Another Calendar for the New Year

This Saturday is Make & Take Day and what better way to ring in the New Year than to make a small calendar for your desk!

This is a quick, easy and fun project, that also makes a great little surprise gift!  It is only the beginning of the new year and therefore, it's the perfect time to give these little guys out! 

Come in from the cold and join us on the 7th for the first Make & Take of the year!
You'll be glad you did!

~Anna

New Calendar for 2012

It's the start of a new year and the perfect time to make some calendars.
This time I used the fun set from Hero Arts, "Going" (CL478).  I really like this set since it lends itself easily to "male cards".  If you remember, I used the VW Bug from this set to make this card.  I used the same basic design to create the calendar, only this time I used the motorcycle.  (This was going to a friend who loves his motorcycle.) 

 The white and kraft card stock was put inside the acrylic frame and the rest (the sandpaper, the motorcycle and the calendar) was adhered on top of the frame.

 I also used the frame differently this time.  Instead of standing it up, like you would use for pictures, I set it down, so that it can go on a desk.  This way the frame will not be hit accidentally and turned over.  Here are the side views of the calendar, to give you some perspective.

Stay tuned for more posts with more calendars!  (I'm on a roll now!)
~Anna

Happy 2012!!!

Saying good-bye to 2011......................

and Wishing you a very Happy & Healthy 2012 !!!

Looking forward to a great year...........I just know we'll have a blast stamping, cutting, coloring, AND laughing, of course!!!
See you soon,
Anna

Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas with Outlines Tall Angel

Merry, Merry Christmas!!! 

Soni Larson made this beautiful card for me and now I wanted to share it with you on Christmas!

Wishing you Peace & Love at Christmas and Always!!!

Love,   Anna

Hero Arts Special Time Stamp Set

I just LOVE Joy Taylor's Birthday card, "It's a special time".  Really great for any occasion and perfect for those ever difficult masculine cards we have to design!

I think that this stamp set will be one of my favorites in 2012!

I'm so looking forward to playing with these stamps and of course having classes for you with distress STAINS! It's going to be FUN, FUN, FUN!

Chanukah Card made with Peel offs and Spellbinders Labels Two

Isn't this a great card that Soni made for Chanukah!

I really like the way this card is folded.  The front half of the card is folded in half to expose part of the inside of the card.  By placing the Spellbinders Labels Two strategically in the center, you cover the inside saying.

Below is a scan of the inside of the card and you can see how it was all put together.

This is a very nice layout and I need to use it more often!

Thanks for sharing, Soni!

Orange you glad Tangerine Tango is the color of 2012?

According to the Pantone Color Institute, the color for 2012 is Tangerine Tango.  As per Pantone's blog, here is a description of the color:

"Sophisticated, dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenalin rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy.

 This luscious reddish orange adds sensuality to fashion, flair to accessories, verve to cosmetics, and lively luxury to interior surfaces and appointments."
 
Check out the article and video on Yahoo for more fun information.

Pantone’s predictions influence all manner of consumer product manufacturers from cosmetic companies to paint suppliers. 

Here are some clothing fashions in the tangerine tango:

Us stampers will now have to see how we can incorporate this into our art work!  I am sure that the ink pad companies are already making ink pads in this new color for us!  And let's think about paper..........it's going to be HOT, HOT, HOT!!!