Happy Birthday Sweet Mabelle!!

Today the Whimsy and Stars Design Team is is celebrating the birthday of our leader, talented artist, and designer, Mabelle R.O. with a Happy Birthday Blog Hop!! We each made a special creation just for you Mabelle, enjoy!!

I made my card using one of my favorite Whimsy and Stars images, "Miss Dancing Queen". This is also the first image I chose to work with when I joined the Whimsy and Stars Design Team last February, so sweet!  I wanetd to make a special gift to go along with my card, so I made a matching necklace as well. One of the things I love about digi images is that you can size the image to whatever your project calls for. So I just shrunk one down enough to fit behind one of these little glass tiles to create this pendant. Coloring all those teeny tiny details was a little challenging, but well worth the effort!

Hope you like them Mabelle, they are in the mail on the way to you! Wishing you a wonderful Birthday, and a blessed year to come!! Hugs!
Your next stop on this blog hop is Chelsea, I am sure she has something wonderful to share! Here is a complete list for the hop as well:
Angela  http://www.angelakelley.blogspot.com/ (that's me)
Chelsea  http://inkystamps2.blogspot.com/
Cheryl  http://shestamps.blogspot.com/
Christine  http://christines-creativetherapy.blogspot.com/
Debra  http://creamcityangels.blogspot.com/
Holly  http://hollysangels.blogspot.com/
Kathy  http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com/
Lis  http://mycraftblogumentary.blogspot.com/
Michelle http://michellescreativejourney.blogspot.com/Enjoy!!

Have a wonderful day!!
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One Layer

Okay, so one layer cards are not really my thing. If you have ever been here before you already know this, if you new, well , now you know too! So even though one layer is not in my normal comfort zone, I thought I would give it a shot, I do this on occasion, then go running right back to my layers! But this time I have to say I am quite pleased with how this card turned out!! I stamped and embossed the large flower from Marvelous Marigolds in white, onto the new Bellini card stock. Then I added some score lines with my score pal around the edge of my paper, which I sanded so they would pop. For the darker orange tones in my flower I feather blended very carefully with my Copic Markers, and it really came to 'life'. I think next time I would use my colored pencils instead, Not sure if the embossing will damage my marker or not...  The sentiment is from Wild Rose, and is also embossed in white. It would be fun to make these in a bunch of different colors, quick and easy too! All supplies for this card are from A Muse.
     What do you think?
We have a new catalog coming out soon (February 1st)! My friend Risa has been sending me sneak peeks from the A Muse National Conference this weekend in New Orleans, my wish list is LONG! My catalogs should be here next week sometime, if you would like one just let me know and I will set one aside for you.
 
I hope that you are having a fabulous weekend! :)

Whimsy and Stars Valentine

Happy New Year! Hope that you all have had a wonderful beginning to this next year. I wanted to share a card I made using one of Mabelle's new Valentine's images, so cute! This one is "Valentine Girly". I added the sentiment on the heart with one of my A Muse stamps. The image comes with the large heart plain, I love that 'cause it offers so many possibilities! It's hard to see in the photo, but I added some lovely glitter here and there, so she is wonderfully sparkly!
Mabelle just posted a Design Team Showcase on her blog, Whimsy and Stars Studio, I hope that you will pop over and take a look, so many adorable creations!
Have a great day!

Whimsy Christmas

Just a quick post today to share another adorable image from Whimsy and Stars Studio, this one is called Winter Friends. So cute! I paired this little cutie with some of my A Muse Studio papers, dies, and stamps. I have been working on a project that uses a bunch of Mabelle's sweet Christmas images, I can't wait to share with you, but I have to put the finishing touches on it first. :)
Hope that you are having a wonderful weekend, I appreciate you stopping by!! :)

