Stamp Candy Paper Crafting

Cutie Witch - Your Next Stamp

2011-10-16T20:22:00.001-08:00

Finally got time to do some card making today! Loving this little digi from Your Next Stamp. It was free! :) Thank You, YNS!
She is colored using an old favorite - Dove Blender and Shimmerz mica powder color palette. Had to brush up a bit, but enjoyed the time coloring. Sigh... Stress relief! No wonder kids love to color!

Off for the Summer...

2011-05-13T10:44:00.000-08:00

Well, it has been a long and busy spring and now to be ready for a long busy summer. Camps, camps, camps, camps...
I also started back to school again to work on my PHD. Very little time left for crafting, which is so sad!!! Wah!!!!
Guess this means that I will be off "blogging" for the summer. Hopefully there will be a surprise here and there - but... let's not hold our breath. LOL
Enjoy!

Where Are You?

2011-02-21T12:28:00.000-09:00

Wow! What a month!!! I can't believe that it is Feb 21st already...
I traveled for work the first two weeks of the month and then last week zoooomed by... Where did February go?
Stay tuned though!!! Feb 23 (Wednesday) is my day as guest designer for the YOU Make February Fabulous party with The Angel Company on their Savvy Projects blog. Heather is guest designer today! Sooo cute!!!
We received about 16" of snow so far this weekend. Hubby has been digging the neighbors out - he loves his 4-wheeler with the plow! I shoveled a little path for Rhett and Scarlet so that they could get to their favorite tree outside. There are 3 foot snow walls on each side of their little path - but they don't get all covered in snow now. LOL
Happy Day!

You Make February FABULOUS!

2011-01-30T13:05:00.000-09:00

Hold onto your socks because the month of February will be sure to "knock your socks off!"
A number of talented "angels" will be posting some outstanding paper crafted projects and cards through the month of February on The Angel Company's "The Savvy Projects" blog! Be sure to stop by and check it out!
My day is February 23rd. My featured stamp set will be Victorian Charm. Who would have guessed. LOL :)
And... what better way to celebrate FABULOUS than to have a sale!!!

www.theangelcompany.net

Stay tuned more crafting goodness coming soon!
Inky hugz,
Candi

Heart Sachet

2011-01-30T12:52:00.001-09:00

Here is a quick project that I made this morning. Not much to craft this weekend - work had to take priority. :(
I first cut a heart shape out - traced something I had lying around my craft room - on muslin. I chose a loose weave muslin so that the potpourri smell might be stronger. I sewed the heart together (leaving a little bit open on the side for the potpourri) and added lace trim and some ribbon to the top for a hanger. I stamped Damask Background by The Angel Company (tm) using Bordeaux Palette ink and "love" onto a little swatch of muslin that I stitched around and frayed the edges. I attached the saying using some adhesive and added the little bow made from Scrapper's Floss. I then distressed it using some Burnt Umber Palette ink and a sponge. Last - added some yummy pecan vanilla potpourri and stitched the opening close. Yummy!

Embossed Velvet Tutorial

2011-01-24T21:45:00.000-09:00

Hi! Back again with another tutorial. I had a good time putting the last one together - so thought that I would give it another shot. This one is how to create embossed velvet using a rubber stamp, iron and rayon velvet. My lovely friend Holly hosted a technique challenge for "angels" (The Angel Company demonstrators) this past fall and my technique was embossed velvet. I love this technique! Here is the card that I created for the swap. Notice the detail in the black from the stamp image embossed into it. I also used cotton velvet (white heart) and stamps the image using Momento Tuxedo Black - as well for the saying.

Like it? So here is how to do it!
Set a DRY iron on cotton setting.

Spritz the wrong side of the RAYON velvet with water - lightly spritz.

Place the velvet wrong side up on top of the rubber stamp.

Place the iron straight down onto the velvet. Lightly move the iron for about 30 seconds. Lift the iron straight up off of the velvet. Let cool for a few seconds.

Remove the velvet from the stamp. Voila!
The velvet will fray like crazy. I use Fray Check around the edges to help stop this. Cutting with pinking shears will help too.

Another Valentine

2011-01-23T21:35:00.000-09:00

Saturday was soo productive! Here is another Valentine! Stamp is another gift with purchase stamp from The Angel Company. I cut the heart with Hearts 1 - Sizzix. The scallop trim is a Fiskars edge punch. Colored with Copics. I added a bit of red Stickles after the fact. Gotta have glitter!!! This was another fairly quick one. Not a lot of fuss. The ribbon is floral ribbon from Hobby Lobby. I love this stuff. It is stiffer than most regular ribbons and the bow stays in place. Makes awesome bows. Good price too! I wish we had a Hobby Lobby here - maybe not... one more craft store could be dangerous! lol
Have a fantastic Monday!

Crochet Hearts

2011-01-23T10:19:00.007-09:00

I am really getting into the Valentine's mode here! I learned how to crochet hearts over the weekend - how much fun!!!!! First, here is a photo tutorial. There are tons of videos on YouTube as well. I watched a couple and came up with my heart pattern.Make your beginning loop and crochet 6 chains.Insert hook into chain next to hook and single crochet. Repeat this 4 additional times, so that you have completed 5 single crochets back down the chain.
Chain one and turn. Complete 5 single crochet. Chain one and turn. Repeat this step three more times so that you have completed 5 rows of 5 single crochet. Now you are going to work down the left side of the block. Turn block so that you will be working on the left side and insert needle into center of the side. Just kind of pick a spot - that is in the center. There aren't really any chain tops to use because this is a side. *Note - you will be completing a double crochet for your first stitch, so be sure to wrap the yarn around your hook one time before inserting the hook into the side of the block (not shown correctly in photo - I forgot to wrap the thread)
Complete this pattern: double crochet, chain one six times. This is creating the right top part of the heart.
Next slip stitch into the end stitch of this same side so to have an anchor for this part of the heart. Next is to turn the heart a quarter turn to the right - working on the left side. Insert hook into the third chain and complete the pattern six times (double crochet, single crochet)
Slip stitch into the last stitch on the end to anchor this left top part of the heart. To finish, cut a tail and pull the tail through the remaining loop on the hook. Pull snug.
I am having a ton of fun making these little guys! This one finished size is about 2" tall.
And now a project...
Here is a card that I made using stamps from The Angel Company (tm) and a tiny 1" heart. I stamped the background and distressed the paper using in and my new favorite too - this little pink Zutter Distrezz-it-all.
Close up of the crochet heart.
Wow! That had to be my longest post - ever!!!!! Hope you enjoyed it!
~ Candi ~

One Layer Wonders Challenge

2011-01-23T10:05:00.004-09:00

The Angel Company (tm) has paper crafting community site - theangelcompany.ning.com
There was a challenge awhile ago for a one layer card. I came up with this super quick card. It is very simple, but cute (I think) just the same. The elephants are a gift with purchase stamp from the The Angel Company's Fall Supplement. Which until the end of the month gift with purchase stamp rewards are tripled!!!! THREE FREE gift with purchase stamps with a $30 purchase!
So - with the card. The elephants were colored with Copics and a touch of Stickles was added to the hearts. I tried using Liquid Pearls to make a border- some of them kind of got smooshed... but I thought that it added some cute border detail. The Love U sentiment is from a different gift with purchase stamp. Getting ready for Valentine's Day - it is just around the corner!

Penguins!

2011-01-22T13:46:00.003-09:00

Back again - that was fast!
Have another card to share. This is one that we made at a Christmas card stamp-a-stack I hosted back in November. Another distressed flower! Sorry for the poor photo quality. This was taken with my old iphone. The distressed flower was made using DCWV cardstock. I wanted to try the flower with a white core paper to see how it would turn out. I also used Shimmer Mist instead of water to wet the paper to aid in distressing. The penguin stamp and saying are a set from The Angel Company (TM) - fall supplement. I think it is sooo cute! It would make a cute Valentine too, don't you think! The shape is a label die from Spellbinders. I have really been into black, red and white lately.
Thanks for stopping by!
Candi

4x4 Cards

2011-01-22T13:35:00.004-09:00

Hello! Well, it has warmed up a bit here - finally. Still below zero, but tolerable.
Today's post is of a couple of cards - they are the same - with a bit of a different flower on each. The one to the left is a button embellishment I had on hand and the red flowers are extras from a flower I took apart. The one to the right is a distressed flower sprayed with Shimmer Mist. I am having so much fun making these! The stamp saying is from The Angel Company (TM) and the paper is from a mini pack by Jenni Bowlin. I LOVE the red damask print.
Enjoy your weekend!!!
Candi

A Couple to Share...

2011-01-15T12:25:00.005-09:00

Still a few to post that I made over the holidays. This week was CRAZY going back to work - so not a lot of time to play since I worked late almost every night. Hopefully today will be productive! :)
These two cards were made with scraps from some paper I was holding onto because I loved it so much - by The Paper Company. I believe that I received the words in a ScrapGoods kit years ago. Finally used them! What a great feeling when digging in the stash and finding lost treasures. LOL The letters are actually see through - I just backed them with paper.

I also have been working on my Etsy store - I have sold a table runner - I was sooo excited!!! I have three items listed - two table runner quilts and a handmade card. Hope to list more over the weekend. I am listed as Stampcandy in Etsy if you want to take a peak! :) One of the mini quilts is actually a checkerboard. It is really cute. Comes with big buttons for the checker pieces. Great for travel.

Enjoy your weekend! I know I will - despite the -25 below zero weather outside.

More to Share!

2011-01-06T11:07:00.003-09:00

I tell you - it was so nice to be able to spend some time in my craft room over the holidays! I even went over to my friend Darci's one night and scrapbooked! Haven't done that for ever!

Here are a couple more cards to share! These images are from Simply Betty. Lovin' Simply Betty digis!!! The paper is some really old Doodlebug that I dug out of my extra large paper pile (ok, there are multiple paper piles! ROFL) The little snowflakes are a My Favorite Things die. And the trees are from Spellbinders dies. The large snowflake is a Sizzix. Greeting - The Angel Company. The girls were colored with Copics. And don't forget the Stickles!
Off to finish create! I think that I am going to try (for a first time) a SFYTT sketch today and I have stamps to cut. Something about cutting new stamps...

Have a great day!
Inky hugz!

Cards to Share!

2011-01-04T17:11:00.002-09:00

Thought that I would share some of the cards that I made over the holidays. I have posted a number of them on Facebook - but just in case. :) Here is the first one!

This card uses a stamp from The Angel Company, a Tim Holtz embossing folder, Memory Makes Blossoms & Buttons, DCWV CS, and the image is colored with Copics. I was trying to achieve the color change using blending with drastic colors. I really do like how it turned out. Stay tuned for more!

Etsy Shop!

2011-01-04T17:08:00.002-09:00

I officially openend my Etsy shop today! Shopped on Etsy a few times - great products! Now I thought that I would try my hand at sharing some of my crafty items. :)
I have three mini quilts/table runners listed. Here is the link to my stampcandy Esty shop!
Check it out -- never know... might be something that would look just lovely in your home. ;)

Another Blog Hop with TAC!

2010-11-13T10:55:00.003-09:00

It is another Blog Hop with The Angel Company.
This card I made for a swap this past month. I used a Nestie label and cut part of the side off, inke it with Versamark Dazzle in Champagne and distressed with brown. The green is distressed as well - Burnt Umber Palette. The star got a little Spica glitter pen action and the donkey - isn't he cute! - is a Copic colored creation.
Enjoy!
(sorry about the shadow - I took it with my Iphone...)

The Angel Company Halloween Blog Hop!

2010-10-16T14:51:00.004-08:00

What a fun day it has been popping in to see all the awesome Halloween cards from talents "angel" stampers participating in The Angel Company Blog Hop! I had to jump in on the fun - but haven't had time yet to create my own card for the Blog Hop - I suddenly remembered that I had Halloween cards that I didn't send out last year! LOL I totally was inspired by Barb Foster - she is the Halloween Queen - and lately my idol - no Barb, not stalking! LOL :) So here a few cards that I made (CASED) last October - that WILL go into the mail or be given out this year! ROFL!!! All stamps are from The Angel Company. Colored with Copics.

