Love You Butterfly from Scraps

Happy Monday, friends. I hope you had a great weekend and are looking forward to see what the new week holds. I have been enjoying all the sneak peeks from CHA. My wish list is ever growing, and I haven't even seen everything that's new! It's a good thing I'm not here. It makes it easier to resist getting them all :). Valentine's day is coming up, though, and I always get something crafty as a gift from my hubby. :).

Speaking of Valentine's, here's a card for one of my girls using some scraps I found on my desk. I stamped that frame awhile ago, back when TAC still existed. It was cut with a Spellbinders die. I have updated a newer version that Layers of Color is selling at a huge discount now, in preparation for the transfer of some of LOC designs to a new stamp company. The butterfly is a Hero Arts digital download.

I colored the butterfly with Copics to match the gorgeous paper from My Mind's Eye. I'm entering this to the Lily Pad PP Challenge. And since this card represents what I think is my true style (simple shabby), I'm entering this to the SSIC Challenge as well. The sketch is inspired by Card Patterns #150.

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More Stamps for Sale (including The Angel Company)

Today's card is for Card Patterns Sketch #132. I used some of my Angel Company stamps before I knew that the company was closing down. I still love these images (from How Tweet of You set, for sale below) and go perfectly with these Echo Park Papers.

Speaking of my Angel Company stamps. I have the following TAC stamps for sale, if anybody's interested. They are brand new rubber on cling stamps, but may not include the clamshell packaging to save on shipping to me. I am asking the catalog price plus $1.50 per set for shipping and Paypal fees. These are ready to ship immediately. Please email me with questions. Thank you.

Giddy Up

Katy

Love Never Fails- coordinate with Spellbinders Labels One

Scalloped Circle- coordinate with Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circle Nestabilities

Special Moments

Wonderful Tree

Wonderful Weather

Other Stamp Companies: Prices INCLUDE free shipping to the US only. If you are in the US, these will start shipping at the end of Sept. I'm sending them to my mom in about a week. If you're in Europe, you will need to let me know ASAP before I send it off next Friday for America. Please keep in mind that shipping is not included for destinations outside of the US. Paypal payment only please. These are almost brand new, maybe inked no more than 5 times. But, please see marks below for condition of stamps to give you a better idea.

BONUS: If you purchase any 4 sets below, you can get 1 set free (equal or lesser value)

Gina K Designs: rubber on cling
* Are We There Yet - Brand new in package, $15

Papertrey Ink: clear stamps
+ Wishing You - $15
* Fly Away - $4 Brand new in package!

Unity Stamps: rubber on cling

** Folk Inspired - missing sentiments, "Promise" and "Good Luck" $6
** Butterfly Beauty - only the 4 butterfly images, $12
** Gratitude = Joy - missing "Simplicity" and "Daydream" $8
** Giggle Grove - $8
** Birdie Inspiration - missing "Life is a song..." and "Life is a dream..." $8
** A Pocketful of... KOM - $15

Hero Arts: clear stamps
**Big and Small Flowers - $8
+ Happiness Messages - $6
+ Birthday Messages - $6

Inkadinkado: clear stamps
**Thankful for Everything - used once, $5
+ Happy Days - $5
**Humorous Birthday - $5

There She Goes Stamps: clear stamps

+ Special Delivery - $7

Miscellaneous Companies: all stamps are clear,
** Penny Black To You - $8
* WPlus9 Woodgrain Silhouettes - $16 - Brand new in package!

* Brand New, never used

** Almost Like Brand new condition; may have been used once or twice, but no ink stains

+ Very Good condition, used less than half of stamps, some may have stains

 

Happy Bird-day

TGIF! Today's card is for this week's Card Patterns sketch. Our sponsor is My Craft Spot, which provided the beautiful fibers that grace my card.

The stamps are The Angel Company's How Tweet of You. The papers are Echo Park's Country Drive, which go well with this stampset. I die cut the main focal image with Spellbinders Circle and Lacey Circle dies.

Mr & Mrs. and a Giveaway!

Hi, all. I am officially on vacation and have scheduled my blog for pre-posts the next several days. I'm thankful for some friends who will "flower sit" for me while I'm gone, so I don't have to come home to some dead plants. I know I'm just relaxing right now (at least, I hope so), and I want to share my joy by having some prizes up for grabs! Please scroll down below for more info.

Today's card uses two of my favorite TAC stamps, Sweet Silhouettes and Beautiful Lace. I really enjoyed making this card, made me wish I knew paper crafting back when I got married. The lace was die cut using Spellbinders Large Scalloped Circle Nestabilities.

***Please note that I only link to my friend Angi's TAC online store for my posts, but please call your local TAC demo if you want to purchase these. Contact the TAC office to find a demo near you. Thank you!

Now about that giveaway, let's make this more interesting. There will be two giveaways. 

First Giveaway. I'll do the usual comment to win. One comment per day. I will pick a winner starting from today's post till Sept 4th's post to get the following. If you happen to have one or all of these, I will be happy to substitute other sets that are available.

• The Angel Company's Wonderful Weather
• The Craft's Meow's Lovely Birds set
• Layers of Color's Gifts of Love

For the second giveaway, if you want to, please "like" my "NinaB Designs" Facebook page. I will pick a random FB friend to win some Mystery Spellbinder dies that I designed!

Now, here are some things to consider for the first giveaway:

• You don't need a blog to enter. I've set up my blog so you can comment as "Anonymous." Just make sure you leave me your email or other distinguishing info on your post.
• Leave a comment every day to better your chances. Remember, I will pick one winner from today till Sept 4, 2011's post.
• I will pick the winner from those who left comments on the blog posts. So, please don't enter via email or the chat box on the left. I have no way to keep track of them all. Sorry :-(.
• The giveaways are open to everyone in the world! However, you are responsible to pay for taxes incurred.