Felicity

Another Mabelle R.O. image from Whimsy and Stars Studio, this one is "Felicity", isn't she lovely?!. I really tried for a soft delicate look in my coloring, but it still turned out brighter than I intended. I guess that is what happens when you keep adding just a little more... :) I guess I just am not a soft and delicate when it comes to coloring !! I used a piece of  A Muse Bermuda paper that I ran through my big shot with an impression plate, then sanded to make my stripes pop. The sentiment is from an A Muse set, Contemporary Greetings, and was embossed with white embossing powder. So even though it didn't turn out as "soft" as I originally intended, I still love how it turned out!! :) I hope that you like it too!
I also wanted to say a warm Welcome to two very talented designers that are joining the Whimsy and Stars Team, Debra Miller and Christine Pennington! Not only are they amazingly talented, but I have met them both and they are two of the sweetest people ever. So glad to have you both on the team with us, can't wait to see all your beautiful creations each month!!!
Oh My goodness I almost forgot! Mabelle extended the special BUY 2 Get 1 FREE!! So this would be a great time to get some sweet digis to add to your collection!
Hope that you are having a wonderful day, thanks for stopping by!

A Touch of Autumn

I know that I have been sharing a lot of Christmas creations lately, but I haven't totally skipped Autumn. Here are a couple of cards I made to celebrate this beautiful time of year. We have been having beautiful days and cool crisp nights, and all the leaves are turning such lovely colors right now. This first card uses Bounty of the Season and Mad About Plaids, from A Muse Studios. Yes, I am still on a plaid kick, I just can't help myself, look at those gorgeous fall colors!I colored the wheat with Copic markers, then added a little sparkle with my glitter pen.

This card was inspired by THIS card, created by Krystie Lee. I just added my own personal style and this is what I ended up with. Thanks for the inspiration Krystie! This card features another A Muse set called "Fall Foliage" which is one of the set included in the A Muse Studio Spotlight Special this month! It also showcases our beautiful  "Script Background" stamp, I am loving using all these different background stamps again, didn't realize how much I have missed them!

I hope that you are having a beautiful Autumn day where ever you are! Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it and all the sweet comments that are left!! :)

Dashing Through The Snow...

 Just a quick post today to share another Christmas card using my A Muse Studio stamps and papers! This image is from the "A Christmas Carol" set, I just love the vintage feel of these images. The paper that I used is my new favorite color combo, Bermuda, Eucalyptus, with a touch of Cranberry, and in this case a little Candy Cane Stripe. I colored the image with Copic Markers and then added a little Diamond Glitter to make my snow sparkle. Cranberry Buttons are also from A Muse. All of these items can be found in my A Muse store HERE.
I hope that you are having a wonderful Autumn weekend, we went to the pumpkin patch yesterday on a school field trip, so much fun! I am just loving the beautiful Fall weather we have been having too.
Thanks for stopping by!!

Merry and Bright!

Tomorrow October 18th is the big day, Whimsy and Stars Studio is having their Christmas Digi  Release!!! This little sweetie will be available for purchase, so cute, this is sweet image is called "Pixie Christmas".  And  even better, Mabelle is running a special too, buy any 2 digis and get a third for FREE!!  Free, you just can't beat that! And just in case you need some more encouragement here is one more card featuring another sweet image that will be released tomorrow...

 This adorable little image is called "Girl with Snowman". I sure hope that you will pop over to the Whimsy and Stars Blog tomorrow for a look at all the sweet images Mabelle has for Christmas and Winter. There will be a Design Team Showcase with lots of beautiful samples too!!  You could even pick up a few of the Autumn themed cuties, there is still time for all those Fall cards!!  ***And hey, if digis aren't your thing Mabelle is now also offering some of her designs in RUBBER stamps now too!!***

Hope that your are having a lovely Autumn day!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Mad About Plaid

I have always loved plaids, but now that I can make my own plaid in any color that I like, for any project I want, I am crazy for plaid! It's true. I am loving this Mad About Plaid set!! I am still making lots of samples for my Open Houses this week, so many ideas, so little time!! This card also features the set A Christmas Carol, love the vintage feel. Sentiment is from Essential Sentiments, card stocks are Sage and Fern.
I loved how this card turned out so much I decided to make another using all the same ingredients!

I did use a different set for the sentiment, Contemporary Greetings, on this one. I don't know what it is about this set, it just gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. Of course paired with the plaid it is even better, IMHO!!
:) All of these items are from A Muse Studio, you can check any of them out in my online store too.

So, what do you think?

Have a Lovely day!! So glad you stopped by!

