Blast From the Past Blog Hop #7 - Taylored Expressions

Hi everyone,


Every month Taylored Expressions hosts a Blast from the Past Blog Hop - where all TE fans can sign up for the blog hop and use their fave TE stamps from previous releases. This month, the theme was to create something with "Love is in the Air" and I knew that I wanted to use the cutest little elephants from the Stamps A La Carte Elephants in Love.  I love these cute elephants and love that they are showering everyone with hearts :)






I used the sketch from this month's Blast From The Past and used the new Be Mine DP from Echo Park - love the grays in this collection! I stamped the ellie heart image onto the Snow White Choice cardstock. I paper pieced some of the hearts and then colored the rest of the hearts and the cute ellies with copics. After finishing, I finished with my clear spica glitter and applied a few epoxy hearts to the stamped image.  I cut out the stamped image using the Taylored Dies: Take Note Die -3 and stamped the sentiment "showered with love" and made it a wavy flag. I had fun with the white opal liquid pearls and finished off the card with a trio of hearts on the bottom of the card:

Card Ingredients: 

Paper: Echo Park:  Be Mine DP and Snow White Choice cardstock

Stamps: Elephants in Love stamp from Taylored Expressions

Ink: Tuxedo Black ink

Accessories: heart epoxy stickers and ribbon from stash, Take Note Die -3,  dimensionals, EK success punch, white opal liquid pearls and clear spica glitter.

I loved stamping these cute elephants! All of the animals in love stamps are so cute - you can check them out here.  Also check out THIS POST on Taylor's blog for details on some special products over at Taylored Expressions that are on a Special VALENTINE's SALE from now through the 23rd of January to get you into the Valentine's Day crafting mood!!

There are so many amazing crafters who are playing along with this month's Blast from the Past - so hop on over with me and check them all out and if you leave a comment during the blog hop - you could  AND A PRIZE! We will be drawing one random hopper to receive a FREE Taylored Expressions set of their own - and we'll also be choosing another creation to be featured in an upcoming TE newsletter. Stay tuned to Taylor's blog for more details about the next Blast From the Past!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Big hugs,

Sankari :)

Kristina Werner Color Inspriation #38 - Elephant Valentine's

Happy Friday Everyone,

I have been feeling like its been Friday since Tuesday- so I am really happy that today is the real thing!  Nothing like celebrating Friday with a little color challenge from Kristina Werner. Her latest color inspiration challenge (#38) uses four colors: ruby red, pumpkin pie, whisper white and pretty in pink. Fun colors from an awesome inspiration piece of a notebook from her co-workers desk from SeeJaneWork.  Here is my offering for the challenge: 

I liked all the white with the little color in the inspiration piece - so I tried to keep it simple. I was trying to figure out some simple Valentine's cards to send out that I could make quickly in an assembly line - this might be one. I have totally fallen in love with this little elephant - my son has named this elephant "Sweetie" (he just turned 4 - and I totally love that he wanted to name the elephant Sweetie).

I embossed the sentiment on white cardstock, The elephant is cut out three times on all the colors (except white). I cut out the ears from the orange and pink colors and adhered the orange one under the die cut and the pink as a shadow to the ear. The same thing I did with the hearts. I was surprised at how quickly the card came together - and that is always a plus :)

Hope you guys are having a wonderful Friday!

Thanks for coming to visit :)

Ciao for now,

Sankari 

Paper Company (pink: HInt of Dawn), DCVW  orange, Red and white from stash.

Stamps and Ink - none

Accessories: Fiskars threading punch, Martha heart punch, Sizzix Elephant #2 die cut, Sizzix valentine embosslits, Making Memories silver brad, Orange stickles, dimensionals

Movies watched: The movie for tomorrow's movie challenge of course!