Color Throwdown #246

Hello everyone....it's Wednesday again and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!!! 
This week Wanda is the hostess with the mostess and I absolutely love the colors she picked!!! I never would have put Rich Razzleberry and Blushing Bride together but thanks to Wanda, I will be doing it more often!!!

I used the Retro Sketch #67 for the layout and Bo Bunny's Little Miss designer paper for the background. Can you see the little girls in the bottom corner....I thought they looks so sweet and would be perfect with the sentiment from Taylored Expressions Happy Heart set.  A little sewing, distressing, twine, and a pearl flourish finish it off. 

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors....use what you have as long as they are close to the challenge colors and be sure tp add CTD246 to the keywords section when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your creations!!

Do you want to see some beautiful inspiration? Here are the CTD Designers....check out what they have created this week!!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor  
Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene

Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud

Wanda Guess - June Guest Designer - A Blog Called Wanda

Thanks for stopping by today....have a good one and I hope you can find a little time to play along with us at the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!!

TLC433 Pop Up Part of the Sentiment

Hello everyone!!! I hope you had a great weekend!!! We went to my Granddaughter CJ's high school graduation Saturday afternoon and then spent the rest of the night at  her party!!! My son and his wife put on quite a spread....lots of BBQ, games, horse shoes, and lots of family and friends to celebrate!! Needless to say, it was kinda hard to get up for church this morning...LOL!!! CJ spent the night at her high school lock down...the school gave away $25,000.00 worth of prizes to the kids!! Today she spent with friends tubing down the Guadalupe River...awwww, to be a teenager again!!!  Anyway....

It's my turn to host the Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast and my technique is to  *pop up part of the sentiment*. I have seen lots of cards out there in blog land that have used this technique....some are quite elaborate with lots of different die cuts to pop up a word or 2 of a sentiment stamp or just pop up one of the words in a two word sentiment like I did with my card. 

So take your pick...go simple with popping up just one word of a two or three word sentiment or go fancy smancy with popping up several words of a larger sentiment stamp but remember...the main object is to have fun!!!!!

My card features the June Reverse Confetti SFYTT #1 and the feather and sentiment from Reverse Confetti's Peacock Pretties set. The feather was inked up with Pool Party and rock and rolled with Rich Razzleberry before stamping it on the white card stock and the main image layer. The sentiment was stamped with black on the main image layer and them stamped again on a piece of scrap white card stock with Pool Party.  The Hello was cutout with a word window punch and popped up with foam dots. The Washi Tape finishes it off.  

Thanks for stopping by tonight and I hope you can join us for this weeks TLC challenge on Splitcoast!!!

Taylored Expressions June Spotlights - It's a Patriotic Day!!!

Hello everyone!!! Today is the last day of the Taylored Expressions June Release....I hope you enjoyed all the fabulous samples from the Baker's Dozen Design Team this week!!! What is your favorite stamp set???  I don't think I could pick a favorite because I love everything...the stamps, die cuts, the cutting plates, and the project pantry kits!!!! You can find all the June Release goodies in the Fresh Out of the Oven section of Taylored Expressions!!!

Today is Designer Spotlight Day and we were able to choose whatever product we wanted to feature today.  I just love the papers, card stock, and ribbons from the Patriotic  Project Pantry Kit so I made two patriotic cards. 

The kit includes Doodlebug papers, card stock, and lots of yummy ribbon!! Check out the card in the middle of the bottom row...that was my card from Tuesday....Whoohoo!!!! 

My first card features the sweet little bird from the Delightful Day set...it was paper pieced with the aqua paper from the kit and the flag was also made from one of the kit papers.....a toothpick was used for the handle. The banners were made with papers and ribbons from the kit and the sentiment is from Taylored Expressions 4th of July Wreath set. 

The Graphic Greetings - Patriotic stamp was stamped with Versamark onto red card stock from the Patriotic Project Pantry kit and then it was embossed with white embossing powder. The edges were distressed along with the white and blue matting layers. The Ray of Sunshine Cutting Plate was cut out of the blue card stock in the kit and adhered to the background dp also from the kit. The ribbon was wrapped around the background layers and the crimped star, button, and twine finish it off.  

Now, are you ready to see some awesome inspiration from the Baker's Dozen Design team??

