Chalk N Stock DT inspiration...

Hey if your here if the Hot Chocolate blog hop...

Please click here... 

oh and thanks for stopping by...

Now on to my inspiring chalk n stock card...

Shop until you Drop

This card was kind of fun to put together...

I used the digi stamp from Bugaboo...

colored with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

and added star dust chalk to the white areas of her dress and hat...

and used sunshine color chalk to color in her hair...

I love how chalks can give such a nice color to your image without

making it 'too' much color...I highlighted the hair with an alcohol marker...

too cute huh...

oh yeah I used the marker tool by Amy Chomas with my Cameo for the 

"Show until you Drop" sentiment...

Well go Shop until you Drop...only a few more days of shopping for 

Christmas...

Remember  Chalk N Stock will be running this months

challenge for the WHOLE month of December...so you have lots of time to get your 

chalk projects link'd up...

until next time...

Happy Chalk'n

It's Monday.....FOSTV Christmas project challenge

Today starts a new challenge over at Friends of Speedy TV 

a Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co online community...

wow that was a mouth full...lol...

no really this week you get to either make a Christmas Card or Project

so I choose a project...

I used the SVG from SVGCuts.com

Christmas Open House Kit, and the

3D Wintergreens SVG Kit

along with Christmas Selections stamp set and Poinsettia Blooms stamp set

by MFPaHc

to create this darling little gift box...

using Graphic 45 paper and AC Card stock ...

it all came together nice...

some of my all time favorite products used in making this project...

Now for you to win this stamp set...

you know what to do by now...lol...

if not then be sure to hop on over to Friends of Speedy TV Challenge # 50

enter your Christmas project or card blog post in this challenge...

easy peasy...

Happy Monday all....

TTOSTV~Liquid Pearls

This week we got to play with something I did not have, Liquid Pearls...

so I substituted glitter glue in it's place...

I could not get to a craft store to get the Liquid Pearls, but they do look like

loads of fun to play with...

Well with that said...

Here is what I did for Liquid Pearls Tutorial...

I stamped the image by MFPaHc, Spring flowers, with Memento Tuxedo Black then used my

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to color the image...

then I added the pink glitter glue to the flower peddles, green to the leaves and

yellow for the middle of the flowers... (looks green in the photo, but its yellow)

So what can you do with Liquid Pearls? 

This week you will have the chance to win this marvelous stamp set

by Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich co...

If you come play with us over at Tutorial Time on Speedy TV...Wild Horses

Be sure to check out the different stamp sets available at the online store

Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co and the other things they have...

oh and be sure to check out all the other design team members

blogs, they have some really nice inspiring projects using

liquid pearls or like stuff...

We all love the blog love, so be sure to let them know what you think

of each of their projects...

you can find a complete list of the TTOSTV design team 

on the right side bar of my blog ---------->

Happy Craft'n

Happy Stamp'n

Happy Weekend... :)

Chalk Time...

Hey, it's time for a new challenge again...

Chalk N Stock has changed things up, again...lol

and it's going to be 

Anything Goes with Chalk Challenge

for now...

So it should be pretty easy to just add some chalk to one of your projects...

it might be chalk ink, powdered chalk or cake chalk...you name it

chalk and link your project up and there you have it...

a challenge entry and a chance to win something cool...

most of the time we will have a sponsor...Bugaboo or like wise

There will always be something to give out to the winner !!!

This is my inspiration piece for you to get kick started on this week challenge

Anything goes...with Chalk

I colored my Bugaboo digi image with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

all but the wings...then came back with powdered chalk and added that to 

the body and wings...I like how it colored the image just that little bit...

it softened the alcohol markers some how...I will have to try this a bit more,

cuz I like the out come...added a sentiment from Stamp'n up ...

added some ribbon and inked the edges of the printed digi papers...

not sure if it's Echo Park or Lori Whitlock or a combination there of...oops

sorry guys for not remembering where I got the digi paper from...

but it is really cute...

I hope I have inspired you to link your chalk project to

the Chalk N Stock Challenge for the next 2 weeks...

Planning ahead? well we will be doing challenges

each 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month...

so if you don't have one for this challenge,

be sure to make one for the future...

as there is no back linking

and you must be a follower to win...

really it's pretty simple...

