Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Taylored Expressions May Blast From the Past Blog Hop



I am very excited to be part of the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop today. This month, the theme is to make a masculine card which is a bit of a challenge for me. I am definitely more into the cute images and flowers. To add to the challenge, none of the sets I have from TE really fit the manly bill. So I went with fruit! My husband loves chocolate and chocolate covered strawberries. I did leave off the bow and did not allow a single flower on the card.
For my card today I used Taylor's Berries and Cherries set, which I love. I used the sketch provided by Sankari Wegman:
I started with the center panel and made that a sentiment panel. I added some fruit, colored with copics, to the ribbon panel. This past week, I discovered the technique to make paper buttons and decided to use that in this card. I punched out some circles of red cardstock, glued them together and punched holes in the middle. Some bakers twine finished that element. Too cute! I added a strawberry above the sentiment.
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Supplies used:
Stamps - Taylored Expressions Berries and Cherries
Paper - Bazzill cardstock; Cosmo Cricket dsp
Ink - Stampin Up Red Riding Hood; Memento black
Accessories - Copics, grosgrain ribbon, brads, Spellbinders Nestibilities, bakers twine


9 comments:

  1. Who doesn't love a chocolate covered strawberry! SUPER sweet Kelly!

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  2. Great idea with that set! Love your tasty card...mmmm!

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  3. Yum, a chocolate lovers dream!! Cute card.

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  4. AWl, this card is so so cute.

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  5. Super cute, Kelly! I'm hungry... please pass the chocolate covered cherries! ;)

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  6. Yes - chocolate is always good! love that big button!

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  7. Chocolate would be perfect for my man... he hold the chocoholic title in this house (not me)... too cute!

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  8. Ooh what a fun idea for a card! Chocolate and fruit are perfect for everyone, right? Love your great papers and that fun button!

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