Fairy Princess Sprite

Risa West Is a card making goddess! I received this card quite a while ago and photographed it right away but it got lost in the insane organization of my photo files. If you ask me I will tell you I hate square cards! At least I hate creating them. But how could anyone hate this pretty?  Some people have the knack of creating these so pretty and balanced. Risa is one of them.

Risa just lives a few miles up I75 from me here in mid Michigan  and I always say we are going to meet up someday. Problem is, I haven't been up that way in over a year. More like 2 years depending on where I was going shopping.  I have heard the  scrap shop moved twice! Maybe I should make a road trip. First gotta get a working car, however.  Please go visit Risa's blog and all the links to the design teams she has worked on. This is one incredibly talented and in-demand artist.

Knapsacked Tilda Runs Away!

It's been a while since I last posted anything to this blog. I have received many a wonderful card or special creation in the mail during the  last three years, but I just always forget to put them here. I will try to be more efficient.

 I received this beautiful card from  Stephanie Hester of Huntsville, Mo for my birthday in December 2010. I don't know Stephanie at all yet she was the only person to remember my birthday. This card has been sitting on my desk amid all my rumble taunting me. You see, like Tilda, I want to run away. I would love it if for just one week, I would have nothing to worry about, nothing to think about and nothing to "do" but just be.

This is a close up of Tilda and if any of you seeing this haven't seen Magnolia stamps at shows or local stamps stores, do your wallet a work out and shop HERE or HERE or HERE, as they seem to have the best selections, prices and usually have a deal on shipping. I shop at all three at least once a quarter, so I would not suggest a place to spend the dollars unless I shopped them and felt good about it.

Please make sure to visit Stephanie's blog for some incredible ideas for using Magnolia stamps. You will love them all!

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Just An Update On This Blog

I think a few of the visitors are confused about what I am posting here. These are all RAKs or cards OTHERS have sent to me over the years. I just hope you all appreciate them as much as I do. I have a huge box of cards to scan or photograph and put them up as I can. If I know the blog of the designer, I will also list it. Remember, I didn't make these! They were gifted to me!

Micheal Moore ATC

My friend Johanna made this. It was part of her fundraiser for Katrina a while back. I bought it because I love Micheal Moore. While I was disappointed he didn't receive another Oscar this year-all the nominated documentaries were worthy. They should be showing up on IFC before the year is out.

Celebrate

This was a card from my SU demo two years ago. I like the watercolor look of the image and it's a good card for any wintertime need.

Stella McKay

An Angel's Thank You

This tiny but mighty card is from Jen Young at Pieces of Me . Jen is a demo for The Angel Company and she kindly sent me a catalog as I hadn't seen one in a long time. I have a wish list going and am quite impressed with the selection. She has fun little video demonstrations on her site and it was from her I learned about the hot knife to mount my UM stamps on cling foam.

Very Merry

Here is a seasonal card from Angel Wilde .If you go to her blog and see her photo, you will see she looks like a teenager. Explore her blog a bit-lots of ideas and insightful thought.

Trick or Treat Pencil Pouch

I received this wonderful pouch with 6 way cool Prisma pencils inside (the dog ate one). There is no name on it so if you made this, let me know and I will add your name and blog. All I know is that it came from Canada but was mailed in the US.

New Orleans ATC

My friend Johanna made this ATC and the proceeds from its sale went to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I purchased it from her so she could send some much needed cash to help others. Jo is like that-a very kind soul she is.

I will post some other ATC's she made including one of my hero Micheal Moore as soon as I can.

Smell My Feet

This was sent to me by my SU demo Stella who I have never met. I bought a catty off Ebay from her and the rest is history. Meaning my budget is history. You can visit Stella's blog here. And she sells her old stamps on Ebay on occasion too.

Because of this card, I bought this set. Like anyone had to twist my arm on Halloween stamps!

Eclectic Santa's

I love old non-traditional Santa's.

Both of these beautiful Santa tags were made by Johanna Schram from Elgin, Illinois. She can take just about anything from stickers to buttons to scraps of old cards and paper and make the coolest tags, ATC's and other ephemerata. Her blog which she is just starting is here .

Love and Romance

Love and Romance was the theme of another swap I did in February. In this swap, you were required to make a card and send enough pieces for the recipient to make another two cards-it was a card kit of the month swap. This was created by Emily Wilhite. It's hard to see but there is glitter on the dress.

Wear Red Day

This card was also from Vaudene Tanaka. It was part of a swap club I was in.The theme was February Holidays-so Vaudene selected Wear Red Day. The club was fine for me as it was a one on one swap. Unfortunately, something changed and it made me and others very unhappy. Someday I will write about it. For now, enjoy this pretty card.

The Eyes Have It!

Such a mysterious card. This was a traveling RAK, which means I sent it on to another lucky recipient after savoring it. I have no idea who made it and it was showing its age when I received it. Everyone who had received it had signed the inside and it had many names.It was done with Stitch Wizardry (from the sewing section) and embossing powders.

Scarecrow on Wood

Here is another Traveling RAK that has been passed on a long ways. The background paper for this card is a napkin! I hear that this is quite the rage in the UK. I never buy napkins but always use old towels torn up for cleanups. The image here was stamped on a bit of very thin wood-perhaps balsa wood.

This is so gorgeous that a photo just can't do it justice. I hope whoever has received it since me enjoyed it as much as I did.

Happy Everything!

This incredible card is from Jenn Balcer and if you want to see glitter used in the bestest ways, visit her blog at Split Coast Stampers here . And for more goodies, visit her gallery !

Galoshes

I received this springy card recently from Diane (with no last name). It was part of blog candy won from her blog but I cannot find her last name anywhere. Diane, if you see this, email me so I can give you proper credit.

Glass Butterfly

The incredible artist on this is the owner of Pat Stamps and Technique Junkies websites. Pat Huntoon sent me this card which used technique from her bi-monthly newsletter.

Victorian Woman

This beauty was created by Vaudene Tanaka from the Technique Junkies One-on-One list. I received it in September 2007. It used several aging methods. You can find more about Technique Junkies here .

Introducing Paper 'N Fire

Welcome.... I named this blog after one of my favorite John Mellencamp songs. Most know that Paper and Fire don't mix. But here it will.

This will be the blog I use to display my swaps and RAKs. I have quite a few to upload now and would like to let everyone see them as I get time to load them. If I know who sent them, I will display their names and their blogs if known. Thanks for stopping to see what others have created.

Jan Paper Tango