Rainbows at the Rainbow Challenge

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Happy June! New month new challenge!

This month at The Rainbow Card Challenge we are all about Rainbows!

I made a thank you card for a science teacher.

I used my silhouette machine for the beakers and liquid. I had a stencil and fine silver marker pen that I used for the circles above the red and green liquid beakers. The sentiment was a free stamp from Taylored Expressions. The background was a pattern paper I found in my stash. :)

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you will go check out what my teammates have created. And I hope you are inspired to join us this month!

Cute Little Dinosaur Card

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Before I show you my card, I wanted to tell you that Blogger is getting rid of the FeedBurner feature. This means that if you kindly subscribe to my blog by email-you will no longer receive those emails. Boo! This is set for a couple of months from now. But I looked at the emails and there seems to be only a handful of legit emails. So I am going to have this blog post be the last post emailed out. Thank you for subscribing! You can see all of my crafty makes either here, on my Iliketocutandpaste Facebook and Instagram accounts.

So here is this cute thank you card!

I used an echo park embossing folder.  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions. And this cute dinosaur is a print and cut from my Silhouette machine and the Silhouette Design Store. Here lately I am loving the option of printing and cutting things out. Shhh don't let my stamps and stickers find out ;)

And who can resist googly eyes?  

Thank you for subscribing to my blog. I hope to see you in other outlets. :) Hugs!

I am submitting this card into the follow challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters: Mellow Yellow

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: CAS

Bumble Bee Birthday Card

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Here is a card I made using some fun yellow glitter paint by Art Anthology.  It's dimensional too.  

Here's a close up of the cute bee! 

The bee was made using my silhouette machine. 

Party hat-Tim H. stampers anonymous

Yellow Nuvo Drops

Stickles

Taylored Expressions sentiments and die (simple strips)

Seedless Preserves Distress Ink

I am submitting it into the following challenges:

Stick It Down-March

Always Fun Challenges: #205 Spring

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Viking Happy Birthday

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This is a Happy Birthday Card I made for my dad. I love this little Viking Guy and it has taken me a few tries to color him and be happy with it. 

I used a gelli plate and a page from a book for the background. I also used a little walnut distress ink around the edges. I used prisma color markers to color the image. The Viking is from My Favorite Things Stamps. The happy is a Tim Holtz die. And the sentiment under it is a Taylored Expressions stamp and die cut. 

I stamped on the inside-which I don't often do but how could I not--this clever little sentiment had to go somewhere! :) 

I am submitting this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday-Add Some Green

Crafty Creations Challenges: Anything Goes #419

Fusion Card Challenge: I used the green paint picture.

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Owl Valentine

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Welcome to Day 8 of my 14 Days of Valentine Craftiness. :)

Here is a Valentine card made from cute owl stamps from Aall & Create. My husband gave me these stamp at Christmas and I thought how cute would they be for Valentine's! :)

I colored the owls with prismacolor markers. And then I fussy cut them out.  I also have this new circle masking stencil from Taylored Expressions. I taped down my paper, the circle masking stencil and then laid a paige evans heart stencil over that. I just wanted to see if it would look good. I used spun sugar distress ink. And ta da! Not too bad!

The heart with the arrow is a Silhouette stamp and cut. And the sentiment is a sticker from Simple Stories. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Always Fun Challenges: #200 Romantic/Love

Crafty Friends Challenge: #149 Animals or Birds

Thank you so much for stopping by! :)

Marvelous Mauve

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We are welcoming February with a new challenge over at the Rainbow Card Challenge. This month we are all about Mauve!

Mauve is sort of a tough color-I'm not going to lie LOL. It's not a color I use a lot of but it's very pretty. Here I used Stampin Up color Pale Plum-the paper and the ink. 

The background stamp is Taylored Expressions

The sentiment stamp is Stampers Anonymous (Tim Holtz) and the heart die is Tim Holtz

And two little heart rhinestones in my stash finished this card.

💖💖💖I am also kicking off 14 days of Valentine's Card and Crafts. So be sure to stop by tomorrow to see what I have made. :)

I am entering this into the following challenges:

The Library Challenge: Challenge 76 Book Jar of Hearts (inspired by hearts)

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 671 Valentine's

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: 306 All About Occasions

Thank you for stopping by! 

 

Get Well Cross Card

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I made this card for a friend how had an operation a little bit ago.  So it's a get well card even though it doesn't say that on the front.

The cross stamp and the background embossing folder are both from Taylored Expressions. The color on the cross is actually Tim Holtz alcohol inks on yupo paper. I had made a background (well I made a lot of backgrounds). And thought this might look good.  I had other crosses that I stamped out but I couldn't color them right.  Or not at that particular moment. I love the bold colors of this background turned cross. Then I fussy cut it out. 

I am submitting this card into the following challenges:

The Creative Crafters #36 : Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Taylor Made Cards 4 U: Anything Goes Optional Theme: Friendship (I made this card for a friend.)

Thank you for stopping by! Until next time my friends stay healthy! :)

More Gifted Background Cards

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I was trying to do a post a day but yesterday came and went in a blink of an eye! So here are my last two cards using the Taylored Expressions gifted background using these purple, pink, and blue colors.

