Oh So Cute By Lisa: Taylored Expressions

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Pre-Thanksgiving Advice!

Good morning! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog with another caffeinated card to inspire you!

In just 2 short days, Thanksgiving 2020 will be taking place and it will be the most memorable Thanksgiving of all time...... Or maybe the one we will all want to forget given the current climate.

One thing is for sure, Thanksgiving means family and food and whether you are going to be seeing family this year or having a quiet Turkey day at home, make sure you have your beverage of choice and you relax and appreciate your family near or far!

With all the holiday hustle and bustle it is easy to get frustrated and have our patience tested so my card today is a reminder to drink your coffee (or beverage of choice) instead of saying bad words to strangers! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

One of my favorite cards to make is a shaker card and every now and then I like to shake it up a little by making a square card. I just love the symmetrical look they have. Today I thought it would be fun to use my favorite critter from The Rabbit Hole Designs caffeinated line, the Caffeinated Bee!

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I started out making this card by using the Heart Masking stencil from Taylored Expressions and blending 2 different Distress Oxide inks, Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilized Amber.

The next step was to take that hilarious sentiment from the CAS-ual Friday's stamp set titled

"Hot Coffee Stamps". Before I moved on the shaker portion of the card I added some fun black splatters to the card for a little more interest.

For the outside black frame of my card I used the Stitched Scalloped Square Nesting Dies from Kat Scrappiness. I cut the largest die from the set using black card stock and then I used the second largest die from the Double Stitched Square dies to cut a window out of it. I glued some acetate behind the window to complete the shaker portion and then I adhered foam tape to raise the panel up making room for my shaker bits.

When I make a shaker card I like to sprinkle my bits on the base of my card and then position the top panel over the bits so I can properly center the panel on my card. My shaker bits are all from Kat Scrappiness and consist of these 3 products:

Yellow Jewels

Mirrored Star Sequins

Black Tie Sequin Mix

I think it's a lot of fun to mix a concoction of shaker bits from different sets to make a fun mix for my shaker cards! The last step was to color that cute little bee with my Copic markers and adhere him to the front of my card. I love to used sparkly Stickles on the bees wings to really make them stand out!

I always enjoy a fun shaker card, I love the interactive nature of the card and they really give you the opportunity to customize your card to your liking. Making the shaker bits mix is always a bit like being in the kitchen and making up a brand new recipe!

Here is a look at all the fun products I used to make my card.

Thanks so much for BUZZING by my ICU today! I sincerely hope that everyone has a safe and fun Thanksgiving no matter where you spend your day and no matter who you spend it with!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️ 🐝 Lisa ☕️ 🐝

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Life Begins After Coffee

Hello Crafty Coffee Loving Peeps! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog with a brand new caffeinated card and I had some fun with watercoloring for this one!

Let's get crafty in the ICU!

I started out with a piece of Canson Watercolor paper and I stamped the Scribbled Roses cling stamp from Taylored Expressions in Versamark ink. Next I sprinkled Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder all over my paper and heated it until it was shiny. The next step was where I had all my fun! I used 2 different Distress Ink colors, Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers and I smooshed them onto my Tim Holtz Media mat and sprayed them with water. I had a lot of fun coloring in my roses, leaves and background with all of that vibrant ink!

After the watercoloring was dry I took the Honey Bee Gift Card Holder die and cut out the front panel of the coffee cup from the watercolored panel. I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Perfect Blend stamp set onto the koozie and adhered it to the front of my coffee cup and placed a plain white lid on the top of the cup. Next I added some fun Taylored Expressions Drip Drops for some bling and a simple twine bow to the top of the cup.

Lastly I adhered the cup to a piece of kraft card stock and then to a pretty teal scalloped frame panel.

Everything was then placed on a top folding A2 white card base.

I really love how this card turned out, the color combination is one of my favorites!
I'm not sure why water coloring intimidates me because I thoroughly enjoy it every time I do it and the results are so beautiful!

Thank you so much for joining me today, I'm glad you stopped by!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️ Lisa 🌺

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Happy Mail

WHO DOESN'T LOVE HAPPY MAIL?!

I KNOW I DO!

