Simon Says A Bit O' Green!

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Feminine Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher

This week the challenge is to use a

Bit O’ Green 

In honour of St Patricks day on 17th March

This week we are showcasing Taylored Expressions Products this week. You don’t have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store.

There are all the colours of the rainbow on my card along with a bit of green. I followed the challenge title to the T!  Taylored Expressions dies are one of my favourite. They are unique and you can combine their dies to create a scene as they all coordinate well with each other. That is what I have done with my card.

I have used On the Line Beach die set along with Little Bits Adirondack Chair, Little Bits: Sun and Clouds and Skinny Mini Borders Spring dies to create my scene. And to add colours to my elements, I have used the new Distress Oxide inks.

For my background, I sponged Fossilzed Amber, Broken China and Faded Jeans distress oxide inks,  added water spatter and heat set to get that chalky look to the oxide. On an another bristol paper, I sponged Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo distress oxide inks, spattered with water, heat set before using the On the line Beach die to die cut the palm trees. I also die cut four of the stitched detail leaves of the palm tree which I layered one behind and one on top of the base trees. I adhered this on the background using foam adhesives.

I similarly repeated the process of distress inks to die cut all the other elements for the card. Only the clouds don't have any colour on them. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Pool Play stamp set stamped using black ink and MISTI. Finally the card is embellished with Snow Flurries sequins.

Here are couple of closeups photos of the card.

So now it’s YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Hip Hip Meh.....

Hey everyone,

A  quick post sharing a Grouchy Grumpling card using the new Grouchy Grumplings 2 stamp set from Taylored Expressions.

I coloured the hippo from Grouchy Grumplings 2 stamp set using copic markers and die cut the image using the coordinating die. For the background I sponged the background stitched rectangle panel with distress inks Ripe Persimmon, Fossilized Amber and Candied Apple. I stamped the star background from Matchy Backgrounds stamp set using Candied Apple distress ink. The image is adhered using foam adhesive on the left side of the panel. One sentiment is heat embossed on Poppy Seed strip of cardstock and the second sentiment is black heat embossed below the focal panel. The card is embellished with Oreo enamel shapes from Taylored Expressions. Here is  a closeup of the card.

All the supplies used to make this card are listed below for you. All the new release products are available for purchase from Taylored Expressions store.

Card Supplies:

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It's the release day!

Hey everyone, Its the day you have been waiting for. It is the release day at Taylored Expressions. All the new products we have been sharing in the sneak peeks for past three days are now available for purchase at Taylored Expressions Store.

I have couple of products to share today. The first one uses Sitting Pretty dies and Sitting Pretty Accessories dies. 

I chose a neutral colour combination for my card. I picked Buttercream Frosting, Toffee and Gold mirror cardstocks.  I die cut Sitting Pretty, Sitting Pretty Accessories, By the Fireside and Southwest Cutting plate along with one of the frames from Frame in a Frame die set using all the three cardstocks. So I had a variety of colours of die cut so I have enough to cluster the elements. To give the vintage feel, I sponged some Toffee ink on the cream and kraft die cuts and on the edges of the cardbase. Only the foliage is die cut using Granny Smith cardstock. I made a art frame piece on top of the mantle using Southwest cutting plate die cut out behind the gold frame, trimmed the edges and backed with a piece of kraft cardstock. I love that frame. So unique and beautiful it turned out. To embellish, I used white sequins from Snow Flurries sequins collection. Here are some closeups of the card.

Absolutely love how this card turned out. Lots of time and love went into make this card. All the supplies used to make this card are listed below.

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Secondly I have couple of matchboxes to share.

I have used the matchbox die to make these two cuties. I used pattern paper from Build a Scene pattern paper pack to die cut the cover of the matchbox. I used the scalloped die and rectangle die to die cut a window on both the cover. I added acetate sheet on the back before I assembled the cover. For the base I used Sugar Cube cardstock. To decorate the matchboxes, I used images and sentiments from Matchy Matchy stamp set and coordinating dies. I have put in a cute pair of earrings inside one of the matchbox just to show these are perfect to put in jewellery to gift teenagers. How cute is that? My daughter took all the matchboxes I made and gave them away to her friends with little gifts like bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings inside them. They were not even for an occasion! The girls loved them so much. I had to diecut a few more pieces for them to assemble for themselves. Anyway, here are some more photos of the cute matchboxes.







All the supplies used to makes these matchboxes are listed below.

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Check out Taylored Expressions Blog for more inspiration and Taylored Expressions store for all the new products to shop.

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