Sending Love

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: "Anything Goes."

 

The trail of paw prints is actually all one stamp but the MISTI and some masking made it fairly simple to stamp them in a rainbow of colors. The little hearts were die-cut from metallic gold cardstock---gotta have just a few touches of sparkle and shine (*wink).

Thanks for visiting!

Hope you're having a wonderful week!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Paw Prints (Taylored Expressions), sentiment from Dear Friend (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Party Dress, Limoncello, In The Park, Fiesta Blue, Flirty Fuchsia (Catherine Pooler), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up), Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Metallic Gold (Erin Lee Creative)

Dies: Mini Hearts Set (Simon Says Stamp), Spring Showers (Lawn Fawn), Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler)

Ahesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, 3D Foam Circles - Small and Large (Scrapbook.com)

 

Love You Watts

Today I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun With Dies :)

I needed to make some Valentines for my niece and my grandma, and I remembered this cute lightbulb die set that I believe came as a freebie with one of my Taylored Expressions orders a while back. I hadn't used it yet and thought it would be fun to pair it up with a punny sentiment and create a couple of Valentine's Day cards.

Here's what I came up with:

I added some sparkle to the filaments with a Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Pen (Nuvo). I LOVE how they glisten!

I had so much fun making these cards and hope that my niece and my grandma get a kick out of them!!!

Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: "love you" from Mini Messages (The Stamp Market)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: (1) Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape, Basic White (Stampin' Up); (2) Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Mint Macaron, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather (Stampin' Up), White (Papertrey Ink)

Designer Series Paper: Sunshine & Rainbows 6x6 (Stampin' Up), Country Gingham 6x6 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Lightbulb (Taylored Expressions), Cole's ABC's (Lawn Fawn), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower), Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up)

Glitter Pen: Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer (Nuvo)
 

Happy Fall Neighbor Gifts

Hello there! Today I'm playing along with The Four Seasons Challenge: November Anything Goes Fall :)

I recently put together some festive little gift bags to deliver to our neighbor friends.

Here are the tags I made using the Pumpkin Treat Wrap Dies from Taylored Expressions:

I stamped a simple sentiment from Tiny Tagalongs (Concord and 9th), die-cut it using Tasteful Labels (Stampin' Up), and adhered it to the back:

I made 15 tags...5 of each color:

 

 

I found some cute white and kraft striped bags in my stash (I've had them for so long I can't even remember where I bought them) and filled them with chocolates and other candies. I closed the bags up with a strip of ribbon, the pumpkin tags and some clothespins. I think they turned out super cute!!!

 

And here they are...all ready to be delivered to our neighbors' mailboxes!!! Fun!!!

I love making little packages like this and sharing them with neighbor friends! It brings so much joy!!!

Thank you for visiting :)

Have a wonderful day!!!

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Supplies:

Dies: Pumpkin Treat Wrap (Taylored Expressions), Tasteful Labels (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Tiny Tagalongs (Concord and 9th)

Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Rustic White, Canyon Clay, Honey Nut, Enchanted Evening, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink)

Twine: Rustic Jute (Canvas Corp)

Ribbon: (World Market)

Adhesive: Connect Glue (Gina K), 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It) 

Harvest Blessings

Happy Saturday! Today I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Thanks/Thanksgiving. This was my first attempt at a Z-Fold card, a fun fold technique that I learned from one of Rachel Tessman's YouTube videos (you can check that video out HERE).

Here are a couple of more views to give you a better idea of what the "Z-Fold" looks like:
 

I had so much fun trying out this new-to-me fun fold and creating this card!

Thanks for visiting!!!

Have an awesome weekend!

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Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment from Fall Foliage (Reverse Confetti)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: Queen's Gold (Ranger)

Cardstock: Basic White and Bumblebee (Stampin' Up); Smokey Shadow, Rustic White, Honey Nut (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Halloween Harvest (Honey Bee)

Dies: Pumpkin Treat Wrap (Taylored Expressions), Scallops and Dots (Catherine Pooler)

Jute Twine: (Canvas Corp)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Connect Glue (Gina K), 3D Foam Circles - Large (Scrapbook.com)

Embellishments: Gold Glitter Enamel Dots (Stampin' Up) 

 

Candy Canes

It's snowing here in the mountains, and it's so beautiful and festive!!! Perfect atmosphere for creating some holiday cards!!!

Here are a couple of cards I made using the current sketch over at Global Design Project:

These cards feature some super cute elements from the Candy Cane Lane Cardmaking Kit by Taylored Expressions as well as some fabulous designer series paper from Painted Christmas by Stampin' Up and some gorgeous die-cut pine sprigs from Botanicuts: Pine Bough by The Greetery.

I owe the color choices for the candy canes (Cranberry and Evergreen from Concord and 9th) to my husband who suggested I make them look like the cherry candy canes made by Hammond's Candy Factory here in Colorado :) Yummy!!! Which reminds me...I definitely need to order some of these delicious candies for the holidays soon!!!
 

And here's my second card---same design, just changed up the sentiment---

 

I had so much fun making these cards!!!

