Taylored Expressions: On Your Wedding Day

Happy Monday!  I have another project to show you using some fabulous new products from Taylored Expressions.  It's wedding season, and Taylor has hit it out of the park with all of the wonderful new products from stamp sets to dies to shimmery paper and more!

 This card uses a couple of new Little Bits:  Hanger and Party Dress. You'll definitely want to add this cuties to your collection.  This card also uses a new set called In & Out Wedding as well as some new Shimmer papers and the Floral Vine embossing folder, and the previously released Label Stacklets 4 die.

I ended up using some Stickles and liquid pearls  to add a couple of extra pops.  I'm in love with the shaker cards, so adding those beautiful new sequins was a great touch.  TE has a lot of wonderful sequin sets to choose from.

Thanks for stopping in today!

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

In & Out Wedding	Little Bits - Hanger	Little Bits - Party Dress	Label Stacklets 4	Embossing Folder - Floral Vine
TE Sequins - Wedding	Premium Cardstock - Metallic Neutrals	Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube	Memento Tuxedo Black Full Pad	Foam Tape - 1/16" Thick

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Taylored Expressions: Wall Art & Stencil Making

Hey friends!  I hope you have a lovely weekend!  I'm so excited to show you this project that I made using new products from Taylored Expressions.  I've really been enjoying making wall art, and TE products are perfect for them!

I started with a canvas board and some Gelatos.  After rubbing them around and blending them well, I decided to make my own stencil using the Quatrefoil Cutting Plate and some clear plastic sheets.  The trick with that is using the metal shim and running it through your machine a few times before pulling it out.  I now have a stencil I can use again and again!  I wiped a baby wipe through my stencil to give the look I achieved.

Then I just splattered some white acrylic paint with a toothbrush.

I stamped the Shade Tree Scripture stamp using black acrylic paint.  The other dies I used were the Postage Stamp Stacklets, and the new ones Garden Arbor and Gate & Arbor Fence, along with Flower Box Sprigs & Flowers, and Little Bits Flowers & Stems.

I'm just LOVING how it all turned out.  I don't know if I should give it as a gift or keep it all to myself ;)

I better get going.  I'm sure I can find all kinds of things that need to be done around the house.  Thanks for stopping in, and if you have any questions about this project, shoot me an email:  cassandratrask@yahoo.com

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

Garden Arbor & Gate	Arbor Fence	*shade tree scripture	Quatrefoil Cutting Plate	Postage Stamp Stacklets
Flower Box Sprigs & Flowers	Little Bits - Flowers & Stems	Clear Plastic Sheets	100% Wool Felt - Dark Berry	Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube
Premium Cardstock - Oreo	Premium Cardstock - Strawberry Milkshake	Premium Cardstock - Sweet Basil	Metal Adapter Shim

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Color Throwdown 332: Welcome Baby

My third and final post of the day is for the Color Throwdown.  I made this card for my sister's baby shower, which I sadly cannot attend.  I'm saving for when that baby is born so I can head on over and help out :)  I used Hello Baby stamp & die combo from Taylored Expressions along with Skinny Mini Borders 2 die.

I will most definitely be using this color combo again. . .such a gorgeous combo:  red, dark blue, turquoise, and kraft.

Stamps:  Hello Baby stamp & die combo

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Paper:  red, dark blue, turquoise, Neenah Solar White, kraft, TE Formula for Love dp

Accessories:  Skinny Mini Borders 2 die, foam tape, turquoise embossing powder

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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

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Taylored Expressions: Fancy Banner 1 with Coordinating Die

Hey there, crafty peeps!  It's getting to be wedding season, and this month's Taylored Expressions release is stuffed full of wedding related products!  One of the stamp sets that was released is called Fancy Banner 1 with Coordinating Die.  As soon as I saw it, I thought it would be brilliant to make place card settings.  Wouldn't these be cute sitting around a table?!  I stamped it out, colored it, then wrote my name in cursive, and used the die.  The place card was made using the Take Your Place die, a new Floral Vine Embossing Folder, and the Flower Box Sprigs and Flowers die.

I'm really going to have to make these for our next dinner party using seasonal colors.  That banner is just perfect for a name!

Thanks for stopping in today!

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

Fancy Banner 1 with Coordinating Die	Flower Box Sprigs & Flowers	Take Your Place	Embossing Folder - Floral Vine	Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube
Premium Cardstock - Cookie Monster	Premium Cardstock - Granny Smith	Memento Tuxedo Black Full Pad	Copic Markers	Foam Tape - 1/16" Thick

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Documented Life Project Weeks 7-9

Hey everyone!  I told you I would be more intentional about sharing my art journal pages, no matter how bad I may think they are.  I actually happen to like the three I'm going to show you.  Now that all of my design team contracts are up, and I'm a free agent, I plan to focus on some personal growth in the area of art.  I've always loved art. . .everything about it and all facets, so I plan on taking some classes this year.  My husband has given me the green light.  You have to jump on board when the other gives you the green light ;)

These pages today are for the Documented Life Project 2015.  If you haven't heard of it, and are at all interested in art journaling head on over and sign up because it's free!

This first picture is from week 7, where we were challenged to 'Cover Up Good Stuff'.  I felt like I added so much to this page, and ended up covering up some flowers that I had drawn and a few other elements that might actually be poking out if I look close enough.  Trusting the process it a bit hard at times, but you can really up come with some great stuff if you do.  I really love how this page turned out.  It's so vibrant.

Week 8s challenge was 'Repeating Elements', and I had fun doing that with stencils.  Do you see my big purple mess in the middle?  Well, my distress paint blew up in the middle there, but I ended up working with it, and I even made some pretty underpaper with it as well.  I love the quote I found, 'all things are difficult before they are easy'.  I don't know who said it, but it makes perfect sense.  I've only really dabbled in art journaling now for a few weeks, but it just gets easier and even more fun with each page.

This last week, week 9s challenge, was to 'Use at Least Five Layers'.  Because I finished this just a couple of days ago, I can tell you the layers:  Donna Downey Stencil with Dylusions Spray, gesso, tissue & gel medium, acrylic paint, Gelli Plate print cut out and adhered with Gel Medium, painted around with acrylic paint, stamping, stencils with gesso, Stabilo marks, and finally a die cut word.  How's that for using at least five layers?!

These challenges are something I look so forward to every Saturday morning.  I don't always get around to them on Saturdays, but they are definitely a highlight for my week.  Having a creative outlet is vital to me being human, lol.

Thanks for stopping in.  If you have any questions about my pages or my process, please feel free to email me:  cassandratrask@yahoo.com