Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Friends! I hope the new year has welcomed you with great joy! I've been away for awhile and taking in lots of family time.  So happy to come into the new year fresh and ready to go.  I am excited for all the new and exciting adventures this year has in store.  I hope you will join me as I share my adventures and creations with you.  Let's start off with a little rewind from last month.  I fell in love with the Make it Merry collection from October Afternoon the moment I saw it.  The vintage images are adorable and I knew this would be the collection to use for my Christmas Cards.  Since the holiday season was flying by and I was beginning to feel the pressure to complete all the things I wanted to create.  I knew the Make a Card 12x12 sheet would be perfect for making fast and fun cards.  Here are 5 of the cards I created using the images from the Make a Card 12x12 sheet and other patterned papers from the Make it Merry Collection.

 

These cards came together so quickly and I loved it! I was able to get my cards done so fast with only adding a few touches to the cards. I picked a portion of each image that I wanted to highlight and added Stardust Stickles.  I wanted to conserve my Tim Holtz Silver Tinsel Twine just in case I needed to make extra cards, so I just added a bit of  Scor-Tape to adhere to the side or bottom of each image.  This tinsel has great sparkle and I ended up barely using half of the tinsel, so I still have plenty to use on future projects.

Hope you enjoyed my little rewind and I'll be back soon to share more.
Have a great day and thanks for visiting!



Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Sayings (Hero Arts)
Paper: Pure Poppy & Kraft CS (PTI) and Make it Merry - Patterned Paper (October Afternoon)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Scor-Tape, Silver Tinsel Twine (Tim Holtz), Gems (Zva), Stardust Stickles and Foam Tape (Best Creation)

Life is Sweeter...

Life is SWEETER when shared with friends! What a great sentiment! It's one of my favorites. I have just fallen in love with these adorable Mimi images from Penny Black. They are so cute and I love all the new images that have come out for Spring featuring Mimi. This card was made using the Flowers for Mimi stamp. Aren't those little birds so sweet? I wanted to use my Stella Rose patterned paper again to create a darling little paper pieced dress for Mimi. I used the same paper for the background along with another pretty pink floral piece. I colored Mimi and her little bird friends using Copic Markers and added the grass using Prismacolor Pencils. I hope you like today's little fun Saturday card and I'll be back again on Monday to share some Stampendous Fun.



Thanks for visiting and Have a Sweet Weekend!



Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Flowers for Mimi (Penny Black) and Sentiment (Hero Arts)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers and Spica Pen
Paper: Kraft & White CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (MME & Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Circle & Scalloped Circle Nesties, Twine & Ribbon (SU!), Buttons (PTI) and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creations)

TESC124 - Thanks for being my friend

Hi Friends! It's been so long since I lasted posted and my first post back is a special one. I would like to thank all my wonderful friends for their love and support during this very difficult time. I can't express in words how much all your kindness has meant to me. Your prayers, cards and just being there for me has really filled my heart with comfort. I would like to say a special thank you to my closest friends. You are all truly amazing women and it is my great honor to call you my friends. Here is my special TESC124 card for all of you, my wonderful friends! Thanks for being my friend!


Hope you all get a chance to play along with us this week! Taylor has come up with another fabulous sketch. Be sure to visit my TESC Sketch Crew friends to see their fantastic creations:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
Rosie Hughes
and Taylor!!!!

Thanks for visiting and Happy Friday!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: A Year of Sweets 2 (Taylored Expressions) and Clear Designs: Friends (Hero Arts)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers
Paper: White, True Black & Hibiscus Burst CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny)
Embellishments: Circle & Scallop Circle Nesties, MS Grass Border Punch, 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation) and Stardust Stickles.

TESC111 - Life is sweeter ..

Hello Pals! We meet again for another terrific Friday!!! Taylor has come up with another fantastic sketch for us this week. I just love this Sweet Kawaii set from My Cute Stamps. All the images are just so sweet. I paired up the popsicles with a sentiment from Hero Arts. I used some new Doodlebug patterned papers to really tie in the whole sweet theme. I then added some bright PTI buttons to embellish. Do I love bright colors or what? LOL! So what do you think you will create for TESC111? We always love to see your creations each week and it's so much fun to see who gets selected for Taylor's Top Crops. So come on and play along with us!


You know you want to see more, so stop on by and visit the rest of the TESC Sketch Crew to see their wonderful creations:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Lynn Mercurio
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
Lori Craig
and Taylor!!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Fantastic Friday!!!

TESC104 - Friends are special treasures

Hi Friends! Are you ready for the weekend? I just love Friday and I know each week as I do this post that today is the start of my weekend. The Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge is a wonderful way to begin this day. This week for TESC104 I went with some new My Little Shoebox papers I picked up at my LSS. I also picked up these adorable Hero Arts sets too. I really love the sentiment ... Friends are special treasures. I can't tell you in words how much my friends mean to me. They are all so loving and supportive of me and I am truly blessed. I have also had the opportunity to make many wonderful friends online through blogging and stamping forums. I just want to thank all of you, my friends, for being special treasures. Ok, enough with the mushy stuff and onto the card .... LOL!


Be sure and stop by and visit the rest of the crew to see their amazing creations:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Lynn Mercurio
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Lori Craig
and Taylor!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for visiting!

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!

Very Merry!

Happy Sunday! It's such a beautiful day outside, so I am off to visit the parents & brother. We are currently addicted to eating Sunflower seeds, so I will need to stop by the store and pick up some bags. We sound like a bunch of parrots. I will keep cracking away until my lips are white. Yes, it's that serious! I love salt! Well onto today's card, I couldn't find my parrot stamps to go along with the theme but I do have one of my fav owl stamps. When I saw this beautiful foil accented paper by Making Memories I thought it would be perfect for this stamp. These owls are so cute and it was fun paper piecing a couple of their scarves. Well I better get going, so have a wonderful Sunday and thanks for the visit!

Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Three Owls (Hero Arts), Home Sweet Home (SASI) and Best Yet (SU!)
Paper: White CS & Kraft CS (PTI), Chocolate Chip & Old Olive (SU!) and Patterned Paper (Making Memories & Bazzill)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive & Real Red (SU!) and Fresh Snow (PTI)
Accessories: Oval Punches & White Gel Pen (SU!), Ribbon (Paper Source), Mini Scallop Border Punch (EK Success), 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation), Red Brads and Christmas Red Stickles

Beep, Beep!

Hello! Back with another Birthday Card. This time one for a little boy or big kid at heart. Just picked up these Hero Arts Robot stamps yesterday. Aren't they adorable? This Bo Bunny journal panel was a perfect fit to stamp both of the robots. Well I am off to work on the Bo Bunny Blog Layout Sketch. They have lots of wonderful challenges, so be sure to check them out here. Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting!

:) Rachel






Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts
Paper: Black CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny - Grease Monkey)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black and Copic Markers
Accessories: White Gel Pen, Silver Brads (Making Memories) and Dimensionals

VSN Baby!

Virtual Stamp Night is off and running at SCS tonight. Got to play a little tonight and will be posting more tomorrow. Here's my card for the first challenge ~ Sketch a Little Love. I tried to add/use all the things I love related to stamping. Hope you all get a chance to play! Have a great night!

:) Rach

Rachel's Recipe:

Stamps: Gingerbread (Hero Arts), Goody-Goody Gumdrops (SU!) and Polka Dot Basics (PTI)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Fresh Snow (PTI) and Copic Markers

Paper: Kraft CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny)

Accessories: Button (Doodlebug), MS Heart Punches, Circle Nesties, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Pearls (Kaiser) and Stardust Stickles.