(photo used with permission from Heather Scott's blog)
I just visited my friend Heather's blog and saw the cute card she made using my brand new HOLIDAY CHEER stamp set designed for The Angel Company. Oh my! What a gorgeous card, I love her coloring technique and her clever layout. Stop by her blog so you can get the "recipe" how to create this project. Thanks Heather!!! I love it!!
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(created by the designers of The Angel Company)
(created by the designers of The Angel Company)
(created by the designers of The Angel Company)
(created by the designers of The Angel Company)
The Winter Retreat hosted by The Angel Company was inspiring and a time to recharge my creative spirit. Not only San Antonio, Texas was fabulous, but the fellowship with dear artsy friends made everything truly unforgettable. We created gorgeous projects, laughed a lot, learned about abundance & gratitude and receive great inspiration.
The photos above are some of the projects designed by the talented group of designers of The Angel Co., they brought lots of precious projects for us to work on and shared with us great ways to create one-a-kind keepsakes.
Here is a photo of one of our outings at Riverwalk, we had lunch at Casa Rio which is a delicious mexican restaurant.
(from left to right: Me, Shayla, Heather, Debbie, Cathy and Mischelle)
Here is the gorgeous view from our hotel room at The Menger Hotel which was built in 1859 and is located next to The Alamo.
Thank you to all my dear "angel" friends from The Angel Co. for such fun time, I love ya, girlie's!
Have a fabulous weekend.
Love .
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A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to work on this altered journal which I'm taking to the "Escape" artsy retreat hosted by The Angel Company in San Antonio, Texas. I'll be flying to Texas next week (January 9-12) for a refreshing and creative time. A time to learn and recharge. I can't wait to hang out with my artsy/incredibly talented "angel" friends.
For this journal I used the Pop Rockz Paper Collection from The Angel Co. which includes patterned cardstock paper, tags and sticker letters. For the cover I used stamp set: Spring Dream from The Angel Company. I stitched my pages and paper using my sewing machine and inside the journal I attached two envelopes to hold extra papers and notes. Some of the embellishments I used were the Cupcake Paper Posies and lots of polka-dotted and gingham black and white ribbon.
Great News!
The brand NEW The Angel Company Spring Inspiration Book & Catalogue is here! Its filled with precious papers, stamps and embellishments and much more! There are so many things I already added to my wish list!!
It also includes some of the stamps and paper collections I've designed exclusively for TAC. To preview & order them visit my "Featured Products" section in my T-A-C store:
http://mabelle.ismyangel.net/Products/Default.aspx
Here is another photo of my journal: (I just LOVE the bright colors along with the polka dot ribbon!!)
Have a wonderful week!
Love .
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Ornaments
Originally uploaded by WhimsyAndStarsStudio.
I just completed some of these cute handpainted ornaments for a fundraising event for my children's school. Each year they host a "Christmas Store" to raise money for school' families in need. Lots of school families donated craft items and volunteer their time for such great cause. I'm so blessed to be able to participate this year.
I enjoyed so much painting these...and of course adding a little touch of glitter to each one! :)
Now I have to paint some more to keep at our home :)
This weekend was my daughter's 9th bday party and instead of giving the usual "goodie bags" this year I thought of giving something a bit different.
So I took some Reeses candy bars (her fav chocolate bar) and I wrapped them with of some patterned paper I printed in the computer. Then I made a little tag with her photo (jumping in the trampouline) with a little verse saying "thank you". It was a great craft to share with my little ones and family!
After the party, she walked around the room giving the little gifts to all the guests. She looked so happy! and everyone love it!
Happy Birthday, sweet "Bibi"
Yesterday I took a class at my local scrapbook store and it was so much fun! I really want it to see how they make those cute paper bag albums. The class included all the materials and they pre-selected all the papers and embellishments. The only thing I need to add are the photos. The project was very simple and I was so glad to had the chance to learn how to make them. Next time I make them, I will add my own "flair" to them...more ribbons, black and white photos, collages, buttons...
As planned, I had a wonderful Birthday weekend! I ate lots of desserts and spend quality time with my family. It's nice to be able to relax and really enjoy the moment.
This past weekend I started working with Sculpey clay and one of my projects was this Valentine Beaded pin. I'm also with hopes I can participate in Loobylu's Month of Softies so I started working on a clay doll...I'll keep you posted...
I also so excited to be part of Craftsquad! Thank you Yvonne & Leslie for such cool idea!
Happy Birthday, sweet Jes! xoxo
Here is my first fabric craft, a flower pin. After watching "Embellish This" show I got really inspired (and brave, I guess) to try something totally new!
I figured I can probably stitch a single line in the sewing machine and use a hot glue gun. My little daughter and I had a blast this past weekend making these cute pins! The blue flower matched perfectly with my blue & lime striped sweater! Funny, a lady at my office asked me if I knitted the sweater also...I laughed! I wish...
What you think? (click to see them larger)
I made this little project for the "Seasonal Crafty Lunch" for the girls at my office. For the top of the box and the magnet I used rubberstamps from The Angel Company.
I made little kits for everyone and we crafted together for one hour! How fun! Each lady decorated their box differently using different stamp designs.
