Blue Mosaic

Hello,  

 

As you know Taylored Expressions releases a limited edition kit each month.  They often release part or all of it later down the road, but you never know.  If you love it you should grab it.    When this one came out I wasn't sure I loved it.  I was going pass on it, but I saw a sample that used white heat embossing and blues.   I really loved the look.  It reminded me of our trip to Greece a while back.   That was it,  I had to order it.  I'm so glad I did.   I made this and another card already and love how it all turned out. 

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Fall Turnabout

Hey, Hi, Hello there!   I'm so grateful you are here.   

Well that about sums up these cards.   Concord and 9th came out with a new turnabout stamp.  This one has a beautiful Fall them with mushrooms, leave, acorns, and flowers.   I created a 6x6 inch panel with the stamp so that I could create two cards.   It is hard to see but on the "Hey" card I used a spellbinders 3D harvest embossing folder.  It also features mushrooms, so they paired perfectly together. 

Taylored Expressions Ink Colors used

Pineapple

Sweet Potato

Toffee

Sweet pea

No Copics used

Thankful and Grateful

 Hello all, 

Guess who is behind on blog posts again?  Well.  What can I say.. I'm human.  

We made these cards back in November.    I used the pumpkin turnbout stamp to create the background.  If you never seen these.  They are awesome. Here is a video of a different turnabout.  I love the background they create.    I did struggle picking out colors for this one.  My first attempt used four different shades of orange.  I think I could have signaled the space station with it.  It was BRIGHT.  I decided to to switch two of the oranges out for a green and brown.  These are not colors that I think of when pumpkins. In the end I think it was the right choice.  These cards capture the beautiful Fall feeling.    What do you think?  

Materials:

STAMPS and Dies:

Pumpkin Turnabout

Thankful and Grateful Die

Pumpkin Die

Paper:

paper from Stampin Up

Neenah: solar white card stock

Ink:

Taylored Expressions ink Chocolate Truffle or mini

Taylored Expressions ink Candy Corn or mini pad

Taylored Expression ink Mango or mini pad

Altenew FireFly ink

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

No copics today

Thankful Season

 Happy November!

With Thanksgiving coming up, we are reminded to be thankful for all the gifts life gives us.   Today is release day at Technique Junkies.    There are a lot of awesome stamps in this release (you can see them at the bottom of this post), however this sentiment captures what November is all about.  

Materials:

Eat, Drink and Be Thankful Stamp  (use code TJ10Chris to save 10%)

Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

 

Paper:

Neenah: Other:

Bearly Art Glue:

Check out all the cards made by other members of the design team:

Pam

Holly

Tracy F

Darlene

Judy

Pat

Here is a whole November Release.  Do you have a favorite?

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Unpaid Therapist

Welcome, 

We all have that person we lean on when things are rough.  I love they created a special stamp to celebrate that relationship.   Gosh they are so cute!!

Materials 

Unpaid therapist stamp

Copics listed below- 

Copics used:  Best place to buy copics

Blue: B18, B16, B14, B12

Green: G46, G43, G40

Grey: C3, C1, C0

Fluff: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Brown: E18, E15, E13

Red:R05, R02

Yellow: E15

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Snoopy Snail Mail

 Hello, 

I've never been a huge Peanuts fan.  However, I'm a huge dog fan.  Snoopy steals my heart everytime.  I found this vintage Snoopy Stamp on ebay.  I couldn't resist.  I love that he is running with a letter.  It could be used with any sentiment.  This time I paired it with a Thank you sentiment.  It made for a really sweet and easy card.  

Materials:

Postage Die Stamp:

Snoopy Stamp was found Ebay
Sentiment: "Massive Thanks" from Stampin up

Copics used:

Light Grey: C3, C1, C0, 0

Cheeks: R00

Red: R24, R22, R20

Green: YG17, YG13

Grass is Greener

Hi! 

I'm so glad you stopped by today.  I know this is a little bit out of season, but here in NY we are still mowing our lawns and raking leaves.  I needed a thank you card for a neighbor who helped us out with our lawn.  Connor has been traveling for work and it was starting to look a bit like a jungle.  Our little push mower was not up to the job.  Our neighbor came to the rescue with his riding mower came to save the day.  

The stamp set is from Stampin Up.  You can find the copic colors I used below. 

Copics used:

Skin: E00, E000, E11, 

Brown: E40, E42, E43

Green: G02, G05, G09

Jeans: B91, B93, B95, B97

Lt. Blue: B04, B02, B00

Red: R29, R24, R14

Grey:W5, W3, W1

Grass: G46, G43, G40

THANK YOU. Thank you very Much!

 Hello friends, 

Recently Stamping Bella released some "Oddball" stamps.  The eyes on these guys are a little weird but they are cute in their own way.  My favorite on the group is the Elvis stamps.  The accompanying sentiment is perfect for cardmaking.    I'm not a huge Elvis fan, but I can't read the sentiment without hearing Elvis's unique voice say it.   I have a few more of these oddball stamps.  I can't wait to ink them up.  

As always I'd love to hear what you think,

Chris

Copics used:

White: C5, C3, C2, C1 )

Black: N10, N8, N6

Red: R37, R35, R32

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Glitter pens

Turkey -Reveal Wheel

Hello friends,

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I wanted to get a few turkey cards in before it was too late. 

