LSC225/TECC73 & CTD47

I created this card using the most recent Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge sketch and combined it with last Friday's Limited Supplies Challenge. I wasn't sure I had any stamps with a foreign language, but luckily I remembered that Papertrey's Mega Mixed Messages has an itty bitty Merci stamp. Woot! :)

Stamps - Fruitful, Background Basics: Retro, Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Lemon Tart, Versamark, Summer Sunrise, Chocolate Chip, New Leaf
Paper - Kraft, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Whisper White
Miscellaneous - Summer Sunrise Grosgrain Ribbon, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Embossing Folder, New Leaf Button, Twine, Kaiser Yellow Pearls

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This card was created using the colors for the most recent Color Throwdown Challenge. The challenge was to use Cameo Coral, Tempting Turquoise and Kiwi Kiss... LOL, Kiwi Kiss was the only color out of the three that I had, so I substituted Melon Berry and Taken With Teal for the other two. Fairly close, yes?

Have a great one!

Stamps - Friendly Flowers, Full of Life
Ink - Taken With Teal, Melon Berry, Stazon Black
Paper - Kiwi Kiss Textured CS, Taken With Teal, Whisper White
Miscellaneous - Stampendous Diamond Dot Stickers

TECC72 - Miss You

Happy Friday!! Anyone doing anything fun over Father's Day weekend? On Saturday morning I'm off to a baby shower, and then later in the afternoon we'll be going to my husband's cousin's 1st birthday party. LOL, I always get a kick out of the fact that my 34 year old husband has a cousin 33 years younger than him! That just seems crazy to me! :) On Sunday, we'll be off to church in the morning, and then heading down to VA to meet up with my parents and brother for lunch at Texas de Brazil. Yum!

This is the card I made for last Friday's Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge. I strayed a little (I didn't use three objects along the panel where I used ribbon), but overall tried to stay true to the sketch. At first, I *really* didn't like how it was coming together, but I just kept plugging and plugging and finally, success! LOL

Have a great weekend!

Stamps - Mega Mixed Messages, Polka Dot Basics, Sweet Pea
Ink - Memento Black, Stazon Black, Copics
Paper - New Leaf, Basic Black, Vintage Cream, Melon Berry
Miscellaneous - Small Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangles Die, Melon Berry Grosgrain Ribbon, Cream Button

TECC64 - Enjoy Life

I created this card using last Friday's super cute Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge sketch. I strayed a little from the sketch (no tails on my circle sentiment...), but otherwise stayed pretty true to the layout. :)

Have a great one!

Stamps - Life
Ink - Hibiscus Burst, Kiwi Kiss, Aqua Mist
Paper - Whisper White, SEI Mimosa
Accessories - Aqua Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Border Punch

TECC62

Happy Thursday everyone! :) Hope your week is flying by!

I created this card on Monday for the most recent Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge. I strayed from the sketch a little (using the leaves in place of the squares on the sketch), but overall am happy with how it turned out... LOL, I totally forgot to add my sentiment though, so I guess I'll just have to put it on the inside! :)

Have a great one!

Stamps - Eastern Blooms
Ink - Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist
Paper - Lemon Tart, Spring Moss, Aqua Mist, Whisper White, Bitty Dots
Miscellaneous - Giga Scallop Circle Punch, Mega Circle Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Berry Sorbet Grosgrain Ribbon

TECC61 - Featured Cupcake Sampler

I'm the Featured Cupcake Sampler over on the Taylored Expressions blog today. Can you believe that?! It's crazy, I know! I'm just totally overjoyed right now. :)

I ~love~ sketch challenges, and Taylor's weekly sketches are one of my faves! They are a great starting point and I just love the layouts she comes up with. I haven't come across one yet where I think to myself, how am I going to make this work for me? If you haven't ever participated in one of her challenges, you should head on over there and check it out. You'll be glad you did!

Have a great one!


Stamps - Beautiful Blooms, Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Basic Black, Hibiscus Burst, Aqua Mist
Paper - Basic Black, Whisper White, Bitty Dots, Friends 'Til the End
Miscellaneous - Scallop Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch

TECC60 - Wish

Happy Monday! :) The sun is shining, our windows are open, and I totally feel like a nap! LOL, I won't get one, but maaaan, it would be nice.

