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Live in the Sunshine - BLD Spotlight

 

 Beach Boy Cole

 

Good Morning!!!  How is everyone doing?  I hope the summer break is treating you well.  We had a busy weekend with Father's Day and are headed out west to see my in-laws in a few days.  I adore my MIL and can't wait to see them all.  Family is what it's all about baby.  As much as they drive us crazy at the end of the day they're still the ones that are there for me when I need them.

I received my recent Taylored Expressions order and it was perfect timing for me to pull out my Beach Boy Cole BLD image.  I had to have this new Ray of Sunshine cutting plate and pinking stacklets.  They worked perfectly for my sunny backdrop.  I added some Smooch Glitz to the center for a bit of pop. 

Don't forget to head on over to the BLD blog to see what other treats the BLD gals have created for you today!

 

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June Key Ingredients Blog Hop!

Good Morning everyone!!  I hope my post finds you all well.  I'm here today to finally show you this months Key Ingredients Kit and coordinating Stamp of the Month.  This month we're all about what makes you happy.  The patterned paper featured in this month's kit is the beautiful Simple Stories Vintage Bliss.  LOVE this paper!! Have any of you ever had an idea for a card roll around in your mind then when you get it out on paper it's even better than you could have imagined?  Well that's what happened with this card.  I started  by stamping the umbrella onto choice snow white card stock.  I then stamped it a second time onto some patterned paper.   

I fussy cut the second stamped image and popped it up on the first with some  foam tape.  I then used my hearts a plenty die to cut out the small red hearts and mount them to my card.  Once they were just where I wanted them I drizzled some Christmas Red Stickles all over them.   Just love these colors together!

 

The Baker's Dozen is joining the KI Team for a little blog hop packed full of inspiration.  Be sure to stop by everyone's blog to see all of the amazing samples from these amazing ladies!

Amy Crockett

Cassie Trask

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Debbie Carriere

Monika Davis

Regina Mangum

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tracy Clemente  (that's me!)

Taylor VanBruggen

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful day!! 

May This Year Be Your Best Ever - SSSC186

Hi Gang!  I'm melting here in No. California.  The last two days have been in the 90's.  I don't know about you, but when it's too hot I feel sluggish and a little grumpy.  Good thing  I've had my hands full with rescue work.  I may have mentioned it a few times here, but I do T.N.R. (trap, neuter, release) work with feral cats.  Friday we caught two adults and believe one of them to be a mom, because we also spotted 3 kittens.  From experience there are probably more out there.  Sigh...  Since we trapped mom, the kittens haven't come out again and we are desperately looking for them.  The elements are always a threat with these little ones.   Wish us luck in finding them.  I so love them all!

I also love the latest sketch from Karen Giron.  Can that girl create sketches or what?  I *finally* had the courage to try my hand at a chalkboard type card.  And you know what it's SUPER easy.  I found a tutorial online and was surprised how easy it was.  There are two ways to create it using white ink.  For my card today I used some white embossing powder to give it some pop.  While the cardstock was in the die I took a white Prisma pencil and drew an outline around the die before lightly sponging some more white ink over the sentiment.  Do you like it?   I'd love to see what you do with this fabby sketch.  You can find all of the details on Ms. Karen's blog.

I can't wait to see what the other gals did with this awesome sketch.  Be sure to check them all out and give them some bloggy love back!!

• Dana White  (sitting out this week, but stop by to say HI!)
• Dawn Easton
• Jackie Pedro  (sitting out this week, but stop by to say HI!)
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put  (sitting out this week, but stop by to say HI!)
• Melissa Hubert
• Sarah-Jane Kalé 
• Vicki Burdick

 

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June Key Ingredients & Stamp of the Month

Happy Friday everyone!!  Did you all have a good week?  I would have to say mine wasn't too bad.  School is officially over as of this morning.  I'm not sure who's more excited me or my daughter!  It will be nice to slow things down a bit.  We already have a trip planned to see my husbands family in a few weeks. 

I'm pretty excited about today's post.  I finally get to share with you this months fabulous Key Ingredients kit from TE!  I know I say it every month, but if you haven't already subscribed you will want too after this month.  Just look at these amazing papers from Simple Stories.  You guys know how much I love this color palette! 

For today's card I incorporated some fun dies - the curly border and medium scallop.  I finally got my hands on this graphic greeting birthday stamp.  It was on back order for awhile.  LOVE IT! 

 

Some things to remember:

If you are a subscriber than you know all about the great new changes that Taylor has brought to the store.  Taylored Expressions offers 3 different kit options:

Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients is a monthly kit club dedicated to bringing you the latest coordinating products for cardmaking!   That kit includes a 6x6 paper pad, 12 sheets of cardstock, and 5 yards of ribbon all packaged together in a clear storage case. 

 

Stamp of the Month Club.  It will be a new exclusive stamp set that will ship directly to you!  The neat thing about the set is that it will coordinate with patterned papers in the Key Ingredients Kit, which brings us to our next kit option.

 

The Deluxe Key Ingredients Kit is the best deal of all!  This will include a subscription to both the Key Ingredients and the Stamp of the Month at a discounted price.  PLUS you'll get a 10% discount to the TE store ALL MONTH LONG!

 

 

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!  Have a wonderful weekend!

 

 

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We are a perfect match

  

 Lollipop Sisters

Hi gang!  It's Tuesday and that day is reserved for BLD spotlight!  I had been inspired by some of the fabulous MFT sketches that have been floating around blogland lately.  I took a little liberty with the current stamp to win challenge.

