Country Charm - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

Aug. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Aug 13th - Pocket Watches
 Featured Aug 14th - Joyous Season

 Featured Aug 15th  - Country Charm

 Featured Aug 16th - Wealthy Fish

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on Aug 17, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday Aug 16, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Lucky You"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Take Time Mini"
                                                      

Here's the Design Team:

Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

I tried my hand at making cute tags during the recent Splitcoast Dare To Get Dirty challenges and today's featured set is perfect for them; so that's what I'm going to show you how to do.  It's actually easier than you think and can be added to a card for a little extra flair, given as a gift by itself, or used as a bookmark.

After stamping the pig Country Charm on a pre-cut tag, then masking it, I then stamped the fence, birds and grass from Scenic Selections before stippling distress inks for dirt and some of the sky edges.  Then I made my own bottle of "mist" using a mini mister, water, and two drops of Tim Holtz broken china distress ink.  Once the "mist" was mixed well by shaking the bottle, I sprayed the sky area of the tag over the bathroom sink to make sure no extra spray got anywhere I didn't want.  My final touch was to add some old Paper Pizazz fibers I've had for years in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.

Stamps: MFP Country Charm, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Pre Cut Tag

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Broken China Re-Inker, Mini Mister, Water, Fibers

Who Needs Doe?

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Play Date Cafe post, please scroll down one.  Thanks.

I've so been wanting to ink up my Oh Deer mini stamp set by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company and finally got a chance to do so while feeling pretty lousy from this flu bug that's going around.  Although it took two days to finish it, I'm VERY happy with the finished product and will be entering it into a few blog challenges as well including the current For Your Inspiration challenge which have started back up for 2013.  Here's the inspiration photo I went by.

After stamping my main image from the Oh Deer mini and Scenic Selections in memento tuxedo black onto MFP white card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to work coloring the images before stippling some Tim Holtz tumbled glass for the sky.  Then I stippled a combination of Stamping Up! garden green and Tim Holtz forest moss inks for the grass before stamping some grass from Scenic Selections in the same ink combinations to define the blades a bit more.  After printing off some My Time Made Easy Bold Boys designer paper and sponging rust ink around the card layer, I stamped a background scrap border using a deer image from Mountain Selections in not quite navy ink before popping up my layered main image over the stamped border.  The only embellishments I added were some vintage brads and buttons with thread tied through them.  The inside saying says "Happy Birthday Deer".

Challenges entered:

For Your Inspiration #38
4 Crafty Chicks - 4CCC #126 Buttons

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps: MFP Scenic Selections, Oh Deer Mini, Mountain Selections
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss, Stampin Up! Rust, Garden Green
Card Stock: MFP, Stampin Up! Scrap, MTME Bold Boys Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Brads, Buttons, Thread, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes, Sponge

Pucker Up!

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's December Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Pucker Up Featured December 13

Pussy Willows Featured December 14
Ice and Snow Featured December 14

New Pines Featured December 15

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! We will announce all four winners on December 16, 2011 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Thursday December 15, 2011.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Connie

Linda

Karen H.

Patty P.

Geri

Dawn M.

Marilynn

Chrissy

Karen K.

Pam

Debbie

Brenda T

Bonnie - that's me! 

Harriet

Tammylee

Silvia

Mark's Finest Papers

Today we are featuring the set Pucker Up.  I am in love with this set because of all of the different things you can do with it - scrapbooking, cards (funny, birthday, sarcastic, etc), altered items, and the list goes on.  Both of my projects today feature cards arranging the images as if you're looking out of a window at the branches of a lemon tree.  In California right now, the winter citrus crop is on the trees and just about ready to be picked.  As you can see from my photos, the lemons on the trees in my backyard are ready for picking.

After all of my images were stamped in memento tuxedo black onto Grandma's Snow Covered Porch card stock, I colored them with prismacolor markers before stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges and center for sky.  Once my coloring was done, I then stamped my background in green galore ink onto Mark's Finest Papers Spring Leaf card stock and layered using Morning Sun card stock before adding primas, gold ice stickles and faux brads.

