Brutus Monroe Blog Hop -- Halloween / New Surface Sprays

Hello crafty friends!  Welcome back for another Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team Blog Hop!  Today we were challenged to make a Halloween card with Surface Sprays.  Mine isn't strictly Halloween, but I had so much fun making it.  Those Surface Sprays are unlike any spray I've tried before, and the more I use them, the more I love them.  

This is a pretty simple card, so I would love for you to watch the video:

Be sure to hop along and see what the rest of the Inspiration Team made for our Halloween / Surface Spray Challenge.  You're going to love what they made!

Thanks for stopping by!

CASology -- Frame Thanks

Hey all!  I hope your Saturday is going wonderfully.  I'm back with a card for the CASology challenge to use a frame.  A little while back, Taylored Expressions launched their Clearly Planned line of planner products.  I adore planners and clear stamps, so I purchased just a couple of things.  These Mini Frames were a couple of those things.  Not only are the perfect for planners, but as you can see they work great for cards too.  I paired it up with a Thanks die that came free with my purchase from Taylored Expressions a while back.

Paper:  kraft from my stash, Nina Solar White, Studio Calico paper pad 

Accessories:  TE Thanks die, TE Mini Frame 2, TE Mini Frame 3, TE Mini Frame 4, Corner Chomper

Thanks for stopping by!  If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below.

Color Throwdown #338 -- Thanks

Good Morning!  I'm super excited to get to share my card this morning, because it was made for the Color Throwdown #338 as their Guest Star Stamper!  As soon as I saw the swatch of colors, I couldn't wait to get stamping.  I'm trying to be a bit better about using stamps that haven't seen too much light, so I pulled out some older Taylored Expressions goodies.  This set is called Light as a Feather Stamp & Die combo.  The 'Thanks' die is from TE as well and was a freebie with an order.

The feathers were stamped with Versamark onto the Kraft cardstock, and then Zing! embossing powders were used.  I used a white gel pen to make a few dots, and then used some Kraft cardstock panels to finish up the base.  I think I kind of love how this card turned out.

Some come play along!  You know you want to, and you could end up being a future Guest Star Stamper!

Ombre Stamping

Hey crafty peeps!  I wanted to pop on quickly to show you what I create for the Papertey Ink Make it Monday challenge.  The challenge was ombre stamping.  I have to say, I have a lot of stamp pads, but not a lot of them go well for this type of challenge!  That was shocking for me.  Maybe I tend to buy vastly different colors, so they don't seamlessly blend.  I suppose I should remedy that ;)

I used a couple of different sets from PTI called Half & Half (with the matching die) as well as Harvest Berries.  The inks I used were distress inks:  Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, & Victorian Velvet.  They aren't perfect, but you get the idea.  Looking at the sentiment I picked, maybe colors of the sun would have worked better.  Again, I didn't have a lot of options.

Thanks for stopping in!

Spring is In the Air!

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I'm sort of supremely obsessed with this stamp set right now.  Well, to be fair, I've been obsessed with it since I first laid eyes on it.  I use it every chance I can get!  It's from Papertrey Ink and it's called The Sweet Life.  I don't have the matching die, because every time I'm ready to buy it, they are out of it, lol.  The sentiment is from Signature Greetings II.

My card was inspired by the Simon Says Stamp challenge April Showers and/or Spring Flowers.  The papers are called Seredipity, and I've been reaching for it a lot as well.  The papers are beautiful and seem to fit the mood I'm in when I'm crafting.  I did use my Wink Of Stella to bring a bit more life to the flower as well.

Thank you so much for stopping in.  I would love to hear what you think :)

Color Throwdown #336 -- Smiles

It's Good Friday!  I just wanted to quickly share with you a card I made for the Color Throwdown #336.  The images are from a set that is no longer available from Papertrey Ink, called Natural Beauties.  I don't remember the name of the stencil I used, but I love the subtle look you can get from distress inks and a stencil.  The flowers were stamped using Stampin' Up! colors: Pumpkin Pie & Dusty Durango.

Thanks for stopping in!  Have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Taylored Expressions: Fancy Banner Gift Set

Hey all!  I have a quick post for you this morning.  I love to make matching sets to give as gifts, so the new Taylored Expressions Fancy Banner 1 with Coordinating die set is fantastic for gift sets.  I used some gold Shimmer paper along with the Dotted Lattice embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping in!

