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Hi Angels!
Had a great evening with the Angels in class tonight. Our first get-together with busy summer schedules.
We played with Taylored Expressions Spring Chickens and celebrated 3 Angel’s August birthdays!
These chickens are a bit of work but so fun to create with. We used the Spring Chickens Layering Stencil & Stamp Set, Just Chicken In sentiments and the Chicken Wire Background stamp.
It’s always great to gather with good friends and create.
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings!
Hi Angels!
While I was doing my Faith Art challenge, I didn’t post my other art, so I’ll be posting & sharing throughout the rest of July to catch up. No art last week but I did get some more clean up & organizing done and I did some tea dyed paper.
My oldest daughter Christi and my friend Gracie have April birthdays just one day apart. I used Taylored Expressions Ever in Bloom Create-in-Quads stencil to make their cards and you’ll see the other 2 Quad cards when I post Mother’s day. My daughter-in-love April has a May birthday and I used some of my hand colored paper for the butterflies on her card.
I have a couple of ideas I’d like to start working on this week, plus finish up my Beatitudes journal but I still have a large area I am trying to reorganize in the studio so hopefully I can balance it. I do have a fairly quiet week ahead which is usually good for projects.
Have a fabulous week and stay cool in this heat!
Blessings!
Hi Angels!
Tonight’s share is a card set I made for my granddaughters with Taylored Expressions With All My ‘Art’ kit. When I saw the sample the designer made with the googly eyes, I knew it would be a perfect card for the girls.
I used a couple of different companies dies for my background mats so my design was a little different from the original.
I hope you are having a great week!
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings!
Hi Angels!
A very busy day today, I clocked over 13,000 steps and I still didn’t quite make it through my things to do list. Why all the bustle? We leave in 5 days on our anniversary trip so I’m on my final prep & to-do tasks.
Along with last night’s bookmark, I also unearthed sorting these tiny watercolor cards that are about 3 x 4. I picked the matching verse to last night’s project and one of my tiny “1” hair brushes to paint with.
Everyday is the perfect day to rejoice in the Lord and be filled with joy.
This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
I used the Prima Pastel Dreams palette to paint this tiny beauty. It will work great in a journal or even as a card topper. These cards are from Taylored Expressions, now retired.
I hope you have a fabulous week ahead!
Blessings!
Hi Angels!
I had so much fun designing these cards for our granddaughters and I love sending them Happy Mail.
I used Unity Stamp Co’s Spring Mouse for the focal image & colored with Prismacolors and stenciled with My Favorite Things raindrops with glitter paste. The background paper is Lawn Fawn’s Flower Market. The flowers were created with Taylored Expressions Buds & Blossoms dies that we received in our Crop & Create event kit and the sentiment if from Catherine Pooler Designs. Nothing like combining all the companies to create a card.
Thanks for stopping by.
Blessings!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!