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Sunday, August 18, 2013

TLC443 Freestyle Design




Hello everyone..it's my turn to host the Technique Lover's challenge on Splitcoast and my challenge is something completely different for some of you. We are going to do a little Freestyle Design.

 So, you ask...what is Freestyle design. Well, it's exactly what the name implies...a free and spirited approach to designing a card. We are going to let our creative minds fly today!!
Freestyle Design is a process of adding elements, layers, stamped images, die cuts...anything that strikes your fancy to create your masterpiece!!

 Here are the deets:

 1. First of all, there are no rules!!!! 
2. You can use stickers, stamps, buttons, chipboard, feathers, fabric scraps, flowers..what ever you have sitting on your work desk, in your embellie box, on the floor, or in the trash!! 
3. It's usually asymmetrical or off set 
4. Gather your elements and layer them into a cluster. 
5. Play around with the design before you adhere them...that way you can get the look you want .
6. If you want a flat design to mail...use flat, small elements like sequins, ribbons, flat flowers, burlap, felt, chipboard, corrugated cardboard, etc. 
7. If you want a CAS design, use fewer elements 
8. Have fun!!! 

My card features paper flowers, chipboard button, chipboard flag, large brad, all from Karen Foster. I also used a corrogated cardboard frame, twine, and fabric. The stamp is from Flourishes. 

 Thanks for visiting to night...I hope you have a chance to do a little Freestyle Design!! Have a great day !!!!!
Posted by Joan Ervin at 9:24 PM 8 comments

Friday, August 16, 2013

IC402 Welcome Autumn


Hello everyone....hope you are having a great evening!!! My sweet granddaughter, Mackenzie, is spending a few days with us so I better get to bed early...I know she will want to spend the day tomorrow shopping till we drop...yikes!!! I better take my Geratol...LOL!!!! Anyway....

 Stef asked me to make a sample card for her Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast tonight...she picks a different store each week for us to find inspiration. I found this adorable owl onesie for my inspiration piece...it's sooo cute!!!

 My card features stamps from two Paper Smooches sets: the owl from Chubby Chums and the branch, leaves, and sentiment from Autumn Groves. The owl was colored with Copics, cutout, and popped up with foam tape. The branch was stamped on a piece of wood grained scrap and the leaves were stamped with Tangerine Tango and Cajun Craze. Sewing and distressing around the edges finish it off. 

I thought I would share a couple of pictures of my sweet little Pumpkin....he rules the roost around here...LOL!!!!

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



Posted by Joan Ervin at 10:23 PM 13 comments

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Color Throwdown Challenge #255


Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge!!!  My sweet friend, Broni, is the hostess this week and she has picked a palette full of bright, happy colors!!! All I could think of when I saw the colors was a plate full of different flavored cupcakes...I don't know why except maybe I was craving a cupcake at the time...LOL!!! 


My card features the sweet little cupcake stamps and sentiment from Taylored Expressions For the Love of Cupcakes set. The cupcakes were all paper pieced with papers from my scrap box, cutout and popped up with foam tape onto the Label Stacklets 4 from Taylored Expressions. The background paper is from the My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy 6x6 paper pad ...sewing and distressing was done around the edges. The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and the buttons and twine finish it off. 

 Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors...use what you have as long as it's close to the challenge colors and be sure to add CTD255 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 Color throwdown Designers...check out what they have vcreated 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 
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Vickie Zimmer -  Smitten With All Things Stamping
Melody Rupple -  A Paper Melody
Kendra Wietstock - Kendra's Card Company - August Guest Designer!!

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



Supply List
TE Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes
Paper: Wisper White, Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink (SU)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Buttons, Baker's Twine (The Twinery), Sewing Machine, Foam Tape
TE Dies: Label Stacklets 4


Posted by Joan Ervin at 4:00 AM 15 comments

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Taylored Expressions August SOTM Blog Hop!!




Hello everyone!! Are you ready for some total cuteness....today, the Bakers Dozen and Key Ingredients teams are joining forces to  showcase the August Stamp of the Month called S'more Fun and the August Key Ingredients Kit....Both can be found here!!


My card features stamps from the adorable S'more Fun set and the coordinating dies called Around the Campfire (sold separately).  The tent was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa on Choice Buttercream, cutout, and popped up on the brown card stock diecut layer. The trees were stamped on Buttercream card stock with Pear Pizzazz and Pool Party...they were also cutout with the Around the Campfire dies and adhered to the card base.   The foot path was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and the stars were stamped with Pool Party. 


The little camper was paper pieced with papers from the Key Ingredients We R Memories Happy Campers 6x6 paper pad and colored with Copics...it was cutout with the coordinating die and popped up on the card base with foam tape. The arrow was cutout of the Key Ingredients patterned paper and the sentiment is from the same set. 

