Embrace Beauty

Here is a card I made for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge (TESC147). These are always great sketches and I was glad to be able to play along while the sketch was still current!

I used TE's Embrace Beauty for this card - a new favorite of mine. I stamped the image on some light colored dsp and used that same paper for the sentiment panel and for the lower panel. Since the sketch called for a different paper here, I chose to emboss this paper with distressed stripes to give it a different look. For the half circle, I stamped a small section of the main image and punched it out to fit the sketch. I omitted the bow on the sketch because a bow with this wide ribbon would have been too big and I wanted to keep this card masculine-ish.

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Supplies used:

Stamps - Taylored Expressions Embrace Beauty
Paper - Bazzill cardstock, Pink Paislee Think Big dsp
Ink- Stampin Up Chocolate Chip
Embellishments - Grosgrain ribbon, brads, Spellbinders Nestibilities, Cuttlebug EF

Give a Smile

Here is a card I made for the Clean and Simple challenge (CAS137) today at SCS to make a card using paper piecing. This is one of my favorite techniques to use since I love using designer paper on a card and paper piecing ties the image to the background paper so well. I love this set by There She Goes and have to admit I drew inspiration for this card from Jessica's card here. This set is great for coloring but I think even more perfect for paper piecing. For added dimension, this flower could be stamped a few times and several layers popped up, but I did want to keep it with the clean and simple look.

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Supplies used:

Stamps - There She Goes Flowers of Happiness

Paper - Bazzill cardstock, My Minds Eye dsp

Ink - Memento black

Accessories- Spellbinders Nesties, Copics

Rex Takes the Cake!!

Here is a card I made for the Sweet Stop Sketch this week (SSS127) using this adorable digital image from Pink Cat Studio. I just made a card the other day using one of their images and remembered how much I love this little guy. He's perfect for a little boy birthday card. 

I colored him with copics in shades of blue and colored the presents to match the background paper. Instead of the flowers from the sketch, I thought I would take bites out of the paper. It seemed more fitting for this card!! I opted for twine instead of a fancy ribbon too. I added a few small brads at the bottom to match the sketch and a final sentiment.

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Supplies used:
Stamps - Pink Cat Studio Rex Takes the Cake digital, Stampin Up sentiment
Paper - Bazzill cardstock, Basic Grey dsp
Ink - SU RRH
Accessories - Copics, bakers twine, scallop circle punch, brads

Happy 1st Birthday Avery!!

Here is a card I made for my husband's niece, who is turning one this week. I had already made her a card earlier in the week but decided it was too old for her. This is just perfect!

I started with this too cute image from Pink Cat Studio (digital) that I had used for my daughter's birthday. She has a bunny just like this and carries it just like Itty Bitty Betty here. I colored her with copics to match the birthday girl. The inspiration for the layout is from the Sweet Sunday Sketch (SSSC135), turned on its side.

The rest of the card is layers of pink and green, perfect for a little girl turning one. The sentiment was not part of the sketch, but a must for this card. Hope Avery likes it! (I think her Mom will :)!)

Supplies used:
Stamps - Pink Cat Studio digital Bunny Piggy Back, Papertrey Ink sentiment
Paper - Bazzill cardstock, Echo Park dsp
Ink - Stampin Up Old Olive
Accessories - Copics, striped grosgrain, Spellbinders Nestiblities

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TSG123 Birthday with Pizzazz

SECOND POST FOR TODAY. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS BLAST FROM THE PAST BLOG HOP.

Here is my card for the Monday challenge at There She Goes to make a Birthday Card with Pizzazz (TSG123). I chose this adorable little boy from outer space for my card today, coloring him in shades of blue. I think he is too cute!

The background blue is embossed with circles. I colored a section of the moon and cut it out to match the size of my card, coloring this in shades of grey and blue to match the rest of the card. I cut out a circle of grey and added some yellow stars for added texture. I added one of these stars to the sentiment panel as well.

This challenge called for Birthday with a Pizzazz. That is why I added a shiny bow. This card was too masculine for me to add stickles or bling!!

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Supplies Used:
Stamps - There She Goes Out of this World
Paper - Bazzill cardstock
Ink - Memento black
Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug EF, satin ribbon

Happy Birthday Avery!

Good Morning! Time for another fun Blast from the Past Blog hop at Taylored Expressions. But before I get to my card, I would like to congratulate Taylor and her husband, Jon, on the birth of their beautiful baby girl, Madelyn. She is so adorable!

This month's theme was a birthday card to celebrate Taylored Expression's birthday or a birth day card to celebrate Taylor's new arrival. I chose a birthday card, a rather sophisticated first birthday card, but for a special little girl whose Mommy is a very sophisticated stamper herself!!

I used Sankari Wegman's sketch as my inspiration, which is shown here:

I inked up Taylor from the TE Moka Collection. These are so fun to color with copics and to paper piece. I colored her dress to match this flower designer paper from Bo Bunny. The flower is just layered flowers cut from the same designer paper and cardstock, using the TE Friendship Blooms dies. I sewed both the image panel and the background panel and added the ribbon and brads to match the sketch. I had to use a different sentiment only because I wanted it to say Happy First Birthday, instead of just Happy Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by today. Next on the hop is Kary Lim!



Supplies Used:
Stamps - Taylored Expressions Moka Collection (Taylor); Papertrey Ink sentiment
Paper - Bazzill cardstock, BoBunny Sophie Bouquet dsp
Ink - Memento black; Stampin Up Purely Pomegranate
Accessories - Copics, grosgrain ribbon, sewing machine, Taylored Expressions Friendship Blooms dies, brads, corner rounder, dimensionals

Float My Boat

Happy to get some stamping time in last night. Here is a card I made for the Sweet Stop sketch challenge this week (SSS125) using this super cute image from There She Goes, Float My Boat.

I colored the image using copics and then masked the image so I could sponge in a sky. The rest of the card was just following the sketch. I embossed the background blue paper with Swiss dots. I love all of the accents on red throughout the card.

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Supplies used:

Stamps - There She Goes Float My Boat

Ink - Memento black, blue

Paper - Bazzill cardstock, Cosmo Cricket dsp

Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Nestibilities, Cuttlebug EF, grosgrain ribbon, sponge

Happy Birthday There She Goes!!

I was able to get a little stamping time in today with the kids back to school. I wanted to try making some paper dolls using There She Goes stamps to help them celebrate their third birthday (TSGBDAY1).

I chose this adorable mermaid from Make a Splash by There She Goes. I think a lot of Torico's sets lend themselves to setting a scene so this was perfect. I colored the image with copics and then cut her out, leaving a little at the bottom to make a stand. Of course, I couldn't just have one, so I added a few things to make a scene, shown here:

I added a sea horse, clown fish and a background "bottom of the sea" setting. It was very difficult to take a photo of this without all of the shadows. My next task is to take them outside and out on the town, which will hopefully follow tomorrow!

This was easy to make and I will say my five year old daughter thought it was the coolest thing I have ever done! She will be the lucky recipient of this set, to which I plan to add another mermaid, some extra fins and some more sea grass.

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Supplies used:
Stamps - There She Goes Make a Splash
Ink - Memento black
Accessories - Copics