I would love to see your hard work using chalk...

Happy Chalk'n everyone...

Tags and Tickets

This weeks stamp set up for grabs

by

Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co

over at 

Friends of Speedy TV

Challenge # 39

Tags and Tickets

So with Christmas around the corner

I thought this was a perfect stamp set to use

You will being seeing more of this stamp set

The Santa is colored using my alcohol markers

the images are from Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co.

the ink pads for the images is either Memento Tux Black 

or Stampin' Up.

The patterned paper used for this project is from MME

Christmas 6x6 paper pad...so darling...

Such a darling little card...

I might say so myself...heehee

Well off to craft some more...

so happy craft'n

will see you around the blog world..

Remember 

Friends of Speedy TV wants you to come and play...

Challenge # 39

It's Chalk Thursday!! New Challenge

There's a new challenge over at

Chalk N Stock

I have but a few minutes to show you my inspiring projects...

This week we were lucky enough to have not 1 but 2 sponsors

for the 

'Lets See Your Humor Challenge'

Remember it's any image and any chalk 

but must be a follower and must use chalk 

in someway in your project...

This digi stamp by Bugaboo just cracks me up every time I read it...

It's so funny...

This next one is me getting into the spirit of Halloween...

Oh am I in the spirit...

I have been making all kinds of Halloween themed projects,

and loving every minute...

It's kind of funny, I love to decorate for Halloween but I don't

really care for the meaning of Halloween...oh well

keep the spirit going with decorating for it...

maybe this year I will get more into decorating for other

holidays too...we will see

This stamp is by Riley Stamps

It's darling too...I don't know that I stayed with the humor but oh well

it's a cute stamp anyway...

The 'Trick or Treat' stamp is from one of my favorite company's

Punkin Patch Stamps...they also make all my wonderful SVG files that

I create from...oh I love Mary and Leo...what a neat couple...

I used chalk on both of these cards... on the 2nd card I used it 

for the background and the moon..

for the first card I used it for her hair...

sneaky huh...lol...

Well off I go...you all have a wonderful fun filled day...

Happy Craft'n

Happy Chalk'n

KtsAngels

MyGrafico Monday, Fall into Fall

Oh I just loved this set we got to work with this week...

Ladybug Stamps
by Pixel Paper Prints

I just had to make 2 cards using it...

I used my Cameo to trace the digi stamp
as I would hate to have to break out the scissors to cut anything...lol...then I colored the image with
my alcohol markers, just love those too...
added an embossed background paper...
pop dotted the sentiment I used by Stamp'n Up...

Pretty easy peasy...wouldn't you say so...

so be sure to
Fall into Fall
over at
MyGrafico Challenge Blog

Hope to see you there...

Happy Craft'n

 By: KtsAngels

MyGrafico Monday...

Hey and good day...

It's Monday, you know what that means right...

This weeks feature file is...

Mels Brushes

Shabby Flower Stamps

This is what came from my craft room....

I embossed a piece of vellum to create the background page

The "Smile" stamp is from Fiskars 

'Laugh With Me Quotes' 

I just love this stamp set...

Well that's about it...pretty easy peasy I say...

Off to go craft some more...

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

Chalk N Stock New Challenge ... Recycle/Re Purpose

So today starts a new chapter for

Chalk N Stock Challenge Blog...

You see we have had such a great time...

we have decided to do the bi-weekly challenges on Thursdays

With that will be inspiration from the design team...

In fact we even added a new member to the design team...

Please help us welcome Nikki to the team...

We are so excited to have her a part of the team...

Well this challenge is all about Recycling...

so I had a hard time coming up with something...

but then....

I thought of a little trick to try..

AND it worked

so I will share it with you...

You know all the silly color brads that you get in a package,

and you think to yourself, will I EVER use THAT Color?

Hum so I got to thinking and thought that 

Alcohol markers will stain just about anything 

they come in contact with...

so...

