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Off and running...

Oops - sorry about posting a blank message there for a sec!  :-)

I am off and running in the studio this morning!  Out of the shower already, getting this post done, and then on to the fun stuff!  I love these quiet mornings.  I have not been able to rouse myself at 5:30AM like I would if DJ was home and needed to be to weight training -but 6:30AM is respectable right? 

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Stamps: Linear Sentiments stamp set from The Angel Company
Ink: Autumn Leaves Kaleidacolor pad, VersaMark pad
Papers: White, Brown and Kraft Cardstock and Yellow 3 Matchmaker Cardstock
Accessories: Corner rounder

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I was playing with some designs for my Sensational Six club last week - and this is one I liked.  I used the Kaleidacolor pad in a different way - I just laid the piece of cardstock directly on top of the kaleidacolor pad and mooshed the piece of cardstock with my fingers to get the stripes of color.  Autumn Leaves is a yummy pad - one which I have wanted for awhile and finally got.  I tore the edges of that piece and layered it on top of a piece of Brown cardstock that was stamped with Versamark and the star from Linear Sentiments - one of my FAV new sets from the catalog!  It is just so stinkin' handy!

Make and take sneak peek...

I will be at the Diva Crop in 2 weeks - July 26th and 27th in Lawrence Kansas at the Holidome - and I am SO excited!  I am working today and wrapping up all my prep for the crop.  It will be nice to go on vacation and know that I am READY!  (especially since i will only be home about 18 hours before I have to leave for the crop!)  I always have a FREE make and take at the crop - and this one is UBER OZ-some! 

We will be featuring the REECE collection - surprise, surprise!   Making a Pocket Mini Book - and you even get a FREE direction sheet too!  Here is a sneak peek - I don't want to give it all away!

If you did not get my newsletter coupon for the crop be sure to print one out  to bring to the crop - and sign up for my newsletter here so you do not miss any specials in the future.

TAC also release a SIGN UP SPECIAL!  And it is a goodie!  If you have been thinking about becoming an Angel Company Demonstrator - you should check this out:

Come join The Angel Company™ family from July 21-August 11 and pick one (1) of the following add-on kit options for free with the purchase of a starter kit. 
 

Simply Stamps
• Choose an additional $50.00 worth of T-Coded stamps from the Fall/Winter 2008 Inspiration Book & Catalogue

  Kit & Kaboodle
Receive one (1) of each of our fabulous paper kits:
• Sydney™ Circle Album Kit
• Woodrowe™ Keepsake Album Kit
• Natalee™ Accordion Album Kit
• Pemberley Bay™ Matchbook Kit
• Rockin’ Roxie™ Matchbook Kit

  Gung Ho!
Go Gung Ho! and choose:
• One (1) $19.95 T-coded stamp set from the Fall/Winter 2008 Inspiration Book & Catalogue
• One (1) $15.95 T-coded stamp set from the Fall/Winter 2008 Inspiration Book & Catalogue
• Three (3) $6.95 TAC™ Soar With It™ Paper Collections

Customize your starter kit and your add-on options to meet your needs and learn why at The Angel Company™,
 
“Being an Angel is just more fun.”
 
*Starter Kit add-on options are available ONLY from Monday, July 21, 2008, to Monday, August 11, 2008.  No exceptions.
*All Starter Kit requests with add-on options must be received by 5:00 PM CST, Monday August 11, 2008.
*Starter Kit payment must be made by credit card, debit card, or money order.  Personal checks are not accepted for the purchase of Starter Kits.
*Please note the choice of add-on option on the Starter Kit order form to avoid processing delays.
*No other special offers or discounts apply.

Monday Sketch 32

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Stamps: Butterfly Bits and Friendship Strips stamp sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Cote D'azure, Landscape and Sunflower Palette Ink
Papers: White Cardstock and Green 2 and 3 and Robins Egg 2 Matchmaker Cardstock
Accessories: Giga Scallop Cirlce punch

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Barbs Card

Todays sketch is inspired by a card I saw in Papercrafts magazine - March issue by Megan Peacock. (edited to add: In Megans Comment she let me know a link to her and that her card was based on a Becky Fleck Sketch!) I didn't even realize until this very second that it even had a sentiment stamp from The Angel Company on it!  That is funny!

