September Key Ingredients - Friendship

Happy Friday! I wanted to share with you today another creation from the September Key Ingredients Kit. This card was created as an inspiration sheet for this month's kit. You can view all the inspiration sheets for each kit here. It's just another great tool TE offers to help you jump start your creativity when you receive your kit. Don't have a kit? Well it's so easy to become a subscriber. Just check out all the details here.

This KI creation was created using the beautiful patterned paper by October Afternoon as the focal point. The sweet birds singing were a perfect match for the friendship sentiment from the Friendship Blooms set. All the paper & embellishments used were from the September Key Ingredients Kit.

Be sure to stop by the Key Ingredients Blog to view more cards & projects created by the KI Design Team. Thanks for visiting and Have a Great Day!

iCopic Weekly Challenge #49 - Red Hair

Hello Friends! I'm your hostess this week for the iCopic Weekly Challenge. This week's challenge is to color red hair. I started off by choosing the super cute Shop Till You Drop stamp by Tutti Cuti. This image is so adorable! I loved her big smile, so I paired the image up with the "You make me smile!" sentiment from the Hello Friend stamp set by Lawn Fawn. So next up was the challenge portion of coloring her hair red. I started off by laying down a base color of E11. Next I built up the color by adding E13, E99 and E18. I blended the colors starting with E99, then E13 and ending with E11. I added some streaks of Y38 to create the final blend and brighten up the hair color to a nice auburn shade. I finished coloring the rest of the image and added in some paper piecing for her hat and boots. I finished the card off by adding some ribbon and a little bit of bling to her hat with a red heart gem. Doesn't she look like a little fashionista?

So are you ready to give this week's challenge a go? Come on and give it a try! I can't wait to see what you all create! There is a prize up for grabs for each weekly challenge. Be sure to submit your entry here at the iCopic Blog for your chance to win. I hope you enjoy this week's challenge! Stop on by the iCopic store to check out the other adorable Tutti Cuti Stamps as well as the new Fall Line of Lawn Fawn sets.

Copic Colors:
Red Hair: E11, E13, E99, E18 and Y38
Skin: E00, E02 & E11
Clothes: R27, R29 and C4, C7, C9
Bags: Y11, Y13, YG23, YG25, R27, R29 and E42

Thanks for visiting and Have a Great Day!

September Key Ingredients Blog Hop!

Hello Friends! Welcome to the September Key Ingredients Blog Hop! Have you had a chance to see this wonderful kit yet? If not, you can see the full kit below along with some great samples in the gallery. I know you will love these kits. They make crafting fun and easy. This month's kit inspired me to create this friendship card below along with the TE Friendship Blooms stamp set. I LOVE this wonderful plaid patterned paper and really wanted it to stand out, so I just added a simple image of leaves with the sentiment. Next I added fabulous ribbon and some cute buttons to embellish. These items are also included with this months kit. It's just so easy to create with these coordinated kits.

Want to make your crafting fun and easy? Become a Key Ingredients Subscriber! You will be delighted when your kit arrives each month. Check out all the wonderful supplies you will receive with this month's kit.


Ready for more inspiration? Be sure to hop on over and visit the rest of the Key Ingredients Design Team to see all their fabulous creations:

• Corinna McGregor
• Jessica Diedrich
• Lea Lawson
• Monika Davis
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
  

Thanks for visiting and Have a Wonderful Day!

Tuesday Tips & Tricks - Divine Twine!

Hello Friends! It's my turn to host this week's iCopic Tuesday Tips and Tricks! So excited to share with you today one of my favorite iCopic products... Divine Twine! The name could not be more perfect to describe this fabulous product. It has many basic uses for hanging tags, tying up packages and stitching, but today's card focuses on it's most fun use as an embellishment. I started off my card by using the super sweet Sew Lovely set by Lawn Fawn. I stamped out 3 spool images onto Kraft cardstock, cut out each image and wrapped Cotton Candy Divine Twine around each spool. Just adding the twine makes the spools really pop! It's such an easy embellishment to add to your cards, but this simple embellishment can easily be transformed into a gift. Be sure to check out my little gift giving tip over at the iCopic Blog.


Stop by iCopic to view their wonderful selection of Divine Twine. It's such a great product. I know you will love it. I know I sure do!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Divine Day!

iCopic Weekly Challenge #45 - Water

Hello Friends! Happy Monday and Welcome to another fabulous iCopic Weekly Challenge. This week's challenge is a fun one. The challenge is to color some water (make a water scene, use an image with some water on it, or have your image look like it is under water, etc.). I knew that the adorable Mermaid Anya from The Greeting Farm would be just perfect for this challenge. I think one of the quickest water backgrounds you can make is an under water background. I simply die cut an oval from X-Press It Blending Card Paper and colored the under water background using B11, B13, B15. The Mermaid Anya image is going to be covering the center of the background once she is layered on top, so you will only need to color the outer edges of the die cut oval to create the background. I started off by laying down the base color around the edges using B11. I added dots of B13 and B15 onto the B11 base color and blended them with another layer of B11. I then used the Colorless Blender to add more dots. I used this dotting method to create the look of bubbles, as I would imagine Mermaid Anya would be surrounded by bubbles under water. It's a very easy and fun technique. Now are you ready to play along for a chance to win a wonderful iCopic prize and to be featured on the iCopic Blog? Be sure to visit the iCopic Blog for the full challenge rules and to link your Challenge Card Entry.

Copic Colors:
Skin: E000. E00, E11, E21
Hair: E25, E31, E50
Clothing & Eyeshadow: YG23, YG25 and V05, Vo6
Background: B11, B13, B15

Thanks for visiting and Have a Super Day!

