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Printworks NEW halloween…

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Isn’t this hilarious!  Printworks always has the best sentiments!  ‘Stomp your feet, down the street, and have a happy Trick or Treat’.  So whimsical and fun!

Adorable halloween stamps… cling stamps HERE!

Wood mount stamps HERE!

 

Remember to use the code “Pam’s blog” in the comment section of your Printworks order for 5% off!

 

I used

F4636 Fresh Wrap

G4627 Stomp Your Feet

E4628 Haunted Condos

There are a ton of stamps that would work on the inside too!

I just found this one HERE!  How cute! ‘Keep you guessing’  How fun!

 

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I black embossed the condos, inked with Distress inks, Weathered Wood, Chipped Sapphire and Dusty Concord on Canson 90# coldpress Watercolor paper.  Spattered with Copic white opaque ink and Black H2O watercolor paint.

The Fresh Wrap guy is stamped on Hammermill Color Copy Cover with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers, the T series and a little purple V15 I think it was.

Glossy Accents on the eyes and condo windows.

A silly wrap job! hahahaha

 

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ok – watch out!  Halloween smooches!!!!  ewwwwww!

I used…

A4647 Spider

C4637 Bugs & Kisses

E4629-R Spider Web

and on the inside (which I forgot to take a picture of, ugh)

C4632 Spooky Icky

D4644 Happy Halloween

and on the back

A4625 Cat Face

I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black on Premium Neenah White Cardstock, colored a little with orange and purple Copics.  YR04 and V15, a little Wink of Stella clear glitter pen and then Glossy Accents again.

 

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Silly but stamped up so cute and CAS!

 

That’s it for me today!  Always fun to share the whimsy that is Printworks with you!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies I used for these cards…

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions · Winter

Taylored Expressions October Release Day!

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Welcome to my post for Taylored Expressions October Release day! Open the door and come on in! Last month brought us the Door to Door die set and Door to Door Décor. This month we get the accessory set, Door to Door Winter Décor! YAY! So…let it snow!

 

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The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the awesome New In and Out Christmas stamp set.  My weakness is sentiments…ok, maybe I have more than one weakness. lol

I used the Bead Board embossing folder to make the card front look like siding and embellished with the new Little Bits Snowflake Confetti dies.  I hope you’ll come in out of the cold!  : )

 

 

My next card is the moose image from the New Critters on Ice stamp set with matching dies…

 

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SO cute!  I love critters with personality!  So fun to color too! I die cut the pieces in white card-stock and colored them with Copic Sketch markers.

The frame is the New Picture Perfect Horizontal die… love it! Then the trees and lake are from two new Build a Scene die sets… Winter Trees and Central Park. Oh.what.fun!

 

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I used some Stampendous Frantage Chunky Enamel embossing powder on the lake… snow!  Ranger White Enamel Accents on the tree.

I tore a piece of copy paper and using the ink blending tool, sponged on Tumbled Glass Distress ink for the horizon line.

I LOVE this release! Everything is available in the Taylored Expressions online store today! hurray! You will want to see what all the other TE designers created for release day too!  Head over to the TE blog, read through to the bottom of the post for the links to the other gals that are posting today.

Merry Christmas creating to you! Thank you for visiting!  I love sharing and can’t wait to send cards!

p.s. be sure to scroll down two posts and comment, if you haven’t already, for a chance to win the new Creative Cards book.  I have two TE cards published in it!

 

Here’s the list of what I used and is now all available @ Tayloredexpressions.com!

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Taylored Expressions · Uncategorized · Winter

Taylored Expressions October Sneak Peeks…

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The end of September and the rush/fun is on to make Christmas cards! with snow on them! hehe

Look at this cute little snowman!  A new die in the Taylored Expressions Little Bits ‘line’.  I love the Little Bits dies!  So fun to create with!

Then I used two new for October ‘Build a Scene’ die sets… Winter Trees and Central Park.  SNOW much fun!