Finally, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your visits. It encourages me to keep going with what I do. I hope you always find inspiration from my work. Blessings to you!

Just For You

Yay, it's Friday! It's going to be a great day. My parents arrived safely and I'm expecting a group of young ladies who want to learn how to cook and make cards! It'll be busy, but fun!

Today's card uses The Angel Company's Fairy Wishes and Special Moments sets. The papers are K&Co. The intricate border was die cut using my Spellbinders  Parisian Accents dies.

***Please note that I only link to my friend Angi's TAC online store for my posts, but please contact your local TAC demo if you want to purchase these. Contact the TAC office to find a demo near you. Thank you!***

And if you're on Facebook, please consider liking my page, NinaB Designs. I have a contest going on now that ends tomorrow! Have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday

I hope you all had a great weekend. Today is a holiday in Croatia, so it still feels like the weekend here :).

Today's card is for Card Patterns sketch this week. I used my Angel Company's Special Moments set for this simple shabby card. I really love this set because of the huge fonts. sometimes you just want your sentiment to be the focal point of your card. The papers are again K&Co.

Let Your Dreams Soar

I hope you enjoyed a great weekend. Ours was full of sad goodbyes as we said farewell to our American friends. Goodbyes are such a big part of our life being expats, and we still have a hard time every time we do it. Our younger ones were hit the hardest. We remind them that it's difficult and we cry because we feel loved. God has given us so many wonderful friends and family whom we miss and who miss us back and what a blessing that is!

On a different note, I was able to create with some of my new TAC stamps, Fairy Wishes.The papers are K&Company. It's a  new color combo for me: melon, aqua and brown, but I think I like it and will use it again.

Here's the stamp set in its entirety, Fairy Wishes:

I'm entering this to the Moxie FabWorld's Fanatical About Botanical Challenge. Life's been so busy all summer. I've missed participating in my favorite challenges. Make it a great Monday!

CAS Thank You

Thank you so much for your comments on yesterday's post. There is still chance to win some blog candy by commenting there.

Yesterday I shared a CASE'd card. Today's is a CAS (clean and simple) card. I used some of my new TAC stamps, Dotted Dahlia and Special Moments. I fussy cut the flower after coloring it with Copics. I intentionally colored the flower to make it look a little on the rustic side, just to try. :) The leaves were stamped with white ink on olive cardstock.

And I mentioned in a previous post that I was going away for camp. Everything you've seen on my blog till yesterday was pre-scheduled (and I'm so glad blogger didn't fail me!). Well, here is a slide show of where I was with my family and church and what we did. We went to the beautiful Croatian coast. This place is called Pag, which is an island. It was a great time with friends, both old and new, enjoying God's creation, Bible learning and playing games. This is an annual event and our girls always look forward to it every year.

Sew, what's new?

Thank you so much for your kind words about my Angel Company stamps on yesterday's post. I received several inquiries about a way to purchase them. I am about to go camping, but when I return I am going to find a way to provide links to a TAC e-commerce store on my TAC posts, so that you can shop online. If you don't want to wait for that info, please contact The Angel Company by phone, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm CST at 785-212-6113 OR drop them an email at tac@theangelcompany.net, and they will connect you to a demo who will gladly take your order. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement regarding my work!

Today's card features more of my new TAC stamps, Sewing Labels and Sew Lovely. The labels set coordinate with some of the older Spellbinders dies. The papers I used are Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends again. The buttons were punched with a 3/4" circle punch.

 

 Here are the stamps I used:  Sew Lovely and Sewing Labels

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Hello, Gorgeous

We're busy preparing for an upcoming youth camp that I haven't been able to update my blog. Thank you for coming here even when I have nothing new to share :).

I am excited to share my card today because it uses two of my newest sets from The Angel Company. If you haven't seen their catalog, you can view the PDF version HERE. My stamp designs are in pages 26-37.  I used Sweet Silhouettes and Elegant Labels, which coordinate with Spellbinders dies. The paper are Cosmo Cricket's Odds & Ends.

Here are the stamps I used. Please contact a TAC demo to purchase them. If you don't know of one locally, contact The Angel Company by phone, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm CST at 785-212-6113 OR drop them an email at tac@theangelcompany.net

 

My first The Angel Company stamps!

Hello! I'm so excited to show you the first sneak peeks of my new stamp line through The Angel Company. If you're not familiar with TAC, their products are available through their demonstrators. If you host a party, you get rewards and tons of discounts. Unlike other demo-only companies, they sell products that we all love (Copics, Memento inks, Spellbinder dies, etc), in addition to their exclusive line of papers, stamps, etc. And you get rewarded/discounts for your purchases. If you don't want to host a party, you can shop online.

My new sets will debut on their catalog (and it's chock full of paper crafting goodies), which will go on sale on June 27! Today, I'm joining the TAC's DT as we feature the new Vintage Rides set. It includes 4 modes of transportation, a flying banner, sentiments that fit inside and two other sentiments. This set is perfect for many occasions.

It just so happens that today is Flag Day. So, for my cards, I used the good ole red, white and blue! Both my cards use October Afternoon papers and the images were colored with Copics. The first one also uses Spellbinders' Floral Doily Accents and Classic Rectangle dies.

Here is the full set. What do you think?

Make sure you check out The Angel Company's Savvy Projects blog participants featuring this set today!