SO give the sketch a try and post a comment with a link to yours and I will add it into this post.  I will also add my card later today!

Today I am missing my oldest son DJ - he is in Colorado at Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch til next weekend - and we leave for vacation Friday so it will be 2 weeks before I see him!  What I did not miss was having to get up at 5:30AM to take him to weight training!  Actually I did miss it because I wanted to get up and get to work in my studio! 

I am working on some online class offerings from my Christmas in July Stamp Camp from the weekend o I am going to grab another cup of coffee (Gevallia Pecan Torte is DELICIOUS!!!) and get to work!

How can it be friday?

It is amazing how fast this summer is going by - I mean really!  I have been feeling the urge to not let the summer go by and work it away.  I have a tendency to plop down in my studio - and before I know it, its dinner time!  (And of course I have not planned what to make!)  It is almost the middle of July already!  Good golly!

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Stamps: Birthday Tags and Build a Flower stamp sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Claret and Noir Palette Ink
Papers: White Cardstock and Raspberry Matchmaker Cardstock
Accessories: Black and White Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Staples and Stapler, Pop Dots

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This is a real simple one - made all from scraps!  I was making swap cards for my Wing Workout this weekend - I am excited to get together with my team for some motivation and FUN!  I had some scraps of ribbon hanging out of the drawer and wanted to use this Birthday Tag set - which came out last year and I resisted ordering it til now!  A bunch of friends used it for trades for seminar and made me want it!  Stamp it in black on raspberry - which was left over from said swap.  Cut out, Stamp a flower - claret ink is already out.  Cut it out - a little tedious but not too bad.  Really you cannot get more lazy than this when stamping a card!  I attached the strip with a few staples and then layered the pieces on top - using a pop dot for the flower.  Still needed something - how about my FAV - a pierced line of dots?  PERFECT!

So today I have to say goodbye to a good friend - Jen - who is an angel on my team.  She is moving to San Antonio - lucky girl!  Her husband is getting out of the Army and I am so happy for them!  Jen has been a good friend - one of the many I met thru stamping.  What a blessing!  She will be truly missed - especially at our team meetings.  Luckily for all of us we can still keep in touch thru the web and swaps!

Christmas in July

Who doesn't love a sneak peek?  This Saturday is the Christmas in July Gift stamp camp  - and I am excited about the projects!  Here is a sneak peek to the treat-a-lope:
 

We will be working with the Reece SWIC Pattern Papers and Cardstock, Ribbons and Pewter Hardware.
It is going to be a FUN day!  You can come and crop all day if you want - take a break and make a few Christmas gifts and then go back to cropping and crafting on your own.  I have to have your RSVP by noon Thursday at the very latest!

Friday night is also scrapbooking in Wamego - SO I am going to get a bunch done this weekend!  Right?  I hope so!  We will be at the Middle School starting at 6:30 and go til we are done (I actually might be done by 10:30 or so because I have to have DJ off to Scout Camp and in Manhattan by 7AM Saturday morning and get packed for stamp camp myself.)

More Reece Inspiration

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Stamps: Welcome Home and Sweet Goodies Stamp Sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Noir and Burnt Umber Palette Ink
Papers:  Brown and Ivory Cardstock, Green 2 Matchmaker Cardstock, Reece SWIC Pattern Paper
Accessories: Color Duster, Circle Punch, Pop Dot

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This one was fun to put together - I just love the Reece collection - and that Welcome Home set - Oh la la!  I used the color duster on the very edge of both ivory pieces on the card.  For the greeting i stamped the home off on another sheet then stamped it on my little piece so it would be a little lighter.  Then I stamped the welcome above just a smidge.  The circle around the red says "Happiness and Celebrations" which i thought lent itself well to a welcome home type of card. 

I am off and running today - have dr's appt for DJ - physical for scout camp and sports.  Then run to the grocery store - not looking forward to 3 kids against one in the store...

