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Monday Sketches - its back!

Whoo Hoo - not back to normal but atleast back and running!  New computer and have to find everything again and get it installed.  The worst part - all my fonts that I have bought and LOVE!

So on to this weeks sketch!  I decided to use a sketch out of the NEW TAC Inspiration Book and Catalogue that I just got my hot little hands onto this weekend.  I am pretty sure the card with the sketch on page 11 was designed by one of my Oz-some team members - Jenny McGhee! 

Leave your linky above and be sure to link back to this page so others can see the cards and join in the fun.

I am gearing up for my Premiere Party and Raffle on Thursday night - it is gonna be FUN!!!  I have 2 really cool projects planned and the prizes are going to be out of this world!   I hope you can join us and get in on the fun!

And speaking of the new catalog - I am really excited about some of the new stamp sets - and we got the Big Bite Chomper!  If you need a catalog - they are just $5 and they come with a $5 coupon off your first order.  E-mail me if you want me to send you one out today!

Check out the new catalog!

Whoo hoo from seminar! So many new stamp sets on my wish list - and lots of class and project ideas floating thru my brain...

Hopefully I can post again later, and hopefully when I get home my computer vwill be good to go! It pays to have a computer guy for DH.

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when it rains

it pours - and it is pouring at my house!  My harddrive crashed  - so i will not be ble to post til my knight in shining armour fixes it for me!   hopefully it will not be too long - because I had some really great things planned for the new catalog release this friday...

This is the last few days to order from the retiring list - check out all the images in my featured products

Monday Sketch #77

Today is gonna be short and sweet -here is the sketch:


Leave a linky if you use the sketch (and link back here too so everyone can check out all the Linkies!)

My headaches are back - and it sucks!!!

Father's Day Card - I love trees!

I have always had a love for trees - in fact when I was in school it was my favorite thing to draw and paint and I won Best of Show at my high school art festival with one such painting.  They seem to be a masculine type of image to use on male cards - and this happens to be my favorite TAC tree image.  It is called Good Timber.  The Alphabet is on the retiring list - so you can get it from now til the end of june at 25% off!  CLICK HERE to see all the retiring stamps in on one page(they are all on my featured products page on my secure site) - with pics!

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Like what you see? Click these links to shop my secure TAC website - and don't forget you can get ANYTHING for half price as a hostess with $100 in orders from you and your friends!

Stamps: Good Timber, Script Background, Friendship Strips and Distressed Typewriter Bet Stamp Sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette Ink, Noir Palette Ink
Papers: Kraft, Brown and Ivory Cardstock
Accessories: Reece Ribbon, Hydra Sponges, Prisma Colored Pencils, Pop Dots, Scor-Pal

Be sure that if your order totals $30 or more you E-mail me the order so I can include a FREE stamp as a gift with your purchase!

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Do you not LOVE that plaid????   What an unexpected stamp set to get a masculine effect from.  I took the pain strip and created the plaid on the front of an ivory car by inking it up and stamping it off onto scratch paper first then onto the card.  The stamp is not wide enough to cover the whole front - but if you strategically place the end of the strip to be under a layer of the card no one ever has to know!  Something like this:

I stamped the script Background onto an ivory piece and then stamped the tree on top and colored.  I edged the piece with a hydra sponge and Burnt Umber and then I edged it directly with the pad too to rough it up a bit.  I colored with regular colore pencils and basically just scribbled a little color here and there.

And you also may be wondering what the heck I used the Scor-pal for?  :-)  I call it "structured tearing" and it basically controls your tearing so that you end up with a nice torn edge without going off in the weeds!  I did that on the brown layer.

This card also used the sketch from Monday - flipped again to the other side.  I think I just like it better on that side!

I jumped onto a Father's Day Card Blog Hop - check out all the others creations!

Participants:
Jamie
Carol
Bridget
Christina
Rita
Seleise
Laurie
Heather
KellyRae
Stacy

Yesterday the kiddos cleaned out my car - whoo hoo!!! I had to help a little but they did most of the work.  Laney actually said afterwards that they were going to do it once a month.  I think she like the $2 I paid each of them!   I actually have them earing the money to go swimming this summer because if they had their way we would be at the pool everyday - and Mama just can't do that!

I did actually get those 12 cards done yesterday.  It however took me 12 hours and not 2!  I also cleaned the bathroom, the car out with the kids, made dinner - oh and I took a shower too!  Today it is computer time!  To put those cards onto idea sheets!  Ought to be a fun day - you think I can finish them up by lunch?  That is the goal!

Card for Monday sketch #76

Did you get a chance to play with this weeks sketch yet?  Well I finally did!  Leave a linky with your creation when you do so we can see your stamp-craftiness! 

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Like what you see? Click these links to shop my secure TAC website - and don't forget you can get ANYTHING for half price as a hostess with $100 in orders from you and your friends!