My second card uses the same color combination as the first (only replacing Scrabbled Eggs card stock for Morning Sun) with a little twist.  Once everything was stamped, colored, and layered, I added some primas with gold ice stickle centers and some Martha Stewart velvet ribbon I found in Michael's $1 bins a year or so ago.  My biggest find in the Michael's clearance section is found on the inside of the card.  Featured around the saying are some Jolee die cut dimensional chocolate bars I found at Michael's about 5yrs ago for only.49 cents!!  That's right..only .49 cents!!  Here's the inside with that famous Jolee buy -

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to continue hopping for your chance to win a stamp set each day from the release by leaving a comment on each of the designers blogs.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Pucker Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Green Galore, Bashful Blue, Tim Holtz Scattered Straw

Card Stock: MFP Grandma's Snow Covered Porch, Scrambled Eggs, Morning Sun, Spring Leaf

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Primas, Ribbon, Small Hole Punch, MS 2-Way Glue Pen, Gold Ice Stickles, MS Velvet Ribbon, Jolee's Chocolate Bars Dimensional Die Cuts, Glue Dots

Your Friendship Is A Blessing

Hello and Happy Hump Day!!!  The week is almost over and so is the month - so you know what that means??  NO  - no Christmas!!  Puh-lease!!  Christmas is coming quick enough on it's own.  It's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop!!  This month our hop is all about giving thanks. 

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, let's all take a moment to reflect on who, or whom, we are most thankful in our lives.  For me, besides my God, Lord and Savior, it would be my family,  stamping friends, and then my friends in the local community.  Many have seen me through some really tough times lately between my migraines and the resulting health issues I've been dealing with.  More than once I have found myself complaining to my Lord about my situation instead of THANKING Him for each and every day He has seen me through and for blessing me with another morning to wake up to.

For my hop project this month, I pulled out two of my favorite TE sets, Branching Out and Branching Out Coordinates.  I started out by stamping my images onto corn husk card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, and then stamped the tree using PTI dark chocolate ink before coloring my images with prismacolor markers and a white Recollections marker from Michael's.  After the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges before layering and adding some maple leaf brads.  My final touches were adding some Recollections Autumn designer paper, felt sticker ribbon and some hand drawn "birds". 

Check out the rest of the designers participating today by checking the links below.


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TE Branching Out, Branching Out Coordinates
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Dark Chocolate, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Really Rust, Old Olive, Recollections Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Recollections White Marker, Stipple Brush, Maple Leaf Brads, Felt Sticker Ribbon, Black Journal Marker

October's Blast From The Past!!!

Last ugly one I'm going to link up.  Why I blogged this for a customer blog hop is beyond me except my migraines again - I'm going to stick to that story I think.  The few comments I received on it were just being generous in my opinion.
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Hello and welcome!!  It's time for Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop!!  This month we were challenged to come up with either a Halloween project or something sweet.  I went with both on my project.  Of course, I did this at the last minute again thanks to the migraine issue.  Ugh!!  Anyone want them?  They're free!!

I started out by stamping my images from TE's Cozy Cottages twice in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once both of my images were colored, I cut the second ones out and put them aside to pop up later.  Then taking some designer paper I received in a swap - just love that Halloween looking paper! - I layered it onto some Stampin Up! only orange card stock then stippled the same colored dye ink around the edges.  Once that was done, I pulled out some Stampin Up! chocolate chip scraps and my TE Whimsy Tree die and die cut two trees using my Big Shot.  After adding the trees, both of my colored/popped up images, and some bling, I was ready to add some ice stickles to highlight the "home" rooftops.  For my final touches, some Halloween ribbon, charm, and brads from last year were the perfect additions.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure to check out all of the participating Taylored Expressions hoppers and leave some love for them.  You can find the links below.





