NEW CLASS - Christmas card club

I am starting a series of classes on July 29 -

Christmas Card Club!

We will meet the last Wednesday of each month for five months. We will make 5 Christmas Cards each month for $10 fee ($12 for pre-stamped kit if you can't attend) The samples for July will be on display at TECH Squad on July 8. (August samples ready by July 29)

Club Schedule

Wednesday, July 29

Wednesday, August 26

Wednesday, Sept 30

Wednesday, October 28

Wednesday, Nov. 18

(The last meeting is a week early to avoid conflict with holiday plans!)

Just in case you missed this ...

Bring a guest who has never been to a TECH SQUAD meeting, receive a $5 credit on your $30 purchase on July 8 ONLY! Your guest will get a $5 credit on a $30 purchase on July 8 ALSO! Help me introduce our wonderful company to new potential friends and customers!

I plan to survey your interests at TECH OPEN HOUSE

In an effort to continually improve on my service to you, I will have a survey for you to fill out when you come to the OPEN HOUSE next week. It will ask your opinion about your favorite project from the previous catalogue, your favorite paper collection, your favorite stamp set, favorite technique etc. Just wanted to give you a "heads up" so you could be thinking about what we did (I'll try to have some displays of our previous TECH projects to "jog" your memory. I also want to know if there is a project you would like us to do, or a stamp set you would love to try (we'll do it if I own the set!)

There's also a "game" for the day - Can you guess which sets from the previous Core catalogue were the best sellers in the entire company? (TAC gave us the top 3 sellers) Can you guess which paper collection was the best seller. (I kow the top 1!) If you can guess all 4, you'll win a prize! If no one gets all 4, prize goes to person with the most right answers!

Newsletter went out yesterday ...

I sent out my Constant Contact newsletter yesterday announcing my OPEN HOUSE on Wednesday, July 8. Here is the schedule for the day!

Open House Schedule -

July 8, 2009

2:30 p.m. Welcome and presentation
(new INSPIRATION BOOK and projects completed
at Seminar in Wichita, June 25 - 27)
3:30 p.m. Project - just one for FUN!
4:30 p.m. Refreshments and ordering time!
5:45 p.m. Welcome and presentation (Repeat)
6:45 p.m. Project - just one for FUN! (Repeat)
7:30 p.m. Refreshments and ordering time!
I will repeat any part of the presentation for anyone
who missed it at 5:45 p.m.

You may begin your "day" at anytime and see the whole program - come and go as you like!

Please RSVP by Monday, July 6

so I have some kit making time!

Counting new sets

I've just done a quick scan of the stamp sets in our new "Inspiration book & catalogue" - there are a total of 185 stamp sets for sale! My best guess is that 40+ of them are NEW to this book! Lots of different styles ... more collage sets (I really like those, since putting together a collage is not my strong suit, but I love the look!), new whimsical sets ... lots of images to color! We had a great TECHNIQUE BOUTIQUE at Seminar, with lots of new suggestions for ways to color your images successfully! That's something WE will get to practice together in the next year!

There are 11 new hostess sets - 4 Level A sets, 4 Level B sets, 2 Level C sets, and one AMAZING Level D set that I would LOVE TO OWN! You have seen some of these in the sneak peeks that I have been showing prior to Seminar. I hope to scan the pages and post more soon!

I've been busy on Monday and Tuesday, putting together a "Collector's Club Journal" for each of my customers - I will give it to you on Wednesday at the OPEN HOUSE!

I'm making deliveries in Copperas Cove and Killeen on Wednesday, July 1 - I'll call you when I get my phone back (I left it at Mom's house on the table!! OOPS!)

New - and exciting!

We have a new program at The Angel Company called "Purchase with Purchase" - (it replaces the former GWP program, with larger images!)

With a $30 qualifying order you may purchase one of the PWP stamp sets for $2.95! Amazing!!! And they're cute too!

Here's my COLLECTOR'S CHALLENGE for you:

If you collect 9 out of 10 PWP by May 2010,

poki will buy the 10th one for you!

