SOAPBOX CREATIONS

4/02/09

Mrs. B's

Who doesn't love a cup of hot tea? Or Iced tea? Or flavored tea? Or Coffee? Well, I don't like coffee but that is beside the point! Today I am doing a little tribute to my Aunt and her soon-to-be-open tea shop, called Mrs B's!

I made 2 cards. One is a Teapot and the other a Teacup. I totally thought of my aunt when I cut these out with my Cricut and had to decorate them in honor of her! She has been working so hard to get the place open! The Tea house is in downtown Littleton, Colorado, so if you are in the neighborhood, stop by!

All the stamps are, of course, from The Angel Company! I used Seeds of Blessing for the sentiment and Curls and Swirls. The ink is Palette Burnt Umber! On the lid, I used a pencil eraser and dipped it in Versamark (love love that stuff!) for the polka-dot affect!

Hope you like my creations! Hope you are doing well Jody! I know Mrs. B would be proud! Love ya!

4/01/09

"Stamping" out of my Box

You can laugh at me....but it's kinda catchy right?

So anyway, I am really stepping out of my box on this one. My cards are all so similar in one way or another. I have reached a point where I don't distress anything. I remember when I couldn't get enough of my edge distresser. Now I don't use it really. I ink edges but not as much I used to. Everything is symmetrical for the most part. I do love the clean lines!

With that being said, I am out of my box now with this card. I think I like it. Still not totally edgy....which I would love to be! Some people, like Sandy Allen, who TOTALLY inspired me at Round Up, can throw things on a card or an album and it looks fantastic. She told me not think about it and just stick it on there. So, I tried it. (Even though it looks like I stuck things stategically! hehe!)

I do love the key! I got that in Fort Collins,CO at a super cute vintage scrapbooking shop! You can hardly see it but I used TAC's Script Background with Versamark on the orange cardstock. I sanded and I ripped and I distressed away! AND I even frayed the ends of my ribbon! OMG...that one was hard to do! :)

You guys will have to tell me what you think! Leave me some suggestions!

Supplies:

Stamps: TAC's Script Background, Curls and Swirls, Forever Family
Cardstock: DCWV Green and Orange, TAC White Ultrasmooth
Ink: Flannel Kaliedescope, Burnt Umber Palette
Misc: Ribbon, Key, Pop Dots, Bazzill Flower, Nestie for the label

3/31/09

Too Busy for Girlfriends?

This day and age we are all so busy and alot of the time just don't have time for anything extra! I think that also includes our friends. Today I am going to share a couple of cards that would be great to send to a friend just to say Hi!

When we get something in the mail....the actual mail....not email, doesn't it just make you feel good? Especially something handmade! Sometimes these little notes are a pick-me-up, just letting you know you are note alone!

Here are 2 super simple but fun cards that would be easy to share!

This card is super easy to make. I layered the brown cardstock with Kraft CS. Stamped the image, cut it out, distressed the edges with Burnt Umber and attached it to the card. I used my paper piercing tool around the heart and added the sentiment!

For this card I have some pictures below of how I stamped the scalloped border! So easy to layer with Kraft CS and then the Brown CS and a riboon!

Here is picture of how I did it. I used TAC's Forever Family stamp set. Lining up the heart, I just stamped several time until I had an even border.

And here is the end result!

Friends are a gift from God. We all need them! So make a card today and send it to a friend to let him or her know you are thinking of them! Here is a great article to read about being Too Busy for Girlfriends! This is an online magazine that I get by email! Great articles to read and good reminders for us all!

http://www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2009/janfeb/3.36.html?start=1

3/30/09

Little Cupcake Blog Hop

Once again, I am joining a blog hop! I love to do these because it gives everyone a chance to see how many things can be done with one stamp set! Take a look at several cards I have made with this set! Don't forget to click on the links at the end of the post to see some more great examples!

This first card I love just because of the black and white! When I think "Cupcakes" I usually think colorful and birthdayish! This gives it a more elegant look, I think!

The cupcake on this card I colored with watercolors! Then I cut out the image, ink the edges with brown ink and attached it with pop dots! (Kind of a CASE from Heather...HERE!)

I used the masking technique on this card! The swirls are actually a piece of a lollypop but I just wanted the "swirl" for the background! I traced the inside of each with a sparkle gel pen!

This last card I made for a cupcake contest at the Winter Round Up! It was so much fun and there were SO many great samples made with this set!

This set is really a fun one to color! I am loving all the fun ways to color stamps! My favorite right now is Gamsol, a blending stump and regular colored pencils!

I also use Watercolor pencils and a dove blender! It is amazing how many different looks you can get just by using different mediums!

It may be hard to see in the picture, but each of the cupcakes are colored with a different medium. The first cupcake on the left is stamped on watercolor paper and colored with watercolor pencils and a water brush. The middle is stamped on TAC Premium Cardstock and colored with Watercolor Pencils and a Dove Blender. The cupcake on the right is stamped on watercolor paper and colored with crayons and a water brush.

Such a great set to play with!

This last sample is by the sweet JoAnn Cisneros! She said I could post her swap as another piece of inspiration!

I love this card! The Playful Parenthesis set from the magalogue is growing on me! :) How cute is this?

Now check out all the other Angels and their creations!

Jen

Thanks for looking!

3/23/09

March Angel Art: Think Spring

This months Angel Art Challenge was to create something "springy"! With all these fun new stamp sets and papers, it was not hard! :)

I made one card just for this challenge but I have also attached a few other "springy" cards!

This first card uses the adorable March Stamp of the Month! I just love the set! I used Versamagic Key Lime (I think that's the name!) for the images! That is the best ink for the solid stamps! I also used TAC's Tag Tidbits for the "Think Spring" sentiment!

Here is another card using TAC's Springtime set! The swirls you see are actually from a tree stamp. I just used the top of the tree to make some flourishes on the egdes! It is amazing how you can really make a stamp set totally different than what it actually is just by looking at in a different way!

This card is a little non traditional! It obviously won't fit in an envelope but I just love the flower sticking off of the card! It would make a really cute place setting card too! I used my cricut for the flower and Ordinay Greetings for this simple card!

I hope you like my samples of "springy" cards! Here is a list of several talented girls who have also made some spring creations!