Whimsy and Stars Freebie!!

Hello, just wanted to pop in here and post a couple more cards that I have made using digi images by Mabelle, at Whimsy and Stars Studios!!  *** But before I tell you about my cards I need to let you know that Mabelle has a fabulous FREEBIE for you, but only from 8/15/11 to 8/17/11, so hurry and go HERE for all the details, you don't want to miss out!***
This little cutie is called Little Ladybug . Can't you imagine her in all kinds of different color combinations?! So sweet! I made this card for a good friend of mine, I hope that she likes it!! That wonderful background was made using a new stamp from The Angel Company called Here I Am. I am so excited to have some fun new background stamps in this new catalog, so many possibilities! Sentiment is from one of Mabelle's Angel Company stamp sets called Apple of My Eye.

This card was made using Baby's Teddy, another sweet image that is so much fun to color! Paper was from my scrap bucket, I think it is My Minds Eye and Bo Dot. The flower was made with a new flower punch that TAC is carrying , sentiment from Wonderful Trees.

Have a great day! Thank You for stopping by, I appreciate it!

Savvy Projects Technique Blog Hop- Stamping on Fabric

Hello and Happy Friday! I hope that you are having a wonderful day today. It is time for another Savvy Projects Blog Hop!! This month it is a technique hop, and we are featuring Stamping on Fabric!! I have never actually done this before, always meant to, but never got around to it. It's always good to try new things!!

I found these muslin(sorry I thought they were muslin, but no!) canvas artist trading cards in my stash of stuff and thought that would be a good place to start. I stamped off a few different images to work with using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. When you stamp on fabric it is a much softer line, the ink just is not as bold. I knew that you could use colored pencils on the muslin, but I wanted a bolder look so I went for my Copics. After experimenting on one of my images I realized that you need to use a very soft hand, and it is better to let your ink dry between colors. Also I liked it better when I started with the softest color, completely covering the area I was coloring, then adding my darker color for shading and then the medium color over the top of that. I hope that makes some kind of sense. For this card I used Be Fabulous, Wonderful Words, Hemingway ribbon, SWIC, and card stock collections. Originally I was going to stamp the sentiment on the fabric, but I knew it wouldn't be as bold as I wanted it, so I just added another layer!

This next card is my favorite and uses Music Washes, Amberley Grace SWIC, Amberley Grace, Hemingway, and Mimi card stock collections. I also used some wonderful old sheet music that one of my sweet hostess girls gave me, Thank You Kara!
Please check out The Savvy Projects Blog to see more fun and inspiring creations with stamping in fabric. Even better make your own stamped on fabric project and add it to the blog hop, there is a link at the bottom of the Savvy projects post!! We would love to see what you create too!!
So what do you think?
Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful Friday!!

Edited to add that these were canvas ATC pieces. Opps, sorry!!

Tune in Tuesday!

It is time for another Tune in Tuesday on The Savvy Projects Blog! This week I am sharing a quick and way to add some depth and movement to your paper piecing projects! I hope that you will pop over and check it out!!
Have a really great day, and thanks for stopping by!!

Whimsy and Stars Weekend!

Happy Saturday!! I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend, I just wanted to share a couple of fun cards I made using some of Mabelle's sweet digi images. This one is called "Little Girl Garland" and you can find her HERE. Mabelle's images are so happy and fun, weather in digi  form, or rubber stamps from The Angel Company, I love them all!! Such a delight to color too! The sentiment is from a new TAC set called "Grace and Peace", patterned paper is from My Minds Eye Stella and Rose collection.

For this card I used "Sunshine Teddy", so sweet! Sentiment is from TAC set "Brighten You Day". Patterned paper is again My Minds Eye, Stella and Rose collection. I hope that you will pop over and take a look at all of Mabelle's wonderful images at Whimsy and Stars Studio, she has lots of beautiful samples from all of her Design Team that are sure to inspire you!!

Have a wonderful weekend, thank you so much for stopping by I appreciate it so much!

With Love

Today I am sharing a couple of cards I made with a new set called With Love. This set is from a new stamp artist, Soft Pencil Studios, for The Angel Company. Cute, happy images that are fun to color. I paired this sweet bunny with TAC's Toodle Loo paper collection, love that plaid!

