Monthly Archives: October 2016

Taylored Expressions November Release Preview – 2017 Calendar 3×4

Posted on October 31, 2016 | 3 comments

Hi everyone! Welcome to the first day of Taylored Expressions‘ November release previews! All new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, November 3rd, 7 a.m. PDT.

Today the team is sharing a variety of 2017 calendars in a 3″x 4″ format (already available for purchase here) as well as new 5″x 7″.

My samples for January, February, March, October, November and December are in the 3″x 4″ format. I will share the remaining six months soon!

I used Calendar Critters with coordinating dies, elements from new Build A Scene Calendar 2 and Build a Scene Calendar 5×7 with some Build a Scene Calendar pieces sprinkled in as well. The hearts on the February page were die-cut using Skinny Mini Valentine Borders.

I also used Little Bits Spider & Web for October and All Wrapped Up for December.

You can see each month individually (and larger) by clicking on the thumbnails below.

To display individual pages of my calendar, I purchased THIS mini easel from the TE shop. The 3″x 4″ pages fit perfectly.

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog to answer Taylor’s Question of the Day for a chance to win a prize from the latest release!

On the TE Blog you will also find a complete list of today’s participating designers, as well as new product information.

Thanks so much for visiting! 🙂

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

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Posted in Altered Items/3D, Clean and Simple (CAS), Copic, My Designs, Taylored Expressions

Warm Wishes (stamping bella)

Posted on October 28, 2016 | 2 comments

Hello, everyone. It’s another fabulous Friday with Stamping Bella! This week I used Uptown Girl Quinn & Her Boots.

We were to follow this fun {Mojo}Bella sketch. For my card, I flipped the sketch so the circle was on the bottom left instead of the upper right.

After coloring with Copic markers (listed below the close-up photo), I added dots of snow using Inksenntials white enamel accents.

Copic markers – B45, B97, B99, BG96, E00, E01, E11, E25, E27, E31, E35, E37, E70, E71, G94, R01, W00, W1, W2, Y21, YR24, YR27

Next week’s challenge is to create anything you’d like. No restrictions. Simply use any current Stamping Bella image then email your card to [email protected] by next Thursday to be featured on the SB blog and to be entered to win some Bella Bucks! (All challenge details can be found HERE.)

Thanks for visiting! 🙂

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

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Posted in Clean and Simple (CAS), Copic, My Designs, Stamping Bella

Paper Smooches November Release Hop

Posted on October 27, 2016 | 64 comments

It’s Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches NOVEMBER 2016 release! ONE new stamp sets and FIVE new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00 p.m. PT on October 31st. You will find our new products HERE once they go live.

To add extra fun to our hop, we are offering a $25 gift code to choose what you like from the PS online store.

Here are the details:

FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25 prize.
Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win! (You do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your chances.)
Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, October 30th to leave a comment.
Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, October 31st to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.

To increase your chances of winning:

Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop.
Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop.
Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop.

(That’s up to three extra chances to win on each blog!)

Today I’ve used new Christmas Tree die.

The words are formed on one die so it’s super easy to die-cut the sentiment all at once or, once die-cut, the words can be used individually. So versatile! I die-cut the sentiment from green card stock, taking care to save the tiny pieces from inside the letters so they could be adhered in the open spaces over the patterned paper below.

To create a glittery gold star, I used new 1″ gold glitter tape from Copic. (I’ll focus more on that soon.) Super easy! The star and pot were raised on Kool Tak clear foam squares for a bit of added dimension.

Be sure to hop along and comment with the rest of the DT to increase your chances of winning one of the four $25 gift codes! Pamela is taking a hiatus for our November and December releases. She will pick back up with our January release. The very talented and clever Jill Hawkins will be her temporary replacement.

Thanks for visiting! Good luck, and happy hopping! 🙂

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

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Posted in Clean and Simple (CAS), My Designs, Paper Smooches

Doodling with Gasenfude

Posted on October 26, 2016 | 6 comments

Hi everyone! Today I needed a card for a friend who is going through a particularly tough time. Simon Says Stamp‘s Uplifting Thoughts was the perfect sentiment set to use. I also wanted to include a floral image so I decided to step out of my comfort zone and use Copic’s Gasenfude nylon brush pen to create my own image.

The Gasenfude pen includes waterbased, black pigment ink that is 100% compatible with Copic markers. It has a super-fine point for detail work and 9mm long bristles for creating a dry brush effect, depending on how you hold and use the pen.

I practiced a bit on scrap paper before trying the pen on X-Press It Blending Card.

After coloring with Copic markers, I used Opaque White to add a few highlights to the two larger flower centers.

Thanks so much for visiting! 🙂

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

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Posted in Clean and Simple (CAS), Copic, My Designs, Simon Says Stamp

I Just Want Someone to Believe In Me (taylored expressions)

Posted on October 25, 2016 | Leave a comment

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for visiting!

Today I’m sharing a card using a few of Taylored Expressions‘ latest releases, Santa’s Helpers with coordinating dies and All Wrapped Up gift dies (complete with cute bows).

At the time, I did not have Build a Scene Rolling Hills so I improvised with Build a Scene Rolling Waves, strategically placing the gifts over the wave points. It out worked great!