I used Lawn Fawn's reveal wheel to make this card to the layout of this card.  I love this die it makes creating this type of card easy.

Supplies:

reveal wheel --interactive die
Sentiment Stamps
Speech Bubble Add on
Turkey-- Whipper Snapper (discontinued)

Copics used:

Brown: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E39-- W5, W7
Red: R37, R35, R32
Orange: YR07, YR04, YR02
Yellow: Y17,Y15, Y13
Green: G46, G43
Grass: YG67, YG63, YG61

Thank you Tulip

Greetings,

This card was a happy accident.  I was playing with leftover ink from the Spray Bouquet card I made last week.   I wanted to see how dye ink behaved on glossy cardstock.  I usually reach for my alcohol inks when I use glossy cardstock.  This was a happy surprise.  I love the hints of green.

No copics used

Lollipop flowers

Welcome friends,

I love these flowers.   I love that they are simple, fun and look amazing in rainbow colors!  They worked great for Thank you cards from Ryan.  I thought the mouse was perfect.   I hope he makes you smile today!

 Mouse: E40, E41, E43, E44
Sign: E30, E31, E33, E35
Green: G40, G43, G46
Red: R29, R24
Orange: YR12, YR16
Yellow: Y15, Y13
Blue: B12, B16
Green: YG17, YG13
Purple: V15, V12
gel pen
glitter pen

Thank you Kitty

Welcome friends,

I've still been playing with my watercolors.  I love finding new ways to incorporating them into cards.  This was fun to use them along with a stencil to get this cool look. 

Copics used:
Cat: YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27
sign: E50, E51, E53
Red: R29

You Rock

Hello friends,

About two months ago, I was asked to make some cards and dry erase boards to give to gifts on Administrator Appreciation day.   They wanted a "You Rock" theme.    I had a lot of fun with the challenge.  Here is some photos of the cards.

I hope everyone enjoyed their cards.

Blue: B05, B02, B01
Nose: YR14, Y17
Grey: C1

Watercolor Roses

Greetings,

I'm still having fun playing with watercolors.  I'm by no means...an expert, but it is fun from time to time and put my copics down.  What I love about watercolor is that each project looks different, but each one looks good.

I used a mix of orange, yellow, pink inks to create these flowers.

No copics today.

Rainbow of Thanks

Howdy,

I love rainbows!  Did you know that it is impossible for two people to see the same rainbow? Rainbows are formed when light is refracted through tiny droplets of rain.  Because no two people can occupy the exact same space we all experience are own special rainbow.   They are just proof that magic does exist in the world.  I have fallen in love with them on cards.    They bring just happiness everywhere they go....

Copic colors:
Red:  R39, R29, R24, R14, R02
Orange: YR09, YR07, YR04, YR02
Yellow: Y18, Y15, Y13, Y11
Green: G99, YG67, YG63, YG61, G20
Blue: B04, B02, B00,
Purple: V17, V15, V12
Stampin Up For All You Do

Season of Thanks

Happy November!

I thought this card would be a great way to welcome in the Season of Thanks.    

Copics used:
Pumpkins: Y17, YR12, YR14, Yr16, Yr18, BV000
Brown: E71, E74, E77
Green: G20, G94, G99
Blue: B91, B93, B95, B97
Skin: E000, E00, E11,
Gray: W3, W1
Hair: E21, E23, E25
Heart: R24, R29
Ground: I started with Y21, E31, E33.  Then added random dots of brown and gray to add texture.

Simple Thanks

Happy Friday all,

I needed a really quick and simple Thank you card.  I try to have a bunch of these made up to so I can just grab them when I need them.  

I hope you all have a great weekend.  Connor and I are still scrambling to get ready for our trip.  We have hotels and most of our activities booked.  It is time to start thinking about packing.   It is starting to feel real!

Clocking Out

Greetings!

One my favorite sayings has always been "The most precious gift you can give, is Time".   I needed some Thank you cards and wanted to incorporate that idea.  No copics today.  This is all done with stamps and ink.  

No copics today

Always Thankful

Hello,

One of the reasons last week was so busy, was I was babysitting these three lovely ladies.   It is a long story, but their Mom needed to go out of town for a few days and needed someone to watch the girls.   I was a little nervous at first, but we had a great time!   We hiked, swam, talked, played fetch with our dogs (who are "Dog Tired") and played games.  I'm thankful for these small moments.  We all know this to be true.  Real joy is found in unplanned little moments throughout the day.  However, we pack everyday so full work, chores, and responsibilities that we don't leave any room for them to sneak their way in.  After a string of busy days.. we forget and a pattern develops.   Then one day... something forces you to stop.  At first you might be a little resentful for disrupting the pattern, but then moments of joy sneak into your day.  Suddenly you resent the pattern.  We promise ourselves not to slide back into the old habits.  It took three 10 year olds and two days, but they made me remember that simple things are the most important things.  I'm always thankful to remember.   I hope some joy sneaks into your holiday weekend.

I made this card a while ago.. but he never left the craft room.  I thought it was about time to Let this Dog Out... LOL... sorry bad joke.

Copics used:  I kept him really simple.  I need to remember that simple is good.

Dog: E30, E31 spots E39  If I was to do over, I would use E40, E42 to add a bit more contrast
Hat:E35, E37
Ears:R20
Blue: B00, B12
Ground:W3,W1