Monday, May 5, 2014

Taylored Expressions May Sneak Peeks: Light Up the Night with City Skyline and Patriotic Prose (Brave)

Hi Everyone!

 Welcome to the Release Week from Taylored Expressions for May 2014!! Today I am so excited to show two projects that I created using the awesome stamps and dies that will be released later on this week! Whoohoo!!

For my first project, I created a little cityscape using the new border die called: City Skypline and paired it with the new stamp set called: Light Up the Night which features these super awesome fireworks!!


I created a little scene using the Build a Scene - Rolling Hills dies the clouds from the Cloud Border die. I added some stickles and bling to the fireworks and then colored in the windows of the buildings with different colors of yellow for light in the windows:


Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Light Up the Night stamp set from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Tangelo, Ladybug Red, Cantaloupe, London Fog
Taylored Dies: City Skyline die, Build A Scene dies: Rolling Hills, Cloud Border
Papers: white, black and green cardstock
Accessories: dark green felt, stickles, bling, sponger, foam dimensionals

Such a fun stamp set and such an infinite set of possibilities for how to use all of these stamps and dies together!! Perfect for celebrations of all sorts, new years eve and 4th of July!! And speaking of 4th of July, I created a card using the new American Flag cutting plate that I cut on red, white and blue cardstock, but cut the stars out and layered them together:
 
I created a little pocket using and used the sentiment: "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave" from the new stamp set called: Patriotic Prose: Brave. I also added a few strips of stars from the Reach for the Stars border die for a little fun & flair :)

I finished it off with some twine on the side and then corner chomped the edges with photo corner chomper:

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Patriotic Prose - Brave (Taylored Expressions)
Taylored Dies: American Flag Die Cutting Plate, Reach for the Stars border
Papers: 4th of July Project Pantry (2013 from TE) and Kraft cardstock
Accessories: corner chomper, red twine, foam dimensionals, sponger

This was such a fun patriotic card to make - I just loved creating these cards today!! I can't wait to see what all the designers have created today from all the wonderful dies and stamps that will be released this week!! Please hop along with me and check them out!!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Please hop on by tomorrow for more peeks from this awesome release!
Hugs,
Sankari :)
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Verve Divas Inspiration Hop - May 2014

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to Verve's May Diva Inspirations Hop. It's the 5th of the month and that means it's hopping time! This month we've got a fabulous challenge that's sure to put a string in your step! So in addition to a comment prize hidden along the hop, you can play along with the challenge and link up your creation for a chance to win another prize!

Our April challenge is Font Focus:


 Fancy fonts are all the rage! Let your inner wordsmith shine and make a gorgeous sentiment (or two or three!) the focus of your card. Whether you draw inspiration from the graphic or take some poetic license of your own, just flash us some fonts!

Every single Verve stamp set could be used for this challenge because Julee is the master of fonts!! I love all the different fonts that she has used in creating all the different Verve stamps! For my project today, I created a card using the beautiful stamp set called Joyful Blooms from Verve stamp sets.

 I love all the gorgeous blooms and the sweet curve of the sentiments in this set. I mixed this set with the sentiment from the Making A Statement stamp set from - I love the  "xoxo" sentiments and stamped them in a line with different inks and ran it in a strip across the bottom of the flowers:

I stamped the inside of the card and colored one or two of the flowers on the inside as well for more of a finished feel (something that I always mean to do, but sometimes skip :) 

Here is a close up of the flowers - I layered the flowers ontop of each other - some were paper pieced from the DP and others were colored in with copics - I love this mix of DP and colors together - feels like spring!!!


Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Joyful Blooms and Making A Statement from Verve stamp sets
Papers: My Mind's Eye
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rose Red, Bahama Blue and Bamboo Green and copics
Accessories: turquoise grosgrain, bling, foam dimensionals, EK success scallop border, corner rounder and sponger


I loved playing with these stamp sets and can't wait to see what this amazing team has created!!  Need a little inspiration? Check out the blogs linked below to see what the other Divas did with the challenge! It's sure to be a treat, and speaking of treats, we've got a prize for one lucky commenter along the hop! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines, and a little bit about our brand new Diva!

1. Julee9. Susan
2. Amy10. Chaitali
3. Anya11. Stacey
4. Betty12. Maureen
5. Karen13. Marisa
6. Sankari14. Andrea
7. Sarah14. Charmaine
8. Sony14. Christyne
Check out our May special...

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
hugs,
Sankari :)
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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Taylored Expressions & Faber-Castell Blog Hop!

Hi Everyone,

I am so excited to be part of the partnership between Taylored Expressions and Faber-Castell in today's blog hop! I love all of their amazing crafty tools and was able to play with some awesome Pastel Pencils (neutrals) and some Big Stamper's Brush Pens (3 count Blue) from Faber-Castell! 

Mix & Match Pastel Pencils
Mix & Match Stamper's Big Brush (3 count  set of Blue)

For my first card I used both of the above pencils and pens to color my sentiment from the Chalkboard Elements stamp set:
 
I stamped the sentiment directly with the Stamper's Big Brush Pens by alternating each letter with a different color blue - I LOVE this look!

