Moving my blog home. . .

I want to wish everyone a wonderful 2010 and also let you know I'm moving my blog home here. With this new year I'm going to concentrate more on My Little Chickadee Creations business rather teaching rubber stamping and selling supplies (I still will be selling TAC but that will not be my main focus). My new blog will concentrate more on my handmade creations, Etsy business, and featuring other handmade artists on Etsy.

The end of 2009 was very difficult for me, losing my mom who was my best friend. I want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers, I truly appreciate them!

I pray 2010 will be an inspiring year for you and your family!

Still Here

(me and my mom)

I'm still here but won't be blogging quite as much for a little while. My mother passed away on November 19th (plus 3 other family members since September have passed away) and I'm still trying to deal with it all. I will get back into my stamping and blogging after the new year, must get through the holidays.

I hope all of you are doing well and please have a blessed Christmas and holidays. Take this time to enjoy your family and friends, create memories that will last a lifetime!

The Angel Company November Specials

What a fun month for specials from The Angel Company! This year I've decided to make many of the gifts I'm giving from my Sean's preschool teachers to my mom so I was excited to see these great stamp sets for sale this month from TAC. To take advantage of any of these specials, you can place your orders via my TAC website or email me if you find that easier.

Two of these specials are continuing from last month:

The Stamp Stimulus continues! Click on the photo to view that special. You can place your order for these specials here!

The next one is Fall Into Fabulous! First of all you get DOUBLE hostess benefits, which you can get by hosting a FUNshop or a book party (simply passing around the catalogue and collecting orders). This is an awesome deal!!! For all the details on this special visit the October Specials page here when the special began.

November Vintage Stamp Of the Month: Holiday Vintage Tags
Vintage means an oldie but goodie from TAC's stamp line and I just love this set. Make adorable tags for all your holiday gifts this year! Sit down with the kids and let them color the tags. You can purchase this adorable set for $16.50 with any $30 purchase, here.

November Stamp of the Month: Snow What


I love snowflake stamps, I use a discontinued snowflake set from TAC all the time and I love this set as well! It's $9.75 with any $30 purchase and you can purchase that one here.

If you have any questions about TAC and these specials, just let me know!

Boo to You!

This is my first Halloween with a child in school (preschool but it's still school! LOL)..so I decided to make a little Halloween treat pail for the 2 awesome teachers at Sean's preschool (I do not know how they do it! LOL)...I found these pails at the dollar section of Target. This treat bucket (pail or whatever) is a great project to do for any special occasion and your kids can help you with it (if they don't eat all the candy first!).
So I'm always on the lookout at Target, the dollar store, or wherever for little treat holders like this.

I used one of the stamps from the Hostess Set, Label Lingo, which is an awesome set with tons of great sayings for every occasion. (if you would like to earn this set as a hostess, ask me how!) I stamped the saying in black on orange cardstock and layered on a piece of black cardstock, which I corrugated, using the Corru-gator. I added some glitzy eyes to the Boo part (well they aren't eyes but I think they look like eyes) that I got from an Etsy shop, Scrap With Style.

I tied ribbon around the pail and used my fave glue dots to make the ribbon stay in place and to keep the saying in place as well. The stuff is awesome! Then just filled with some candies in a clear bag and tied it off with an orange organza ribbon.

I had my son give them to his teachers today and he was so cute about it.


I have to share a few pics of my boys playing on the table I set up for them in my studio so they can color with mom :-) Of course, my little guy, Alex, has his pencil the wrong way. :-)

I hope you and your family have a fun Trick or Treat night!



P.S. Don't forget to take advantage of the October specials from TAC (they are almost over!) And there are these specials that are for some discontinued products and only available until supplies last! Click here to view those specials.

Giving and Making Handmade for the Holidays

As the holidays quickly approach (everything seems to be quickly approaching these days!..where does the time go?!), the stress of what to buy, what can be afforded, who to shop for, etc can be overwhelming. This year I'm really concentrating on either making gifts myself or supporting other artists by purchasing from them. I challenge you to do the same!

Take time to make special gifts for dads, grandparents, teachers (and list can go on) with your kids so not only are you making a special gift but you're also making a special memory with your children.