Loving the Emmo Stamps!

2010-09-04T16:07:00.002-08:00

This first card is a birthday card for our little friend Kylie! Her favorite color is green - and she is way into Twilight series stuff. She is really funny. :) We miss being their neighbor. Stamps and paper are all digi from TiddlyInks. Colored with Copics. I should have taken a photo of the inside of the card as well - rats! - anyway... there is a larger skull cupcake on the inside - colored to look just like the digi paper. Loving this digi stuff!

This second card is a birthday - sweet 16 - for my step-daughter. She too loves green - and this summer she wanted one of those little hats this emmo girl is wearing. I thought that the image fit her to a tea! :) The stamped image is back with black animal print embossed felt and lace. Stamp is from Tickled Pink.

BLog Hop - Halloween!

2010-08-22T16:08:00.004-08:00

I almost forgot!!!! Good thing I was thinking about posting!
Here is my Blog Hop Halloween card - I also used it for a swap - sorry if you are getting a sneak peak girls! :)
Stamps are from The Angel Company - the BOO stamp may be found in Inspiration Avenue, called Spookalicious. The polka dots and stars are a hostess set from Inspiration Avenue. Have to earn those! :) The Fleur-De-Lis is from the Serendipity supplement - Fanciful Vintage. The beaded fringe and lace I purchased at a craft store forever ago. Rest of the products may be found on my TAC website: candi.ismyangel.net.
Be sure to check out everyone creations listed below!

Shirley - http://glitteredpaws.blogspot.com/
Angie - http://www.creativeinkspirations.com/
Christine - http://christines-creativetherapy.blogspot.com/
Angela - http://angelakelley.blogspot.com/
Seleise - http://www.amethystcat.blogspot.com/
Laurie - http://laurieunger.blogspot.com/
Julie - http://juliesstamppad.blogspot.com/
Rita W. - http://ritascreativenest.com/
Michelle - http://www.michellescreativejourney.blogspot.com/
Betty - http://stampinteacher.blogspot.com/
Carol - http://stampincarol.blogspot.com/
Heather -http://stampez.typepad.com/
Candi - http://www.stampcandy.blogspot.com/
Kim - http://angelatmydoor.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://lisadwb-blessedbeyondmeasure.blogspot.com/

Christmas in July Blog Hop!

2010-07-25T16:58:00.002-08:00

This is the first blog hop that I have participated in - fun! fun! Although - I don't like the card that I am posting. I just got home from a weekend of hosting a family a camp for Wounded Warrior Families - so my card was done last week before I left in a bit of a hurry - probably not the best way to start off a blog hop - but alas, sometimes other priorities take over.
Enjoy and be sure to visit the others!
Rita W - http://ritascreativenest.com
Shirley - http://glitteredpaws.blogspot.com
Christine - http://christines-creativetherapy.blogspot.com/
Carol - http://stampincarol.blogspot.com/
Kim - http://angelatmydoor.blogspot.com/
Julie - juliesstamppad.blogspot.com
Seleise - http://www.amethystcat.blogspot.com/
Angela - http://www.angelakelley.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://michellescreativejourney.blogspot.com
Chelsea - http://inkystamps.blogspot.com/
Betty - http://stampinteacher.blogspot.com/
Candi - http://www.stampcandy.blogspot.com
Angie - http://www.creativeinkspirations.com/
Teresa - http://mamapickle.blogspot.com/
Diana - http://www.dianasdesignsonline.blogspot.com
Diane H - http://www.thesmilinstamper.blogspot.com

Easter Card

2010-04-05T21:48:00.003-08:00

Hope your Monday was great! I was so tired today. I couldn't sleep last night... hopefully I can get some good shut-eye tonight!
Thought that I would share my Easter card for this year. I made it for a swap - and received my swaps today. WOW!!! Those girls done good!!!
The purple and pink eggs were made by stamping with Versamark and then embossing on white CS with white EP. Then I squished an ink pad (Pallette) over the die cut egg (Quickutz - grass too). The yellow one I just used a stamp that had lots of fill. The stamps are from The Angel Company. The cute little lace border is a die from Sizzix - a Hello Kitty border one.
The last few photos that I have uploaded I have been lazy and taken with my iphone. The quality is totally awesome - but it works... Wish my Nikon camera had an email function... hmmm... maybe I need to email Nikon tomorrow! LOL
happy stamping!

Birthday Thank Yous

2010-04-04T21:17:00.003-08:00

Well - I turned 35 this week. I keep telling myself it is just a number - but another milestone in life too! I have the terrific girlfriends here - and a very sweet hubby... He contacted my girlfriends before he left for his TDY and these girls - they rock! (so does hubby!) ... they planned this very fun surprise birthday for me and Saturday night. I sat with my friend Jen at the bazaar all day on Saturday and she was good... I didn't have a clue! Alysia brought over Mexican food for dinner and just as we were finishing up - Jen, Kara and Rori showed up with a yummmy chocolate cake, balloons, and fun birthday gifts! LOVING my new Lolita Margarita birthday wine glass -and the Moscato was yummy too. Anyway... that was fun - and then Monday Aleisa cooked birthday lunch for me (Jen & Robert and Christine joined in!) and this cake that was to die for! It was a yellow cake with vanilla pudding - two layers - and inbetween the layers was Nutella. Yumm! Chocolate frosting covered the cake too. So yummy! What a terrific Birthday - even with hubby out of the country... totally a day to remember! :) So with that - I just had to make the girls thank you cards. I received the You Rock stamp set from Taylored Expressions and was soo looking for a reason to use it. So - "You Rock" thank you cards it is! I pretty much cased a card that I found on the Taylored Expressions blog - but changed up the colors and a made mine a bit simpler - yet more distressed. The You Rock stamp actually has the saying in one line - but I cut it in half and made it two lines instead. I also made envelopes for the cards because I didn't have any to fit a 5 1/2" square card. So easy! LOVED it! Fun too!
Notice the blanket that I put these on? I thought that the colors matched nicely - AND wanted to share a pict of one of my winter crochet projects. I become a crocheting fool December and January! I crocheted three afghans and TONS of little flowers. I have been trying to use up my rather extensive yarn stash. Getting there!
Have fantastic week!

New Chair!

2010-03-31T21:07:00.002-08:00

Moving out of our old house - into the new house created quite a challenge for my craft room! I went from having things spread out in cupboards through an entire basement - to a bedroom. I do LOVE it though! I used gorilla shelves on both sides of the room and LOTS of plastic bins that I took hours to sort and label. I love the colors that the room is - and that it is actually somewhat decorated.
My sweet hubby got me a new chair for my craft room for my birthday! I had my eye on it for awhile. It is a perfect match for my new craft room! Sorry the picture is fuzzy though!
I get to spend some time stamping/scrapping on Saturday with my friend Alysia. Yeah!
Have a great rest of the week!

Bazaar Weekend!

2010-03-23T10:42:00.002-08:00

If you are out and about in Fairbanks/North Pole this weekend - head on out to Eielson for the Spring OSC Bazaar! It will promise to be nice a gorgeous drive! I will be there with my friends Jen (Incredibows) and Summer (lovely fleece blankets) and Aleisa (trustworthy booth assistant!)
I am going to be having a HUGE stamp sale! It is a "BOGO" type of a sale... Buy one, get one half off... and then get one FREE!!!! Can't beat that! And prices on new, retired, new/used stamps sets are already marked down from original price. I will also have loads of TAC's gorgeous paper and miscellaneous papercrafting embellishments. Anyone that purchases $30 worth of goodies from me this weekend will receive a FREE stamp and a FREE TAC catalogue! Again - can't beat that!!!
Don't live in the area? Not to worry - I will post stamps for sale with picts ASAP.
I am officially retiring from doing stamping/papercrafting workshops - but will stay active as a hobbyist while I can with The Angel Company. New aspirations...
I totally have spring fever! Can't wait for the snow to melt!!! We bought a house in January - it is a beautiful home and I thank God for such a wonderful blessing (and our realtor for shopping Craig's list for us! LOL) - and if the yard is half as nice as I think it is... well, I just can't wait!!! The previous owner has put in planters and a raised bed garden, blueberry bushes, and a lovely brick patio off the back. I have NEVER been much of a gardener - but think that I will try my hand at it this summer. Guess I better get busy reading the Alaska Gardener's manual! ;)
Have a glorious spring day!!!

Savvy Project Blog Featured Designer!

2009-09-30T17:53:00.004-08:00

Wow! Am I totally excited!!! I have been given the honor of being invited to be one of the next three Featured Designers on The Angel Company's Savvy Project Blog! I have been having so much fun creating projects - can't wait for you to see!!! Be sure to check the blog often! The talent is always "oozing" from this blog! With Laurie and Kim being featured as well - it is sure to continue!!!
And on another note - The Angel Company is having double hostess benefits now through December 31st! There are so many awesome promos right now - almost too many to share... but here they are!
This one has COPICS!!!!

www.theangelcompany.net
Stamp of the month:

www.theangelcompany.net
October Vintage stamp:

Hostess Rewards!!! Double the Fun!

2009-07-30T19:27:00.003-08:00

There are some very COOL stamps that are available to hostesses! The first special with Woodrowe runs between July 31 and Aug 17th - Rockin'Roxie Aug 18 - Sept 1 (check out the awesome military theme stamp set!) and Sept 2 - Sept 16 is a More Mimi special!
Post a comment with your email addy if you would like me to email you a copy. Hopefully they will be ready to post online tomorrow!!!
Inky hugz!

Check out these GREAT Promotions!

2009-07-26T14:18:00.002-08:00

There are some way awesome promotions starting soon with The Angel Company!

www.theangelcompany.net

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This is just two of them... more to come!!!
Happy crafting!
Inky hugz!

Happy Monday!

2009-07-06T09:49:00.003-08:00

Hope that you enjoyed the 4th of July weekend! It was relaxing, fun, and all that good stuff.
Wanted to share a picture of my up line, Holly and I at The Angel Company seminar - banquet night. Hot Mammas! LOL It is kind of hard to see our angel wings - but of course we have them!
Fritz and I are headed to Montana for a few days to spend time with family. His mom has been battling liver and lung cancer for a year now - and the cancer has continued to grow. Please add her to your prayer list. This has been a challenging year!
enjoy the week!
inky hugz!

July Brings NEW Catalogue!!

2009-07-01T08:44:00.002-08:00

Wow! TODAY is the day that new products are available from The Angel Company! Woo-hoo! I was up bright and early putting my items in my shopping cart! LOL
I wanted to share the July stamp of the month with you - I am in love...

www.theangelcompany.net

Oh!!! And the Vintage set for this month! Frogs!

www.theangelcompany.net

Tomorrow night at 6:30 is my new catalog/idea book Release Party! Fun little project along with some yummy chicken enchiladas thanks to DH. He makes the best enchiladas! Hope you can join me! ;)

We are headed home next week to visit the kids and family. My parents are living in a Fifth-Wheel right now while they are waiting for their new modular to get all moved into place... OK I know you are making "trailer" jokes - I make them all the time too - however, if you saw the gorgeous spot where they lived on the golf course in Montana - you would live in a fifth-wheel for awhile too! LOL Anyway - hoping that while I am home we can have a little stamp party. My mom is an "angel" too - but she hasn't ever done a FUNshop. Being that she is hoping to retire soon, we need to get her wings "wet!" LOL

Inky hugz!

