Elzybells Challenge 35

Hello Friends! I am back with another Elzybells Valentine to share. This time I am playing along with Elzybells Challenge 35 to create your own patterned paper. I really love hearts, so I wanted my patterned paper to be filled with them. I used the row of hearts from the Tags - Valentine II set and added dots with a white gel pen to fill in the spaces between. The Elzybells clear sets offer so much variety which gives you so many options for creating backgrounds. I am so happy about the Elzybells release! I have my eye on so many things, especially those buttons! They are so CUTE!!!
I hope you all get a chance to play along with us. Be sure to stop by and visit the rest of the Design Team to see the patterned paper they have created:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Have a Great Day and thanks for visiting!

Elzybells Release Day!

Today's the day! It's Release Day for all the wonderful new Elzybells stamps we have been showcasing the last few days. I hope you all enjoyed the Sneak peeks and I have one left for you. This cute nurse & sentiment are from the new Love Sick clear stamp set. This set is packed with adorable images and sentiments. The second card features the new Seasonal Sentiments 2 clear stamp set. This set has many wonderful long sentiments that are perfect for creating your own patterned paper. It also comes with some very sweet small images that can be used along with the sentiments or on their own. These sets along with all the previous Sneak Peek sets are all available TODAY!!! Yippee!!!


So you wanna see more? Well be sure to stop by and visit the rest of the Design Team to see their wonderful creations:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting! Have a sweet day!

TESC98 - Birthdays are the best

It's time again for another Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. This week's challenge TESC98 was fabulous for buttons, so I added a lot of my stash buttons to create this girlie birthday card. It's been a fun week for me to get a chance to do lots of stamping and be able to share it with you all. I really need to catch up on cardmaking, especially birthday cards. It seems like I am always running around trying to make them at the last minute. Sometimes I even have to *gasp* buy one. LOL! So of course, I knew that this week's TESC card would be a birthday one. I have been hoarding away on my patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket. I really love this sweet Girl Friday line and I finally had the strength to cut into it. LOL! I used the PTI Blooming Button bits set for the main image and sentiment. I added some various PTI buttons for the flowers and embellishment around the sentiment. This card was fun and fast to make. My favorite combo!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you all get a chance to play along with us. Be sure to stop by and visit the rest of the Sketch Crew to see what they have created:
Alice Wertz
Lynn Mercurio
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
and Taylor!!!!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Blooming Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black & Tea Leaves
Paper: White CS (Papertrey Ink) and Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket/Girl Friday & Bo Bunny/Tutu Double Dot)
Accessories: Buttons (Papertrey Ink), MS border punch, Square & Rectangle scallop nesties and 3D Foam Tape.

Elzybells Sneak Peeks - Day 3

Happy Sunday! It's Day Three of the Elzybells Sneak Peeks. I am so excited to share with you today 2 new clear stamp sets to be released tomorrow. Tags Valentine and Tags Valentine II are wonderful sets to create both cards and tags. I made both options so you can see how easy it is to create both from these versatile sets. I really love making tags because they are easy and fast to create. You can simply add a handmade tag to a gift box or bag and it just adds a special touch. I used the Colour Co-ordinates pigment inks in Chocolate Brownie, Strawberry Fool, Pink Lemondade and Sugar Candy for all the stamping. I matted the stamped images with Chocolate Brownie textured cardstock. This first duo is a fun Valentine set that has lots of colors and a clean and simple style. Both can be easily mass produced for classmates or co-workers.
With this second duo I was trying to make a more elegant set for that Special Valentine. I was thinking of the big heart my mom has and knew this big beautiful heart from the Tags Valentine II set would be perfect.
I hope you enjoyed today's Sneak Peeks and please be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team for more:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and be sure to drop by tomorrow as we celebrate ELZYBELLS RELEASE DAY!!!!!

Elzybells Sneak Peeks - Day 2

Welcome back friends for Day 2 of the Elzybells Sneak Peeks! I am just in love with all these adorable Elzybells rubber stamps! This darling girl (with all my hearts) and sentiment (make me happy) will be available for purchase on Monday - Jan. 18th. I know you will want to pick her up because she is just too cute! The Colour Co-ordinates made this card such a breeze. I did all the matting in Chocolate Brownie textured cardstock. I used the Chocolate Brownie pigment ink pad to stamp the sentiment. I added those sweet row of hearts using the Heartstrings clear stamp set with Pink Lemonade pigment ink. Wow! Don't those names sound delicious? LOL! I punched the heart out of Pink Lemonade textured cardstock and added a little button.
Well, I just had to make another card using this cutie. This time I decided she needed a little patterned dress, so I paper pieced her dress to match the background. She seemed like a matchy matchy kind of gal to me. I used the Chocolate Brownie & Pink Lemonade textured cardstock for accents.
Wanna see more? Well you just gotta visit the rest of the Design Team to see what they have whipped up for you!
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and be sure to stop by again tomorrow for Day 3 of the Elzybells Sneak Peeks!

