Category: Taylored Expressions

Tuesday with Wendy, July 2nd

7/20/2019

The cards that Wendy created for her card making class were SO WONDERFUL!!!

Check out how fun these cards are!!

The first card that Wendy created was inspired from this beautiful background stamp from Taylored Expressions, Wildflower Background

To make the card:

Start by stamping out the Wildflower Background with Versafine Nocturne Ink and heat emboss it with Detail Clear embossing powder
To watercolor the flowers, start out by scribbling your Tombow Markers onto your silicone craft mat. Then use your Water Brushes to pick up color from the marker and watercolor your flowers.
Wrap a piece of polka-dot ribbon around the front of your card and use some double-sided tape to adhere it to the backside of the white card stock.
Mount the white card stock (with the floral image) onto a piece of black card stock using double-sided tape. Then mount that onto a bright yellow card base.

This card is SO WONDERFUL and bright!!

I love some of these other cards that students created... look how the water coloring is different on each card... how fun are these?

The next card that Wendy created was inspired from the Whittle Owls from Poppy and the Birch Tree Border die-cut from Taylored Expressions

To make the card:

Start out with a thick piece of beige card stock as your card base. Use one of your Large Picket Fence Blending Brushes to brush on 3 colors of Distress Ink: Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, and Festive Berries making sure to apply your inks to the middle of the card base where a "moon" might be.
Next, use your home die-cut machine to cut out a circle from your piece of patterned-burlap paper. Lay the piece of burlap-patterned paper onto the front of the card base and when you do so, the circle should be the color of the ink that you laid down earlier... this is the "Moon" in an orange color palette.
Next, use your home-die cut machine to cut out the Birch Tree out of a piece of off-white card stock. Adhere the Birch Tree to the front of the card base on the left side of the "moon" you just created. *When you adhere the Birch Tree, glue down the LEFT TRUNK completely flat and apply a few pop dots behind the RIGHT TRUNK.
Finish off the card by cutting out 2 Whittle Owls, one from Kraft card stock and one from Ivory card stock. The Whittle Owl die-cut is 2 pieces, and Wendy mixed and matched the Whittle Owl die-cuts so the colors correspond nicely. Adhere the Owls down by using a pop dots behind each owl.

I love how adorable this card is!!

The last card that Wendy created was inspired from the Whittle Wooden Ovals, Whittle Rabbit, Whittle Birds, and this stamp from Impression Obsession, Happy

To make the card:

Start out with a third-sheet of 12" x 12" card stock as your card base (so your card base measures 4" x 12"). Score your card stock at 2 1/4" and 4 3/4" so that when folded, it creates a tri-fold card
When your card is closed, on the LEFT PANEL use your Nesting Oval die-cuts and your home die-cut machine to cut out a small oval. On the RIGHT PANEL, use your Nesting Oval die-cuts to cut out a little larger oval.
Now cut out your Whittle Oval Wooden frames out of brown card stock. Use Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to adhere the small wooden oval ON TOP of the small oval cut out and the large wooden oval ON TOP of the larger oval cut out. You will end up with the Whittle Wooden Ovals covering the oval cut-outs from earlier.
Using your home die-cut machine, cut out 2 Whittle Birds from light blue card stock and a Whittle Rabbit from white felt-weave card stock. Adhere one of the blue birds onto the small wooden oval and the other bird onto the larger wooden oval. When you close the card, you should be able to see through BOTH OVALS to the inside of the card. Adhere the Whittle Rabbit to the INSIDE of the card in the spot where the Ovals meet-up so when the tri-fold card is folded you can see the Whittle Rabbit peeking out from the inside of the card.
Finish off the card with a piece of brown polka-dot brown ribbon. The ribbon will wrap around the backside of the card to the front of the card. When the card is closed, adhere the ribbon to the LEFT PANEL and a little bit on the RIGHT PANEL so that when the card is closed you can tie it closed

I love how cute this card is!! The interactive element is so SWEET and fun!!!

