Happy Friday everyone!! Today is an exciting day, because I get to play along with the rest of the baker's dozen and show you some cards using two of the latest Taylored Expression stamp sets! Yay!! Everything should be ready to order, so get to shopping!! Today is also an exciting day, because Cath featured me on the latest Moxie Fab Blog post, Inspiring Lovelies from Around the Blogsphere! And guess what....it is the card that I made when revealing that I was the guest DT member for Taylored Expressions! I would love for you to go and check out the post!
The first card I am going to share with you uses the new stamp set called "New Beginnings". This is such a pretty and whimsical set...it makes me {sigh} a little. Beautiful sentiments, flowers and butterflies...could you ask for me?! Why yes...you can! Because it also has a label/frame stamp with a matching die to cut out said label/frame. Awesome! I also used some of the papers from the Valentine Project Pantry kit! I used Twisted Cards Sketch #40 as inspiration, and here is what I came up with:
The first card I am going to share with you uses the new stamp set called "New Beginnings". This is such a pretty and whimsical set...it makes me {sigh} a little. Beautiful sentiments, flowers and butterflies...could you ask for me?! Why yes...you can! Because it also has a label/frame stamp with a matching die to cut out said label/frame. Awesome! I also used some of the papers from the Valentine Project Pantry kit! I used Twisted Cards Sketch #40 as inspiration, and here is what I came up with:
"Live the Life You've Imagine" supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Paper: We R Memory Keepers (Be My Valentine: Irresistible & Love Letters)
Stamps/Steel Label Die: Taylored Expressions (New Beginnings set, Frame It Up 1 die)
Ink: Clearsnap (Pigment: celadon & Chalk: rose coral) & Tsukineko (Versafine: onyx black)
Ribbon: American Crafts
Flowers: Prima
Pearls: Kaiser Craft
Glitter: DecoArt
Corner Rounder: EK Success
Border Punch: Fiskars (Apron Lace)
Diecut Machine: Cuttlebug by Provo Craft
For my second card, I used the new stamp set "Kid at Heart". This set is SO ca-ute! Cute little punny sentiments with cute little images and a cute little frame to finish it off. Love it! Any kid {or adult for that matter} would love to get a sweet Valentine using this stamp set! I also used some more papers from the Valentine Project Pantry kit for it. Here is the end result:
"Loads of Love" supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Paper: We R Memory Keepers (Be My Valentine: Dearest)
Stamps: Taylored Expressions (Kid at Heart set)
Ink: Clearsnap (Pigment: cranberry) & Tsukineko (Dye: dandelion & Versafine: onyx black)
Ribbon: Renaissance by Design
Button: Papertrey Ink
Twine: Darice Inc.
Jewels: Doodlebug Designs
Glitter: Ranger Stickles
Corner Rounder: EK Success
That is all I have to share with you for now! I will be using these beautiful new stamps in the near future though...so keep checking back!
Here is a link to all the Taylored Expression designers, in case you want to go directly from my blog!
Here is a link to all the Taylored Expression designers, in case you want to go directly from my blog!
Now, time to head on over to Taylored Expressions and get a little shopping in! Or, head on over to the Taylored Expressions blog for tons more inspiration! I hope that you have a wonderful last day of the week! ♥♥♥
Until later,
~Lea L.
Happy Thursday everyone!! I hope this morning finds you all well and having a good week so far. Mine has been a week of cleaning, purging, throwing away junk, and boxing items for a garage sale this spring and then donation of whatever we don't sell. Right now....parts of my house are actually complete disasters, but I know that the end result is going to be fabulous! Before I get completely going on my post, I answered a little survey for Kelly, and it is up on the Lawn Fawn blog! Be sure to head over and check it out if you want to know a little bit more about me! Scrapbook & Cards Today also featured a winter card that I created awhile back on their blog post today! Another thing to check out if you like!
I chuckled a little as I typed my post title this morning. For some reason, it made me think of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and the song he sang..."Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor?" I loved that show when I was a kid. And to go even further into the inner workings of my mind...I chuckled even more when the circle of stamped "I love you's" made me think of the scene in Elf when Buddy first meets his dad and his dad thinks he is a singing telegram. "So I'm here now...and I love you, I love you, I LOVE YOU!!!!". Tee hee hee! Love that movie.
