one spinner card. I had to make a pretty, girly one too! This one I LOVE!! It is made with one of my favorite new TAC paper packs called "Mia's Cottage". Isn't the paper gorgeous??!! This card uses 3 of the 5 papers in the pack. The flower spinner is punched out of one of the sheets of paper in this pack--my personal favorite! The striped paper underneath is another page from the pack and the bright pink background paper is also included in the paper pack.

I stamped a flourish from "Artsy Elements" in Claret Palette on the sides and the sentiment is stamped in Noir Palette ink and is from the "Little Things" set which is another one that I love.

As you can see the flower spins across this card too. These are just way too much fun!!

What can you do with a clay pot?

I saw the cutest project in a magazine that I recently bought called "Homegrown Hospitality" by Papercrafts. It is a magazine that gives you ideas for gift giving. The project that they made was "Terra Cotta Cookie Pot" and they took a small, plain clay pot, wrapped some cookies in cellophane and put them inside the pot and then they tied a ribbon around the pot to give as a gift. Very cute.

So, this made me wonder what I could do with a terra cotta pot and some stamps. How do you stamp something that isn't flat? So, what I did was inked my stamp with Palette ink and then laid it on the table. Then, I rolled the pot over the top of the stamp making sure that I rolled over the entire imagine so that I didn't cut any of the image off. It worked perfectly! The palette inks worked beautifully on the pot too!
Since this was just my first try I know that I can do it better next time and make the design even more interesting but I am happy with the result!
I am working on crafts for an upcoming craft fair and when I was at Target today I visited my favorite place in the store--the dollar spot! They had a cute little manicure set and a pack of 3 tiny finger nail polishes--just the right size for my tiny pot. I think that they look pretty cute in the pot! Now, when I'm ready to sell these I'll wrap them in cellophane, tie a pretty bow around it and stamp a tag to attach to the bow.
Simple project but a lot of fun! Just think of all the possibilities that you could do with these! You could give them as gifts, give them to hostesses as a thank you, have them as table favors or even use them at a class.
What can you put inside the pots? Candy, jewelry, nail polishes, lotions, foot scrub, cookies, etc, etc, etc... The list can go on and on and on!
Just one more way to incorporate stamped items into your home decor!

TAC September Specials GALORE!!

Wow! There are so many new specials that TAC is offering during the month of September! There is something for everyone!

For customers...

Remember September Promotion

The Angel Company will help you “Remember September” as the perfect papercrafting month by offering two product coordinates collections that are cute, classy, and just the right amount of sassy! Each kit features either TAC™’s exclusive Lilly Anna™ or Mimi™ paper collection, a limited edition stamp set, a coordinating cardstock pack, coordinating hardware, and ribbon collection for a very special price. Whether you pick fresh, funky Lilly Anna™ or fashion-forward Mimi™, you will have made the perfect choice to create projects that are truly unforgettable!

For Hostesses:

Oh how we love our Hostesses! Promotion

This promotion is awesome and I just found out about it this weekend.

Do you like this stamp set? I DO!!


It is called "Oh How" and will be a new stamp set featured in the January 2008 catalog. But, it can be yours during the month of September for FREE if you have a FUNshop that reaches $250! This is in addition to the Level A & Level B hostess sets of your choice with a $250 Funshop!! This has a retail value of $10.95 and will not be made available to the rest of the public until January--so get your sneak preview while you can.

And, last but not least, for everyone:

September's Stamp of the Month

This is called "Love & Kisses" and can be yours with a $30 purchase during the month of September. This set is only $4.25 and consists of the 4 stamps shown above. For ideas on how to use this set, visit The Angel Company's website here.

Kallioppe!!

This is one of my favorite cards that I designed for the TAC catalogue. It didn't make the catalogue but it was on display at seminar which is why I am showing it to you now. When I first saw this set I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it but I had a lot of fun using it! The ladies in this set are a hoot and it made designing this card so much fun! The set is called Kallioppe and retails for $10.95 which includes 3 different ladies and 3 different sayings.

The paper that I used is from the TAC Hemingway collection which is just gorgeous! I love the colors! The cardstock and ribbon are also available through TAC and is coordinated to match the Hemingway paper collection.

I colored the ladies with aquacolor crayons and a dove blender. The dresses and the buckle on the shoe were colored with glaze pens which makes them shine--LOVE those pens too!! You can see the shine a little better from this angle.

So, try a stamp set that you may not think is "your" style and you may be surprised with what you come up with!