I colored the brad the desired color, black

chalked my new white flowers...

yeah white...I got white cuz I can make them ANY color I want

with Chalk, Markers, Ink, just about anything will color them...

 added the colored brad the the center of the flower

TADAH!!!
here is my  project...recycled/re purposed, improved brads

so do not waste the color brads you will never use..
recycle or re purpose them to something you will use...
I love it... what about you...

Happy Craft'n

Happy Chalk'n

KtsAngels

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.

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

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

Oh my July is over !!!

Well almost that is...

this is  my last post for Chalk N Stock in July

our wonderful sponsor 

It has been so fun to work with these great digi stamps...

It has been a 

Get Well 

kind of month

the last of the bunch of get well cards I made for the month...

oh I just love how the alcohol markers makes me feel like an artist

I look back at my coloring that I have done and think

WOW that is pretty nice...

I used the chalks to mute the coloring on the outer frame

and of course used Startdust chalk to make it shine...

but that was not captured with the photo...

added some bling, and put it on a bright and fun color card

this is an A2 size card, like most of my cards are now days...heehee

I used the Silhouette America DE software to create the image to print

when doing that I added the 'Get Well' to print too...

the little sunflower on the upper right is also cut using my Cameo

then colored with alcohol markers

Easy Easy Easy

I hope you have enjoyed each of the creations I have brought to you 

for the month of July...

More to come for August

we have a new sponsor and some exciting news to share

for the upcoming months...

but can't tell you just yet...

you must come back often 

to find out what we have up our sleeves for 

Chalk n Stock

Here is a link to the current challenge going on over at Chalk N Stock

you have just a few more days to add your card to the challenge

for a chance to win 3 images from Scribbles by Sandy !!!

Happy Chalk'n

Happy Craft'n

Happy day

KtsAngels

Chalk N Stock ~ Get Well

Again...

Hee hee 

we are still on the same challenge

Get Well

any Chalk

and 

any Image

This month we are being sponsored by 

I used a Sunflower digi stamp again this week...

I colored the image with my alcohol markers after printing it out

using the print and cut on my Cameo...

I like to put the image on the virtual mat when using digi stamps

this way I can have my Cameo cut the images...

I covered the colored image with startdust chalk

I also used Versa Mark and a sponge dauber to get the pokadot effect...

then used the chalk to color over the background... stamped my sentiment over that...

and whalah there you have a nice get well card with chalk

easy peasy... now it's your turn to use chalk and enter our challenge...

We are looking for more followers so please help us get our name out there...

Happy Chalk'n

KtsAngels

MyGrafico Monday

Good Monday

How was your weekend?

Today I bring to you a MyGrafico Design Team Project...

We were given this file to work with...

MyGrafico link to this file

LOL, this was a hard one for me,

as I have NO babies now or in the near future...

well I hope it's a few more years before my kidos have their own kidos...

so anyway, I came up with the little card to welcome a new member to the family...

I used my Cameo to print and cut the image for the front of the card, 

then colored it with my alcohol markers, Spectrum Noir

I added a charm to the edge just below the lace on the right hand side...

it's kind of hard to see that cute little duck charm so you will have to take my word that it's cute...

the background paper is from the stash, I think I have had it for 5 years now...

you see I have this little problem with designer paper and card stock...

I have to save it for a special occasion so I often wont use it, cuz

it might look better on something else I make in the future...

I am working on this problem, but I am a paper hoarder...lol...

and I think most of us crafters hoard something...well mine is designer paper/card stock...heehee

well that's my tid bit of me...

Go check out the other design team members, 

and their projects...be sure to leave some love

also head on over to the challenge blog

where you can enter your creation...

Happy Craft'n

KtsAngels

GET WELL ~ in 'Chalk' Style

Today I have a get well card to share

with you all...

I created it for the Chalk N Stock Challenge Blog

This month we are being sponsored by:

we got some cute little digi files to work with...sunflowers...oh I just love them...

so I put these cute little digi files on the virtual mat in the Cameo program...

Designer Edition of Silhouette America

I traced the images and I also made them to size on the virtual mat...

I printed the images then colored them with the Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

then used my Cameo to cut the images.

also used the Amy Chomas marker holder to 'draw' the titles...

so... Print and cut can be that easy...

after I had it all colored and cut out...