These are displayed in the new Core Catalogue which you will receive for FREE if you attend my OPEN HOUSE on July 8! My newsletter announcing the OPEN HOUSE will be delivered soon!

Seminar!!!!!

The Angel Company Seminar has been an amazing weekend. Sadly, it's almost over! I have lots of projects to show you.

If you absolutely cannot wait to see the CATALOGUE, Mischelle has posted some samples on her blog on the home page http://www.theangelcompany.net then click on Savvy Projects blog to see them. There are I believe 52 new sets including the Hostess rewards sets.

I'll start posting pictures when I get home (late Sunday night!)

More sneak peeks ...

The Angel Company newsletter had some more sets from the new catalogue for us to look at. These are sets that will be HOSTESS AWARDS ...

Level A

Level B

Level C

Level D

Check out my new gadget

I added a followers gadget in the right side bar! Be the first to sign up to follow and be surprised!

Busy on Friday

For those who were here on Wednesday, and saw my big basket FULL of stamps that needed to be prepped - I want you to know that they have all been cut! All I have to do now is print the name labels, put them in CD cases and get them on my current collection shelves!

I still have to do my sneak peek sets! I want to try some of them out!

Sneak peek set

The mail - lady just delivered my SNEAK PEEK set! I posted pictures a couple of weeks ago ... now I have time (but just barely) to play with some of my favorites before we leave for Seminar! I might even design the TECH Squad project with one of them! Be looking for more samples soon!

Another project almost completed

I've made one more card - have pieces made for 8, but only got 3 of them done, and I need to go to bed soon! It's way too late!

This card uses: want to fly T-3946, and edge designs T-3002 (I'm really liking this new stamp set, can you tell? I've now used it on 3 different cards!!!) This card also used the black & white download #5 - I like those polka dots! I brayered the glossy paper with Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze!

Serendipity stays alive ...

I e-mailed TAC today to ask about the future of Serendipity, and I was told that all the stamps and products in this magalogue will continue to be available until at least Jan 2010 when we get the next Spring magalogue. I believe the company is also planning to have a Fall version of the magalogue which we come out sometime after September!

Two more cards for swapping at Seminar

I did re-works on two previous designs (we've done versions of these designs at TECH Squad -

Sprigs (we did this as our "CD" calendar in January 09) - this was my first chance to play with the Spellbinders Nestabilities that I bought before we went on vacation! I must say, I love them! There will be more designs coming!

I also did a re-make of the mailing label card with Love & Laughter - (we did this one in our Unique Surfaces class in October 08)

I have now completed 60 swap cards, + 12 specials for Friday night banquet since June 3! That is quite an accomplishment I think - and I made 13 sets of 4 kits this week for TECH Squad.

The new base book is coming

We've been getting more and more information about the NEW things going on at TAC! Can't wait to get to Seminar next week and see the new INSPIRATION BOOK. I know we are going to have a great time!

In the meantime - here is the July Stamp of the Month set -just couldn't resist making it GREEN (my favorite) - black is so BORING!

elegant arrows - set of 5 - $975 when you make a qualifying purchase of $30

July Vintage set - Fun Frogs

Fun frogs - set of 5, special $16.50 (retail $21.95) with $30 qualifying order

Each of these sets will be available with the same qualifying order from July 1 - 31, 2009

LAST DAY TO ORDER RETIRING STAMPS

The LAST day to order any of the stamps on the RETIREMENT list is TUESDAY, June 23. If you need something just let me know.

