my2angels Design Team

We are very excited to introduce our first ever Design Team Angel’s.

It wasn’t an easy task to choose only four from the applicants and we really appreciate everyone who took the time to submit an application.

There is so many amazing and talented ladies out there!

Without further ado, I’m proud to introduce them with links to their blogs.

Tracey Hunter
Taryn Stark
Corrina Mantegna
Wendy Turner

I hope you’ll join me in congratulating them. They are a truly talented group, and I can’t wait to unveil the first of their creations in the first week in February

American Crafts Embossing Powders

American Crafts Embossing Powder have finally arrived (only after ordering it before Christmas)

We have 11 colours in stock for $8.90 each

Also arrived just prior to Christmas is a pretty pink Papermania Heat Tool - only 2 left in stock.

Back in a few days to announce the first my2angels design team :)
Have a great day

Screen 2 Scrap Monthly Challenge Layout

Here is a layout I completed for this months challenge over at Screen 2 Scrap. You have to get your inspiration from this movie poster



Added criteria:

1. Black and white layout
2. Using one strong color

*Movie Diva Demand* For an extra bonus two points .......
use three or more black and white photos on your layout
( This is optional, you dont have to do this but it does give you the extra bonus points!)

And here is my take on the challenge


I used:
Snowflake core dinations cardstock
painted ice blocks sticks
White pearl beads taken off the strand and put onto branch taken from backyard
Black self adhesive butterflies and scrolls felt ribbon
Pink Stemmed Flowers
Various mulberry paper flowers
Black Embossed Felt Heart
Pink Glitter Brads to centre flowers
Parrot Charm - I inked it with pink staz on ink
Dark Pink Velvet Ric Rac
The chipboard butterfly is from scrapware. I used the large size one first as a mask, sprayed with Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist. Also sprayed the middle size one for the layout and inked the edges black
I also used our Butterfly Charm as a mask as well before putting it on the layout

Letters are using Making Memories Black Glitter Dots Paper with my cuttlebug. I love the texture it gave the letters


I hope the New Year has been kind to your mojo - I haven't had a chance to get any scrapping down (: I wanna but the website has taken up so much of my time - too much in fact that I am sure cobwebs are appearing at my scrapbooking table (:

Thank you for all so much for your birthday wishes yesterday, I had a brilliant day out at the races winning 8 out of the 10 races I bet on and came home even - not bad for someone who just picks the horses based on their name LOL

Have a great Sunday and TFL

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me – yes it's my birthday today and to celebrate you get the presents

Today (9th January only) with any order placed at www.my2angels.net you will receive free our self adhesive silver rhinestones Happy Birthday as well as our monthly free gift of a sample pack of miniature postcards.



I am off to the Magic Millions Horse Racing today, so there won’t be too many emails answered :)

All paid orders will be posted on Monday

Hope you all have a fantastic and creative weekend

New upgraded website ....

So where have I been? Why haven't I been stalking your blogs? How come I haven't answered your emails as quickly as I usually do? Why?

Well I have been flat out (with the help of family and friends - thank you thank you everyone) getting our new upgraded website ready and today finally... not without the hiccups I might add, my2angels is now an easier to use website with lots more products and we have a new clearance section with papers, letters and various chipboard up to 50% off

One of the latest arrivals have been these new bling pins and chain (more on site in the new arrivals section)...







Only 1 new charm has arrived since I have been MIA its a cute little apple which will go perfectly on a school layout or hanging from a scrapware chipboard tree

oh you might notice something missing - yip as with all new things something had to go (not intentionally) our gallery has disappeared BUGGER so either we will get it restored or a new one will have to be installed.

And have I done any scrapbooking over the break? well I have started this ...



but not much more than that! The website has taken up most of my time but hopefully I can get back to my table and finish off the above.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and the New Year has been kind to your mojo so far

My2angels Design Team Call

In conjunction with the upgrade of our website in early January, my2angels is extending the invitation to our customers to become one of our elite Design Team Members!

We are wanting to expand our horizons to the card makers and ATC swappers out there as well as our old faithful scrappers!

To apply please email:

Contact Information

Headshot or Photo

Short Bio

Resume including publications (if any)


And, what do we want to see in your submission:

1 x Layout (any size)
2 x Cards
1 x Off The Page project - absolutely anything you like. Doesn't need photos at all!

Preferable each of these projects must have products available from my2angels featured on them


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Other requirements are:

· You MUST have your own active and up to date blog (address to be included with your submission)

· You must complete a minimum of 2 projects per month using the products sent to you from my2angels

· You must post your projects & details on your personal blog and in the my2angels gallery

· Projects & details to be emailed to Tracy to be uploaded to the my2angels BLOG

· It is required that the completed projects are not piggybacks for other challenges

· DT positions are for a 6 month period unless terminated due to above requirements not being met or any stated personal reasons

· Sorry but positions are only available to Australian Residents

· And lastly, sorry but no digital submissions please

All submissions are to be email to us directly, if you do not have our email please contact us via our website by 12th Jan 2010 (We prefer not to post our email address here to avoid spammers)

Good luck! We can't wait to see your entries!