Isn't this snail the cutest?! Love that little guy.  For this card I used More Mimi paper collection and card stock. I really was wanting a "postage stamp" style punch or nestability to use for this card, behind the snails, but I didn't have anything like that, so I used circles. This card actually made it into the new Angel Company catalog!! If you would like to get a catalog of your own, please contact me.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope that you are having a wonderful day!!

Lilly's Rainbow

Just wanted to share a few cards I made with this new set Lilly's Rainbow by Mabelle R.O. for The Angel Company.  Isn't she cute!?   I made my background using Background Soup, and the rainbow is popped up with foam tape. This is a card that made it into the new Angel Company catalog! If you don't have a catalog yet, and would like to get one, please contact me!

 

For this card I wanted to focus on the beautiful sentiment in this set, so I tried for a clean and simple look, this is as clean and simple as I am able to do!

Paired with an everyday sentiment, still adorable! And yes, I used those polka dots again! I have polka dot issues, they are happy and fun, they work with almost everything, and I love them!

I hope that you are having a wonderful day!! I appreciate you stopping by!
What do you think?

Christmas in July!!

How about some awesome ideas for Christmas! All this week over on the Savvy Projects blog, we will be focusing on ideas and projects for the holiday season!  So will I, each day I will have a new project featured here to (hopefully) inspire you to get a head start on your holiday projects! I know it is only July, and it's like 100 degrees out side, but if we get a head start our projects could be done and we could enjoy the Christmas season without a crafting frenzy at the last minute. What!? I can't be the only one who does that... am I??

I took up a challenge by another Angel to use papers that were not "Christmas" paper, to create for Christmas. We have so many beautiful paper collections to choose from at The Angel Company that it really wasn't hard to do. I found that there is at least one sheet in most of our "Soar with it Collections" (SWIC) that could work for Christmas projects. And often there were two or more sheets that would work!!
The first card (above), was created using the Maggie SWIC and Amberly card stock collection., This light blue paper from Maggie, looks so cool and wintery to me. I tried for a "traditional" Christmas look for these cards today. I will share some nontraditional color combos later in the week.

 

This next card couldn't be more traditional in color, but this paper is from Mia's Cottage SWIC and card stock collection, paired with scarlet card stock! Polka dots are from Background Soup and embossed in white. This sentiment was computer generated, sorry,  I just wanted that saying so badly for this card, and couldn't let it go. :) 

Along with my papers, I also used stamps on both cards that are not from Christmas sets. The first card used the sweet angel from Fairytale Fun, but the sentiment is from Hung on a Tree, a Christmas set. This second card used Mice Day.

I will be adding something here everyday this week, lots of ideas for Christmas I just couldn't stop! I hope that you will stop in again . Also please be sure to check out the Savvy Projects blog all week for Christmas in July and see something new each day to inspire you!!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a delightful day!! :)

Supplies used: 

Stamps:  Fairytale Fun, Hung on a Tree, Mice Day, Background Soup

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Sand, Rick Cocoa

Paper: Copic Xperss it, Ultra Smooth White card stock, Amberly Grace Card Stock, Maggie SWIC, Mia's   Cottage SWIC and card stock, Scarlet card stock.

Colored with Copic Markers

Technique Blog Hop ~ spotLIGHTing

 

Happy Friday, and welcome to another Angel Company Blog Hop on The Savvy Projects Blog!! Today is a "Technique" Hop and we are featuring "Spotlighting"! Don't tell anyone, but this is a new technique for me, I have never used this technique before, shhhhh... :)

 That is the wonderful thing about these blog hops, you get to try out new things and if you follow the hop, you get to see all the wonderful creations that everyone else made! So many ideas, and different points of view to inspire you!! Exciting! Even better, get your Angel Company stamps out and join in the fun!!

 

My first card today uses a new set from Nina B. called "Fairy Wishes".  The spotlighting technique is where you stamp your image twice,  then use a punch or die cut shape to "spotlight" an area of the image, coloring only that small area that you have punched out. Don't you just love this set!? The sentiment is one of my favorite sayings!!