It’s time to make room for new stamp additions to our 2009-2010 Inspiration Base Book! It’s a great time to add the following stamp sets to your collection at a 25% discount before they are gone forever! As of July 1, 2009, these sets will no longer be available for ordering, will not appear online, and will be officially retired from the TAC™ collection.** Hurry and order your favorite retiring sets before they’re gone as quantities are limited!
FS = Fall Supplement BB = Base Book


T-2933 Halloween Town 5 FS
T-3039 Pumpkin Day 5 FS
T-3005 Fright Night 7 FS
T-3042 Halloween Greetings 7 FS
T-2882 All Occasion Icons 17 BB
T-2897 My Sunshine 17 BB
T-2835 Faithbooking 18 BB
T-2915 My Life 19 BB
T-2875 Fantasy Flourishes 20 BB
T-2622 Artsy Elements 20 BB
T-2847 Enchanted Florals 22 BB
T-2825 Butterbees and More 23 BB
R-2028 Blissfully Ever After 24 BB
T-2675 Wedding Day 25 BB
T-2833 The Wedding 25 BB
T-2848 Eclectic Swirls 26 BB
T-2955 Everyday Eclectic 26 BB
T-2849 Old World Ornaments 28 BB
T-2866 Starburst Florals 31 BB
T-2850 Ornate Swirls 28 BB
T-2801 Something’s Fishy 28 BB
T-2837 Distressed Typewriter Bet 29 BB
T-2812 Family Fun 29 BB
T-2744 Floral Dingbats 29 BB
T-2886 Pattern Sayings 30 BB
T-2865 Moxie Minis 31 BB
T-2829 Bloom And Grow 31 BB
T-2923 All Season Stamps 32 BB
T-2853 Seasonal Cuties 32 BB
T-2808 Oh How 32 BB
T-2852 Floral Favorites 32 BB
T-2831 Flower Doodles 33 BB
T-2814 Paisley Words 33 BB
T-2672 Salsa Flowers 34 BB
T-2856 Swirly Bouquet 35 BB
T-2855 Loops and Swirls 35 BB
T-2745 Rose Garden 36 BB
T-2750 It’s Always Springtime 36 BB
T-2339 Friendship Flowers 37 BB
T-2412 Enjoy Today 37 BB
T-2864 Juliette Florals 38 BB
T-2933 Halloween Town 5 FS
T-3039 Pumpkin Day 5 FS
T-3005 Fright Night 7 FS
T-3042 Halloween Greetings 7 FS
T-2882 All Occasion Icons 17 BB
T-2897 My Sunshine 17 BB
T-2835 Faithbooking 18 BB
T-2915 My Life 19 BB
T-2875 Fantasy Flourishes 20 BB
T-2622 Artsy Elements 20 BB
T-2847 Enchanted Florals 22 BB
T-2825 Butterbees and More 23 BB
R-2028 Blissfully Ever After 24 BB
T-2675 Wedding Day 25 BB
T-2833 The Wedding 25 BB
T-2848 Eclectic Swirls 26 BB
T-2955 Everyday Eclectic 26 BB
T-2849 Old World Ornaments 28 BB
T-2866 Starburst Florals 31 BB
T-2850 Ornate Swirls 28 BB
T-2801 Something’s Fishy 28 BB
T-2837 Distressed Typewriter Bet 29 BB
T-2812 Family Fun 29 BB
T-2744 Floral Dingbats 29 BB
T-2886 Pattern Sayings 30 BB
T-2865 Moxie Minis 31 BB
T-2829 Bloom And Grow 31 BB
T-2923 All Season Stamps 32 BB
T-2853 Seasonal Cuties 32 BB
T-2808 Oh How 32 BB
T-2852 Floral Favorites 32 BB
T-2831 Flower Doodles 33 BB
T-2814 Paisley Words 33 BB
T-2672 Salsa Flowers 34 BB
T-2856 Swirly Bouquet 35 BB
T-2855 Loops and Swirls 35 BB
T-2745 Rose Garden 36 BB
T-2750 It’s Always Springtime 36 BB
T-2339 Friendship Flowers 37 BB
T-2412 Enjoy Today 37 BB
T-2864 Juliette Florals 38 BB

