Graduation Time!!

Hello everyone....hope all is well with you and yours!! I am still staying at my parents...Mom still won't keep her oxygen on and she won't eat. Tomorrow we take her to the cardiology clinic...Mom needs to wear a 24 hour halter monitor. That is going to go over like a lead balloon!! I may have to sleep with her to make sure she doesn't try to take it off...I'll just add that to my new experience list...LOL!! She doesn't remember anything from one minute to the next so this is going to be really hard for her...thank goodness it's only going to be on for 24 hours!!

Pssst...I am being featured on the Taylored Expressions Blog today...you can check it out here! Anyway.....

I have several young men friends of my Grands that I wanted to make graduation cards for...masculine cards are sooo hard for me but I think I pulled it off!! It was a snap with all my Taylored Expressions dies and stamp set!!

The first card features the Class Of die which was cut out of Metallic Neutrals - Silver cardstock. It was adhered to the center of the Blue Corn background that was embossed with the Dotted Lattice Embossing Folder. A piece of silver cardstock was cut in half on the diagonal and adhered to the top and bottom of the background with foam tape. The star border was cut with the Skinny Mini Borders die and adhered to the edges of the silver cardstock.

The Grad Cap was cut out of Blue Corn cardstock and the tassel was cut out of Metallic Neutrals - Gold. To finish it off, the numbers were cut with the Chunky #'s out of Blue Corn cardstock. 

Supply List:

Taylored Expressions Stamps: Chalkboard Elements 2

Taylored Expressions Dies: Class Of, Skinny Mini Borders, Grad Cap, Chunky #'s

Paper: Blue Corn, Metallic Neutrals - Silver, Sugar Cube (TE)

Ink: Night of Navy (SU)

Accessories: Dotted Lattice Embossing Folder

Class Of	Chunky #'s	Skinny Mini Borders	Grad Cap	Embossing Folder - Dotted Lattice
Premium Cardstock - Blue Corn	Premium Cardstock - Metallic Neutrals	Tombow Mono-Multi Liquid Glue	1/16" Foam Tape	Chalkboard Elements 2

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My second card features the same Class Of die...this time it was cut out of Blue Corn cardstock and adhered to the Metallic Neutrals - Silver cardstock background that was embossed with the Diagonal Striped Embossing Folder and cut out with the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets. A frame was created for the year with the Frame in Frame Cutting Plate die and the numbers were cut with the Chunky #'s.

The sentiments on the insides are from Chalkboard Elements 2 and the larger star border was cut with the Reach for the Stars Border. 

Supply List: 

Taylored Expressions Stamps: Chalkboard Elements 2

Taylored Expressions Dies: Class Of, Reach for the Stars Border, Chunky #'s, Frame in Frame Cutting Plate, Stitched Rectangle Stacklets

Paper: Blue Corn, Metallic Neutrals - Silver, Sugar Cube (TE)

Ink: Night of Navy (SU)

Accessories: Diagonal Striped Embossing Folder

Class Of	Chalkboard Elements 2	Frame in Frame Cutting Plate	Reach for the Stars Border	Chunky #'s
Stitched Rectangle Stacklets	Embossing Folder - Diagonal Stripe	Premium Cardstock - Blue Corn	Premium Cardstock - Metallic Neutrals	Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube
Tombow Mono-Multi Liquid Glue	1/16" Foam Tape

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Thanks for stopping by....I hope you have a wonderful day!!!

Playing With Felt

Hello everyone!! I have been playing around with some Taylored Expressions felt and this is what I came up with....a Thinking of You card for my sweet friend, Kay!! She has been going through a lot lately and I just wanted her to know that we were thinking of her!!

I used several TE flower dies to cut the flowers...have you checked out the TE felt?? It's sooo thick and soft and the TE dies cut it perfectly!!

After the pieces were cut, I played around with the design....

I used 4 different colors: Carrot, Caribbean, Peach, and Split Pea..glue was used to adhere the felt pieces together and a combo of glue and foam dots was used to adhere the leaves and flowers to the card.

The sentiment from the Simply Stamped  - Zinnias stamp set was stamped on the Sugar Cube cardstock that was cutout with the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets die and the twine finishes it off.


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

Supply List:
Taylored Expressions Stamps: Simply Stamped - Zinnias
Paper: Sugar Cube (TE), Summer Bliss 6x6 paper pad (Echo Park)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: TE Felt: Caribbean, Peach, Carrot, Split Pea, Twine (The Twinery)
Taylored Expressions Dies: Stitched Rectangle Stacklets, Bloom Where You're Planted, Bloomers 1, Bloomers 2, Happily Ever After Dies

Simply Stamped - Zinnias	Stitched Rectangle Stacklets	Bloom Where You're Planted	Bloomers 1	Bloomers 2
Happily Ever After Dies	100% Wool Felt - Caribbean	100% Wool Felt - Peach	100% Wool Felt - Carrot	100% Wool Felt - Split Pea
Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube	Memento Tuxedo Black Full Pad	Tombow Mono-Multi Liquid Glue

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Taylored Expressions April Release Day: Sewing and Quilting...my favorite things!!

Hello everyone....today is the April Release Day at Taylored Expressions!!!! All the fabulous new products are available for purchase in the *New* section of the Taylored Expressions store...WOOT!!! Be sure to stop by the TE blog, also, to see if you are a winner...hope this is your lucky day!!!

My card today features the awesome new Quilted Cutting Plate...I just love quilts so this is one of my favorites from this release. Five diecut were cut....one from Sweet Basil cardstock for the frame and four out of different patterned papers. The frame was adhered to a cardstock backing and then the diecut patterned paper pieces were inserted into the frame and glued down to create a quilt design. The sentiment from A Thousand Stitches stamp set was stamped on the Buttercream Frosting diecut that was cut with the previously released Stitched Square Stacklets die. 

The cute little patterned paper buttons were cut with the Little Bits - Buttons dies and the spool and needle were cut out of Sweet Basil and Metallic Neutrals - Silver cardstock with the Little Bits - Needle & Thread dies. The twine for the buttons, needle, and spool finish it off. 

Thanks for joining us this week...it's been fun and I hope you found a little inspiration along the way!!

Supply List:
Taylored Expressions Stamps: A Thousand Stitches
Paper: Buttercream Frosting, Sweet Basil (TE), Little Miss 6x6 paper pad (Bo Bunny), Harvest Lane 6x6 paper pad (Simple Stories)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Twine (TE),
Taylored Expressions Dies: Quilted Cutting Plate, Little Bits - Needle & Thread, Little Bits - Buttons, Stitched Square Stacklets

Quilted Cutting Plate	Little Bits - Needle & Thread	Little Bits - Buttons	Stitched Square Stacklets	A Thousand Stitches
Premium Cardstock - Buttercream Frosting	Premium Cardstock - Sweet Basil	Memento Rich Cocoa Full Pad	Burlap Twine - Rust (10 yards)	Tombow Mono-Multi Liquid Glue
Sakura Quickie Glue Pen	1/16" Foam Tape

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