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jen Shults

Joan Ervin

Kerri Michaud

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

Thanks for visiting ....have a super special day!!!!

Taylored Expressions June Release Day - Ride the Wave

Hello Everyone!!!  Today is the day we have all be waiting for...Release Day at 
Taylored Expressions !!!!! Now, all the fabulous stamps sets, dies, and cutting plates we have shown you during the sneak peeks will be available here in the Fresh Out of the Oven section at Taylored Expressions!!

I just love the Ride the Wave set because it's so perfect for masculine cards!! The surfer dude and the sentiments were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black. Then the Washi Tape from Taylored Expressions was added and the wave stamp was stamped with Vivid Aqua ink.  I can't believe I didn't add any embellies but I think the wave stamp adds the right amount of punch without going overboard for a guy. 

Are you ready for a lot of inspiration using more of the awesome stamps, dies, and cutting plates from the Taylored Expressions' June Release...Check out what the Baker's Dozen Designers have created!!!

Carole Burrage
Charmaine Ikach

Jami Sibley
Jen Shults
Joan Ervin
Kerri Michaud

Nancy McKinney
Sankari Wegman
Shannon White
Shelly Mercado
Stephanie Kraft
Tammie Edgerton
Taylor VanBruggen
Wanda Guess

Thanks for stopping by....have a great day!!!

Taylored Expressions June Sneak Peek - Delightful Day and Teacup Bouquet

Hello everyone and welcome to day two of the Taylored Expressions June Sneak Peeks!! Weren't the sample cards from yesterday awesome...the Baker's Dozen  is such a fabulous design team and I am so thrilled and honored to stamp along side them as the Guest Designer for the last two months!!!

Yesterday I went masculine with the surfer dude and a patriotic card. Today I am going feminine and a little shabby. My first card features stamps from the Delightful Day set.  This set was previously released in 2012 as a KI exclusive set and now it's available to everyone!!!   The little birds were paper pieced with some scrap papers and the wings were popped up with foam dots. The leaf stamp was used to stamp a wreath using Wild Wasabi and Certainly Celery inks. The background papers are from Basic Grey's True Love and the seam binding,  sequins, distressing, and a little sewing  finish it off. 

Don't you just love this sweet teacup image....it's called Teacup Bouquet and it was so much fun to color!!! Copics were used for the coloring and the the perfect plum card stock in the background was embossed with a tiny heart folder. I couldn't help it...just had to add a few sequins to the doily in the background and the seam binding is the finishing touch. 

Remember, tomorrow is Release day at Taylored Expressions, 8:00 AM PST!!! 

Now, are you ready to see more sneak peeks from the Baker's Dozen Design Team?? Check it out!!

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jen Shults

Joan Ervin

Kerri Michaud

Regina Mangum

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!

Color Throwdown Challenge #245

Hello everyone!!! It's Wednesday again and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! It's Tammy's turn to host the challenge this week...she took the month of May off and we are sooo happy to welcome her back!!! She has picked some gorgeous colors, too...they are so soft and summery!!  We have to say good by to our fabulous May Guestie,  Audrey Hiltke  and welcome to  our June Guestie, the very talented and awesome Wanda Guess!!!!

I used this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch #296 for my layout and the sentiment is from Verves Blessings set. The flower was made with PTI flower dies...the flower layers were embossed with the Dotted Swiss embossing folder and a white craft ink pad was used to edge the petals. Papers from Echo Parks Victoria Gardens and Bo Bunny's Little Miss were used and the ribbons in the background, the leaf die cut, rhinestones, button, and twine finish it off.

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors....use what you have as long as they are close and be sure to add CTD245 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some beautiful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week! 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor  
Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper 
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene

Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud

Wanda Guess - June Guest Designer - A Blog Called Wanda

Thanks for visiting....have a great day and I hope you can find some time to come stamp with us at the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!!

Taylored Expressions June Sneak Peek: Ride the Wave and Graphic Greetings - Patriotic

Hello everyone and welcome to Day 1 of  Taylored Expressions June Sneak Peeks!!!! The June release is absolutely fabulous and I can't wait to tell you about my samples!!! As you know  I have lots of men and boys in my family so I was really drawn to the Ride the Wave set....it's perfect for masculine cards and the Ray of Sunshine Cutting Plate adds such a fun and awesome detailed background!!!! The surfer was stamped with Basic Gray onto the Pool Party die cut and the Ray of Sunshine Cutting Plate was cut out of  Basic Gray and layered over the patterned paper in the background. The cute little surfboards were stamped onto white card stock with Pool Party ink and the sentiments were stamped with Basic Gray. Basic Gray matting was used behind the surfboards and surfer image and the Baker's Twine finishes it off.