Hope you get to create today - it is my only saving sanity it seems!

Get to work!

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Stamps: My Sunshine stamp set from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette Ink
Papers: Brown Cardstock and Reece SWIC Pattern Paper and Cardstock
Accessories: Reece ribbon

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I cheated and took off the second pattern paper - but I still like the card.  Subliminal message there with the simple things - this is a VERY simple card and we ALL have scraps like that strip I am sure!

Nicole's Card

Nancy's Card

Creativity is such an elusive thing - sometimes it flows so abundantly you cannot contain it.  Other times well not so much!  This weekend was one of those not so much weekends!  I am not sure what it was - but I was TOTALLY distracted!  Possibly a yearning to spend some really great time with my family?  We went on 2 really great bike rides - one on the 4th and the other yesterday.  I just love to ride bikes!  I always have - and I do not do it as much as I would like to.  Then last night we watched The Spiderwick Chronicles with the kids.  What a cute movie!   Let's hope that Monday brings my mojo back - and also a kick in the pants to get some things cleaned up around here!  I have had a stack of boxes in the living room for over a month now - and I really should be getting them back in here!

Todays sketch should be a great place to start for inspiration right?  Well I love the shortCUT from yesterday - so I am going to base my sketch on that design today.

The 1x1 does not have to be circular - i just put it that way because i liked it!  Give the sketch a try and comment with a link - I will add a link to you to the post after I add my card at the top.

I did get almost all my new stamp sets indexed yesterday(during the movie) - which was HUGE!  I am really happy about that and am hoping it serves as inspiration today! 

Happy Saturday!

I am actually happy because I thought today was SUNDAY!  I lost a day some where - I think the holiday screwed me up!  We had a wonderful night last night - surrounded by family and friends.  I took tons of pics - and cannot wait to get to scrapping them! 

Today I am showing of one of the make and takes for this month!  I am featuring the beautiful Angalee papers.  They are so beautiful!  Soft and dainty color palette - not so much pink that they have to be for a girl!  I did a simple card - using only papers and 1 - yes count them 1 stamp - and it is a FREE stamp to boot.  You can choose this Happy stamp for FREE when you purchase $30 in product from The Angel Company.  I also used the all new Embellishment Jar - This one is Audry.  If you have not seen these jars they are wonderful!  Buttons, felt flowers and  paper embossed flowers all together and matchy matchy.  YUMM!  So here is the card:

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Stamps: Happy Gift with Purchase Stamp from The Angel Company
Ink: SPring Pansy VersaMagic Ink and Burnt Umber Palette Ink
Papers: Ivory Cardstock and Angalee SWIC Pattern Paper and Cardstock
Accessories: Audrey Embellishment Jar

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Here is an upclose of the embellishment:

I had a really cool ending to this post - and ya know - Typepad has lost my info twice now!  So I am going to try again and hope that it saves my stuff this time!

I layered the ink for the words - and stamped the Happy in Spring Pansy, then the birthday on top with Burnt Umber.   I used glue dots for the flower and button - I just love those little suckers!  I am late at getting addicted to them I know. 

I created a "ShortCUT" for this card and layout.  To create 18 cards of this same design from just a few sheets of paper and cardstock.  Plus you have some leftovers to create other things too!  All you need is the following:

9 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock - cut in half to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and fold in half to form cards
2 sheets of 12x12  colored Cardstock - cut 6 rows at 3" and save the rest.  Cut then each row into 4 inch pieces - you should have 18 3x4 pieces
1 sheet of 12 x 12 pattern paper  - cut 6 rows at 2'.  Cut then each row into 4 inch pieces - you should have 18 pieces
1 sheet of striped 12 x 12 paper - cut into 6 rows at 1/2"  and save the rest.  Cut then each row into 4 inch pieces - you should have 18  pieces.
18 1/2 x 3 inch Ivory scraps to stamp your greeting onto.
18 Flowers and buttons

If you follow those dimensions you will end up with 18 cards in no time.  I know I am always looking for ways to create a bunch of cards in a little amount of time.

