Sneak Peek #5 - Background Soup

When I saw this stamp set: Background Soup - I couldn't wait to play with it. All those circle just drew me in! The entire set consists of seven pieces. I used three on this project: upper right - open circles (colored them in with stardust glitter pen), bottom - closed circles, left side - old fashioned looking print.

After creating 4 cards this week, I wanted to play with something else. . They are so much fun to cover. This project is filled with a bunch of my favorite things...

6.5"x6.5" Chipboard Clipboard - they are so much fun to cover
Uptown Girl 8x8 paper pack - love, love, love it
Black cardstock - how can you go wrong with anything that coordinates with black
Claret & Noir Palette inks - Claret is my most favorite ink to use on Uptown Girl papers
Bitty Blossom Flower Mixes - they go with so many projects
Eyelets from TAC's hardware packs - they're so much fun to mix & match
Stardust Glittering Pen - it's one of my best friends
Ribbon - I combined the pink from the Mimi pack with the Black & White pack

Here's how the clipboard started out...

Wow...what a Birthday and latest Red Hat projects

Wow...as my husband puts it...I got a house for my birthday. We have been talking about moving, finally chose an agent on March 13th and found our next home without him on March 15th. It's been a whirlwind ever since...packing boxes, picking out floors/counters/etc...and working on tons of details. The home we found is 14 miles away...and is NEW!! The house we currently live in was built in 1956, and was our first home purchase. A huge change for us!

I found these pictures of projects I made as gifts in March. I attended a Red Hat luncheon and 2 ladies were having birthdays...one a red-hatter (red/purple) and the other a pink-hatter (pink/lavender)...so these were the appropriate colors for each. One is a 4x6 photo album, and the other a journal with lined pages.

It was easy to pop these out one evening before the gathering. I didn't use all TAC products because I found the cool red/purple/pink dimensional stickers on sale at Target...just had to use them. I just love the Bazzil textured cardstock and the Palette inks (used Claret TT-194 on pink, Violete TT-200 on red) .

Stamp is TAC - ahhh...I just spent over 30 minutes trying to find the stamp I used in the catalog/magalogue and older catalog; and can't find it. WooHoo...Diana knows: it's the Swoops & Swirls stamp set - was a hostess set a while back. Thanks so much! It's just one stamp...over & over for both pieces.

October Crafting Weekend with Friends

I had a great time on a Crafting weekend with friends...they all scrapbooked, and I stamped. I'm the one on the far left. I couldn't wait to put some ink to paper with a new stamp set from TAC's Fall Supplement.

Six of us rent a 3-bedroom house from Friday afternoon until Monday morning, and then we move IN. It's alot of fun!!

That weekend, I got a few card designs completed and produced in duplicate (to sell at my craft fairs). Pink Thank U card (even sold a few to a gal there that weekend), a kids gecko card, and got a start on our personal Christmas card.

Pink Card: Thank U stamp set, Pinks & Purples Bazzill cardstock, Black cardstock, Scrappers Floss, Stickles, Palette inks: Toile Pink, Claret & Violete.

Green Card: Lily Pad Pond stamp set, Greens & Yellows Bazzill cardstock, TAC's Kaleidascope Boyz paper, Spectrum Kaleidacolor ink, eyelets from the TAC hardware packs.

I had fun playing with my Scor-Pal (I'm so glad we sell it, just ordered the carrying bag this month). Both cards fold differently than your "basic" card. Pink is scored at 2" & 7 1/2", green gatefold is scored at 2 1/8" & 6 3/8" (dots on the Scor-Pal).

Perfect for an Uptown Girl

I've completed my 2nd Sonia Purse...and I can't decide which one I love more. I guess I'll keep going, and decide which one is MINE later.

For this one, I inked the edges with black before applying any paper. Then traced the outlines of the purse on the papers and cut with a papercutter (slightly on the INSIDE of the lines). Since I had the exact papers ready, I stamped and decorated them BEFORE affixing to the purse. Then used the glue stick to adhere. Added a floral touch and some ribbon...DONE!

Supplies are all available thru TAC: Sonia Purse F-117, Uptown Girl paperpack V-922, Claret TT-194 and Noir TT-220 Palette inks, Starburst Florals stamps T-2866, Kissy Fit Big Fab Flowers A-087, Shimmer Brads D-301, White Gel Xtreme Pen F-169, and various ribbons.