Here are the links to the products I used from the TE store:

Fancy Banner 1 with Coordinating Die	Embossing Folder - Dotted Lattice	Premium Cardstock - Metallic Neutrals	Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube	Premium Cardstock - Sprinkles
Premium Cardstock - Lollipop	Premium Cardstock - Granny Smith	Memento Tuxedo Black Full Pad	Copic Markers	Foam Tape - 1/16" Thick

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Color Throwdown #335

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I'm up before the rest of the house, which is typical. . .I can't sleep in anymore.  The nice thing about is that I have some time to wake up and catch up on blog reading and coffee drinking ;)

I have a couple of cards to show this morning that follow the Color Throwdown color challenge.  The colors were muted red, light green, and light yellow.  I have no idea which manufacturer the cardstock is from, because I just grabbed it from my stash.  The white paper is used, however, is Confetti White from Papertrey Ink.  The image is from PTI as well, and it is called The Sweet Life, and the sentiment is from the Signature Greetings II set.  The background uses the Dotted Lattice embossing folder from Taylored Expressions.

I ended up loving the colors together so much that I made another card.  Coffee. . .I love a good coffee set. . .and some coffee ;)

The background uses a couple of different stencil that I have, with some ink blotted through them.  The image is another PTI image called Warm Happiness, and it uses the matching die as well.  I decided to throw on some burlap and staple the panel for interest and texture.

Thanks for stopping by!

ColourQ #282 -- Thinking of You

I've got a couple of whirlwind posts to share with you today, because I hate to let a card sit when I had planned on posting it.  I fell in love with the color palette over at Colour Q, and I really wanted to make something for it.  I used the Shine Bright stamp & die combo from Taylored Expressions along with the Sheet Music embossing folder.  All of the papers are from various kits.

Stamps:  Shine Bright stamps & die combo

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo black, Simon Says Craft White

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, blue & black cardstock, text dp

Accessories:  Sheet Music embossing folder, white embossing powder, foam tape, black twine

Thanks for stopping in!

ColourQ #281 -- Windy Tree Die

Happy Monday!  I hope y'all are having a wonderful start to your week.  We started off the day with laundry and school, and now I'm listening to my kids practice piano. . .I love it!  

I wanted to show you a card I made with weekend with the ColourQ challenge in mind.  

I matched them as well as I could, but I don't have all of those colors.  I used some products from Taylored Expressions:  Shade Tree Scriptures stamp set, Windy Tree Die, and Build a Scene Rolling Clouds die.  I sponged all of the colors on the base, sprinkled a little water (because some spilled on it and I had to just go with it), and then used the cloud die as a stencil with some white ink.

The laundry is calling, but I'll have more to show you this week since it's a Release Week for Taylored Expressions.  Thanks for stopping in!

Here are the links to the products I used from the TE store:

*shade tree scripture	Windy Tree	Build a Scene - Rolling Clouds	Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube	Premium Cardstock - Oreo
Zing! Embossing Powder - Clear	*ranger mini ink blending tool	Ranger Mini Ink Blending Foams	*ranger craft sheet	Foam Tape - 1/16" Thick

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Hostess Gift for Girl's Night

Hey Crafty Peeps!  Last night I had the pleasure of joining some girl friends for a 'girls night out'.  I don't normally do these, but I figured it was a great time to get to know some new ladies and spend time with some awesome ladies that I already know.  

I don't like to show up empty handed, so besides the appetizer that I brought, I had to bring some cards for the lovely hostess.

The cards were made with all dies and an embossing folder, and all are from Taylored Expressions.  That Twiggy Branch die is one of my favorites, and I also used the Tall & Skinny Alpha dies as well.  The embossing folder is called Lots of Dots.

 Here it is all packaged up!  It was a fun project that I will definitely be making more of.  It wouldn't be hard to have a bunch made up and then you just add whatever letter you want as the need arises.  Thanks for stopping in!

Here are the links to the products in the TE store:

*twiggy branch	*tall & skinny alpha	Premium Cardstock - Buttercream Frosting	Premium Cardstock - Granny Smith	Premium Cardstock - Sweet Basil
EK Tools 1.5" Circle Punch	Embossing Folder - Lots of Dots	*foam tape - 1/16" thick

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