 

I decided to add a cut out 3-D butterfly, just to see how that looked, it's fun to play!

 I also added some shimmer to the wings with my stardust gelly pen, it just doesn't seem to show up in the picture. These are not colors I would normally use either, but I am liking the combination! I am pretty pleased with this card, my first "Spotlighting" ever!! :)

This is my second card. For this one I used a couple more new sets called "Be Fabulous", and "For Everything". I love these sets together! I stamped the pattern from "For Everything" onto the kraft card stock with a Cloud White Vesa Magic ink pad. (It might have been nice if I had used Momento Rich Cocoa ink for this instead.) I colored my "Spotlighted" area, then added my layers, the ribbon and buttons just finished it all off! So what do you think?

I hope that you will head over to The Savvy Projects Blog and take a look at all the other ideas using this fun technique, that's where I am going now!! Or better yet, join in the fun, we would all love to see your creation "Spotlighted"! Add a link to your card or project at the bottom of the "Spotlighting" Post on The Savvy Projects Blog!! Now I am off to see everyone fabulous art work!! :)

Hope you have a wonderful day and weekend!! Thanks for stopping here!!

Edited to add: You have to check out Deb Miller's card, apparently we were on the creative wave length, I think I like her card better, much more polished!

"Konnichiwa"

Are you shocked? A post everyday for three days straight?! I am trying to make up for all that time I didn't post regularly! Also I can now show you all those cards I made during that time!! :) This is a sweet new set called Konnichiwa, it is in the new catalog on page 59. These little girls are so much fun to color or paper piece and there are also accent stamps in this set that make, making your own patterned paper to match super easy!!for this card I used one of my all time favorite color combos, and the polka dots from "Background Soup"

For this card I used the pink paper from the Maggie SWIC and a couple different purple card stocks. I rounded opposite corners on my card face and focal image piece. I also added the three little flowers to finish it off after what I originally planned didn't work! :)

And here is the card that everyone at Seminar got to make! This one has a paper pieced kimono, again I used Maggie papers, Maggie card stocks and ribbon. Unfortunatly I didn't get to show everyone how to tie this bow like I had planned. I will try to create a tutorial and get posted in the future!

Hope that you are having a great weekend, thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used:
Konnichiwa T3468, Background Soup T3346
Maggie SWIC V847, Maggie Cardstock B327, Maggie Ribbon B231
Mia's Cottage SWIC (lime green paper)R2503, V7119 Caribbean Breeze Cardstock, V7118 Island Breeze Cardstock
Polo Mini Blossoms D314, Black and white ribbon collection B222, Corner Chomper K414
Copic markers to color on Copic xpress it paper

"America I Love"

July 1st!? Wow, this year is flying by!! Today is the first "Finally Friday" blog post on The Savvy Projects Blog. Risa is sharing her creation using this brand new level A rewards set set from The Angel Company called "America I Love". Some of us thought we would join her and kick off this fourth of July weekend with a creative bang!!
Here is a close up of my card.

I hope that you have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend! Thanks for stopping by!!

Edited to add: You need to go to the Savvy Projects Blog and see the other designers samples with this set,  OMGoodness fantastic!!

Supplies Used:
America I love  TA3482
Momento Tuxedo Black and Desert Sand inks
Red, white and Blue card stock
Copic Xpress It card stock
Copic Markers E000,00,01,33,51,53,  R20,37,59  B32,34,37, 91, 93, 97, 99, 41  YG 01,03,67  BG 70,72 C 01, 03  W 7,5,3 colorless blender
Sentiment was created on the computer

Whimsy and Stars Studio Summer Release!!

Today is the day, Whimsy and Stars Studio's Summer Release! 10 new super adorable summertime  images are available today!! If would like to take a look at all the cuteness, go HERE.  For this card I used "coffee girl". Polka dots are from "Background Soup" and sentiment is from " Tea for Two", both from The Angel Company.

Nothing like a cold crisp piece of sweet watermelon on hot summer day! This is "watermelon boy" paired with some fun My Minds Eye papers. I hope you take a look at the Whimsy and Stars blog, the Design Team made some fabulous samples for you to enjoy!!

Have a lovely day, hope that your weekend is going great!