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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Color Throwdown Challenge #266


Hello everyone....it's Wednesday again and that means it's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!!!! Lori is our hostess this week and I just love the color combo she picked.....it's perfect for any theme any time of the year!! I chose to make a Christmas card because I have got to get busy building up my stash. Christmas will be here before we know it!!! 


My card features the Tag Pocket die from Taylored Expressions. It was cut out of a piece of SEI patterned paper....the pink tag and the background red paper are from the same SEI collection called Christmas Mint. 


The snowflakes were cut out of the SEI paper with TE's Make a Snowflake dies and the banner sentiment is from TE's Baby It's Cold Outside stamp set.



The tag sentiment from TE's Big Bold Christmas set was stamped with red ink and the scroll motif is from the TE Chalkboard Elements set.  The ribbon, stamper, button, twine and sewing on the background edges 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 to add CTD266 to the keywords section when you upload your cards to an online gallery so we can find your creations!!

You can find out all the challenge details on the Color Throwdown Blog. 

Now, do you want to see some beautiful inspiration?? Check out what the Color Throwdown Designers have created for you 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
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Vickie Zimmer -  Smitten With All Things Stamping
Melody Rupple -  A Paper Melody
Sankari Wegman - October Guest Designer -Sankari's Sunshine Corner

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

Supply List:
TE Stamps:  Chalkboard Elements, Big Bold Christmas, Baby It's Cold Outside
Paper: Close to Cocoa (SU), Choise Buttercream (TE), SEI Christmas Mint patterned paper
Ink: Ruby Red (SU), Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Twine (TE), Button (PTI),  Ribbon (SU), Stapler, Sewing Machine
TE Dies: Tag Pocket,  Make a Snowflake

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Color Throwdown Challenge #265


Hello everyone....it's my turn to host the Color Throwdown Challenge this week!! When I saw the beautiful tree picture, I just knew we had to use these colors!!! The colors can be used for any season of the year so the sky is the limit...have fun!!!

My card features stamps from the Paper Smooches Autumn Groves set....the trees were all stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto white card stock. The Crisp Cantaloupe and Baked Brown Sugar ink pads were run across the trees to mimic the inspiration picture. They were cutout and before they were adhered to the card, a wash of Not Quite Navy reinker and water was painted on the background and a frame was drawn on with a brown marker. The trees were glued on and the leaves from Paper Smooches Fanciful Fall set were popped up with foam dots and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler. Can you believe I didn't add a single embellishment...I must be sick...LOL!!!! 

 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 to add CTD265 to the keywords section when you upload your cards to an online gallery so we can find your creations!!

 You can find out all the challenge details on the Color Throwdown Blog. 

Now, do you want to see some beautiful inspiration?? Check out what the Color Throwdown Designers have created for you 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
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Vickie Zimmer -  Smitten With All Things Stamping
Melody Rupple -  A Paper Melody
Sankari Wegman - October Guest Designer -Sankari's Sunshine Corner

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

Posted by Joan Ervin at 4:00 AM 23 comments
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Taylored Expressions October Studio Challenge





Hello everyone!!! It's time for the Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge.  This is a monthly opportunity for the Taylored Expressions team to share what makes our stamping studios hum.  Each month we have a fun, crafty question or theme so we can share our favorites, some tips and tricks, stamping advice and more.
The theme for October is: 
Never Felt Better!!
Felt is all the rage in crafting.  It's so thick and soft and gives that special warm and cozy feeling to fall and winter projects.  TE has 21 yummy colors to choose from, but do you ever just stare at all that felt and think, "Hmmmm...what should I do with it?"
Designers, show us a fun  project featuring felt.


I love working with felt...especially Taylored Expressions felt!!! It's thick, yet just right for cutting with dies...I used my Cuttlebug with the B and C plates. !!! As you can see with my projects today, I have used some pretty intricate dies and they cut the felt perfectly!! The TE felt colors I used are split pea and robin's egg . 

