Category: Share Joy Challenge

Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #23

I’m playing along with Share Joy Challenge #23 at Taylored Expressions.

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I used the sketch to create an Easter card:

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I interpreted the circle and banner loosely, using two eggs from the Easter Wishes set heat-embossed on watercolor paper for the circle in the sketch. The eggs were watercolored with Distress Inks and cut with the corresponding Egg Stacklets dies. I used just one banner with the heat-embossed sentiment, also in the Easter Wishes set, rather than two banners, as in the sketch. I used the Stitched Scallop Edger die to cut the white scallop tucked under patterned paper from the Build a Scene Paper Pack.

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The card base was dry-embossed with the Butterfly Swirls folder.

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Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #22

Today, I’m playing along with the Share Joy Challenge #22 at Taylored Expressions.

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I used both the sketch and the inspiration to create an encouragement/friendship card:

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The focal point of the card is the die-cut coffee machine created with the Koffee Time Stamp & Die Combo set. The sentiment is from the same set. I used the large tag from Build a Tag 4 for the background. I found patterned papers in my stash for the card base.

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

Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #21

Today, I’m playing along with the Share Joy Challenge #21 at Taylored Expressions.TEChallenge21

I used the sketch to create a CAS Congratulations card, perfect for graduation (you could change the colors of the balloon to reflect school colors), a new job or a promotion (just to name a few reasons to send a Congratulations card)!

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I cut the balloon with the Sky High – Hot Air Balloons die three times, inlaying the colored cardstock panels into the balloon outline (I put Scotch tape on the back of the balloon outline to hold the colored cardstock pieces).

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I used a sentiment from the Welcome Home set which I die cut with the banner in the Build a House set. The background panel was dry-embossed with the Cloudy Days folder and a frame cut with a die in the Frame in Frame Cutting Plate set finished it off.

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Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #20

Today, I’m playing along with the Share Joy Challenge #20 at Taylored Expressions.Share Joy Challenge #20

I used the sketch and kept it Clean & Simple, creating a “Hello” card with die cut flowers and sentiment:

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After a week of rain here in the Pacific Northwest, these bright flowers make me happy! I did a bit of pruning on the Leafy Branch, before tucking it behind the flowers.

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Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #19

Today, I’m playing along with the Share Joy Challenge #19 at Taylored Expressions.

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I used the sketch to create a Valentine’s Day card created with die cuts:

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I used the Little Bits penguin die to create a boy and a girl penguin. I sized down the skating pond so that it would fit on the stitched heart. I cut it once, and then re-positioned the die on one end and cut again. Then I re-positioned the die on the other end and cut again.

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I used the stitched rectangle die to create the Sugar Cube stitched piece joining the patterned papers by cutting once with the die and then again, leaving the stitched center.

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