My next card was made with the Graphic Greetings - Patriotic stamp and the Patriotic Project Pantry 

The Basic Recipe Kit includes the following coordinating supplies:

Doodlebug Stars & Stripes 6x6 Paper Pad (24 double-sided sheets)

8 sheets of 8.5" x 11" cardstock (2 sheets each of 4 different colors)

5 yards of ribbon (1 yard each of 5 different styles)

The Graphic Greetings - Patriotic stamp was stamped with Brilliant Blue and sewing was done around the edges. The stars were punched out of the red card stock in the project pantry kit, the holes were made with the piercing tool, and twine was laced through the holes. The banner was made with twine and the Doodlebug papers.

Tomorrow will be Day 2 of the Sneak Peeks and then the June release will be Thursday morning, June 6th at 8 am PST.   

Now, are you ready to see more sneak peeks from the Baker's Dozen Design Team?? Check it out!!

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jami Sibley

Jen Shults

Joan Ervin

Kerri Michaud

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!

Friendship

Good morning everyone!! I hope you had a great weekend!!!! We got a little rain but nothing like Oklahoma and the other surrounding states. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost loved ones and property during the last two weeks of  horrific weather!!! Hopefully, things will settle down a little so the families affected can begin to rebuild their lives!! Anyway....

We have been overwhelmed with our garden...we have been knee deep in beans and my hubby shelled enough peas to fill a  4 gallon bucket today. I think I'll blanch them tomorrow and put them in freezer bags. The tomatoes will be ready to can next week and the peaches (we have 4 trees) will be ready also....not much time for stamping!!! I do have a card to share with you that I made for the Free 4 All challenge on Splitcoast the week before last. We were supposed to use something on our card that repeated itself. I used the polka dot Washi Tape because of the repeat dots,  a Memory Box butterfly die cut, and the sentiment is from Flourishes Sweet Days of Summer set. This is pretty simple but I love the bright color splash from the Washi tape!!!

Thanks for stopping by on this Monday morning...have a great day and FYI....the Taylored Expressions June Sneak Peaks start tomorroe!!!!

Color Throwdown Challenge #244

Hello everyone!!! It's Wednesday again and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! Lynn is our hostess this week and she has picked some beautiful summery colors for us to play with!!! 

I decided to create a little garden scene with Taylored Expressions Garden Party Blooms set. The sun was stamped with Summer Sun (because I don't have Daffodil Delight ink) and the mushrooms were stamped with Tempting Turquoise and Pink Passion (yes, I still have that one...LOL!!) The flower stem was stamped with Going Gray as was the sentiment. The flower was made with Pink Passion card stock and Memory Box dies.  The rick rack was stamped on Tempting Turquoise paper with the same color ink, cutout, and adheres with glue. The pearl is the only embellie...gasp!!!! 

Be sure to add CTD244 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some beautiful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week! 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor  
Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper 
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene

Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud

Audrey Hiltke - Audrey's Paper Garden Inspirations - May's Guest Designer!!

Thanks for visiting....have a great day and I hope you can find some time to come stamp with us at the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!!

Shore Do Love You

Hello everyone!! I hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend!!! We got to spend a little time with family and did a little BBQ...nothing too exciting...LOL!!! I did a little stamping on Sunday which was fun but the good fairy didn't come clean my stamp room....the nerve!!!! She may be holding out for a raise...LOl!!!  Anyway.... 

I made this card for last weeks Color Challenge on Splitcoast....the colors were Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, and Early Expresso. I thought the colors would be perfect for a nautical theme so I inked up my Reverse Confetti Happy Harbor set. The water was sponged on with Marina Mist then the fish and whale were stamped with the same ink. Marina Mist card stock was used for the waves and the same ink was sponged around the clouds. The lighthouse was colored with copics, the rocks were torn from Early Expresso  card stock and the sentiment from the same set was stamped with Early Expresso.  The twine and bubbles stamped with Cherry Cobbler finish it off.  I gave this to my hubby just cause!!

