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Butterfly bliss

Here is the card I made for this weeks sketch.  I was inspired by the color combo - and did not quite get the effect I was looking for so I will probably be stuck on this one till I get it right!

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Stamps: Want to Fly and Running Stitches stamp sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette Ink
Papers: Ivory and Brown Cardstock and Chartruese Matchmaker Cardstock, Vellum
Accessories: Mini Kai Scissors, Crystal Stickles, Edge Distresser, Miss Moxie and Reece Ribbon

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Be sure to add your linky if you give the sketch a try!

I love doing butterflies like that - I just stamp onto vellum and let it dry. Then I cut it out with my Mini Kai Scissors - essential especially for the teeny tiny details ones. Then I put a line of glue just along the body of the butterfly on the back. Stick it down to your card with that line of glue - then add Stickles to the rest of the wings and body as desired. The moisture of the Stickles with make your wings curl and give such dimension it looks like they will fly right off the card.

So - whats up for today?  I am working on TACnique night which is tomorrow night.  I am also working on a blogging idea I had last week - and hopefully will have the first installment ready to post tomorrow.  I had to clean up my studio table this morning in order to be able to stamp - so I have one little spot - oh crap I guess I messed it up again making that card huh!?!  UGH - it really is never ending - why do I fight it?  Ok I have not been fighting so hard lately have I - it is obviously apparent in the utter disaster area I am calling my studio lately.  

Ah... Woe is me right?  Off to workout and get some spring cleaning done.  I told Laney last night we should do some of that in our bedrooms and she said "Uh, I think we should do that in the SUMMER - not spring."  Procrastinator in the making eh?  We are BORN with this - why fight it???   How funny!!!

Another Tag Punch Trick

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I love a good punch trick don't you?  This time I am using the Giga Merchandise Tag Punch from Marvy.  You can of course use any tag punch that is similar in shape.  I am making this cool label shape from this card.

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Stamps: Forever Friends and Trendy Greetings stamp sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Noir Palette Ink
Papers: Stardust Cardstock, Robins Egg 3 Matchmaker Cardstock and Catelynn Pattern Papers
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Polo Shimmer Brads, Giga Merchandise Tag Punch

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I used the new Spring Into April stamp set Forever Friends.  Check out the coloring on this card - I love how it turned out!

I used my trusty Prisma Color pencils.  No blender or anything - just my bare naked pencils on good quality paper.  You can really get nice blends with JUST the pencils - but it is imperative that you are working on GOOD paper like our UltraSmooth White Cardstock or Stardust Cardstock!!  For the pot - I colored so much that i felt like I could not see the black lines anymore because the pink was all over the top.  I tried to remedy it by going over them with my Black Gelly Roll Glaze pen - which does the trick IF you can do them nice and steady.  I however did not do such a great job.  So now what?  Stickles makes eveything better right?  (Hi Julie!)  I just stickled over top of the glaze pen and it took away all the Boo Boos. 

So - on to the tag trick!

First start with a strip of cardstock that is 1 3/4 inches wide - this is for the Giga Merchandise Tag punch.  If you are using a different size tag be sure your width is almost as wide as the regular tag when punched out.  We are going to insert this strip into the punch from the bottom of the punch so that only ONE end of it will be punched.  You do not stick it in like normal.  It should look like this:

Then you punch and end up with this:

Next take that strip and flip it - right over left - so now your punched end is on your right.  Slip it back into the punch the same way you did the first time like this:

Now punch and you end up like this:

Now you just cut off both sides of the tag.  I made it even easier to see where to cut by using my Scor-pal to make a cutting guide.  I lined up my tag with any score line on the Scor-pal so that both the same bumps of the tag were in line with the same line.  Like this:

Then score along that line and repeat for the other side of the tag.  So you have 2 scored lines to cut along like this:

Then Snip snip and you have this:

Add brads to the ends or punch holes or layer another piece on top and voila - a very nice Label shape using your Merchandise Tag Punch.

Mimi Message Center - free calendar download

I LOVE how this came out!  Here is my Mimi Message Center that I made for the gift Exchange - even though I really wanted to hang it in my studio!  It is a variation on a Cookie Sheet Calendar that I have been wanting to make for months.
 