Elzybells Sneak Peeks - Day 1

Yippee!!! It's Day One of the fabulous Elzybells Sneak Peeks. I gotta tell you when my package arrived I was absolutely blown away!!! So I just got to tell you all about it! Elzybells is introducing a whole new line named Colour Co-ordinates and all I can say is WOW! The rich & vibrant inks, the beautiful papers and the darling buttons make it so easy to create. The quality is amazing and I was one happy stamper. So let's get this party started! First up I have this fun pocket card (memba them?) using the Heartstrings stamp set. This set has a great variety of heart images and patterns. So cute and sweet!!! I used the solid heart image and stamped 2 hearts using the Strawberry Fool and Pink Lemonade pigment inks on Whipped Cream textured cardstock. I added the heartstrings & sentiment using the Chocolate Brownie pigment ink. I added Pink Lemonade & Chocolate Brownie textured cardstock for layers. I also thought it would be fun to make a little background paper, so I stamped rows of tiny hearts in Strawberry Fool pigment ink onto kraft cardstock. I finished up my card with some glitter and bling for some sparkle. So are you just loving how this Colour Co-ordinates line makes creating so easy and fun? I know I am!

Next up, I used 2 different patterned hearts stamped again with Strawberry Fool & Pink Lemondade inks. I just love how the images come out stamped on the textured cardstock. I wanted to keep the focus on these adorable hearts, so I kept the card clean with just a small button added to one of the hearts for embellishment. It was so hard to decide which heart patterns to use. I loved them all! Heartstrings is really a must have Valentine's set and will be available on January 18th.
Wanna see more? Well get on over and visit the rest of the Elzybells to see what they have in store just for you!
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Hope you enjoyed today's Sneak Peek. Please be sure to stop by tomorrow for Day 2!
Thanks for visiting!



Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: 20-056 Heartstrings (Elzybells)
Ink: Strawberry Fool, Pink Lemonade & Chocolate Brownie Pigment Inks (Elzybells)
Paper: Pink Lemonade, Chocolate Brownie & Whipped Cream (Elzybells) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny & Pink Paislee)
Embellishments: Red Buttons, Square Nesties, Gems, Stardust Stickles, Ribbon (AC,Amuse,PTI) and Tab Punch (SU)

TESC97 - TGIF!

TGIF! Well, it's been a looooooooooong week and I am so happy it's Friday! Woo Hoo! It's time for another Taylored Expression Sketch Challenge. I just love them! So let get started! This week's card for TESC97 was made using a new Hero Arts stamp set I picked up at my LSS this week. I just thought the bird image was so cute and I was lucky enough to find these sweet papers by Imaginisce too. The sketch was perfect for showing off all the cute papers in this collection. Do you see the little birdie on the blue panel of paper? Kinda matchy, matchy don't ya think? LOL!
I also gotta tell you that I am busting at the seams to get my hands on that new Cuppie Love Scenes. OH! It's so stinkin' cute! Don't ya just love all the new updates to the Taylored Expressions site? So Fabulous! Well if you haven't been there you have to check it out and you are also gonna want to pick up the new sweet badge they have created for all of us TE lovers. There are so many wonderful new release products too. I just know that you will want to see what the rest of the TE Sketch Crew has in store for you, so please stop by and visit them:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lynn Mercurio
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
and Taylor!!!!


Have a Fabulous Friday! Thanks for visiting me!

New Year News!

The New Year is starting out wonderfully as I am now an Elzybell. I am so excited to share this news with you and even more excited to be sharing my creations with you using the amazing Elzybells products. Thanks Elizabeth for this fabulous opportunity and I look forward to working with all the gals on the Design Team. You can see all of the Design Team Members here and you can also visit them at their blogs posted on the sidebar. They are all wonderful designers and I can't wait to share the upcoming new release with you. It's a true blessing to be able to have friends like you all that share the same love of stamping and paper crafts. Hope you have an incredible New Year filled with wonderful blessings!!!
Hugs,

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year Friends! What a great way to celebrate the day with a Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge! I am looking forward to all the new TE sketches and new releases for 2010. TESC96 is so fun! Love the layers! I flipped the sketch upside down and created the card using one of my favorite Cuppies from the TE set Love is Sweet. Cuppie loves sweets just like me. It's hard to believe Cuppie could be standing next to all that chocolate and not gobble them all up. Cuppie knows portion control!


Cuppie also knows that the rest of the TE Sketch Crew have come up with some amazing creations for you to see. So be sure to stop by and visit them and wish them a Happy New Year!
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Lynn Mercurio
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
and Taylor!!!!

I would also like to wish you all a very Happy New Year! Thank you for all your support and for following my blog. Your sweet comments really make my day and I appreciate all your kindness. I wish you all the best for today and always. Let's make 2010 a year to remember!
Hugs,