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Taylored Expressions Wild About You and On The Line…

Pam Sparks13 Comments

 

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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…

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Memory Box and poppystamps 50% Christmas/Holiday SALE…

Pam Sparks15 Comments

 

Popping in quick to tell you about a great SALE at BlueMoon Scrapbooking!

  HERE… Memory Box and poppystamps Christmas/Holiday dies are 50% off

 

Christmas/Holiday stamps are 50% off too…mixed in HERE

 

I have tons of cards made up with these dies on my blog…not even sure where to start to post some!  I can’t believe it’s close to time to be thinking about making Christmas cards again!  Even though I love them…oh wait, I just finished 8 a week and a half ago! lol  My mind, it moves on way too fast! ugh

If BM doesn’t have the dies or stamps you want… you can always purchase from Cindy at Starlitstudio too!  Her everyday prices are so FABULOUS!

(clicking on the photos below should take you to the blog post about the card. TFL!)

 

 

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oh wow!  So many cool dies to create with!  I love Memory Box and poppystamps!  😀  You can tell, can’t you! lol

There is a search box in the side bar… you can type a die or stamp name and most of the time it works great!  There’s also the category option… just pull down until you come to what you’re looking for, or contact me if you have a question!

Thanks for stopping by and scrolling through this long review!  eek!  Hard to know where to start and where to stop! lol  I appreciate your support so much…your comments mean the world to me and shopping through my links too!  Thank you so much!  I just gave you an excuse to stay in the air conditioning a little longer! ; )

ttul!

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Taylored Expressions June Release DAY!

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’!

 

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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!

 

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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!

cards · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Spring · Washi Tape

Steampunk Pipes Roses and Splendid Clarkia…

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Hi everyone!  Something a little different…I love how the Steampunk Pipes grunged up!  Distressing with Distress Rusty Hinge and Black Soot inks and the ink blending tools.

Then it was what do I put with it! I decided to distress up the new English Rose Bouquet, Gearworks Border, Uppercase Alphabet Soup letters the same way and add them to the frame I made with the die cut pipes.

 

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I die cut everything from white card-stock, inked completely with Rusty Hinge and then Black Soot Distress inks.  The Rose Bouquet I die cut from white twice.  Inked the roses on one with Rusty Hinge and Black Soot and the other with Peeled Paint and Black Soot.

I pounced a Versamark pad on the pieces to hold the chunky embossing powder while it melted.

On the inside, I stamped a coordinating sentiment from the poppystamps Hope and Thanks clear stamp set. HOPING (on the front)… you have a terrific birthday (on the inside).

Very fun!  I think it’d make a cool man card too, without the Rose Bouquet… maybe just embossing the new clear stamps in the frame.

 

 

The next card I made back in February…another one that didn’t make it in the look book on time.  Link under the blog header…

 

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A breathy, Spring-ish card for sure! A dash of this and a dash of that!  Love putting vellum behind butterflies!

 

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The washi tape I put on card-stock first and then taped it on the card.  Six dies on that one A2 size card! lol   It looks busy in the photo but IRL, it’s really dimensional and pretty.

And pearls… oh how did we ever make cards without pearls! lol

Thanks for stopping by!  I’ll be back Thursday with some Taylored Expressions Release Day cards!  TFL!

 

Supplies and Dies I used on these cards…

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Memory Box cards, HELLO and more…

Pam Sparks15 Comments

 

I have a bunch of cards I made a few months ago that were too late to get in the first Memory Box look book, so I’m going to start sharing them here before we’re on to another release!

* * * In case you haven’t noticed, I added a new TAB under the blog header with my photos of the cards I made for the first Memory Box look book…take a look!

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For this HELLO card, I stenciled the background on watercolor paper with Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks.

 

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I was inspired by Cindy’s fabulous card to make this nest in a tree card… at the time I took the photo, I didn’t have a stamp from MB to use but if I was to add a sentiment, I would use an alphabet set and stamp, “What’s Up?” or Hello!  Look around Cindy’s blog… so many gorgeous creations!

 

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One more bird idea…I’m bummed I can’t remember what I did here. ugh.  Too many cards since!  I know it’s regular embossing paste over a stencil.  Pretty sure I sprayed it with the color spray stuff.  Sorry about that.

I’m pretty sure I colored the branch die cut with markers…might’ve been Distress markers but it could’ve been Copics too!  I use both all the time!

 

I better quit for today! Memory Box overload!  Thanks for stopping by!  Holler if you have any questions and thanks for looking and commenting!  I appreciate it so much!  ttul!

 

Dies and Supplies I used…