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If you landed on my blog today, you probably enjoy papercrafts or cardmaking and

I have a fun card to share with you today!

It's my turn on the Kat Scrappiness blog today and I've created a fun shaker card that was inspired by

a new embellishment in the Kat Scrappiness online craft store!

Take a look at these adorable little Happy Mail Sprinkles!

From the minute I got my hands on these little cuties I knew I wanted to make a card that had a mailbox on it with a shaker window for these little envelopes and here it is!

I just love how this card came out and it was super easy to create!

Since I don't own a specific mailbox die I figured out a way to make my own mailbox and I'm going to show you how I did it today!

For my mailbox I started with the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 3 Tag Die. The top part of it is shaped like the top of a mailbox so I took the smallest die in the Kat Scrappiness Double Stitched Square Dies and cut out a notch in the bottom of the tag die.

The remaining shape looked just like a mailbox.

I then took the smallest die from the Double Stitched Square Dies again and cut a window out of the lower part of the tag so I could create a shaker window.

Once I had the window cut out I took a sheet of Kat Scrappiness A2 Acetate Sheets and cut out a small enough piece to cover the back side of that small square window.

To make the half circle on top of the mailbox I used the smallest die from the Double Stitched Circle Dies and cut it in half creating a half circle where I could stamp my sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Envelops Sentiments Stamp Set. I added one envelope and one heart from the Happy Mail Sprinkles and the Red Heart Sprinkles on either side of the sentiment.

Here is a picture collage tutorial step by step of how I created the mailbox with the shaker window and half circle for my sentiment.

I used foam tape to build up the area around the window so it would hold my shaker bits.

The next step was to prepare the base of my card to adhere the shaker mailbox to. The Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Nesting Dies are the perfect dies to create fun background panels for your cards. I used the largest die from that set, cut out some white cardstock and did some fun stenciling using the Taylored Expressions Puppy Love stencil! I just love how the cute little red hearts looked all over the background.

Once the background was ready I tied some red and white twine around the top and adhered it to a blue card base to match my mailbox.

Next I sprinkled some of the Happy Mail Sprinkles and the Red Heart Sprinkles into the middle of the stenciled panel. I then removed the backing from all the foam tape behind the mailbox and centered the window over the cute sprinkles. I actually angled the mailbox just because I thought it gave it a fun random look.

I loved the little envelopes SO much I added a bunch more of them around the card in between the stenciled hearts.

It was a lot of fun to make my own mailbox. Just because you don't have a specific die sometimes doesn't mean you can't shop your die collection and make something unique!

Thank you so much for joining me on my blog today! I hope you'll check out all of the great crafty products over at Kat Scrappiness! There are literally hundreds of embellishments to create the most unique and fun shaker cards like mine! There are sequins, sprinkles, jewels, coffee beans and so much more!

That's all for today, don't forget to follow

Kat Scrappiness on all

social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!

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Have a great day, I already am!

💌 Lisa 💌

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Join Me for a Cuppa

Hello and welcome to my *ICU! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog with a brand new caffeinated card! I recently bought the adorable Stacked Mugs die from Taylored Expressions and wanted to use it for one of my coffee cards. I love that it has the ability to give a layered look with different colored paper behind he cups.

I used the Scalloped Notecard die from Taylored Expressions for the base of my card and some pretty Aqua Mist card stock from Papertrey Ink. Next I took the Splash stencil from Taylored Expressions and some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink and stenciled that fun pattern all over my notecard. For some extra highlights I added some white gel pen accents to each splash mark. I love how it gives a little bit of movement and shine to my card.

To cut out the cups I used some scrap paper from my scrap drawers. The best part about small dies is that you can use up scraps in your stash! I picked out 3 bright colors and glued them behind my cups. The cups were popped up on foam tape over the stenciled background. The sentiment is from the Paper Sweeties Coffee, yes please stamp set

To finish the card off I used some Sparkling Clear Jewels from Kat Scrappiness, my favorite!

I love how this mini card turned out, here is a pic with all of the supplies shown.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

I already am!

☕️ Lisa ☕️

Friday, June 26, 2020

Look For Rainbows

Hi and welcome back to my blog. Today I have a fun rainbow card to share with all of you using lots of goodies from Kat Scrappiness!

