Totally or Toad-ally

Hello! Thanks for stopping by again today!
I've got some great Halloween sets to share with you from Taylored Expressions that also use the Halloween Key Ingredients as well. This first card uses the Trick or Sweet II. Isn't cuppie cute dressed up as a toad?! See those cool chipboard numbers and button? Well they are included in kit also!

Next up is a card made using the Spooky Expressions stamp set. If you know me well, you know that spiders totally creep me out! LOL!

More about the Halloween Key Ingredients:

Prism cardstock colors included are:
Intense Orange
Intense Kiwi
Frosted Kiwi
Black
Wizard Medium

The neutral is Choice Snow White. The patterned paper is Basic Grey Eerie.
I bet you are excited to see what the Baker's Dozen have come up eh? Well what are you waiting for...

• Charmaine Ikach
• Denise Marzec
• Donna Baker
• Jackie Pedro
  
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laura Fredrickson
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Sharon Harnist
• Taylor VanBruggen

Don't forget that the stamps will be available tomorrow at 8 am pst!
Also on Saturday you can find the Baker's Dozen hosting a day full of challenges on the SASI blog. I hope you will play along! There are a ton of prizes up for grabs!

Fun and Funky Designer Paper Cards

Good Morning!
We have an emergency going on in my house....well craft room....I seem to be out of mono adhesive, atg tape, double sided tape....all of it...ACK! Guess that's what I get for not paying attention when I grab the last roll, eh?
I've got more cards to show you using this cool and funky designer paper! After working on the Featured Stamper card on Sunday, I didn't put it away....lol
So after dinner I went back down and stamped!
This first card is for the Weekend Sketch Challenge that is being hosted by Laurie! I used A Year of Sweets 2 and A Year of Sweet Sentiments from Taylored Expressions.

This next card is for Taylor's TECC75 sketch. This time I used a cute cupcake set called For the Love of Cupcakes from Taylored Expressions.

This last card was made for Cindy's MFT Sketch Challenge 91 in the MFT forum on SCS.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to come back tomorrow....All That Scraps sneak peeks begin!

Happy Birthday Cupcake!

Happy Birthday Cupcake!
Today is Chloe's 10th birthday and I haven't had any time all week to sit down to make her a birthday card until yesterday afternoon. Luckily I was able to combine the Featured Stamper Challenge and my own challenge...lol
I CASED this card HERE.
I pulled out a cute set from Taylored Expressions called For the Love of Cupcakes and also some cute DP from an older KI kit.

Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes; Cardstock: White, Prism, DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Scalloped Edge Punch, Oval nesties, Mat pack and Paper piercer, 2 way glue pen, Glitter, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

Cupcakes Make Life Sweet

Good Morning!
Yesterday I was BUSY BUSY BUSY stamping the day away! I made a total of 11 cards!! I won't show you them all today...don't want to bore you...lol
I will show you the two cards I made for the Featured Stamper though.
This first one was a case of this card HERE.
It was a CAS card and I find them very difficult to make but that's why it's a challenge right?!
Here I've used the cute cupcakes from Taylored Expressions called For the Love of Cupcakes. I paper pieced the one cupcake with some Doodlebug paper.

My second card is a case of this card HERE. I had really wanted to try these cool flowers but just as I was starting my card, the laptop battery died. So I had to go from memory...lol
This is another CAS card...so not my typical style of card but I did enjoy making it.

Thanks for stopping by today!

You Float My Boat!

Good Morning!
Today I'm sharing a card I gave to my husband ;)
The stamp set and June 20th Key Ingredients are from Taylored Expressions.
I stamped the image from Beach Bum onto Choice Snow White cardstock with Memento Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers. I stamped a second image and cut out the cuppie to place in the boat too :)

Stamps: Beach Bum; Cardstock: Prism Paper, White, DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Stickles, Nesties, Ribbon, Wavy Border Punch, Oval Punch, White Candy Dots, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

Life is Good!

