February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

February brings all kinds of exciting things for Close to My Heart - The New Spring/Summer Idea Book AND the February Stamp of the Month! Be sure to check them out!

Each month I participate in a Stamp of the Month Blog Hop that features the special stamp that is only available that month. Using the links provided, you hop from blog to blog viewing over 50 ideas using that stamp set. If you came here from Katy's blog then you are on the right track. You will find the next link at the end of this post.  If you get lost along the way or if there is a broken link, then you can see the full list of participating consultants here.

Here is what the stamp set looks like:

And here is my card!

Recipe:
D1453 Feb Stamp of the Month: Friendship
Cotton Candy Cardstock
Black Cardstock
White Daisy Cardstock
Wings Level 2 Pleated Ribbon
Hollyhock Ribbon
Pink Cordoroy Brads
Foam Tape

Feel free to leave a comment and then hop on over to Adeline Brill's blog to check out her amazing artwork.

Valentine's Day Cards

I loved the simplicity of a similar card when I saw it in a magazine and had to try it out.  I masked the top portion of the card with sticky notes and stamped the bottom with the damask stamps from the Wings Workshop on the Go kit.  The top card uses white embossing powder onto our new craft paper (avail Feb 1st!) and the bottom card uses Smoothie ink on White Daisy cardstock.  The "LOVE" stamp is from one of my all time favorite Valentine sets - D1254 Soul Mates.

New Beginning Feb. 1st ~ Kraft Color-Ready Borders!

Click on the picture twice to make the video full-screen.  Let me know if you would like to order these fun accents!

February Workshop!

Join us for Some Fun in February and see the new Spring/Summer products!

Make 5 Valentines, PLUS 3 more cards such as birthday, thank you, etc.

Date: Sat, Feb. 5th from 10:00 - 12:30

Place: Angela's Stamping Studio in Fircrest, WA

RSVP: Before Wed., Feb 2nd*

Cost: $8 supply fee w/order of $20 or more (or $25 workshop fee)

*The first 10 people to RSVP reserve a seat. If you need to cancel, please do so before the 2nd. Thanks!

Great Recipe

I made this for the family tonight and my picky eaters LOVED it.  I'm sure it wasn't the lowest calorie dish, but it did get some spinach in my kiddos.  I got the recipe from Cooking for Kids.  Their weekly newsletter is great, so check it out!  http://kidscooking.about.com/od/pastarecipes/r/chicken-pasta.htm

Jan SOTM: Find Your Style - Shoe Card

This card was completely inspired by the talented Vicki Wizniuk.  I love the color combination with the baroque stamps in the background.  We're making this card at my workshop on Saturday.  (It's currently full, but let me know if you and a few friends would like to make this card too!)

Supplies:

Wings WOTG (Stamp Set)

Olivia Level 2 Paper

Colonial White Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Lagoon Cardstock & Ink

Black Mini-Medley Accents

Sunset Ink Pad

Sponge

Flip Book Calendar - Finally December

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my Level 1 Wings 6x6 Calendar pages.  We're at the final page - December.  I used the kid's Christmas photo for this page.  If you'd like to make an album similar to mine you can get all of the supplies on my website here:  http://www.angelat.myctmh.com/  Just go to Shop Online and do a search for the following items.  It is SO easy to just cut the 12x12 pages into quarters to create 12 preprinted 6x6 scrapbook pages, plus you have one page, extra cardstock, and Stickease left over for cards or other pages!

Wings Level 1
Wings My Stickease
Black Mini-Medley Accents
Flip Book Album
Vellum
Tombow Adhesive

Flip Book Album - November

It actually snowed in November in Western Washington this year!  We haven't played in the snow since, so we're just going to have to head up to the mountains sometime soon.  That's the beauty of Washington State - we have the best of both worlds: the beach AND the mountains.

Jan Stamp of the Month: Find Your Style - Bird

This was a fun card to make and I hope you like it.  Can you tell I'm having a ball with the January Stamp of the Month and the Wings Paper?!  The bird is beautiful stamped and I just love the saying that comes in the stamp set.  Here are some notes in order to make the card:

• The saying is stamped with Bamboo ink on the small Colonial White cardstock to create a background.  It reads, "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and will sing it back to you when you forget the words."  Awww, isn't that sweet?
• The bird is inked with Juniper ink and I added New England Ivy ink around the edges with a sponge prior to stamping on the Colonial White Cardstock
• The bird piece is matted with New England Ivy Cardstock and foam tape is used to make it pop off the card
• The tiny twigs are tied onto the card with Twill Ribbon

 Here is the stamp set:

Flip Book Calendar - October

Here is October!