After stamping the sentiment: "wishing you" onto the banner from the set in alternating ink colors - I created some shadowing to the banner by using the Mix & Match Pastel Pencils. I also colored in the flowers with these Big Brush pens as well as the sentiment: "all the best":


I love how easily the pencils blended in with each other. I shaded in the circle shape that I cut out of the circle nestie with the same pencils and then used the white pastel pencil to create a chalkboard effect on the black cardstock:



Here is another view of the card - I added some bling to the corners and also added some faux stitching to the circle nestie around the sentiment and flowers and finished it off by rounding the corner and adding some foam dimensionals to the sentiments and circle nesties:

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Chalkboard Elements and flowers from Nov. 2013 stamp of the Month: In the Garden
Papers: Black, Red and Blue cardstock
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Faber-Castell: Stamper's Big Brushes 3 ctd. Blue and Faber-Castell Pastel Pencils Neutrals
Accessories: Circle nesties, white gel pen, corner chomper, white bling, and foam dimensionals


I loved playing with these wonderful crafty pens and pencils and for my second project, I only used the three blue colors from the Stamper's Big Brush Pens (3 count, Blue) for coloring in the sentiment by alternating the colors on the letters as well as coloring in the different petals on the flowers with different colors of inks. I stamped the sentiments from the Milestone Marker stamp set from Taylored Expressions. I LOVE that you can alternate the colors so quickly and easily with the awesome big brush tips on these pens:
After alternating the letters with the inks, I stamped the sentiment and was really impressed with how it stamped - such a cool look!! Each of the flowers is stamped with these pens and then afterwards, I used some of the colors of the pens to shade in some of the colors - especially on the flowers and then I added some bling to the centers of the flowers -- & then kept adding some bling here & there (it was hard not to cover the whole card with bling :)!!
I made this card for my in-laws 50th anniversary (can you believe 50 years together -wow!) and can't wait to give it to them later this summer. Here is a close up of the card:
Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Milestone Markers and In the Garden (Stamp of the Month)
Inks: Faber-Castell: Stamper's Big Brushes 3ct. Blue 
Papers: Taylored Expressions Choice Snow White and Teal cardstock
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, bling, white gel pen, foam dimensionals, turquoise grosgrain ribbon and circle punches

 I had so much fun playing with these awesome products from Faber-Castell and I can't wait to check out all the wonderful creations from everyone on the hop today - please hop along with me and check them out:

 Faber-Castell Blog
Sankari Wegman
Mou Shaha 
Cassie Trask
Rita Barakat
Keia Shipp-Smith
Jen Matott
Taylored Expressions Blog


GiveAway Fun Prizes!!!!

Simply comment on any (or all!) of our Blog Hop posts from April 24-April 25. For each comment, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of two fabulous prizes: One lucky winner will receive a $75 Faber-Castell prize pack of Gesso, Glaze, Gel Medium, and 10 new Gelatos Double Scoops and one lucky winner will receive a Taylored Expressions stamp set and die of choice! Comments close Sunday, April 27 at 8pm PST. 
Thanks so much for taking a moment to stop by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

April SOTM: Cute as a Button

Hi Everyone,

 This month's SOTM (April '14) is called: Made With Love and comes with coordinating dies called Stitched with Love. The  deluxe subscription to the KI kit will also come with the SOTM (with dies) along with all the ingredients in the Key Ingredients Kit! Seriously an awesome deal to get a monthly package of awesome crafty goodness!! 

For my card today, I couldn't wait to use this sweet little sentiment: "Cute as a button" - I strung along some buttons with some twine next to the sentiment and mixed and matched the sweet papers in this KI kit for base of the card:

Here is another view of the card - I  added a little banner across the side of the card and finished it with a larger red button with some twine and bling in the center:

Card Ingredients:
Paper: April 2014 KI kit from Taylored Expressions
Stamps: Made with love SOTM from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Ladybug Red
Accessories: Party Banner Border, foam dimensionals, liquid pearls, twine, buttons

I love this sweet little sentiment and the mix of designer papers makes me drool --! One day I would love to spend the all 24 hours crafting and munching on popcorn and watching movies!

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


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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Taylored Expressions - April Stamp of the Month: Sew Happy!

Hi Everyone,

 Welcome to the March Stamp of the Month Blog Hop from Taylored Expressions! April's month's SOTM is called: Made With Love and comes with coordinating dies called Stitched with Love - and if you get the deluxe subscription to the KI kit - you will get the SOTM (with dies) along with all the ingredients in the Key Ingredients Kit! It's an amazing deal for creating cards that are perfectly coordinated!
  For my project today, I couldn't wait to use the sweet sewing machine stamp and then cut it out with created a mat with the Label Stacklets 8 dies and then attached the separate sentiments together with a circle punch and by cutting a banner:
I created a little cluster of hearts that are die cut from the papers using the sweet little heart die that has button holes in it - and then attached a little bling using one of the gems that comes with the KI kit:
I colored in the sentiment and then attached some ribbon across the card base. Here is the inside of the card - I used one of the stitched stamp sets on the bottom of the card and then attached a heart button on the bottom with some twine:
Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Made with Love stamp set: April SOTM from Taylored Expressions
Paper: April Key Ingredients (TE)
Ink: Memento Paris Dusk, Bahama Blue and Teal Zeal
Taylored Dies: Stitched with Love, Stacklets 4
Accessories: twine, foam dimensionals, glue dots, sponger, circle punches, white gel pens, Gems (April Key Ingredients)

 I always love the Stamp of the Month blog hop because its so much fun to see what all the DT have created with the stamp set and how they paired it with Key Ingredients Kit!!! Please hop around with me and check out these amazing ladies!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Big hugs!
Sankari :)
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