Stamps: TE Cozy Cottages
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Only Orange
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Only Orange, Green Galore, Summer Sun, Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Ribbon, Charm, Thread, Bling, Brads, Ice Stickles

Welcome Little Angel

Hello and welcome!!!  It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  This month's theme is birthday or birth day since our friend and owner Taylor welcomed Madelyn Grace VanBruggen into the world last Tuesday, September 13th.  If you haven't had a chance to welcome Madelyn, or post your congrats, stop by Taylor's blog today.

For my project, I pulled out one of my favorite TE sets, Beary Special and got to work.  I just love all of the stuffed animals in this set because they can be used for all sorts of occasions: birthday (any age), baby congrats, get well, thinking of you, sympathy, etc.  It's definitely a set I'm thankful Taylor came out with and I'll never be parting with it.

After stamping several images onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and started coloring allowing the background designer paper to dictate the colors I chose to work with.  Once my images were colored, I cut them out, except one for the card so I could pop up the backpack/diaper bag later.  Pulling out several of my dies, I started cutting out bows and some ric rac borders before sponging regal rose ink on them.  As I was laying images out on the frame, I decided I wanted my saying there instead of on the outside of the card, so I pulled out Cozy Cottages and inked only the Welcome portion of one of the sayings using a memento teardrop inkpad.  After adding the rest of my saying from the Beary Special set, I pulled out three of my Marvy oval punches and punched out the saying as well as two corresponding layers before sponging regal rose ink on those as well.

Once that was added, I decided to add my version of those little umbrella favor "thingys" you get at wedding and baby showers, but I didn't have an umbrella die.  Problem solved.  I pulled out my Garden Party Blooms 2 die and used the leaf/stem to become my "umbrella" and then added a bow using my TE Basic Bow die to the top.  Here's a close up of the frame.

For my card, I simply followed the same idea as the frame, however, just adding the backpack/diaper bag and popping that up using Michael's pop dots with some mini pink baby button brads I've had in my stash for years.  I also pulled out a "It's A Girl" sticker saying from my stash for the front before adding a small Basic Bow die cut underneath it.  For the final touch, I sponged regal rose ink around the edges of the entire card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure to stop by all of the participating hoppers and leave some love.  You'll find the list below.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TE Beary Special, Cozy Cottages

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Mauve Mist, MTME Welcome Baby Girl Button Digital Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, TE Dies, Sponge, Stipple Brush, MFT Die-Namic, Marvy Oval Punches, Sticker, Making Memories Baby Button Brads, Frame, Computer, Big Shot, Printer, Michael's Pop Dots

August Blast From The Past Blog Hop - Hoppin & Stampin In The Dark By Flashlight

Hello again!  It's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  I bet you're wondering about the title of my post today.  Well this last Saturday night/Sunday morning, we lost power for over 2 1/2 hrs (2:30 - 5:00 am) in what was still 90 degree weather and with another migraine (rolls eyes).  For those of you that live in Central to Northern California, you know what that means...no power = no air conditioner = no sleep: even at oh-dark-thirty with the front door open and the screen door locked.  So I grabbed a flashlight, a battery operated mini floodlight and found my way to my stamp table in the dark.  Fortunately, I had already chosen my stamp set and stamped my images.

After pulling out my dusty Stampin Up! wood less pencils, I colored the dress form and sewing machine and then outlined them with a light gray prismacolor marker before layering.  Taking my Maya Road chipboard pieces and some Stampin Up! craft spots, I "colored" the chipboard pieces by using the direct to paper technique and then colored again using the matching marker on the sides.  Once the chipboard dress form was dry, I took the saying from TE's Sew Happy set, inked it in PTI dark chocolate ink and stamped the saying over the dress form.

Once everything was totally dry, I pulled out some Making Memories ribbon I've had for over 5 years and have been afraid to use since I liked it so much and began assembling my card still by flashlight.  Now, other than the card being crooked, and a few other things being slightly crooked, I think the whole thing came out ok considering the circumstances it was made under.  Under normal circumstances, I would have finished in 30min or less, however, with no power, working with a migraine, and working by flashlight/mini mag light it took the entire 2 1/2 hrs we were without power.

Make sure you stop by all of the participating blogs today for additional eye candy and don't forget to leave some love.






Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.



Stamps: TE Sew Happy
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Cameo Coral, Vanilla, October Afternoon Thrift Shop
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Spots: Craft Cameo Coral, Close To Cocoa Craft, Old Olive Craft, Ruby Red Craft
Accessories: Stampin Up! Wood less Pencils, Color Spritzer Tool, Maya Road Chipboard Pieces, Primas, Ribbon, Stampendous Class-A-Peel Stickers, Ribbon, Pop Dots, Mini Circle Punch, Mini Pop Dots, Prismacolor Gray Marker

July 2011 Blast From The Past

It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  I am so glad this day has come.  I was beginning to worry I wouldn't be able to participate thanks to my migraines.  They've gotten really bad lately, however, thanks to Taylor's Dies, I was finally able to make a card in a few minutes.

This month's challenge is "Sending You Sunshine".  Well, for those that live in California, especially the Central Valley, sunshine is all you get during the summer; except this year for some reason.  Hmmm.  However, I digress.  For me, summer and sunshine means lots of sun, flowers, fruits, nuts, harvest time, grass (some of it brown) and 100+ degree temperatures, perfect for TE's Garden Party Blooms set.  However, this time, I planned on using my matching Garden Party Blooms Dies 1 & 2 instead of cutting everything out by hand like the last time I used the set.  That was such a total V8 moment when I came across those.

I started out by stamping my images in various colors of PTI ink to match the Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious designer paper.  Once that was done, I pulled out my Big Shot and cut out all of the images.  In order to make the PTI spring rain layer stand out a bit more, I rubbed some spring rain ink along the sides of the card stock before adhering it to the designer paper. 

Finally, the inside, which I don't normally decorate complete with the phrase "Sending You Sunshine".  Here's a pic of the inside.

Make sure you stop by the rest of the hoppers in the list below for some more eye candy.




Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.


Stamps: TE Garden Party Blooms
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Various PTI
Card Stock: White, PTI New Leaf, Spring Rain, Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious
Accessories: TE Garden Party Blooms Dies 1 & 2, Pop Dots

June 2011 Blast From The Past!!!!!!!

If you're looking for my My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern sketch, please scroll down one post.

Hello and welcome to the June 2011 edition of Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past blog hop.  This month's hop theme is "Old Glory" and we were to use the colors red, white and blue.  So I dug through my stash of designer paper to find something appropriate and pulled out a 12x12 piece of vintage looking Costco paper I bought a couple of years ago.  Now what to do, what to do with it?? Hmmmm...

I finally decided on my Cozy Cottages set that has not seen a whole lot of love lately and stamped the cottages twice in memento tuxedo black onto white card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once the second set of images were colored, I cut them out for popping up late then stamped the dog from In The Park, colored him and cut out to add to my little scene before popping the cottages up with pop dots.  Once this was done, I decided to try getting a little creative. 

I always remembered growing up the July 4th firework celebrations put on by the city and school district I grew up in at the local football stadium.  So, I tried to make my own fireworks over the cottages by using some flowers from Garden Party Blooms by adding some bling to the centers and then drawing some "tails" showing where the fireworks had shot off from.  Not sure if I achieved what I wanted or not, my husband sure didn't get it. *shakes head*

Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure to stop by all of the participants blogs today for some inspiration and eye candy.  Also, please make sure to leave some love for their hard work.





Stamps:  Taylored Expressions Cozy Cottages, In The Park, Garden Party Blooms
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Night of Navy
Card Stock: White, Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening, Scarlet Jewel, Costco Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Gem Stickers, Brads, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Black Marker, Stampin Up! Old Olive Marker

May Blast From The Past!!!

It's that time again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past blog hop.  This month's hop challenge is to make a masculine card with no glitz, glitter or flowers.  I decided to use Taylored Expressions In The Park stamp set and focused on first time dads. 

I love that quote by Lance Armstrong.  Every new dad is nervous about holding their infant child for the first time even though they are filled with wonder and awe at the little bundle in their arms.  Mistakes will be made along the way while their child grows up, however, dad will learn from them and be a better dad for it too.  It's just like riding a bike.  If you never get on a bike, you won't have the risk of falling off.  If you fall, just get back on the bike and continue riding.   

