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

New Inspiration Book and Catalog!!!!

Well I just got home a couple of hours ago from one of the most memorable and wonderful experiences I have ever had!!  I have just returned from The Angel Company Seminar!!! I can not remember when I have had such a fabulous time! I met so many amazingly talented and sweet Angels, many who have been my "Super Hero's" for several years now. So wonderful to actually meet them in real life! I have to say, all of them were even more wonderful than I imagined, and I have a vivid imagination!! I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you, to each and everyone there for making my first seminar such an incredible experience!! I am still trying to wrap my head around all the wonderful things that happened there, I have so much to tell, but I am so tired right now all I can actually think or say is WOW!! So, I am going to make this post short, I promise to add more when I am rested and coherent! This is the cover of our new catalog, I am still a bit dazed when I look at it, because that is my card on the cover!!! :0 Again, WOW!!! I also want to say a special Thanks to my sweet friend Betsy and her lovely family, I am so glad that I got to start and end this wonderful week with you guys!! :) Now I am going to go watch my kids swim for awhile before bedtime! WOW!
Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a great day!!

Paper Wings- Angel Art Blog Hop

Welcome to another Angel Art Blog Hop! This month the theme is "clean and simple". This style is not my strong suit, at all. I tried and tried, but this was the best I could do. I need my layers!! This is one of the new sets from the sneak peek promotion that is going on right now, "Vintage Rides", I really love this set!! Paper is from my out of control pile of scraps that is threatening to take over my craft space at any moment. Hope that you are having a great weekend and please be sure to stop by the other Angels blogs to see what they have created for you to enjoy!

Shirley        http://glitteredpaws.blogspot.com/
Kim            http://angelatmydoor.blogspot.com/
Rita            http://handmadebits4u.blogspot.com/
Angela        http://www.angelakelley.blogspot.com/
Carol          http://stampincarol.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stopping by!

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!