Category: cardmaking

The Card Concept #56

Today, I’m sharing a card created for The Card Concept #56 – Sweet Tea.

CardConcept56

My card features a Clean & Layered style using Taylored Expressions stamps and dies.

TE Little Bits - Teacups

I was inspired by the feminine feel of the inspiration image, such as the flutes on the cups, as well as the colors. I used Little Bits – Teacups to cut the teacups (embellished with Rainbow Brights Flowers sequins), which I put against a background cut with a die in the Stitched Circle Stacklets set and dry-embossed with the Paisley folder. I heat-embossed a sentiment from the Some Like It Hot set (which with its cursive and leaf/heart illustration plays into the feminine and frilly look). I finished the card front with a banner cut with one of the dies in the Skinny Mini Valentine Borders set. The smaller hearts were cut with one of the other dies in the Skinny Mini Valentine Borders set and the biggest one with the Little Bits – Love Confetti set.

TE Little Bits - Teacups

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Life is an Adventure – TE Share Joy Challenge #36

I’m playing along with the Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #36.

TE Share Joy Challenge #36

I created a CAS card showcasing the On the Road – Camper die from the May release. There are so many different variations with this set!

TE Share Joy Challenge #36

I created a background with one of the Picture Perfect – Sunny Days dies and a strip of cardstock (for the road), which I framed with the Pockets & Pages – 3×4 Photo Frame. The Happy Trails sentiment was stamped on the card front.

TE Share Joy Challenge #36

A few weeks ago my husband and I went to a “Farms and Frills” Junkers Market at which there were a number of vintage trailers. They were decorated inside and out! Cute, cute!

Camper

Be sure to head over to the Share Joy Challenge Blog to see more inspiration and to link up your entry!

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Kick Back and Relax!

Today, I’m sharing a “just because” card (just because it’s almost Memorial Day, just because the days are warmer, …) featuring summer-themed stamps and dies from Taylored Expressions!

My card showcases the Little Bits – Margarita and Little Bits – Martini dies.

TE Little Bits Margarita & Martini

Aren’t those drinks fun? I’ve used the Little Bits dies to cut cardstock from a variety of colors. I cut the background from black cardstock with the Eventful – Pool Party die (I wanted a background against which the drinks would pop). I stamped a sentiment from the Little Bits of Summer set onto the card front (from which I cut a square with the Stitched Square Stacklets set to form a frame).

TE Little Bits Margarita & MartiniSupplies:

Mermaid Kisses – TE Share Joy Challenge #35

I’m playing along with the Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #35.

TE Share Joy Challenge #35

Using the sketch, I created a card showcasing the Mermaid Kisses Stamp & Die Combo. This would be the perfect card for a young girl!

TE Share Joy Challenge #35

I stamped and colored the mermaid with Copic markers and cut her out with the corresponding die (goodbye fussy cutting!). I cut the stamped sentiment with one of the Stitched Banner Stacklets dies. I used patterned paper from my stash for the card background, accent strip and circle behind the mermaid (all Echo Park but different collections). The card base was dry-embossed with the On the Spot embossing folder.

TE Share Joy Challenge #35

Be sure to head over to the Share Joy Challenge Blog to see more inspiration and to link up your entry!

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Shore Do Love You!

Today, I’m sharing a “just because” nautical card!

Shore Do Love You

The buoy is cut with the CottageCutz Life Preserver Die. This is a “new to me” company which has a number of nautical-themed dies. They provide quite a bit of detail (for example, while you can’t see it, the rope is textured). I stamped the background with the My Favorite Things Wood Plank Background (you can never have too many wood-textured backgrounds!) and then cut it with one of the Lawn Fawn dies.  I used a die in the My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints 20 set to cut the heat-embossed sentiment (Reverse Confetti Happy Harbor). I’m on the hunt for more nautical sentiment sets (I have many more nautical dies than nautical sentiments).

Supplies: CottageCutz Life Preserver die, Reverse Confetti Happy Harbor stamp set (retired)