Masking Ideas with Paper and die-cuts

6/21/2019

Demo from this week was lots of fun!! We explored the world of "Masking"

What is a mask??? A mask is something that has a shape cut out and it blocks off the rest of the paper so when you apply paint or ink it only lands on where your shape is cut out. (Sometimes people refer to stencils as a "mask"... which makes sense because it is blocking off other areas while you apply ink or paint to your stencil!)

Check out some of these ideas using Masking Techniques!

Ok, a traditional mask is easy enough to do. Stamp an image onto your paper and then stamp the "ghost" stamp onto a piece of scratch paper and FUSSY CUT that image out. The fussy-cut image is now your MASK. Use a Removable Glue Dot to place the mask on top of the stamped image. This covers the image allowing you to decorate the background!!

You can also use your Hero Arts Nesting Circle die-cuts to cut a circle out of a piece of paper. Then, you can use one of your Large Picket Fence Blending Brushes to apply a soft color from your ink pad across the circle (I love to use the Kaleidacolor Rainbow Ink Pad for this effect!!). The mask makes it really easy for creating a moon or sun

You can also use the Kaleidacolor Rainbow Ink Pad to create a vibrant rainbow background on your white card stock.

THEN overlay a stencil (I used a combination of this Ocean Stencil from Carabelle Studio and this Mermaid Tail die-cut from Taylored Expressions) and apply a layer of Versafine Clair Ink, Nocturne using the Nuvo Blending Sponges.

When you apply a layer of the Versafine Clair, Nocturne Ink, the ink stays wet long enough to do Heat Embossing! To create this glittery effect, sprinkle on Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder over the black ink and heat-set it. What you end up with is this AMAZING Glittery Rainbow on the black ink.

If you let the black ink dry completely, you can go back in and add white accents with the Uniball White Gel Pen!!

The contrast here with the vibrant Rainbow Ink pad and the white gel pen creates an AMAZING effect!!

Check out this idea using the Lawn Fawn die-cut, Mushroom Border. I cut out my die-cut using just a piece of white poster board. I ALWAYS SAVE THE REVERSE IMAGE as well as the die-cut shape.

I first laid down the mushroom and grass masks so I could create my sky using my Rainbow Ink Pad. I also added a splatter of Dr. Martin's Bleedproof White to create the stars!!

Next, I laid down the grass mask (again) and the REVERSE CUT OUT of the mushrooms.

I can now colorize JUST the mushrooms using inks and the BleedProof White for the white spots

When you pull away the mask, you end up with this AMAZING combination of colors!!

I love using the die-cuts as masks because you can block off areas and use the images as stencils making it possible to make your animals face different directions or creating your own scenes or designs!!

Using the same idea as shown above, you can make a moose walking alone under the moonlight... I love this image from Taylored Expressions, Woodland Silhouettes 2

I decided I liked the grass border from the Lawn Fawn Mushroom Border set... So I used it again for the grass under the moose

I added a moon in the sky and then used a circle to BLOCK it off so I could create a night sky.
I used the REVERSE CUT OUT of the moose to make a brown moose walking among the grass.

You can create some amazing effects using Distress Oxide Spray Inks and this wonderful Cloud Stencil from Rosie's Roadshow

Using the die-cuts and REVERSE CUT-OUTS you can create an entire scene!!

When my brushes are dirty, a great way to still use up all that ink is to use your CLOUD STENCIL on a piece of white card stock... not only does it create an amazing effect, but it cleans off your blending brushes!!

Now, I wanted to create a Moon in a Galaxy!!

To create the MOON, I cut out a crescent moon from a piece of poster board using an X-acto knife. I used the REVERSE CUT OUT and stuck it on my paper.
I used a palette knife to smear the Nuvo Mousse across the moon image. I removed the mask.
I sprinkled on 2 colors of embossing powder (Moonstone and Gold embossing powder) and heat-set the mousse/embossing powder together.

