At my office, we have lots of little Iowa Hawkeye babies born, so I decided to make a baby card using the team colors using this week's Share Joy Challenge Sketch at Taylored Expressions. I combined the Baby Onesie Die cut with the Welcome Baby Banner. Ingenious Inkling The woodgrain Polaroid Die Cut was sitting … Read more
I love the Share Joy Challenge at Taylored Expressions because it captures the main reason I create cards … to share joy with my friends, family & co-workers. Hopefully this fun Birthday Card will bring a smile. My Tic-Tac-Toe is diagonal from the top left … Masculine, Yellow & Circle Card (which was a bit … Read more
Did you see that Sandy Allnock is hosting #Craftchella2016 to celebrate the music festival Coachella. She's looking for Music-themed designs with bonus points for stretching your stamps. I immediately thought of the Guitar in the Taylored Expressions You're My Hero Set (I realized using a guitar on a music card isn't exactly a stretch) … but … Read more
This week's Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge was a bit challenging for me. I know I only have to use the sketch or the challenge, but I always like to push myself to see if I can incorporate both. I kept finding three things I wanted to incorporate, but those three things weren't in a … Read more
The April Mix-It-Up Challenge at Essentials by Ellen is featuring Taylored Expressions. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to Mix-It-Up with some Coffee. I used the Joe to Go Stamps & Die Cut from Taylored Expressions with a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Oh Frappe. The layout is this week's Mojo Monday Sketch where I … Read more
When I saw this week's Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge, I was stumped. I knew I didn't have any floral elements in my stamp collection, so I decided to get creative. I did find a cool guitar with a floral element in the You're My Hero set, so I stamped it in pinks the colors of … Read more
When I started making my card for our Jingle Belles Santa Baby Challenge, I thought I had chosen a reindeer stamp (that's what I get for trying to create without my reading glasses). As I put on my glasses and started coloring his antlers, I realized I had a Christmas Moose. I decided to stick … Read more
I wanted to join in the Coffee Lover's Spring Blog Hop (even though my morning beverage of choice is Tea). My Taylored Expressions Grumpling looks more like a Coffee Needer than a Coffee Lover … we all have those mornings. My inspiration came from the Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge. I went with the diagonal … Read more
I'm joining the Share Joy Challenge at Taylored Expressions. I can't get enough of the Party Monsters… I think these cards make growing another year older a bit more fun. A little paper piecing and coloring with Spectrum Noir markers, and it came together quickly. It's also Anything Goes at Seize the Birthday.
Taylor is back with another Share Joy Challenge. I love this challenge because it is the reason I fell in love with card-making … because I love sharing joy with my art. I love paper piecing Taylor's fun little Party Monsters. I added a little Spectrum Noir pen to his tongue, hands & feet. Rather … Read more