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$2 Tuesday AND A Great Giveaway!!

16 March 2010 3,293 views 38 Comments

I’m a paper girl. I love it! I like to collect it and look at it and touch it. I imagine all of the home decor projects I could do with the paper and dream about wallpapering it all over my house. The cutting is the hard part for me. I’m always so freaked out that I will mess up and ruin the paper! And yet, when I actually take the risk and cut into my gorgeous paper, the result is beautiful. Oh, how I love paper!

Imagine my excitement when a package arrived for ME, containing a pack of girly-girl pink papers and a pretty stamp set by The Angel Company (TAC)!! Yippeeee! I was SO excited and ready to play!! {Pause:: In reality, I touched the paper and looked at it and smelled it and freaked out about cutting it and planned and hesitated …}

Then, last night, after much deliberation, I played.

Christina Franco, Independent Consultant for The Angel Company, sent me this awesome stuff:

You are looking at a pretty stamp set (Sprigs), and More Mimi Soar With It Collection paper pack (with cute little die-cut tags, too!!). You must forgive the picture. It does NOT do these papers justice!!

Here are the backs - oh, how I love two-sided cardstock!!

The paper is nice and thick, which is just perfect for papercraft projects. I ended up printing one of my templates on a sheet of the paper, and forgot to change the color of the lines to blend in before I printed. NO PROBLEM, though, because the paper was thick enough that I could sand away the lines with my sanding block. It gave my project a nice, distressed look.

Now, the stamp set was a new experience for me. I’ve used rubber stamps before, but I am more of an acrylic stamp gal. I like to be able to see through the block to make sure I’m placing the stamp just right. The TAC stamps come as you see them - on one sheet of rubber. They come with a foam pad that you peel and stick to the stamps. THEN, you cut the stamps out and peel off the other side of the foam pad and they are supposed to cling to your acrylic block. I’ve never done this before, so I had to ask Chris what to do. Thankfully, it was a super easy process (duh!). I was really surprised that they actually do stick to my acrylic blocks because the side that “clings” isn’t the least bit sticky. I think it stays put because of static (??), but in any case, it totally works!! (You die-hard stampers out there are laughing at me right now, aren’t you?) The best part is that I could still see exactly where I was placing the stamp because I used an acrylic block and not a chunk of wood! Okay, The Angel Company, you sold me. I thought I would never in a bajillion years use a rubber stamp again, but this cling thing is a great compromise!!

This is what I ended up making (and notice that the colors in these pictures are MUCH better! LOL!):

{sigh} Isn’t it pretty? The flower on the box is by Prima, and the rest of the embellies are by CTMH, Prima and Kaisercraft.

I used my Wave Box Template Set, which is perfect for holding a set of 3×5 greeting cards (or recipe cards, or a small present). I’ve put the Wave Box on sale for $2 Tuesday so you can try it out yourself!

And now for the giveaway!!

Christina has generously donated a $15 shopping credit toward the purchase of anything in her online store at The Angel Company!! Wahooooo! And, $15 will go a long way, people. Think of all the fun stuff you could pick up!

To sweeten the deal, the winner will also get a $5 gift certificate to my store at The Digichick so you can play with your new paper!!

All you have to do is visit Christina’s store and come back and tell me what is tempting you over there.

Want some more chances to win?

  1. Subscribe to my blog and leave a new comment. (If you have already done this, comment!!)
  2. Become a Fan on Facebook and leave a new comment. (If you have already done this, comment!!)
  3. Purchase the Wave Box Template (or anything from my store) between 3/16 and 3/22 and leave a new comment.
  4. Tweet it and leave a comment.
  5. Facebook it and leave a comment.

Can’t wait to get your hands on some pretty paper? You are in luck!! The More Mimi paper collection (that I used here) is Buy 1, Get One Free this month!! So, you can buy one and give the other away as a gift, or buy one to hoard and cut into the other!! LOL! Either way, it’s an awesome deal!

The giveaway will end on Monday, March 22nd!! Good luck!

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38 Comments »

  1. Jenn L said:

    Wow so much gorgeousness here! I used to be a huge fan of TAC years ago. I love their stuff! Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure out how to see the products on Christina’s blog - but I know just how fabulous they are! I’m sure I could start quite a wish list!!

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    Kelleigh Reply:
    March 16th, 2010 at 10:51 am

    Oooh! Go to her store!! Her blog shows the products in action, but her store is where the products are!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 10:36 am
  2. Cherie said:

    I love it all! I just discovered this wonderful company myself and can’t wait to use some of their stamps. They are beautiful.

    I am already following you, but I’ll sure go RT for you!!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 11:05 am
  3. Paige Schnee said:

    This is awesome! I love the colors

    For some reason I can’t click “products” on her site but I can through the main site.. I really like that their site has “Inspiring Ideas” ..I can always use some of those!