Cute Notecards - Thanks to Lisa Stenz

Lisa Stenz is a talented fellow CTMH Consultant and she had these adorable notecards on her blog the other day.  She made a gift set and I just thought they were SO cute.  I used some of our new colors so you can see what they look like: Smoothie, Pacifica, Pear, and Sky.  I used MS Publisher to create the lines and the name on the card, then stamped the Treasure Life stamp set (first and second generation.)  Enjoy!

Flip Book Calendar - September

Gee, can you tell these two cuties are related?  My mom had the opportunity to teach my daughter in her Kindergarten class last year.  Scroll down to see the other pages.

Flip Calendar - August

Here is my August page. Aren't my sister and her boyfriend so cute together?  If you would like to see my other pages then scroll down.  Thank you!

Another Dress Form Card

Here is a different version of the card that I posted below.  It's a little more casual, but still fun!

Recipe
Jan Stamp of the Month: Find Your Style
Black Ink Pad
Bamboo Cardstock
Basic Buttons
Tulip Mini-Medley Accents (Ribbon)

Flip Book Calendar - July

For more pages, scroll down below.

Jan Stamp of the Month: Find Your Style

This is a really simple 3x6 card using this month's Stamp of the Month: Find Your Style.  I also used some Bitty Sparkles for the necklace, a 1x6 piece of background paper from the Wings Level 2 packet, and a burgundy satin bow.  Let me know if you have any questions!

Flip Book Calendar - June

We're half way through the calendar at this point.  If you would like to see the other pages I posted then scroll down.  Thanks!

Flip Book Calendar - May

May is my son's birthday month, so he's featured in this fun page.  The Wings paper is fairly feminine, but the combination of this sheet of paper and the stickease work really well with the photo.  I think this is one of my favorite pictures of my son.  I took it outside B.J.'s restaurant where we had dinner on his birthday.  The lighting was perfect that evening and the side of the restaurant provided a great background.  Of course, it helps to have a very handsome young man too.  (But, I'm not biased, right?)  To see more calendar pages just scroll down!

Spray Bottle & Puddle Pad Techniques

We are making this card at my Workshop on January 22nd at 10:00am.  I hope you can make it!

Recipe
Wings Workshop on the Go
Find Your Style January Stamp of the Month
Coordinating Reinkers
Black Ink Pad
Baby Wipes

Flip Book Calendar - April

My daughter's birthday is in April, so she's featured this month.  Scroll down to view the other pages.

Flip Book Calendar - March

Check out the January and February pages by scrolling down to previous posts.

Flip Book Calendar - February

Here is the February page from the Flip Book Calendar I made for my sister.  Scroll down to see January's page and description.  Thanks for looking!

Inspiring Video

Flip Book Calendar - January

Every year I make new pages for a Flip Album calendar that I gave my sister for Christmas several years ago.  The photos on the calendar pages pertain to the month from the previous year (i.e. January 2011 page has a photo that was taken in January 2010).  Last year she gave me the previous year's pages so I could keep them.  Isn't she so sweet?  I just change out the calendar to the correct year and now I have one scrapbook page for every month of the year!  Perfect!  This year I took some photos before I gave her the new pages for Christmas.  I used the new Wings Level 1 pages and Stickease.  They were SO fast because I just cut the 12x12 preprinted layouts into forths!  For the next 12 days I will post each month for you, so keep checking back!  Thanks for looking...

Supplies Used:

Wings Level 1 Kit

Wings Stickease Packet

Black Mini-Medley Accents

Vellum Paper

January Workshop!



Join us for Some Fun in January!

Come see the new Inspirations Book and get huge discounts on some new Spring/Summer products!

Date: Sat, Jan 22nd

Time: 10 am - 12:30 pm

Place: My House in Fircrest

What: Make 5 projects using the new Wings Workshops on the Go, the Stamp of the Month, and another fun stamp set from the new Inspirations Book!

RSVP: Email or call me before Wed., Jan 19th

Cost: $5 supply fee w/order of $20 or more (or $25 workshop fee)

Happy New Year!

From my family to yours - we wish you a wonderful 2011!