Category: Taylored Expressions

Art Inspiration, Cards, Taylored Expressions

Hello Set – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you are looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

I have the final set of cards to share from Stamp Joy. These would make a perfect gift set for a friend.

The Fineline Vines background was used with clear embossing to keep it monochromatic, then the center was die cut with a stitched rectangle die. The remaining frame was attached to the card. To the die cut center was added a vellum strip with a sentiment in a matching color. Foam was added to the die cut backside & it was placed back into the center of the frame. A really easy set to mass produce in a variety of colors and sentiments to make simple elegant gift sets.

I have more classes tomorrow with some of the brand new Concord & 9th colors that will release next month. It’s fun to play with new goodies before they are available to everyone.

Have a Fabulous Weekend!

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Taylored Expressions

Rainbow Stripes – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope your week got off to a great start.

Today’s cards feature rainbow color backgrounds.

The top card features hand painted watercolor rainbow stripes. Which I love. The bottom card features rainbow ink blending on the background & through a stencil and made a fabulous birthday shaker card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Taylored Expressions

Pattern Play – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope your weekend was wonderful!

Today’s cards feature pattern play from the Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy classes.

For the 1st card we designed with 1/2 inch paper strips, a great way to use up scraps. For the 2nd card we did an ombre blend through a stencil and then added some graphic patterns to the stencil design. Fun! May try this more often.

Have a fabulous week!

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Taylored Expressions

Ink Blending Fun – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you’ve had a great Saturday! Don’t forget to move your clocks ahead tonight.

Stamp Joy is in the books. In a day & a half I completed 15 cards, all 14 from the event, plus 1 bonus card & a dozen watercolor backgrounds for future use.

Most classes were one card each and these 2 featured ink blended backgrounds so I grouped them together.

The 1st card features an ombre ink blended background that was embossed with the Dots of Diamonds embossing folder. The dots were sanded after to make them stand out more. I also opted to emboss the flower pot to give it just a bit more interest. I love how the galaxy background came out on card #2. It has water & white paint splatters for the stars. Except for the embossing folder, these cards feature current Taylored Expressions products. From the Antique Pails & Coneflower dies to the Gus & Gertie moon stamp.

I’ll be posting the remaining cards the rest of this week.

Have a blessed Sunday!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Taylored Expressions

Flower Market – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I get to spend a crafty weekend with Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy. Today’s classes featured 4 cards from the Flower Market Stamp set & All Together Occasions 2 sets. Some of this weekend’s products will remain exclusive to the weekend & some may release at a later date.

Today’s classes focused on coloring with different mediums. Because of my asthma I did not use alcohol ink markers or Gamsol. I simply used Prismacolors & a regular blending pencil for those 2 cards.

Card 1 was the alcohol ink class. I switched up my colors a bit & used my pencils. Card 2 is the watercolor card and again I switched up my colors. Card 3 is color without coloring and is a fun interactive card too. Card 4 was the Gamsol card and again I just used my Prismacolors.

Another full day of classes tomorrow.

Have a Great Weekend!

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Scrap Attack, Taylored Expressions

Garden Birthday #2

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope your weekend is off to a great start. I didn’t get anything crafty done today but did pull together some supplies for designing.

My final birthday card share from my week of February birthdays is for one of the Angels in my friend group.

It’s a mini slimline card featuring Taylored Expressions Garden Variety & Antique Pails dies along with the All Together – Occasions stamp & die set. Except for the card base & jewels, everything was pull from my scraps to make a Scrap Attack card.

Have a Fabulous Weekend! Enjoy if you have 3 days off with President’s Day.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Simon Says Stamp, Taylored Expressions

You Are So Sweet

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I’m trying out Simon Says Stamp’s Kit of the Month this year. In the past I have just ordered them as a one time purchase from time to time. I used the February Kit of the Month Sweet Days to create Valentine’s for my granddaughters.

I cased one of the design team’s designs to create these. I used Taylored Expressions Sketched Hearts Dies with rainbow glitter paper and the lollipop & sentiment from the Sweet Days kit. I colored the lollipops slightly different for each girl. I sent the cards off with a small art project for the girls to create.

Lots of fun. I plan to try & use my kits at least once shortly after receiving them so they don’t sit unused. So far I’m 50/50 since I haven’t created with January’s kit yet.

The weekend’s almost here. Have a Blessed Friday!

Art Inspiration, Bible Journaling, By The Well 4 God, Faith Based Art, Taylored Expressions

The Temple – Bible Journaling #4

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you have had a wonderful weekend and are looking forward to the week ahead.

I got to spend a bit of creative time this weekend in the studio working on 3 different projects.

While making breakfast yesterday, I caught up on a couple of Bible Journaling videos and created this page inspired by Lindsey Decor. She was working with the By The Well 4 God kit – Trusting A Good God, which I hadn’t started yet.

The focal verses are 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. ESV

I used a stencil from Taylored Expressions and die cut elements from the Trusting a Good God kit.

As a follower of the Way in Jesus Messiah, it is a sobering reminder that we are the church, we are the temple, we are holy ground because God is with us always. A physical building is no longer needed to walk with God. How we behave directly reflects our relationship with God. While we will not be perfect in our lifetime here, we are being perfected to be more Christ-like. Do we dishonor God by continuing to walk in sin & disobedience or do we strive to grow in wisdom & truth & walk in the path He has laid before us? A reminder that our actions reflect our walk with God.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Penny Black, Scrap Attack, Taylored Expressions

Garden Birthday #1

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

It’s February birthday week here. Two of my friends and my youngest son all have birthdays this week.

First up is this card for my dear friend Miss Margaret’s 83rd birthday.

Miss Margaret’s favorite color is red so I decided on this color scheme for her flower card. I used Taylored Expressions Garden Variety & Rustic Pail dies, lots of scraps from my scrap bin to cut the flowers & an older sentiment die from Penny Black. The flower centers are glitter dots. A bit of work to place all the greenery & flowers but well worth the effort.

I hope you have a fabulous week ahead.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Taylored Expressions

New Year’s Blessings

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023. May your year be filled with creativity, fun, laughter, love, time with family & friends and kindness shared with others. May you seek God, grow in His word & truth and follow His path before you.

My first share of the year are these New Year blessing cards I made for our married children wishing them a year filled with new adventures and a small gift to treat themselves to dinner.

I used Taylored Expressions Create-in-Quads Mistletoe stencil set with Taylored Happy Medium in Silver to accent the berries.

I am still working on my creative plans for the New Year and I will be diving deeper into my Bible studies with hopefully a bit more Faith art to go alongside. I do know the new year will include more creative time with the AngelS and a few events & classes.

May your year also be filled with many new adventures.

Blessings!