HAPPY MAIL!

Here are a couple of cards that I received in the mail for St. Patrick's day.  Thank you friends!  

OHIO STATE BOOKMARKS

Bookmark Done!  

There are 5 more Bookmarks for me to work on!  I really enjoy the Diamond Art and these bookmarks are so fun.  OH-IO!

 

CRAFTERNOON KIT!

My Crafternoon kit arrived from THE Ohio State University.  I look forward to these kits every year.  I was excited to see six Diamond art bookmarks in the kit!  I'm going to get started on one this morning while watching basketball games!  

I separated the gems into small plastic containers to make it easier to pour them out and return them into the containers.  I'll report back after I finish one! 

 

HAPPY MARCH!

I already have my Mother's Day cards done.  They were simple and easy to make and I picked colors of flowers that I thought they would like.  

TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS COLOR CATALOG

This was quite the project.  Taylored Expressions introduced a Color Catalog for all their colors. The catalog includes stamp, blend, card stock and marker colors. It was a good project for a cold, snowy weekend in the stamp room!  I don't have OLO markers so I included Copic markers for my marker match colors.  

PALETTE PLAYBOOK STORAGE

I'm always excited for a new organization project.  Taylored Expressions introduced this new Medium binder to accommodate all the Palette Playbook reference guides.  They will eventually have one for every color.  It is helpful when you need to figure out what colors go well together and shade sequence.  

WOODLAND BLOOMS

I was inspired by a fellow crafter on the Fans of Taylored Expressions Facebook page.  She had made cards with this Woodland Blooms stamp/stencil combo.  It's always been a favorite of mine. I took a picture of all the ink colors - so many pretty combinations.   

I used the new Quilted cover plate from Taylored Expressions over top of the stenciled panels.  I used a combination of sentiments and layering dies.  They are so pretty!  

TIMELESS BLOOMS IN YELLOW

I used the Foil Its on this set of cards but I did not foil.  I really liked how the black looked so I just left them as is, except for one panel, I foiled with Gold. 

I used the Taylored Expressions Quilted cover plate after I had them stenciled and cut to size.  I have one more panel that I didn't make into a card yet. 

CALL ME OLD FASHIONED

I needed a few more guy cards.  I have used this image quite a bit but I had new words to put with the glass so it feels new again.  I used masculine patterned paper and these were quick & easy!  The glass is from Unity Stamp and the sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.  I stamped Cheers to You for the inside of the card.  

PRETTY FLORALS

I stamped & stenciled all these floral cards and then ran them thru with a cover plate on them to give them more texture.  The stamp/stencils are Bitty Bouquets and Bonus Blooms 1.  The sentiment set is Together in Type from Taylored Expressions.  My new favorite!  

HAPPY ANNVERSARY

I foiled and stenciled this pretty tulip pattern from Taylored Expressions called Dutch Garden. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions called Together in Type.  I have been adding a lot to my Anniversary card stash lately.  

TIMELESS BLOOMS ON WOODGRAIN CARDSTOCK

Taylored Expressions Create in Quad Timeless Blooms stencils are on my desk a lot lately.  This time I stenciled on white woodgrain paper.  I saw this idea online and wanted to try it.  It gives it such a nice texture.  It was fun to blend each layer, I used all Taylored Expressions inks.  

A bit of white splatter on a couple of the panels.  

A variety of finishes on these cards.  I used a few different frames and sentiments.  I really like the woodgrain texture for the stenciled flowers. 

And there are these pretty envelope seals that you can get to coordinate with the Timeless Blooms.  So pretty!

 

PRETTY IN PINK

I saw the idea for the Hello Friend card online.  I didn't have all the exact supplies, but I worked with what I had and I was pleased with the outcome.  I started with Canson Watercolor paper.  I used Distress Oxide ink in a pretty pink called Kitsch Flamingo and the Altenew Watercolor Stripes Stencil.  I used a rectangle die to cut out the center of the card panel.  The Eucalyptus die is from The Greetery.  I die cut with the watercolor paper and then blended on Distress Oxide Peeled Paint to the leaves.  The other leaf is from Spellbinders Simply Perfect Layered Blooms - blended with the same Peeled Paint ink.  I sprayed a bit of water on the branches and the Oxide ink reacts to the water with white blotches.  The sentiment Hello Friend is from Waffle Flower Simply Said.  

The second card is a 4 bar sized card.  I used the rectangle that was cut out of the first card as my layer.  The floral die is from The Greetery called Wildflower Mix.  I used pink & green paper scraps to die cut the floral.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is from The Greetery called Market Basics Sentiments.  

HAPPY MAIL

THANK YOU Shari for the fun package of Valentine goodies.  I already ate a bag of the cookies. Yum!  I'm going to a Galentine's Day party so I just may share the Caramel Hearts!  We'll see if that happens....

HAPPY GALENTINE'S DAY

I made these cute little mailboxes for a Galentine's party that I went to last weekend.  The die is from Taylored Expressions called Happy Mail.  I filled them with six chocolate nuggets.