Taylored Expressions October Release Day…

October 6, 2016October 9, 2016 Pam Sparks28 Comments

Hello everyone! Are you loving the release this month? Some beautiful designs for the holidays. Everything is now available in the Taylored Expressions Webstore.

Today I’m featuring the NEW Merry Christmas Cutting Plate die. I started my card by die cutting it twice from watercolor card-stock, carefully inking and embossing the words with gold embossing powder and then coloring the botanicals with Zig Clean Color Brush Markers and a waterbrush.

I used ⅛th inch scor-tape around the frame, poured embossing powder on it and embossed it also.

I sandwiched/glued the card-base between the two Merry Christmas die cuts, so I would have a see through card strong enough to stand. One side of the card-base is only an ⅛th inch, just enough to glue to.

A pretty, just a touch rustic, vintage looking card.

Check out the TE blog for all the release info and the list of designers that are sharing their ‘makes’ today!

Linking to…

Scrapyland Challenge – Anything Goes

Virginia’s View Challenge – Focal Point

Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate your comments so much! See you again soon!

Shopping links to the TE webstore…

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cards · Christmas · copics · Taylored Expressions · Watercolor

Festive Holiday Florals…Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek…

October 4, 2016October 9, 2016 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Welcome to Tuesday’s sneak peek for the Taylored Expressions October Release Week! My favorite time of the year to be making cards!

I’m featuring the NEW, lovely and festive Holiday Florals stamp and die sets. I also used the NEW Woodgrain Background stamp and NEW Plaid Embossing Folder. YAY! I love woodgrain! hehe

Using the Mini MISTI, I stamped the images from the Florals set with TE Premium Ink Pads and then added color to some with Zig Watercolor Brush Paint markers and some with Copic Sketch markers. That little extra…

Then I die cut them with the coordinating Floral die set.

The sentiment is from the In and Out Christmas stamp set. I embossed it with Gold embossing powder on a die cut vellum Stitched Banner Stacklets and added a sentiment on the inside from the same set.

I stamped the NEW Woodgrain Background Stamp in the regular size MISTI with Toffee and Chocolate Truffle ink. I inked the edges with Toffee ink, then die cut the woodgrain panel with Stitched Rectangle Stacklets dies to form a frame.

The Cherry Pop red card-stock is embossed with the NEW Plaid Embossing Folder.

I layered everything on to Buttercream Frosting card-stock and then a Sweet Basil card-stock A-2 size top folding card-base. Gold sequins for the Poinsettia centers.

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!

While you’re there, check out all the info about the awesome new products, release day is Thursday (be ready to shop ’til you drop) and click through the list of participating designers today. Be inspired and get those Holiday cards planned!

Linking up…

NEW Challenge blog! The Flower Challenge – #1 Anything Goes with Florals

Virginia’s View Challenge – Focal Point

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Shopping links to the TE webstore…

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Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Fall · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Watercolor

Memory Box and poppystamps 3 cards today!

September 3, 2016September 6, 2016 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Hello! Distress ink watercoloring again for this thank you card. I just brushed on Distress ink refills. Dropped a drop on acetate, spritzed with a few shots of water and brushed it on here and there on watercolor paper…very forgiving. yay!

I die cut the Feathertree Frame in heavy white card-stock, inked it by pouncing it with an embossing pad and pouring on the gold embossing powder. I used Tsukineko’s gold powder this time.

The sentiment is stamped with the MISTI stamping tool and embossed with the same ink and powder on a strip of vellum.

Linking my Thank you card to some challenges…

Addicted to CAS – Harvest

Here I did the same thing with the Distress ink refills but just brushed straight across but overlapped the strokes… wilted violet, chipped sapphire, tumbled glass and forest moss, I think…I always think I’ll remember! ugh.

I die cut the Forest Tree Frame die in heavy white card-stock, die cut the owl in kraft card-stock, inked him with Gathered Twigs Distress ink, colored his eyes with a Copic Sketch black marker and added white to his chest with the Sharpie White pen…links to the products below.

Sentiment stamped with Taylored Expressions new Oreo Hybrid stamp pad and the MISTI stamping tool.

Whew – one more card for today…I’ve had this one done for awhile but just haven’t gotten it worked in but I need to!

I watercolored the backgrounds and colored the images with Zig Clean Color Brush pens…love them too! oh you know, these days…what’s not to love about everything in the paper crafting industry! So much wow out there!

