Showing posts with label Taylored Expressions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taylored Expressions. Show all posts

The Paper Shelter Challenge #624 - Make Your Own Background

Good morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge from The Paper Shelter. This week our challenge is for you to create your won background using any medium and any techniques that you wish. You could colour a scene, use stamps, watercolours, different patterned papers, stencils and so on. There are so many things you could use, so many different techniques and mediums!

For my card I used some different stamps to create my own patterned paper all in shades of pink and purple to go with the Charmingly Hippie digi stamp. 

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Recipe:

Stamps: Charmingly Hippie from The Paper Shelter, Feelin' Groovy from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Bubble Bath, Highland Heather & Basic White all from Stampin' Up, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath & Pretty in Pink all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink

Accessories: Best Fishes Banner & Border Dies from Time For Tea Designs

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R30, R20
Hair - E51, E53, E55
Eyes - B02, B04
Lips - V01, V04
Bandana & Trim - V01, V12, V15
Vest Top - RV52, RV63, RV55
Jeans & Purple Bracelet - V12, V15, V17
Belt - V93, V95, V99
Pink Bracelet, Frames & Shoes - RV63, RV55, RV66
Lenses - RV91, RV93
Peace Sign Pendant - V04, V06

And that's all from me for this post! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you all again soon! Don't forget to pop on over to the Paper Shelter Challenge blog and check out all the other fabulous cards from the rest of the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too. As always there are some amazing prizes to be won! 


Something Else on Saturday #248 Featuring Donut Days from Taylored Expressions

Good morning an welcome to this week's Something Else on Saturday post. I needed a donut die cut the other day for a card I was working on and realised I didn't have one! So I went shopping and bought this fabulous stamp and stencil set from Taylored Expressions. I did get the matching die as well, but didn't use it on this card.

A fun, quick card to stamp, but it took longer as I used my copics to colour it in. I might actually use the stamps to colour in the donuts next time!

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Recipe:

Stamps: Donut Days from Taylored Expressions, Sweet Treats from Mama Elephant

Papers: Daffodil Delight & Crumb Cake both from Stampin' Up, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Early Espresso & Gorgeous Grape all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black, Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink from Tim Holtz

Accessories: Donut Days Stencil from Taylored Expressions

Copics Used:
Donuts - E42, E43, E44
Chocolate Icing - E25, E27, E29
Yellow Icing - Y21, Y23, Y26
Blueberry Icing - B63, B66, B69
Strawberry Icing - RV11, RV13, RV14

And that's all from me for today! Thanks for stopping by  and I hope to see you soon. 

Something Else on Saturday #220 Featuring Cake Chef Gnome from Conie Fong

Good morning and welcome to today's Something Else on Saturday post. This week I am sharing this adorable Cake Chef Gnome from Conie Fong. Isn't he such a fun gnome with his gorgeous chocolate birthday cake?! And now we're into September, it's back to school for me! I do need the routine back though!


Recipe:

Stamps: Cake Chef Gnome from Conie Fong, Oh My Word - Happy Birthday from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Bubble Bath & Early Espresso both from Stampin' Up, Confetti Patterned Papers from Papermania, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Bubble Bath from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Gems from Poundland, Ribbon from stash, Doo Hickey Tilda's Lace Border Die from Magnolia

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Beard - E42, E43, E44
Tongue - R20
Hat & Apron - C0, C1, C2, Blender
Top - B14, B16, B18
Trousers - B12, B14, Blender
Boots - E44, E47, E49
Cake - E71, E74, E77
Frosting - R81, R83, R85
Jam - R27, R29
Strawberries - R35, R37, G43, G46
Roses - R81, R83, R85, R89, G14, G19
Plate - C3, C5, C7

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you all again soon! Have fun! 

The Paper Shelter Challenge #552 Days of Old

Good morning everyone and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge from The Paper Shelter. This week our challenge is called Days of Old, so we would love to see your cards and projects inspired by days gone by, using vintage themes or characters from other eras, so thinks cavemen, dinosaurs, Victorian images or like mine the swinging 60s!

I have used the gorgeous Go-Go Girl on my card and have the most amazing 60s themed stamp set from Taylored Expressions which I was gifted by a lovely crafting friend a few years back, which went perfectly! 


And a slightly side view...