If you don't have the desire or the time to make gifts, or at least all of them, then try to support your local crafters by going to craft fairs in the area. Check out your local paper that you can each week at your doorstep that tends to go right to the trash (well at least at our home) and see what local events are going on in the area. Also look on Craig's list online for local events since a lot of smaller venues advertise on Craig's list since it's free.

I do most of my gift shopping either by going to local craft fairs or buying online through Etsy or 1000 Markets is another great venue full of wonderful artists. If you feel nervous about shopping online, Etsy does show feedback for sellers so you know the history of that seller. There are so many talented artists out there and I really enjoy supporting them, especially with the gift giving season sneaking quickly upon us.


I'm going to try to highlight fun projects in November that would make nice gifts as well fun projects to do as a family. And also highlight other crafters I find and enjoy on Etsy, since I do a lot of my shopping on there for gifts I'm just not talented enough to make myself! :-)

Visit my Etsy shop here and stop by my 1000 Markets studio here.

Photo Tile Coasters

Well the sickness in our home is slowly going away! Please tell me we are not the only household where a virus has taken hold and spread amongst us all...twice?! :-) I can smile now because I finally feel better. Today I didn't have a headache, a sore throat, a stomachache or anything. Sadly my husband is still battling a bad cough and my little Alex still has a running nose. The joys of changing seasons in Minnesota.

I wanted to share with you a fun project, that would make a great gift for the upcoming holiday season. Photo Tile Coasters. They are nothing new but new to me. I found the original instructions here on SplitCoastStampers and just wanted to share what I came up with.

I think the hardest part was figuring out how to print the picture to the right size and to get the tissue paper to feed in my printer. Once I got that figured out and went through a lot of tissue paper and cardstock, I finally accomplished the above.

For feeding the tissue paper, I used cardstock to attach the tissue paper to, not just plain computer paper. I basically wrapped the tissue paper around the cardstock, like wrapping a present. I taped the ends down on the side I would not be printing on. Make sure you figure out, before printing on your tissue paper, which side of your paper your printer prints on, basically how does your paper feed through your printer. Do some simple test runs first before printing your photo.

I liked how the picture looked in black and white, the original photo looked like this:


I cropped it down in my photo editing software and when I went to print, in Microsoft Office Picture Manger, the photo printing wizard pops up and you can select there what size you want the photo to print it which I chose 3 x 5. You can fit 4 of those on piece of paper.

Then simply cut the picture out of the tissue paper to the size you want for the tile. Also at this time if you want to stamp a saying or pattern do it now as well. Then follow the directions as written above.

It's really simple once you figure out the logistics of printing on tissue paper.

I think this would make a lovely gift to remember someone who has passed or for a grandparent who doesn't live nearby (or does nearby!)...or for Dad to take to the office.

If you have any questions on how I made these, just let me know!



If you don't feel crafty enough to make these yourself but would like to purchase a set, please visit my Etsy Shop here.

More Black and White Paper Downloads

Sorry for not being around much lately...I've been sick with allergies, a cold which has moved into a sinus infection for the last few weeks. Every year about this time of the year I get sick when the temps go way down and winter is just around the corner. Not fun!

I wanted to share with you the latest download from The Angel Company. It's another black and white paper download which looks just wonderful! There are a total of 6 pages! Here are the instructions TAC gives for printing these:
• Print the download on white cardstock instead of plain paper.
• Print the download off on photo paper, or send the file to your favorite local or online photo printing company.
• Shrink the design and print on a 4 x 6 or other smaller size paper.
• Mix in bright cardstocks to give your projects that "pop".

Click here for the paper download and here for printing instructions.

This is the 2nd download from TAC featuring black and white paper...in case you missed the first download, click here.

Now I need to get some of these papers printed so I can show you some new creations....

Paper Crafting Week at Tip Junkie

I'm very excited to be a part of Tip Junkie's Paper Crafting Week at their community social site. First of all I highly recommend visiting and bookmarking the Tip Junkie website, it is a great resource for tips and project ideas for every special occasion, giveaways, and you can share and support other women and moms in their businesses. It's just a great community!

Click here for the link to the main website and here is the community site where you can interact with other members and celebrate with me Paper Crafting Week!

Make sure to stop by and check out my project of the week as well!

So I hope you stop by the Tip Junkie Community and help me to celebrate Paper Crafting Week!!

