HAPPY ANNVERSARY

I foiled and stenciled this pretty tulip pattern.  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.  

TIMELESS BLOOMS

A new Quad stencil for me from Taylored Expressions.  The Timeless Blooms were released a while go but I didn't buy it at the time so they are having the Second Chance release so I went for it this time.  It creates 4 card fronts once you complete the layering stencils.  I did use the Foils for these and I cut the one panel in half to create two cards.  There was also an idea to make book marks out of the taller florals.  I followed the colors that Taylor used on a video - I really like her use of the script background over top of the flowers.  I wanted to use my new Embossing folders so they are Tweed and Geo Blooms - these are both free with purchase of $100 during the month of February.  I really like them both!  My newest love is mixed fonts in the Together in Type sentiment stamp & die combo.  I used the Foil Its on these cards.  One of the great things about them is that you can cut them all with one die - so quick & easy!  

EMBOSSING FOLDERS

These two embossing folders are free with a $100 purchase at Taylored Expressions for the month of February 2026.  Tweed and Geo Blooms are fun new patterns.  

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

I have been playing with new embossing folders and dies from The Greetery.  The embossed frame and hearts are from The Greetery.  The stitched background is new from Taylored Expressions called Quilted. The sentiment is from Concord & 9th.  I made this into a shaped card.  I love how it turned out.  

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.