The reindeer (♥) was colored with Copic markers, die-cut, then tucked beneath the snow. I stamped the sentiment in Oreo and Cherry Pop inks, using my MISTI so the words remained perfectly aligned in between color impressions. Patterned papers are from TE’s Playful Patterns Holiday.

Thanks for stopping by!

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

Oh Em Gee (stamping bella)

Posted on October 23, 2016 | Leave a comment

Hello crafty friends. Today I’m sharing a card I created using Stamping Bella‘s Sofia the Sicky with a sentiment from Paper Smooches‘ Slang Gang.

My card was inspired by the amount of Walking Dead my husband and I have been watching in an effort to catch up with this season which starts tonight. We’re almost there but not quite, so please, no spoilers. (The DVR will be rolling at 9:00.) Wow, is it ever intense. I never thought I’d like this show but I am all in…even if I’m peeking through hand covered eyes half the time. Haha.

I stamped Sofia onto X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copic markers. After coloring, I added a bit of pattern to the pillows using Copic’s new Lavendar Multiliner in size 0.5. (I used a Lavender pen on THIS card as well, to create a background.) Capture

Here’s a bit about Multiliners:

Archival, waterproof, fade resistant, pigment-based ink
Available in black, wine, cobalt, olive, gray, warm gray, sepia, brown, pink and lavender
Cobalt, wine, lavender and olive available in 4 nib sizes
Other options are available in 9 nib sizes: 0.03 mm, 0.05 mm, 0.1 mm, 0.3 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.8 mm, 1.0 mm, Brush Small and Brush Medium
Multiliner Sets: available in a variety of combinations

Copic markers – B63, B66, BG70, BV31, C00, C1, C2, C3, C7, E00, E01, E11, E31, E35, E37, E40, E41, E42, E43, G12, G21, R02, R11, R12, R46, Y21, 0.5 Lavendar Multiliner

Once I had added the dots to the pillows, I decided to deepen the shadow even further. I love that Copic marker can be added on top of the Multiliner, once dry, with no bleed whatsoever.

Thanks so much for visiting today.

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

Happy Boo Day (stamping bella)

Posted on October 21, 2016 | 1 comment

Hi crafty friends! Happy Friday! Here is my card for this week’s challenge with Stamping Bella. I used Uptown Girl Kitty Loves Halloween with a partial sentiment from Tiny Townie Birthday Party.

We created using this inspiration photo. (I love the colors.)

I colored with Copic markers, adding various sizes of dots around the image to create a bit of shadow. To add a bit of dimension, I added some tiny rhinestones snipped away from leftover pieces of a black flourish.

Copic markers – BG10, BV00, BV04, BV08, BV13, BV17, C00, C1, C2, C7, C9, 110, E07, E09, E11, E33, E35, E59, YR02, YR12, YR16, YR18, YR21, YR27

Next week’s challenge includes this {Mojo}Bella sketch:

Use any current Stamping Bella image then email your card to [email protected] by next Thursday to be featured on the SB blog and to be entered to win some Bella Bucks! (All challenge details can be found HERE.)

Thanks for visiting! 🙂

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

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Posted in Clean and Simple (CAS), Copic, My Designs, Stamping Bella

It’s All Fun & Games Until Santa Checks the Naughty List (taylored expressions)

Posted on October 20, 2016 | Leave a comment

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a fun Christmas card to share. You know I love a little snarkiness, and Taylored Expressions‘ Elf Grumplings are full of it.

This sentiment is my favorite of the three in the set. There are two elves and the gift stack, and the set comes with three coordinating dies. I love that, all in one neat little package. 🙂

Copic markers – BG11, E00, E11, E40, E41, E42, R02, R27, R39, R85, RV32, YG05, YG07, YG09; Clear atyou Spica glitter pen

My elf and gifts were colored with Copics then die-cut and adhered with the elf popped up on a bit of foam tape. In the upper corner, I added a new Skinny Mini Holiday Border, colored with Copics and a Zig Painty pen. To add just a touch of sparkle, I colored over the light bulbs with a clear atyou Spica glitter pen.

Thanks so much for visiting today! (Only nine weeks to Christmas! Eek!)

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

Believe in the Spirit of Christmas (taylored expressions)

Posted on October 18, 2016 | 5 comments

Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing a card using a lovely new die, Wreath Cutting Plate, available exclusively from the Taylored Expressions web store.

I used the die to create a Christmas card but it could so easily be used for any season. In the center of the wreath, I stamped a sentiment from In & Out Christmas using Sugar Cube ink, white embossed.

Thanks so much for visiting today! 🙂

1amichele siggy

InLinkz.com

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Posted in Clean and Simple (CAS), My Designs, Taylored Expressions

Fall Blessings (paper smooches)

Posted on October 17, 2016 | 1 comment

Hi everyone! Just popping in to share a card using Paper Smooches‘ new Blessings die along with Fall Sampler and Thanksgiving dies.

I die-cut the pie from Carta Bella’s Fall Blessings (6×6) patterned papers, adding a tiny heart above. A few sentiments from Fall Sampler were stamped around the die-cut Blessings. (Fall Sampler is free with any retail order over $60 through the October 31st.)

The little tab on the side is actually the pie crust, die-cut from Chocolate card stock, tucked beneath the focal panel and stitched in place. (I guess I was thinking outside of the box!)