Happy Heart Day!

Hi! Just dropping by to share the items I made for my sweetie for Valentines Day. We decided to make gifts for each other instead of buying them. Which is what I had planned on doing anyway. I was anxious to see what my sweetie would come up with though! I think that is the subject of another post. ;)

For the accordian album, I channeled my inner Cathy Zielske and made it clean and simple. Even though I used pink and red I kept it fairly neutral by adding kraft and black since it was for my sweetie. My brilliant (if I say so myself) idea was to punch a heart in the hidden journaling tabs and insert pink cardstock. I even added two colors of Glimmer Mist and used some Crystal Effects. My sweetie loved it and promptly put it on his mantle.

For the card, I cased it almost completely from iStamp. Again, I used pink and red but I think it was still masculine enough in the end. My sweetie placed his card on top of the refrigerator so he could see it every morning. Isn't he the best?

Give your sweetie a hug and enjoy the holiday!

~A

One of my new projects this year was to fill out a perpetual birthday calendar for my family and friends. Thanks to my BFF Bethany for printing out my new calendar! This is a birthday card for my aunt Kathleen. She got to be the first person to benefit from this new calendar system of mine. I like the idea of sending handmade cards to let family members and friends know that I'm thinking about them. I know it put a smile on my aunt's face! I cased this card from someone but I can not remember who. :( Rest assured that my version does not do the original justice.

Until later!

~A

Raspberry Cricut Mojolicious Cardz Challenge Card

How is that for a title? I am posting my first ever Mojo Monday challenge card. I also made this card work for two other challenges. The Raspberry Suite Color Challenge and the Cricut Cardz Challenge. I'm still not sure if I love this card. Is it ok to love the elements but not the whole? Something feels off but I can't put my finger on it. I've fiddled with it long enough and if I do any more I might ruin it. So....here it is! *vanna white hand motion*


The Cricut Cardz Challenge was to make a Thank You card with any cut you like. I chose the Chandelier from Home Decor. Cut at 2 3/4. I then cut the shadow and put Crystal Effects on top of the image.



The Raspberry Suite Color Challenge colors were light yellow, light aqua blue, chocolate and vanilla. I used Bordering Blue, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla. P.S.-Loving my new Martha Stewart Lattice Punch. :)




Close up of the chandelier. So pretty.....




I used my Scor-Pal and scored horizontal lines on the Chocolate Chip card stock. I had a heck of a time trying to get them photographed. Anyone have any hints?

I enjoyed playing along with these challenges. I think I will have to find some others as it really got my juices going. Thanks for stopping by!

~Angji

November TJ One on One Swap

Hi all! This is my card for the Technique Junkies One on One swap for November. Of course, I made this a couple of weeks ago and forgot to write the tech name on my file name. SIGH. I will look around and see if I can't remember what the technique name is. That is the problem when you have all of the TJ Cd's. It's too easy to forget where things are! I hope my partner enjoys her card! TFL

Bethany Birthday Card

Hi everyone! I had a heck of a week last week. I was busy and stressed for several reasons. However, I comitted a grievious error! I forgot my best friend Bethany's birthday!!! Her birthday was on Sunday the 15th and I didn't realize my error until the 17th! I'm such a bad person, I tell ya. Luckily for me, Bethany had her second baby girl on the 8th so she was a little too preoccupied to notice much. :) I of course had to go all out when I made her card this year. This card and a homemade pumpkin roll from yours truly were my apologetic offerings. TFL





Bethany loved her card and the pumpkin roll. Baby Justice is too cute and adorable!

Until later!

~A

Rich Razzleberry Bday Card

Hi everyone! I'm finally with a steady (for now) internet connection. Yay! So I thought I would share the birthday card I made for my mother, who's birthday was the 6th. This is an almost exact copy of a card by Julie Dinn. I had it stashed in my card inspiration folder. My mother's favorite color is purple so of course I had to use Rich Razzleberry. It's so yummy! I don't have the Bride Specialty paper and didn't really like that it looked like white swirls and the cardstock was silver. Soooo, I made my own specialty cardstock. And now it all matches, silver and rich razzleberry. TFL!

Sepia Season of Friendship

Hello everyone! Been a busy couple of weeks for me. Mostly because last week was my birthday week. Yes, week. I celebrate all week long! So after the celebrations have died down it was time to do a bit of stamping, plus I am all inspired after going to the CK convention this last weekend. This is my card for a fellow TJer in our swap 1 on 1. I hope she likes it!


I used three techniques for this card. Sepia, Drywall Stitching and Depth of Field. I think it's lovely. I really like the Sepia tech. I just love distressing things I guess! Off to sleep I hope. Later stampers!

~A

Expressionistic Watercolor

Hello everyone! After my busy weekend I finally got to sit down and stamp today. Yay! I browsed my Technique Junkie cds until I found the next technique to call my name. It was Expressionistic Watercolor. It's a very easy technique that can be adapted for many styles. After my first run through using water, I decided to try Glimmer Mist in Pearl to see what that would look like. It was beautiful! So after a few more tries this is what I came up with. Lookie:





Sadly, the picture does not show the shine of the glimmer mist. Trust me, it's eye catching IRL. This is a lovely technique that I know I will use again. Thank you for visiting!

Crumpled Resist-Redo

Ever had a card that you finished but every time you looked at "something" bothered you about it? That's what happened to me with my card from yesterday. It was cute and I loved the technique but it wasn't quite right. It wasn't until I posted it here and saw it on my blog that it hit me, what was wrong. The pumpkin just didn't work. It wasn't ugly or anything, he just wasn't what was needed for the card. So, I decided to go with the spider and his web. Even then, I messed up the first try and it was...illogical. So I fixed it again. Here are my two versions. Illogical and fixed. Thanks for looking in today.

Illogical version:

Fixed Version:

I. Cant. Stop.

Ok, so I'm really excited that I finally started trying some of the techniques that are featured on the TJ newsletter. It has really got me excited again about crafting in general. Case in point. I've made 4 cards in the last 24 hours. I can't stop! On to the next card, the technique is called Crumpled Resist and it's very fun. I pulled out this Halloween set that I've had for over a year and have never inked up. Bad stamper! I know! But I broke it in right this afternoon. Lookie:


Ok, now I just have to figure out what technique to try next. Until later stampers!