 My first card features the sentiment from TE's  Big Bold Christmas set....it was stamped on patterned paper from the 'Tis the Season Project Pantry with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. It was distressed on the sides, layered on a Label Stacklet 4 die cut and popped up on a doily with foam tape. The background paper is also from the same project pantry kit and the card base is Choice Snow White.  Two Taylored Expressions die sets were used with the felt: snowflakes from Winter Wonderland Snowflakes die set and the border is from the Lace Chain Border.  


Tombow's Mono-Multi Liquid Glue was used to glue all the papers and the felt....I love this glue because it works on most everything!!! I had to give it a little extra drying time with the felt but otherwise it works great!! The buttons and twine finish it off. 


Since I love working with the felt so much, I just had to make another card....my Christmas card inventory is growing steadily!!! This card features the sentiment from the Big Bold Christmas set, the Color Block Cutting Plate, the Sack it to You - Santa die set, and papers and card stock from the 'Tis the Season Project Pantry kit.  The Sack it to You-Santa was cut out of the project pantry card stock and the belt buckle was embossed with gold embossing powder. The sentiment was embossed with white ep and the holly leaves were fussy cut from the split pea felt. 


The ornament die from the Christmas Treat Toppers dies  was used to cutout the felt ornament and the Winter Wonderland Snowflake die was used to cut the snowflakes from the split pea felt.  


The red Doodlebug Sprinkles and gold cording finish it off. 

 How about a little inspiration from the Baker's Dozen Design Team...check out all the different felt colors and dies they used!!!
Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!

Supply List:
1st card:
TE Stamps: Big Bold Christmas
Paper: 'Tis the Season Project Pantry with Echo Park 6x6 patterned paper (TE), Choice Snow White (TE), Pool Party (SU), 
Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Split Pea and Robin's Egg Felt (TE), Doily (SU), Twine (The Twinery), Buttons (PTI), White Embossing Powder  (Ranger)
TE Dies: Label Stacklets 4, Winter Wonderland Snowflakes, Lace Chain Border

2nd Card
TE Stamps: Big Bold Christmas
Paper: 'Tis the Season Project Pantry with Echo Park 6x6 patterned paper and card stock (TE)
Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Gold and White Embossing Powder (Ranger), Doodlebug Sprinkles (TE), Gold Cording (SU), Split Pea  Felt (TE)
TE Dies: Color Block Cutting Plate, Sack it to You, Winter Wonderland Snowflake die,  Christmas Treat Toppers


Posted by Joan Ervin at 9:00 AM 16 comments
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Pumpkin's Christmas Doggy Treats


Good Saturday morning everyone!!! It's a cool one here...down in the 50's...what we call brisk!! Sounds like a good day to stay warm in the craft room!!! I did a little stamping yesterday for the Free 4 All Challenge on Splitcoast...the challenge was to add a tag to your project. I decided to start making Christmas treat pails for our family dogs starting with Pumpkin...he is my little Yorkie. I have 6 more to go (my children's dogs) so I better get busy!!

The cute little dog tag from a Taylored Expressions stamp set called Total Tags Occasions was colored with copics, cutout, and mounted on the red card stock. Then it was popped up on the aqua layer which was embossed with a Dotted Swiss embossing folder. It was then added to the treat bag with red Baker's Twine. Another tag was stamped and the dog image was colored with copics, cut out, and popped up on the Label Stacklets 4 layer. Pumpkins name was hand written and then the label was adhered with foam tape.

 The glassine bag was filled with Greenies which are Pumpkins favorites...he only gets one a day, though, cause they are kinda expensive!! 

 Thanks for popping in today...have a good one!!!!
Supply List:
TE Stamps: Totally Tags Occasions
Paper: Choice Snow White (TE), Real Red, Pool Party (SU)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Baker's Twine (TE), Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Markers (Copics), Label Stacklets 4 (TE), Pail (Hobby Lobby), Glassine Bag (Hobby Lobby)



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