A QUICK Baby Card

I had to make a quick baby card tonight before I left for church and this is what I came up with. I love the Hello Baby set from The Angel Company. I used it along with the Scor-Pal and the Bug Embosser. I can't say enough about the Scor-Pal and Bug Embosser. They are both great tools and a must have in my book.
I had the card attached to a gift bag and then decided I should take a picture of it to share. This little set makes such sute cards for boys or girls. You can check the set out here. It is such a resonably priced set that you can't go wrong with it.
Enjoy!!!!

June Specials and I NEED RECRUITS

It is already June 1st. Can you believe it? Half of the year is gone already. Time sure flies!!!!
As you can see I have put in all CAPS.....I NEED RECRUITS! I will be real honest and say that I am not the best recruiter but I am a decent upline when I get recruits. I have so much wanted to make EXECUTIVE with THE ANGEL COMPANY the last couple of years but just can't get the recruits. I get one and then one goes inactive. I do have 14 first line recruits and 1 second line. New Angels also get one of each of the following Three Stamp Sets along with all the other goodies for signing on as an Angel. ANYHOW...I am here to say that if you are thinking about selling with a direct selling stamp company that I would love to have you on my team with THE ANGEL COMPANY! To look at the application online; here is the link. Here is the link if you would like to read about the benefits of becoming an Angel. NOW for the BIG part of all of this....I need the recruits by June 20th. If I can be of any help please email me .

Now for our SPECIALS:

Tri Shutter Cards Seem to be the Rage

Tri shutter cards seem to be the rage using the Scor Pal. I decided to try them and loved it. In fact we did this card in class last week. I didn't do a lot of embellishing on it because I was actually teaching how to do the card. We did three other cards in class that night also so we didn't have time to really get into the embellishing. With that said...I will say that I like the simplicity of the card. Here is the link to the tutorial for the card. It is a fun card so don't let it intimidate you. I hope you take the time to give it a try. It's not a card you would make all the time but it sure is a good one for something special.

My HOMEMADE Colored Pencil Lazy Susan

I made this lazy susan for my colored pencils probably two years ago but was asked to share it. I figured everyone knew the cheap way to display your pencils so they were easily accessible. I hold classes in my house and we color a lot with colored pencils because it is fast and easy.

Anyway I took NINE empty soup cans and ONE empty large fruit can and covered them with printed papers. I typed up the names of the pencil color categories for the cans; printed them and attached them to the cans. I bought a cheap lazy susan at WalMart for like $2.44 (in the housewares dept.) and added the soup cans to the outer edges of the lazy susan and put the big fruit can in the center. The fruit can holds the big Skin Tone pencils, Gamasol, blenders, sanding pad and marker for shading. It works great to sit on the table for classes or general use for yourself. It is much cheaper than a lot of the pencil holders out there. I have the biggest pencil set plus a 48 pencil set in mine...not to mention some I have bought singly and added to it. Needles to say your won't run out of room. You could even categorize them so you had an empty can for just your watercolor pencils and so forth.

I hope you enjoy it and can maybe use the idea for yourself.

I can't believe I am posting again ALREADY!!!

I must be on a roll or something..LOL Actually I am really trying to post more often.

I just did a class using the Scor-Pal. You have to love that tool. It is so awesome. I have done several classes but had some card ideas with folding the cards (not really decorating) with the Scor-Pal. Anyway I thought I would share one of the cards today. What I really love about this card is the colors and that it is a masculine card.

I have added the directions to the card below. I hope you can make sense of them with no pictures to go by.

Masculine Golf Card

1 pc. Cardstock 4 ¼” x 11”
1 pc. Coordinating cardstock cut:
1 pc. ¾” x 4”
1 pc. 2 ½” x 2 ½”
1 pc. Coordinating Printed paper 2” x 4”
1 pc. Light colored cardstock 2 ¼” x 2 ¼”
2 large eyelets
Crop a Dile tool
Stamp sets of your choice
(I used FORE T1130 & Ordinary Greetings T2881)
Scor-Pal or bone folder and mat
Adhesive

Lay the 4 ¼” x 11” piece of cardstock across the scor-pal with the long side across the top. Score at 1”, 3 ¼” and 5 ½”. Fold the card with a valley fold at the 1” score line, mountain fold at the 3 ¼” fold line and valley fold at the 5 ½” score line. Attach the printed piece of paper on the section between the 1” score line and the 3 ¼” score line. Fold the card in an accordion style with the 1” piece on the top of the card. Attach the ¾” x 4” piece of cardstock to this piece. Punch holes in the folded side of the card going through all layers with the Crop a Dile. Add the eyelets to secure that section of the card closed. Run the bone folder down the folded section of the card at the end of the 1” piece of cardstock. This will help that part of the card open if you wish for it to do that. Stamp “Happy Birthday” onto the 3 ¾” x 4” piece of cardstock on the folded strip. Stamp the golf clubs onto the 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” piece of ivory cardstock. Layer onto the 2 ½” x 2 ½” piece of cardstock. Attach to the printed paper part of the card. Stamp golf ball in the lower right hand corner of the card. Enjoy!!!

Stamping for the Church Card Ministry

Not long after I started attending church again I started a handmade card ministry there. It has been a lot of fun. We strictly use these cards for members of our church. I have other ladies that help me put the cards together sometimes and they love it. It is great fellowship. Anyway we make all kinds of cards to send to members. We do birthday, anniversary, thinking of you, get well, sympathy, welcome visitors and anything in between. If there is a need we try to send a card. I was running low on masculine birthday so I whipped out a dozen of them today. I thought I would share the card. Two of the three stamps I used are either already discontinued or is on the newly discontinued list. Both are favorites of mine. The giraffe from African Giraffe is on the new discontinued list and can be ordered at 25% off right now. The crackle background was gone from last catalog but I love it for masculine cards. The saying is from the set Be Still which is still current. I love that stamp set for the ministry cards because I like putting a verse on them. I hope you enjoy the card too. It was so simple but yet great for a guy.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog. I know I'm not the best at keeping it up but I want to keep trying...LOL See ya Soon (I hope).

I'm finally posting something to Share

I have been so busy with church stuff but that is pretty well over now. We had the ladies banquet and it went very well.

Now for posting something to share. I know a lot of people have seen the Toilet Paper Tube Mini Albums but I thought I would post mine here. I am doing it in a class tonight but we are also making a card to match along with a gift bag to put it in. I followed some of the directions from my great friend Char Wilson. You can see her tutorial for the album here. Thanks Char for putting that together.

I did use a couple of sets that are on our discontinued list but it is sets that I love to use. You can order them at 25% off. Here is my website if you would like to order them.

I hope you enjoy my little ensemble that we will be doing tonight. These little books turn out cuter in person than what they look like on here.