Free Demo

If you have been waiting for Dyan's paints to come in, wait no more!  We are well stocked at Angela's Happy Stamper store.  I'll be doing a demo on Saturday from 1:30-3 showing you some of the joys of these paints.  We used them in our Spiritual Art Journal this month and everyone has been loving them!  Mark it on your calendar and come see why.

Magnet Boards

Well it's been another interesting week for me.  Took a trek up to PA for another family funeral.  But, was able to be back in time to meet with these sweet ladies for a fun night.  We took metal trays and painted them (with several layers of gesso first).  Then we took buttons and paper flowers with brads and applied magnets to them so they'd stick to the tray.  Magnetic tape was added to the back so the board will stick to any metal surface.  Didn't they do a great job?

Washi tape

What's better than washi tape for a quick, easy card?  Making a card with washi tape and taking it in to Angela's Happy Stamper store so you can display it on our Wall of Fame for the Month!  Entries will be automatically entered into a chance to win a prize at the end of the month.  Bring one in any time this month!

One layer card

Oh the joys of a simple one layer card!  Used a new stencil by Stencilgirl on this white card.  The color was sponged on patting and dabbing over the delicate parts of the stencil.  Then the bee was stamped along with the words.  The color of the bee was done with a blender pen pulling ink off the same pad used to color the stencil.  I made this for the Make It Take It at Angela's Happy Stamper this Thursday.   Hope you can come do this free card.

New Class

Been busy in the craft room getting ready for a new techniques class being initiated this Thursday.  It's a card class on Mixed Media.  The greatest problem has been trying to answer the question- "How do you reduce mixed media to one class?"  I'm sticking to the basics for an intro for folks who have not yet ventured into the wondrous world of mixed media.  It's actually gone well and here are two of the projects we will be doing.  Call the store if you are interested in joining us.

Dyan Reavley's Paints

We had a great time yesterday prepping our Spiritual Art Journals for May.  We found out all about the joys of Dyan's paints!  Today then, we took one of our pages and drew Mandalas over the paints.  I used a fine point Sharpie and found it worked very well over the page.  Will definitely be doing more of these.

Distress inks and Misting

Ever wonder why Ranger offers Distress pads in different sizes?  Well, the little ones were very helpful for this card.  Small, easy to handle, and easy to run across the pad with lots of control.  Yellow went on first, then pink, and then orange.  The stamp is a large background by My Favorite Things.  It was misted and placed on a white paper and held down for a few extra moments so the color could absorb into the paper.  The paper was then dried.  Then a new stamp by Memory box was inked over top.  The flowers are on the side of the word stamp.  This was mounted onto the yellow paper and it's all done.