Good Morning!
Today is Taylor's BIRTHDAY!!! Stop by her blog and wish her a Happy Birthday! While you are there...check out the sketch! We hope that you can play along!
Here is my birthday card for Taylor. I wanted to make a fun beachy card for her!
I've used the new set called Beach Bum along with the Beach Bum Key Ingredients. Cuppie and accessories were stamped in Memento Black and coloured with Copics. I added some stardust jellyroll pen to the sunglasses ;)

Stamps: Beach Bum; Cardstock: White, Prism and DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Ribbon, Oval punch, Circle punch, Wavy Border punch, Gel pen, Nesties, Stickers, Dimensionals, white brads
This is the inside of the card. Here I've used one of the stickers that come in the Beach Bum Key Ingredients.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Beach Bum

Good Morning!
Ready for some CUTE cuppies from Taylored Expressions?!
Today I'm sharing the adorable new set called Beach Bum. I've used the Beach Bum Key Ingredients for my cards.
The Prism cardstock colors included are:
Classic Purple
Intense Kiwi
Nautical Blue Light
Blush Red Medium
Sunflowers Medium

The neutral is Choice Buttercream. The patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Collection. There will also be 5 yards of ribbon, coordinating Snorkel cardstock stickers, and a package of bright smooth bling.
I stamped the image in Memento Black and coloured with Copics. I couldn't figure out where to put one of the fun sentiments so I stamped "Having a Bad Day?" on the inside ;)
My second card features an embellishment(palm tree brad) which is available with the Beach Bum Bundle. The dp that is included with this bundle is so FUN!~ The pattern on this piece reminds me of beach balls....don't you agree? LOL!
Stop by the Baker's Dozen blogs to see their sneak peeks today!

• Ana Wohlfahrt
• Charmaine Ikach
• Denise Marzec
• Donna Baker
• Jen del Muro
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laura Fredrickson
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen

Remember that all the new stamps will be available tomorrow(June 5th at 8 am PST) Here is a special bundle that you will be able to purchase on release day.


Thanks for stopping by!

Taylored Expressions Spring Spectacular Blog Hop

Good Evening!
I'm super excited to be participating in the Taylored Expressions Spring Spectacular Blog Hop today!! Taylor has put together some awesome Key Ingredients Kits at an incredible discount($12.95) that are in limited quantities...so shop early ;) These FOUR kits are slightly different than her regular KI's. For details visit Taylor's Blog today.
My cards today feature the Dazzling Key Ingredients Kit.
All cards are 5 x 5.
This first card uses a cuppie from the Downtown Diva stamp set and also a sentiment from A Year of Sweet Sentiments.
My second card features the stamp set Year of Sweets 2 and A Year of Sweet Sentiments.
My last card features a cuppie from Downtown Diva and A Year of Sweet Sentiments.

You will be able to make many more cards with these kits and just by adding a few stamps you will find they come together quite easily! If you are in need of inspiration though....each kit will include a full color inspiration sheet with 6 samples created by members of the Baker's Dozen. Each of the four kits will contain cardstock, ribbon, and coordinating die cuts and patterned paper from the following My Mind's Eye Collections: Brilliant, Dazzling, Delightful, and Enchanting.
Be sure to stop by these blogs to see what fabulous creations they have to share with us today!
Charmaine Ikach
Jami Sibley
Jodi Collins
Karen Motz
Laura Fredrickson
Sankari Wegman
Taylor VanBruggen

Doctor's Orders

Good Morning!
Yesterday I went to the Edmonton Extravaganza with my friend Lisa and we had such a fabulous time meeting up with other SCS'ers! The girls at our table were so funny...we giggled a LOT. As part of a game we had to name ourselves....so we were the Seven Divas!
I'm waving hello to Lisa, Kristy, Robin, Donna, Teena and Jen!!! Thanks for making me laugh so much!! Peggy and the girls did an awesome job putting the event on...it was a wonderful way to spend my Saturday :)
While at the event I ACTUALLY did stuff! Yep...I did! I managed to make these three cards!!!
All of them use the Taylored Expressions stamp set called Doctor's Orders.
This first one uses Taylor's TECC sketch for this week.

