VIDEO | Taylored Expressions | Friendship Cards feat. NEW Black & White Blender Brushes and Stencils

I'm so excited to share Taylored Expressions' new blender brushes and stencils with you! I'm highlighting the Black & White Blender Brushes in today's post, along with some of the new stencils from the latest release. I was super excited to see a white blender brushes in particular because I've been wanting a brush just for white pigment ink. I really hope that a clear brush for watermark ink isn't too far behind. ;)

I made three different cards, using both the Black & White Blender Brushes and three new stencils, one on each card.

On my first card, I used eight shades of Liquid Watercolor - from top to bottom: Jelly Donut, Plum Punch, Candy Corn, Peaches 'n Cream, Blue Raspberry, Blue Corn, Peapod and Oreo - to create a very quick and easy sunset background. I used my heat tool to dry the layers as I moved down the panel. When the panel was completed and dried, I die cut it with the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets.

I used the Black Blender Brush with the Delightful Daisy Stencil and ink blended a frame of daisies in two corners of the watercolored panel using Earl Grey, Poppy Seed and Oreo inks.

I die cut the large letters from Cap It Off Alpha, from both Oreo Cardstock and Silver Glitter Cardstock, stacking the layers with liquid glue. I heat embossed the sentiment from Just Saying and die cut it using the Building Blocks Die. After assembling the layers, I added onyx pearls to the centres of the daisies.

On my second card, I used the Black Blender Brush with the Dahlia Stencil and randomly ink blended three dahlias in each of the three inks - Sea Salt, Poppy Seed and Oreo. It creates so much layering and depth for a really full and beautiful background.

I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5.5" so it would show some of the Plum Punch card base. Then I ombre stamped On the Block - Love in Jelly Donut and Plum Punch, finishing it with a heat embossed layer of sparkle embossing powder for a stunning jewel finish.

I die cut the word using the coordinating On the Block - Love Shadow, die cutting it a second time from Oreo Cardstock. I also heat embossed a sentiment from Building Blocks - Love Additions and popped up both elements with foam tape.

For my third and final card, I used the White Blender Brush with the Roundabout Stencil and Sugar Cube Ink on Oreo Cardstock. I applied sparkle embossing powder and set it with my heat tool. I applied the same process with the sketched lines stamp from Social Butterflies and sentiment from Diamond Botanical.

I stamped the butterflies with Poppy Seed and rock 'n rolled the filler stamps with Granny Smith and Blue Raspberry. To finish, I scored the wings and applied foam tape under the wings to add dimension. I attached the panel to a Blue Raspberry card base and added some gems to embellish the card.

The entire release is being offered at a great price! Just click on the image or in the supply links below to head to the shop.

Thanks so much for watching and happy shopping!

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Holiday Name Tags feat. Paper Smooches

I had the pleasure of making holiday name tags for the newly-appointed school council. We wanted to be visible at the holiday concert and these did the trick! I only had 48 hours notice so I printed them on 80lb. Neenah solar white cardstock and die cut them with My Favorite Things' A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX.

The stacked flowers were made by layering Paper Smooches Poinsettia Dies with real red and glitter red cardstock, embellished with Studio Katia Gold Crystals, and gold string from May Arts Ribbon. To make the flowers really pop, I stamped pine boughs from the Paper Smooches Holly Jolly stamp set using Later Gator ink from Simon Hurley create.

This design would make quick and easy holiday tags, too.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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