I’m sure Anne with an ‘e’ would call it the ‘lake of shining waters’! lol I love Anne!

 

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The sweet JOY frame is from the new TE Picture Perfect Horizontal die set and I can’t forget the new Little Bits Snowflake Confetti die set! This release is a card makers night before Christmas dream!  All those visions of sugarplums are visions of new stamps and dies to come! YAY!

I die cut the pieces in white card-stock and colored them with Copic Sketch Markers.

Two new embossing folders also!  The one I used today is called Holly.  So pretty!  It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

 

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Here’s the scoop for the release…sneak peeks start today and go through Wednesday with the release on Thursday!  Each day over on the Taylored Expressions Blog you will find Taylor’s card creations with the new release, links to the participating designers AND you will want to comment there each day for chances to win fabulous giveaways!  Visit the TE blog for the details on how to enter to win!   : )

Thanks so much for visiting today! ‘preciate it!

Links to the products I used, in the TE store… (release product links will work Thursday!)

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Taylored Expressions Birthday month…

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oh wow!  It’s been too long since I posted! Hard to believe September is half gone!  boohoo!  I’ve missed you all! lol  I’m working on cards for a Christmas Memory Box Look Book, our stamp club had a shoebox card party and then we had a family birthday party!  Eek… it’s a lot of card making going on!

Here’s one of the cards I made for our grandson Gilbert.  He’ll be turning three next week. Time goes by so fast.  We still have three grandsons younger though. lol  We’ve got boys!

 

 

Here’s a close up of this cute bunny and his birthday balloon…

 

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It was fun to color with Copics again… I need to do it more often! Funny that for years that was all I did! You can go back on my blog and see lots of coloring. It’s hard not to love everything anymore! I’m sure you agree…so many wonderful stamps, dies, inks and papers!

Linking to some challenges…

NBUS – anything goes (Balloon Buddies stamps/dies and trees dies are NBUS!)

button aqua use this the

Seize the Birthday – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – love that technique (mine are coloring and die cutting)

Happy Little Stampers – Coloring

 

Thanks for not forgetting me!  I’ll be back!

 

 

Linking up below to the stamps and dies I used for this A2 size, top folding card.

cards · copics · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Summer · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions Wild About You and On The Line…

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Wow!  We survived 91˚ weather to watch our 5 yr. old grandson’s baseball game last night!  These Summer temps always bring to mind my growing up days and going to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha every Summer.  Seems like the family always picked the hottest day of the year to go! lol

This card brings up all those Zoo days.  Nowadays I prefer the Des Moines zoo.  You can get through it in an hour or so!

 

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This cute little swinger is in the new TE Wild About You stamp set.  Color with Copics and stamp a sentiment and you’ve got a quick card.  There is a coordinating die set for it also.

 

 

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The other thing I did growing up in Council Bluffs/Omaha with lots of sidewalks is bike riding! Sometimes I wonder when we stopped playing and ate lunch and supper! lol

I cut the bike in silver paper, colored it with a permanent black pen and layered it on a couple other cuts before I glued it to the scene.

 

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I love the new On The Line die set… the squirrel is from the new On The Line Accessories set.  So cute!  The leaves on the tree are supposed to cut when you run it through but instead of cutting them for this card, I embossed them with the die.  😀   I inked the die with Peeled Paint Distress ink, placed the tree top cut back in the die and ran it through with a tan mat.

To get the hill… I used the clothesline part of the tie.  I die cut the line in dark brown and in green.  I used the waste from the green cut and placed the brown line on top of it.  I thought it made an awesome sidewalk!

The ‘thanks’ die cut is one that you get when you order from Taylored Expressions.  Every time you order you receive a complementary die, thanking you for ordering!  Isn’t that awesome?!  I think so!  I love getting something that I love free! : )   The free die varies every time, you don’t know what you’ll get.

 

Thanks for stopping by today! Holler if you have any questions.  Links to the products I used from the TE store below…