I took it to my 'misting' station...

a box with some paper towels in it...lol...

sprayed the finished images with water and Stardust chalk...

heat set to dry with the heat gun...

then added some twine...there you have my secret now....

Ok so its not just my secret but I wanted you to know how I make my cards...

be sure to be careful when spraying the water and chalk mix not to get

too much water...maybe mix with 70% Alcohol (or higher) and chalk ...

that way the makers/coloring wont run as bad...just an idea...I will have to try it when I need to make my next batch of spray...

Get Well

Any Image

Any Chalk 

Just use CHALK and enter this month challenge over at

Chalk N Stock

Hope to see you there...

More next week ... so hop on back over for another get well creation...

Happy Chalk'n

KtsAngels

My BIG News

Oh wow...this is so exciting...

Ok you have waited long enough...

Can you guess?

Oh yeah baby...
I AM a guest designer for
Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co
For the WHOLE Month...
Not 1 but 2 challenges
they are having a new challenge
well 2 new challenges...
how exciting, huh...

so this post is all about
Sketch with a Twist

Oh this was so fun...
I got to use my stamps that I won over there at the
Tutorial Time on Speedy TV
it was their 1st challenge that I won...
so you will get to see more of me and more
Mark's Finest Papers A Heinrich Co stamps...

so try your hand at the new challenge
Sketch with a Twist
so until next time...

Happy Craft'n

Katie ~ KtsAngels

OMG~ Monday's over Already?

WOW,

what happened to the time...

oh yeah I had not internet this morning...

so you all missed my

MyGrafico post for the week

so now you have to put up with my late post...

So for today we got Fancy Flowers Digital Stamp Set

Don't you just love Lindsay's Stamp Stuff !!

whoot wooh...

how fun are these pretty flowers...

Now I wanted to 

'think' out side the box...

so this week I made this little tiny gable box...

It turned out so cute...I found this sentiment to go with it in my stash of files...

who knows where I really got it...lol

I used the print and cut feature with my cameo,

pulled the digi stamps on to the virtual mat

print the images on my wonderful large format printer...

oh how I love that printer...heehee

then colored these flowers with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers...

on they make me fell like I am an artist...

I love how I can blend the colors and I know that I am only a beginner !!!

so I have lots of room to improve...

Remember to hop on over to the MyGrafico Challenge blog and enter your creation...

Oh yeah I have some exciting news for tomorrows' post...

so be sure to hop on over tomorrow...

as I can't tell you just yet...

Happy Craft'n

Katie ~ KtsAngels

Chalk N Stock Challenge # 2 ~ Get Well

OMG, It's already July 1

Wow, well as you may know I am a

Co-Founder of the 

Chalk N Stock Challenge Blog

This MONTH we have a sponsor

Scribbles by Sandy

Hop on over and check out all the great digi stamps she has

Oh how fun is that....

So this month our theme is

GET WELL

but you can still use 

Any Chalk

&

Any Image

So let the chalk'n begin!!!

You may enter 2 projects

and you MUST BE A FOLLOWER!!!

This is the project I came up with for this months challenge

I used my image from Scribbles by Sandy

and I used my Cameo to write the ' Get Well ' oh I wish I remembered the font I used...

I colored with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

I used yellow chalk over the alcohol inks in the flowers.

Oh how fun is it to use chalk...

I will have more projects this month to share with you

so keep an eye out...

You can also get more mojo over at the

Chalk N Stock Blog post for today...

some great projects

and we have a guest designer this month too...

so please welcome Lynda Lindley to our guest designer of the month...

Happy Challenge enter'n

Happy Craft'n

and most of all

Happy Chalk'n

MyGrafico Monday

Hey, it's Monday

you know what that means...

This week we were given these digi stamps to work with...

after forgetting I had made plans ... well long story short...I plumb forgot that I was to be with my Stampin' Up rep last Saturday...

So I wanted to let her know that I am Berry Sorry for being a flake...

I wanted to be there for her but I just got wrapped up in life...

Well there is the story behind this card...

I hope you enjoyed it...

used my Cameo to do the print and cut of the strawberries, 

colored them with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

 then added some twine...

Pretty simple...

Have a happy week...I know it's going to be a busy one for me....