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Stamp of the Month Clear Card

I just LOVE this card as it combines a few of my favorite things! Acetate and transparency cards, The Happily Grateful July Stamp of the month (which is on sale thru the end of the month for almost $5 off!) and the new Emma line of double sided papers and accessories!   I was inspired by Angela K at Artistic Detours - check out her card.  She has some great stuff on her blog - so stay and look around while  you are there!

I made a card with a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sheet of transparency by folding it in half.  Then I stamped the ivy/foliage onto the transparency with my white Stazon ink.  LOVE that!  The I layerd my circle with pop dots to the outside of the card - and my nestabilities cut pattern paper to the INSIDE of the card with double sided tape.  By doing it that way you totally conceal all the adhesive in a pretty little sandwich!  The I adhered a layer of Quartz CS onto the inside back of the card and tied my ribbon around.

So I have triple TAC-nique class tonight - I am all ready to rock and roll with some fun new TAC-niques! 

This Weeks Sketch Card

I hope you get a chance to give this easy one a try!  If you do be sure to leave your linky and link back to here!
 

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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: Damask and Noble Notes stamp sets from The Angel Company
Ink:Wheat VersaMagic Ink, Jumbo Java VersaMagic Ink
Papers: Ivory Cardstock, Scarlet Cardstock and Brown Cardstock
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Piercing tool  

Be sure that if your order totals $30 or more youtake a look at the Purchase with Purchase stamps!

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I kept it pretty simple - no harware ribbon or pop dots even!  This would make a fabulous maculine card for any occasion by just changing out the sentiment from Noble Notes.  I LOVE how the clear embossing looks on the brown cardstock - look like embossed leather.

Have fun with today's sketch - I hope you are staying cool!

Today's Sketch and EXTREME Copic Club!

This week is pretty basic - but it is very versatile! I hope you can give it a shot and share your linky!

 
 
 I have been pondering a way to offer the new TAC Copic Caboodles Marker sets to my customers and to get them at the best possible price.  I think I found a GREAT way!  How does 2 for FREE sound?  Ya 2 sets of 12 Copic Markers FREE!  Here are the details:

This is the fast track to getting all 7 sets of TAC's Copic Caboodles!  If you want them and are going to get them why not get them FAST and at the best price you can??  This is the best savings you could get because essentially you are paying for 5 sets and getting 2 free! 

Here is how it works: 

4 people for 4 months at $120 per month (see below for a $60 8 month option to spread it out a little more!)  This price includes the shipping and tax already - so there is no additional cost.

Each month they get 2 sets of caboodles and six sheets of copic white paper!  One month they only get one set because there are 7 sets  The month they only get one set is their hostess month – and they get a level A and B hostess set FREE plus they can purchase anything in addition at 20% off - like the coordinating CS, blender or Memento pad and refill.

This equals a savings of $188.73 (which includes shipping and tax) on buying all 7 sets at regular price.

Additional Club Benefits: 

• Club Members also receive a Copic Caboodle Sample Book - with spaces for color swatches, paper swatches and special combos. This book will be such a great resource when coloring - you will refer to it again and again to get the same colors together!

• “Copic Club Happy Hour” every month for members – come and play and see how to color and learn techniques. Fill your swatch book and create samples to look back to for color combos and tips. Receive classroom style color coaching from me and other members of the class.

• You are also eligible for any TAC specials that require a $30 purchase – so you can get the stamp of the month at its special price without any additional order required.

Not so extreme?  You could always extend it out to double time and half the cost each month - that way it would be 8 months $60 per month.  This way we need 8 people to fill a club - and one of the months you do not receive any markers but your $60 is still required.  (There are only 7 sets)  That month you will receive the hostess benefits of a Level A and Leve B hostess sets plus any additonal order at 20% off.

Just e-mail me if your are interested!

 

Card for sketch #119

This weeks sketch was a fun one - I hope you get to give a try.  If you do be sure to leave your linky and link back to here so we can all check you and everyone else out!

Here is my card:
 

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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: Oh No She Didn't, Background Soup and Tag Tidbits stamp sets from The Angel Company
Ink:Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad, VersaMark Ink Pad
Papers: White Cardstock, Cardstock Caboodle B, Miss Moxie SWIC Pattern Paper
Accessories: Scallop Scissors, 3/4" Circle Punch, Copic Markers, Scor-pal, Scor-bug, Glossy Accents, Garden Mix Bitty Blossoms, Clear Embossing Powder, Tidy Tray, Heat Tool  

Be sure that if your order totals $30 or more youtake a look at the Purchase with Purchase stamps!