Bloom and Grow

2009-06-29T12:49:00.003-08:00

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend! I know that I did. It is good to be home ~ and big applause for the airlines that I traveled on yesterday. I arrived on time and took off on time for all three legs of my trip!
Onto the project for today!
This one I have been so excited to share! It is one that I made for a special swap group that I belong too. And the trades that I recieved were totally fabulous!!! To make this little cutie, I crocheted tons of little 6 petal flowers to match the Marvy 6 petal punch. I used buttons and wire to stick all the layers together. To make the round flower, I punched two sizes of circles (blue and pink Marvy) and then made cute about 1/4 way into the circle all the way around. I stuck some floral foam into the cans and added some spanish moss to keep the wired stems in place. I am loving the crocheted flowers! I made a bunch more on the plane. Great way to pass the time on those 3 1/2 hour flights! The stamp set is one that retired from TAC - sorry... :( but there are a lot of companies that have "bloom and grow" sayings - or any flower like saying would be ideal.
If you are local and have been following my Google calendar - please notice that I have moved my catalog reveal party to THIS THURSDAY. Please RSVP. Thanks. ;)
Happy crafting and Inky hugz!

Fun at Seminar!

2009-06-28T10:32:00.005-08:00

Well, on my way after a totally fun weekend at The Angel Company's Seminar in Wichita at the Hyatt. My feet are a wee bit tired of the sock hop last night! It was too much fun and the costumes were so fantastic!!! My fave had to be Heather though - she was our "Jan" from Grease and carried around her tooth brush! Hilarious! (Remember that part in Grease where Jan sings along with the tooth brush commercial? "Brusha, brusha, brusha..." LOL)
The new catalog/idea book was released. Some very cute stamps! We were able to stamp images from about 8 or so different sets. I can't wait to get home and start coloring and creating!
ClubMED also had fantastic prop swaps! Here is what I made. Jenny McGee got it. :) I used a
Timeless Template from Paepertrey Ink. I think it is the carry along. I found 10 Chocolate Rules and printed them for the front pocket. The inside has a tin with decorated chocolate.This is the swap that I made for ClubMED. I found the inspiration again in Cards magazine. The pillow box is a die cut that I used the clam shells that our stamps come in. Very "green!" Now I need more stamps to get more boxes! LOL The pillow box is filled with a rainbow pack of licorice. Yummy! These were fun and easy to make. A great birthday favor! The stamp is from TAC as well. I will have more to post later this week. I am sure that there will be some great pictures cirucalting from this weekend. ;)
INKY HUGZ!

A Little Birdie Told Me...

2009-06-24T05:28:00.004-08:00

Only one more day until the new catalog is released from The Angel Company! I am very excited - can you tell! LOL

"A little birdie told me" is one of my favorite sayings - I wonder where it came from?
The card that I have to share today (fourth day in a row! Whoo hoo!) is one of my trades for seminar. So, if you are going to seminar - come find me to trade! I have to give Kudos to the latest issue of Cards magazine for the inspiration for this card.
I used The Angel Company's ultra smooth white card stock for the body of the card, the roof and door are from the Penelope paper pack, a stamp set available online only - Early Bird, button from one of the ultra cute In Blossom button/flower packs, and can't live with out it - Scrapper's Floss in brown. The ink is Palette in Burnt Umber and Landscape. I let it dry and used Pantone markers to color and add detail. I stitched the roof for some added accent as well as the door so that it actually opened - using the little button as a door knob. I must have sewn something on a uniform for DH last using my sewing machine, because it had a lovely BDU green thread in it - and it was perfect for my little house! :)
Well, here is to a day of hanging out in airports and flying to Wichita!
Inky hugz!

Dutch Blue

2009-06-23T09:00:00.002-08:00

I am going for a new blogging record! Three in a row! Whoo-hoo!!!!
This is one of my favorite stamps sets from the spring Serindipity magalogue release. "A Kind of Gratitude." The dark blue cardstock is from DCWV that The Angel Company carries in 8 1/2 x 11 in packs of 25! So rocks!!! I think that this are Purple 1 (looks Navy). The lighter blue in the background is from the "blues" Bazzill paperpack that TAC carries. The white is the Ultrasmooth from TAC. I love the weight of it. Not too heavy, not too light. Great when coloring with Copics (doesn't seap through the paper). The label looking stamp is from a hostess set in the Serendipity magalogue. Maybe it will be available for sale in the new catalog/idea book?!?!?!? I'll let you know on Thursday! ;) I stamped the flower image three times and cut out the middle cirlce, then the leaf part and added it to the larger whole flower for a 3-D look. I did use my Copics to color - but bad girl, I didn't write down which ones. The colors for this card were inspired by some stickers that I picked up at the Michael's $1 spot. It reminds me of some Danish dishes that my grandmother had. Oh! and this was also a sketch challenge hosted by the lovely Heather Scott!

OK, on a completely different note... last night I finally updated my iphone with the new 3.0 version. LOVE it!!!! The copy/paste feature is the best! I can't waint until AT&T comes out with picture messaging. That is the only thing that I don't like about the iphone... other than that, happy consumer here! Also - getting ready to head out to Seminar tonight. It makes for a LONG night those red-eye flights! But, I am downloading a couple new movies from itunes and updating my ipod for the trip!
Have a great day!
Inky hugz!

A Little Love

2009-06-22T06:23:00.002-08:00

Wow! I am on a role! Three days in a row!!! Has to be a record for me here!!!
This card I made this winter too - for a swap. The "love" is stamped on shrink plastic. It kind of has a "Love Elsie" look to it - at least that was my inspiration. Love her art work!!! The stamp of the fun oval is from, Sassy Girl, from The Angel Company. It is on sale, 25% off and not available after this week!! This was my #1 favorite stamp set last year. Just so sassy!!! ~ and the heart is from Linear Sentiments, TAC too. And can't forget the Stickles! I used the glitter Spica pens from Copic for the added detail at the bottom. Monday... usually I stay in bed until the last minute to get up and ready for work. This morning for some odd reason - I was up (and out of bed) before 6am!!! Hope the rest of my day is as productive!
Happy Monday!
Inky Hugz!

Hats Off!

2009-06-21T20:31:00.003-08:00

I got to spend the ENTIRE day to day make cards! It was the same card 40 times over, but it was so awesome! I haven't spent a day like this in ages!!! Have to get my swaps ready for The Angel Company's Seminar next week in Whichita, KS.
Here is another card that I made - this spring. I had a couple contests this winter/spring for my down line in The Angel Company. This was one of the cards that I sent with their goodie box! I was into the basic, clean look. Paper is again the Pop Rockz from The Angel Company as is the stamp set, "Hats Off." The little faces in this set are really cute. The die cut is the left over middle from a Nestability. Every bit of paper counts! :) I used my old old old Pantone markers to color this little gal. Little by little they are dieing off and being replaced with Copics. Only thing I am missing with the change is the tiny third tip my Pantones have. Great for little detail. Oh well...
Another Monday is coming fast! And only two more days until I leave for Seminar!!! Whoo-hoo! Can't wait to spend some quality "girlie-girl" time with my peeps!
Inky hugz!!!

Happy Summer!!!!

2009-06-20T12:34:00.004-08:00

Summer Solstice is here! Today in Fairbanks, we get 100% daylight! Hopefully no rain as well...

I have a card to share! I know, it has been awhile! I would like to be able to say that I have a good excuse as to my absence, but other than work and busy life - not really! I kind of lost my mojo this winter, I think. It was a LONGGGG winter...
So, no more waiting!
Here is it! (a little late or WAY early - depends on how you look at it!)"Hoppy Easter!" These cute bunnies are from "No Bunny Like You" from The Angel Company. The frame is from QuicKutz. Edge punch from Fiskars. The fun paper is from The Angel Company, Pop Rockz.
I do have more to share! But need to wait until next week. It is Seminar for The Angel Company and I have been busy making trades, prop swap, and other goodies!!! It is a fun time - and the new catalog is revealed! So excited!!!
Enjoy your weekend ~ and be sure to stop back by again soon!
Inky hugz!

FREE!!! FREE!!! FREE!!!!

2009-04-18T08:39:00.002-08:00

FREE!!! Digital Download from The Angel Company! And is it ever cute!!! "Black & White" is the theme of the paper pack. Argyle, Swiss dots, damask look and more! Click HERE for your FREE download!
Enjoy your weekend! :) I am hoping to... tonight is the "Big Fight" (UFC). Hubby is a fan and has a gathering planned for tonight... good thing I have my craft cave to go find peace! And to think that he tried to compare guys watching a fight to girls at a crop! Hmph! I don't see any comparisons at all!!! LOL

TWO STREET SCRAPPER'S CHEER

2009-04-04T07:28:00.002-08:00

Wow! I can't believe how long it has been since I have posted! Tells you what kind of winter it has been! I have a fun cheer to share with you! In February some gal pals and I had our second annual Two Street Scrappers retreat. It was over Valentine's Day weekend held at a lovely B-n-B on the outskirts of Fairbanks. Food, friends, scrapbooking - the "love" was in the air! LOL
So, our lovely friend Ramona kept saying this cheer that her girls used to say when they were younger and we decided to put our town spin on it... as we laughed at all the lovely stuff we had brought and were able to share! Here we go!!!

TWO STREET SCRAPPER'S CHEER

Totally, for sure,
Like I'm such a paper whore.
My Visa, I swear,
Is maxed out from too much wear.

$99, $54,
I think I own the entire store.

Eyelets, Brads & Bling galore,
How can I embellish more?

Spend, spend
More, more
Spend, spend
More, more
Where's the closest Scrapbook Store?!

Written and copy righted by the "Two Street Scrappers" - 2009 Retreat

Have a terrific weekend!
Inky hugz,
Candi

Serendipity

2009-01-26T10:51:00.003-09:00

I learned the new meaning of a word this past weekend while at The Angel Company's "Escape" conference this past weekend.
Serendipity
- noun
1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
2. good fortune; luck

The new edition of stamps and supplies from TAC is "serendipity!"

Such cute samples, ideas, stamps, awesome new products!!! There is the most CUTE felt photo wallet instructions in this magalogue! Available for orders February 1st.

AND... Today is the LAST day to order your T-coded stamps at 50% off!!!! candi.ismyangel.net

Weekend with the Girls in San Antonio and "Escape" with The Angel Company

2009-01-25T10:07:00.003-09:00

Again, sitting in an airport... gotta love layovers! Great time to post! :)
This past weekend was such a treat! I got to see some of my favorite "peeps," stamp, make cute little scrapbooks, eat good food, drink some margaritas, see my friend Marcee, and shop!!!!! Oh!
Where to start... flew into San Antonio on Wednesday. Stayed with the hostess with the mostest, Stephany. She picked me up from the airport in this totally hot RED Dodge Challenger. What a sweet ride! It was hilarious watching the guys that we drove by turn their heads to check out the car! LOL Thursday evening was the ClubMED dinner to kick off Escape with The Angel Company. It is always so great to see other angels. The weekend was full of cute projects, the release of "Serendipity," the spring magalogue from TAC. LOVE the new stamp sets!!! Oh my goodness - cute, fun, elegant, and more!!! Friday night we had our own "jewelry" making party with Heather. She makes these most awesome antique button rings and pendants. I went a bit crazy with all those buttons! Wow! This girl is onto something...

Saturday, I was able to meet up with a friend from Montana, Marcee. It was so awesome to have dinner with her and catch up!!! We haven't seen each other in like 14 years!!! Time sure flies!!! Later in the evening, we decided to take a carriage ride through the downtown area. The carriage drive let me drive for a block or so! It was too much fun. We froze though! Who would have guessed that a cold front would go through San Antonio! LOL

What A Way To Start The New Year!!!

