Birthday Card for Mindy

Mindy loves shoes, so that is where I started.  The shoe is a stamp from My Sentiments Exactly that I got in a grab bag about a year ago.  I stamped it with Versamark and used White Embossing Powder.  I then sponged on Angel Pink Memento and edged it with Rose Bud Memento.  I found some shoes cardstock to use as a background and then I remembered "The Tag".  About a month back, my daughter Beth, bought new dog beds for my granddogs.  There was one on each and I made sure they didn't go in the trash.  I love using cool items that I can recycle into "art".  

The puppy part was covered over by a Happy Birthday sticker from my stash (love being able to use things up) as well as another sticker that covered up some of the other writing.  The ribbon on the card is the ribbon that came with the tag and I tied it and cut the ends.  The biggest problem is that it cost extra postage to mail it, but Mindy is worth it!

Hubby's Birthday Card

I always struggle to make a manly card - not just for my hubby, but for any guy!  So, often I try to think of things that he is interested in.  In the case of my DH, I have done just about everything.  I decided to do one based on the season.  This card could have easily been a Fall or Thanksgiving card.

The background is created using a Crayon Rub Embossing technique I saw on Splitcoaster Stampers.  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/crayonrubbedembossing/ .  I used brown crayons with the Woodgrain Embossing folder from Tim Hotz and then added ink over it with various brown shades and a brayer.  I just kept adding various browns until I got it to where I wanted.  The stamp is Rustic Autumn Wheel from Heartfelt Creations and are the individual Pumpkin Stamps and the matching Pumpkin diecuts are from Spellbinders.  I colored the scene and individual Pumpkins with Copic markers.  After diecutting the pumpkins, I then trimmed the largest one along the front portion and popped it up along with the medium one.  I mounted all onto a base card and added leather photocorners from my stash.  The Happy Birthday is cut from Gold Metallic Cardstock on my Cricut Machine from the Beyond Birthdays cartridge and I used my Gypsy to make it 4 in wide and 1.25 in tall.

Hubby was very happy with his Happy Birthday card!

New Stamp from Whimsy and Stars Studio

Mabelle was a designer for The Angel Company that was dearly loved by all of us.  With TAC gone, Mabelle produced 5 RUBBER stamp sets.  "Friends" is similar to "Hello You" that was on my wish list, but I didn't get it ordered in time.  The new stamps were available starting last Tuesday at WhimsyAndStarsStudio.etsy.com and the mail man delivered my purchase today!  I had to sit and play!

I colored the girls with Copic Markers as well as white ribbon (so it would match).  The background paper is some of Mabelle's paper "Whimsy Blossoms" that had been sold by TAC and Bazzill Hot Pink.  The stone in the middle of the flower was attached with my newest toy - irock from Imaginisce.

The Angel Company Closed

It is with a very sad heart that I tell you that The Angel Company folded their wings earlier this week. I was an "angel" demonstrator for them for over 6 years.  They had been going through a very rough time with sales being down because of the economy. However, they released a really outstanding new catalogue back the end of June and I became hopeful that all would work out.  Here we are just a little over 6 weeks into the new catty and they have called it quits. Mischelle Smith, the owner of The Angel Company was fantastic to us all. She had picked up 3 new designers and the stamps were better than ever.  I know all of us angels feel the loss.

For the past year or so I have maintained a separate blog for items that I had made with The Angel Company stamps.  I have now combined that blog into this one and delete the other one shortly.

From now on, you will see all of the items here, whether created with one of my Cricut Machines or stamped with a rubber stamp - from any company.
Blessings,
Cindie Deasey

I WON digi sets!

I followed the Blog Hop for Digi House Grand Opening Celebration last weekend and won TWO digital sets!  Hello Seasons is a discontiued rubber stamp set that I own from The Angel Company, but the digital is so fantastic!  Here is a card that I made using the cute hat in the set.  The rubber stamp version on this measures only 1 1/4" x 1 3/4".  With the digital image, I made it about 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 (A2) size and turned it into a shaped card. 

I wanted to have the design on the back of the card, but "erased" all of the dots and stripes in Adobe Photoelements to keep it simple. 

The front of the card is colored using Pebbles Chalks.  The flower is from Memory Makers as is the tag.  I stamped "happy b-day" from Tag Tidbits and attached it with pink Scrappers Floss from my stash. 

Thank you Digi House Designs for my prizes!

Stamping on Fabric Challenge

Chair-ished Friend T-3476 is stamped on muslin using Palette Noir and colored with a red Prismacolor pencil.  Because the muslin was so thin, I backed it with white cardstock before I mounted it on gray.  The doily is from a friend's stash.  The tag was cut using Cricut Once Upon a Princess with a little resizing on the Gypsy in order to fit the chair-ished friend sentiment.  The flower was made using flower confetti pieces that were colored with Copic markers. 

Son-in-Law's Birthday card

Charles spent his birthday last month on a Boy Scout canoe trip with brother-in-laws Star and Trey.  Outdoor Adventures T-3316 was just perfect for this occasion!  I colored with Copic markers and made a side step card. The background mountains are courtesy of Southwest Airlines in an advertisement that arrived while I was working on the card. The trees and tent on the left are Sizzix dies that I have in my stash. The fish jumping out of the water is part of the stamp, but I added some water splash jewels - also from my stash.