If life gives you limes...

(If you're looking for today's OCL sneak peek, scroll down to the post below this one)



...Make Margaritas, baby! It's Release Day at Taylored Expressions. All the sets and key ingredients that you've seen previewed this week are NOW available in the TE Store!

I used the Chillax set for my card today, added some Diamond Stickles as the "salt" on the margarita glass and to the swirls in the sentiment, and sponged the edges of the main panel and sentiment with Bashful Blue ink. Both Labels One panels are up on separate layers of foam tape. The brown ribbon, Baby Blue Medium and Suede Brown Dark Prism papers are part of the Berries & Cherries Key Ingredients kit.

Here's a picture of the inside of the card. It's kinda hard to see, but I stamped a lime in Bashful Blue ink on the blue prism panel.



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Chillax
Paper: Prism Suede Brown Dark, Prism Baby Blue Medium, TE Choice Snow White, Misc DP from Eclectic Paperie
Ink: Bashful Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: E41, G40, YG03, YG23, B000, B00, B12
Accessories: Brown Ribbon, SU Antique Hardware, Spellbinders Double Ended Tags, Labels One Nestabilities, Foam Tape, Sponge, Bow Easy, Diamond Stickles

In yesterday's post, I mentioned the Kick Back Beverage Bundle where you can get those treat boxes. Here's the info on the bundle:


...and don't forget to check out what the rest of the Baker's Dozen created for you today: Taylor, Ana, Charmaine, Dawn, Donna, Jen, Jodi, Karen G, Karen M, Laura, Laurie, Sankari, and Jami is joining us today as well!

Want some MORE exciting news??....Taylored Expressions is now a COPIC RETAILER with Spica Glitter Pens and Sketch Markers! WHOOO-HOOO!!

New OCL Parka Penguins

I gang! Yep, this is a hoppin' blog this week, huh? {smile} I used two sets on my card today. The cute characters are from Parka Penguins and the sentiment is from Snowy Sayings. They'll be available in retail stores and online stores tomorrow. For a list of those stores, please check the OCL Forum or the new OCL Blog tomorrow.

The main image panel was sponged with Cool Carribean ink, colored with Copics, and I added Sugar Sparkly Fluff to all the snow with a Quickie Glue Pen. That main panel is also up on foam tape. Here's a close-up shot of the sparkly fluff.



Sparkly fluff is available at Our Craft Lounge and at Stamper's Dream.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: OCL Parka Penguins, OCL Snowy Sayings
Paper: Prism Baby Blue Medium, PTI Select White
Ink: Cool Caribbean
Copics: B00, B21, BG11, G21, G40. E41, R00, R11, YR15, W1, W3
Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Silver Cord, Foam Tape, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Curved Rectangle Nestabilities, Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio, OCL Sugar Sparkly Fluff, Sponge

To see more sneak peeks with the Parka Penguins set, check Pam and Rose Ann's blogs. To see a list of ALL the OCL sets being previewed today, check out the list on the OCL forum.

I'll see you again at 11 a.m. EST with a TE sneak peek.

New *Chillax* from TE

If you're looking for the OCL sneak peek, scroll down to the post below this one:

Hey! I'm back with another Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek. Today I'm showing you the new Chillax set and these great little treat boxes that are part of the Kick Back Beverage Bundle. I'll include info on the bundle in tomorrow's post.

The Intense Kiwi Prism paper is part of the Berries & Cherries Key Ingredients. The Chill-ax definition on the card is up on foam tape, the tag and yellow lemon on the treat box are also up on foam tape. Taylor's Starfire Glitter was added to the lemons and limes with a quickie glue pen. Inside the treat box is a bag filled with Mike & Ike candy. The ribbon is from the Cupcakes Key Ingredients.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Chillax
Paper: Prism Sunflower Medium, Prism Intense Kiwi, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Green 249 Tombow
Accessories: Spellbinders Tag Trio, Starfire Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Foam Tape, Clear Bag, Sponge, Ribbon, Bow Easy, Corner Rounder, Mike & Ike Candy

Check out these blogs for more TE sneak peeks: Taylor, Ana, Charmaine, Dawn, Donna, Jen, Jodi, Karen G, Karen M, Laura, Laurie, and Sankari

As of tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. EST, all the new sets and key ingredients will be available for purchase in the TE store.

See you tomorrow with more OCL and TE sneak peeks!

New OCL Ghostly Greetings

Here's a brand-spankin' new set from Our Craft Lounge that'll be released to retail stores and online stores this Thursday, August 6th. For a list of stores that will have the new sets available, please check the OCL Forum or the brand-spankin' new OCL Blog. The set is called Ghostly Greetings...look at that sweet little girly ghost with a bow in her hair...hee! Cute!

The layout of my card is the July Sketch Challenge from the OCL Forum. The tag is up on foam tape. I added some Orange Peel and Lavender Stickles to the clouds, stars, and hair bow. Here's a close-up:



Here's the inside of the card:



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: OCL Ghostly Greetings
Paper: Prism Majestic Purple Medium, PTI True Black, Doodlebug DP
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Copics: R00, YR15, YR21, BV000, BV02, BV04
Accessories: Prima, Green Brads, Spellbinders Tag Trio, Labels One Nestabilities, Square Nestabilities, Foam Tape, Black Grosgrain Ribbn, Bow Easy, Paper Piercing Tool & Mat Pack, Sponge

Want to see more sneak peeks with this Ghostly Greetings set? Check out Kisa, Deb, and Tammy's blogs.

