Taylored Expressions Southwest Cutting Plate card…

August 9, 2015August 12, 2015 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Another FAB Cutting Plate from Taylored Expressions! I made it up three times… third time was the winner in my mind! Taylor liked it too and used it in her post on Friday! I just now saw it! Now that puts a smile on a gal’s face!

I cut a piece of watercolor paper…painted water on it and dropped two drops Distress reinkers one color at a time…tipped the paper a bit so they’d move some, then moved on to the next color. What colors you say? oh eek… thinking…. I just have to start writing this stuff down! I think they are all new colors because I hadn’t put them away yet. The ‘story’ of my life! lol

White embossing on the black die cut banner… sentiment from the new TE stamp set Free Spirit. Doodlebug enamel dots.

Linking to…

Scrapyland Challenges – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today for a quick post! If you must see the other two cards that aren’t my favorites, they are in the TE gallery HERE. : )

Supplies I used…

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Taylored Expressions August Release Day…

August 6, 2015August 8, 2015 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hello! A bouquet of daisies for you today. This is a new set from Taylored Expressions called Simply Daisies. It’s a big stamp set, large and small flowers and sentiments and a set of matching dies.

I stamped the daisies and leaves with the MISTI. I used multiple colors of chalk ink from the Colorbox Queue pads. I love how fall-ish the colors turned out and how crisp the white looks with them.

A new embossing folder called Weathered. I have to try sanding it and inking it next!

The daisies set has three small flowers in the set too…here I just used one of the small stamps and stamped in Ranger Archival black ink on watercolor paper and painted with Peerless watercolors. Then die cut the flowers.

I was going for a gerber daisy look. I love the font Taylor used for the sentiments too.

I couldn’t decide what photo to use… here’s a white background too. : )

Thanks for stopping by today! Click over to the TE Blog for the links of the gals posting today…hop around and enjoy all the inspiration with this month’s release! It’s awesome!

Challenges I’m linking to…

Addicted to Stamps – Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday – Anything Goes and optional topping embossing

Muse Challenge – inspiration card (inspired by the bow, the hearts/enamel dots and the sentiment taking front stage)

Here’s the dies and supplies I used for my cards…Click a link to see the August release in the TE store!

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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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Taylored Expressions CAS Party and Early Memorial Day…

May 24, 2015May 24, 2015 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Memorial Day…reflect…be thankful…

I don’t know about you but it’s rare I sit and look back. So many memories and yes I’m thankful! Yesterday we went to a Civil War Reenactment that our grandson participated in. History brought to life. So many things going through my mind now.

On the fun side though, they started the afternoon with a fashion show. They showed and talked about the ‘ins and outs’ of dressing in that era. The hoop skirts…what a contrast to the skin tight jeans of today. eek! Glad I can be in the middle and be comfortable!

oh cards… yes, I have two to share today! lol Both are from the May Release at Taylored Expressions.

I die cut the new Starry Night Cutting plate in kraft card-stock and layered it to a navy, top folded A-2 size card base.

I embossed the new Brick embossing folder in red card-stock and then ran it through the Big Shot to die cut it with the new Build a Tag 4 die set. Stitched edges… love! It smashed the brick a little but I had inked one side of the folder with fired brick distress ink so I kinda like how it turned out!

I die cut the bell in gray from the new Patriotic treat toppers die set. Layered it on navy card-stock and mounted it to the tag with thin 3L mounting squares.

I stamped along the bottom of the tag with the word celebrate stamp from a TE Christmas set, A Winter View.

I glued on Studio Calico wood stars for embellishing and Lawn Fawn twine and hemp to finish off the tag.

Doodlebug Washi tape for the rainbow tea party and birthday party CAS cards I made… so fun… I know, it’s looks like I spent 10 minutes but actually I messed around for a few hours to get to these two cards! lol

Here I used the new Block Party die and Eventful Birthday Party die. I put washi on a piece of white card and die cut it for the background behind the gifts. I love how it turned out!

This one I used just a part of the new Eventful Tea Party Border die. Glad I don’t have to pick a favorite! love them all!

Linking to some challenges …
Scrapyland Challenge – Birthday
Seize the Birthday – Birthday
CAS on Sunday – Tic Tac Toe

That’s it from me today! Thanks for stopping by and thank you so much for your wonderful, encouraging comments! Happy remembering loved ones and celebrating our freedom that was hard won by a lot of heros!

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