Have a Fan-tastic Day!

Oh Aunty, you really outdid yourself this time!  This card is right up my alley. I love the pink sakura stamp by Hanko on the Dreamweaver fan stencil.  As I've said before, I just can't seem to do stencils, so anytime anyone uses stencils I'm so impressed.  I know, everyone says how easy it is, but I struggle with it and can really appreciate how nice they come out.

Again, the sentiment was printed from her computer.  How perfect is that sentiment for this card?

And here's Yoshimi...

Wow- what a showcase!  Thanks again Aunty for all your inspiration!

Miyako Heart Fold Card

 Now this card is quite impressive. When I opened this one up I was surprised at the mechanics...

 See- it opens up quite nicely!  Aunty also gave me some templates to play around with- Thanks Aunty!

She also punched a lot of flowers to decorate the card.  I love these flowers- the petals are heart shaped too!   And here's a close up of Miyako...

Woah- we are almost done with Aunty's cards!  I have one more to share tomorrow.

Love You!

 Meet my all time favorite Keitaro card!  When I saw this one, my jaw hit the ground.  I had such a hard time figuring out how to make Keitaro's hat look like newspaper and eventually gave up and just colored it in gray.  I like Aunty's hat so much better!  She paper pieced the hat by stamping a Hero Arts kanji stamp called Chinese Dragonfly.  The kanji was small enough to make it look like the hat was a folded up newspaper!!!  She totally accomplished what I was trying to do.  Now that I think about it...I  also have a small kanji stamp by Poppy Stamps. I bought awhile ago and never used it since I thought the kanji was too small.  Now I need to dig it out of my stash to use it on Keitaro!

 I also loved the washi paper (again) behind the vellum.  If you look closely, the washi is actually boys day type items that work perfectly with Keitaro.  Again, she shows you that you can use these Valentine's stamps all year round!  Here's a closer look at that hat!

Still more to come!

A Dance Of Happiness...

I was doing the dance of happiness when I saw this card!  I think Aunty out-did herself this time.  I love the look of vellum over washi- it really softens the look and lets Yoshimi stand out.  Now why didn't I think of that?  I will file this in my memory for future cards. 

I asked her where she got that cute sentiment from... she told me it was from the computer!  Yay!  That means I don't have to go hunt it down - I can just print it up myself.  How easy!

And do you like her mizuhiki?  I've never really tried mizuhiki- it intimidates me. She assured me that this one was a simple knot.

And here's a close up of Yoshimi. Can you tell that she blended pink with purple Copics?

Thanks again Aunty!

You're In My Thoughts...

I gotta say, I love this card from Aunty Jan!  It's so simple, but the small touches make all the difference.  The heart Miyako is holding was paper pieced using washi paper.  She placed it perfectly- I love the placement of the sakura!  The flower you see is from the Tim Holtz flower die.  I got me the other one, but I think I should get this one too since it has two sized flowers on one die. 

This sentiment is my favorite part of the card... so perfect yah?  Can be used even for non-Valentine cards!  The sentiment is by Hero Arts and is called "In my thoughts".  Don't you just love the baker's twine bow too?  Adds just the right touch.  So well balanced!

I've got tons more to share.. be back again soon with another Aunty Jan creation.

With All My Hearts

 Met up with Aunty Jan this month and she surprised me with a bunch of new samples!  She told me she was so excited about this release and thinks it has something to do with the fact that all the images are named after her family.  I'll be sharing her cards throughout the week, so check back regularly to see what else she came up with...

First up is Keitaro... I just love the composition of this card!  She always seems to find just the right balance of color and interest.  The sentiment is by a company called Darcie.  It matches so perfectly yah?

And I love the detail in the hat. I think she said she used the masking technique.

Thanks Aunty!

On another note, none of our blog candy winners from this blog have responded yet.  If you are one of our winners for Release #6, please respond by Tuesday. Thank you!  Hope the rest of your weekend is great!

Release #5 Winners!

I know you've been patiently waiting for the Release #5 Blog Candy Winners- thanks for being so patient!  Here they are:

Miyako:  Scrapper al
Keitaro:  Brenda
Yoshimi:  Lysa

Congratulations to all the winners! Please email me at sistertampsllc@gmail.com with your mailing address. And if you entered into Debi's Candy, please check her blog here... to see if you've won!  Thanks for playing!

Also, our New Year's winner did not respond yet... Vera Yates- please email me to claim your prize.  If I do not hear from you soon I will choose another winner.

Psst... our retailers now have the Release #6 image previews!  You can check with your favorite retailer for more info. We hope you think they are "egg"-stra special!