If you'd like to see a list of ALL sneak peek participants and ALL the different sets being previewed today, you can find a list on the OCL Forum.

I'll be back in a couple hours with another Taylored Expressions sneak peek. See you then!




P.S. I had my weigh-in yesterday and....sigh....the scale didn't move AT ALL this week. Ugh! What a pisser that is, let me tell ya!

New TE Berries & Cherries

Hi everyone! It's Sneak Peek time! Two new sets are being released this Wednesday, August 5th at 11:00 a.m. EST at Taylored Expressions. The card I'm showing you today uses the new Berries & Cherries set. The glittered polka dot DP is part of the new Berries & Cherries Key Ingredients. The matted sentiment is up on foam tape. The layout is last Monday's CAS Challenge on SCS.

Here's a close-up so you can see the glittery DP and the fruit punch stickles that I added to the cherries.



Here's a picture of the inside of the card. The cherries stamped along the bottom are part of the new set, and I added some fruit punch stickles here as well.



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Berries & Cherries
Paper: TE Choice Snow White, DP from Berries & Cherries Key Ingredients Kit, PTI True Black
Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: G21, G24, G28, R22, R27, R59, W1, W3, W5
Accessories: TE Double Edge Polka Dot Ribbon, Bow Easy, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Fruit Punch Stickles, Sponge, Foam Tape

Check out these blogs for more TE sneak peeks: Taylor, Ana, Charmaine, Dawn, Donna, Jen, Jodi, Karen G, Karen M, Laura, Laurie, and Sankari

See you tomorrow with more sneak peeks!

Wedding Carriage

Hi all and happy Sunday! Here's a wedding card I made with my new WOJ Wedding Carriage stamp from Stamper's Dream. The main panel was sponged with Rose Red ink and it's up on foam tape. The card base is Prism Razzleberry Medium and the DP is K&Company Madeline.

On the inside I added a sentiment from the WOJ General Sayings set:



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: WOJ Wedding Carriage, WOJ General Sayings
Paper: Prism Razzleberry Medium, Prism Smooth White, K&Company Madeline DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rose Red
Copics: G40, 0, W1, W3, W5, RV34, E31, E35, E00, E02
Accessories: White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Labels One Nestabilities, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, SU Scallop Edge Punch, Sweet Pea Flower Soft (thanks to my friend Lori!), Flower Soft Glue, Foam Tape
Card Size: 5" Square

Oh, and before I forget...take a peek in the SD Store under the New Arrivals section....there are a bunch of new Sarah Kay & Tina Wenke stamps that you will ADORE! Oh be still my heart, are these ever CUTE!!

Enjoy your day and I'll see you tomorrow with a Taylored Expressions sneak peek.

It's gonna get BUSY around here...

Hey all! I know I've hardly posted to my blog at all this week. That's because I've been working on a BUNCH of things for this week coming up. Tomorrow I'll have a card to show you for Stamper's Dream, and then on Monday sneak peeks begin for Taylored Expressions with a release date of August 5th. On Tuesday, I'll also start showing you sneak peeks of new sets from Our Craft Lounge with an official Blog Hop and Giveaway on Thursday....so stay tuned, this blog is gonna get B-U-S-Y! {smile}

Perfect Package Halloween Set

Hi everyone! My Mom asked me to make a set of Halloween cards similar to this card that I made last September. I made her a set of six cards and packaged them all up in one of Taylor's Perfect Package Card Boxes. You can see full photos here on the Stamp a Sweet Impression Blog.

Oh, and a quick update...I'm on week four of my fitness program, and I'm down 7.5 pounds. More importantly though, my pants/shorts are more loose and people are starting to make comments that they can *see* a difference. Yay!

Sweet Angels Landing

Hi all! Here's another card with the Mini Bears and Birds set from Angels Landing. I made this card for Cindy Haffner's Dare to Get Dirty Challenge on SCS. The chocolate and caramel circles behind the main image are each up on separate layers of foam tape. The bow was tied with my Bow Easy.

It's the end of the month, so this will be my last post as a guest designer for Angels Landing....However, it will NOT be the last time I use these sweet images. Judi, thank you so much for inviting me to be your guest designer this month. You've been an absolute pleasure to work with and I've had so much fun working with your images. They're truly beautiful! {{hugs}}

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Angels Landing Mini Bears & Birds
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, PTI Select White, Basic Grey Porcelain DP
Copics: YR21, YR24, E13, E35, R22
Accessories: SU Ribbon, Bow Easy, Circle & Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Foam Tape
Card Size: 5" Square

See ya soon!