T-2614 Flourishes 70 BB
T-2315 Paisley Rockz 72 BB
T-2652 Fun Time 72 BB
T-2838 Heavenly Father 73 BB
T-2873 G is for Gratitude 74 BB
T-2705 Nothin’ But Net 76 BB
T-2532 You’re A Winner 76 BB
T-2689 Girlie Gadgets 77 BB
T-2668 Teacher’s Helpers 78 BB
T-2684 All Season Athlete 78 BB
T-2934 Retro Tags 80 BB
T-2714 Keep Smilin’ 81 BB
T-2832 Fancy Punctuation 82 BB
T-2883 Summer Elegance 83 BB
T-2884 Elegant Sentiments 83 BB
T-2946 Retro Journal Tags 85 BB
T-2964 Sassy Girl 85 BB
T-2121 So Girly 85 BB
T-2318 Kallioppe 85 BB
T-2861 Travel Notes 86 BB
T-1130 Fore 86 BB
T-1091 Fish Story 87 BB

T-2846 Twists & Twirls 88 BB
T-2637 My Heart Gives Thanks 89 BB
T-2260 Hey Chick 89 BB
T-2957 Celebration Invitation 91 BB
T-2879 Playful Pirates 92 BB
T-2748 Spooky Swirls 92 BB
T-2601 Family, Food & Friends 95 BB
T-2790 Count Your Blessings 95 BB
R-2721 Simply christmas 96 BB
T-2706 Holiday Magic 96 BB
T-2792 Trendy Holiday Tags 97 BB
T-2810 Christmas Checklist 97 BB
T-2032 Cheery Christmas 98 BB
T-2685 Spirit of Christmas 99 BB
T-2603 ‘Tis The Season 100 BB
T-2772 Snowy Swirls 100 BB
T-2793 Birdy Holiday 100 BB
T-1253 Christmas Fun 101 BB
T-2679 Simple Snowflakes 102 BB
T-442 Snowflakes 103 BB
R-2031 Whimsical Greetings 104 BB
T-2701 Christmas Season 104 BB


**Sets may appear as a future Vintage set at the discretion of the TAC™ corporate office.
*Orders for discontinued sets must be received at the corporate office by 5:00 PM CST on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
*No other special offers or discounts apply.
*TAC™ reserves the right to amend the discontinued list as we see fit.

Wed TECH UPDATE

2:30 - Debby (maybe Shelley?), Cathie, Pat, Karen

6:30 (in Kempner) Mary, Kathy, BJ, Jen (Thanks, Mary for being HOSTESS!)

Kits - Heather, Beckie (stamped)

See you then!

RSVP's

I have RSVP's from

2:30 p.m.
Debby
Shelly?
Pat
Karen

5:30 p.m.
no one yet

kits
Heather
Beckie

Waiting to hear from other regulars - Cathie, Diana,
Kempner/Cove crew (BJ has called but didn't know which time slot)

I do have Tuesday evening open to come to Cove if you would prefer that.

Who is out there?

I know that the "Comment" thing has created some problems for some of you - but I would really like to know who is out there! Can you e-mail me at poki04@aol.com if you have visited this blog recently? My blog count (minus poki's visits) is 1082 and I am so curious about who is visiting. Just drop me an e-mail to let me know ...

Primitive Heart Card

While surfing this morning, I ran across some hearts punched out of music score on a handmade retail site (I'll look it up, and post the link later, it's connected with http://www.frugalities.com so I know you can get there by that route if you're interested!). It got me to thinking about what I was going to do with the primitive heart die cut that came in my seminar registration packet from The Angel Company. Of course, I knew exactly what quote would work - from beautiful day in the Serendipity. Here is the set I used:

I still have to decide exactly how I will be decorating the heart to take to seminar (I know I want it to be on a journal front!) but my thoughts came together this afternoon to make a card!

The patterned paper is Penelope (one of my favorites, right behind Amberley Grace) with two of the cardstock colors in the Penelope collection - saltillo (rust) and saguaro (green). I used one of my Martha Stewart border punches to create the scalloped edge on the saguaro paper. They are so EASY! The heart was smudged with Palette burnt umber, and stamped very lightly with fancy curls T-2804. After I had the tag (giga merchandise tag) finished I decided that it needed just a little more embellishment so I sewed on some beads and a heart charm! I have recently fallen in love with BEADS!!!! so you may be seeing more of them soon! I have had the heart charms for several years - I bought a lot of them at a discounted rate when I found them at BIG LOTS (just another one of those places that I "stalk" for supplies - you never know what you might find there! The front of the charm has a puffy heart, and the back says made with love. And I love the way it looks! Just the perfect finishing touch ... I guess I followed Marita's advice: every single day do somtheing that makes your heart sing. (Marita Weidner is given credit on the stamp for the quote!)

