Taylored Expressions September Release Day…

September 1, 2016September 1, 2016 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Welcome! Two cards to share…It’s release day, the new products are in the store and we’re celebrating Taylored Expressions 8th birthday with cake! My post today is featuring The NEW Build a Cake die set. I’ve never been a cake decorator but I felt like one while playing with this new set! I used pieces from the set and added the 9 from the NEW Candle Numbers die. I know…it’s TE’s 8th birthday but I was thinking about our granddaughter Gena’s 9th birthday when I made this! oops! hehe

I added the small rose stamps from the Fresh Florals stamp and die sets.

The Mint Julep card-stock was new awhile back and I wasn’t sure when I’d ever use it! It’s perfect here though! I now love it! lol

I used some of the new White Nuvo Crystal Drops too…so fun and easy!

Linking up to…

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge – Anything Goes

City Crafter Challenge – Birthday

NBUS Challenge #7

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My next card…

I love the TE Door and I love the ‘more’ that Taylor keeps coming up with to make playing with these Door to Door Decor sets so fun and creative!

My card today uses the NEW Door To Door Fall Decor in addition to the original Door to Door set, the Door to Door Molding set and the NEW Little Bits Fall Harvest dies. So fun! I die cut the corn stalk from TE Dijon card-stock and colored the green with Copic Sketch Markers. Almost looks real! lol

I put acetate behind the molding to simulate glass in the window areas. Some extra touches here and there with Distress ink and Copic Sketch markers.

The TE Brick Embossing Folder in TE Pumpkin card-stock is perfect for the ‘house’ part of the card.

I’m a happy stamper even though I didn’t use any stamps on either of these cards! Ink counts! : )

Linking my door card to…

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge – Anything Goes

Die Cuttin Divas – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

613 Avenue Challenge – Anything Goes

Congratulations to Taylored Expressions for 8 years of bringing us wonderful products to create with!

Click over to the TE blog to see the participating designers for today and get in on the celebration! TFL!

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poppystamps Dogwood Blossom and Swirly Bird…

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I’m posting some easy on the eyes cards… hehe Is there a color that doesn’t go with kraft card-stock? I don’t know of any right off the top of my head! lol Today it’s ‘pinks’ turn.

And what better way to use pink than these beautiful poppystamps Dogwood Blossom dies! I’ll put links to all the dies below in Inlinkz since the post is gonna be a little picture heavy.

I started off with this Dogwood Blossom Corner die and one thing lead to another! lol (I used my embedding die technique, video how to under the blog header video tab and titled Adhering Intricate Dies)

and why not just use them all in pink and kraft?! lol

It’s not been a sunshiny week here so these cards are cheering me up and I needed some thank you cards. Win, win! hehe

Linking up…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp August Work it Wednesday

Die Cuttin’ Divas – Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More – Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping in again… tomorrow is Taylored Expressions release day and I’ve got some fun cards to share! Hope you’ll come back!

Dies and Supplies I used on 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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Memory Box Poinsettia Candles…

August 28, 2016September 11, 2016 Pam Sparks37 Comments

And today, the last card from the Christmas Elegance classes. Memory Box Poinsettia Candles die set on the Memory Box Modern Tile background die.

poppystamps Swirled Peace die and 3 small Pretty Pink Posh gold sequins finish it off.

All three of the cards together…

I can’t help but think back to the days when we just had circle, heart and star punches! WOW! The paper crafting industry has come so far! Really makes me appreciate Memory Box and all the other companies out there that provide us with so much to create with.

Linking to…

Allsorts Challenge – use at least two dies

Happy Little Stampers – anything goes with dies

yay! my card was a winner here! Thank you ladies!

Christmas Card Challenges – anything goes My card won for the week! Thank you so much gals!!!

Enjoy your ‘stuff’! lol Thanks for looking and I’ll show the other class cards next week. Taylored Expressions release is this week! yay!

Click for the Dies and Supplies I used for today’s card…

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Memory Box, poppystamps Lavinia Snowflake and Scrollwork…

August 27, 2016September 11, 2016 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Another festive card from the Christmas Elegance class today….Beautiful dies from Memory Box and poppystamps in the wonderful world of snowflake white and metallic gold.

The sentiment is from the poppystamps Christmas Greetings clear stamp set again. Dies I used in the links below!

Linking to…

Happy Little Stampers Christmas – Snowflakes