Change is in the air...

It is hard to face changes isn't it?  We have been facing alot of changes with The Angel Company over the last few years - and alot of them have been for the good.  If you look at the big picture they are ALL for the good but at times in the heat of the moment changes tend to not feel so good!  We got notice yesterday of MAJOR changes to our hostess plan - effective July 15th.  Today brought a revision in response to the myriad of replies from Angels to the Home Office.  The revision is a much better solution - much easier to swallow by far.  I am constantly amazed when a company can listen to feedback and make a compromise!  Yeah TAC!!!

So the change is the following:

Effective July 15, 2008, the Hostess Half Price Program will operate as follows:

For FUNshop Net Sales between:
· $100-249.99 hostesses may select 1 half price item from any item in our current catalogue.

· $250-499.99 hostesses may select 2 half price items from any items in our current catalogue.

· $500-749.99 hostesses may select 3 half price items from any items in our current catalogue.

·$750 and above hostesses may select 4 half price items from any items in our current catalogue.

The Booking Bonus Half Price Item is being eliminated and will no longer be available on any order beginning July 15, 2008.

In honor of saying farewell to our booking bonus and other Half Priced items - and to help you get the items you want before July 15th - I have come up with the following special (because I know it isn't always easy to order $50 AND pay for a big item even if it is half price!

30 days SAME as CASH!  You can pay half now and half by August 4th.

With the recently released updated Hostess plan I wanted to give everyone one last chance to get that Big ticket item you have been looking at for HALF PRICE with a $50 order.  I will pair you up with another person - and together you will make a $100 party to get one half price item each.  You will both receive a FREE set from me in place of the regular level A Hostess set to allow you to BOTH get a free set.

If you are not local to me additional shipping may apply unless I will be in your area to deliver to you - regular 10% shipping and 6.3% sales tax (or your local tax if delivered to you) applies to all orders.

 All orders must be to me by JULY 15th at 10PM.

SO if you have been looking for a good price or SALE on a Scor-pal, Bind It All or any other big ticket item that we carry in The Angel Company Catalog - NOW is your chance!

Now back to your regularly scheduled inspiration....

Last night was Stamping Night out!  Yippee!  Talk about a fun night - all my girlfriends, nifty projects, snacks galore - who could ask for more???  Tonight I will be showing off another project that features the Bind It All!  I just LOVE that thing - and I use it like crazy!  This project was one we made at seminar in one of our wonderful classes.  We were all give a book and papers cut to size - and we could free for all the actual pages and layouts.

I stippled all the edges with Burnt Umber Palette Ink and the Color Dusters - those little brushes are awesome for soft edging!  I stamped along the edges of the pages and then layered all my pieces in and onto the book.  The Reece paper is just YUMMY!!!  Add in some pewter hardware and Reece ribbons and it is just scrumptious!  I cannot wait to get some pictures and journaling added in too.  Here are the rest of the pages:

 

Well I am anxious to get out and about for the fourth - so Adios!

the invite...

Well I had fun making it, Laney likes it, but i think i am going to re-design! I wanted to use this new stamp set - which I got at Seminar FREE for something! I cannot why isn't that horrible? It is a super versatile set - You could use it for lots of different events - especially with the checklist!

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Stamps: Celebration Invitation Stamp set from The Angel Company
Ink: Pink Petunia VersaMagic Ink Noir Palette ink
Papers: White and Black Cardstock and Pink 3 Matchmaker Cardstock
Accessories: Turquoise Iridescent Embossing powder, Black and White ribbon, Staples

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You can't see the glitter on the party seal but it is all glitzed up with the turquoise Iridescent embossing powder - which is actually just glittery and not turquoise at all.  I really like the look on the back ground - with the words in black and the circle image in Pink Petunia on top of the Pink 3 cardstock.  I used a pop dot for the seal to give it more dimension.

I do not think this will be the invite we send out today - It is just not cute enough for Laney!  I have an idea though so i am going to work on that this morning.  Laney will get to glitter it with Stickles so I am sure she will like it better!