The Angel Company October Specials

Yes, October is here! I must say I love this time of the year. I love getting ready for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, just not a big fan of the cold, which is a problem since I live in Minnesota! :-)

Of course a new month means new specials from The Angel Company! The Stamp Stimulus continues! Click on the photo to view that special. You can place your order for these specials here!
We have 2 new stamp sets, one is from an old catalogue and is adorable and the other is a new one for October.
Here is the Vintage Stamp of the Month..isn't it adorable?! You can purchase this set for $17.95 with any $30 purchase. Click here to order.
Sketched Scrolls is the October Stamp of the Month..I love this one! You can order this set for $9.75 with any $30 purchase.

And the last special that starts now and runs through the end of the year is Fall Into Fabulous! First of all you get DOUBLE hostess benefits, which you can get by hosting a FUNshop or a book party (simply passing around the catalogue and collecting orders). This is an awesome deal!!!

Fall into Fabulous
October 1 - December 31, 2009
Fall is most fabulous when we connect with our friends, families and loved ones, yet we know that life is busy and sometimes it’s hard to squeeze in the “quality” time. With this in mind we’ve designed some fabulous new stamp sets that you can use to enrich your Fall festivities.

When you host a TAC™ FUNshop™ from October 1 – December 31, 2009, you can take advantage of our Fall into Fabulous promotion! As a hostess with a qualifying FUNshop™ you will earn DOUBLE the Level Rewards as well as doubling the number of half-price items you are eligible to purchase. Stamp selections and half-price product purchases may be made from any current TAC™ publication.

In addition to these wonderful rewards, those with qualifying orders within these three sets of dates below can enjoy these BONUS FEATURES.


BONUS FEATURES WITH QUALIFYING ORDERS
Please note that only ONE Bonus Feature can be redeemed per FUNshop™

October 1 - October 31
Reward Level	Code	Additional Rewards for Hostess
$100.00 - $249.99	Fall1	Miss Moxie SWIC™
$250.00 - $499.99	Fall2	Miss Moxie SWIC™, Miss Moxie™ Hardware, Miss Moxie™ Ribbon, & Bone Appetit Stamp Set
$500.00 and over	Fall3	Miss Moxie SWIC™, Miss Moxie™ Hardware, Miss Moxie™ Ribbon, Bone Appetit & More Bone Appetit Stamp Sets
November 1 - November 30
Reward Level	Code	Additional Rewards for Hostess
$100.00 - $249.99	Fall4	Willoughby SWIC™
$250.00 - $499.99	Fall5	Willoughby SWIC™, Willoughby™ Ribbon, & Pewter Hardware
$500.00 and over	Fall6	Willoughby SWIC™, Willoughby™ Ribbon, Pewter Hardware & Gratitude Journal Stamp Set
December 1 - December 31
Reward Level	Code	Additional Rewards for Hostess
$100.00 - $249.99	Fall7	Reece SWIC™
$250.00 - $499.99	Fall8	Reece SWIC™, Reece™ Ribbon, & Antique Copper Hardware
$500.00 and over	Fall9	Reece SWIC™, Reece™ Ribbon, & Antique Copper Hardware & Build-a-Snowman Stamp Set

Additionally from October 1 - December 31... Hostesses and Customers may order ONE of the following items for every $100 in retail purchases (Sales are commissionable.)
Code	Additional Rewards
Fall10	Copic Ciao Markers Set A 36 ct. • $120.00
Fall12	Copic Ciao Markers Set B 36 ct. • $120.00
Fall14	Copic Ciao Markers Set C 36 ct. • $120.00
Fall16	Copic Ciao Markers Set D 36 ct. • $120.00

For our Customers - October 1 - December 31
Customers may purchase any of the following sets for $15.95 each, with EACH $30 purchase. (Retail value of each set is $21.95)
• T-3216 Bone Appetit
• T-3217 More Bone Appetit
• T-3220 Gratitude Journal
• T-3219 Build-a-Snowman

For our NEW Angels - October 1 - December 31
New Angels will receive any two (2) of the sets listed above FREE with a Paperwork Only Starter Kit!
New Angels who purchase the standard Starter Kit will receive ALL four of the above sets FREE!



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These are awesome deals. To place an order that is over $100 you receive the hostess benefits so make sure you place your order with me via email or by phone. If your order is less than $100 use my TAC secure online ordering website here.