Some of the Sharpie white pen dots again and a sentiment stamped with the MISTI again…YES, if you’ve had any doubt whether this tool is worth the investment, I’m here to tell you YES, you need it and will LOVE it! I have both sizes and two of each…I share with our grandkids and classes too though..wink, wink. Our granddaughters all want them for their birthday gifts this year too! So far two down…two to go! lol

ok – I’ll shut up. It’s Saturday and the eve of a big get something done vacation weekend! I’m expecting Tim home any minute to work. Painting and fixing. yuk. But thankful cuz it needs done!

OH – crazy morning though… did this happen to any of you? I got woke up a few minutes after 7 this a.m. because the bed was shaking!!! So strange! It happened 3 times. Earthquake in Oklahoma and I’m in IA! This happened one other time some years ago…same thing…still sleeping and woke me up but I’d forgotten and didn’t put two and two together until I checked Facebook and my sister commented that they were out eating breakfast and the pictures were moving on the wall in the restaurant! Yikes that we were feeling something so far away from both of us. She lives 3 hours away from me!

Did it wake you up? Hope some mosquitoes lost their lives! Ha!

Thanks for stopping by! ttul!

Shopping links to products I used to make these cards…

cards · Embedded Die Cuts · Fall · Perfect Layers Tools · Taylored Expressions · Watercolor

Taylored Expressions September Release and Celebration!

August 30, 2016August 29, 2016 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Welcome and THANKS for visiting my blog today! I’m featuring this NEW Thanks Cutting Plate die from Taylored Expressions September Release that will be available for purchase this Thursday, Release Day. Love it!

Here’s what I did for this card…I die cut the Thanks Cutting Plate two times out of watercolor paper. I cut the card base from TE Premium Cookie Monster card-stock but cut it short…a lot short! only ⅛ inch past the 4 ¼ inch crease line.

The ⅛ th inch part of the card base I sandwiched between the top of the two Thanks Cutting Plate die cuts, sort of a hinge so to speak. That allowed me to have a see through card front but sturdy enough to stand on it’s own because of the two layers of watercolor paper glued together. Very cool…wish you could see it in real life!

Then I watercolored the whole thing with Zig Clean Color Brush pens and a water brush.

For this card, I did my embedding technique for intricate dies. (pull down under the video tab above to see, Adhering Intricate Dies)

I inked the whole thing after embedding with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink blending tool and then pounced on a little Delicata Gold ink pad with a big sponge dauber tool.

Some twine and then adhered to a TE Buttercream card-stock card base.

That’s my show and tell for today! You’ll want to click over to the TE blog to see what the other gals have been up to AND to read all about TE’s 8th birthday celebration!

Taylored Expressions is celebrating its 8th birthday with some fun party favors! These include everything from the exclusive WISH BIG stamp & die combo set to patterned paper packs, ink, and more! Visit the TE Blog for all the special offers and for your chance to win a fun prize!

THANKS again for stopping by! Always love hearing from you. Your comments are always appreciated and encouraging! Thank you so much!

Links to the TE webstore…

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Avery Elle · Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · PTI · Watercolor

Happy Birthday with PTI Twig Wreath…

August 13, 2016August 29, 2016 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Hi everyone! I needed a birthday card for stamp club yesterday afternoon so I got up determined to use some stamps and dies I hadn’t used yet! That was a decision in and of itself! lol

I settled on this Twig Wreath set from Papertrey Ink. Watch out though if you buy it, the dies aren’t open. So that’s a lot of time spent making templates to cut what you stamped! ugh.

I did an ink smooshed background with Fossilized Amber Distress ink on Watercolor paper. I linked to the paper section of SLS. WOW… look at all the options Cindy has to offer! Then stamped the images in Picked Raspberry, Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress inks.

I used mounting squares on the flowers and glued the wreath down with Mono Multi glue. Tied on some twine.

You’ll notice the edge around the perimeter of the card. I use an Avery Elle Rectangle die that is the exact size of the card-base… I love the finished look it gives the card. I don’t see it as still available to link to though. THIS set from Simon Says Stamp shows the largest die is the size of a card front though.

Linking to….

Sieze the Birthday Challenge – Birthday/Anything Goes

My card won Birthday Honors! Thank you ladies!