Taylored Expressions peeks and sale

Guess who I'm guest designing for this month???  Taylored Expressions!!! Bring on the muffin top....hahahaha. :)

Taylored Expressions is having its first ever Retirement Sale! Since 2008, TE has released more than 500 stamp sets and to make room for new products they are bidding a fond farewell to 75 beloved sets. These retiring sets are 40% off and, once they are gone, they are gone! Visit the Retirement Sale HERE and collect your favorites before they get away. 

Here's a peek at my card using the retired set Celebrate Life.

Here's a peek at a card I made using Celebrate Life dies. You can see the full card here.

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TSG Day 2 Give Thanks

Our second release from new designer, Chaitali, will have you ready for all your fall cards. The simple clean and simple images, and sentiments will help you create gorgeous cards for fall.

Give Thanks is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Would you like to win the new Give Thanks set? Here is what you need to do-visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, October 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Daisy Thanks

I admit I"m not at all a person to buy or use flower stamps but when I saw these gorgeous Gerber Daisies from Flourishes I just HAD to have them.  I think it's because they are not only gorgeously detailed but big so I have lots of room to play with colour and try different techniques.  

For the first card I wanted to keep the card really simple.  This is my intro class to Copic Colouring.  Keeping it simple with white on white and BG10 background blening.

 This next card uses a combination of Copic Markers, Spellbinders and Memory Box.  Simple white on white with Pink Velvet antiqued edges from Ranger.  Stickles were added to bling the Daisies.

 The last card I stamped Desert Sand (Memento) on Kraft cardstock then coloured the petals with a white colouring pencil.  Copics YR21,24,28 were used to colour the centre and E31 was used to add a shadow in the background.

Of course they just wouldn't be complete without the elegant sentiments also from Flourishes.  I can't get these stamps from my Local Scrapbook Store so I had to buy them online.  No biggie, I just had to be very patient.  

Thank you for foiling me!

So I was going to some foils in my hair from a friend of mine who is a hair stylist.  We figured it would disguise my grey hair.  I was so excited about it that I wanted to make my friend a card to reflect my big day.  And what better way to do that then to embellish a doll head from Whimsie Doodles with "foils".  The trick was to print two identical images and colour the hair of both.  Then cut strands of hair from one reattach at the roots and slip some tiny pieces of tin foil under the strands.  I also added of 3D foam squares to make the strands look like they are lifted over the foils.

Here's the before

 Here's the after 

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Materials

Waiting (doll head)-Whimsie Doodles digi

Paper-Blush (Lost & Found) My Mind's Eye

Hair-Copic E23,25,27

Eyes-B91,95

Flower-Blossom die-Spellbinders

Thank you

Day 2 of the There She Goes blog hop and I made a background with one of the border stamps.

 

Fabulous is a 4x6 set that includes a total of

13 stamps and will sell for $15.

You know it's funny that I like black and white pattern papers but never actually created one so I stepped out of my comfort zone and tried it.  I kept it simple with only 3 colours and I'm really pleased with the results.  Hope you like it too!

Would you like a chance to win the Fabulous stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Fabulous Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Fabulous stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday Aug. 27th during the Release Party Chat.

Have a sweet day.

Here are a couple more cards that were published in Cricut Magazine June/July issue. This first one is clean and simple using a Unity stamp. The cupcake is from the Cute Critters cartridge. The second card I was having fun with letters.  The font is from the Robotz cartridge.

Ta ta for now!

Thank you for the Trip

I made this card for my son's Vice Principle.  She made it possible for him to go on a school trip.  I knew I had to use this Oliver for just such a card.  Isn't he the cutest???  What's funny is that my son has been in two school plays and both times his character wore the same hat as Oliver. 

Materials
Oliver and Amelia (Journey) -The Greeting Farm
Paper-Basic Grey-Wander
Spellbinders labels #18
Thank you sentiment-Lizzie Anne Designs
For everything sentiment-CTMH

Growing Gratitude

I am brave, yes I am, for I have used flower stamps!!  I actually used flowers.  That is another one of my personal challenges of the year checked off.  I guess I just had to find the right flowers for  me and I did at Our Craft Lounge.  The have some really cute flower sets.  The set I used is called Growing Gratitude.  I made a couple of 3x3 cards using the images from this set.

Thank You

Hi everyone, as you might have noticed I don't do a lot of challenges.  Besides the CASE study challenge and occasionally the Whimsie Wednesday and Mojo Mondays.  But today's post combines two challenges.  The first one is for Really Reasonable Ribbon, the theme is green with ribbon, lace or trim on your project and the second is iCopic Lovers colour challenge of cream, green and lime.

Whimsie Doodles is so excited to be sponsoring the latest challenge at the Really Reasonable Ribbon challenge blog. Make sure to check out this post for some great eye candy, including some samples from a few of our Doodlelicious Divas! Get all of the details on how you can win FREE images from Whimsie Doodles and there is even a special discount code!

Materials
Stamps-Growing Gratitude-Our Craft Lounge 
Paper-Measuring Up-Cosmo Cricket
Wrinkle Ribbon-May Arts
Copics
Flower-E31,30,50
Leaves-YG99,93
Pot-E08.97.93

It's my Birthday!

So since it's my birthday I thought I would share a template I've been holding onto. Why was I holding onto it? Cause I was just to lazy to digitize it so it would be easy for everyone to print and cut out. That and when I first made the skate I kinda lost it in my pile of scrap. Can you believe this...the skate has been missing for over a month!! Well I found it and was finally able to make a card using it. Don't you just love these clear cards from ShortCuts? I love making a card with multi layers without bulk of paper. I don't think this card would work any other way. Hope you like it and the template. If you use the skate and post it somewhere could you please link back to me with it? Thanks.

Supplies

Clear card-ShortCuts

Thanks stamp-Just Rite

Coach stamp-CTMH

Cranberry and black ink-CTMH

Cardstock-CTMH
Gel pen