I created this card for last Friday's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. I didn't a chance to upload it here last week, so here it is. :)

I started with a standard A2 card base in Basic Black, then layered a piece of the Bitty Dot paper on top. Next, I cut out my aqua solid and aqua patterned papers, and attached them together. I grabbed a scrap piece of Raspberry Fizz paper, and then scalloped the edge. I attached the scallop and a piece of Raspberry Fizz Twill Ribbon to the aqua layers before adhering the panel to the card base. To finish off the card, I stamped the sentiment, then stamped the image onto Whisper White paper, punched it out with my mega oval punch, layered it on top of a Basic Black scallop oval, and then attached to the card base with pop dots. Whew, that was wordy!

Have a great one!

Card base - Basic Black (4 1/4 x5 1/2"), Bitty Dots (4 x 5 1/4"), Aqua Solid SEI Dill Pickle (3 1/4 x 4 1/4"), Aqua Pattern SEI Dill Pickle (3 x 4")

Stamps - Life, Mega Mixed Messages

Ink - Stazon Black

Paper - Basic Black, Bitty Dots, SEI Dill Pickle, Whisper White, Raspberry Fizz

Miscellaneous - Giga Scallop Oval Punch, Mega Oval Punch, Raspberry Fizz Twill Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch

TECC59 - Friends for Life

I created this card using the Taylored Expressions Sketch from last Friday. Such a super fun sketch! :)

I really like the new PTI Hibiscus Burst pink color... LOL, then again, what shade do I NOT like? :) What's really funny is that I spent my childhood/adolesence/young adulthood totally disliking any and all pink. Just ask my mom. :) I swore up and down I would never like it, and yet, here I am... I just can't get enough! :P

Have a great one!

Stamps - Life, Guidelines 2

Ink - Hibiscus Burst, Stazon Brown, Fresh Snow

Paper - Kraft, Hibiscus Burst, Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart, Whisper White

Miscellaneous - Kaiser Pearls, Bazzill Flowers, Lemon Tart Grosgrain Ribbon, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

CAS04 & TECC58

I created this card for this week's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. You can find a copy of the sketch by clicking here. I wanted to go for a retro feel when I was putting this together, and am pretty happy with the way it turned out. It would've been sooooo much easier if I had a 1" square punch, but alas, me and my handy dandy paper trimmer got them all cut down to size. :)

Base layers: Chocolate Chip (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"), Polka Dot Parade (4 1/8" x 5 3/8")
Main image background: Ocean Tides (3 3/4" square), Bitty Dots (3 1/2" square)
Image: 1" squares


Stamps - CheepTalk, Taylored Expressions A Year of Sweet Sentiments
Ink - Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Ocean Tides
Paper - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Ocean Tides, Bitty Dots, Polka Dot Parade
Miscellaneous - Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons, Ocean Tides Grosgrain Ribbon, Stickles, Nestabilities Ribbon Labels, Corner Rounder

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This card was created for this week's Clean & Simple Challenge on SCS. The challenge this week was to use "dots" without using dotted patterned paper. I really struggled with this card (CAS are soooo hard for me... I always want to add more, more, more! LOL) ... I must've hemmed and hawed a million times before finally just throwing my hands up in the air! Bow, no bow? Green sentiment, blue sentiment? Blue bird image, green bird image? LOL, I'm so indecisive... no wonder it takes me forever to complete a card! :P

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Sing to the Lord, Verve Stamps Here for You

Ink - Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides

Paper - Ocean Tides, Ripe Avocado, Whisper White

Miscellaneous - Ocean Tides Stitched Ribbon, Nestabilities Label Two

TECC57 - You're in my thoughts

I made this card earlier this week, but forgot to post it here... Oops. :) It was created for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. You can find a copy of the sketch here.