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Stamps: Bookoo Blessings stamp set from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette Ink
Papers: Mimi SWIC Pattern Papers
Accessories: Ava Jumbo Shimmer Brads , Bazzill Bitty Blooms , Brites Board Clips, Colluzzle Wordsworth Blimp Alphabet template

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I printed out the calendar from Publisher onto Birch cardstock.  I converted it to a pdf so you could download it too!  It prints the words in a really dark brown - so if you want it black and white be sure to check the box that tells your printer to print it in Black and White.  It also prints out 4 of each month per sheet - and it is 16 months.  So you will have enough to make 4 calendars.  You could also use them for other projects if you want!

Download 09 mar-10 june

I started with a $1 cookie sheet from Dollar Tree and I spray painted it with brown FLAT spray paint.  I decoupaged the papers on after corner rounding and edging with Burnt Umber Palette ink.  I use Royal Coat Decoupage glue - applying a nice even coat then lay paper down on top - then add a coat on top of paper.  It is KEY that you work fast and get as even as possible.  This will cut down on the amount of bubbles you get in your paper.  Use a BIG wash brush for the best results. 

I cut the letters with the Colluzzle Letter template and edged them with Burnt Umber ink and adhered them on with different thickness' of Pop Dots and foam tape.

Here are a few more detail shots:

Under the flowers holding the notepad and calendar on are the Board clips on a magnet - that way you can move them around and replace them easily when they run out.

For the clip Magnets I used 2 Bazzill Bitty Blooms and the new AVA Jumbo Sparkle Brads - they look FAB with the Mimi Papers.  I attached the flowers to a bullnose clip with the brads - putting the 2 flowers back to back.  I then used E6000 to glue and attached a round button magnet to each Bullnose clip - and this is how the calendar and notepad are attached.  (I did it this way so that when the year is over or the paper is gone you can replace it VERY easily.)

I used the Crop-a-dile to punch the 2 holes thru the pan - you gotta LOVE that tool!  I strung some wide satin ribbon thru the holes and tied in a knot to creat the hanger for the piece.  (this is recycled ribbon from Winter Retreat - it was tied around our SS!)

The cork area is just a piece of a 12x12 cork tile - I cut with an exacto knife - I use the retractable Kraft knife from the TAC catalog of course!  I inked the edges of the cork first with my Burnt Umber Ink pad - then with a sponge.  This gives the nice gradient of color.  The Tacks are brass Uppolstrey tacks.  I thought about doing the pebble push pins - but decided I liked these just fine.

So what do you think?  I would love to offer it as a class here and on the road at some upcoming crops!  So be on the lookout for an upcoming class if you are interested.  Oh and if you are attending our upcomign Winter ANgel Round Up - I am making another on for my prop swap there!  And one for me too!!!  WHich paper collections should I use?  Mimi again or my love Willoughby?

My hero worked on my e-mail and computer for a bit this morning - and convinced me to archive - I am so hoping that I am not going to regret that decision.  He also went to staples last night and bought me my very own adding machine with paper print out!  That is his subtle hint to get my butt in gear and get my tax numbers crunched!  Ya I still have not done that! 

Any one know of a good place to buy some time?  I am looking for about 4 hour increments of uninterupted studio time - to organize and purge - and it cannot involve me checking myself into the looney bin!

Fun Background TAC-nique

I had my monthly Triple TAC-nique class - they are always so much fun!   I was thinking about what TAC-niques I wanted to do for class and looking thru my NEW serendipity stamps and I REALLY wanted to use the Fishy Friends stamp set.  They are simple solid images - and just plain CUTE!  So I thought about what TACnique I could use....hmmmmm.... I know!!!  I call it Scalloped Sea Backgrounds.  What do you think?

I started with a piece of scrap cardstock.  I cut an edge with my cloud scallop scissors - these are a wide scallop.  I placed my strip on my piece where I wanted the TOP of my water to be.  Then I ink up my sponge with Reflection Blue Palette ink and TAP the sponge onto the strip and DRAG it onto the piece of cardstock.  Repeat and then move the strip down and over a hair.  I went back and added more and tilted them just a hair until I had the effect I wanted.  It is VERY much like the Retiform or grid technique - only with a scallop strip of cardstock and going down an piece instead of making a grid. 