The rest of my day will be spent cleaning my stamp room....I have been sooo bad lately about not putting things away. I used to clean up after every project but lately I have just been shoving things aside. So....no more stamping till I can see the counter top...LOL!!!

Thanks for stopping by.....have a great day!!!!

TLC431 String It Up!!

Hello everyone....I hope you are having a wonderful holiday weekend!!!! We had company yesterday so today has been quiet. Tomorrow George is going to BBQ some bratwurst and I will make a big salad with goodies from out garden. George even brought home a ripe tomato today and the peaches will be ready next week....yummmm!!!! Anyway....on with the show!!

It's my turn to host the Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast and my challenge  is to *String it Up*!!
You can string sequins, buttons, beads, stars, flowers, or anything else as long as they are connected with string, twine, cording, wire, thread, floss, or ribbon!!!

For my sample, I used the boy fishing stamp from  Flourishes Kids at Play set. It was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black on a piece of white card stock that was brayered with Pool Party, Summer Sun, and a hint of Pumpkin Pie was sponged on under the tree. The sentiment is from the same set and the Happy Father's Day sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Boys Will be Boys set. I used a piece of black twine to string on the buttons. I started at one end and ran the twine through the holes and then added another button. When the last button was strung on, I clipped off the ends and adhered the string of buttons to the card with glue dots. This is a Father's Day card for one of my sons.

Thanks for stopping by....I hope you will join us the this weeks TLC challenge on Splitcoast...I can't think of a better way to spend a day off!!!

Father's Day

Hello everyone....hope you are having a great start to your Memorial Day weekend!! We are staying home and off the roads...I 35 is a busy road on a slow day so on a holiday weekend it is super crazy!!! I went to the store yesterday for my parents and business had started to pick up....I bet this morning when I do my own shopping it will be cart to cart at the checkout!! I better go early so they have a little food left on the shelves...LOL!!!! Oh, BTW...my computer had a little checkup yesterday...well, I should say a big checkup and tune up. I am still trying to find things...If my blog looks a little funny...that is the reason. It was so slow that I needed to do something besides through it against the wall...LOL!!! Anyway....

I made this card last Saturday for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast. Judy picked the Greenheart Shop for us to find some inspiration. I found these adorable star ornaments and thought stars would look great with  Taylored Expressions Graphic Greetings Dad....it was stamped with Versamark onto black card stock and embossed with white ep. The three stars were punched out of Real Red card stock  and the buttons and twine were added. Washi tape was used in the background. Now I'm all ready for Father's Day...yeaaaa!!!!

Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful holiday weekend and stay safe!!!

Color Throwdown #243

Hello everyone!!! It's Wednesday again and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! My sweet friend Denise is the hostess this week and she has picked some gorgeous colors!!!! I decided to go cute and feminine and what better way to do that  than with a little girl silhouette!!!

My card features the adorable little girl silhouette from Flourishes Sweet Days of Summer set. She was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and the papers in the background are from Cosmo Cricket's Tea for Two dp. I used the Mojo Monday #294 sketch and the pearls and black seam binding finish it off.

Be sure to add CTD243 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some beautiful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me! 

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor  
Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene

Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud

Audrey Hiltke - Audrey's Paper Garden Inspirations - May's Guest Designer!!

Thanks for visiting....have a great day and I hope you can find some time to come stamp with us at the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!!

Hello Friend

Hello everyone....I have been playing in the craft room today with my new goodies...whoohoo!!! My Reverse Confetti order came Saturday and I finally inked up the Peacock Pretties set....isn't this just the cutest peacock feather!!! Just in case you haven't heard....Jen del Muro has started a new stamp company  called Reverse Confetti and she has some really cute sets!!! I went really CAS with this card...the image and sentiment were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black. The ink was a lot lighter over the Washi Tape so I used a black Copic to color in the lighter area. The three different colors of twine finish it off.

My hubby and I have been watching CNN all afternoon....our thoughts and prayers are with all the people in Moore, Oklahoma, and all the tornado victims from yesterday in Texas.  The damage is absolutely horrendous....I can't even imagine how scared all the residents must have been and now they are looking for missing children at a school!! God bless all the victims and emergency personel!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today...I am truly blessed!!!!