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This card might look semi familiar - I CASE'd the coloring from my dear friend and Copic Goddess Barb Foster.  I wanna color like her when I grow up!  Seriously girlfriend can work a marker!  I loved how she used the Glossy Accents on top of the umbrella, raincoat and boots on her card - so I had to CASE that too!  (CASE=copy and steal everything!)  I was able to use our brand new Copic Caboodles Cardstocks - these are from Set B.  LOVE these the most!  Those blue greens are just so inviting and yummy.

****Copic Combos****
skin:  E000, E00, E11 plus R02 for cheeks
hair: Y21, YR31
Raincoat, Frog and Umbrella:  BG01, BG05, BG09 and YG00, YG23
Background and puddle:  B00, B02

Some of the Copics used can be found in Sets A, B, F and G - and the rest are from the Caio sets.

here are the detail shots...you can see the dimension of the Glossy accents in this one:

I am getting better at wielding my markers me thinks!  Especially after pointers and tips from Barb this weekend!

 

from above:
 

It is really hard to capture the background - it is similar to Barb's dotty background but i kinda scribble more than dot.   I like it and am trying to figure out how to teach someone else how to do it!  YOUtube is in order I think!

I am unpacking and re-organizing in my studio and trying to resist coloring all day!  I have a crop this weekend in Manhattan and am looking forward to a whole day of stamping and coloring and scrapbooking!  Maybe I can get some pictures together from our vacation.... add that to the list!

Monday Sketch #119 - and a little Copic info

Happy Monday!  I have a fun sketch this morning that I hope you get to give a try.  If you do be sure to leave your linky and link back to here so we can all check you and everyone else out!

This is gonna be a fun one - so check it out tomorrow!   I am planning to get back on track with my blogging and videos - crossing my fingers.  The kids go back to school soon and all the chaos of vacation and ball season is over - so I can breath again and spend some time in my studio!  This past weekend I co-hosted an angel event in KC and it was specTACular!  Angels came from all over - KS, NE, MO, IA, OH, WI, CO, IL - I think that is all the states...  :-)  It was so much fun to get to gether and get INSPIRED!  the new TAC catalog is just amazing - I have heard so many times that people want so many stamps sets out of it and the new accessories are pretty fab too! 

My fav thing from the weekend was all the coloring going on!  Everyone was playing with copics - and creating some drop dead GORGOUS images.   Here is one I colored:

 
  ***Copic Color Combo***
Skin tones : E000, E00, E01 plus R02 for cheeks
Dress: B91, B95, B99
Blue sky:  B00 and BG02
Grass: YG03 and YG23
Shoes:  E31 and E33.

The stamp is from It's Your Day stamp set - I just LOVE these kids!  (you can find more of this style under Family and fun on my secure shopping site if you click on the link for the stamp set)

I am SO excited about the Copic Caboodles - and our ability to offer them as a half price item hostess benefit!  In fact with just $100 in orders you can get 2 Copic Caboodles for the price of one!  They are such a great way to color and I am excited to be able to offer copic markers at a discount.  You can e-mail me anytime for details - but the low down is:

• Have a party (or book party where you show the catalog around and gather $100 in orders from any current TAC publication - which there are three!)
• Get FREE hostess sets - 1 level A with $100 in orders)
• Get a FREE catalog from me - great ideas and inspiration!
• Choose anything in our current publications for half price - you can get a set of 36 Caio markers OR a set of 12 color coordinated Copic Caboodles - an easy way to ease into the world of Copic Markers because the colors are already in sets of three for optimal shading possibilites!
• Ask about a Copic Marker club!  I am offering a way to get a few markers every month with some coordinating cardstock and our premium Copic Caboodle white cardstock for crisp images and flawless blending with Copic markers.  At the end of 4 months you have a full set of 12 - repeat or double up if you want MORE! (if you opt for 2 sets at half price your hostess month you would have 3 sets of Copic Caboodles!)

So can you tell how excited I am about these markers and the fact that TAC put together such a GREAT way to get started with Copic Coloring???  I am practically squealing! 

Well the kiddos are still sleeping and I have unpacking to do from the weekend!  I have extra project kits available for $15 (there are 11 projects from cards to mini albums and even an ornament!)  All the pieces are cut and packaged - you provide the ink stamps and adhesive.  I also am working on a special project today and tomorrowthat is so exciting and I can't wait to tell you ALL about it!  :-)