Details:
Stamps - With Sympathy
Ink - Ripe Avocado, Berry Sorbet
Paper - Ripe Avocado, Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade
Miscellaneous - Berry Sorbet Stitched Ribbon, Berry Sorbet Grosgrain Ribbon, Stickles

TECC54 - Love is in the air

My daughter is quite the budding artist... Just look at the beautiful drawing she left for me on my laptop! *rolls eyes* LOL, she's so naughty! What amazes me is just how FAST she can do these types of things. It literally took her less than 1 minute to grab a marker, sit down at my computer, color in a handful of the dots and say "look mommy, I colored your computer." Oh, how sweet of you...



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This card was created for the TECC54 Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. You can find a copy of the sketch here. Once again I found myself reaching for the scissors. :) I thought to myself, wouldn't it be fun to make the little cupid cupcake look like he's flying? LOL

Details:
Stamps - Taylored Expressions Love is in the Air, Taylored Expressions A Year of Sweet Sentiments
Ink - Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Stazon Black
Paper - Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Basic Grey Blush
Miscellaneous - Aqua Satin Ribbon, Curly Label Punch, Large Oval Punch

TECC52DB, TECC52VC, TECC52JP - More Challenge Cards

Our lovely puppy snuck a piece of my daughter's pizza yesterday, and boy did I pay the price this morning! There's nothing like waking up, coming out of your room and thinking you smell something gnarly... I'm walking around telling myself, I know I smell something, but I don't see it! Little did I know the noxious aroma was coming from downstairs via Heston's crate. So disgusting. So very disgusting. Now that I've cleaned the puppy, cleaned the crate, thrown his mat into the washer, disinfected EVERYTHING, I feel better. LOL

I made these three cards yesterday, as part of the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge Anniversary of sketches... 6 down, 3 to go baby! :) When I first started on Monday, I thought there was NO WAY I'd be able to complete all 9 because I swear I'm the world's slowest stamper... But there's hope, I'm on the back stretch! Whoohoo!

This was created for the sketch challenge here. I loved the sample that was on Donna's blog, and definitely think I'll be using this layout again... So many ways you can switch it up and make it different.

Details:
Stamps - Best Blossoms
Ink - Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose
Paper - Bazzill Basics Yellow CS, Basic Grey Urban Prairie, Whisper White
Miscellaneous - Large Oval Punch, Curly Label Punch

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This card was created for the sketch challenge found on Vicki's blog... I loved the sample she made... Black, hot pink and white, love that combo!

Details:
Stamps - Inspired by Nature
Ink - So Saffron, Regal Rose
Paper - So Saffron, Whisper White, Georgia Peach DSP
Miscellaneous - Large Corner Rounder

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This last card I created yesterday was for the sketch challenge found on Jackie's blog. Her sample card was just too cute for words!

Details:
Stamps - Organic Outlines, Absolutely Fabulous
Ink - Riding Hood Red, Old Olive Marker
Paper - Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Ski Slope DSP
Miscellaneous - Large Corner Rounder

TECC52JS & TECC52AW - More Cupcakes

These are the other two cards I made yesterday as part of the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge Anniversary:


You can find the sketch I used and information about the challenge here.

Details:
Stamps - Inkadinkado Birthday Cupcakes
Ink - Stazon Brown
Paper - Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Basic Grey Bittersweet
Miscellaneous - Stickles, Giga Scallop Punch, Sheer White Polka Dot Ribbon

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You can find the sketch and information about the challenge here.

Details:
Stamps - Cupcake Birthday, Fabulous Flowers
Ink - Stazon Brown
Paper - Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, DCWV Sweet Shoppe
Miscellaneous - Sheer Brown Polka Dot Ribbon, 3/4" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Word Window Punch, Stickles

TECC52TV - Sweet Birthday Wishes

I created this card for one of the Taylored Expressions sketch challenges in celebration of their one year challengeversary... LOL, I know it's not a word, just humor me. :) You can find all the details of the various sketch challenges they're putting together here.

If you complete all 9 sketches (and upload them) by Thursday, January 29th, you will be entered into a prize drawing. I managed to complete three cards today (which is amazing considering my daughter didn't have school today), so only 6 to go! :)

Details:

Stamps - Birthday Cupcakes

Ink - Stazon Black

Paper - Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, DCWV Sweet Shoppe

Miscellaneous - Pop Dots, 3/4" Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, Pink Pirouette Ribbon, Stickles