2009-01-08T19:14:00.001-09:00

I am trying to type this post while walking on the treadmill, we will see how this goes... nothing like multi-tasking!!! LOL
So, for the title and the stories to go along with it...
NSR... living in Alaska always seems to offer its "firsts." This year - only on day 9, has been pretty well full of them. A new one pretty much every day! LOL
First - we are on like day 13 of days that haven't gotten warmer than like 30 below zero. It has been miserably cold here and the ice fog is just not even worth complaining about it is so bad! I am just so much looking forward to even 20 below zero! I am tired of having square tires and bouncing down the road for the first 5 minutes of driving... tired of wearing my heavy Sorel boots, tired of not being able to breath, and tired of having flat hair from wearing my hood (vain, I know... but I have this thing with my hair being flat! LOL)!!!! One good thing about all of this is that we are gaining daylight by about 4 minutes a day now - which is awesome! :)
Still NSR... I got to go to Defensive Driving School! It wasn't really bad at all, in fact I learned a few things and the teacher had some good stories. Why did I go? I got a ticket - for not pulling into the far left lane on the highway while passing a cop that had someone else pulled over. I did slow down a whole bunch and scooted over to the far side of my lane, but I guess that isn't the way it works here anymore. Now I know! LOL At least I got out of a ticket...
NOW NSR!!! Be sure to check out the post below regarding the 50% off stamp sale that The Angel Company is having! The prices on my website are the discounted price. It includes all current "T" coded stamps ~ if you have a catalog handy... there are "R" coded stamps too.
www.candi.ismyangel.net
I need to download some picts onto this laptop so that I can have some to post while I am on my "walk." I guess that I worked out pretty good as long as the speed wasn't too fast! Maybe this will help inspire me to workout more often! LOL
Have a great weekend!

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T14:40:00.001-09:00

Wow! December totally got away from me!
Check out this totally awesome sale that The Angel Company is having!!! 50%!!! What a great way to start out the new year!

www.theangelcompany.net

AND ...

www.theangelcompany.net

Happy New Year!!!
~ Candi ~

Christmas Stamp-a-Stack of Cards!!!

2008-11-24T14:01:00.002-09:00

It is that time of year again!!! Time to get Christmas cards made, holiday gifts made, and decorations out! If you are in the area and are in the mood for a fun and creative few hours - come on over!
This Saturday (Nov 29th) from 11 - 3 or Sunday (Nov. 30th) from 1 - 4.
We will be making 5 cards, two of each ~ $12. Can't beat that! And of course there will be lots of drawings and fun stuff like that. The sales that The Angel Company has at the moment are fabulous ~ and the vintage stamp sets that have been released for a limited time are even more fabulous!!! You'll have to come by to see! LOL
Email for directions and to RSVP: stampcandy@gmail.com :)
My friend Alysia and her mom came over yesterday (baby Emma too!) with bags full of Chinese food, yummy munchies, and of course Christmas projects to work on. We had a great time making these little cocoa/Snowman Soup gifts - I will have to take a picture to post. I also finished a banner for replace the "spooky" one that I had made for Halloween. The new ones says "noel." What a great way to spend a cold Sunday afternoon!
Pictures to follow... soon! :)

Late To Share... Halloween Card

2008-11-02T14:50:00.003-09:00

Hope that you had a terrific "goulish" weekend! I can't believe that it is November already - and am so glad that tomorrow is election day! I know that it is a huge election year, but I am getting tired of all the phone calls, commercials, bad talk, etc. Anyway... enough of that!
Onto the card! I made most of these at a retreat in Healy, Alaska last month - I think that the Drippy Goo punch of Martha Stewart is just too much fun! The candy corns and piece of candy are from Clear Dollar Stamp. The Halloween circle stamp is from The Angel Company. It is a new set from the Fall Supplement. Was loving the orange stickles too!

Double Dips Promotion with The Angel Company EXTENDED!!!!

2008-11-01T10:57:00.000-08:00

www.theangelcompany.net

Cute "Spooky" Banner!

2008-10-16T17:33:00.004-08:00

I attended a class at Back Porch Memories in Fairbanks a few weekends ago and we made this totally cute banner! I am soo glad that my gal pal Alysia made me go with her! :) It was sooo much fun and soo very cute!!!! The details are spooktacular! Paula is just so creative. DH helped me hang it in our living room. Fun, huh!!!

DH is away at a school for a few weeks, so between the pooches and work, life has been a bit hectic. Speaking of pooches, my toy poodle Scarlet is lying on the blanket next to me with the cutest little snore... augh....

I am excited for a Crop Pink this weekend at Back Porch Memories though! Great time for some relaxing and visiting!!!

Have a great weekend!

SpookTACular Cards!

2008-10-02T20:15:00.004-08:00

Sorry the picture is so small... not sure what is up?!!?!? Anyway... Here are a few Halloween cards for you! I love the "drippy goo" punch from Martha Stewart. Too much fun!!! Stamps are from The Angel Company - Spooktacular. I colored the images with my dove blender and chalks. One of my favorite techniques because I can move the color around well.
October... Double Dipping time still is going on with The Angel Company! Great time to get those stamps, paper, or paper crafting supplies that you have been eyeing! :)
Have a great Friday!
~ Candi ~

Scrapbooking Get-Away!

2008-10-01T20:07:00.002-08:00

I had the most fantastic weekend at a scrapbooking retreat in Healy, AK! It started Friday evening and ended on Sunday afternoon. The bed and breakfast that we stayed at was just sooo great! The food was the best - three meals a day, got a facial, a massage, and hung out with my peep Alysia, her mom and Alysia's cutie-pie daughter, Emma.
I was able to make Halloween goodies for my co-workers, I finished about 8 page layouts... maybe 10, I forget. It was just what I needed though! I have been working a lot of hours between my two jobs - and needed a break. Hopefully things will slow down a bit so that I can spend some quality time in my "craft cave!"
Have a fantastic Thursday!
~ Candi ~

"LOVE"

2008-09-20T18:16:00.004-08:00

Happy Saturday! I hope that your weekend is going spledidily!

I have a card to share for a recent swap that I participated in. The sketch came from Heather at Oz-some stamps. The cardstock is DCWV and Bazzill. I used Palette ink and stamps from The Angel Company.

What A Day!!!!

2008-09-18T20:35:00.003-08:00

Wow! Only word to describe today!!! It started out with a texty from my DH. He is home visiting his kids and mom in Montana. My step-son called him at 3am this morning to tell him that the high school was on fire. So, Fritz went down the street to the high school where a large crowd and 50+ volunteer firemen were trying to put out the fire at the high school... the very high school both my hubby and I graduated from, my step-son attends... so sad!!!! The worst part of the whole thing is that it was arson! Four teens (two arrested and two arrested and released to parents) are suspected to have started it... it makes me sad, mad, and all I can say is "wow." There was a fabulous Hall of Fame in the lobby area that had photos dating back to at least the 70s if not further back. Sports trophies, photos of friends and family, etc. I am sooo thankful that I attended my oldest step-sons graduation this spring so that I have current memories. It just seems that our great nation has been hit with one tragedy after another this year!

This week is also Homecoming week Ben Eielson HS! I might have mentioned it in my last post -but I am the Jr. Class Advisor - much fun!!! :) Their float is 50s theme and is soooo cute!!! I can't post any details yet - the parade is tomorrow - but I will put some pictures up if the juniors give me the OK. Some of them even invited me to be in the parade with them. They are such awesome kidos!

Okey - onto the stamping!!!! So, I ran home today to grad a camera to take picts of the Juniors while they were working on their float. And guess what DH didn't take with him, my camera! So, my plan for this weekend could have gone a planned! LOL So, tonight I took some picts instead.

The stamp set is a new one this year in the Fall catalog from The Angel Company. Joy of Christmas is my favorite new Christmas set. The cardstock is from the Bazill violets collection. I used my paper crimper, running the paper through both ways to make a gingham square like design. The green is from the Toodle Loo Soar With It Collection. I used Palette inks in Landscape and French Lilly. Of course no card is complete without "bling!" The berries got the "bling!" Can't see in the photo, but the tree is accented with crystal lacquer.
Hope that you have a fantastic weekend!!!!

Blog Bog

2008-09-16T08:57:00.003-08:00

Hi! I am back... I was in a bit of a blog slump in August. I am going to blame it on all the rain that we got - for like 20 day straight. I felt like I was back in England! It was crazy - all the flooding - it seemed as if the water would never go away! I haven't seen water like that even after break-up and the snow is all melting. Anyway, new month, new chapter - and life goes on! :)

I have to tell you about the awesome weekend that my DH and steps-on had! Fritzi (step-son) turned 16 this past week... OMGosh!... for years - DH has been planning the big "16" birthday surprise. So, in May, we bought airlines tickets for him to fly to Montana to surprise Fritzi - and then the two of them flew to Arizona for the weekend - and went to the Diamond Backs' baseball game (and Jessica Simpson performed that night at the game) and the Cardinal's Dolphin's football game (where Daughtry performed! I am sooo jealous!!! LOL) The real reason for the trip was the football game. Fritzi is a die-hard Dolphins fan. It sounds like they had a great time and I am sooo glad that it was a surprise!!! I wish I could have been there to see Fritzi's face when his dad gave him the tickets for the football game. My dad said that it was pretty cute. Augh...

Okey, so I had this whole weekend planned to take picts of card and stuff and then went to get my camera and it was gone! Gone to Arizona with DH! AUGH! I could have used an older one, but I am spoiled now... so hopefully I can find something on this computer to share! LOL

Hold on a second... I am going to go look! :)

I am back! Found one!!! Perfect time to share this oldie, but goodie from seminar a couple years ago with The Angel Company!

It is kind of hard to see, but the wings are made out of two hearts stamped end to end of vellum. I colored the image using Pantone markers (this was a couple years ago before Pantone changed to Tria), the paper is My Mind's Eye and TAC. Perfect timing for this card too because now until November 3rd is a terrific time to get your wings! The Angel Company is having a "Double Dip" promotion. Previously known as double hostess benefits time, Jubilee, etc... New angels, customers, and hostesses can double up on rubba!!!
ALSO... if you are in the Fairbanks area, this weekend is like last ditch before winter hits garage sale weekend!!! There is going to be a "craft" sale at the Fairbanks Senior Center from 9 - 2 on Saturday. (Turn by Dinty's). I will have TONS of stamps, awesome grab bags of paper, magazines, and more that really need a new home before winter!

This is one of those weeks too!!! It is Homecoming week at our high school. Don't know exactly how... but this year I am the Jr. Class Advisor. Hmmm... I couldn't resist when they asked. I told them that I would do it only if they got me a tiara for prom! LOL I tell you what - I am having fun! I didn't really get into the whole thing when I was in high school - maybe float decorating, but I think that I kind of skipped a lot of the rest of it because I was busy with 4-H, volunteering, working, looking for trouble (not me! LOL), etc. Their float theme is the 50's. Their ideas is way cute - I hope that it all pans out!
Well, enjoy your week!!!

Oldie, but Goodie!

2008-07-30T09:19:00.004-08:00

I ran across this card while I have cleaning out my card sample stash (which by the way, I am purging 100's of them ~ if you are interested in some great card samples, I have flat rate mail envelopes available [jam packed!] for $10 [postage included.]!) ... and found this card. It is still one of my favorite stamp sets. Old Truck. It is a retired stamp, as is the crackle background... oldies, but goodies!

Wedding Dress Display

2008-07-28T09:13:00.003-08:00

A couple of months ago I had posted a little bit about my grandmother, mother, mine, and my sisters wedding gowns being part of a display at the Moss Mansion in Billings. While I was home in May, I was able to go to the mansion and see the display as well as get some photos. I ran across them this morning. Left to right ~ my grandmas dress, my dress in center, and my sister's dress is on the chair. My mom's dress is hiding the the left of my grandmas on a chair. My mom is in the photo with me. This is the parlor of the mansion. My favorite room. All decorated delicately with gold, rose prints, pinks, etc. The perfect "girlie" room.

Happy Monday!

Monochromatic Fun!

2008-07-26T10:27:00.003-08:00

Here are a couple more cards that I did for a contest a couple months ago. No winners, but one was featured on The Angel Company website this last month! :) Both cards use stamps from The Angel Company designed by Mabelle Ramirez-Ortiz.

Camp and Cards!

2008-07-24T19:56:00.004-08:00

Where has July gone? We haven't had much July weather this July, that is for sure! It has been raining and chilly! The mountains even have snow.