I spent Wednesday making swaps ...

In preparation for going to The Angel Company Seminar at the end of June, I spent a lot of my time on Wednesday making swap cards to take ... if you attended my May TECH Squad class, you may recognize the cards I made, with some differences. I have 3 kinds of cards so far, more to come.

Here are the ones that I made on Wednesday...

The stamp set on this one is edge design T-3002. I stamped it twice on the card front, and covered the place they came together with the ribbon. I really like the look! The dotted paper isBlack & White download #5. I really like these black and white background. I may experiment with colorizing them. Check back later to see how successful I have been.

This card uses "be of good" TC-3010, Level C hostess set in Serendipity. There are two of the black & white downloads on this card - the dots #5, and a floral #4 printed on olive cardstock. Ink colors are VersaMagic Hint of Pesto and Palette Noir. This is basically the sketch card we did at May TECH, but I flipped it vertically and like it! The butterfly photo was taken by me on October 9, 2008 at Pam H's garden in San Saba County. I always love to got out there for photo shoot while her garden is attracting butterflies (it always does!) Thanks, Pam!

Here we have the same sketch, turned 1/4 turn from the original to make it a landscape desing instead. Paper, ink and stamps are the same as the Monarch card above, but the photo is a Eastern Yellow Swallowtail butterfly, taken the same day as the Monarch butterfly in the other photo. I love to visit Pam's garden - she always has so many "flying flowers."

Now I have to get back to work designing more cards ... we're expecting about 120 Angels at Seminar, but I don't think I can do that many cards!!!

New PRIZE PACKAGE on the home page

Be sure to visit the HOME PAGE - http://www.theangelcompany.net/ and register to win the latest contest package

Moxie Roxie Robot Package

The package includes:

*Miss Moxie Soar With It collection (retail $6.95)

*Rockin' Roxie Matchbook Kit (retail $8.95)

*Miss Moxie hardware (retail $4.50)

*Miss Moxie cardstock (retail $6.50)

*Miss Moxie ribbon (retail $4.95)

Robots stamp set (retail $17.95)

TOTAL Retail value $49.50

Another sneak peek - available in JUNE to all

Robots Released!

From now until June 30th you can purchase the following stamp set at a special price with a $30 purchase, for a limited time only! this adorable robot set will make it's debut in our brand new 2009-2010 Inspiration Book & Catalogue. We are thrilled to share this sneak peek stamp set with you.

Some samples from the HOME PAGE

TECH Squad projects

I finished my TECH Squad projects tonight - and I'm ready to start making kits. Please RSVP for June 17 TECH if you know already. (All RSVP's and kit orders due by June 15 please)

We are going to do 4 projects using our scor-pal for making "fancy folds" (I love paper engineering!)

Z fold card using Butterfly swirls.

This card stands up in portrait format.

Z fold card using Flutterby (RETIRING!)

This card has basically the same fold in landscape format.

Tri-Shutter Beach Card

(The photo doesn't do this card justice - can't wait for you to see it!)

Mimi Post It Pad folder

This folder has a magnetic closure

More sneak peek sets

Here are the last 3 sets that are in the sneak peek set - I'm going to order them today when I go to Temple (I forgot the paper yesterday!)

Sunday Afternoon, set of 8, retail value $12.95

Jeans & Wings, set of 9, retail value $17.95

Seasonal Snow Globes, set of 12, retail value $21.95

Level C Hostess set in new catalogue

More sneak peek sets ...

Here are two stamp sets designed to work together.

Funny Farm, set of 4, retial value $12.95

Funny Farm phrases, set of 12, retial value $17.95