Thanks for visiting!

Have a wonderful day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Seasonal Sentiments (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Cranberry and Evergreen (Concord and 9th)

Embossing Powder: Queen's Gold (Ranger)

Stencil: Peppermint Kisses Die and Stencil Combo (Taylored Expressions)

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah), Evening Evergreen and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin' Up)

Specialty Cardstock: Gold (Erin Lee Creative)

Designer Series Paper: Painted Christmas 12x12 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Peppermint Kisses Die and Stencil Combo (Taylored Expressions), Seasonal Sentiments (Taylored Expressions), Botanicuts: Pine Bough (The Greetery)

Glitter Pen: Clear Wink of Stella (Kuretake)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Connect Glue (Gina K)

Boo

Halloween is just one week away, so perfect timing for playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Spooky :)

Here's my card featuring some fa-boo-lous goodies from Taylored Expressions!

I absolutely LOVE all of these swirling ghosts and the expressions on their faces!!! Cuteness overload!!! And this background stamp is super fun to ink up in a single color OR in multiple colors (like I did here)---I saw Taylor do this in one of her videos and thought it looked amazing, so I decided to give it a try---so happy with the results!!!
 

Do you celebrate Halloween where you live? We don't have any trick-or-treaters up here in the mountains, but I enjoy sending Halloween cards to family and delivering goodie bags filled with homemade dog treats to the mailboxes of Pepper's friends :) We also made a trip to a local pumpkin patch and decorated some pumpkins! So festive and lots of fun!!! I'll share some photos of those things soon!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!!!

 

Ghost Trio

 

Happy Tuesday! Today I'm playing along with Make the Cards Challenge: Halloween :) For this card I've paired up an ink blended background, the Winter Forest Cover Die (Mama Elephant) and some absolutely adorable ghosts from Ghost Gang (Taylored Expressions).

I'm not positive, but I think the "Boo" sentiment die is also from Taylored Expressions (a freebie from ages and ages ago). I'm tempted to make another card using it and adding some googly eyes to the o's. Doesn't it look like those o's should be eyes??? Ha!
 

 

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

Have a wonderful day!!!

 

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Supplies:

Stamps: Ghost Gang Die and Clear Combo (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko); Flirty Fuchsia, Party Dress, Tiara (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: White and True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Bristol Smooth (Koh-I-Noor), "Autumn" Sparkle Cardstock (Lawn Fawn)

Vellum: White (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Ghost Gang Die and Clear Combo (Taylored Expressions), Winter Forest Cover Plate (Mama Elephant), Pinked Die (Avery Elle ), Boo (maybe Taylored Expressions???)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Connect Glue (Gina K), Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up)  

Wishing You A Spooktacular Halloween

Quick post to share the final card I made using the 4th panel of the Create-In-Quads-Halloween stencil set from Taylored Expressions :) This panel was my favorite of the bunch! Isn't it so super duper cute?!?!!! I absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

I heat embossed the sentiment onto vellum with Halo embossing powder (didn't want to cover up too much of the background panel) and the frame is die-cut from black glitter cardstock. Sooooo super sparkly in person!!!
 

Thanks for visiting and for all of your sweet comments! Each and every one makes my heart so happy :)

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Supplies:

Stamps: Big Bold Halloween (Taylored Expressions), Ghost Gang Die and Clear Combo (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), Midnight Violet/Maple Yellow/Almond Butter (Altenew), Marmalade (Concord and 9th), Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: Halo (WOW! inspired by Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah), Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Black Glitter (Recollections)

Vellum: White (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Stitched Frame Stacklets 1 (Taylored Expressions), Ghost Gang Die and Clear Combo (Taylored Expressions)

Embellishments: Enamel Stars (Jillibean Soup)

Adhesive: 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Black Foam Tape (Gina K) 

Eeeeek!

As promised, I'm back to share another card I made from two more of the panels I created with the totally fabulous Create-In-Quads-Halloween goodies I talked about it my previous post. I also used this lovely sketch from the As You See It Challenge:

Here's my card:

 

The Create-In-Quads series by Taylored Expressions is a set of layering stencils that creates 4 card panels in one go. Such a brilliant concept! The black cat on the card in my previous post was panel 1, and here on today's card I've used panel 2 (the background) and panel 3 (the cauldron with witch's feet---which I die-cut with the coordinating die).

 

I had so much fun putting this together!!! I'll be back later today with the card I made using the 4th and final panel from the Create-In-Quads-Halloween stencil set :)

Thanks for visiting!