At my TAC-nique classes we make 3 different TAC-nique cards and each one has a sample of the sample on the front of the card (they are index card sized cards so 6x5 folded in half to make a 3x5 card) and on the inside there is a write up of the technique - supplies and step by step.  There is lots of room for everyone to make notes too.  Then we store them all together as a TAC-nique file.  I am on the hunt for a really cool index card box - like an old library drawer or something cool.  Right now I have them in a Sterlite box - BORING!!!  I had them in one of our Recipe Boxes - but they do not fit anymore and I want to keep them in one - hey I just had a thought - what if I attached those to each other - I wonder if I could make the lids work...

Kids are off school today - it is COLD out - buit no snow!  They have been praying for snow - but i think the sleds they got for Christmas JINXED it!  Poor kiddos - we have not had a drop of snow - or atleast even close enough to sled on.  We may have to blow them up this summper and use them in the pool instead!

Lots to do this weekend - including one of my BEST friends Helen's retiring party!  SHe is leaving the US post office - and we are all SUPER happy!!  She is opening a shop in JC KAnsas to sell crafts and materials and hold classes.  It is a neat old building - right next door to the Post Office!  SO she will still see all her friends from work.  Like she was worried about that???  I don't think so.  She teaches Basket Weaving - in fact she was who taught me to do that Potato Masher Basket!

Anyway - I better get out of these Jammies and get to WORK!  I don't wanna!

Hearts for Shamrocks?

With Heart day past - it is on to Shamrocks right?  I do not have ANY St. Patricks Day stamps!  Isn't that sad?  Well I was flipping thru a scrapbooking magazine - Scrapbooks etc - and they had a picture of a Topiary tree they made with felt hearts.  That is where the inspiration for this card came from.  I wanted to use our new Hostess set - Hinges - which you can get FREE when you have a FUNshop, Book party, or place a $100 order! 

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Stamps: Everyday Occassions, Build a Flower, Hinges from The Angel Company
Ink: Giverny Green Palette Ink, VersaMark Ink
Papers: White Ultrasmooth Cardstock
Accessories: XStatic pad, Black Embossing Powder, Grey Tombow Marker, Spring Bright Brads, Paper Piercer, Pop Dot, Scor-pal

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I stamped and cut out the hearts - than attached them all together with a green brad.  I stamped and Embossed the hinges - LOVE the look of crispness of black embossing on white paper.  I outlined them with a little Grey Tombow marker to really make them pop and look 3 dimensional.  After I had the card all done - THEN I scored the lines to resemble planks of a gate.  I did it last so that I could skip over the hinges and flower and stem. 

Last night I thought I was going to have the flu today - but surprise!  I woke up this morning feeling pretty normal!  Hallelujah!  Eric said "We are all gonna be sick this weekend!"  - and I tried to convince him otherwise.  I hope I can subliminally keep everyone well!

Today I WILL get my taxes sorted and calculated!  So I better get to work!

Twist on a gatefold - gift card giver

So for the Birthday Card Bonanza I always like to throw in a Giftcard holder/giver.  This time around I took a gatefold card and made it functional! 

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Stamps: Sweet Goodies and For All Seasons stamp set from The Angel Company
Ink: Noir Palette Ink and Claret Palette Ink
Papers: Ivory Cardstock and Raspberry1, Blue 2 Matchmaker Cardstock, and Purple Cha Cha Cardstock
Accessories: Scallop Scissors, Gelly Glaze pens, Scallop Circle punch, Circle punch, Scor-pal, Paper Piercer

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Using the Scor-pal makes this type of card SOOOOO easy.  The Scor-pal has two dots along the top measuring line that mark exactly where you need to score on a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of cardstock.  (The triangles up there are to make a trifold card out of a full sheet of card stock) 

So I scored the card at both dots and then I punched out a half circle from the right side.  Then made a pocket with the right flap - I adhered the right side down with adhesive just along the top and bottom of the flap to allow for room for the gift card to be inserted to the pocket. 

To make the left flap a little longer to overlap I added a strip of white along the edge and scallop cut the edge with decorative scissors.  I also added a line of pierced holes along the edge for a little texture.

