Jewelry Class

This is probably the easiest class I've ever taught.  We used Vintaj products, bottle caps, beaded pendant for magnetic baubles.  We made 3 interchangeable baubles (magnets on back).  This way you can constantly change the pendant to go with what you are wearing.  These are probably the quickest and easiest projects to do.  What great gifts.  Literally, waiting for the glue to dry is the longest part.

used:  E6000 glue

Sad Times

It is sad for me to say but The Angel Company™ has hung up it's wings.  The economy is making it difficult for companies to stick around.  Sometimes decisions have to be made for the best of the owners (whether we like it or not).  TAC™ will be missed.  I have a lot to thank the company for... I made some great friends along the way, improved as an artist, and ventured out to try new things.  Who knew that someday I'd be certified for Copic markers.  Thanks TAC for giving me the confidence I needed to succeed and grow. 

Fabric Stamping

I've had a very busy summer.  My son is sleeping on the couch after being with a friend.  Kids are so cute when they are sleeping.  I guess I was nicknamed the crafty mom for his class.  So, for the end of year gifts we did bags for them to put stuff in.  I stamped their names on each bag, but you know that's never enough.

Here's what I used:

Lumiere paint

The Angel Company™ alphabet stamp set

Stencils cut using my Cricut

Art Institute fabric glue and glitter

My son's name is very short but I had others that were very long which is why I chose that particular alphabet.  I dabbed Lumiere paint onto the stamps to make their names.  I love spellling their names onto the block and stamping it all at once.  The lizard is done using a cricut cartridge (Life's a beach I think).  I cut it out of plastic, laid it on the fabric, and filled it in with fabric glue.  I then sprinkled the glitter all over the lizard shape.  The Falcon was done using Make the Cut™.  I cut the falcon out of plastic and then painted the inside of the stencil.  I used the end of my brush to make the eye.  I was very happy that the kids loved them.

Copic Intermediate Certification

I am finally Copic Intermediate Certified.  What a great class!  Debbie Olson was our instructor.  Lori Craig was her helper that day.  She was going to handle the regular certification the following day.  The class was really good.  We learned more on color theory and hard line shadows.  We "played" with the transparencies that show you how light hits on an object and where to color lights and shadows... very interesting.  I learned a lot and had a great time.  I was in class with Tina Morgan and Yuki.

A Card A Day in the Month of May

It's Tuesday and I am so honored that I'm a guest designer for The Angel Company.  I decided to step out of my norm and do girls.  I know it's a stretch but when you only have a boy that doesn't help.  Plus, the stamp set I wanted to use I could only find half of it, and of course, the half I wanted was the part missing.  Here's a closeup:

Supplies used:
Cha Cha Soar with It Collection [Cardstock B310; Ribbon B210; Hardware B110]
Movie Night T-3329
Copic Markers [too many colors to count :)]
Momento Tuxedo Black S-1900
Crop-A-Dile K-100
Scotch ATG 700 Tape Gun F611
Edge Distresser
Spica Glitter Pens

The card is very fast and easy to make.  I followed Heather's pattern but changed a few things.  The square is 2 3/4 x 2 3/4; my rectangle is 3 x 4 3/4.  The tag comes with the paper pack.  I used an edge distresser and tore a couple of places.  My crop-a-dile went through the ribbon and tag at the same time.

And here is Heather's pattern:

Happy Birthday to Me :)

Yes, it's my birthday.  I was doing so well at keeping up with my blog but we all know that other things take priority.  This past weekend I was able to spend some time stamping with friends.  I think I can safely say we all had a great time.  We did a technique swap.  My technique was spotlighting.  Here's what I came up with ...

 

Spotlighting is a technique were you "spotlight" one portion of your stamp or scene.  I created a heart using Make the Cut™ and my Cricut.  The heart is 3/4" and then a shadow using brown cardstock.  The stamps are The Angel Company™ Good Times.  The heart and banner are from Make the Cut™.  I colored the hands and sky with Copic.
First I stamped on Neenah cardstock using Momento Coco and cut using nestabilities and did the next size for the TAC paper.  I cut my hearts out and used a tweezer to stamp just the hands with momento.  I cut the banner from MTC and the brown banner is cut smaller.  I stamped the sentiment and pop dotted it on.  It's a semi quick card.