Stamps: Whooooo Spring into June special Stamp Set from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette Ink, Lavendar Sachet Palette Ink
Papers: Kraft, Brown and Ivory Cardstock and Raspberry 2 Matchmaker Cardstock
Accessories: Reece Ribbon, Bazzill Bitty Blooms

Be sure that if your order totals $30 or more you E-mail me the order so I can include a FREE stamp as a gift with your purchase!

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On the inside it says "That's bird talk for Hello!"  :-)   I stamped the different birds with Lavendar Sachet and Burnt Umber ink - some stamped directly and others stamped off first to get a varying depth of color.  Also you might notice i flipped the sketch.  (Don't tell anyone that I did that to cover a MISTAKE!!!)  I LOVE those birds - they are one of the Spring Into June special stamps - only available thru june!  Hostess' can choose one FREE and customers can purchase them at a great price.  E-mail me for more info!

SO today is total catch up time!  I am off to a running start with 4 card designs under my belt already!  I have to say though I wanted to do 12 by noon and that ain't happenin!  Distractions always get the best of me!  Like playing referee for 2 certain kiddos who are adjusting to the 24/7 time together that summer break brings.  UGH!!! 

Well I will be caught up by the end of the day I hope - I have LOTS to do and am feeling especially inspired.  Nothing like a good deadline to really get the mojo flowing....
 

Monday Sketch 75 - time to catch up!

Yesterday was just way too nice to be in the studio all day - I actually spent most of it on my bike with my kiddos!   It was a beautiful day and I seized the moment with them.  I remember how much I LOVED riding my bike when I was their age and I hope that we can ride together!

But today it is BACK to work!  Monday means time for a card sketch around here - so here is the sketch for this week.
If you give it a try be sure to leave your linky so we can all check it out!

I am planning on using some of the Spring into June sets for this card sketch and last weeks too!  They are ready to be sut out and just waiting to be inked!!! 

Don't tell anyone but I had last weeks card for the sketch done but I didn't like it!  So I did not post it!   I know it is probably ok - but  sometimes Tawanda is hanging out in my studio and she makes me do stupid stuff.  DO you have a Tawanda in your studio?  You probably don't even realize you do!  She is the little voice inside of YOU that makes you think you do not measure up, or your creations are not worthy.  My OZ-some Inkin' Angels Team like to tell her to shut up when we hear her at our team meetings - and I hope they continue to do that when they are at home alone too!  I think she is the loudest when we are alone.

So hopefully I have her muzzle on so I can do some creating today!  I might have to squeeze in another bike ride too though!

 

take a breath...lots of specials!

WOW!  What a few weeks!  I keep thinking "ok after i get past this things will slow down..."  Why is it not happening yet???  Actually I am home all day today (except for T-ball this morning and a wedding reception tonight) and I am determined to get caught up on a bunch of stuff!  That includes updating all the June specials on my blog!  I will try to get this weeks sketch posted tomorrow - but we do have a softball game!  I will try!  First though here are links to all the new specials!

June Stamp of the month:
Sea Critters TAC3013 $9.75

June Vintage Set:
Promise Bear TAC3092 $16.50

Robots Released:
Robots Released T3129 $13.50

Spring Into June:

Punk Princess T-3095 • set of 9
special price $7.00 • retail value $12.95

Whooo T-3094 • set of 8
special price $10.50 • retail value $17.95

Fruit Collages T-3096 • set of 3
special price $10.50 • retail value $17.95

• Customers may purchase one (1) each of all three (3) sets with a $30* purchase.
• Customers may also purchase the current SOTM with the same $30* purchase.
• *Purchase before shipping/handling and applicable taxes.
• Spring Into June stamp sets may not be made available for purchase again until 2010.

Back in time for Monday Sketch

I had such a fun trip home - including 2 all-nighter driving stints!   We made it safe and sound and had a blast.  Back to the grindstone right?

Here is the sketch for this week - I hope you have a chance to give it a try and leave your linky!

 
I hope to get more on track this week - but I have VBS all week!  So we will just have to play it by ear and see how much I get to be home and working in the studio.  Laney has started her begging to go swimming everyday - which with VBS in the morning I just can't!   Too many things to do!

Today was the first VBS day - and it was fun!  Group's Crocodile Dock was fun to decorate for - and the kids are having fun with the songs too.   I have to finish decorating my room tomorrow morning - I got started this morning but not enough time to finish.

Gotta run the kids in to see the dr - so I hope to be back on track tomorrow maybe!

Trip to Ohio - no sketch this week

I made a surprise trip to Ohio - I will not be back home to blog til after this week!  My nephew Ethan graduated from Fairless High School yesterday and I got to go to my Alma Mater to see him.  The kids and I are in Navarre at my Moms - and having a blast!  Today we are staying home this morning til the parade at 1  then we are gonna head to the Canton Park and the Mckinnley Monument.  I used to LOVE to  play at that park!!!  If I get a good picture on my phone i might be able to figure out how to blog it again...