There's lots of eye candy for you to see today.  Make sure you stop by each of the participating hoppers and leave them some love.







Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Taylored Expressions In The Park
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, PTI Buttons, Glue Dots, Brads, Stipple Brush, SU Celery Marker, SU Creamy Caramel Marker

April Blast From The Past!!!!!

It's that time of the month again!!!  Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past Blog Hop!!  This month's challenge is to make something clean and simple.  When I saw the instructions this month, I immediately thought of JulieHRR cards!!!  She makes the best CAS cards. I never like making one layer cards, with so much white, until a Dare To Get Dirty challenges a couple of years ago on Splitcoast.

For this month's challenge, I decided to use the set I won last month, In The Park, to make my clean and simple card.  Using some scrap white card stock, I cut it down to just larger than 3x3 so it would fit into a regular envelope and not be rejected by the postal service.  After I stamped my images in memento tuxedo black, I pulled out my prismacolor pencils and blender marker for coloring. 

Once the coloring was done, I then stamped the dog onto some more scrap white card stock, colored it, cut out and adhered to the main card sitting on the bench. 

Here's a close up of the card itself.

For my saying, I pulled out the matching "Just sittin' here Thinking of you" and stamped it on the inside with an uncolored dog.



There are a lot of hoppers participating today, so make sure you visit all of the participating blogs (listed below) and leave some love.





Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day!



Stamps: Taylored Expressions In The Park
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Prismacolor Blending Marker

March Blast From The Past!!!

Hi there.  Can you believe it's March already?  Wow!!  Where has this year gone to already?  It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog hop!!  This month our challenge is all about spring.  My idea of spring is blossoms on the trees with new green leaves.  So with that in mind, along with another migraine, I pulled out my Branching Out and Branching Out Coordinates sets.

I started by stamping my images on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink and then coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once my animal images & birdhouse were colored, I set them aside for cutting out and popping up later.  I then ran some Stampin Up! pacific pointe and green galore card stock through my big shot with a leaves cuttlebug embossing folder.  Once my dry embossing was done, with the layers added, I took my main image, layered it then stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges for the sky. 

I then added a butterfly brad I had found at Michael's in the top left corner, while adding some Making Memories white baby brads in the remaining corners.  After cutting out my extra images and popping them up on  mini pop dots, I then added some small green primas to look like blossoms with a Stampendous bling sticker center.  Another prima flower with a brad center, and a Martha Stewart green grossgrain bow finished the card off.

Not bad, even on the freakin migraine meds again.  Now make sure you stop by the rest of the hop participants (listed below) for some more eye candy and please leave some love on their blogs as well.









Have a great day!!

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Branching Out & Branching Out Coordinates
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stamping Up! Pacific Pointe, Green Galore, Kraft
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Martha Stewart Ribbon Bow, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Primas, Stampendous Bling Stickers, Making Memories Baby Brads, Michael's Recollections Butterfly Brad, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Leaves Embossing Folder

February Blast From The Past!!!!!

Hi everyone.  It's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  For this month, the challenge was green - either the color or recycling something.  I chose to use the color in my card instead and make something celebrating spring.

I pulled out my Garden Party Blooms and Garden Party Critters sets.  After I stamped my main flowers on MFT white perfect panels, and colored them with prismacolor markers, I hand cut each of the flowers out so I could pop up two layers of flowers for extra dimension.

I then pulled out some Cosmo Cricket Restoration designer paper and cut out one of the green borders to use on my card over a wood looking designer paper from the same packet.  Once I had layered everything, I lightly stippled some Stampin Up! soft sky ink to fill in the white spots.  Now, what's flowers without some bees and butterflies?  Boring!  So, pulling out my trusty Garden Party Critter set, I stamped several bees, colored, and cut them out before popping them up with mini pop dots; doing the same thing with the butterfly as well. 