Another Off the Page House to share

And the house obsession continues…

This is for Jo's OTP Challenge over at Aussie Girls Gone Scrappin
Oh and importantly I might add she also made the house up for me in her workshop (she also makes the birdhouses available over at my2angels)



I used Websters Pages Classic Beauty Pattern Paper to cover the house and also to make the trees (or umbrellas as the rest of the household though they were!!!). Already been asked how to make these trees so I will get some photos of that to post asa I can

For the smoke from the chimney I used our silver rhinestone scroll and cut around the backing sheet and inked it with timber brown stazon ink
Around the base of the house is my version of flower soft (more details further down)
Moving up to the roof, I used scrapware chipboard vines which I sprayed with Creme de chocolat glimmer mist (will be back in stock before the New Year) and green inked around the leaves.

Made a nest out of small strips of pattern paper and dead branches from the garden for the scrapware bird minus the branch to sit in.

I covered the bird with our pale blue glitter

Wishing well is made from matchsticks (painted and inked), with a little lid used for the bucket and a silver jump ring. The water is blue tulle, little bit of our blue glitter and some dimensional magic dribbled into it
Also wrapped our blue stemmed flowers around it


I made a pathway cutting the pattern paper in random widths and inked edges. The door mat is distressed around the edges and then I covered with crackle paint. Above the door I used Scrapware Mini Baroque Trim, pearl for door handle and our jandals / thongs and high heel charms.


Organza Ribbon (inked brown)
Heart Rhinestone Buckle
8mm Ivory Pearl Beads and dimensional magic to hold them in place (used the wire/string that they come on)


String flowers at the back were easy peasy – I applied 3mm double sided tape to the string and rolled it around – the stems are match sticks inked

I downloaded the girl looking in the window from clipart
Also foam taped was used on random pieces of inked pattern paper to give a brick like wall


Green, Brown and Rose mulberry leaves
Gardenia from our romance pack
Dark Pink Stemmed Flowers

To make your own flower soft you need a grater and polystyrene.

WARNING: prior to beginning ensure you have a very clean wide open space to work in, NO COUGHING or SNEEZING or OPEN WINDOWS WHERE A BREEZE can come through during this project!. Oh and don’t spray glimmer mist directly onto it unless glued down already – its amazing HOW IT FLIES … EVERYWHERE! (oh I know it is obvious! but at 3am you don't always think of these things!)

Okay now just grate away and make a massive mess! It’s cheaper by far but as you can tell by the above warnings it is abit of an undertaking LOL

To colour it (after my first attempt and cleaned up the mess!)I put it into a little jar and sprayed with glimmer mist but food colouring should work just as well – I am sure there are easier and cleaner ways but in the early hours of the morning that was all I could think of at the time!

One more house to complete then perhaps I will move onto another obsession... well maybe LOL

The next house is a different one from scrapware, not yet up on the website but will be in stock in the New Year on our new site.

To each and everyone of you, a big THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for your support, comments and encouragement you have given me throughout the year. I can't express what it means to me.

This will probably be our last blog post for the year, not sure if I will get a chance to be back before the end of the year. The new website is a huge task and I don't expect it to be up and ready until the 4th/5th January but we are still operational and I am around but may not get to your emails as quickly as I would like to.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you all safely in the New Year.

Off the Page Christmas Scene

I have so much fun creating this Santa Lane OTP Christmas Scene and I surprised myself as it only took a couple of days!

For once I am happy with the end result and DD loves it so much while I was making it she kept checking in on me to see what else I had added. I still can't decide whether to add some brown bling chain around the edge or just leave it as is.

I orginally made it for a centre piece for the table, and created it so whatever way you looked at it you didn't see the back of a flower or whatever. But you know Christmas morning, the wine, little fingers, the chaos etc etc so its safely placed on a shelf!



I used the Scrapware Wisteria Lane Kit
Pattern Papers for both of the houses is from Jenni Bowlin Studios



I added our Christmas Stocking charm to the front door and aged our bike charm with Timber Brown Staz on Ink


I made a little set of curtains for the back of the house from our cotton lace and tied with brown organza ribbon
For the fence I used scrapware baroque trim chipboard and adhered them onto ice block sticks, which were painted cream, inked and sprayed with Glimmer Mist.

For the trees I covered cones (brought from spotlight) with our cotton lace, coffee brown glass seed beads and topped with our brown embossed felt star (sprayed with glimmer mist).




The middle tree is painted pink then covered with our pink skeleton leaves and topped with bows made from pink organza ribbons and 2 of our bell charms.

I wrapped tuelle around the little tree (sprayed with Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist), pink rhinestones and topped with our pink scroll felt star and kindy glitz.

Also added our present charms, ribbon bow charms and reindeer charm, large heart locket charm and scrapware mini holly under the trees with the presents





I made the seat out of ice blocks stick and inked again with with Timber Brown Staz on Ink. Lots of mulberry flowers, dragonfly charm, pearls and rhinestones. For the sign post I used the negative part from the sheet of windows (from the House kit) and added antique brown jump rings.



Here I cut off the flower (yuks) from the scrapware sunflower (to use another time) and added one of our pink mulberry flowers and centered with our brown wooden buttons.

And now on to my Christmas cards - I can't believe I am sooooooo late in sending them out.
Hope you all have a productive and creative week
Take care and TFL