Anyways, obviously my post is not actually about Mr. Roger's Neighborhood or Elf. It is about a valentine's day card that I made for CPS Sketch 199! We were sponsored by The {Stamps} of Life this week, and I used both of their recent Valentine releases. Here is my card!
I chuckled a little as I typed my post title this morning. For some reason, it made me think of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and the song he sang..."Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor?" I loved that show when I was a kid. And to go even further into the inner workings of my mind...I chuckled even more when the circle of stamped "I love you's" made me think of the scene in Elf when Buddy first meets his dad and his dad thinks he is a singing telegram. "So I'm here now...and I love you, I love you, I LOVE YOU!!!!". Tee hee hee! Love that movie.
Anyways, obviously my post is not actually about Mr. Roger's Neighborhood or Elf. It is about a valentine's day card that I made for CPS Sketch 199! We were sponsored by The {Stamps} of Life this week, and I used both of their recent Valentine releases. Here is my card!
"Will You Be Mine?" supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics (brown) & The Paper Company (cream)
Paper: Bo Bunny (Crazy Love 6x6 pad: Have a Heart & Stripe)
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics (brown) & The Paper Company (cream)
Paper: Bo Bunny (Crazy Love 6x6 pad: Have a Heart & Stripe)
Stamps: The {Stamps} of Life (hearts2love & Love2Hug sets)
Ink: Clearsnap (Pigment: pink, cranberry, chestnut)
Ribbon: Renaissance by Design
Flowers: Recollections
Chipboard (wings): Maya Road
Paint: Making Memories
Glitter: DecoArt
Pearls: Kaiser Craft
Corner Rounder: EK Success
Diecut Machine: Cricut Expression by Provo Craft
Diecut Cartridge: Storybook (scalloped circle, circle) by Provo Craft
Sandpaper
Ribbon: Renaissance by Design
Flowers: Recollections
Chipboard (wings): Maya Road
Paint: Making Memories
Glitter: DecoArt
Pearls: Kaiser Craft
Corner Rounder: EK Success
Diecut Machine: Cricut Expression by Provo Craft
Diecut Cartridge: Storybook (scalloped circle, circle) by Provo Craft
Sandpaper
Instructions: Fold brown cardstock in half to make card base. Round the corners and sand the edges of a heart paper block, and adhere to the front. Cut a scalloped circle from striped paper at 3" using the Cricut Expression and Storybook cartridge. Sand the edges of it, and adhere to the front. Cut circles from cream cardstock at 2.5" and 1". On the larger one, stamp a circle of hearts and a circle of text, then adhere to the middle of the scalloped circle. Paint the chipboard wings and then cover in glitter. Stamp the bordered heart to the smaller heart, and adhere it to the top of the wings. Adhere the entire accent to the middle of the circle. Accent the top and the bottom of the larger circle with brown pearls. Stamp the sentiment to a cream cardstock block, and adhere to the lower right corner of the circles. Tie a bow from brown dotted ribbon, and adhere over top of where they meet. Accent the top of the bow with a brown and pink paper flower.
I also wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for the wonderful congratulatory comments, and for the recent influx of followers to my blog! I do not take any of it for granted, and I feel truly blessed and honored that you would want to spend any part of your time at my blog. I hope that as you visit, you enjoy your time reading and checking out my latest projects. I try my hardest to answer questions, so be sure to leave them in the comments if you have them! Speaking of....I got a couple of questions in my last post and I wanted to answer them. Here are the questions:
Thanks for the question, Christy & Kris! I am using a free reading plan from www.youversion.com. All you do is create a free account with them, and then sign up for the reading plan you want. They have apps for pretty much any phone as well, and that is how I am doing it...on my phone. They have multiple plans, and in the plans section, the third one down is called "Chronological". That is the one we are reading. I hope this helps, and if you start the plan...enjoy it! I know that in the short time I have been doing it, I have really enjoyed it.