Last week I attended Operation Purple Camp that our awesome ASYMCA (Armed Services YMCA) put on for 140 military youth ages 9 - 15. Yes, 140 kids! Michelle from the ASYMCA did a fantastic job with the camp, as did the Boy Scout Staff and volunteers that assisted. I had two teens with me to document the week and they made a video for the closing on Saturday night. As you can imagine, with that many kids, there was some drama, a bunch of really great times, and with three - maybe four days of rain ~ lots of mud and wet clothes. The kids were troopers though! And the volunteers went above and beyond. Some of the kids and volunteers stayed in tents too. I bet you can guess that I was not one of them! LOL I did come home with a new appreciation for my bed, bathtub, warm water, and not only having peanutbutter and jelly sands as a second choice for every meal! I ate more PBJ last week than I have in the past two years! LOL Pretty much to go anywhere at camp, one had to go downhill ~ and then to get back, uphill... so I also toned up a bit and lost about 5 lbs! I would do it again! Can't wait until next year! :)

Okey, onto the stamping! Here is another card to share! All prodcuts, stamps are from The Angel Company. It was a "no pick" for the new catalog. I like the monochromatic feel.

This weekend I am finally having my new catalog reveal/Open House! I am excited to be getting together with some of my stamping friends again!

Cards to Share!

2008-07-07T14:44:00.006-08:00

Wow! What a great 4th of July weekend! A 4-day weekend was totally needed! :) Hope you enjoyed the weekend as well!
Have a card or two to share. Hopefully I can get some stamping in this afternoon yet before teaching tonight. I need to get some swaps done.

This one was made using A Little Whimsy 8x8 paper pack from The Angel Company. I LOVE the Noteworthy velvet brads! The stamp is also from The Angel Company, Birthday Wishes. This paper is so fun to make cards with, the layout almost done for you!
The second one (below) is the same paper pack, same samp set, only uses the Button Loopy Brads. They are very fun! The cards were designed for the Fall TAC Inspiration book, but didn't make ~ but that is OK because now I can share them on my blog! :)
If you haven't gotten you new TAC Inspiration book yet, it is one to get your hands one! Lots of great ideas for card making and scrapbooking! The Inspiration Book also features 5 different card sketches, featured throughout the book. These two cards are based on those sketches.

Have a great one!
Inky hugz,

Another Airport Post

2008-06-23T20:11:00.003-08:00

It seems like lately that the only time that I have to sit down and post to my blog is when I am sitting in airports on layovers! Either that means that I am traveling too often or I need to redo my daily schedule! Probably both! LOL

Heading back to Alaska after another event with The Angel Company! Seminar was a blast, as always!!! The catalog is just gorgeous!!! The cover is the cutest ever!!! I don't have a picture with me, so I'll have to post it later. I do have a few pictures of the even though.

The first picture is of me and my upline Holly Mays. She is just the sweetest person!!!

Oh, yummy! New paper!!! This is one of the new mini scrapbook kits. The paper is so gorgeous!!! It have been fun brainstorming all the fun things that one could do with this kit! Double-sided, a bit of Victorian inspiration. Simply gorgeous!!!

Aren't we lovely!!! This is the awards banquet. The ladies with the crowns were top in sales and
Angel of the Year." Way to go, ladies!!!!!!

And last, but not least... my Alaska girls!!!! Nancy and Inger from Barrow, Alaska. (my upline Holly is on the right).
Stay tuned for more updates this week! I'll upload some pictures of finished projects, swaps, etc. Give you something to look forward too! :)

Inky hugz!!!!

TAG!

2008-06-08T11:26:00.003-08:00

I haven't played Blog Tag for awhile, and it sure is fun!!!
Donna tagged me! :)

The "rules" of the game:
Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.
Ten years ago: Single, living in Billings, MT. I was attending Graduate School at Montana State Univ.-Billings and working at the mall (augh!!!) at Gymboree. I lived with Melissa and Nancy in a basement apartment. I am pretty sure that partying was about all I was worried about! LOL
Five things in todays 'to do list':
(1) laundry
(2) work on hubby's Father's Day present
(3) finish a couple things for TAC seminar
(4) hmmm... relax!
(5) I really don't know yet... Gotta love Sundays!
Things I would do if I was a millionaire: I would probably buy our "retirement" house. I found a beautiful place in Kalispell, Montana that might be fun! Invest for our retirement and some for college for the kids, and donate some to a charity.
I will now tag:
Sandy
Maria
Char
Jean
Heather Ann
Enjoy your weekend!!!

Summer in Alaska Brings Elton John!

2008-05-31T20:55:00.004-08:00

Golly, I have been a blog slacker lately! Summer in Alaska brings a really busy schedule with it! I am teaching three evening classes this term for two universities, still working during the day, we have my husband's 13 year old daughter with us, getting ready for The Angel Company Seminar, AND Elton John came to Fairbanks for a visit!!!!

What an awesome concert! He played for 2 1/2 hours straight! All his best songs!!! It was just so cool!!! It is one of those things that ya just have to experience as words can not describe it.

It is going to be a short post... I need to get busy stamping again...

I'm Back... and Gone Again!

2008-05-16T11:02:00.003-08:00

Well, San Antonio was awesome. A bit warm and humid for my taste, but the conference was great, our presentation was fabulous, and the food was good too! AND I got to see my friend Stephany and her daughter Rachel one evening! It was terrific!!!

So, I got home on Sunday on the red-eye and am in the airport again heading to Montana for my Grandma's 90th birthday celebration. I am staying for the week so that I can bring my step-daughter back with me for a few weeks to visit her daddy and I. Guess I will have lots of time for stamping! YEAH!! I packed a few things to work on for The Angel Company's seminar ~ hopefully I can get a bunch stamped and put together. :)

Here is a pict of cards we did at my birthday stamp-a-stack in March. Fast, Fun, and Easy was the theme! All stamps fare from The Angel Company. The orange background is stamped with a birthday saying stamp. I fell in love with the color scheme in the last Pottery Barn kids catalog that I got. I HAD to use it and made about 6 different cards before I finally decided that this was the one! :) The kidz are colored with prisma colored pencils and a dove blender. I used Pallette ink in Claret and Noir.

Enoy your weekend and hopefully I can post something for "progress" while I am in Montana.

Kids Say The Funniest Things!

2008-05-05T21:31:00.002-08:00

This past Saturday I spent at a crop at Back Porch Memories celebrating National Scrapbook Day. It was great fun, lots of goodies, great sales, and wonderful hospitality. I got like 10 layouts done and learned how to play with some new tools and such. Tim Holtz Distressing Paint is my new favorite. Can't wait to play with some more! I want it in gallon size though! LOL
The 80's going away party for my friend Amy was Friday night. It was a hit! I do have picts to post, but am typing from a remote computer... those will have to wait until I get home. There are some great ones though!! DH judged the costumes that we put together, organized our games for us, and then made sure we each had an air mattress or couch. What a sweetie!
OK - so on with the title. Sunday, DH and I were checking out at the commissary when we overheard a conversation between a mother and her son standing in line behind us. Apparently, he had picked up a treat of some sort and was doing his best to try to convince his mom that he needed this. He started off with, " Mom, it has been like a long time, a year, maybe two years since I have gotten anything like this!" Then he must have licked the box because the mom was going on and on about him licking the box - yucky! Then he said, "Mom, I admit that you are my mom ~ but I think that you should help to convince me that you are my mom by showing me some caring and generosity." She continued with,"I will not be manipulated by my 7 year old son!" He said, "Mom, I am not manipulating you. I deserve it." And her ranting went on and on... blah! blah! blah! As I am trying not to laugh my a** off... I am thinking to myself how she could have easily defused the situation and squelched the hilarious show for the rest of us. Text book case... I teach parenting classes every once in awhile... right now it is "123 magic"... she did the top two "no no's" ~ little adult syndrome and kept on talking which egged him on... Oh well... it was funny... but I am sure that poor mom was ready to pull her hair out!

STILL have SNOW! and other bits of info

2008-04-27T08:57:00.003-08:00

Well, it snowed most of the day on Friday, started to melt yesterday, snowed some more last night, and the ground is still covered this am. Again, any extra sunshine that you might have... please feel free to bottle or box it and send it this way! LOL
Yesterday DH put together our new kitchen table and chairs. It looks soooo nice! The furniture store forgot to spray the protective stuff on the chairs, so someone is coming out today to fix that for us - talk about customer service!

So, I got the old kitchen table that someone gave us when they were moving... and it is downstairs in the craft "basement." Our old computer is set up on it with the Pazzle next to it and loving its new home! I played with the Pazzle yesterday, and made some scallop shapes, a sheriff's badge from the practice lesson, and learned how to use a few of the tools. Woo-hoo!

I am getting the craft "basement" readied for an 80's style going away party next Friday for my dear friend, Amy. I also have to get my 80's outfit ready. Look out fishnets and lace gloves! My hair is too short for a side pony tail, rats! LOL

These are a few cards that I did a couple months ago - using my favorite color combination of turquoise and brown. The stamps are from The Angel Company. I also used Stickles and my Copic markers for coloring.

SNOW!!!!!!!!

2008-04-25T12:05:00.002-08:00

I think that I jinxed the weather on my previous post! LOL
Woke up this morning to a couple inches of snow... and it is still falling! AUGH!
Please send sun this way if you have some to spare!
Happy Friday!

Black and White

2008-04-23T15:33:00.004-08:00

This latest card uses a stamp set from PaperTrey Ink.
I did learn that dye ink doesn't work as well with the clear stamps (stains badly too) as the Palette pad ink.

The weather is finally something that I think we can call "springlike" here! The snow is, yes I think that it is safe to say it, almost gone! This Friday we are having an annual Break-Up Beach party. Good times! :)

A Little Monkey

2008-04-21T19:56:00.004-08:00

I guess I have been stuck on this polka dot paper from AMM. :) The stamps are from The Angel Company. I also used my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug too. I love that thing! Oh! And loving those little Dew Drops!

This past Sunday, DH and I went into Fairbanks to check out the new Bailey's Furniture store. We were in desperate need of a new kitchen table (we gave our "garage sale" find to an airmen that needed it when we staged our house for sale last Summer). We found a really awesome countertop height one with a built in/fold-up leaf. And we also came home with this really great cheetah print chaise lounge for the "office." My husband is a collector of Marinly Monroe photos. He probably has 50 b/w photos of Marilyn in black frames hanging in the office. The chase lounge looks great in there! I LOVE it. Best part, it also would match our bedroom decor... it reminds me of one of the suites at the Rooselvelt Hotel downtown Hollywood, the Gable and Lombard Penthouse. Very chic! :)

Procrastinaing about Cleaning = Another CARD! :)

2008-04-19T09:29:00.003-08:00

I am supposed to be doing some major spring cleaning today while DH is at school today... but needless to say, all that I can manage to do is want to stamp! So, giving into the urge, I headed downstairs and made another birthday card for my little "girl" Scarlet (who currently is resting her head on the corner of the laptop while I try to type LOL). This one was inspired by Heather's sketch of the week.

The stamps are from also from Pink Cat Studio, same set as used yesterday. Not sure where that dog bone paper clip came from - maybe Oriental Trading. I also used liquid applique, but didn't heat it... just for some fun! The birthday saying is from PTI.

Have a great weekend... I must stop procrastinating and get busy! LOL

"Pawsitively Fabulous!"

2008-04-18T16:01:00.005-08:00

My baby girl toy poodle, Scarlet, is turning three next week. So, I got busy making her a birthday card... The poodle and staying stamps are from Pink Cat Studio out of Canada. Tooo cute! The polka dots are from PTI. It is kind of hard to see the detail, but the black brads in the four corners have a "bling" sticker added to them, along with the bling for her collar. "Pawsitively Fabulous!"

Spring?!?

