Category: cardmaking

A Haunting We Will Go

Welcome to Day 1 of the Taylored Expressions August Sneak Peeks featuring Halloween projects! Circle your calendar – the August products will be released this Thursday, August 4 @ 7 AM PST!

My first card combines the Haunted Cutting Plate with the Haunted Accessories.

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I used the TE Premium White Pigment Ink – Sugar Cube – Mini Pad (this new ink is amazing!) to stamp a sentiment from the Boo to You set directly onto the image cut with the Haunted Cutting Plate from Chalkstock. I embellished the scene with a witch, gravestones and ghost cut with the Haunted Accessories. The background paper is from the TE 6×6 Paper Pack – Playful Patterns – Haunted set.

TE August 2016 Release

Supplies (items in bold will be released August 4):

My second card showcases the Roly Poly – Witch die set. (She’s a pretty cute witch and could easily be used to create a Christmas elf!)

TE August 2016 Release

I grew up watching “Bewitched” and the show’s opening credits were my inspiration. I placed the witch on a broom cut with the Little Bits – Broom set. I used the Boo to You set for the sentiment (placed into a speech bubble cut with the Little Bits – Let’s Talk Bubble 1 die). The background paper is from the TE 6×6 Paper Pack – Playful Patterns – Haunted set.

TE August 2016 Release

Supplies (items in bold will be released August 4):

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog to answer Taylor’s Question of the Day for a chance to win a prize from the latest release!

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Thanks for visiting! Head on over to the TE Blog to see more projects and product information, as well as a complete list of participating designers!

Nautical Greetings

Yes, I’m sharing another nautical-themed card! Absolutely, hands down, it’s my favorite summer theme. I’m already making lists of Halloween and Christmas projects (and products to buy!), but since it’s still July, I want to celebrate the “now” just a little bit before moving into the fall- and winter-themed projects!

Jean Manis Nautical Greetings

I used the smaller of the two boat dies in the Poppystamps Marina Sailboat set, cutting the boat from kraft and red cardstock. I trimmed off the lower portion of the red one so that the boat would be wood-colored and the sail red. I have a couple of anchor dies, the one in the WPlus9 Design Studio Dies, Nautical Notions set being the smallest (which worked best with the boat).

The Stampin’ Up sentiment is one that I’ve used several times before. I keep looking for more nautical sentiments but haven’t seen anything that’s caught my eye.

Supplies:

Stampin’ Up sentiment; Poppystamps Marina Sailboat die; Lifestyle Crafts Tide embossing folder

ColourQ #351

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I’m playing along with ColourQ #351 with a CAS card:

ColourQ #351

The challenge colors initially had me stumped, but the inspiration photo brought to mind the Reverse Confetti “Peacock Pretties” stamp set. I decided on equal ratios of the purple, aqua and navy with the gold as the accent.

I stamped and heat-embossed the feather image from “Peacock Pretties” on cardstock, which I then cut with a banner die so that they would be the same size. The sentiment stamped in black is from the same set.

The Adventure Begins! – Share Joy Challenge #44

I’m playing along with Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #44.

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I used the sketch (flipped horizontally) to create a CAS celebration card for a boy featuring the Sky High – Rocket set. This card came together quickly.

TE Share Joy Challenge #44

I heat-embossed a sentiment from Sky High Sentiments on a diagonal strip and adhered it to a panel that was dry-embossed with the Lots of Stars embossing folder. I added the assembled the Sky High – Rocket with foam.

TE Share Joy Challenge #44

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

Supplies:

Penny Black Simplicity: You Brighten My Day

Today, I’m sharing a CAS floral card created with Penny Black stamps and dies.

PB Simplicity

Taking my color cue from the sentiment, (included in the 30-338 Special Thoughts set), I stamped the Penny Black 40-460 Sunbursts with several bright colors of dye ink on 110# Neenah white cardstock, staggering the image for visual interest. (I tried pigment ink as well, but preferred the saturated and bold look I got with the dye ink.) I embellished the card with butterflies cut with one of the dies in the 51-132 Flights of Fancy set.