TESC145 - Bee Happy!

Hello Friends! I am super excited to bring you this week's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. I am the proud sketch artist for this week and I couldn't wait to share it with you all today. As you can see I just can't get enough of the August Key Ingredients Kit. Everything in the kit is just so adorable! I paired up the kit with Garden Party Critters to create my card. All the coordinating items included in the August Key Ingredients kit made it a breeze to create this card. My favorite part of the kit is the patterned paper with strips of different images. I was able to simply cut a strip of the daisy patterned paper to create a side panel. For the main image I used the cute bee hive image from Garden Party Critters with some honey added using Yellow Stickles. I had a lot of fun with this card and I hope you will play along with us this week. We love seeing your TE Sketch Challenge cards and Taylor loves giving prizes for each challenge. Be sure to check out the challenge details at the Taylored Expressions Forum at SCS.


Hop on over to visit my sketch crew buddies and our guest stamper to see all their spectacular creations:

• Cassie Trask
  
• Lisa Hjulberg
  
• Lori Craig
• Margie Cortina
  
• Monika Davis
• Taylor VanBruggen
  
• Tracy Clemente
• Guest Stamper: Kelly

Thanks for visiting and Happy Friday!


p.s. Please forgive my photography on this card. I struggled trying to capture the pretty glitter on the bee hive. In real life it's a bright cheery yellow with lots of sparkle. :)

August Key Ingredients Blog Hop!

Hello Friends! Welcome to the August Key Ingredients Blog Hop! Have you had a chance to see this gorgeous kit yet? If not, you can see the full kit here along with some great samples in the gallery. I think these kits are AMAZING! I can't believe how fast it makes my card making. I have been blown away by just how speedy I have become and the amount of cards I am able to complete from just one kit. This card is a perfect example as it came together so quickly and all the materials used were from the August Key Ingredients Kit. I simply cut out the sentiment and main image from the patterned paper. I layered and stitched the main image and background panel. I then embellished the main image with some gems and ribbon. I finished off the card by just popping up the sentiment with some foam tape. Easy Peasy!




Want to make your card making process quick and easy? Become a KI subscriber before August 31 and in addition to receiving the August kit you will also receive our July KI kit for 50% off (while supplies last)! To take advantage of this Buy One Get One Half-Off special offer you must purchase a 6 month KI subscription using your credit card. Click HERE to take advantage of this special offer by selecting the appropriate BOGO subscription!



Be sure to hop on over and visit the rest of the Key Ingredients Design Team to see all their lovely creations:

• Corinna McGregor
• Jessica Diedrich
• Lea Lawson
• Monika Davis
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
  

Thanks for visiting and Have a Wonderful Saturday!

iCopic Customer Appreciation Sale!

Happy Saturday! Just wanted to let you all know about the wonderful iCopic Customer Appreciation Sale! Check out the deets below. Have a wonderful weekend!

iCopic All About Children Blog Hop!

Hello Friends! Happy Friday! Welcome to the iCopic All About Children Blog Hop! You should be arriving here from Michelle's blog, if not, please head back to the iCopic Blog where our hop begins. You won't want to miss any of the wonderful projects along the way.

Today I am sharing one of my favorite images from Lawn Fawn's My Silly Valentine Set. I honestly don't think this cutie pie image could be any sweeter. This adorable stamp set is not just for Valentine's Day. It's a perfect everyday set to let the ones you love know you are thinking about them. Don't we all just love to shower children with love and affection? Wouldn't it be a sweet surprise for your little one to open up his or her lunch box and find a card from you inside? I had that just in mind when I created this 4-1/4" square card. I stamped the cutie pie image onto X-Press It Blending Card Paper with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the image using E51 & E53 for the pie and R27 & R29 for the pie plate. I cut out the image using a circle die, cut out a brown cardstock mat using a scallop circle die and adhered the image onto the mat. I added some white dots to the image for highlights and to the scallop circle mat. I assembled the card and finished it off by stamping the sentiment, adding a small piece of ribbon and a cute button with some Cherry Divine Twine.

Thanks for visiting! Now be sure to hop on over to Dana's Blog to see her fabulous creation. iCopic is also offering up some wonderful prizes for our blog hoppers, so be sure to leave me a comment and play along with our All About Children Challenge.

Happy Hopping and Have a Great Day!

Tuesday Tips & Tricks - Quick & Easy Card Making

Hi Friends! It's my turn to host this week's Tuesday Tips and Tricks over at the iCopic Blog. Well it may only be August, but the holiday season will be here before you know it. It never fails every year I find myself with some last minute gift giving to do and even worse I also find I am short on cards. This year I found the perfect solution with these wonderful new 6x6 papers available at iCopic. Have you seen this wonderful line of 6x6 paper pads by First Edition? I immediately fell in love with them and wanted to create something with them right away. I was blown away not only with the quality of the paper but with the wonderful prints too. The Festive Treats Paper Pack Pad had me at Gingerbread, but it was this adorable single sheet of glittery patterned paper that first caught my eye. The sheet contained 4 single images that were easily cut down into 3"x3" squares leaving 4 perfect main images for card making. So today I am bringing you my trick for quick and easy card making featuring patterned papers. Be sure to visit the iCopic Blog for the full details.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed today's cards. Be sure to drop by the iCopic store to see the wonderful selection of patterned papers they carry. I am sure you will want to keep some on hand for your last minute card making.

Thanks for visiting and Have a Fabulous Day!