Stamps: Doctor's Orders; Cardstock: Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, White and American Crafts DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Nesties, Buttons, Linen Thread, PTI summer sunrise ribbon, Dimensionals
This card was made using Jen's SFYTT.

Stamps: Doctor's Orders; Cardstock: Choc Chip, Cool Caribbean, White and American Crafts DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Mat pack and Paper piercer, PTI Summer Sunrise Ribbon, Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals
This card was made using Mary Jo's WSC #82.

Stamps: Doctor's Orders; Cardstock: Cool Caribbean, Choc chip, PTI Summer Sunrise, White and American Crafts DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, nesties, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!!

SASI sneak peek

Today I am sharing a cute project with you over at the Stamp A Sweet Impression blog!
I hope you'll stop by to check it out....here is a sneak peek ;)

Nurse Cuppie - SCS228

For the SCS sketch yesterday I decided to use some of my favourite dp called Georgia Peach from SU! I don't know what I'll do once it's all gone :(
I paper pieced the cute nurse image from the Taylored Expressions set called Doctor's Orders.
Stamps: Doctor's Orders; Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, White and Georgia Peach DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Silver Brads, Embossing Folder, Paper Snips, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet Featured Stamper Cards

Good Morning!
My two cards today were both made for the Featured Stamper yesterday. It was Debbie Corbari! She has such fun cards and did you know she is now an illustrator for Our Craft Lounge?
The first card I CASED of hers is HERE. I loved the little awning she created and I thought it would be cute with the Taylored Expression set called Downtown Diva. This card measures 5 x 5.

This is my second card I CASED. I loved how Debbie used a circle inside of a nestie shape HERE. So I had to do it too...lol
This one uses the Upsy Daisy stamp set from SU! along with the yummy Parisian Breeze Specialty DP.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Featured Stamper Cards

Good Morning!
I hope you all had a FANTASTIC weekend! We had BEAUTIFUL weather! Yesterday afternoon I spent the day outdoors working on cleaning the BBQ, power raking the lawn, mowing and watering the lawn. BUT in the morning I had some time to work on the FS117 on SCS.
THIS is the first card I cased. I used a new set from H & M stamps called Seeds of Kindness.

Stamps: Seeds of Kindness; Cardstock: Tangerine, Aqua, White and MME Bloom & Grow; Inks: Tangerine, Black; Accessories: Circle nesties, Curly label punch, Aqua Ribbon
My second card for the FS117 on SCS. THIS is the card I cased. I loved her layout with all the different DP and that she used a cupcake! It gave me another good reason to use the Doctor's Orders stamp set from Taylored Expressions that will be available tomorrow at 8 am PST.

Stamps: Doctor's Orders; Cardstock: Choc chip, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie, White and Sweet Always DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Pretty in Pink Ribbon, Circle Nesties, Kaiser Rhinestones, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by...please come back at 8am PST for another Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek!
ALSO....tonight at 10 pm Eastern all the new All That Scraps stamps will be released!

Are you interested in Scrapbooking or looking to get into it...maybe a DT even? There is a new blog called Scrap and Stamp Saturday Challenge Site. You need to stop by Alex's blog and read all the details....there is some fabulous blog candy too!!

Doctor's Orders-Sneak Peek

Hi there!
This is my second post for today please scroll down for the other too!
It's time for Taylored Expressions sneak peeks to begin! Wait til you see the cute cuppies in this Doctor's Orders set! It's a fun set that would be good for children's cards or maybe a friend who adores cupcakes...like I do ;)
This cute set will be available on May 5th at 8:00 am PST!