2008-04-15T18:42:00.004-08:00

Well, we are supposed to be experiencing "break-up" right now in Interior Alaska, but instead, we got about 7 inches of snow yesterday! AUGH!!! At least it was wet snow and not the usual dry stuff that we get. Things were going so good with the melting of all the snow... I could even see green grass! Oh well... guess that is how it goes! Could be worse... could have had -40 degree weather along with that snow! LOL

Have a little project to share! This one too uses the stamp of the month from The Angel Company. I used my swiss dots cuttlebug, some *bling* in the corners, colored with Pantone markers, and used CS from PTI and DCWV. I love the colors and simplicity. I think that this could be a sure design for my swap for seminar with TAC in June! It will be here before I know it! YEAH!!!!

Home Sweet Home

2008-04-14T16:00:00.005-08:00

It is always nice to return home after a little trip ~ especially when the trip included a great amount of rain, a bit of ocean breeze, and long days! It was a great trip though! The teens that attended the Alaska Student Government conference were more than impressive as they debated resolutions. Our very pregnant Governor Palin joined us the first night and signed a Bill into law before the delegation. It was very cool - not an earth shattering law, but a very important law for our Alaskan native artisans, the Silver Hand Bill.

Along with returning home, I brought a cold home too! yuck... It has also been snowing all day long... a perfect day to stay in bed. LOL

Onto the stamping! Here is a card that I made last week before I left for Juneau. It uses paper from All My Memories, DCWV, and the stamp of the month from The Angel Company (ballerina slippers).

Headed to Juneau

2008-04-09T19:53:00.004-08:00

Well, I am packed! I leave bright and early for a first-time visit to our state capital of Alaska ~ Juneau! Hopefully we will be able to meet with our legislatures and we are visiting the governor's mansion too! Our governor is like 7 months pregnant, Sara Palin. I like her... I think that she is doing a great job for Alaska.

Onto stamping! I made this card about a month ago using this fun set from The Angel Company, Build a Buggie! The polka dots are from the set, the butterfly, and the little curved lines too. It was a fun and easy card! I did get a chance to make three fast cards this afternoon between work and teaching my night class, but haven't gotten a chance to photograph yet.

See ya Sunday!

Fun with Dew Drops!

2008-04-08T15:54:00.004-08:00

I got these Robin's Eggs Dew Drops from Ellen Hutson about a month ago and last night was the first time that I actually remembered to use them! Such the situation when one has too many "goodies" to create with! (oh, but one can NEVER have tooo many! LOL). This card uses the Stampendous cupcakes, Nana's Kids DCWV, and colored with Copics. I am not sure if I have found a method that I like to attach those little dew drops ~ I cut up a medium size Zot. What do you use?

Thanks for stopping by!

Retreat Recap

2008-04-07T16:00:00.003-08:00

Well, this happened over a month ago - but I finally downloaded the pictures! I went on a long weekend getaway with some girlfriends to a local Bed-N-Breakfast for some serious scrapbooking and lovely food!!! It was just gorgeous!!! Log-cabin style home in the hills outside of Fairbanks. The view was breath-taking, the company was superb, and the BNB hostess cooked us the most yummy breakfast!!! I re-did my senior book from High School - 50 pages! Now, they weren't anything elaborate, just more to save the pictures that had already started to yellow a bit and get newspaper clippings into a safer environment. I had a great time reminiscing about those crazy times in high school. Sometimes I really wonder how I lived through all that craziness! LOL

Tomorrow is DHs birthday, so I baked him a lemon cake this afternoon and invited some friends over for cake and ice cream. He HATES letting anyone know that it is his birthday... but I love celebrating it for him!!!

Promotions and fun!

2008-04-01T09:14:00.003-08:00

This past weekend was my birthday... 33! I celebrated by having a stamp-a-stack of birthday cards and was joined by 11 very lovely ladies for the afternoon!!! Thanks for coming ladies!!! :)

I also hit our newest local scrapbook store, "Back Porch Memories." That was a most fun shopping spree! The new My Mind's Eye/Wild Asparagus 29th Street Market collection was available. I LOVE it!!!

Yesterday was the monthly promotion ceremony on base. I attended with my friend Kara, as her DH was promoted to Master SGT. My friend Jen was there too, as her DH was promoted to Staff SGT. I quickly became the unofficial photographer for the girls. So, I headed to the front of the theatre and had a grand time taking photos of their guys as they got socked in the arm and all that good stuff. I cracked up after the ceremony as the General and Command Chief came up to me saying that all they could see were flashes (from my camera none-the-less). And then I was fully impressed when our Commander asked me if I did Creative Memories and all that kind of stuff! Wow! I bet he has a scrapbooker in his house! LOL :)

Stamp-a-Stack Weekend! ANd New Clover Country!!

2008-03-25T20:27:00.004-08:00

This Saturday I am hosting a Stamp-a-Stack of Birthday Cards! And it just so happens to be my birthday! I couldn't think of a better way to spend the afternoon! I asked DH to make me a "princess" cake... we'll see. LOL Anyway, I have been busy cutting paper and ribbon, putting kits together, and all that good stuff for Saturday. Thus, no cards to post!
The sun is starting to rise earlier and set later... and causing lovely glares on the TV. So, last night a trip on a whim to WalMart occured. TROUBLE!!! We found curtains and a great curtain rod for living room, great black out curtains for the bedroom ~ as well as a cool curtain rod... and of course other things that we really didn't need! Isn't that how it always goes?! Glad that we don't go to Walmart very often! Anyway, the curtains are hung in the living room and make such a difference! They even look pretty - well, except for the wrinkles ~ but those will hang out.
Ohhh!!! New toy!!! DH let me get a Pazzle for my birthday! HSN had a great package deal a couple weeks ago. I have opened the box - but have to wait until after my stamp-a-stack to play with it or else I fear that I will get nothing done! I am debating on getting rid of my Cricket now... hmmm... tough decision... whatcha think?
Last thing... our shoppette got my and DHs favorite ice cream in!!! Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby!!! It is delectable! Here is the description from Ben & Jerry's website! I LOVE it!
"It began with two office jokesters' pulling a prank on a colleague whose endless tales of his love for Ben & Jerry's made them nuts. They hatched an imaginary batch packed with pretzels, peanut butter, & fudge in vanilla malt ice cream & spread a rumor of a brand new Ben & Jerry's hit called ""Chubby Hubby"". After searching obsessively he was crushed when the hoax was revealed, so the jokesters home-made a pint. He proclaimed it too good to be a joke & after one taste, so did we. The rest is history. Chubby Hubby -- it's no joke!"

OK! Last thing to share!!! Today you can officially purchase your 4-H Clover Country CD!!!! Your state 4-H program will receive 10% for each CD purchased from the 4-H Mall. It is a very cool CD!!! Sugarland (which you might remember a post back in October where I got my picture taken with Jennifer Nettles at a National 4-H event), Reba, Faith Hill, and more!!! $9.99! What a deal!!! I LOVE the cover... very hip!!!!

Mississippi, here I come!

2008-03-14T05:26:00.003-08:00

What can a person do with a 5 hour layover at the Chicago O'Hare airport? Find the USO and post to my blog!!! The USO here is very nice too. I am headed to Jackson for a 4-H training ~ Health Rocks! I received a grant to work with the program in Alaska. It is fun and very cool - tobacco, alcohol, and drug prevention... taught by teens to youth. It will be a long weekend, but no doubt worth it.
Thought that I would share another project from my time home creating this week. I made a ton of Easter cards to send to family and friends. I love the "No bunny Like You" set from TAC! Very cute!!! And ~ if you haven't stumbled upon it... The Angel Company has a new blog! It features awesome projects! My hat is featured at the moment. Check it out!
Enjoy your weekend!!!
Inky hugz,
Candi

Snoopy Birthday!

2008-03-12T11:06:00.003-08:00

My sweet "Grammie" is turning 90 in May! She is so dang cute - and rides a stationary bike for 15 minutes like three times a week. I hope that I can do that at age 90!!!

Anyway, Grammie was a 5th grade teacher and Snoopy was her classroom mascot. We help decorate her apartment with Snoopy stuff and of course for the big 90th birthday, none other than Snoopy will be the birthday mascot! With a bit of urgency from my slightly OCD mother, I have started making the birthday invitations for the big day! Here he is... sitting atop my favorite new image, a cupcake!!! I used DCWV Nana's Kids paper and ribbon from Hobby Lobby. I kept it simple because I have to make like 50 of them.

And - looking for help... I need a die cut of a dog house - large enough to be a table centerpiece. Any ideas?

Pirates!!! Oh My!

2008-03-11T12:26:00.007-08:00

I did have fun creating a couple cards this past week. The first one is using my new favorite stamp set from The Angel Company. "Payful Pirates" and my favorite paper from TAC, "Uptown Girl." The sketch was courtesy of those totally creative "maps" from Page Maps. Here is a closer look at the pirate skull. I found some cute "bling" to use on the crown and stickles for the eye patch.

Yesterday in our "hometown" newspaper The Billings Gazette (click on link for article), there was an article about the Moss Mansion. They are displaying wedding dresses in the historic mansion. My mom and grandma took my grandma's wedding dress, my mother's, mine, and my sisters to be displayed. Pretty cool. Even cooler, they are on display in the parlor room of the mansion and a couple of local newspapers have done interviews with my mom about the three generations of wedding gowns and the hankie of my great grandmother's that we all carried. Here is a picture of mine, a dress that I originally made when I was in college studying fashion design ~ made the Victorian bustle inspired skirt and corset for a costume design project. The fabric was free from my mom, she sewed those tapestry vests for a company in Montana and when they shut down the operations, she was allowed to keep all of the fabric she had on hand - so the fabric was leftovers from brocade vests! It cost me maybe $100 for notions and such. DH and I got married so fast, that I was lucky to have the dress and that it fit me. The manequin has the hankie in her hand as well. The Moss Mansion was always one of my favorite places to visit growing up. Even when I lived in Billings, I loved attending the events that the Moss Mansion held.

While we were home for Christmas, my step-daughter Jasmine tried the dress on. She thought that it was pretty cool. He daddy was none to happy to even have the thought of his little girl getting married cross his mind... LOL What a cutie-pie though! LOVE the purple thermal shirt underneath it.... only appropriate for a 13 year old! :)

Well, I am off to work on some more swaps... OH!!!! I have to chime in with all of the Papertrey Ink excitement! New releases ~ this week!!! I see a cupcake stamp!!!! Oh, I am crazy over cupcake stamps these days. Must be the craze that I have caught up with... but they sure are cute!!!! Speaking of cupcakes... come back later this week for my latest cupcake card!!! It is a cutie! :)

Inky hugz!!!!

"It's a Girls Night Out ~ Honey There Ain't No Doubt!"

2008-03-08T11:15:00.004-09:00

So, I am getting really excited for tonight... some girlfriends and I are having a girls night - not really out - but at one of our homes. It is a "Sex In The City" theme night. We are starting with season one and drinking girlie drinks... in our new Lolita Margarita glasses! But of course mine is a PINK princess glass!!! Being not much of a "drinker," I am sure that even water will be fun to drink out of this glass!!! Cuteness!!!!!! We have been planning this night for a month now... I can't wait to scrap it! (it always comes down to scrapbooking, doesn't it! LOL)

ok, back to the "Sex in the City" storyline... my friend Debbie in MT invited me to attend the "Sex in the City" movie preimier in New York with her and some other girlies in May. How fun would that totally be!!! A total "girls" weekend!!! It would be lots of fun, but alas, DH will be away at school ~ so momma has to stay home with puppies. Here's a fun question... which "Sex in the City" girl are you? Miranda? Carey? Samantha? Charlotte? Hmmm... Do you really think that Carey and "Big" are going to get married?

Onto some stamping news... I have been busy creating cards for swaps! I'll post photos. I know I always say that, but I promise, I will! :) I have to say that I have been so inspired by some of the new products on the market - that all I want to do is be in my crafting space ~ now if only the mailman would cooperate and bring my packages faster!

AND news from TAC! March and April are double benefits month! That means double half off items, double hostess stamp sets, and everyone gets double gift with purchase stamps with qualifying orders! Too much fun!!!!

More Swap Picts

2008-03-04T19:15:00.008-09:00

Here are a few more cards from the new stamp card swap. All stamps are from The Angel Company. Enjoy! :)

More cards from the swap!

