Paperwings Angel Art Blog Hop: April Showers Bring May Flowers

April showers bring May flowers, right? That's the theme of our Paperwings Angel Art Blog Hop for April and it was so fun to play with flowers while putting these cards together. There are so many great ways to add flowers to cards - punches, dies, images, background paper, paper flowers, ribbon flowers, etc. Here are a few...

Dies: The flowers are from the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die and the image is from the TAC hostess set - Hello Day. Isn't that a fun image? I love it! And, a little bling finishes it off - can't have too much bling, right? *grin*

Punches and paper- two different flower sizes are punched and layered with a sentiment stamped on top. Add that to a card with a woven floral pattern paper, some beads on a corsage pin and a big ole ribbon and you have a memorable "hello" moment for someone.

Paper and embellishments: How about a sweet little dress covered with floral designer paper and a little pearl embellishment? Sweet and cheery for a variety of occasions. note: You can get the pattern on the Papercrafts magazine website. So fun!

Stamped image: This cute image is part of the Fibi and Lili set. It's colored with Copics and is cut out and layered on a textured white base.

I hope you'll continue hopping down the blog bunny trail on this beautiful Easter Sunday.
Shirley     http://glitteredpaws.blogspot.com/
Teresa     http://www.mamapickle.blogspot.com/
Carol       http://stampincarol.blogspot.com/
Rita W.    http://ritascreativenest.com/
Chelsea   http://www.inkystamps.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Easter!!

Driving By...

I need to drive by my blog more often - lol! Not sure I'll ever get caught up but appreciate all of you who stop by!!!

The Angel Company Bug Of Fun set is just so much fun. I used the car on its own here (colored with prismas and OMS with a little bling on the running board) but the set also has a bunch of images to stick inside. I'll be posting some other versions one of these days. :) (hmm.... those purples don't quite match, do they? oops... lol!)

On a business note, the 2010-2011 Retired Stamp List is out and there are some great bargains!! Here's a link: http://www.theangelcompany.net/page/our-final-farewells.  Let me know if you're interested in anything.

Have a super day!

Fly Fairy

Here's a little chalk coloring for a change. Heather Scott had a great tutorial on coloring with chalks in the March 2011 CardMaker magazine. I decided to try her technique and was in a vintage mood so I picked the Fly Fairy stamp set from The Angel Company for the card. I first stamped and colored the fly fairy. The photo doesn't do her justice as the wings look like stained glass with purples and teals and blues and oranges and gold but you get the idea. 

Next came the background - how to highlight the image??? I adore the speckles and vintage bicycle background stamps in the set so went to town. Those stamps mixed with cognac and haystack palette inks along with burnt umber and some sponges, led to a great vintagey card, don't you think?

And, carrying the background into the inside of the card created a great "frame" for the message. So, there it is - my chalk vintage card. Go pull out your chalks, a couple of inks and a stamp set with good background images and try one of your own! Have fun!!

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Cheers to you!

If you have friends who care to imbibe a malty beverage from time to time, how about making them a quick card to celebrate birthdays or promotions or a new house or a happy occasion or whatever. The beer mug and "cheers to you" sentiment is from the same TAC Cheers to You stamp set that I used recently for the St. Patty's day card. Fun images to play with and make happy cards!

Supplies used: cardstock - Bazzill, black and white caboodle; copic markers, punches - super jumbo scalloped circle, mega circle and a scalloped border punch

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For my tweetie...

Here's a cute and quick anniversary card. I love the combo of purple and yellow for these little lovebirds from the TAC stamp set "For my tweetie". They're colored with copics on copic caboodle paper. A little checkered ribbon finishes off the card. What do you think?

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