Stamps: Doctor's Orders; Cardstock: White, Aqua, Pumpkin, MME Bloom & Grow DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, May Arts Ribbon, Dimensionals
Want to see more fabulous creations?!

• Ana Wohlfahrt
• Charmaine Ikach
• Denise Marzec
• Donna Baker
• Jen del Muro
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laura Fredrickson
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen

Thanks for stopping by today....be sure to come back tomorrow for some more fun sneak peeks ;)

SCS sketch cards

Good Morning!

The weather here is nasty and I'm wishing for spring to stay for good! Chloe has another ear infection and this wind isn't helping the ear pain. Hoping today isn't quite so windy!

Yesterday I had some time after errands to work on the SCS sketch and managed to make two cards. This first one has no stamping but is a SU! only card ☺

I really enjoyed the sketch and wanted to make another card. This time I used the cute set from Taylored Expressions called Branching Out. I stamped the birds a second time on scrap paper, coloured and popped them up. I LOVE Pacific Point with Choc Chip....good thing I'm stockin' up on it before it retires ;)

This card screams spring to me! I can't wait to have some wonderful flowers planted just like this flower box! Here I've used the Mother's Day Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions along with the Fresh Flowers stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Taylored Expressions April KI Subscription Project

Today the newest Key Ingredients Subscription Release from Taylored Expressions is available. If you haven't heard about or signed up for this amazing deal you really need to check out all the details. Taylor does a fantastic job getting all the perfect coordinating supplies together.

For my project I've chosen to make an acrylic post it note/memo board and card for a friend's upcoming birthday next month. Along with the April KI Subscription Kit I used the super cute Downtown Diva.

It was really hard to get a shot of this acrylic post it note memo board because of the glare. This angle was the best I could do...lol

I started with a 5 x 7 acrylic frame. The prism cardstock, designer paper, image and flower ribbon is all inside the frame to protect it ;)
I cut a piece of cork down to 2 x 2 and glued some of the flower rhinestones from the April KI kit to the top of some tacks with Glossy Accents. Now I have pretty push pins to hold notes or whatever :) A small pink post it note was attached too. Be sure to use good tape like Sticky Tape to adhere the post it notes and cork board.

Here is a close up of the card. I LOVE that the glitter is ultra-fine because it sticks to anything! I ran this Heidi Swapp Ghost Flower through my Xyron machine to make it sticky....dumped on the Rapture Blue glitter....tapped off the excess and viola....it's so pretty!

For the flower rhinestones I used a mini glue dot to stick them to the pretty satin ribbon.

This card measures 5 x 5.

Today half of the Baker's Dozen have projects using this April Key Ingredients Subscription so stop on by to see them!

Denise Marzec

Jen del Muro

Karen Motz

Laurie Schmidlin

Sankari Wegman
Thanks for stopping by again!

You're so sweet!

Happy Easter!

Today it's my Mom & Dad's 40th Wedding Anniversary! I'm sending them our love and wish we could be together but we'll see them in little more than 2 months!

I hope everyone is able to spend the day with their loved ones. Today Brian, Chloe and I will relax maybe go for a walk or a bike ride. I'm cooking a spiral honey ham....my FAVE ;)

Yesterday I met up with Peggy from PaperWorksCo. and she gave me some new nesties that I had ordered from her. Here I've used the cool Peony set...I thought the shape was fun and funky! I also used the fun shape to make some bag toppers for some Easter treats to give to my girlfriend's kids...but I forgot to snap a picture before dropping them off...lol

Stamps: Downtown Diva; Cardstock: White, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Georgia Peach DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, Peony Nesties, Dimensionals, Mini Rhinestone

This card was made for the Weekend Sketch Challenge #76 that is being hosted by Laurie Schmidlin. I've used the super cute set Downtown Diva from Taylored Expressions again along with some of my fave dp from SU!

Thanks for stopping by today!