Rainbows and shakers are two of my favorite things so I love to create them any chance I get.

I started out by using a raindrop stencil from my stash that is similar to the Newton's Nook Raindrops Stencil. For my inks I love to use the Atelier Inks from Inkon 3 because they blend so smoothly and the colors are so vibrant! I used a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock and a mini blending tool and then I ink blended in rainbow order over the raindrops using these ink colors:

Once I had the ink blending done I took my panel and cut out a smaller panel using the largest die from the Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Dies from Kat's store.

Next I took the smaller cloud die from the He Is Risen Dies and I placed it in 3 different places on the raindrop panel and cut it out so I could make 3 different shaker wells on the front of my card.

I turned the panel over and covered it with a piece of acetate making sure to cover the open cloud areas. To pop the panel up and create the shaker wells, I used foam tape to section off the clouds and pop the whole panel up. Now the fun part! I filled all 3 shaker wells with some fun Rainbow Bright Sprinkles! I covered the backs of the clouds with white card stock and then matted the whole panel on to a purple panel measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

I then placed the finished panel on to a white card base.

For the sentiment I used Versafine Black Onyx ink and the Rainbow stamp set by Taylored Expressions and it fit so perfectly with the theme of the card. I also used some Sparkling Clear Droplets around the finished card to add some extra shine!

For one extra fun added element I used the Rainbow made of polymer clay that is included in the

Teal Kawaii Cloud Sprinkles. What a fun element to add to any card!

This card is just all full of color and whimsy and I love how it turned out!

Kat Scrappiness is definitely your go to shop for all things shaker related!

There are literally hundreds of different sequins and sprinkles in stock to fit any theme card or any style card you can dream of! From food to animals to jewels, Kat has you covered!

Don't forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!

Kat Scrappiness Shop

Kat Scrappiness Blog

Kat Scrappiness FB Fan Page

Kat Scrappiness Instagram

Kat Scrappiness YouTube Channel

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Have a wonderful day, I already am!

🌈 Lisa 🌈

Disclaimer: My blog uses affiliate links

whenever possible at no additional cost to you.

I only promote products I actually use and think

other crafters would like as well!

Monday, February 10, 2020

Happy 10 Year Blogaversary To Oh So Cute By Lisa!

Happy 10 years to my little old bloggity blog!

Oh So Cute By Lisa turns 10 today!

It's hard to believe that I've been writing about and sharing my cards on this blog for 10 years now!

I was looking back at old posts recently and I came across my first blog post and to my surprise I realized that the 10 year anniversary was going to be February 10th!

And here we are!

Here is a link to my very first blog post:

My First Blog Post

You know I didn't know what I was doing because I didn't even give the post a title.

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The very next day on February 11th I shared my first card on this post:

My First Card Challenge

My card making and photography skills have come a LONG WAY!!!!!

My favorite company back then and the first one I ordered from was Papertrey Ink.

I idolized their designers and couldn't get enough of their inspiration! I frequented Dawn McVey's blog daily not to mention Melissa Phillips and Betsy Veldman. I adored Heather Nichols krafty obsession and I am loving everything she creates for Taylored Expressions these days!

These girls were my early cardmaking heroes!

I still idolize these girls but now I follow their crafty adventures on Instagram.

Fast forward to August of 2018 when I got to meet all of my superheroes in person!

I attended Stamp-A-Faire in Cincinnati and had the time of my life!

Ok I wound up breaking my pinky on my right hand before Betsy's watercolor class (the class I was dying to take) but I babied that finger and watercolored my heart out.

It was a freak accident but I didn't let it stop me from having a great time that weekend!

The event was live streamed and my family back home got to watch me making paper from scratch with Heather Nichols. It was neat for them to see what we were actually doing in real time!

Here's a few highlights from that trip:

It's amazing to look back and see how far I have come! I used to enter a lot more card challenges and I had lots of card making goals, many of which I achieved.

I wanted to get a card published in a magazine, I wanted to make it on to a design team and unfortunately I can't remember the third goal right now.

I'm happy to say that I far exceeded my goals and it's been a great ride!

I had a card published in Papercrafts Magazine back in November of 2010 and I was so proud!