I added the center circle with a pop dot on top on a regular circle and then a scallop circle - I closed the card and placed the circle so it would cover up the gift card spot.  KWIM?

Pretty simple - and you can do it without the Scor-pal  bu just folding your card to the center instead of the side.

SO on my agenda for today - the ever at the top of my list item - Clean up my studio!!!  Why is it that I cannot keep just one of my surfaces picked up?  I have all my stuff to unpack from retreat, card camp, and FUNshops. 

I will be having some special surprises coming up on Feb 1st to celebrate the release of the NEW Spring Serendipity - so be sure to check back.  You never know what I might have up my sleeve...  I am feeling some blog candy brewing!

 

Not all faux is good...

But this one is hilarious! But first - here is the card for the weeks sketch.

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Stamps: Barnyard Birthday stamp set from The Angel Company
Ink: Noir Palette Ink
Papers: Ivory and Black Cardstock and Golden Yellow 2 and Harvest Orange 2 Matchmaker Cardstock
Accessories: Black Embossing powder - or flocking!, Tombow Multi Glue, Edge Distresser

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Ok so for the hilarious part of my faux misshap...
It was late - about 12:30AM to be precise - that I designed this card for the Birthday Card Bonanza yesterday.  After being inspired by my friend Seleise to use flocking - I wanted to use it on a card for the class.  Heck she even let me borrow her stamp set!  So I tried out the lamb and white - and decided I wanted to use black and the cow instead.  I reach in the drawer for the black flocking.  There it is - hum I didn't realize the black was different texture than the other colors?  Oh well I am tired, lets get this puppy done so I can get some SLEEP! Done!  Can you sense where this is going?  Did you read the supplies above for the card and notice anything funny?  Well you guessed it - I actually grabbed super fine black embossing powder and thought I had flocking!  Seleise showed up for class and i said look how cool the texture of the black flocking is - it is almost like suede!  At this point I had not figured out my error - but I had suspicions.  That Seleise is one smart lil cookie - she was like "It looks like embossing powder to me!"  laughing hysterically the whole time of course - we all had fun with it the whole day.  Faux flocking! 

Seriously though - the Tombow Multi glue is the BEST for flocking applications.  It works great!  The other flocking tip I have is to always color under your flocking areas with the same color of the flocking.  In this case we colored under with a black marker.  This will make your flocking more solid and not let the paper color show through.

Only one WEEK left of half price stamps - so be sure to get me your list before Monday.  I leave for sunny SA tomorrow morning - and will be getting e-mails and online a bit from the hotel.  I HOPE to have some cool things to share while I am gone too - I just took all the pics, now for the time to be available for me to write up a little ditty to go with them! 

Packing and getting my hair done today - that is my agenda.  Possibly a wrestling match tonight.  I feel horrible - I had to make DJ skip practice yesterday so he could watch Logan for me (i took Laney with me) and he found out afterwards that since he was not at practice he will not get to wrestle at the HOME matches tonight!  UGH!  Why can they not let kids have a day off anymore?  I mean I had no idea he would have to go to practice so I assumed he would be home to watch the kiddos for me.  Eric wrote this long message to the coach blaming me totally for DJ not being at practice - to the point that DJ was even mad at me for it!  He wants DJ to wrestle tonight I guess.

A Scrapling?

A what?  I was blog hopping around to my fav inspirational blogs and I ran across this little peach!  Apparently the ladies over at Hero Arts came up with this while trying to use up their scraps!  I KNOW!  My personal FAV way to design!  Check out the origin of these little ditties here. (it is all the way at the bottom of that page)  SO I wanted to play with this idea - and I did not have any scrapling sized scraps so I decided to make a "set" by starting with a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card and cutting it off to be a 4 1/4 square card - which leaves you with the scrapling size and a card.  I liked the idea of using the mailing labels so I tried that too.  I ended up with a pretty masculine design. 

