Magical Birthday Wishes!

At our Paper Angels Meetings once a month, we have a challenge that Liz sets and there is the opportunity to win great prizes.

Last month the challenge was to create using any products from the New Autumn Winter Mini.

This was one of my entries, that scored me 2nd Prize!

Stamps: Pony Party

Ink: StayzOn Black, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst

Card: Barely Banana, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Water Colour Paper

Accessories: Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds

Tools: Circle Scissors Plus, Eyelet Border Punch, Crimper, Aqua Painter, Adhesives including 2Way Glue Pen for Glitter and Dimensionals.

(Card inspired from Split Coast Stampers)

The pony was coloured in using ink from the lids of my Stampin' Pads and an Aqua Painter. This works best on Water Colour Paper like I've used.

The groovy edge around the large circle was created by punching a border along the long side of A4 card with the Eyelet Border Punch, then crimping this so it curves easy as you stick it around the outer edge of the back of the circle. I love the effect it gives.

Christmas Cracker Competition Winners posted on Paper Angels Blog‏

Congratulations to those who joined in on the

Christmas Cracker Competition,

well done on a fabulous job creating your crackers.

The winners have been announced and can be seen

by checking out our

Paper Angels Blog by clicking here.

Keep watch for a new Competition in the New year!

Paper Angels Group November Challenge - Punch Art!

Once a month the Paper Angels get together

for some sharing of ideas,

we make 2 make and takes,

bring along our creations to share,

and even have a monthly challenge to join in if you wish.

For November our Challenge was Punch Art...

I had a ball creating my entries, here they are...

This is my little girl in her Jo Jo the Clown suit.

The Jo Jo character was my Punch Art entry as part of this 6x6 page.

The DS Papers are from Pink Flamingo, and the 'Happy' saying is from Chit-Chat rub-ons in the new Summer Mini!

Above are my 2 Christmas tags I entered. I must say these are my favourites, I have decided to make a few extras to decorate my gifts to add my personal loving touch under the tree this year! The back of the tags are white with Season's Greetings stamped,

and the ribbon to tie my tags to the gifts is

Stampin' Up!'s adorable Red Gingham Ribbon.

These punch Art designs were inspired by Mercedes Weber.

My Paper Angel...

and might I add the 1st prize winner in our Challenge WOO HOO!

She was a little tricky in the making, and after about 3 bodies ended up in the bin, I eventually got her just right, and must admit was pretty impressed with the end result if I do say so myself! lol. This little angel is made from the Scallop Circle, 1 3/4" Circle (to cut the wings from the Scallop), 1" Circle, and the 3/4" Circle punches. Her wings & dress have 2 way glue pen all over them with Dazzling Diamonds, and I coloured her dress gold with a Gold Encore Pad and Sponge Dauber! The trick to getting her dress to fold right is using a ruler and scorer to create the lines where you want the folds to fall!

Please check out the link below to see the other entries in our

Paper Angels Punch Art Challenge.

http://paperangelsgroup.blogspot.com/2009/12/november-punch-art-challenge.html

WIN Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Products!

Enter your Stampin' Up! Christmas Cracker

for your chance to WIN one of three prizes

of product from the NEW Summer Mini Catalogue

1st Prize $100 / 2nd Prize $50 / 3rd Prize $25

Prizes are not transferable for cash and product must be chosen

from the Summer Mini Catalogue

How to Enter

1. Email me to receive a PDF Instruction Sheet on how to make the cracker pictured above

2. Email a photograph of your cracker to me by December 15th.

Please do make sure you include your full name and contact details

Conditions of Entry

1. Cracker Base must be based around the instructions provided

2. Competition is open to demonstrators and customers

3. All materials used must be Stampin' Up! Product

4. You agree to have cracker photographs published on our Blogs & Publications

5. Winners will be chosen by independent judges

6. Entries will be based on color,execution, creativity and uniqueness

So 'GET CRACKING' on your Cracker!
Home made crackers are lots of fun and you can fill them with all sorts of creative things!

This is a fun competition offered by Liz and the Paper Angels...

we'd love to see your Cracker Creations!

Inspiring 'Friends 24-7'

I really love this month's stamp set of the month 'Friends 24-7'.

Here is a card I made for a stampin' friend Helen for her Birthday using this set...

Inspired from one of the swaps I received at Convention 09 - by Vanessa Webb.

Stamps: Friends 24/7 & Friendly Words Wheel
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Sahara Sand, & Pink Passion
Card: Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette, & Kraft
Accessories: Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brad
Tools: Paper Trimmer, 2mm Circle Punch, Sponge Daubers, & Adhesives incl Dimensionals.

Another friend of mine, Paper Angel Fiona Dunlop of Townsville, had posted a challenge on her blog for October with the theme 'Many Thanks'. So I thought I would combine 'Friends 24-7' with the Thank you stamp from 'Lovely Labels' for this challenge... and it came together like this...

As you can see I have only used one stamp from Friends 24-7 here to create the background, the Damask. I must say this stamp alone is one of my favourite stamps in the entire 09/10 Idea Book and Catalogue. I also love Stampin' Up!'s DS papers as they do the thinking for me of what colours to use. I find most times if I choose a DS I like for a project I can stick to the colours of that DS for what I am making, and it always looks great!

Stamps: Friends 24-7 & Lovely Labels
Ink: Sahara Sand & Not Quite Navy
Card: Kraft, Very Vanilla, & Not Quite Navy
Accessories: DS paper Bella Bleu & Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools: Paper Trimmer, Eyelet Border Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, & Adhesives.

Friends 24-7 can be found on page 81 of the 2009/2010 Idea Book & Catalogue RRP $45.95


As I love each and every one of my friends... and that includes you... I am offering you the opportunity to add Friends 24-7 to your stamp collection at my special price of $39
That's a saving of over 15%!

Creating many HAPPY friends this month!