"ChaCha" Paper

Sorry for my absence! My camera has been out of order & I haven't been able to take photos of my artwork. Here are some "scans," though, of TAC's new "Cha Cha"paper collection. It is such a FUN paper! "ChaCha" meets "Salsa" flower stamp set and you have quite a combination going on. I keep hearing that song in my mind, you know the one they play at every vacation resort, "Some like it hot, hot, hot!" The "ChaCha" paper is wonderful - it's very versatile and the colors are very vibrant - don't know if the scans really do it justice but here's a picture SLIDE for you to view. Remember to click on slide screen for a better & larger view. Thanks for looking and God bless you much!

Here's Miss Kitty's Friend

like I said I'd show you. "Little Puppy" is one of 15 GWP (gift with purchase) free stamps you can choose from with a $30 order. I thought I'd put them together so you can see how cute they both are:





Visit me here to see TAC's stamp & paper collections. Enjoy!

Make Your Own Coaster Purse/Totes

How about these Coaster Purses/Totes? Here's a really cool way to use chipboard coasters - make a purse and fill it with matching photo boards or matching cards or whatever will bless you!


You are welcomed to make these for personal use but please do not submit as your own original work for magazine submissions or contests. I'm sure you can relate to that, huh?

You will need 5 of the 4"x4" coasters. Here's how to make them:

-Ink your brayer with Pastel Kaleidacolor rainbow (5 colors) inkpad and brayer in color to your coasters as your background.

-Stamp your favorite theme. I used "basic birds" and "abundance is" rubber stamp sets here.

-Color in your images with Prismacolor pencils.

-Use a cosmetic sponge to ink the edges of the coasters with Palette "cognac brown" inkpad.

-Take two of the coasters. Each one will be creased at 1/4" of its two sides. Sand lightly where needed. Drop down to the SLIDE SHOW for a better view of the 1/4" creases.

-Aligning and holding a "creased" & an "uncreased" coaster together, with a Cropodile I punched holes at each corner.

-Aligning and holding these two coasters together, set the eyelets at the corners.

-Cut a 14" piece (or whatever size you desire) of refrigeration vinyl tubing.

-With Cropodile, punch a hole on each side of tubing, about 1/4" from each end and insert "ball chainz" into the tubing.

-Punch a hole at center top where you will insert a large brad in thru the coaster and the vinyl handles. Again, go to the SLIDE SHOW for a better view of this.

-You will use the 5th coaster for the bottom of the purse. I used "Yes!Glue" to adhere it to the bottom and it worked wonderfully.

Click here for my online store where you can find highlighted and other TAC items. ny questions, please leave a note. Enjoy making these as gifts!

Here's a slide show of them:

Make Your Own Button Embellishments

Last week I said I'd post on how I make my own buttons/embellishments. Above is a card with one of the buttons I made - click on it to see details. The picture below is where I got my "inspiration" ideas:



These are the buttons I made:


These are the two together to compare:



Here's how I made them:

- Cut a circle, square, flower or whatever button shape you want, using a paper punch or die cut machine, from chipboard or heavy cardstock. I used the Marvy circle punch and the Cuttlebug die cut machine for the square.

-If you want to cover them with patterned paper, glue the paper to the chipboard first & then cut. If you're doing just ONE at a time, cut the patterned paper along with the chipboard so everything matches up. I used "Sands of Time" & "Genevieve" patterned papers.

-I Adhered the patterned paper with Yes! Glue. This stik flat glue is specially designed for journals, bookbinding so it sticks really well but you could use your favorite adhesive.

-Or, you can stamp directly on the shaped chipboard, color in with Prismacolor pencils or Gelly Glaze pens.

-Punch two 1/8" hole at the center for the ribbon. Optional: crimp two eyelets to holes.

-Ink the edges with Palette dye inkpad using a cosmetic sponge.

-Thread ribbon, scrapper's floss, raffia etc. thru the holes.

-Optional: For a quick 3-d shiny look, cover the button surface using the CLEAR pen from "Gelly Glaze" Pen set. Or, stamp some embossing ink on the surface, sprinkle CLEAR embossing powder over it and then emboss. Crystal Lacquer works even better when you have time to let it dry!

Let me know if you have any questions on anything I covered here. More examples here:

Mini Scripture Tag Book

Some of you were asking how I made these. I used "tags - bread" die cuts & cut them out of black cardstock. I used scraps of "Genevieve" patterned paper for the background. Stamped "Scriptures" on white cardstock and inked the edges. Then layered onto patterned paper then onto black tag. Embellish as desired. Before tying ribbons, I attached a gold brad through all of them together at the top right side of tag . This will allow the tags to slide open as needed for reading purposes. These make great inspirational mini gifts.