Taylored Expressions has a new cardmaking kit and it's absolutely gorgeous! In this video, I used the Modern Eucalyptus Cardmaking Kit to create three cards. The Modern Eucalyptus Layering Stencils are a new favourite. It makes the most beautiful, soft flower laurels!
I selected two new colours - Rose Water and Tropical Punch - and two existing ink colours - Avocado and Salt Water Taffy - for this set of stencils. In the video, I created three different versions of the layered eucalyptus by varying the order of the colours for each layer.
I used the following order - Avocado, Salt Water Taffy, Rose Water and Tropical Punch - for the Modern Eucalyptus Layering Stencils on this first card. I die cut the Gemstone Thin Frame Cutting Plate with Tropical Punch, Avocado and gold glitter cardstock.
I stamped the sentiment from the Scripted Sentiments stamp set with Oreo ink on Salt Water Taffy cardstock, then attached it to a Sugar Cube card base. I glued the gemstone frames to the panel, then popped on the eucalyptus flowers on with foam tape.
It's addictive layering these gemstone frames, whether it's one, two or three layers. There are so many ways to use them and, with all the different sizes, no card will look the same.
For my second card, I used the following order - Avocado, Tropical Punch, Salt Water Taffy and Rose Water - to stencil the eucalyptus flowers. I trimmed a full A2 panel from Avocado cardstock and added detail using two of the Diagonal Stitch Rectangle Stacklets.
I white heat embossed one of the Scripted Sentiments on the panel and attached it to a Sugar Cube card base. Then I glued two Rose Water gemstone frames and one gold glitter frame before popping the eucalyptus flowers on with foam tape.
Since the Avocado panel is fairly dark and the frames and flowers are light, I added gold pearls to coordinate with the gold glitter frame and avocado panel.
I used the colours in the same order as the first card - Avocado, Salt Water Taffy, Rose Water and Tropical Punch. I stamped the Scripted Sentiment in Oreo ink in the centre of the foiled circle and trimmed a quarter inch off the right hand side.
I cut a panel of Tropical Punch cardstock and adhered it to a Sugar Cube card base. Then I trimmed a strip of gold glitter cardstock, attaching it to the left edge of the foiled panel and attached it to the card.
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Today, I'm featuring products from My Favorite Things and, in particular, the most adorable set called Koala-ty Time. I started by colouring all of the images with a mix of Copic markers and Sketchmarkers. Sketchmarker is a new-to-me brand of alcohol markers and they're amazing! Those colours are represented in the leaves, hearts and little pinkish-purple t-shirts.
After assembling the background, I die cut some Clouds from vellum and position them at the top of the card. I also white heat embossed the sentiment on vellum and cut it using a tag from Blueprints 27, layering it on Dove cardstock. This style of tag could easily be created freehand or by using a quick trimmer and detailed using the Stitching Lines.
Both the Evergreen rectangle frame and Aqua Sky circle frame were stacked three layers high for dimension. This sentiment was stamped with Nocturne pigment ink and clear heat embossed on vellum, again with a Dove cardstock layer behind it. On both cards, I added enamel hearts from Doodlebug's Love You More Shape Sprinkles. They were the perfect finishing touch!
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Taylored Expressions has just released seven new ink and cardstock colours and you're going to love them! They're fabulous additions to the entire colour collection and they look amazing together and mixed with existing colours.
For my second card, I used the Rays Pierce & Cut Plate over the stencilled panel and absolutely love the effect. I definitely need to make a habit of this! The sentiment from Oh My Word - Happy Birthdaywas heat embossed with silver tinsel embossing powder on Tropical Punch cardstock and layered on a vellum shadow. Then the panel was attached to a Rose Water card base.
The scripted 'birthday' was popped up on foam strips but the individual 'happy' letters were glued directly onto the panel. I placed the sentiment too low on the background so I placed more silver drip drops at the top of the panel in order to balance out the space.
I used the Happy Hex Dies, originally from the Happy Hex Monogram Card Kit, cutting them from silver glitter cardstock and glueing them on several of the stencilled hexagons. I attached the panel to a Sugar Cube card base and popped on the sentiment pieces with foam strips.
My fourth and final card features On the Block - Dad stamped with Tropical Punch ink and heat embossed with two layers of sparkle embossing powder for maximum sparkle. The secondary sentiments are from Mini Strips - You're the Best and they were heat embossed with silver tinsel embossing powder on Oreo cardstock.
Taylored Expressions offers various styles of Mini Strips Dies and these were die cut using the latest Mini Strips - Flag Die. I attached the Dad sentiment to an Oreo shadow and popped up all the pieces with foam strips. The stencilled panel was attached to a Macaroncard base.
Spellbinders just released their Stitched Alphabet Collectionand it's so much fun! The collection consists of 26 alphabets plus an ampersand that can be used with embroidery floss or as is, with their base or without. There's a set of Glimmer Descriptorsand Descriptors Sentiments. You can use the letters individually to make monogrammed encouragement cards or spell complete names and words.
To create the custom monogrammed sentiment, I die cut the Stitched D three times from white linen cardstock, glueing two layers together and stitching them with gold thread. I placed foam strips on the back and adhered it to the third layer. The backer was die cut from gold glitter cardstock. I used Polished Brass Hot Foil and the Glimmer Descriptorson Cosmic Sky and Rainforest cardstock, trimming them with the dies in the Mini Sincere Glimmer Sentiments.
As indicated in that original post, the card base was cut from Spearmint cardstock. I stamped the Flower Patch Background with Poppy Seed ink and used Bitty Blender Brushes with Lavender Glaze, Potato Chip and Spearmint ink to fill in the background. I used the Diagonal Stitch Rectangle Stacklets to create additional texture on the background before adhering it to the card base.
One of my neighbours loved the original design but said that she calls her mom MAMA so I said I'd make her a custom version. I used the Cap It Off Alpha Dies with gold glitter cardstock for the outside edge. Since this card was getting mailed to Belgium, and the letters were a bit too wide for the card if they were placed side-by-side, I angled them and cut off parts of each letter so they wouldn't overlap at all. This removed all of the bulkiness.
I'm thrilled to be hopping along with Scrap 'n Stamp Canada to celebrate crafty memories in lieu of National Scrapbooking Day! You should've come from Lindsey's blog but if you just happened upon the hop, head over to the Scrap 'n Stamp blog to begin. There's loads of inspiration across all social media platforms and you can comment for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the shop. There's also a weekend sale and you can save 30-50% on select items.
I've made a few layouts in my time as a papercrafter but I don't (really) scrapbook in general so I decided to make a snarky crafty card for a friend. The layout I used goes back to my days of using a lot more patterned paper to make scrapbook-style cards with lots of paper layers.
I used Copic markers to colour all the images but the list is too long so you can check out the list HERE if you're interested in seeing all the colours I used. After colouring the background and stamping the main sentiment, I die cut the cat, mouse, cup, cat-made cards and additional sentiment strip so I could add dimension with glue dots and foam tape.
I trimmed down the coloured panel and tucked a piece of patterned paper from Honey Bee StampsBack To Basics 6x6 Paper Pad, then used a tape runner to attach all the layers to the card base. I hope you enjoyed my scrappy-style card and I'd love to see your version should you be inspired by it!
Be sure to check out the National Scrapbooking Day Sale HERE for great deals and head to Kia's blog to continue the hop.
{pronounced lee'·part} I'm a former research analyst and make-up artist turned paper crafter and stay-at-home mom. I love to practice yoga, listen to music, read and bake when I have time but my son keeps me pretty busy! I hope you enjoy what you see here.