Taylored Expressions Birthday month…

September 15, 2015September 16, 2015 Pam Sparks23 Comments

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…

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!)

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.

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

Taylored Expressions Wild About You and On The Line…

June 11, 2015 Pam Sparks13 Comments

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!

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.

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.

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…

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Birthday · cards · copics · rubber stamps · Summer · Taylored Expressions · Watercolor

Taylored Expressions June Release DAY!

June 4, 2015June 6, 2015 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Release DAY @ Taylored Expressions!!!

It’s ALL about Summer! Relax, walk on the beach, ride a bike and maybe visit the zoo?! Maybe you don’t have to go very far to feel like you’re at the zoo! lol Personally, I prefer my own little zoo inside my air conditioned house! lol

My husband would love this… goin’ fishin’!

Here I used the NEW Build a Scene – Rolling Waves dies …three stitched dies, each with a different wave pattern.

Here’s what I did – I cut a piece of watercolor paper…dropped water on to it with a dropper bottle…then drops of Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink reinker straight from the bottle onto the water drops…let it spread…then removed the excess with a paper towel. Let it dry, then cut the waves from that piece. Cool! See those white caps?! I love how it turned out! YAY!

I also used the new Build a Scene – Underwater dies in the scene foreground.

Don’t you love the new Little Bits Fishing Boat and Lighthouse! So cute!

Meet this cute little crab!

The new Build a Scene – Underwater dies make the scene again here. Super cute plant life dies to perfectly complement the Under the Sea stamp set and new Under the Sea dies!

Well, he/she doesn’t look very crabby with that cute smile and googly eyes! lol Quick recovery! lol I colored the crab with Copic Sketch Markers and die cut it with the new Under the Sea dies.

I used the new stitched Peek a Boo Circles die at the top of the card and the new Beadboard Embossing Folder for the lower part of the card front.

So glad you stopped by today! If you’d like to see more projects and new product information, please head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of the participating designers!

Hope you’re inspired to create some cards with TE stamps and dies! I have two more cards…I’ll post them soon!

See ‘ya!

All of the new products are available for purchase at the TE web store today!

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Birthday · cards · copics · Masculine · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions May Release Day…

May 7, 2015May 7, 2015 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s Release Day at Taylored Expressions today! My first card is a new stamp and die combo called Under the Toadstool. Super cute and whimsical with the little glittery fairy and her magical kingdom.

I inked up an acrylic block with Distress ink pads, spritzed with water and smooshed a piece of watercolor paper onto it for the background. The images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. Then die cut with the coordinating dies. The dies are very easy to use because you can see where to position them! YAY! A coat of Wink of Stella Clear Brush Marker finished her off.

To complement the scene I used the TE Wispy grass and Arbor Accessories dies. I colored the stems and flowers with Copic Sketch markers, shaped with a mat and stylus then glued them to the corners.

This month’s release has us looking ahead to Father’s Day!

I made an A2 size Center Panel Step Card. Don’t you love that cute Little Bits lawn mower die?! The window, well, it’s really a new die called Gridlocked! Love the new Brick Embossing Folder too!

I die cut the Shades of Thanks tree in white card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch markers.

The Wispy Grass die I cut from green card-stock and embossed it with the Cable Knit Embossing Folder.

The cute sentiments on the front and inside are from the new Punny Man stamp set… so fun!

and here’s the inside…

So glad you stopped by today! If you’d like to see more projects and new product information, please head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of the participating designers!

Hope you’re inspired to create some cards with TE stamps and dies! 😀

See ‘ya!

All of the new products are available for purchase at the TE web store today!

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Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Spring

Memory Box Spring 2015 Release…

April 15, 2015April 16, 2015 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m posting today on the Memory Box blog HERE. It’s time for the Spring 2015 Release Blog Blitz! It started on Monday and goes through Friday. Comment on the blog posts there for chances to win!

For my card today, I die cut one of the corners from the NEW Open Studio Distressed Windham Collage die set twice. Once in the upper left corner and then again in the bottom right corner of a 4 in. x 5 1/4 in. piece of parchment card-stock. I distressed the edges with a Tim Holtz paper distresser tool. Then I inked most of the piece with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and a mini round ink blending tool. I spattered with Walnut ink and Metallic Gold spray ink.

I die cut the English Rose Bouquet die in Parchment card-stock and colored it with Copic Sketch markers. The flowers are the RV 90 series and the leaves are the BG 90 series.

I hope I can explain what I did without it being confusing. Here goes…

* I leave the rose cut in the die after I cut it, this is one time I hope the pieces stick in the die (if any of the pieces come out I stick them back in the die)

* With the wide yellow frog tape (painters tape), I put pieces of the tape over the die cut card-stock I left in the die (tape goes adhesive down on the wrong side of the card-stock and extends over the edges)

* Now I remove the die cut from the die and all the pieces stick to the frog tape

* Take the outline part of the die off the tape and color it

* The flower petals I left on the frog tape and colored

I know, this is getting long…do you want me to carry on?! : ) ok!

* After coloring lay your outline die cut wrong side up and put mounting squares all over it in strategic places so they will be overlapping all the lines. I cut mounting squares in half for this and yes, it takes a lot but it’s worth it!

* Now turn your colored outline die cut right side up and you’re ready to place all the colored petals into the rose outline. The rose petals will all stick to the mounting squares. YES!

* Add mounting squares to your leaves and place it on the background piece

* Add mounting squares to the background piece and place it on an A2 Juniper notecard

Here’s the inside!

I die cut the NEW Pennington Rose Border die in Juniper card-stock, glued it to the top and stamped the words, happy birthday from the NEW Party Time stamp set.

Lots of NEW stamps! Clear sets, wood mounted and cling! YAY! HERE

It’s been a lovely Spring so far in Iowa! I love this cooler but not cold weather! I just got a new bike! So excited! Now to get the sound fixed on my computer… ugh…but how can I go without it?! I know, a video would’ve been a whole lot easier than explaining this card! lol

Happy Wednesday! TTYL!