I had these adorable sisters printed out and they fit perfectly into my MFT dienamics insta frame.  I love this die!  I dug through my sentiments bin and pulled out a set I had from my days with Claudia & Co.  I thought it went perfectly with these two cuties.  All of the papers were from Simple Stories Vintage Bliss, which happens to be the patterned paper in this month's Key Ingredients Kit.  I will have a post tomorrow with all of those details.

Don't forget to head on over to the BLD blog to see what other treats the BLD gals have created for you today!

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All That Scraps - June release preview

Good Morning!!  Did everyone have a good weekend?  After having that extra day last weekend, this one seemed to fly by in a blink.  Not fun!   It's a good think I have something fun to post today.   The June release for All That Scraps is HUGE!  It was difficult narrowing down which image to play with first.  This adorable Birgitta with popsicle clearly won my inky little heart. 

 

I had so much fun coloring up this cutie.  I used more paper from Carta Bella's Cool Summer collection.  I LOVE this paper!!  I think I have to pick up an extra.... you know just in case.  LOL!  I also used my newest Dienamics Blueprints to help me with my layout. 

Be sure to stop by the ATS blog to see what other images the design team has created to inspire you today! 

 

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 T.G.I.F!!!  Don't you just love a short week?  I know I sure did.  Sadly I'm still feeling under the weather so each day this week just seemed to take forever.  All I really want to do is sleep.  The last time I felt this tired I was nursing a newborn.  LOL!

I have two more samples to share with you today featuring the May Key Ingredients Kit and the Stamp of the Month - Cutie Pie.  With my first sample, I was trying to channel one of my favorite designers - the amazing Wanda Guess!  She is wickedly talented and I love her style. For the first card I used a single sheet of this wild patterned paper.  Doesn't it just pop?  I stamped some flowers using some Colorbox Chalk inks and cut them out using the coordinating dies - branches banner & bloom.  The sentiment strip is a piece from the Sweet Girl paper pad.  I had to finally part with some of my beloved Goosebumps for the center of the flowers.  They look amazing in person.

For my second card I couldn't resist using my all time favorite Moka - Taylor.  I love this stamp.  I paper pieced her head band and dress with coordinating paper.  I used my new favorite color combo of yellow & red with a bit of distressed sponging.   For a complete list of items I used for both cards you can see that at the bottom of my post.

There's still time to get your hands on this months stamp set and kit.   Hope you enjoyed the samples today.  If you'd like to find out more information about subscribing to the Key Ingredients Kit or Stamp of the Month visit Taylored Expressions. 

 

 

 

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Tiddly Inks in da house!

Hi there!  I'm so excited about today's post.  I'm debuting a new stamp.  Not a new company, but a new line I haven't had the pleasure of until now.  Did you know All That Scraps sells Tiddly Inks by the amazing Christy Croll?   Yep they sure do!  And if you haven't been by the shop lately, you might want to do that.  Christine has packed the shelves with goodies to suit every crafter.

Can you tell I had a lot of fun with this card?  I used my favorite tools - MFT Blueprints again.  Love, love, love them!  They take the guess work out of your project when your mojo is low.  Christine had also sent me this fabulous twine and patterned paper to work with.  Thanks Christine!  Be sure to stop by tomorrow.  I'll have a final post featuring more samples from the May Key Ingredients Kit & Stamp of the Month!

Have a great day!!

 

 

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Here's the Scoop - BLD Spotlight

 

 

Maxie with Snow Cone 

Hi gang!  Did you all have a nice Memorial Day holiday?  It was nice to have that extra day off.  Seemed to be a lot of graduations this weekend.  My daughter still has a week and a half left of school.  It seems everyone including the teachers ready for the summer break.   I'm still scratching my head at how fast this school year went by.  It really seems like just last month I was dropping her off with all her new, unused school supplies!  So in honor of summer break just being around the corner, I decided to play with this sweet Puddle Jumper - Maxie with Snow Cone today.   I picked up the newest Blueprints from MFT's for Mother's Day.  Love it!  The bow is one of the dies included.  Isn't it great?  I foresee this getting a lot of love.  Patterned paper is from Carta Bella's Cool Summer and the sentiment is from Memory Box.  I've had it for years and thought it was perfect for this image!

 

Don't forget to head on over to the BLD blog to see what other treats the BLD gals have created for you today!

 

 

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Just sitting here thinking about you - SSSC185

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!  I hope everyone is enjoying the nice long 3-day weekend.  I'm trying to take it easy as I'm coming down with another cold.  No fun!  The cold medicine is definitely working, because I almost forgot to get this post up even though I've had it ready for a week!  LOL!

It's time to play along with my favorite sketchy gal, Karen Giron.  We'd love for you to play along too.  You can get all of the details from Karen's blog.  My card may look a little familar as I used this same image and paper from a card back in February.  You can see the original >> here <<  I just adore the look on this frog's face.  The image is from Oh What a Day by Taylored Expressions.  To give the eyes added dimension I used a black glaze pen over the centers of the eyeballs.  It looks really cool in real life.  What I really like about this color palette is you can use if for a guy or girl.  Not often that happens!

 

 

I can't wait to see what the other gals did with this awesome sketch.  Be sure to check them all out and give them some bloggy love back!!

• Dana White 
• Dawn Easton
• Jackie Pedro 
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put  
• Melissa Hubert
• Sarah-Jane Kalé 
• Vicki Burdick

 

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