I have been on quite a few design teams and I have LOVED them all! Here is a link to all of the teams I've been privileged to design for.

Design Team List

My greatest pleasure is designing and posting cards. I love making cards for my family as well, I am known as the family Hallmark store!

Of course there were years when my blog was quieter than others. Life gets in the way and priorities change over the years but I always knew I wanted an active blog and I kept coming back to it. My craft room changed a few times over in the 10 years but now it's in a great place by a huge window and I love the natural light I get to work in! I share my craft room with my daughter Taylor who is an avid planner girl and wishing she had more time to do it! My craft room is decorated with art made by my daughter Brooke who is a talented painter and my son Matthew frequents my room from time to time to make a card or 2. I love sharing my crafty world with my kids and they are always ready with an "oh i love that card mom" even if they don't mean it LOL!

Here's a fun collage of my 3 kids and my ever loving card making supporters:

Over the last year I started including Facebook and Instagram into my social media repertoire. Ok my daughter had to teach me Instagram but I'm a fast learner. It became increasingly important to use social media for exposure and for DT work. I do love sharing my cards but sometimes it's a chore. I'd much rather be creating than typing! I'm sure most of you will agree to that one.

My crafty world culminated in the most amazing experience last month when I got to attend Creativation for the very first time. My daughter Taylor and I boarded a plane for Phoenix, Arizona and had the time of our lives! I got to meet so many of the amazing crafty people in person that I had only corresponded with online previously. I enjoyed meeting everyone and taking in all the crafty goodness on the show floor! It's a good thing nothing was for sale because I'd be broke today!

I had been wanting to attend Creativation since it was called CHA and I'm happy to say I finally made it there! Here's a few highlights from that trip:

These are just a few of the great memories we made that weekend!

And here I am today with a craft room filled to the brim with stamps, dies, paper, glue, glitter, sequins, paint, stencils and SO MUCH MORE!!!!

If I never bought another stamp or die I'd still never get to use everything I have but I'm pretty sure that collecting craft supplies is half the fun!

It's been a wild ride for 10 years and I can't wait to see what the next 10 years bring!

For my 10 year blogaversary I decided to do something a little different and make a card for myself. Lately I have been LOVING all of the new stamps and stencils from Taylored Expressions and of course ink blending is SO ADDICTING so I combined all of that and made myself a card in celebration of ME!

One of my favorite stamp and die combos from Taylored Expressions is the Big Grumpy set.
I am also in love with all of the stencils they have been releasing! I used the rectangle masking stencil on this card. I just love how smooth that rainbow came out using their rainbow blending brushes!
I just love that snarky sentiment and since I made myself this card, it was perfect!

Well, if you made it all the way through this blog post thanks for joining me for this fun trip down memory lane. Even if no one reads this post I enjoyed the memories and creating a little memoir of my own. I will end this post the way I end all of my posts and the way I will always end my posts...

Have a great day, I already am!
💓💓Lisa 💓💓

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Sending Warm Hugs

This is my first post in the new year for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers

and today I have a card for you featuring products from 5 different companies!

It's always so much fun when I'm making a card to go on a scavenger hunt

through my collection. It's always a challenge to find the perfect crafty supply!

Today's card started with the idea of stenciling white hearts on

kraft paper and here is where I ended up.

I started out by cutting a small panel of Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb Cardstock

out of the 2nd largest die from the Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle Dies.

Next I placed the Taylored Expressions Feathered Stencil over top of it

and sponged on some Hero Arts Unicorn White Ink.

I just love the sentiments from the Trinity A Latte Love stamp set

so I stamped them over the stenciled hearts with my Misti for perfect placement.

I always get a nice crisp image when I stamp in Versafine Black Onyx Ink.

The outside frame on the card was made using the 2 largest dies from

the Kat Scrappiness Embossed Edge Rectangle Dies. I cut them out at the

same time to form a frame and I popped it up on foam tape.

The next step was to cut out the cute little coffee cup from the Paper Smooches Sunny Dies.