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Stamps: Aged Ornaments and Linear Sentiments Stamp Sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette Ink
Papers: Ivory Cardstock and Brown Cardstock
Accessories: Neutral Twill, Mailing Labels and Copper Hardware

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SO now what to do with this little creation?  Well I have seen it used as a gift tag on a present - cute!  I thought why not hang it on a gift bag - great way to spruce up a plain cheapo bag right?  Well I tied a ribbon around it and it looked not so great because it was such a masculine design.  How can I use it on a bag with out adding ribbon or floss or something to tie it on???  Well check it out:

I simply cut a slit from the fold to the circle punch and it slips right onto the handle of the bag. 

LOVE IT!  Perfectly perfect for a masculine effect with no frilly ribbon to fluff it up.

This is one of my make and takes for the month of January - so if you get to come to one of my FUNshops you will get to make one of your very own.

SO today I caught up on some sleep this morning after running DJ to the school at O dark thirty - he is trying out for State Band today.  I came home and went back to sleep since I was out cropping til Midnight last night in Wamego!  The kids wanted me to watch Bolt with them this morning - what a cute movie!  Eric was right though it did make me cry.  I am such a sap.  Made me think of my Patches and how much i miss my kitty. 

So now I am in the studio waiting for the call to go and pick DJ up.  I have a team meeting tomorrow for all my local Oz-some Inkin' Angels on my team with The Angel Company.  We have lots of Make and Takes, Business discussions, Tool Time, Card swap, show and tell, lots of snacks - and well just a plain ole good time!  I wish ALL my angels on my team could come!  If you are looking for a creative way to use your hobby as a source of income you should check out TAC!  You can e-mail me anytime with questions of course - but right now there is a $50 bonus for signing up!  Think about it!

I am also preparing for that trip to San Antonio which is sneaking up in less than 2 weeks!  YIKES!  I started my swaps, have my Club MED trades done - and still have a few surprises up my sleeve!  If you are an Angel going to retreat and you have not heard about the Shoe Box swap PLEASE contact me!  We have some open crop time and I am organizinga shoebox swap - where you bring a project for everyone and then you get to make everyones projects.  We are shooting for 20 participants at this time so join in the fun if you can!

Party Time!

I am so excited that I will be heading to San Antonio in 2 weeks for TAC's annual Winter Retreat event.  It is a 3 day event that I look forward to every winter to get a boost in inspiration from my fellow angels - and the best part is it is in San Antonio!  In celebration I designed my sketch card to celebrate going.

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Stamps:  Celebration Invitation stamp set from The Angel Company
Ink: Noir Palette Ink
Papers: White Cardstock and Miss Moxie SWIC and Cardstock
Accessories: Orange Stickles, Pop Dots, Bazzill Bitty Blooms

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Be sure to add a linky if you make a card using this sketch - it will show up here and on the post with the sketch itself.

I featured the Miss Moxie Collection on this card - I just love its Lush color Palette.  I used the Orange Stickles to mark the selection from the list and I also went over the Party Time with them.  I have a trick I use when applying stickles on top of the Party Time image and it works like a charm.  OZ-some TIP: Did you know that if you go outside the lines with stickles there is a highly technical tool that you can use to clean up your mistake? It is called a nudger. You probably have half a million of them laying around your stamping table and you didn't even know it!  Any scrap of paper will do!  Just nudge your stickles right back where they are supposed to be and voila! 

With all the specials going on right now you can get so much MORE for your money with TAC!  That stamp set totally rocks and with the 50% off sale it is only $9.98!  Don't forget about the $50 bonus in FREE stamps that you will get when you sign up to be an Angel too!  I know several people out there who have been on the fence about becoming an Angel - why not give it a try and get $50 FREE too?  The specials make it easy get started as a new Angel in your own business too.  Why not take your Hobby and turn it into your job?  You know you love doing it - why not make some money doing what you love?  There has been so much talk everywhere at the trun of the year this year about this year being the year to really connect with what you LOVE and living your best life.  I know I actually have been watching Oprah too much probably - but this could be just the ticket for some one out there. 

An all new round of Sensational Six Hostess club starts this month - would you like to join in?  You receive the hostess benefits one of the 6 months you are in the club - which is basically a FREE hostess set and any item for Half Price.  I also spoil my club memebrs with 6 idea sheets each month and a FREE goodie too!  Just e-mail me if you are interested or have any questions - you do not have to be here to participate in the club!