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Recipe:

Stamps: Go-Go Girl from The Paper Shelter, Feeling Groovy from Taylored Expressions, Round & Round, Love & Marriage and Tag Its #3 all from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green & Whisper White all from Stampin' Up, Back to Basics II Patterned Papers from Dovecraft, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo, Mango Medley, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay & Daffodil Delight all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Gorgeous Grape Ribbon from Stampin' Up, Apple Green Crystal Drops from Nuvo

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R30, R20
Hair - E71, E74, E77, E79
Eyeshadow - YG11, YG13, YG17 
Lips - V12, V15
Dress - V05, V06, V09, YG05, YG09
Boots - Yg13, YG17, YG67, C6, C8

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you all again soon. Don't forget to pop on over to the Paper Shelter Challenge Blog and check out all the other fabulous creations from the rest of the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too? As always there are some fabulous prizes to be won! 


Something Else on Saturday #195 Featuring Luka With Guitar from La-La Land Crafts

Good morning and Happy Saturday! For today's Something Else on Saturday post, I thought I would share the card I made for my best friend's son's birthday the other week. I used a couple of different stamp sets for the "graffiti" type background and then the fabulous Luka as the centre star! 

This card is for
As You like It Challenge As much as I love my stencils, I love making grungy style freehand background like this one for boys cards. 

Recipe:

Stamps: Luka With Guitar form La-La Land Crafts, Grunge Me form Papertrey Ink, You're My Hero from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White & Modern Medley DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black & Smoky Slate all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Gems from Poundland

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R30, R20
Hair - C5, C7, C9, BG45, BG57, BG49
Hoodie - BG72, BG75, BG78
Trousers - T5, T7, T9
Shoes - BG53, BG45, BG57, BG49
Guitar - BG13, BG15, BG18, E33, E35, E37, C0, C1, C4, C6, C8

And that's all from me for today! Thanks for stopping by folks and I hope to see you all again soon! 

13 Days of Hallowe'en Day #1 Featuring Boil and Toil Mice from Di's Digi Stamps

Good Morning and welcome to my 13 Days of Halloween feature! I absolutely love Hallowe'en and Hallowe'en themed cards are my fave to colour and make, but unfortunately no-one else I know really celebrates it! I still give out Hallowe'en cards and choccies though to share the love! 


My first card features the adorable Boil and Toil Mice from Di's Digi Stamps. I love these cuties mixing up their potion! I went for a very bright background and then added lots of "bubbles" using my Nuvo Drops.

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Recipe:

Stamps: Boil and Toil Mice from Di's Digi Stamps, Toil & Trouble from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Lemon Lime Twist (Retired), Basic Black & Certainly Celery Prints DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, I Love Halloween Patterned Papers from Echo Park, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Gorgeous Grape from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Purple Rain Glitter Drop, Carnation Pink Crystal Drops & Honeysuckle Jewel Drops all from Nuvo

Copics Used:
Mice - E70, E71, E74, E77, E79, E93, E95
Hats - YG21, YG23, Yg25, G05, G07, G09, Y15, V12, V15, V17, V09, C5, C7, C9, YR04, YR07, YR09
Ghost Costume - C0, C1, Blender
Potion - RV06, RV17, RV09, RV19
Bubbles - RV02, RV55
Cauldron - T6, T8, T10
Spoon - E15, E17, E19
Bottle - E55, E57, BG11, BG53, BG45, BG57, BG49
Background - YG0000, YG00, YG01, YG03
Ground - W4, W6, W8

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again tomorrow with Day 2 of my 13 Days of Hallowe'en! 

Something Else on Saturday #67 Featuring Oddball Hippie from Stamping Bella

Happy Saturday! Welcome to this week's Something Else on Saturday post featuring the adorable Oddball Hippie from Stamping Bella. I love these Oddball stamps and this one is just gorgeous! While making a different card, I came across these very old retired patterned papers from Stampin' Up which I thought would go perfect with this card. I then found this stamp set by Taylored Expressions called Feelin' Groovy, which I had forgotten completely that I had. It was perfect for this card! 

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Recipe:

Stamps: Oddball Hippie from Stamping Bella, Feelin' Groovy from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Melon Mambo & Kaleidoscope DSP (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Card Blank from Anita's, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody & Bermuda Bay all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Daffodil Delight Ribbon from Stampin' Up, Sweet Lilac & Bubblegum Blush Crystal Drops both from Nuvo

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R30, R20
Hair - RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, BG57, BG49
Eyes - BG93, BG96, BG99
Eyeshadow - RV32, RV34
Dress - RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14
Trims - Y21, Y23, Y26
Flower - RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09
Moon - T1, T2
Tights - RV10, RV11, V91, V93
Boots - E84, E87, E89
Trim on Boots - BG57, BG49
Smiley Face - Y15, Y18

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you all again soon! 

