HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

I used the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Envelope Die and matching stencils.  I added enamel hearts to each envelope flap and a sentiment strip.   

HAPPY MAIL!

Fun package came in the mail from Laura last week. Valentine treats and a cute card.  Look at that cute pink bucket from Lowe's.  Thank you Laura!   

BIRTHDAY WISHES

After organizing my Foil Its recently, I decided I have so many that I needed to start using more of them.  This was one is called Boho Botanicals.  I foiled first with gold foil and then did the stenciling.  Ink colors that I used were all Taylored Expressions as follows:  For the Flowers, I used Guava with Mulled Wine shading, Sweet Corn with Honey shading, Candy Corn with Pumpkin shading and the leaves are Kiwi and Sweet Basil.  I used the new cover plate die called Quilted Cutting plate for the stitched background.  And my new favorite sentiment set called Together in Type stamp & die combo.  I used the Foil It sentiments and then die cut them.  I love the mixed fonts on these sentiments! 

I love cutting plates, I use them all the time.  They add texture to any project.

 

SENTIMENTS WITH MATCHING DIES

I saw this idea online and thought it was genius!  I have several of this type of sentiment stamp sets with matching dies.   It can be hard to figure out which die goes with the words.  I used my label maker to make a label for each die. It isn't the complete word because there are longer sentiments but this will help me out when it comes time to die cut!  I'm sure I have many more sets like this so hopefully I can update them as well.  

FOILING DAY!

I took my own advice!  I pulled out several different Foil Its and decided to turn on the Mini Minc and get to foiling!  I had fun stenciling many of these pretty designs and now they are ready to make into cards!

FOIL IT CRAZY WOMAN!

Now that's a lot of Foil Its!  I had to do a reorganization of all my Foil Its (mostly Taylored Expressions).  I do have a few Gina K Designs Poly Glaze Foiling sheets as well.  I found the large container at Container Store.  It is called Craft & Media Shimo Organizer Box.  LINK HERE  It is BIG - 22"x14¼"x6⅛" but I'm really happy with being able to get them all in one place. Taylored Expressions sells the 4"x6" storage pockets.  LINK HERE Taylored Expression sells labels for many of the Foil Its.  I used my label maker if the label wasn't included in the label sets.  I separated the Foil Its into categories.  Stand Alone Patterns, Coordinating Products, Sentiments, Mini/Triple Slims, Insiders, TE Maps & Gina K.  I also have a slot for the larger 6x6 Foil Its.  The lid doesn't fit if I include these so we'll see if I keep them in this storage or find something else. So now after seeing all these Foil Its in one place, I'm heating up my Mini Minc and having a foiling day!!!!!!

PICKLEBALL

I have a couple of friends who are big into pickleball.  I picked up the notecards at TJ Maxx and then repackaged them and made a cute tag.  The die cut is called Little Bits Pickleball by Taylored Expressions.  

TEA FOR TWO

I sent a little winter pick me up to a friend.  A tea cup puzzle, with tea to drink and a tea-riffic card!  

The card uses Taylored Expressions Tea for Two stamp and die combo.  

She is Iowa Hawkeye fan, so I used mostly Black & Gold for the theme of my wrapping and card.  I also bought the puzzle for myself and I can say it was a fun one to put together!  I find myself doing more puzzles in the winter months and I sure do enjoy them! 

MAIL BOX

Silly me - I put an order in with Concord & 9th and decided to buy this cute mailbox craft kit.  You know to get the free shipping!  😉  It was super easy to put together and it's a cute decor item in my stamp studio!  

PRETTY FLORAL STEM

This pretty floral is a die called Alstroemeria Stem from Simon Says Stamp.  I saw a card on You Tube and I wanted to make it myself.  It is delicate and pretty.  I struggled a bit with the coloring - getting the shading just right is not easy.  I made a couple of them.  

HAPPY MAIL

I used the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Mini Seals die set for this card.  The tiny envelope and liner are so cute.  I filled the envelope with pretty stems & flowers.  Dang - My layer is a bit crooked!  That's annoying!

 

MORE ANNIVERSARY CARDS

This was a new Taylored Expressions gift with purchase during the month of January.  It's a layered stencil set called Sweetheart Blooms.  I followed a video by Heather Nichols for the ink colors.  Both the pinks and reds were very pretty on the Toffee card stock.  I decided to make all the cards for anniversary - I'll have a few in my stash when I need them.  

TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS INK COLORS:  

Traditional colors more Red:  Guava, Cherry Pop, Mulled Wine

Pink colors:  Bubblegum, Lollipop, Dragonfruit

Green for leaves:  Green Tea with Brussel Sprouts for shading, Lime Zest with Sweet Basil for shading

ANNIVERSARY CARD

This is Concord & 9th die set turned out very pretty.  It's called Triple-Step Blooming Heart die.  I die cut it and then filled in all the colored card stock pieces.  It took some time but it was fun to do!  

FRUIT!!

This is a non-crafty post.  Any of you out there still playing Wordle every day?  In December, I had a shock when I got the word on the first try!  I had been to the grocery store and bought fruit so that how I started my game that lucky day!  Crazy, right?  HAPPY FEBRUARY!

HOT FOIL

I have been foiling lately - this is a little different type of foiling by Gina K Designs.  You run the acetate design through your hot foil machine.  Then remove the thin clear layer, put down the foil and run it through again.  I really like this because you can apply it to any card stock etc.  I've had these in my stash for a while and never used them - I was impressed with the results!