Stampin Up! 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog

Stampin' Up! 2010 Occasions Mini (Jan 5 - Apr 30)

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Happiness Always

Hey there, 

    I've been having the best time making cards with all my new supplies. If you haven't already gone out and purchased the Janome Sew Mini you need to do that now. Go online and order it. You will be pleasantly surprised by how much this can spur your creativity. 

    On that note I have a pretty little card to share with all of you. In addition to my buttons galore and my sewing sweetness, I also picked up a new embossing folder from Michael's yesterday (So I totally threw away the packaging before I looked at the name of the embossing folder....Sorry).
I just love the pop of purple in the center of the flower bundle. Can you tell that the white flower is actually Stampin Up's scallop circle punch. Yes it is, Yes it is. 

Supplies: Stampin Up - Stamp Set: Whimsical Words, Ink: Bold Brights Lovely Lilac Miscellaneous: Cardstock and Ribbon from Michaels. Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Sultry Collection

 Hope you like. Let me know. 

 Angela

Tool Spotlight: Xyron Creatopia

Good Morning Scrappers, 

    If you didn't already know I'm a total gadget geek. I love gadgets. I can't even keep a wishlist because it's forever changing based on reviews I find online, mac rumors I hear on blogs, scrapbooking debuts from various companies in the industry, and shopping excursions all over Texas and even online. In the midst of all my shopping shenanigans, I've come across a great video for a product I've had my eye on for quite some time. 

I was first interest in this item when I started looking into letterpress. 

    Can you see how beautiful this is? The texture, the clear crispness of the heavy weight paper, the clean impression of the letters, words, and ink. Oh this makes me happy. 

      Anyhoo, I love paperclipping.com and all of their crafty podcasts and I'm also subscribed to their youtube channel. Although I planned to attend CHA Winter 2010, I wasn't able to make it this go round, but thanks to Noel Hyman and her camera crew she gave all us scrapping youtubers an inside look at all the wonderful companies and products that debuted. One of those products and my top pick that has been added to my non-existent (he he) wishlist is the Xyron Creatopia. Take a look at all it can do: 

    I've seen prices for this machine range from $100 - $150 depending on how many attachments come with the machine. Do you love it or hate it? Would you buy it? Leave a comment and let me know and if you find it on sale please post a link. 

That's all for now. Happy Scrapping. 

Angee

Your Too Kind

Happy Monday,  

    Hope your weekend didn't go by too fast. I had a super fun, busy weekend full of crafting, movie going, adventure, and socializing. 

Here is one of my many projects from the weekend. 

I got all my new supplies in from my orders from Stampin Up & Papertrey Ink and was so excited to use them that I didn't think to film my unboxing........so I jumped right in and put them to great use. I purchased the Janome Sew Mini from Overstock for less than $45 including shipping. I caught a great deal because the shipping was only $1 and I was able to get a warranty. As you can see from my card it's so easy to use and is totally fabulous. I

In addition to the Sew Mini, I also purchased all of Papertrey Inks buttons. Yes I said all of them (there are 21 bags of buttons on my crafting table and it's fantastically awesome.)

 Last but certainly not least, I purchased all 4 sets of Stampin Up Classic Ink families. (Earth elements, Bold Brights, Soft Subtles, and Rich Regals). These inks are so versatile and has opened up so many doors for my crafting. There is a color to match almost any type of patterned paper I have in my stash. (And as a scrap newbie my first obsession is always patterned paper).

 I'm so excited about everything I've purchased. It has really sparked my creativity (hence me posting at 11pm on a school night). But I'm off to bed now. Teddy's already asleep on his bed and I'm a little jealous at the moment. 

Stay tuned for my sweet scraps. 

Angela

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trying to figure out typepad.......

Happy Birthday

Here is the final placemment picture for my happy birthday card for my student. A big thank you to Mary Fish @ stampinpretty.typepad.com for the suggestion.
-Angee

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I'm in the process of updating my blog and moving it over to typepad. Any tips??

SNQ (Scrap Newbie Question): Placing Sentiments

Good Morning everyone,

It's the day after TAKS Testing and I have a card to share. One of my students requested a card for his Aunt for her birthday. He wanted something pretty and girly so of course I thought butterflies and flowers. Girly right??

So here's my issue: Where do I put the sentiment. I love the papers. I love the butterflies and the flower, but where in the heck am I supposed to put the sentiment? On what paper? What shape? See my point. The options are endless.

Also can someone please tell me the standard card sizes so I can order envelopes. Thanks.

Angela

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Blue Green Thank You

Here is a great little card for a co-worker of mine. She's helping me with the design of a new project I'm working on right now. She's been a real doll and I wanted to give her a little token of thanks.

Card Recipe:
Cardstock - Stampin Up, Patterned Paper - Basic Grey Offbeat collection, Stamp: Stampin Up Elegant Thank You, Punch: Fiskars Threading Water border punch, Miscellaneous - Ribbon from Michaels

Scrap Goodies on the Way.