Delicious Doodle Challenge for October - Hallowe'en Scary or Cute

Good Morning and welcome to a new challenge from the Delicious Doodles Challenge blog. This month our challenge is Hallowe'en and you can make your project either scary or cute. I make lots of cute Hallowe'en cards and gifts, so though I would go with a more scary one this time and used the fabulous 3 Wicked Witches. I loved colouring this image - these old ladies are just brilliant and so remind me of the witches from MacBeth, which is my favourite scene in this play.

I found some Hallowe'en papers that I bought last year and never used with poison on them and thought they would go brilliantly with some poison bottles as well. The green goo blobs were created with some dies from eBay that were supposed to be blood drops, but why not have some goo drops too!

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Recipe:

Stamps: 3 Wicked Witches from Delicious Doodles, Toil & Trouble from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Perfect Plum, Basic Black & Lemon Lime Twist all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card form That Craft Place, The Witching Hour collection from Pion Design

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Accessories: Blood Drops Dies from eBay

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, C1, C3, C5
Eyes - Y18, Y38
Lips - R22, R21, C1
Tongues - R14, R17
Gums - R20
Purple Hair - BV11, BV13, BV17
Green Hair - G05, G85, YG99
Olive Cloak - YG95, YG97, YG99
Purple Cloak - BV23, BV25, BV29
Grey Cloak - W5, W6, W7, W8
Front Witch's Headband and Sleeves - W7, W8
Front Witch's Ring - Y26, Y28
Orange Top - YR14, YR16, YR18
Red Nails - R35, R37, R39
Purple Nails - V06, V09
Black Nails - C7, C9
Cauldron - C5, C7, C9, YG01, YG05, YG07, YG09
Stick - E55, E57, E59
Background - YG0000, YG00, YG01
Green Potion - YG01, YG03, YG05, YG07, YG09
Purple Potion - V04, V05, V06, V09
Orange Potion - YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09
Corks - E57, E59

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Delicious Doodles Challenge blog and check out all the other fabulous projects from the DT for this month's challenge and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too?!

Di's Digi Designs Challenge Add A Sentiment

Good morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge from Di's Digis. This fortnight our challenge is a really easy one - we want you to add a sentiment to your project. I used the adorable Boil and Toil Mice for my card to add another Hallowe'en card to my collection (I have plenty to post out to all my crafty friends now!) and just had to use the Shakespeare quote from Macbeth as it just fit this image perfectly. I'm not a fan of Shakespeare as such, but I do love Macbeth!


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Recipe:

Stamps: Boil and Toil Mice from Di's Digi Stamps, Toil and Trouble from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Perfect Plum & Basic Gray both from Stampin' Up, Halloween Paper Pack from Yvonne Creations, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Perfect Plum from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Silver At You Spica Pen

Accessories: Resin Flowers from Rainbow Resins

Copics Used:
Mice - W00, W1, W3, W5, R01, R11
Cauldron - C5, C7, C9
Bubbles - V01, V04, V06, V09, BG45, BG05, BG49
Orange Hat - YR04, YR07, YR09, BV11, BV13, BV17
Purple Hat - V22, V25, V28, BV23, BV25, BV29
Black Hat - W5, W7, W9, YG01, YG03, YG05
Potion Bottle - YG21, YG23, YG25, C02, E35, E39
Ghost - C0, C1
Spoon - E35, E39
Ground - E33, E35, E37, E39
Background - C00, C0, C1

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to Di's Digi Designs Challenge blog and check out all the other gorgeous cards from the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too?!

Conie Fong Inspiration Post - Tori The Dragon Birthday Girl

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for Conie Fong Art & Design. Today I am sharing with you the cute Tori the Dragon. There are a few different images of Tori in the Conie Fong store, but I chose the Birthday Girl as I love the look of that cupcake! Shame I'm not allowed to eat nice things like that anymore unless I am being naughty! LOL

I coloured her up in some nice bright yellow and pinky-purple colours and just about managed to find some matching-ish patterned papers! I usually colour to match the papers, but just coloured this one without thinking of what papers I would use!