So for these two cards I used the stamp and then the stencil to apply the distress inks over. Once you get the stencil lined up-the background is finished quickly. The card background is Stampin up Lovey Lilac. For this card the celebrate sentiment is also Stampin Up and it's stamped in Lovely Lilac ink.

For this card same as above except I used a Tim Holtz die cut for smile. And scraps (woo hoo!) and the stamp in Taylored Expressions. I love these simple strips!

Here the ink colors for the presents. Honestly, I didn't come up with this combo.  LOL. I looked on Pinterest. I feel like I don't match colors well and the wonderful people on pinterest have so many great examples LOL. :)

Thank you for stopping by! Until next time my friends! :)

Gifted Background Didn't Forget Birthday Card

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I am not lying when I say I am obsessed with this stamp and stencil set. I made a few of these backgrounds using distress oxide and one distress ink. They rest is Taylored Expression. (except that paper that's either Michaels or Stampin Up. And the black ink is Memento.) 

I used these Taylored Expresson stamp strips and their corresponding die.  For the background of the sentiment strips even though you can get a die for that-I don't have that so I cut some black cardstock around the strips to make them pop out a little more.

For the inside I had a not great stamp imprint of the presents but I went ahead and inked them and cut them out.  I used 3 on the side to decorate the inside a little bit.

Here are my colors.

Thank you for stopping by! 

Gifted Background Birthday Card

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It is a new year and with that a little self reflection.  I am starting to know what my limits are-like I cannot make an elaborate costume or craft things out of wood.  I can't really work a saw and there wouldn't be room for one if I could.  But what I can do is make cards and various papercrafts.  I want to deliver a little magic to my family and friends in their mailboxes.  If I were to pick a word for this new year-it is magic. And I want to be able to make that happen.  

With that-I am trying to let go of perfection. A thing I put on myself all by myself.  That's what stops things from being created. My own "that won't be good enough."  The receiver doesn't know what it should look like per se. They are happy to be thought about. And life's not perfect. So here we go!

I bought this Taylored Expressions gifted background. They have this really cool process-it's more than a stamp. There is a matching stencil and matching die cut. I have become obsessed.

 

This card uses the stamp and stencil. The stencil is awesome in creating this change color effect on the presents. I have used this color scheme on a few more cards which I will share as the week progresses. A whole week of cards or projects! Yes please! 

So for this card I used Lovely Lilac cardstock from Stampin Up. The heart sequins are from Queen and Company. The sentiment is from rubber necker stamps stamped in lovely lilac with shaded lilac distress ink on the sides of the cut out sentiment. First I stamped the background and then used the stencil with distress oxides/inks in the picture below. I used my normal ranger round foam applicators.

Pinterest is a beautiful thing. That is where this color combo was that inspired me. 

I am entering this card into the Get Creative Challenges: Anything Goes no twist #97. (1/31)

So Cheers to a new year. Cheers to crafty fun and bringing a little more happiness into the world. Thanks for stopping by today! :)

Angel Birthday Card

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One of my favorite stamp sets is an angel set from Jane's Doodles.  They are clean and simple and bring joy.  Here is a birthday card I made for a friend of mine who loves angels.

The background is a stencil from Simon Says Stamp and I used Art Anthology Splashed Sorbet which is a glittery clear dimensional paint.  And along with the Jane's Doodles angel I used Taylored Expressions stamp and die cut (sentiment strips).  I got the stamp and die cut for Christmas and I love them!  I colored this little angel with Prismacolor markers (also a Christmas present so I am feeling very loved and creative right now!).

There are so many great challenges going on right now and I would like to submit this angel card to the following:

Rainbow Challenge: #13 Wonderfully White--Use white (monochromatic) on a card.  Also, a DT call so go check it out!

Watercooler Wednesday- Anything goes with a twist: Feminine 

Use Your Stuff: Anything Goes (I have had the stencil for at least 6 months and the art anthology paint for going on 2 years)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends!

Christmas Thank You Cards With Palm Trees and Flamingos

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Happy New Year! I love January because there is this energy of new hope and goals.  And they are achievable because nothing is going on right now LOL.  And then once February comes along and time starts to go faster and the calendar fills up with obligations.  But until then-I am going to enjoy January! :)

So I was able to make some Christmas Thank you cards in the nice quiet after the new year. 

I have used this stamp before-it's from Close to My Heart.  An oldie but a goodie.  I used a paper pad from the Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) for the backgrounds and cardstock.  On this card I used gold ink from Colorbox. And also some cardstock.

This one has Paper Studio background paper.  Close to my Heart stamp and the die cut sentiment is one of my favorites from Queen and Company.

So the next set of stamps have flamingos from Taylored Expressions.  This is the first time I have used stamps from them.  I also got the matching die cuts and that is a wonderful thing!  Most of the time I am a fussy cutter but with their skinny little legs it's nice to have the matching die.

Some pop dots and twine were added to this one.  And that sentiment is a Fiskars stamp (also used above).

Glittery Stickles close up :)

For this card I added a present stamp from Stampin Up.  It's fairly new-I think released last year.  

A big thank you for stopping by!  Until next time! :)