2008-02-23T16:07:00.007-09:00

Task was to use a new stamp set from the Spring/Summer "The Angel Company" catalog. SOOO many gorgeous cards to share!!!! Here are some more! These are by Susan Maxwell. Loving the new doodle bugs stamp set!!! The top card uses Loops and Swirls as well as Elegant Sentiments.

The care below was created by Keri Meade, one of our "overseas" angels. :) I love this stamp set as well! Old World Ornaments

Enjoy your weekend! Hope that it has some time for stamping!

Swap Photos

2008-02-18T11:14:00.005-09:00

I hosted a "new stamp swap" for demonstrators with The Angel Company. Here are a few of the beautiful cards that were swapped. I'll share more throughout the week!

Cards are by Carol Norby from Wyoming.

Enjoy!

Cards by Rita Holmes

Valentine's and Anniversary

2008-02-15T15:47:00.002-09:00

Sorry I haven't posted this week - it was the week of "love" at our house! Tuesday was our 8 year anniversary and then - well, yesterday Valentine's Day - you'll laugh at how we celebrated... Tuesday I made reservations at Lavelle's Bistro in Fairbanks. Very nice restaruant in one of the hotel's downtown. It was the first time that we had eaten there - and for sure going back!! It was soo yummy! They even had a Reisling wine, which I loved. I don't drink a whole lot and am not a huge fan of wine - except for sweet German wine! Dinner was lovely... then, we went to WalMart and treated ourselves with a new flat screen TV for the bedroom. Both of us have to have the TV on to fall asleep. Mine is more of a comfort thing... his reason - maybe it just puts him to sleep. Something about going lithargic when one watches TV! We had a 12" TV since we had gotten married - and this 24" is huge and bright compared to it - but at least I can read the list of what is on TV from bed! LOL
Valentine's Day was celebrated with Freddie going bowling with his "AMMO" team, and I waiting anxiously for the Papertrey Ink release! I am hooked... love the matching ink/paper/ribbon combo ~ especially since the ink is Palette ink, which we carry in our TAC catalog! Hopefully the colors are close to the same because I will be in love if the ribbon matches our TAC ink too!!!
This weekend I am attending a get-away crop with some lady friends of mine in the area. We rented a BnB outside of Fairbanks and plan to do some serious cropping!!! I have so much stuff packed, it isn't even funny... haven't even though about clothes!!! LOL
I also have photos to share from a swap that I hosted - hopefully I can post them before I leave tomorrow.
Have a great weekend!!!!
Inky Hugz!!!

MY TAC ANNIVERSARY!!!!

2008-02-04T21:34:00.001-09:00

February is my anniversary with The Angel Company! :) FIVE years!!! Woo-hoo!!! What a great five years it has been!

To celebrate... I am offering all new "angels" that get their "wings" through me... during the month of February... a FREE Scor-Pal! A necessary tool in any paper crafters arsenal! Woo-hoo!!!!
The Angel Company has a great extra offer for new angels this month as well!!! You know that it is organizational time - being the first of the year and all... why not get a head start on your organizing with some new organizational stamps!!!! "Arranging for Inspiration!" I can't wait to use mine. Maybe it will help to make tax time a bit easier next year! LOL (does anything make that easier, really...)
Today was a fun day! I had some OT to burn from last week, so I worked on part of the day. It was -40 or so at 10am still and ice fog was thicker than pea soup! But, I headed into Fairbanks anyway, as I needed to pick up some copies for work from Office Max. Ulterior motive!!! My friend Alysia told me about a new scrapbook store that had opened in Fairbanks - and neither of us had been there yet to check it out! So, after I finished my "work" errand, I popped in to check it out! Much to my surprise, it was none other than the owner of Back Porch Memories! Paula has recently moved to Fairbanks and expanded her online monthly papercrafting kit to a store and cropping area!!! Woo-hoo!!! I left with a handful of goodies and having had a great conversation with a fabulous person!!!
Happy Monday!!!

Pirate Princess

2008-01-29T17:08:00.000-09:00

This card uses the new "Playful Pirates" stamp set from TAC and DCWV Rock Star stack. Fun combo! I used Sharpies to color the metalic paper and Staz On ink to stamp the image.

This is a Valentine card for my sweet step-daughter. She is into the "pirate" fad too. I found a cute hoodie-shirt with pirates printed on it for her too. Can't beat that! A card with a matching shirt! LOL

Valentine's Day!

2008-01-28T16:59:00.000-09:00

This past weekend I hosted a Mystery Hostess party and Valentine's Class.

We made two Valentine's Day cards and a valentine mini album.

Here are picts of the two Valentine's Day Cards. :)

The first one was CASED from the new TAC catalog. I love it sooo much! It uses the Mimi paper. Claret Pallette ink was used as well. The new "Forever" stamp set has got to be my #1 new favorite stamp set in the new catalog!

The next card was inspired by a card in the Summer/Winter TAC catalog. Fun and easy! It uses "Heart-itude" stamp set and our new pastel twill tape! I LOVE the new colors of the twill tape! It is easy to stamp on too.

More Cuties

2008-01-27T10:48:00.000-09:00

Wanted to share a picture of my friend JoAnn and her cute journal from our "Escape" to San Antonio with The Angel Company. JoAnn is such a hoot! She goes on scrapbooking cruises and teaches scrapbooking projects! What a life!!! :) A couple years ago at a TAC event, JoAnn made these really cool necklaces out of UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel) and a mini donut rubber pan. They looked like stones! Such an inspiration!

This cutie project was a bit of a group effort. Uses Mimi paper pack from The Angel Company, chip board alphabet, burnt umber Palette ink pate, and a wooden key holder. Late night preparations for the retreat... allowed a hostile takeover by me in order for this project to get done in time for the "prop swap." Anything for my dearest angels! :)

Cute Projects to Share

2008-01-18T19:48:00.000-09:00

I am holding a sign that says "I have been blessed." This fs from the TAC retreat in San Antonio and we were listening to the Martina McBride song ~ "I Have Been Blessed." Blessings, abundances, they are all things that I very much appreciate in my life. It has been a bit of a long, rough, and emotional week in the Dierenfield house this week. So, I think that today I shall share my blessings...

1. My mother-in-law is healing from her surgery.

2. My DH got to go snowmachining this weekend with his AMMO buddies. He deserves a fun day!

3. It has warmed up and and snowed!!!

4. I get to use my new stamps this weekend!!!

5. My friends bring me joy!

6. My sweetie poodles give me unconditional loves and kisses - yucky!

7. The Lord is my Saviour.

I have been blessed! :)

Here is a pict of another project that we did last weekend. Well, we did one very similar... Ours we put into our new 3x3 page protectors and tied it with a bow through the post holes. Same idea though. Too cute, huh! The new flourish stamp sets are soooo cute!!!

Have a great weekend!

Happy stamping!

Waiting at the Airport

2008-01-13T08:32:00.000-09:00

Alas, Leadership Conference is over and I am waiting at the San Antonio airport to catch my flight. The weekend FLEW by!!! So much fun!!! Good times. LOLHere we are at the hotel - my roomies and I. Well, half of my roomies! 6 of us shard two rooms - connecting rooms rock! LOL

My favorite project of the weekend was the sample ring of our punches. Using the negative of the punch, we made a sample ring. Great idea! then when you are trying to size a stamp up with a punch, you can lay the punch negative over the stamp to make sure that it will fit. How very cool!

What a fun weekend though! The weather was beautiful in San Antonio. Friends were abundant and inspiration was everywhere!!!

Our first night at the Menger, we decided that we needed to go ghost hunting. So, armed with our cameras, the 6 of us ventured out to the Emily Morgan hotel to try and catch a photo of the Emily. No luck. Then, we hung out at the Alamo visiting with the security guards until almost 2 am. No luck with ghost sightings there either. Then, back to the Menger to the infamous 2nd floor, original part of the hotel where most of the ghost sightings have been reported. No luck there either. The second night, the manager on duty did show us a very cool picture of a ghostly figure in a mirror from the 2nd floor. They called the girl Sarah. We never saw Sarah ourselves though. I don't know what I would have done if we had seen something though - scream! LOL It was fun though! Silly girls! :)

Back to the paper crafting... this was my most favorite idea of the weekend - using a hair band and a photo hanger embellishment. How cool!!! This is a mini album sample. We made a number of mini albums this weekend. I loved them all! Each one was simple, but chic. I can't wait to share them with my friends at home!!! And the new paper from The Angel Company is soo pretty and fun to work with!!! I'll post more pictures later. :)

The news of where seminar will be this summer was released as well. Wichita, KS - look out for angels coming your way in June! I haven't ever been to Wichita, but I am sure that it will be a blast! An event with The Angel Company could be just about anywhere and it would be fun!!!!

San Antonio fun!

2008-01-10T12:10:00.000-09:00

I am sooo loving the beautiful weather in San Antonio! It is gorgeous! Warm! No snow! LOL
Thought that I would share my ClubMED prop swap with you - it is a Doodlebug House. I LOVE how it turned out and know that it will find a great home. :) We are swapping tonight.

Also, the red little bag is my ClubMED swap. I cut it out with my new Cricut Expressions. Inside is a little chocolate surprise!!!! :)

The card is made using The Angel Company stamp of the month for January. I LOVE the ice cream!!!!!

Happy stamping!!!!

Off to San Antonio with my Angel friends!

2008-01-09T12:39:00.000-09:00

I know that the holidays were just upon us, but I am now just taking my much needed and I think well deserved "holiday break." I worked over most of the holiday break while the rest of the university was closed. But it was sooo worth it! Last Thursday, we held a youth mock deployment at Eielson for 50 youth! It was fantastically fun, despite a couple small minor glitches... like the cold weather wreaking havoc on the HUMVEE - it was frozen solid! The kids were "deployed" for the day, just like their active duty parent might go through when they get deployed. They got to learn how to maneuver the explosive ordinance disposal robots, had a mock transport mission on a KC135 (refueler plane), and learned about some coping skills that can help them during re-integration when their deployed parent returns home, got their faces painted camo style... the works! We also had a time at the end of the day where the kids were able to make welcome home signs for their deployed parents - or a friend's deployed parent, etc. The pride of being a military kid was rampant! :) My favorite part of the day was when the kids were all doing PT - jumping jacks, sit-ups, running, etc. Oh! And the message that the Vice-Wing Commander gave to the kids. It was fabulous!
Anyway, so I am off to San Antonio for a retreat with The Angel Company. It is always so fun to see everyone, share ideas, chit chat, and learn about new products. Nancey left a comment on the previous post that they might not recognize me without my glasses! LOL I didn't' even think about that - and to top it off, I have lost 30 lbs since October. OK... back to the topic at hand... I do have my new camera in my carry-on with me, my laptop, and a transfer cable... so hopefully I will be able to post some photos while we are at The Angel Company winter ESCAPE. I will miss all of you angels that can't be with us in San Antonio - but I know that you will be there in spirit... along with the other spirits at the Menger... LOL
Angels - be sure to check out Paper Wings forum for the ESCAPE online! Julie G. is hosting a fabulous project along with other talented angels! :)
Well, my flight is delayed... go figure! LOL At least I am on the last leg of my travels... sitting in the Dallas airport.

NEW TAC catalog is here!!!

2008-01-04T09:16:00.000-09:00

New catalog time!!! It feels kind of a bit like a whirlwind with two catalogs a year now, but that just means double the fun and more stamps, right?! ;) The new paper is just too gorgeous!!! I even have a card in the catalog! I had posted a picture of it back in July on my blog - here it is again. :)

There are these cute matchbook kits, new stamps, fun tools, and more!! If you just gotta have a copy of the new catalog - I am sure I can help you with that.

In the meantime, been busy getting ready for the winter retreat with The Angel Company in San Antonio next week. It is always so fun to see everyone, make new projects, chat, and all that good stuff. And the best part - warm weather! It could be 30 degrees and warm to me! I have to admit, that I see some places in the lower 48 that are almost as chilly as we are this morning at 8 below zero!

