Fall in Love with Serendipity!!

49 pages full of new stamps, new product, projects, ideas and oh so much more!! There's 5 new hostess sets, lots of new Mabelle R-O stamp sets and it's just beautiful! This is a must have magalogue (think magazine and catalogue).


As if that wasn't enough, if you sign up now as an angel under the current Wonderful Winter Wishes promotion (ends February 2), you're eligible for a $50 bonus good for T-coded stamps and that includes new stamps from Serendipity!! Hurry and get your wings.


All stamps and supplies from the Fall/Winter 2008 Catalog are still on sale in addition to all the new stamps and product in Serendipity. I know I'll be placing an order for myself come February 1 when Serendipity orders start shipping. Contact me if you'd like to place an order or for a copy of the Fall/Winter 2008 catalog or Spring Summer 2009 magalogue aka Serendipity.

Escape 2009

I had the best time at Escape 2009. I only wish I had remembered to take a half day Thursday so I could have more time to spend with my fellow angels. These girls are the most talented and they offer such inspiration. The TAC staff really spoiled us and every time I turned around we were receiving gifts and getting all sorts of goodies. I always come home feeling renewed and ready to soar after our leadership meetings!

I was the last to arrive in our hotel room Thursday night and Debra was already downstairs working on shoebox swaps and Ginger was going through her goodies she got at Club-Med. I went downstairs to see who all was in the crop room and suddenly grew very tired. It was hard to sleep because of my excitement to see the new magalogue - Serendipity.

Friday was jam packed with projects and prizes. One angel won all the new stamp sets for free!! Then we got to see Serendipity for ourselves. LOVE IT!!! As soon as I saw it I knew I was in trouble. There are stamp sets for everybody's tastes. There are project ideas and great inspiration, it's just a really neat presentation of what The Angel Company has to offer. We had trouble sleeping Friday night because we were all mulling over what to get from the magalogue. I think after a while we all figured it'd be quicker to write down what we didn't want...

Me and fellow angel Debra from Spring.

Saturday was just as jammed packed. We heard from angels about what works for their business and what doesn't. Some of the top sellers shared advice on how they have built their teams. Another angel won all the new stamp sets and yours truly scored a Scor-Pal!!

We then headed off for more projects and then we said our goodbyes. Took some photos with Mischelle, the angel cutouts and roomies. A great time indeed was had by all. It was hard to come home.

My funny Mischelle story or rather embarrasing story... when I asked Mischelle to sign my copy of Serendipity and take a picture with me, she looked at my name tag. She then said "You're not that far." I thought she was looking at my belly and replied "No, I'm only 5 months." Then she looked at me, laughed and said "I meant you don't live far from here." We both got a good chuckle out of that! I had no idea she knew where Portland was, considering I didn't even know there was a Portland, TX a year ago. I should have asked her if she's lived in Texas, but I know she loves San Antonio.

Mischelle and me

Debra, Ginger, and me.

Me posing with one of our pretty gifts, a black polka dot scarf.

I'm excited to share Serendipity with you! If you'd like a copy, please contact me.

Your angel,
Lisa

Ready to Escape to San Antonio

It's that time of year, we gather as Angels in San Antonio and feverishly await the unveiling of the new catalogue - although this year it's a magalogue!! I'm sure we won't be able to sleep tonight, lying half awake all night like kids on Christmas, wondering what new goodies await us.

I'm mostly packed. LOL I need to pack something to work on during crop time in the evenings. I have a few new stamp sets I could cut out, so there's always that. I have a few projects/birthday gifts I'd like to work on, so I might do that too. I need to hurry, I need to leave in a few hours.

Here's a photo of my trades for this weekend. A trade is sort of like a swap, but there's no definite number you make and it's open to whatever, you just have to use TAC products and new stuff is preferred because it gives us all samples to use in our workshops. I'll post photos tomorrow sometime once we start trading. I'm going to take my photographer hat (figuratively) because I always have the camera with me, but I'm a bad picture taker. Not this year, I'm going to break out of that shell.

Ansy to share magalogue news with you,

Lisa

Birthday Cards

Here are two birthday cards I worked on last week. Both are using Uptown Girl V-922 paper.

On this card I used two new stamp sets from the upcoming Spring/Summer magalogue, You Are and Playful Parenthesis. The flower is from the extra jumbo flower punch D-706.

For this card I used the retired stamp set Girls Night Out T-2031 and the Escape 2009 stamp set.


Thanks for looking! I'll have photos of my trades for Escape soon.
Lisa

The First Monthly Portland Rubber Stamp/Scrapbooking Meetup

Saturday, January 10 we had our first Portland Rubber Stamp and Scrapbooking Meetup. We had three adults and three children attend. The kids were just as eager as the adults to make the make and take which was a treat holder for Valentine's Day inspired by the Sweet Tart candy holder, on the Chic n' Scratch blog.

We used scarlet V-237, kraft V-244, and white ultrasmooth V-222 cardstock, L'Amore Red TT-195 and Burnt Umber TT-218 Palette Hybrid inkpads with Seasonal Icons T-3015 stamp set from the Fall Supplement. I used the Happy Valentine's Day stamp with To: and From: lines from the retired set Valentine Trio T-876 and ribbon I had on hand.

I designed the black V-215 and white treat holder the day of the meetup because I love the Sweet Skunks T-2674 stamp set. I used Cloud White S-992 VersaMagic ink and You're so Sweet from the Chocoholic T-2104 retired stamp set. I really wanted it to say "You're so stinkin' sweet" but I couldn't find a way to write in "stinkin" because the letters are so close together. I also used the Mega D-700 and Giga D-701 scalloped circle punches.

Our next meetup is scheduled for Saturday, February 14 at noon. See you there!

Card Share

My dad's birthday was last Friday and I tend to struggle when it comes to making masculine cards, but I used a combination of sketches 1 and 2 from the front of the fall/winter 2008 Inspiration Book & Catalogue and I like how it turned out.

I used Just Like Dad V-925 from the Wing it paper collection, Happy Birthday stamp from Trendy Greetings T-2144 and the Mega D-702 and Giga D-703 Scalloped Square punches. The cardstock came from my stash of Bazzill cardstock and the ribbon I had on hand.

Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Christmas 2008

Oops! I forgot to post my Christmas cards for last year. I used what I had which was some leftover Diecuts with a View paper from the previous year's Christmas cards and I used the reindeer from Christmas Fun T-1253 and Icicle Stickles F-522 to give it a little sparkle. The ribbon was from my stash.

Thanks for looking!

Lisa

Enter to Win Lilly Anna this Month

Enter to WIN this Lilly Anna™ Package!

What you could win!!!

• Lilly Anna™ Soar With It Collection™ retail value: $6.95
• Lilly Anna™ Hardware retail value: $4.50
• Lilly Anna™ Cardstock retail value: $6.50
• Lilly Anna™ Ribbon retail value: $4.95
• Bold Flourishes Stamp Set retail value: $15.95
• More Abundance Stamp Set retail value: $19.95
Total retail value: $58.80

January SOTM & Vintage Set

Happy New Year!!

And a very Happy New Year it is! Look what TAC is starting out the year with - a great sale!!