What I end up with is this crescent moon with TEXTURE!!!!

To create theSKY and SILHOUETTES :

First lay down the MOON SHAPE CUT OUT on top of the moon. To hold it in place, just use a couple pieces of double-sided tape . This blocks off the moon to keep it from changing colors when I use the other inks.
Lay down a layer of black ink (Versafine Clair, Nocturne ink) with a Large Picket Fence Blending Brush around the edges of the moon, LET IT DRY. THEN lay down your die-cut shapes and hold them in place with a removable glue dot. CLEAN YOUR BRUSH!
THEN add a layer of Hero Arts Unicorn White Ink on TOP of the black ink, again using a Large Picket Fence Blending Brush. Be careful here not to smear the ink because you want it to sit on the surface, just dabbing on the Hero Arts White Ink. LET IT DRY.

I used the Distress Oxide Inks with my Large Picket Fence Blending Brushes and I LOVE the look of the vibrant rainbow galaxy!!!
To create the white dots, I always just splatter the Dr. Martin's Bleedproof white
When your galaxy background is FINISHED, peel away the masks and look at the AMAZING REVEAL of the little images along the edge of the moon!!

**I recommend using the Joy of Stamping Brush Cleaner to clean your brushes when you are done using your Distess Oxide Inks** Otherwise when the ink dries your brushes might feel a little bit stiff. You can also use Stamp Cleaner to clean your brushes

This is the other idea using the same concept... This time used the Thoughtful Faerie die-cut from Poppy and the Mushroom die-cuts... the masks worked PERFECTLY together!!

There are SO MANY wonderful ideas for using your stencils, masks, and die-cuts to create stunning works of art!!!

What will you create next?!

Stop by the store to get inspired.. we would love to see you!
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Doodle Ideas from Our Customers

6/17/2019

A few months ago, Wendy taught a demo teaching her take on Doodling. She showed how she would create a page of doodles (like 4 doodles on a page) and then make copies of her doodle creations on both card stock and vellum... giving her a RANGE of possibilities.

Below is pictured her Doodles, the same image is copied onto a piece of card stock AND a piece of vellum

At demo, Wendy challenged the attendees to do something else with her doodle.. she passed out full card stock sheet of her doodle and asked each attendee to bring back ONE of their ideas!!

Well... you can see that our customers are CREATIVE to say the least!!

Check out all these amazing ideas!!!

First Design has a circle theme.. and I LOVE what these gals created!!

I love the texture on this one!! The Beads and Acrylic Paint dots are SO FUN here!! Great use of shape!!

Here, one of our customers used Acrylic and Glitter Paints to emphasize the shape!!

Or look here how this customer used shaped sequins, gems, and Acrylic Paint to embellish the doodle.. I LOVE the colors here!!

These 2 ideas came from Wendy and Elli..

Wendy colored part of her image with a red Tombow Marker and then used the Scribble Circles die-cut from Impression Obsession.

Elli used an X-acto knife to cut out some of the circles and then backed the image with Glitter Paper

The next design that Wendy created was inspiring on a variety of different levels!

I love how here a customer used BUTTONS to add dimension!!

Awhile back Wendy created this one where she copied her doodle onto Vellum, colored it, and sandwiched it between 2 pieces of card stock (that each had an oval cut out of it) so that the light shines through!!

The details and fine dots on this one make it so you can see new detail each time you look at it.

This was one that Elli created using this Fishing Boat die-cut from Taylored Expressions.. the doodle looked a little like an ocean scene.. so this die-cut fit PERFECTLY with it!

This doodle had great movement... check out what some of the gals did with this one!!

Look how one customer made a MINI BOOK!!!! I love this SO MUCH

Check out this AMAZING shadowbox that one of the gals made!!!! The black base and the colors are SO VIBRANT in this creation!!

