Angels Among Us Blog Hop

Oh I believe there are angels among us

Sent down to us from somewhere up above.

They come to you and me in our darkest hours.

To show us how to live to teach us how to give.

To guide us with the light of love.

(Lynne speaking) I know for myself, that I have a guardian angel watching over me as she is my very own precious child that I had lost in 1991 and she would have been 23 years old today. Strange how comforting it is to know that someone watches over us in sew many ways.

When life held troubled times, and had me down on my knees.

There’s always been someone there to come along and comfort me.

A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand.

A phone call from a friend, just to say I understand.

Today's hop may be the story of our own Guardian Angel who watches over us, the beauty of angels, or just expressing kind words. The craft blogging world is phenomenal as sharing loving thoughts and caring towards others.

We have fabulous sponsors today

1. Lucy Kelleher, A Close to My Heart representative, has graciously offered a stamp set called "Angelic Blessings" to one lucky winner that becomes a follower of her blog,http://love2createitall.blogspot.com
2. Daisy Collins of I Love Sketches by Tsunami Rose, http://tsunamirosedesigns.blogspot.com/, also has a Zibbet store, http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose, where she designs beautiful papers - has graciously offered to custom design a paper for one very very lucky winner that becomes a follower of her blog!

 If you were visiting me today, I appreciate and love you visiting me, but would want you to start at the beginning of the hop not as to miss a single angel with Lynne at http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/. If you have arrived from Janet, then you are in the right flight!

This blog hop is near and dear to my heart.

As you may know, by the title of my blog, 

I love angels and strongly believe they are among us each day. 

My daughter was an angel one year for Halloween. 

She was maybe 4 years old at the time. It was even then that I loved angels so much...

I think that is why she was an angel that year...

Jessica has always been my little angel...
Yep, this is my daughter in her Halloween costume.
I can remember when she went trick or treating she had to  turn to her side to
slide into the door ways, the wings were soooo big (one end they were taller than her)...
we got this darling dress the night before the occasion at the
local Joann's, it was one of the displays, anyway
it was perfect, like an angel brought it to us. It fit perfect could not have been better.
then we bought some white material and some fabric stiffener. We put the stiffener on the
material and put  it on the floor to dry, and prayed to the angels that it would dry for school in the morning... I colored the the wing tips with some gold paint...

There's my Angel

So to pay tribute to my angel obsession I made this cute card

I got to use my alcohol inks to color the digital stamp. The digi stamp is by Bugaboo...

added some bling and a bow...pretty easy...

I have some blog candy to give 1 lucky comment, 

you must be a follower to win....

fly along now...

Your next stop along the way today is Michele. I thank you and appreciate you're stopping today and hope you stop again!

I have the complete line-up of the angels in the blog hop just in case you get off the chosen path!!!

1. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
2. Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/
3. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
4. Lucy - http://love2createitall.blogspot.com
5. Shannon- http://my-o-scrappin.blogspot.com/
6. Tami - http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com/
7. Janet - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
8. Katie ~ http://ktsangels.blogspot.com/
9. Michele ~ http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/
10. Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

UPDATE ~ random.org picked comment

4:TamboAugust 29, 2012 6:03 PM

Katie, your card is adorable. Your daughter in her costume is so precious! What a beautiful child. What a fitting picture to use on your blog and this hop. tfs Tami
Tambo's Creations!

Is the blog candy winner... Tambo please contact me at KtsAngels@cableone.net with more info...

Thank you to all of you for the wonderful comments.

MyGrafico Monday...Back to School...

Good Monday, how is everyone...

Last week I just was not 'in to it' and did not do a MyGrafico post...

so this week I am making up for it...

This week we are showcasing this great 'Collab Kit'  

and all the many things you can do with it...

Back To School by Sweet Chic

I wanted to do something different with this kit...

different the 'just a card'

so I made this cute paper pad holder...

what a nice teacher gift this would make...

I started with a simple easel card then made the base of the card a bit longer

then added the note pad that I got at the dollar store...

it is a bit bigger than an A2 card so I would 

recommend that you make it a larger card so it fits in a envelop better...

not sure what size but a 8 1/2 x 11 folded in half size...heehee

so now go check out the other design team members projects...

they are so awesome...they will blow you away..

Well off to school my kids go...

you all have a wonderful week...

Until Next Time

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

Chalk N Stock Post for today...

Today is my lucky day to share with you a card I made for the 

Chalk n Stock challenge blog...

It's using the chalks directly to the white card stock to get the 

desired colors...I love the pastels you can create with this chalk

to get the sentiment to pop I used versa marker ink then brushed 

that with the chalk...

Used some embossing folders  and easy as that...

Be sure to check out the current Chalk N Stock Challenge

for a chance to take home some digi stamps by...

It's fun...B.I.N.G.O. is the game-O...heehee I am pretty funny this morning...lol...

you all have a wonderful day...

I hope I get my mojo back soon...

I have so many things to share, just no time to create...

Happy Chalk'n

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

Pretty Quiet Here...

Hello, Hello, Hello

I just wanted to pop in and let you all know that I am still alive and well...

well, maybe not well but I am still alive...lol

I had a big job interview yesterday and now I feel much better....

so I have not had much crafting mojo to make much of anything...

but I hope my mojo is back and I can create to my hearts content...

This card is clean and simple as they say...