So guess what I have to do right now?  Get to work in my studio - creating some specTACular projects make and takes and demo's for my Stamping Night out that is this Thursday.  How fun is that???

Wrap Flap Card

What is a Wrap Flap card?  Well it is one of my latest creations of course!  I was playing with my Scor-pal again - you are gonna love this one!

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Stamps: Simply Christmas and Holiday Cheer stamp sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette Ink, VersaMark Watermark Ink
Papers: White, Kraft and Brown Cardstock, Robins Egg 3 Matchmaker Cardstock
Accessories: Scor-pal, Metallic Perfect Pearls, Amelia Ribbon, Scallop Scissors, Copper Hardware Assortment and Paper Corrugator

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This was a a genius moment I think in my studio.  You know the times when you are down to the wire and you just come up with something really neat?  Well this was one for me IMHO.  I made this card for my stamping night out last week - or was it the week before?  Sheesh December is just FLYING by!  Anywho...

I wanted to create a card that had a flap that wrapped around to "close" the card.  I also wanted to offset the opening of the card.  What I discovered is that if you just skooch your card piece over on your Scor-pal you can achieve this with ease!  SO just lay your card on your Scor-pal like this:

You will score at 4 1/4 and 8 1/2 - which will give you technically a gatefold card - but this one is offset. 

I like it!  Now I wanted to make sure that these two pieces actually overlapped and not just butt up to each other.  SO I added a decorative strip to the left (bigger) side by simply attaching a strip of CS to the back side (inside of the card) like this:

Here is the view from front - I just cut along the edge with my Scallop scissors:

 

And now it looks like this when the card is closed:

Next I made up my flap to wrap around the card.  I took a 1x 8 1/2 inch strip of Kraft cardstock and ran it through my Corrugator so that when it gets put in and out of the closure it will not look damaged.   I also used my old style corner rounder and rounded 2 of the corners of the strip for a more finished look.

My flap is going to wrap around to the back side of my card, and I wanted to ensure that the decorative edge always stays on top when the card is closed so I secured the right side of the card (smaller) side down permanently with an eyelet.  You can see hat I also ran my ink pad across the top of the strip to make the corrugation stand out more and tie the whole card together.  Like so:

Now I wanted my flap to secure the card closed so I popped the image up with pop dots on the top and bottom of the image - leaving the middle open and lifted up for my flap to fit under.  Like this:

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then just position that on top of the flap:

Now that is the mechanical part of the card, do you not LOVE the snowflakes on there?  I used the Perfect pearls and my Versamark pad to achieve this look.  I wanted very subtle flakes behind my Reindeer.  I stamped the flakes first with Versamark ink onto my white piece.

I know you can't see it but trust me it is there!  You can really tell when I do the next step.  Then I used the brush that come with the perfect pearls to spread the powder around over top of the wet ink - which makes it stick!  (by the way it works MUCH better than the trophy ink pad that comes with the set of Perfect Pearls - just throw that sucker away k?)

You just keep brushing over and over without getting more pearls and you end up with this:

After I had them all covered as I wanted I then stamped my Reindeer with Burnt Umber right on top.  I also added a little Grey Tombow marker around him for added depth - you may be able to see it in the second pic.

I also repeated the snowflake technique on the right (smaller) side of the front of the card also.

So there you have it - an all new card you can make in a flash using that priceless Scor-pal!  If you have not gotten one yet you surely have it on your Christmas Wish List right?  Don't forget you can always have a FUNshop and get one for half price -OR you can join my Sensational Six Club for next year (or anytime!) and you will get a half price item when it is your turn to be Hostess!  You can e-mail me anytime to join this club.

The kids had such a blast yesterday afterschool playing in the snow.  They are both SO lucky to have gotten hand me down ski pants!  Laney needs a pair of better gloves that will keep her hands dry - but they are all set to play in the snow.  I am sure they will want to again today.  It is funny to me though that just the addition of that powdery white stuff and they are miraculously able to play outside together just the two of them!  Little miracles I tell ya.  It is a little warmer today so I will try to sneak some pictures of them in action.

I think my DH is going to be working late tonight helping a friend - so maybe I will finally be able to wrap up some other things I have been working on in the studio!  One of these days I want to make some cookies with the kids too!