Mad for Paper

Hi there, It is my turn to share over at the HOC challenge .   Here is the sketch: The challenge is for a card, but once my creativity started flowing,  I had to make a little wall hanging. (I made a card too, see below) I had colored these images, with Copics, a couple of days ago.  I was planning on using them to create a set of cards.  An idea popped into my head for the wall hanging and there was no going back. It is about 5" by 7". I covered the images in crackle paint. The layers from the sketch are done in burlap and vellum.   I love the heavy weight of the SU vellum.   and added some beads to the hanging cord I usually give away, as gifts, the things I make but I think this one is a keeper.   Now, my card: My girlfriend asked me to make a wedding card for her to send to her cousin.  We had no color scheme or anything to go with, so I went pretty simple. Sparkly paper from...

by this cute little Teacup Stack die from Poppy Stamps      Don't get me wrong, I love it but it is a little tough to work with. Let me backup a little. When I saw the CASology Challenge #109   key word was Java, I couldn't resist participating. I love, love, love coffee and coffee themed stamps sets.  I think I may own almost all of them out there. So I decided top use my new die.  This die begs to be paper pieced.  Once you cut it out some of the little pieces are very thin and do not handle gluing well.  I wanted to layer several cuts to make a thinker stack and gluing them together was torture.  I thought about using my Zyron, but the thought of all the little glue boogers turned me off to that idea.  I think my final piece is about my 15th attempt with this die.  I tried everything, paper piecing, coloring pieces with pens, coloring with Copic's; it was a mess. I am still not thrilled...

Hi there, It is my turn to provide some inspiration at the HOC July Challenge . I went pretty simple this time with a tag.   I intended to make a card but once it started to come together it just needed to be a tag.   You know how that happens sometimes.  The tag is made from a new MFT die that I love.   It makes a little clipboard.   The gorgeous flowers are SU and the sentiment is Hero Arts. And there is my bow. Happy summer, Ang

I have been gone a while.  Just regular life stuff; end of school year, laziness, graduations, laziness, birthdays, laziness etc. I have been making cards though (lots of photos). Love this cutie pie from MFT, so many fun little details: And this beauty, love the way it turned out: Sizzix card die and mostly MFT.  The gorgeous papers are from Bazzil. A pretty simple thank you card:   Another simple card using a mixture of SU and W+9     love those little cloths pins and  some very subtle clouds in the background. Thanks for stopping by! Ang

Hi Everyone,   It's time for an  end of the term blog hop over at House of Cards  and we have a super fun challenge AND tons of great prize opportunities for those of you who join in the fun! You should have arrived here from Vanessa's blog .  If you haven't, please start all the way back at the House of Cards hop post and follow the list found in the body of the hop post! This is my first DT Blog Hop.  I am very happy to say that I am staying on with HOC for the next six months.  It has been so much fun and really pushed me out of my comfort zone a couple of times. Here is the beautiful inspiration photo for the hop.  I really love this image and was inspired to make two completely different cards.   Both of which are a little over the top for me, but I love both of them. We have some great sponsors and they not only provided us all with inspiration; images, digital paper and stamps, they also prov...