Well, I better get going for now! I hope that you have a wonderful day, and be sure to check back tomorrow for Taylored Expression release day! ♥♥♥
Until later,
~Lea L.
Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope that your Monday was a great one....even considering it was kind-of a hangover Monday. You know- coming down from all the excitement of the past few weeks. I try to keep mine going, because in just a couple short weeks, it will be my birthday!!
I told you that I would have some more exciting news to share with you today, and I am keeping that promise. Michelle Rogers has asked me to be on the Dream Team for Stampers Dream! I was very excited when she asked, and there are a lot of stamps to use that are right up my alley! And I have to say...all my CPS girls are making fun of me a little, because I used to be a self proclaimed non-stamper. It is all in good fun, and I think I deserve it a little. Tee hee! The stamping bug has definitely bitten me this past year, and I am loving it. I think it helped that I have VASTLY improved as well. You always like to do something even more when you are better at it.
I created a card to celebrate this fun announcement. I got my first shipment of product for Stamper's Dream, and it is some lovely JustRite product. Here is what I came up with!
I told you that I would have some more exciting news to share with you today, and I am keeping that promise. Michelle Rogers has asked me to be on the Dream Team for Stampers Dream! I was very excited when she asked, and there are a lot of stamps to use that are right up my alley! And I have to say...all my CPS girls are making fun of me a little, because I used to be a self proclaimed non-stamper. It is all in good fun, and I think I deserve it a little. Tee hee! The stamping bug has definitely bitten me this past year, and I am loving it. I think it helped that I have VASTLY improved as well. You always like to do something even more when you are better at it.
I created a card to celebrate this fun announcement. I got my first shipment of product for Stamper's Dream, and it is some lovely JustRite product. Here is what I came up with!
"Friends are a Gift" supplies:
Cardstock: The Paper Company (cream)
Paper: Glitz Design (Love Nest collection: Damask, Polka, Stripe)
Stamps: JustRite (Mother Nature's Gifts & Friendship Nested Sentiments)
Ink: Clearsnap (Versamark & Pigment: chestnut)
Embossing Powder: Stampendous (clear)
Cardstock Sticker/Tulle: Glitz Design
Button: Papertrey Ink
Twine: Darice Inc.
Pearls: Kaiser Craft
Glitter: Ranger Stickles
Corner Rounder: EK Success
Border Punch: Fiskars (Upper Crest)
Diecut Machine: Cricut Expression by Provo Craft
Diecut Cartridge: Storybook (scalloped circle) by Provo Craft
Sandpaper
Instructions: Fold cream cardstock in half to make card base. Round the corners and sand the edges of a red polka dot paper block. Punch borders to two striped paper strips, and sand the edges. Adhere the punched paper strips to each side of the red paper block, and adhere to the front. Sand the edges of a pink paper strip, and adhere to the middle. Stamp and heat emboss the flower, cut out the necessary parts and layer together. Adhere the flower to the middle of a cardstock sticker, and then sand its edges. Cut a scalloped circle at 3" using the Cricut Expression and Storybook cartridge. Layer them together, and adhere to the front. Make a tulle bow, tie a button around the middle with twine, and adhere to the front. Stamp the sentiment to a strip of cardstock, and round the right corners. Tuck the sentiment tag slightly under the tulle bow. Accent the tag and the flower with pearls, and then accent the flower with Stickles.
How fun is that color combo? It isn't one I would usually think of, but when I pulled out all my Love Nest papers...they just seemed to call out to each other, beckoning. Hmmm...I think I might be letting you in a bit much on how my brain works while card making. Tee hee!
Josh and I have started a program, reading the Bible in chronological order in one year. And chronological isn't the order of the way your Bible looks now...although it seems fairly close right now. I think the New Testament is where it will get a little crazy. But yesterday's reading included God's covenant with Noah, and the promise he made through the rainbow. This beautiful part of scripture is the reason why I love rainbows so much, because I see such compassion from God and the feeling of hope. It makes me feel warm inside. I know that the Bible doesn't always make you feel warm and fuzzy...it isn't supposed to. But, I definitely felt that today.