Recipe:

Stamps: Tori The Dragon Birthday Girl from Conie Fong, Hey Cupcake from Elzybells, For The Love of Cupcakes from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Daffodil Delight & Chocolate Chip both from Stampin' Up, Vintage Paper Bloc from Joy Crafts, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip, Orchid Opulence (Retired), Pretty in Pink (Retired) & Pale Plum (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Melon Mambo Ribbon from Stampin' Up, Cupcake Border Punch from Martha Stewart, Gems from Poundland

Copics Used:
Yellow on Dragon - Y04, Y06, Y08, Y19
Purple on Dragon - RV63, RV55, V05
Inner Wing & Cupcake Case - V04, V15, V17
Pink Frosting - RV02, RV21, RV23
Chocolate Frosting - E44, E47, E49
Flowers - V04, V06, V09
Ribbon - RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29
Strawberry - R35, R37, YG13, YG17
Floor - E40, E42, E43

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Conie Fong Facebook Group and check out all the other fabulous inspiration from the DT this week and why not join in the monthly challenge, Summer Colours, whilst you are there too?!

The Outlawz Friday Colouring Challenge - Buttons

Good Morning and welcome to my post for the new challenge at The Outlawz Friday Colouring challenge. This week we have an easy challenge for you - use buttons.

I used a fabulous image from our sponsors this month - Sweet Pea Stamps. This is Jack O' Lantern Wooty Branch by Concetta Kilmer. I coloured him with Copics but then as a bit of an experiment, I used my Chalkola markers to add a dotty background. I have been playing with these for just over a week as I was sent a pack to preview and you can find my blogpost here with my review of them.

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Recipe:

Stamps: Jack O' Lantern Wooty Branch by Concetta Kilmer @ Sweet Pea Stamps, Toil & Trouble from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Pumpkin Pie & Basic Black both from Stampin' Up, Halloween Digital Patterned Papers from KHD on Etsy, Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Inks: Pumpkin Pie from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Chalkola Markers

Accessories: Pumpkin Pie Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Buttons from The Works

Copics Used:
Black- C5, C7, C9
Grey - C1, C3, C5
Eyes & Beak - Y35, Y38
Pumpkin Belly - YR04, YR68, YR07
Leaves - YG07, YG09
Branch - W5, W7, W9
Voodoo Dolls - YR23, YR24, R24

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Outlawz Friday Colouring Challenge and check out all the other gorgeous cards form the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too?!

Lacy Sunshine Challenge #65 Weird and Whimsical

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge over at the Lacy Sunshine Challenge blog. This fortnight we are challenging you to make something weird and whimsical and Heather has some fabulous and unusual images for you to use in this challenge.

I have used the gorgeous Serena Wormlady Peculiarity in some bright pinky- purple-y colours. I struggled with a sentiment for her until I hunted out some of my older Hallowe'en sets and found this sentiment which I thought would be perfect. It doesn't make it into a Hallowe'en card, but could still be used for one.



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Recipe:

Stamps: Serena Wormlady Peculiarity from Lacy Sunshine, Toil & Trouble from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Rich Razzleberry & Basic Black both from Stampin' Up, The Black Currant Stack from DCWV, Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Inks: Rich Razzleberry from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Flourish Lace Punch Around The Page Set from Martha Stewart, Roll Up Roses Dies 6002/0385 & Flourish 1 6003/0014 both from Joy Crafts, Enamel Dots from Teresa Collins

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Lacy Sunshine Challenge blog and check out  all the other gorgeous cards from the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too?! 

Spooky Wreath

I think I nearly have enough Hallowe'en cards made now - need to check them though! This card is for Color Throwdown's Challenge #263 which was the perfect Hallowe'en colour combo and for Just Add Ink's Challenge #186 to be inspired by the photo below. I opted to use my Spooky Wreath stamp from Taylored Expressions and attempted to make a candy corn imitation background with lots of texture!


And here's my card.


Recipe:

Stamps: Spooky Wreath from Taylored Expressions

Papers: Tangerine Tango, Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Basic Black, Tangerine Tango both from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Basic Black Chevron Ribbon from Stampin' Up, Circle Nestabilities, Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, So Trendy M-Bossabilities Embossing Folder all from Spellbinders, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder from Cuttlebug

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

A couple of random cards

Just a couple of odd cards I made today!

This first one is for ColourQ's Challenge #164 to use these colours. I will totally admit I was baffled by these and almost went for my PTI go-to sets of Grunge Me and Rock On, but thought I would use my Taylored Expressions version of these sets for a change.


And here's my card.


Recipe:


My next card is for Mojo Monday Challenge #268 for the sketch and F4A143 to use newsprint (and red, black and white as an optional extra - I did vanilla instead of white to match my DSP though!)


Recipe:


And that's all from this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

Hearts Quest Fantasy Challenge #53 & Saturday's Crafty Creations #11 Featuring Gnometastic Birthday Surprise from Polkadoodles

Good morning! Long time no see as well. I have really struggled to find any crafty mojo over the past couple of months, but I made a few ca...