Hello there,

It was been a wonderful start to a brand new year. I'm 12 weeks from the end of my first year as a teacher. I teach 8th grade so a big thank you to everyone who prayed for me and sent positivity my way. Secondly I passed my PPR certification exam so now all I have to do is complete 2 more college courses over the summer and I will be fully certified. Yay me!!!

I started off the year with the hardest break-up I've ever been through and I'm glad to say that I'm better and wiser for it, (plus we are still friends). So I'm single again and getting used to being not-committed and available, and I must admit it's totally weird to me now.

I also have new things going on in the Sweet Studio. I'm so excited because I've finally let myself get some new scrap goodies.

• Big Big News: I am now a  Stampin Up Demonstrator. I debated this decision for months and months and I'm really excited about it. 



• As you can imagine I've gotten new stamp sets, ink, and cardstock so my creative juices are flowing


• Secondly, I'm totally obsessed with Papertreyink.  They have the most beautiful cardstock (so thick) and lucious buttons, stamps, ribbon, ink, and now dies. How can you not love PTI???



• And yes I ordered every color of buttons they make. I did. I did. and I don't deny it. Plus I plan to purchase more from them soon.


• Lastly, I ordered a Janome Sew Mini sewing machine. I've been wanting to sew on cards for the longest time but never had a sewing machine. In a few days I will, I will. 

As you can see I'm so excited and motivated. With spring break and summer break coming up (oh the benefits of being a teacher, love it) I will have much more time to create than I've had in the last few weeks.

Also, I'm still trying to find a home for my blog. Blogger is working for me right now but I want a bit more control of the design, content placement, and overall usability of the blog, so a typepad switch may be happening soon. I would like some feedback on typepad so if you have a typepad blog please let me know why you like is compared to the free blog sites like blogger. 

That's all for now. 

Love ya,

Angela 

Scrapbooking Templates Tutorial w/ Cathy Zielske

Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial from Cathy Zielske on Vimeo.

Here's a great scrapbooking template tutorial using Cathy Zielske's Amazing Template. Stay tuned for my scrapbook page featuring this template.

Enjoy.

I want to be a Mac....I will be a Mac soon.

I'm also in the market for a new computer and I have my eye on the 27" iMac however, I'm waiting for Apple to work out the kinks i've been hearing online for the past few months. I'm also debating whether or not to just go with the 24" iMac. Since both are super expensive, IMO, I'm taking my time in making this decision. 

In my hopes of obtaining clarification on this issue I took a little quiz. he he.

You Are a Mac

You are creative, stylish, and super trendy. You are a bit obsessed with gadgets, and you like owning the newest devices. You aren't the type of person who separates work from pleasure. In your opinion, all work should be fun. You love creating.  Aesthetics are very important to you. You like to be surrounded by beautiful, sleek things.  You demand the best - even if it costs an arm and a leg.  Of course I am. Also check out my gadget wishlist page on the blog. Until the next time. Stay sweet.  Angela

The Newness of the Blog

So I had to come up with a 1000 word description of my blog to register it to a ring of black women bloggers. Seriously 1000 words. Come on.......Anyway here it is. Pretty much self explanatory.

Just a girl who loves pretty things like paper, buttons, contemporary furniture, and a vintage feel. Very random but sweet.

I'm an Stampin Up Demonstrator, a Mary Kay consultant, a girl from Houston, a natural sister, a 8th grade English teacher , and so much more.

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This blog is going to chronicle my life in it's entirety. My plan is to be as transparent as possible but i know that is going to take some time but this is my attempt. I want to chronicle my hobbies, makeup and paper crafts, as well as my friends, and my travels.

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I don't quite think I'm bold enough to chronicle my romances. I'm a single girl in a married world right now at 27 years old. Most of my friends are either married and happy, married and settl(ed or ing), or divorced. Yes crazy right. Can't believe that at my age I know people who are already divorced. That is why I am taking my time and making sure I take things slowly.

Can you tell there was a character limit on this description from my random blabbing. :-)

Happy New Year

Here is a card I made for my good friend Michael for New Year's Eve. He lives in Las Vegas and we recently reconnected on Facebook (of course). I wanted to make a manly card but also in keeping with the holiday and I really liked the way it came out. He just got it yesterday (late because I wrote the wrong zip code) however he loved it. Doesn't that make you so happy when you send someone something unexpected and they love it?? I felt great knowing he was going to be displaying it in his office.

That's all for now.

Scrap Sweet.

Angela

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Here's a card I made for my Personal Trainer Brandon. He's the best. He works me out hard but he's very encouraging and he knows what he's doing.

If you get a chance to read this please forgive my tantrums. Hey, I'm human. Lol.

Merry Christmas Everyone. Click here and here for pics of the Christmas festivities.

Papers: Papertrey Ink Holiday Vintage Prints Collection, Imaginesce iTop Brad Maker tool, Misc. buttons.

Scrap Sweet.

Angela

New from Tim Holtz for CHA 2010

 

You have to love distress inks. Can't wait to add these to my collection.

How I wish I could do this. Wow.