I had so much fun with these sets, even with the freakin migraine that seems to come around for every BFTP blog hop. *rolls eyes*  Isn't it amazing what can be done with meds these days? LOL 

Now, you're not going to want to miss the eye candy the rest of the participants have made up for you, so make sure you visit all of the blogs listed below and leave some love.



Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!!


Stamps: TE Garden Party Blooms, Garden Party Critters
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Tea Leaves, Stampin Up! Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi
Card Stock: White, MFT White Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Ruby Red, Summer Sun, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel, Cosmo Cricket Restoration Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Black Ice Stickles, Crystal Ice Stickles, Pop Dots, Mini Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Brads, Stipple Brushes

January Blast From The Past Blog Hop!!

Hello again!  Welcome to this month's Blast From The Past Blog Hop!!  I'm thrilled to have been able to stamp for it this month since my migraines have pretty much kept me down and in the dark.  With the theme being love, I decided to pull out my Discover Your Wings set.  I recently rediscovered some Basic Grey designer paper in my "closet" and decided to make two cards using the same set, but different patterned papers.

The first card is really simple.  The sentiment is stamped directly onto the Sultry designer paper with the butterfly being stamped on white card stock and colored with prismacolor markers.  I then added some pink and white organdy ribbon, then some soft pink pearl stickers to finish the card off.

My second card is also a simple one and is stamped onto a white MFT perfect panel in various shades of memento dewdrop inks and then layered onto Stampin Up! card stock and a Basic Grey Euphoria designer panel.  Again gold brads, pearl stickers, and some gold cord are used to finish the card off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  If you would like to continue seeing some more eye candy today, make sure to stop by all of the participating designers blogs listed below for inspiration.







Stamps: Taylored Expressions Discover Your Wings
Ink: Memento Dewdrops, Memento Tuxedo Black
Card stock: MFT White Perfect Panel, White Card stock, Stampin Up! Marvelous Magenta, Certainly Celery, Basic Grey Sultry Designer Paper, Basic Grey Euphoria
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Gold Cord, Gold Pearl Stickers, Pink Organdy Ribbon, White Organdy Ribbon, Pink Pearl Stickers

November Blast From The Past!

It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past blog hop.  I'm thrilled to be able to participate this month after being gone for several thanks to health/severe migraine issues.  As it is, I made both of my entries on migraine meds.

This month's theme is Autumn/Thankful, so I pulled out three sets that I thought would match the theme. 

I started out by stamping the flowers/grass from Discover Your Wings in varying shades of memento ink on MFT creme perfect panels before lightly stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink over the main image.  Once everything was layered, I added some brushed copper brads and ribbon to the card before stamping the saying from Beary Special Accessories.  The saying was then punched out with Stampin Up! oval punches and popped up on dimensionals.

For my second card, I used Branching Out and Branching Out Coordinates stamping in varying shades of memento ink on MFT creme perfect panels and stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink to fill in the white spots then popping up the owl and squirrel.  Since I wanted the twill ribbon to match, I stippled Stampin Up! pumpkin pie dye ink over both sides of the ribbon before tying it in a knot.


Once the knot was tied, I popped up the entire panel over the dyed twill with pop dots.  Here's a side view of the popped up owl and squirrel.

For the inside of the card, I pulled out some of my vintage primas and layered them over the twill on the right before stamping the saying onto the left side in memento tuxedo black ink.

If you want to see more eye candy, please visit all of the hoppers blogs listed below.  Have a great day!





Stamps: Taylored Expressions Discover Your Wings, Beary Special Accessories, Branching Out, Branching Out Coordinates
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rubarb Stalk, Potters Clay, Rich Cocoa, Dandelion, Bamboo Leaves, Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock: MFT Creme Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Really Rust,DCWV Fall Matt Stack, Debbie Mum Autumn Matt Stack, Stampin Up! Old Olive 
Accessories: Brushed Copper Brads, Primas, Stipple Brush, Dimensionals, Pop Dots, Stampin Up! Oval Punches, Twill Ribbon, MFT Ribbon, Glue Dots