Wednesday, March 23, 2011

March Blast from the Past Blog Hop from Taylored Expressions

HI Everyone,

Every month, Taylor hosts a Blast from the Past Challenge customer blog hop, where we all get to play with previously released stamp sets from Taylored Expressions. This month's blog hop's theme is SPRING! And I am so excited that it really is starting to look like... spring! (gasp!!) I couldn't wait to play with the In the Park stamp set which has such wonderful sentiments and images. I used the sentiment "wishing you a" and mixed it with the sentiment "Happy Birthday" to create a birthday card for a very dear friend of mine. Being with her is always like being around sunshine :) I stamped the tree twice and cut out the trunk from one of the tree images and glued it ontop of the first one and pulled out the branches a little to make it look a little 3-D. I colored in the leaves and then popped out a couple leaves as well as popping out the kites which were attached with baker's twine into a knot. 


I loved the clouds duo and picket fence die from the Taylored Dies series and used them to create a little border edging with the fence and some felt clouds.


Card Ingredients:
Paper: Taylored Expressions Choice Buttercream cardstock
Inks: Rosebud, Cantaloupe and Tuxedo black ink from Memento Inks
Stamps: In the Park  stamp set from Taylored Expressions
Accessories: Baker's Twine, felt,  clouds duo & picket fence die from Taylored Dies , liquid pearls and dimensionals

 I loved creating this card and can't wait to give it to my friend :) and I can't wait to see which stamp sets everyone has used for this month's theme and which stamp sets that they decided to use!

AND A PRIZE! We will be drawing one random hopper to receive a FREE Taylored Expressions stamp set of your choice and we'll also be choosing another creation to be featured in an upcoming TE newsletter. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)



25 comments:

Doreen said...

OMG, I LOVE this card! All of the details are just so fantastic!!!! Thanks for an oppty to win, too! :-)
- Doreen at http://whereisyourhappyplace.blogspot.com

Cassie said...

Great card, Sankari! You always have such great details :D

Karen Giron said...

OH how fantastic!! I love the kites in the felt clouds and your gorgeous tree!!

Taylor said...

Super cute, Sankari! In the Park is such a perfect set to welcome spring and I love your fluffy felt cloud!

TannyP said...

Super cute! That's a fun spring set and your clouds make me want to nap in them =)

Lea L. said...

What a cute little scene you have created here! Makes me long for summer and warmth! Love the one rounded corner! Great job! ♥♥♥

Anonymous said...

Your card is TOTALLY CUTE!!! Love the design, Love the colors, Love the card!!!

Thank you Sankari for sharing your incredible talents!!

Carol Froehlich

Queen Mary said...

I too love this card! It's such a relaxing, summer day kind of card with the fluffy clouds, the kites -- we have National Kite Day here in DC you know...

Ashley Newell said...

WOW! This is SO pretty! I love everything about it! The kites are super cute and I love the fence! Adorable!

Naomi said...

Really cute an love all the colors!

Naomi said...

love all te colors you used!

Wanda G (stampcat) said...

LOOOOOOOVE your card!!! I used twine for my kite strings too...great minds think alike! ;-)
Really cute stuff...have a great day Sankari!

Joan Ervin said...

Oh my, what a darling Spring scene...the tree is sooo cute and I love how you added the kites, fence, and clouds!!!!

Melody said...

That definitely says spring!

Unknown said...

Such a lovely card, Sankari! Love the sweet felt clouds and fab kites.. thanks for sharing your fun sketch!

Owlways Learning More said...

Just lovely! Everytime I see that picket fence die used, I love it...I need to get it!

Colleen Begley said...

What a great spring sky with those adorable kites and clouds. Love the tree too. I almost used the set too.

Nancy Jensen said...

AWESOME! I love every element of your card. I may have to case it! :)

Purrfect Paper Creations said...

Sankari, this card is so pretty! It just seems to pop out and say welcome spring! Love all the dimension!

Chris L.

Natalie said...

Your friend is going to LOVE this card!! It is adorable, love all the spring elements and embellies!! Super cute card!

Unknown said...

This is wonderful. I love how the clouds, kites and leaves float about the page. Such wonderful dimension.

Jodi Collins said...

This is like a breath of fresh air! LOVE this girlie!!!

Jodi Collins said...

This is like a breath of fresh air! LOVE this girlie!!!

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Love this, Sankari! What a great scene you've created! I can just feel the wind in my hair! :)

Heidi Baks said...

Beautiful!