Miss you sketch card

Hi everyone! Today's card uses the fun layout from this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I love this one! I've made lots of cards in the past using a variation of this. 

My card uses some stamps and dies from Taylored Expressions that I pulled out of storage. I am loving rediscovering all my beloved stamps and dies! The flowers are from the set Sketched Blooms, the vase is from the Various Vases die set, the little tag is from the Designer Mini Tags dies and the sentiment is from Many Minis -Occasions. Whew, that's a lot packed into this simple card!! lol!

 The gorgeous paper is from Simple Stories Always & Forever 6x8 paper pack I loved the simple color scheme of the papers and added a pop of red with the flowers. I ran a strip of 1/8" black velvet ribbon along one of the panels and I tied the little tag around the vase with a small piece of 1/8" black silk. I love how pliable it is, super easy to thread through the tag and tie into a tiny little bow!

Here's sketch #373 just in case you want to play along.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Other supplies:

Bazzill Buttermints cardstock

Kaisercraft silver rhinestones

FSJ Corner rounder 

Copic markers

TE guest blogger - Day 3

Hi everyone!  Today is my third post as Taylored Expressions Guest Blogger! This is my final post as the September Guest Blogger.  I want to give a shout out to Regina and Taylor for inviting me to be a small part of the TE family this month!

Hop on over to the Taylored Expressions blog and check out my set of projects.  Let me know what you think over there on that post!
  I want to everyone who left such lovely comments on my previous posts!  I enjoyed reading them all and a big congratulations to Eileen Lucas who was the winner of the $25 store GC giveaway!  Eileen is a loyal blog reader of mine and she has the most generous spirit!  I was excited to read she was the winner.  

Here's a sneak peek...

 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

TE guest blogger -second post

Hi everyone!  Today is my second post as Taylored Expressions Guest Blogger!  I mentioned before that I've been a fan of Taylor's since the beginning and I am super excited to be her guest blogger this month.

Hop on over to the Taylored Expressions blog and check out my set of projects.
Thanks to everyone who left such lovely comments on my first post!  I enjoyed reading them all.  :-)

Here's a sneak peek...

Taylored Expressions guest blogger!

Hi everyone!  I have some fun news to share... I was invited to be Taylored Expressions Guest Blogger this month!  I've been a fan of Taylor's since the beginning, but with my seemingly never ending busy schedule the timing was never right.  Well, things have slowed down a bit for me since Paper Creations magazine shut it's doors and I was happy to finally get a chance work with Taylor and Regina!

Thank you girls for working with me!!

Hop on over to the Taylored Expressions blog and check out my first set of projects.
Leave a comment over there and be qualified for a $25 gift certificate to Taylor's store!
Woohoo! Here's a sneak peek...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Get well soon

Hi everyone!  Today I took a break from our rare snow event to make this quick and easy Get Well card.  I used the darling mini set from Taylored Expressions called Tea-riffic and some basic die shapes from Spellbinders.  This card is flat and easy to mail!

I get asked often what are my favorite dies from Spellbinders.  There are so many beautiful shapes, flowers, labels, accents, borders, etc to chose from and don't get me wrong- I have my favorites in each category.  But I find that I get the most use out of my basic core shapes like my circles, squares and rectangles!  I find they are timeless, never go out of style, and easy to embellish with other dies and embellishments.

 My card uses pattern paper from My Mind's Eye, but it is the Michael's repackaged paper pads.  Have you noticed Michael's sells MME, but they are repackaged with different names and are usually older designs?  Anyway, when I was there the other day I was surprised to find a pad I did NOT already have and bought it.  I paper pieced the tea cup with a matching pattern and used some stickles and sequins as accents.  I love the offsetting squares with the teacup popped up in the center of the circle.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets: 
Spellbinder dies:  S4-128 Classic Squares SM, S4-116 Standard Circles SM Nestabilities®  

Stamps: Taylored Expressions, Tea-riffic

Cardstock: PTI White 
Ink: Tsukineko, Memento Tuxedo Black 
Embellishments - Cartwright's Sequins, 4mm, 5mm, and 6mm sequins; Stickles; copic markers 
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Tabs