    I’m also a fan on facebook :)

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    # 16 March 2010 at 11:54 am
  4. michelle n said:

    I love how your cards and little box turned out with the paper. I went to the site and looked through all of the “soar with it collection” - since I am interested in the 12×12 or 8.5×11 double sided card stock. i like either MIA’S COTTAGE (single sided) or MORE MIMI.

    Thanks for a chance to win!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 1:08 pm
  5. michelle n said:

    I am a subscriber! I get your feed through google reader. It is the only way I can remember about $2 Tuesdays!! :)

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    # 16 March 2010 at 1:09 pm
  6. michelle n said:

    I am your facebook fan!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 1:10 pm
  7. Christina Franco said:

    Great project and cards, Kelleigh! This stuff is hard to cut into because it’s so beautiful, tee hee…but this is the time to stock up! :)

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    # 16 March 2010 at 1:31 pm
  8. Cherie said:

    I bought the box on DigiChick today!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 6:25 pm
  9. Paige said:

    I’m a fan on facebook!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 8:34 pm
  10. Julee said:

    Kelleigh, this is SOOOO pretty! I’ve always loved that wave box, and your stamped cards are just delightful! I had no idea TAC had such beautiful papers! I’m head over heels for the Willoughby and Amberley Grace Soar With It Collections.

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    # 16 March 2010 at 8:47 pm
  11. Brianne N. said:

    Oh, I love the background beginning stamps! I am a hybrid girl who loves her doodlebats for that purpose (as I am not too handy with ink LOL!) but there are some great designs in there!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 9:34 pm
  12. Brianne N. said:

    I’m also a stalker…..I MEAN SUBSCRIBER!!! :) Love all your designs!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 9:34 pm
  13. Brianne N. said:

    And also a FB fan!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 9:35 pm
  14. Brianne N. said:

    Shared your giveaway post through FB. Hope that will help get the word out!

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    # 16 March 2010 at 9:37 pm
  15. Juliet A said:

    What do I want from Chris’s store? There are some new stamps, with that vintage grunge style that is similar to Tim Holtz - I bet I could do awesome things with them!

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    # 17 March 2010 at 7:00 am
  16. Juliet A said:

    Oh, and I just subscribed to your blog through my RSS feedreader (Sage).

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    # 17 March 2010 at 7:03 am
  17. KBaker said:

    amazing projects on her page! i’d like to get back to it and try some of them. :-)

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    # 17 March 2010 at 8:40 am
  18. Dianne said:

    yeah baby I am a facebook fan……

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    # 17 March 2010 at 10:17 am
  19. Dianne said:

    I subbed to your blog via outlook - it’s delivered right to my inbox! Woot!

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    # 17 March 2010 at 10:19 am
  20. Dianne said:

    I facebooked about it!

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    Dianne Reply:
    March 17th, 2010 at 10:20 am

    (I feel like there should be some small print somewhere about employees of such and such not qualifying lol…..but we don’t work together any more, so I’m ignoring it! Hehehehe.)

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    # 17 March 2010 at 10:19 am
  21. Susan said:

    I LOVE IT!

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    # 17 March 2010 at 3:20 pm
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    # 17 March 2010 at 9:41 pm
  23. Angela said:

    I love the cards you made with your new The Angel Company items! I am a friend of Chris’ and I just love TAC! I think I want almost everything that is in their catalog! You do beautiful work!

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    # 18 March 2010 at 9:31 am
  24. Ginny said:

    Great stuff, I love double sided cardstock as well. I have been trying to use old papers lately & I’m getting annoyed with the white backgrounds, lol.

    I can’t get into the products, but I love all the inspiration!

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    # 18 March 2010 at 5:57 pm
  25. Ginny said:

    I’m a subscriber

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    # 18 March 2010 at 6:01 pm
  26. Ginny said:

    facebook fan

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    # 18 March 2010 at 6:02 pm
  27. April said:

    Love these products and your blog!

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    # 18 March 2010 at 8:59 pm
  28. kari said:

    I like the Personalized Stamps and the beautiful paper.

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    # 21 March 2010 at 11:20 am
  29. SouthernScraps said:

    Mia’s cottage looks like something fun to play with!

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    # 21 March 2010 at 12:17 pm
  30. SouthernScraps said:

    I just subscribed to your blog!

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    # 21 March 2010 at 12:18 pm
  31. SouthernScraps said:

    I just became a facebook fan.

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    # 21 March 2010 at 12:20 pm
  32. Susan said:

    I’m a Fan on FB!

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    # 21 March 2010 at 6:45 pm
  33. Susan said:

    I’ve subscribed to your blog.

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    # 21 March 2010 at 6:46 pm
  34. Susan said:

    I put it on FB

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    # 21 March 2010 at 8:32 pm
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