Happy Stamping!

Pictures and more!

2007-12-22T15:20:00.000-09:00

Happy Christmas!!! DH and I have been playing "Chrismukkuh" this week! How fun! Not because one of us is Jewish and the other is Christian, just because we can... and because we are leaving tonight to visit our family ~ and why take our presents with us unopened?!?! LOL So, we have been giving each other a little something almost every day this week. I totally got spoiled, of course. :) And poor DH has to wait for the continuation of "Chrismukkuh" until we get back from Montana because a couple of his presents haven't gotten here yet. :(

Anyway... "Santa" did let me get a Cricut. The "expressions" one. I can't take it out of the box until we get back from our trip because all I'll want to do is play. So, it is sitting in front of the tree. DH did surprise me with a new camera though! Wow!!!! A Nikon D40. It is soo snazzy!!! A neighbor friend came over and gave me a brief lesson last night on how to use it. It takes the nicest photos! See!!!! DH took this one - me without glasses and a new haircut.

Also, here is a photo of the paper pieced Santa that I made. And one of the Christmas cards that I made for my Christmas card Stamp-a-stack. Next month we are going to have Birthday card stamp-a-stack, and make a perpetual calendar!

And I have been making topiary for Christmas presents. These are pretty fun ~ and easy. Great way to use up some of the millions of Prima flowers that I have!!! This one still needs some filling in ~ almost done! Good thing that I am seeing these girlfriends after Christmas!!!

The last picture is of some Christmas ornaments that I made for a little class. They are just like the ones that Basic Grey had a couple years ago with the Blitzen paper pack. Remember?! I thought that they were a lot of fun ~ but kind of frustrating. I taught 6 ladies how to make them and then 5 minutes later couldn't get mine to go together! LOL

Hope that you are getting your last holiday shopping done! We are going to finish up shopping for the kids and my nieces tomorrow when we get off the plane. Talk about last minute!!! I did get a couple things that we are taking back. I couldn't go all crazy shopping here because we are taking a cooler of halibut back with us and bringing back some antelope or something like that. I don't know... I don't eat it!

Merry Christmas!

REALLY MIA?!

2007-12-18T08:03:00.000-09:00

Yes, I am still here... I don't have a really good excuse - well, you tell me if my excuses are enough to forgive me for not posting! LOL
We got a new computer and I have been trying to transfer files with this "supposed to be" really easy fire wire transfer. AUGH! Frustrating! It will happen though... I must be patient.
I must tell you about our new computer though. I spent an entire Saturday driving around Fairbanks computer shopping. Totally dismayed because I didn't want a new PC with Vista... yuck, yuck... and I really didn't want to pay retail price for a Mac. Hey, gotta use that "educator discount" whenever I can. So, I went home with the notion that I was going to the campus on Monday morning to order my computer at the Tech Center at UAF. I was getting excited to get a new "all in one" Mac. As I was lying in bed flipping through the channels that night, I hit QVC and they were showing their "deal of the day!" They had this fantastic package deal with Dell. Go figure! So, that is how I got my new Dell! I still want to get a new Mac, but I am going to have to wait maybe until my birthday - and maybe instead get a laptop. Even better!!!
I do have picts to post ~ I promise to get them up as soon as I can... gotta get those computers up and running!
Oh! must tell about my shopping in Kansas City. The conference was awesome (the REAL reason I was there...) It was for a program that I am working with through 4-H call Operation Military Kids. It is the great collaboration with a number of partners like the Army, American Legion, Boys and Girls Clubs, 4-H, etc. Anyway... just a little plug for the program... if you are a military family and are affected by military deployments ~ check out www.operationmilitarykids.org A number of states are doing a lot of wonderful things to help in supporting our families of a deployed solider!
Ok... back to shopping... I found Archivers. I actually left the store with a BOX full of goodies! Yes, a BOX! Christmas, doggie, and princess scrapping goodies - I am sure that would not surprise many that know me even a smidgen! lol
This past weekend I attended a holiday ornament exchange at the Two Street Scrappers studio in Fairbanks. I got the CUTEST Victorian style coin purse ornament. I was absolutely meant for me. :) No one even tried to steal it... good thing! LOL Saturday I attended my little friend DJ's first birthday party! We had a luau party - and even limboed. Wasn't that a site!!! Then, I want to my friend Ambers to scrapbook for a few hours. I actually didn't scrapbook, but made a Christmas picture. I will have to post more later on that... Freddie was gone all weekend to Anchorage helping a friend gut a condo. Now... how is it that DH will go 300+ miles to help a buddy to some serious manual labor, but I can't get him to finish putting "his" room together?!?! I am proud of him though ~ that does take a good friend to travel that far to do some crazy kind of work!
Dilemma... I have been really shopping around and reading up to see if I really would use a Cricket. Now that the larger size ones are on the shelves, I think that I might! Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Especially if you know of any smoken' deals! LOL ~ Thanks! ~
Hope that your holidays are merry!!!

Where Has She Gone?!

2007-11-27T08:10:00.000-09:00

I am still here!!! The holidays always seem to bring more fun and more activities!!!
We are still unpacking - but almost there!!! And even put out a few Christmas lights in our little front yard area. I also had my Christmas Stamp-A-Stack of cards over the weekend - at three different times and enjoyed having 25 ladies come over to make Christmas cards. Lots of work - but lots of fun!!! I had great held to - thanks to my newest "Angel," Kera!!! She helped me cut paper with "Big Bertha" (the heavy duty paper cutter) and put card kits together! Thanks, Kera!!!
I'll hopefully be able to post some picts later today...
Next week I get to travel for work again - this time to Kansas City. Always love going to KC because Archivers is not far away!!!!

New Eyeballs!!!

2007-11-15T20:00:00.000-09:00

First - guess what I forgot to do!!! Take pictures of my booth at the Holiday Marketplace!!! AUGH!!! It was very cute though and I did get lots of compliments on it! The weekend was very long - but fun and I met a lot of new people and got lots of great new contacts!!! I have 25 individuals signed up for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack, which rocks!!! Woo-hoo!!! And, I had fabulous help from my dear friends ~ Alysia, Anne Marie, Kara, Kera, and Macon! They kept me company and were great sales girls!
Onto the title of the post!!! I am in Anchorage for laser eye surgery!!! I had it today. So far so good. I couldn't get Lasik because my corneas were on the limit for being to thin. I appreciate the Dr. being honest and taking the safe route. So, I had PRK instead. I am doing really well and can see better than before already. It is amazing. The process was pretty wicked cool. Tomorrow morning I have my post-op appointment and then home... no more glasses! YEAH!! It will be different though because I have had corrective lenses since I was in 5th grade.
Let's see... no stamping or scrapping things to share ~ hopefully after this weekend I will have something. I am getting my craft room in order though ~ after the big more~ things are finally finding a home. I am sure that you will be able to relate - I have sooo much stuff!! It is crazy!!! LOL
Have a great weekend!
Keepin' it inky,
Candi

Holiday MarketPlace Time!!!

2007-11-04T20:29:00.000-09:00

Sorry for the huge lack of posts! In between MOVING, unpacking boxes, and trying to figure out where to put things - and where did I put things?!?! I have also been getting ready for my first huge holiday market at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks ~ coming up this weekend.
I have been working hard creating my booth space, making things to sell, and cleaning out my stamps! I'll be sure to take a picture and post it!
Wish me luck!!!
Candi

FUN in Atlanta with 4-H!!!

2007-10-25T11:11:00.000-08:00

Wow! What an awesome week this has been in Atlanta!!! It is always great to get together with my 4-H colleagues! I learn so much and we have so much fun!!! The highlights of the conference have been getting my photo taken with Jennifer Nettles of Sugar Land ~black shirt, cacky pants ~ (who is a former Georgia 4-Her), hearing some very awesome speakers - this morning was CNN's Nancy Grace ~ a former Georgia 4-Her ~ and one of the afternoons, three of us got the opportunity to check out the Atlanta Apparel mart ~ and yesterday was an awesome afternoon of shopping at the Lenox mall!!! Where was the conference!?!? LOL I attended some fantastic workshops and can't wait to get home to get to working on some new programs for our Alaska 4-Hers!!! And tonight will be exciting as well! I will receive the award that I won for my work with the Air Force youth on Eielson AFB. What an honor!!!

AND... total change of topic... I won a contest with The Angel Company!!! It was called "flower power." And here it is!!! The mushroom hat made out of Frutti Fusion 8x8 paper pack! I covered it with contact paper on both sides, used a McCall's pattern, sewing it together, added a bit of ribbon and the lovely Prima flower!!! Fun ~ and cute! I would totally wear this!!!! :)

And if you are in for a bit of online shopping, check out my website for some GREAT deals on select 8x8 paper packs from The Angel Company that are retiring ~ only $3.50!!! Can't beat that! Get them while they last!!!! http://candi.ismyangel.net/

Have a great day ~ and I'll write when I get home from Atlanta ~ in my new house!!!!!

Keep it inky,

Candi

MIA?!!? Lost in boxes!!!

2007-10-16T21:12:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness! I have never packed sooo many boxes in my life!!! My craft room alone took over 50 boxes!!! Good grief! I guess that just means one thing... time for some more stamps! LOL
Well, I haven't had a chance to create any new cards or pages lately, so I guess that I will have to share some oldies but goodies and maybe just some fun photos... Let's see what I can find... (searching through the photo files...) ummm... something is going wrong with the upload photo feature of my blog!!! let me try again... Yeah! It worked!
OK, this is a picture of me all bundled up at the International Ice Art Championship in Fairbanks. Yes, I am talking on a REAL pay phone. It even worked. Nice ice phone booth!
This is the coolest art exhibit one will ever see. At night, they light up the ice art with bright lights and there are black backdrops behind the really large ice sculptures. It is sooo amazing!!! If you get a chance to head to Fairbanks, AK in March - you really should go!
OK - blogger is acting up tonight with the whole picture thing... so this will be all for tonight. I'll try to load some more tomorrow.
Goodnight.

TAG!!!

2007-10-09T21:08:00.000-08:00

Awna at http://allinkdup.blogspot.com tagged me! How fun!!! I have a short middle name ~ but not sure if this is going to be easy or not! LOL

The NAME GAME. The name of the game is to list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life, for each letter of your middle name. If you don't have a middle name, use the name you would have liked to have had. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog post containing your middle name and game facts. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged and to read your blog.

L - LOVE my husband dearly! He means the absolute world to me! (augh!)
E - Eager (stole this one from Awna...) I am eager to please others or help out where I can!
E - Eloquent... I think that I am a pretty eloquent person ~ especially in the area of sewing!

TAG to!!!!
L - Laurie! http://laurieunger.blogspot.com/
E - Expressive Rita! (OK, bit of a stretch! LOL) http://ritasangels.blogspot.com/
E - Eva! http://stampsmore.blogspot.com/

Ok ladies! Your turn! :)
Have fun!

Moving and stuff...

2007-10-04T08:01:00.000-08:00

Well, in spite of the slumping housing market, we have been blessed to "sell" our house! It all didn't go exactly as planned ~ but it happened! So, we are excited!!! Now this means that we are going to have to move onto the base because we have renters in our other house and just can't bring ourselves to "kicking them out" after only a month of living there AND they have a baby... which is fine. We are headed to look at the first house that the base has offered us in just a few. Now, my rant about base housing rules and regs... PA-LEASE!!! Let's just make things a little bit more difficult and stressful! But, I am not complaining... the house is huge and we don't have enough furniture to fill it! Guess what that means!!! LOL More stamps! ROFL!!! Hey, we'll be having a moving party! I'll keep you posted! The more the merrier ~ and faster I can start stamping again!!! It's all about me, isn't it! LOL
Okey, here is an oldie, but goodie for you. This is my all time favorite stamp set from The Angel Company. Hello Seasons. Paper is DCWV. The snowman is paper pieced.
Have a great day!!!!