Well, I better get going for now! I hope that you have a fabulous Tuesday, and I will be back soon! Have a great day! ♥♥♥
Until later,
~Lea L.
Happy Monday, my friends! I hope that your venture into 2011 has been an awesome one so far! Josh had New Year's Day off from work {miracle} this year, so we actually went out with friends on New Year's Eve and rang in the new year. It was a lot of fun!
Well, I have some fun news to share with you today! I have been asked to be the January/February guest design team member for Taylored Expressions!! I was so excited when I first got the email from Taylor, and it initially happened to be for November/December...which just didn't work due to my trip to Kenya. Taylor was gracious enough to push my months back, and I have just been dying ever since. I love TE stamps...they are so fun and whimsical and just right up my alley. The announcement is up at the Taylored Expressions Blog as well, so be sure to check it out!
I did a card celebrating my announcement today with one of my favorite past Taylored Expression stamp sets. I also used the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #98 from Karen Giron's blog as inspiration. It is an awesome sketch, so be sure to check it out and participate!! It also fits the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #41 to use snowflakes or snow! Without further ado, here is my card!
Well, I have some fun news to share with you today! I have been asked to be the January/February guest design team member for Taylored Expressions!! I was so excited when I first got the email from Taylor, and it initially happened to be for November/December...which just didn't work due to my trip to Kenya. Taylor was gracious enough to push my months back, and I have just been dying ever since. I love TE stamps...they are so fun and whimsical and just right up my alley. The announcement is up at the Taylored Expressions Blog as well, so be sure to check it out!
I did a card celebrating my announcement today with one of my favorite past Taylored Expression stamp sets. I also used the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #98 from Karen Giron's blog as inspiration. It is an awesome sketch, so be sure to check it out and participate!! It also fits the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #41 to use snowflakes or snow! Without further ado, here is my card!
"Sparkle & Cheer...This Happy New Year!" supplies:
Cardstock: The Paper Company (cream) & Bazzill Basics (peach)
Cardstock: The Paper Company (cream) & Bazzill Basics (peach)
Paper: My Mind's Eye (So Sophie "Family Ties" consistent ledger, "Pure Bliss" true stripe, & "Birds of a Feather" reliable)
Stamps: Taylored Expressions (Sparkle & Cheer set)
Ink: Clearsnap (Chalk: ice jade, rose coral)
Letter Stickers: Making Memories
Pearls: Kaiser Craft
Puff Balls: Darice Inc.
Felt/Scalloped Die/Eyelet Lace Die: Papertrey Ink
Diecut Machines: Cricut Expression & Cuttlebug by Provo Craft
Diecut Cartridge: Plantin Schoolbook (circles) & Winter Woodland (figure skater) by Provo Craft
Instructions: Fold cardstock in half to make card base. Diecut a scalloped edge to striped paper, and adhere to the left side of a pink dotted paper block. Adhere the entire block to the right side of the card. Diecut an eyelet lace border from felt, and adhere over top of the seam. Cut circles at 4.5" & 4.75" using the Cricut Expression and Plantin Schoolbook cartridge, and layer them together. Cut the figure skater and layers at 4.5" using the Winter Woodland cartridge. Layer the cuts together, and accent with pearls and puff balls. Adhere the figure skater to the left side of the circle cut. Stamp the top sentiment and snowflakes to the circle, and accent with pearls. Finish the sentiment with teeny alpha stickers in the bottom portion of the circle. Adhere the entire circle to the right side of the card, and trim the portion that hangs off the right edge. Accent the visible circles left in the felt border with pink pearls.
This stamp set is so elegant and pretty, and I felt like it fit the figure skater cut just perfectly! That cut is still one of my very favorites, and I love figuring out ways to use it {no pun intended}...tee hee! I also loved how well the non-themed MME papers went with a wintry New Year's themed card- I just love the colors!
Be on the look out at the end of this week, when I post a project for Taylored Expression's release day! I am pretty certain that I will be featuring something new! ;) Tee hee! Also, I have some more news to share...so be sure to stop back by tomorrow! ♥♥♥
Until later,
~Lea L.
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