Elephant - Quick, Easy & Fun

This is the final quick and easy card that I made using the "Take Pride" (T-1102) stamp set from The Angel Company. It can be challenging at times to come up with ideas for masculine cards and this is another one of my favorite sets that is perfect for all occasions for men.

One More Simple and Quick Card

This card was made using Birthday Wishes (T-2941) and cardstock from the Catelynne (V-851) Collection.




And last but not least the links for the Angels involved in this Blog Hop are listed under the PaperWings Banner Link.

I hope you will take a little time and check out their blogs.

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Variety Pack of Cards - Simple and Quick

I'm participating in my first Angel Blog Hop and really looking forward to it. This is a group of wonderful women (Angels) and our goal is to share cards and projects we've made using products from the newest TAC catalog.

I'll be adding the links of all these wonderful angels in just a while so check back soon and then do some blog hopping of your own by checking out their blogs for some great ideas.

These are a variety of Quick and Simple cards made with products from The Angel Company.

I really like this stamp set. This card was made using Hieroglyph Horses (T-2836) stamp set and cardstock from the Hemingway (V-836) collection. I use this set a lot to make masculine cards.



This card was made using the Petal Pack (T-2638) stamp set and cardstock from the Miss Moxie (V-841) collection.



This one was made using the Hoppy Everything (T-2732) stamp set and cardstock from the Hip Hop (V-850) Fly With It Collection. I used some of the cardstock to paper piece the frog instead of coloring the frog.

For the Love of Butterflies

These are cards I made over the weekend. The first and last cards were ones I was going to enter into the Terrific Trio Contest with The Angel Company. I chose three other ones to enter the contest and keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I might win. I really do love butterflies and use this stamp set a lot. All products are from The Angel Company. I'm not sure that I am finished with the bottom card yet. I'm still working on that one and will post an update if I make any changes to it.

Butterfly Swirls

I love butterflies and this butterfly is from one of my favorite Angel Company stamps. I used Angelee Cardstock; the Butterfly Swirls stamp set; white organza ribbons, misc. buttons and some string. I was going to enter this card in the Terrific Trio Contest this month but came up with another one instead (which I will share later).

"Just To Cool For School"

This is a card I made from a small paperbag. I used the "Pop Rockz" cardstock and the "Little Friends" stamp set from The Angel Company. What makes me smile are the sunglasses on the CHICK.

A couple of years ago I made over 200 cards to help raise money for the Susan G Komen Foundation so that I could walk in the 3 day 60 mile breast cancer walk. I sent a box of handmade cards to my sister Dana in Medford, Oregon so that she could sell them. As soon as Dana received the cards she called me laughing saying that as soon as she saw the "chick" she thought she was "Just to cool for school." Every time I see this card I chuckle because I actually agree with my sister.

I had been wanting to use the sunglass buttons for a long time and late one night it was as if my brain had put all the pieces of the puzzle together while I slept. I woke up happy and excited and couldn't wait to make my first card. I just knew that the sunglasses were going to be a perfect fit. This chick with sunglasses turned out to be one of my best selling cards. The other one was a cute little pig (from this same stamp set) that had a pearl necklace around her neck. Dana would call me and say - "send more pigs".

It was a busy time for me and I lost a lot of sleep but it was fun, challenging, I was able to walk the 60 miles and finally able to use those sunglasses.

My challenge was to make a card using as many recycled items from around my home as possible. I found a piece of cardboard and pulled off the top layer to give the corrugated look and cut it to the size of a card. I used some scraps of cardstock, stamped the images and tied a piece of string around it. The stamps are from The Angel Company and unfortunately they were recently retired. It's not the most elegant looking card but it was simple and fun to put together.