Trick or Treat

Hey again, I'm back with another card for Susan's (rainy) DTGD Challenge. For this one, I used my new JustRite Witch Way to the Treats Set and 1-3/16" wooden stamper. The natural plaid ribbon was tied with my Bow Easy, and I added some orange stickles to the pumpkin's eyes, mouth, and dots above the leaves. The card base is Prism Intense Amethyst.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: JustRite Witch Way to the Treats
Paper: Prism Intense Amethyst, PTI True Black, Prism Smooth White, Luxe Color Me Spooky DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: YR15, YR21, G24
Accessories: May Arts Natural Plaid Ribbon, Circle Nestabilities, Rectangle Nestabilities (panel on inside of card), Labels One Nestabilities, Orange Peel Stickles, Bow Easy

Enjoy your Sunday!

Take Flight

Here's a card I made for Susan Roberts' and Bonnie Sharp's DTGD challenges on SCS (I accidentally posted this to my blog before I was supposed to, so I had to delete it and reschedule it for today. Soooo sorry about that if it's showing up in your Google Reader twice or if you were one of the people that left a comment and now you don't see it...it's because I removed the entire post). Big fat goof-up on my part. The Gina K butterflies are up on foam tape, so is the vertical panel with the brads. The Sunshine brads are from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts...I think they're a great match to the SU Crushed Curry.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Gina K Take Flight
Paper: SU Crushed Curry, SU Always Artichoke, PTI Select White, SU Autumn Traditions DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede
Accessories: Ribbon, Bow Easy, Labels One Nestabilities, Sunshine Brads, Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by!

Perfect Package Card Box

Have you seen Taylor's new Perfect Package Card Boxes? Seriously, these things are AWESOME...if you try them, you will NOT be sorry. They're so nice and thick, and they fold up without any adhesive, scoring, or anything. Check out Taylor's video tutorial HERE.

I made this box for my daughter, who is going through a tough time right now. All stamps are from Taylored Expressions, everything was stamped in black craft ink and heat embossed with clear EP. I used specific elements on my box to fit in with Jami Bova, Jen del Muro, Laurie Schmidlin and Amy Sheffer's Dare to Get Dirty Challenges.

I left the box empty. I figured she can put it on her dresser or in her nightstand to keep special things that mean a lot to her, jewelry, photos she wants to scrapbook...stuff like that.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: TE Faith & Hope (sentiment), TE Beary Special (bear), TE Beary Special Accessories (flower)
Paper: SU Night of Navy, PTI Dark Chocolate, MME French Flea Market DP, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black Craft Ink, Soft Sky, Pacific Point, Basic Brown, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, B39 Copic (to color the pearl)
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Blue Silk Ribbon, Bow Easy, Spellbinders Tag Trio, Kaiser Craft Pearl, Martha Stewart Cornice Punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Poinsettia

Here's a card I made for Kim Teasdale's Dare to Get Dirty Challenge (note: the link will only show up for you if you're an SCS Fan Club Member).

The Large Poinsettia by Holly Berry House was stamped four times on watercolor paper with black craft ink, heat embossed with clear EP, watercolored with my new 815 Tombow Marker (I've been wanting to try these markers for a long time, finally went and bought a couple..I like 'em!) and some Angel Wings Shimmerz paint. The bottom layer of the poinsettia is glued down with regular adhesive, the three layers above that are each up on foam tape. White Kaiser Craft Pearls were added to the center of the top layer.



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Holly Berry House Large Poinsettia
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, SU Whisper White, PTI True Black, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black Craft, 815 Tombow
Accessories: PTI Raspberry Fizz Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool & Mat Pack, Watercolor Brush, Angel Wings Shimmerz Paint, Kaiser Craft Pearls, Foam Tape
Card Size: 5" Square

Thanks for stopping by!

Dare To Get Dirty

Hi everyone! The lovely Cindy Lawrence is hosting today's Dare To Get Dirty Sketch Challenge and I'm honored to be one of her sample makers! Thanks so much, Cindy!

*Note: you have to be an SCS Fan Club Member to view the challenges*

Some details about my card...the white circle with the main image is up on foam tape and so are both punched butterflies. Taylor's Tiny Twinkles are glued down to the main image with Diamond Glaze. The main image and circle sentiment behind it were stamped in black craft ink and heat embossed with clear EP. The flowers and "A Laugh is a Smile that Bursts" sentiment from the JustRite Friendship set is stamped on Vintage Silver Lustre CS, the black butterflies are punched from Onyx Mica/Metallic CS, and the pierced white layer behind the small butterfly trio is Retro Silver Lustre CS.

Here's a close-up:


SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: JustRite Friendship Set
Paper: Prism Blush Medium, Onyx Mica/Metallic, Retro Silver Lustre and Vintage Silver Lustre CS, Daisy D's DP
Ink: Black Craft
Copics: G24, G28, YR15, YR21, YR68, R02, R22, BG10, BG15
Accessories: SU Beautiful Butterflies Die, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Martha Stewart 3-in-one Butterfly Punch, Martha Stewart Doily Border Punch, Circle Nestabilities, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, PTI Summer Sunrise Ribbon, Ornare Piercing Tempate and Piercing Tool, Foam Tape, Clear Embossing Powder, Diamond Glaze
Card Size: 4.75" Square

Hope you'll join us in the challenge on SCS!