Hope your week is off to a great start!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment from The Last Bite by Julie (Essentials By Ellen)

Ink: Midnight Violet and Firefly (Altenew), Marmalade (Concord and 9th), Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: Holographic (Ranger)

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah), Orange Zest and True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Vellum: White (DeNami Design)

Stencils: Create-In-Quads-Halloween (Taylored Expressions)

Dies: Create-In-Quads-Halloween Cauldron (Taylored Expressions), Everyday Sentiment Banners (Lawn Fawn)

Pens: 08 White Gelly Roll (Sakura), Clear Wink Of Stella (Kuretake)

Embellishments: Sprinkles - Christmas Assortment and Silver Assortment (Doodlebug Design)

Adhesive: Black Foam Tape (Gina K), Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It)

Halloween Cat

Hello there! Today I'm sharing a card I created using this sketch from the current Freshly Made Sketches Challenge:

I recently attended a crafty retreat with 13 super fun, sweet and talented friends! We had such a great time!!! While I was there I borrowed the Taylored Expressions Create-In-Quads-Halloween stencils from Lori (THANKS SO MUCH, Lori!!!) and all I can say is OH MY GOODNESS!!! This was my first time trying out any of the Create-In-Quads and let me tell you...they are absolutely AMAZING!!! So easy to line up and they make such awesome card panels!!! I will definitely be adding some of these to my shopping cart very soon!

Here's the card I made using the above sketch and one of the panels (the black cat) I created with the Create-In-Quads-Halloween stencil set:

I die-cut the cat from the stenciled panel using the coordinating die. I added some sparkle to her eyes, the moon/stars, and the green part of her hat. I love how it shimmers in person!

 
Tomorrow I'll share the other cards I made from the remaining 3 panels :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Supplies:

Stamps: The Last Bite by Julie (Essentials By Ellen), Playful Patterns (Concord and 9th)

Ink: Midnight Violet and Firefly (Altenew), Marmalade (Concord and 9th), Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah); Orange Zest/True Black/Green Parakeet (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Gold Glitter  (Concord and 9th)

Stencils: Create-In-Quads-Halloween (Taylored Expressions)

Embossing Folder: D'vine Swirls (Provo Craft)

Dies: Create-In-Quads-Halloween Cat (Taylored Expressions), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower)

Baker's Twine: Lilac (The Twinery)

Glitter Pen: Clear Wink Of Stella (Kuretake)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up)  

Thanks A Bunch

 

Happy Labor Day to everyone in the US! Today I'm sharing a card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

I've really been enjoying the Gardener's Treasures Bundle from Catherine Pooler!!! Isn't that patterned paper gorgeous?!?!!! LOVE the colors! And the images in the Dried Treasures stamp set are absolutely fabulous :)
 

Thanks a bunch for visiting!

Have a wonderful day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Dried Treasures (Catherine Pooler), sentiment from Full of Flowers - Singles (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Terracotta, Apricot, Wintergreen, Tranquil (Catherine Pooler); Amalgam (Gina K)

Colorless Blender Pen: N00 (Tombow)

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah), Basic Gray (Stampin' Up), Soft Stone (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Bristol Smooth (Koh-I Noor)

Patterned Paper: Gardener's Notebook 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Dried Treasures (Catherine Pooler), Stitched Banner Duo Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower)

Embossing Folder: Polka Dots (Provo Craft)

Twine: Gray (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesive: 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com), 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn) 

Hoppy Birthday!

 

Today I'm playing along with Happy Little Stampers August Birthday Challenge :)

I love this Hoppy Days Cling and Clear Combo from Taylored Expressions!!! It's so much fun! Our friend and fellow craft beer enthusiast, Eric, has a birthday coming up later this month, so this one will be heading via snail mail to him very soon!

Thanks for visiting!

Have a super weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Hoppy Days Cling and Clear Combo (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Lime Rickey/Grass Skirt/Limoncello (Catherine Pooler), VersaMark (Tsukineko), Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Cardstock: White/True Black/Kraft (Papertrey Ink), Black (Recollections)

Dies: Hoppy Days (Taylored Expressions), Everyday Sentiment Banners (Lawn Fawn), speech bubble from Peek-A-Boo Pets (Avery Elle), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com) 

Birthday Flowers

 

Today I'm playing along with the Seize the Birthday Challenge. I skipped the optional topping this time around and just went with "Anything Goes" --- I love that they always give us that choice ;)

My card features the Full of Flowers Cling and Clear Combo from Taylored Expressions and the coordinating Full of Flowers Stencils. I LOVE how easy it is to add color to the flowers and leaves with the stencil set and the results are fabulous!!! Can't wait to make more of these in different color combos! The possibilities are endless!

I'll be delivering this to my sweet neighbor friend whose birthday is tomorrow. The wildflowers are amazing here in the mountains right now so this seems like a perfect fit :) I hope she likes it!

I also wanted to share some photos from my recent overnight backpacking adventure (in case you saw my previous post and were wondering how it went). Thank you for all of your well-wishes and encouragement! Feeling so grateful for the opportunity to experience such incredible natural beauty!

 

Thanks for visiting!

Hope your week is off to a brilliant start!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Full of Flowers Cling and Clear Combo (Taylored Expressions), Handlettered Sentiments (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Something Borrowed/Limoncello/Tiki Torch/Party Dress/Lime Rickey/Grass Skirt (Catherine Pooler)

Embossing Powder: Queen's Gold (Ranger)

Stencil: Full of Flowers (Taylored Expressions)

Dies: Handlettered Sentiments (Taylored Expressions), stitched circle (MFT)

Embellishments: Gold Glitter Enamel Dots (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)