I used some designer paper from the stash,

ribbon from the stash and then the circle with Hello, Hello, Hello 

I used direct to paper with chalk technique to get the desired 

color to match the background...inked the edges a bit and pop dotted it on...

Clean and Simple

I hope everyone is having a wonderful back to school time...

I know my kids started last week and that's another thing that has

gotten me away from crafting...

but I am here and I hope to share some really cool

news with you in the next few weeks...

so be sure to check back to find out my 

very special news...

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

Beachy time...

Good Monday ...

it's another MyGrafico Monday

Featuring

oooohhhh these are pretty digi stamps of different beach sketches by

Lindsay's Stamp Stuff

With these stamps I created this?

It started out as a box but just did not look right...so I made a card

and wrote 'Escape from Everyday Life'

I really love how the coloring of this sketch turned out...

the alcohol markers really make a difference in my coloring ability...

Thanks for stopping by !

Happy Monday!

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

Beachy Time @ MyGrafico

MyGrafico design team is showing you how do mix things up with

a Beach Theme !!!

for this we worked got this file to work with...

Clementine Digitals ~ Beach

so I decided to put some pictures of my last trip to the beach

on a photo clip stand....up cycled project

I used the trace tool in my Silhouette America software

that is used with my Cameo to trace each image so that the Cameo could cut the items out...

oh have I ever told you how much I love my Cameo...heehee

I took and old photo holder that I got at Christmas time, 

Just like this one....

took off the words

covered the base with the title 'beach BUM' with a added sun...

Then I took a few other elements from this set and added them directly to the photos...

oh what a fun way to display some photos of any kind....

just add some clip art to your photos 

and whaw la... there you have it...

remember to up~cycle those discounted items at the store after a holiday...

it worked out great for this project...

Now for you to win this set ....

all you need to do is enter your 'Beach' themed project to 

MyGrafico Challenge Blog

also visit the challenge blog for more ideas to start the mojo 

I know I have been having a hard time with my mojo...

Well, I must leave you with that for the day...

so ......

Happy Craftn'

 By KtsAngels

entered this project in the following challenges...

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

Tutorial Challenge Entry ~

Double Diagonal Pocket Card

I will say that I was really worried about doing this...

but after reading the tutorial a few times...and miss cutting a double sided card stock...

I GOT IT and I just love the style of this card...

The tutorial is over at Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Co...

Double Diagonal Pocket Card

Is this not the coolest card ever...

there are two tags you make with the card...and the card even opens up like a 'normal' A2 card....

I loved how this turned out...

I used Double-sided Cardstock by Heidi Grace Designs

AC Cardstock

my new stamp set by Fiskars

"Laugh with Me Quotes"

some die cut images cut with my Cameo... some ribbon from the stash...

Oh this was so fun...I can see me making some more of these...

well off to making something new and exciting...

Happy Craftn'

KtsAngels

Enter the following Challenges:

Tutorial Time on SpeedyTV Challenge # 10 ~ Double Diagonal Pocket card

Thanks for all the Teachers in the World

I just wanted to make sure all those teachers out there

knows how much they touch our lives...

I put this apple together to share with you...

I can still remember some of my wonderful teachers in my school years...

oh what I would do to go back and say how much they did for me...

but in honor of each and everyone of them...

here is an apple for your desk

This is and SVGCUTS file I cut with my cameo...

it the Miss Baker's Classroom SVG set

this set has some of the cutest items...

The whole set put together 

 The scrapbook page you can make with these elements

 This is a must make lunch box...I can't wait to put one of these together!!!

Oh this card is so cute...look at all the details in the siding... 

This would make such a nice door decor for that 1st day of school...

too bad my kidos are too old to take these items with them on the 1st day of school...

so Hop on over to SVGCuts and see what you can make with their wonderful files...

More to come ... so be sure to check back by for some more projects for today... :)

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

Entered the following challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Create card/project for a teacher

Fabulous!

Whoot Wooh !

It's going to be a FABULOUS day...

Well that's what I hope for when sending this wonderful card...

It's a Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Co stamp

"Spring Flowers"

A Lori Whitlock Silhouette America Die Cut file

with some buttons and paper clip from the stash

and misc. card stock...

added some powdered chalk 'stardust' to the middle of the 

flowers for a shimmer...

There you have it...

Clean and Simple

Happy Chalk'n

Happy Craft' n

KtsAngels ! Katie

Entering in the following challenges:

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge # 31 ~ show us your die cut card

It's Chalk Time Again Bingo Style

Hey, over at Chalk N Stock

we have a new challenge for you this month...

the challenge is 

Lets Play Bingo

This is the bingo card you use to create your project for the challenge

So all you do is pick a row to challenge yourself with

make a card using the elements in that row

Now post your project on you blog

then go to Chalk N Stock's blog 

and use the Linky tool

to link up your project.

Easy Peasy and fun too...

Chalk N Stock has a wonderful sponsor this month

Digidarla's Designs

that is giving 5 FREE images of the winners choice...

Today I want to play another one of my games with you...

Can you pick out 3 different things about these cards?

Post a comment on THIS posting

you have until Saturday August 4 Midnight to play along...

With these cards I used Darla's Digi stamp and colored with my alcohol markers

then used chalk to color the sky and the grass

added some buttons and bows

can you guess which row I picked? 

Have a wonderful and exciting day !!!

Happy Chalk'n

KtsAngels