I used the happy face die from the Paper Smooches Sunnyville Icons for the

sweet little eyes and mouth. I backed the cup in black paper so the eyes and

mouth would show up. The cute little bow on the cup is from the

Lawn Fawn Mini Picture Frames. I added some sweet cheeks with an

R20 Copic Marker and some cute white dots on those cheeks with a

Sakura Gelly Rolly White Pen size 10. I also cut some steam from vellum and

adhered it behind the cup.

All that was left to do was to add some sparkly Pink Solid Confetti Mix

from Kat Scrappiness. I picked them up with my Marvy Uchida Jewel Picker

and adhered them with my favorite Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

Here is another picture showing all the fun products that went into this card!

Thanks so much for joining me today here on my blog!

I hope everyone's New Year is off to a great year and I'll be back

real soon for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers with some caffeinated inspiration!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

☕️Lisa ☕️

Disclaimer: My blog uses affiliate links whenever possible

at no additional cost to you. I only promote products I

actually use and love and think other crafters might enjoy as well!

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Season's Greetings

Hello crafty friends!

Today I had some crafty time and I decided to play with some new

crafty goodies I got recently from Simon Says Stamp and Taylored Expressions.

I just love the new Large Gnome Wafer Die from Simon Says Stamp and

there are so many different ways you can dress them up.

They are also available in a small version which I think I might

have to add to my collection as well.

For the background of my card I decided to do some stenciling with the

Confetti Toss stencil from Taylored Expressions.

I spread some Nuvo Glacier Paste in Sea Sprite over my stencil

and the results are magical!

It's so hard to pick up the sparkle in a photograph!

This is my first time playing with this paste but I can see that

I will have to order more in different colors.

It really is the perfect medium for stenciling!

For the sentiment I used the Clean Line Christmas

stamp and die combination.

I used Cupcake ink from Taylored Expressions

for the sentiment. It matched the

patterned paper on the gnomes.

I really like how the dies cut the sentiments out

with a border around the exact shape of the stamp.

For the snowy hills that the gnomes are sitting on I cut

some white glitter paper out of the

Stitched Hillside Borders from Lawn Fawn.

Those dies are perfect for snow or grass or hillsides!

I really love how this card came out but for some reason I wasn't

able to get a picture of the card that I liked.

The lighter colors just seemed to get washed out in photography.

I am entering my card into the Monday and Wednesday challenges

over at Simon Says Stamp.

The Monday challenge is Stars and the Wednesday challenge

is Traditional Christmas. I love how this card fit both challenges this week.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day

I already am!

❄️Lisa ❄️

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Day 26 of the 31 Days of Halloween Spooktacular Video Hop | Mummy Card

Hello and Happy early Halloween everyone!

Technically it's only 5 days away so it's not that early and all month long

Katy from Hook Line and Inker has been hosting a Halloween Video Hop on YouTube.

It's called The 31 Days of Halloween Spooktacular Video Hop!

31 Days

31 Crafters

31 Videos

ONE BIG PRIZE!

To be eligible for the prize drawing at the end, you must

hop along and leave a comment on ALL 31 videos.

Here is a link to the blog post that will be updated daily with the

link to that day's video:

31 Days of Halloween Spooktacular Video Hop

You can watch my video here :

or click on this link to watch on YouTube
Mummy Card Video

The 26th day of the hop belongs to me and I made a
Halloween card that I am in love with!

How cute is that adorable little Mummy???

I used the super cute Unity Mummy Stamp and I just love how easy it was to color!

There is lots of shading lines on the stamp so it was like a roadmap to show you

where to put your darker colors.

I included the coloring in my video so you can

see the process. I also have been loving ink blending lately and I used

3 different colors of purple Distress ink on my card for the background.

I couldn't decide if I wanted a background with or without a moon or if

I wanted white stars or glittered stars so I made both.

I used The Rabbit Hole Designs Circles and Stars Stencil with Gina K Glitz Glitter Gel.

For my final card I decided on the moon with the glittery stars but here is

what the other 2 backgrounds looked like.

For the finishing touches on the card I added some

Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABC's dies for the word "boo" and I backed

them with foam to make them dimensional. I also added some bats from the

Kat Scrappiness Crafter's Essentials - Fall Dies

I really enjoyed everything about this card and I hope you enjoy my

YouTube video! Below is a list of all the supplies (with links) that I used to make this card.

If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to