For more information about the Stamp of the Month (only available through August 31), Key Ingredients and Deluxe Subscription (includes SOTM and Key Ingredients), please visit the subscriptions page on the TE website HERE. 

 Now, how about a little inspiration from the Baker's Dozen and Key Ingredients designers...check it out!!!!

Tracy Clemente


Thanks sooo much for stopping by....I hope you found a little inspiration today!!!
Supply List
TE Stamps: S'more Fun
Paper: August Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions), Choice Buttercream (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Pool Party (SU), Pear Pizzazz (SU)
Accessories: Markers (Copic) Foam Tape (Taylored Expressions)
TE Dies: Around the Campfire

Posted by Joan Ervin at 10:00 AM 9 comments

Monday, August 12, 2013

Wallpaper Inspiration


Good Monday morning everyone!!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!!  Ours was a little stressful....my hubby spent many sleepless standing guard over the chicken coop because a critter killed nine chickens in the last few days. He shot a possum that actually chewed through the wire...I had no idea they could do that!! I guess that's because I'm a city girl married to a country boy...LOL!!! Anyway.... I'm off in a few minutes to work in the yard before the temp climbs to 100 degrees but first I want to share a card I made Saturday for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast. 

 I decided to take my inspiration from this awesome wallpaper called Plume from the NYC store of  Michele Varian. 
   
The Reverse Confetti feather from their Peacock Pretties set was embossed with white ep on black card stock. The round sentiment from the same set was stamped with black ink on white card stock and the Happy Birthday sentiment from their Celebrate Cake set was stamped with black on craft for the banner. The ball fringe and twine finish it off.

 Thanks for stopping by....have a great day and I hope you stay cool!!! 

Posted by Joan Ervin at 8:15 AM 10 comments

Friday, August 9, 2013

Taylored Expressions August Spotlight-Fluttering By To Say Hi


Hello everyone!! This is the last day of the Taylored Expresions Release Week....I have had so much fun sharing my projects made with all the new stamps and dies!! Have you picked your favorites yet?? I don't think I could pick a fave ....I just love all the new goodies!!! 

 Today is Designer Spotlight Day and we got to choose whatever product we wanted to feature today!! It sure was hard for me to decide on just one so I asked my hubs to select for me....

 The Butterfly Parade set with the matching Butterfly in the Sky dies was his pick...I think he did good!!! 


The layered butterfly was cutout with two of the Butterfly in the Sky dies, adhered together and popped up with foam tape. Twine was used to thread the button and the ends were brought up for the antennas...it was then adhered to the butterfly with a large glue dot. The sentiment from the Butterfly Parade set was stamped on a hand cut banner. The chevron paper is from the Park Bench 6x6 paper pad by Fancy Pants and the twine, doily, buttons, and washi tape finish it off. 

 I can't wait to see what the other Baker's Dozen Designers picked for today...let's take a look.....
Friday


 Supply List

 TE Stamps: Butterfly Parade
Paper: Pool Party (SU), Basic Black (SU), Wisper White (SU), Park Bench 6x6 Paper Pad (Fancy Pants)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Doodlebug Washi Tape (TE), Buttons (PTI), Doily (SU), Twine (TE), Foam tape (TE)
Taylored Expressions Dies: Butterfly in the Sky
Posted by Joan Ervin at 10:00 AM 13 comments

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Taylored Expressions August Release Day:Classroom Cuties


Hello everyone...today is the day we all have been waiting for....it's Release Day at
Taylored Expressions...yeaaa!!! All the new stamps and dies are now available here in the new products section of the Taylored Expressions store!!!. 

 My card today features the adorable Classroom Cuties...this set is just perfect to make those special cards for your children, teachers, or friends. What child wouldn't love to find a fun little card in their lunch bag..it would surly brighten their day!! I have a friend who drives a school bus so I will be making her a card or two, for sure!!


The super sweet school house and school bus images were colored with Copics and cut out with the coordinating dies called Back to School. They were adhered with foam tape to the background Fancy Pants Down by the Shore patterned paper that was cut at the top with the Build a Scene -Rolling Hills die. The sentiment from the same set was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and the black and white polka dot washi tape was added for the road. To finish it off, the clouds were cut out of the Down by the Shore paper with the Build a Scene - Swirly Clouds and glued to the sky. 

 Are you ready to see what awesome creations the Baker's Dozen Design Team has made for today...check it out!!!

Thanks for visiting today...I hope you have found a little inspiration!!!
Supply List:

 TE Stamps: Classroom Cuties
Paper: Whisper White (SU) Down By the Shore 6x6 Paper Pad (Fancy Pants)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Markers (Copics), Washi Tape (Doodlebug), 
Taylored Expressions Dies: Back to School, Build a Scene - Rolling Hills, Build a Scene - Swirly Clouds 



Posted by Joan Ervin at 10:00 AM 12 comments
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