CTD833 We're Not Old

Happy Thursday, peeps! I chuckled when I saw the Color Throwdown challenge this week, because I had just created a card for my upcoming stamp class at the retirement community and it used those exact colors! Here's the prompt:

So here we go:

I used a set from Taylored Expressions called What's Cookin' along with the matching dies, Bake Me Happy.  I used some DSP from SU that's really old and stamped the sentiments in Poppy Parade.  Wouldn't you love to have a mixer like that?

I added a diecut sentiment on the inside as well!  

I hope my friends at the retirement community aren't offended by this, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	What's Cookin' (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Retired DSP (I can't remember the name of it--Domestic Goddess maybe?)
Ink	Poppy Parade, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Bake Me Happy Dies (Taylor Expressions)

TO275 Life is Short

Happy Thursday, peeps! The Time Out Challenge this week is a fun one, and it gave me a chance to use a set I hadn't gotten inky yet, along with some dies that hadn't seen any action yet!  Here's the challenge:

I had gotten this What's Cookin' stamp from Taylored Expressions a while ago, so I pulled it out, along with its matching dies and another die set called Bake Me Happy.  I had some fun baking-related papers so I mixed and matched them all together to create this:

I have a friend whose birthday is coming up, and she is an excellent cook, so this will be for her.  I tried to match the colors to the little mixers on the paper; I used Poppy Parade, Garden Green, Crushed Curry and Bubble Bath.  The beater is a scrap of silver foil, and I stamped a little flower on the bowl:

This sentiment just cracks me up; she likes humorous cards, so I hope she'll like it too!

Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiest Day, What's Cookin (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Bubble Bath, Balmy Blue, Silver Foil, Roll With It (Carta Bella)
Ink	Garden Green, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, What's Cookin Dies (Taylored Expressions), Bake Me Happy Dies (Taylored Expressions), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Stitched Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson)

PP706 Hey Chick!

Happy Sunday, all! It's time for a new Paper Players challenge and Elizabeth is our hostess!  She hit the ground running with this color challenge....I really had to put on my thinking cap for it!  I love the be challenged, though!  Here's the palette:

I had a couple of ideas in mind, but as I was going through my stamps, I came across this Taylored Expressions set and thought it would be ideal!  I pulled out the matching stencil and went to work! Here we go:

I just love these little chicks, don't you?  I blended Daffodil Delight in light and dark shades to create them, then added accents in Real Red and Memento Black.  I mounted everything on a Azure Afternoon card base and added a black and white gingham trim to hold my little "hey, chick" tag!  I thought about stamping something at the bottom section of the card, but as I was digging around through my drawers , I spied this one lonely piece of metallic mesh thingie from SU; I saved it from a long, long time ago!  I think it looks great here!   And on the inside:

Age is only a number, right? I know I feel like I am about 25 in my head, LOL!  I hope you'll play along with our fun color challenge!  Check out what the DT with them over at the Paper Players blog, then come play along too!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hey Chick (ret), Just Checkin In (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Versafine Black
Accessories	Black & White Gingham Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals, Metallic Mesh (ret), Spring Chickens Stencil (Taylored Expressions)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Die (Nellie Snellen), Blending Brushes

TTTC128 Birthday Balloons

Hey there, everyone!  It's Thursday afternoon and time for Team X of the Tic-Tac-Toe crew to get busy!  If you needed a bright pick-me-up today, this would be it!  Here's my card:

And here's the grid that our hostess Felicita chose for us all:

I chose the diagonal of balloon, free and birthday, since I already had this yellow balloon diecut floating around on my desk!  It was a perfect opportunity to use it up!  I pulled out some Birthday Bonanza DSP for the background, using an additional piece to back my balloons:

I shaded the balloons a bit to give them some definition and added white cardstock behind the highlight areas.  I added some Basic Black zigzag border along the edge to complement the black sentiment banner, then added a Bermuda Bay foam diecut "you".  This was a fun card to make and I hope the recipient loves it too!

I hope you'll play along with our Tic-Tac-Toe grid this week....you're bound to find something to inspired you on our grid!  Get creative and come share it with us!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	One and Only You (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Birthday Bonanza DSP (ret), Foam Sheet
Ink	Stazon Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Basic Borders Die,  One and Only You Die (Taylored Expressions), Balloon Die (unknown), Sponge Daubers

MM163, JUGS297 & CTS127

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have been really struggling with creativity and energy these last few weeks…..and the heat and humidity lately have not helped at all.  Poor John….I have been a bit crabby lately!  I tried to cool off by making a quick Christmas card, but even that didn’t help much:

I used the red and white theme from Merry Monday:

as well as the sketch from CAS(e) This Sketch:

and the JUGS challenge to use stacked diecuts:

Nothing was working for me, but I persevered long enough to finish my Christmas card; I used snowflake diecuts from Taylored Expressions and the word “merry” is from Paper Trey.  I added a couple of sentiments from Endless Wishes and Endless Birthday Wishes along with some rhinestones to finish it off!  Hopefully my mojo will return some time this week!

Cassidy finally convinced her mommy to let her cut her hair a little bit…morning brush-outs were becoming brutal!  She looks more grown up and the brushing is MUCH better!

Enjoy your day and stay cool!