Check out the AMAZING colors in this one!! I loved how she added the bold pops of black as the focal point in the middle of the art piece!!

Look at this one that Wendy created using her Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen and Tombow Markers

This idea was created by coping the doodle onto vellum, then cutting it apart, gluing it down with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, and then adding light tones with a White Uniball gel pen

The geometric shapes in this next one lend for some AMAZING ideas!!

I LOVE this one where she cut it apart to make it look like buildings!!

Wendy used the doodle as the background for this fun Laurel Burch stamp from Stampendous.. the geometric shapes work together PERFECTLY

Elli created this one, again cutting it apart to make it look like shelving!! We added the mini-cats from Impression Obsession to add a FUN flare!

It's SO AMAZING what you can create with a doodle!!!

If you need help getting started on doodling, stop by the store to get inspired!!

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Bling! Glitter! Mica Flakes!

6/15/2019

Here at the store, we are all about BLING! .... and by "we" I actually mean "me," Elli :-)

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE gems, glitters, mica flakes, stickles and glitter paints.. pretty much anything that sparkles makes me EXTREMELY happy!!

This week for Demo, I played with several ideas to show you the ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES in the world of Bling!

To start with, I showed everyone the AMAZING gems from Tonic/Nuvo.

The gems come in SO MANY wonderful designs!! Each container of gems has 3 sizes of the same shape... so you end up with a nice gradation of sizes in each container.

Check out these ones that look like raindrops!! I love it underneath this umbrella! They are the Water Droplets gems.

I also love using these Silver Petal gems for adding a little "extra" to my brush lettering!!

The 3 sizes of gems are PERFECT for adding the gradation of petals!!

Check out here where you can add bling to the blanket on this little Llama die cut from Taylored Expressions!!

The Golden Ovals gems are also great for adding "berries" onto the branches of this Berries Background Cutting Plate from Taylored Expressions

These SUPER iridescent gems are some of my ALL TIME FAVORITES

The Crystal Gems and the Amethyst Squares are both SO WONDERFUL!!!

The Crystal Gems are great for making things look like water in a bird bath or like winter berries on a tree!!!

The best part about the gems coming in 3 sizes is it makes it EASY for creating BORDERS along the edges of your stamped images...

Now, one of my FAVORITE forms of bling is the Star Shaped Glitter!! (or star confetti) from Creative Expressions

Check out this idea using The Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to place stars in the sky... the Handmade Marbled Paper makes the BEST starry sky!!

Have you played with the Glitterific Acrylic Paints yet?!?!

Here, I created a Rainbow Background with my Calypso Rainbow Ink Pad and added the Blue Glitterific Paint in the area where I wanted water. I used a Palette Knife to apply just a thin layer...

Here, I used the Rainbow Ink pad and my Large Picket Fence Blending Brush to apply an ombre-rainbow background.

THEN I went in with Diamond Stickles and added swirls in the sky!!

Stickles are GREAT for adding just a bit of bling onto the butterfly die-cuts as well because you have such great control of the glitter... even adding tiny swirls!!

I LOVE the Mica Flakes that we carry!! They are a natural-bling and they are GREAT for ocean-themed cards!! To adhere the Mica Flakes, I use the Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Nuvo also creates Butterfly Confetti!! Which is great for creating a "faux shaker card" where you use Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to adhere the butterflies in place!

You could even add just a touch of glitter onto a stamped image... using Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to lay down just a little bit here and there...

There are SO MANY possibilities for adding bling to your art or card making!!

Stop by to see us 7 days a week to get inspired!!

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Nesting Die-Cuts, Beyond the Frame

5/24/2019

For Demo last week, Bekah was the Demonstrator and she had some WONDERFUL ideas for using her Nesting die-cuts.

Just LOOK HOW STUNNING these cards are!!!

I love that she used these Nesting die-cuts in a NEW WAY!!!

Check out how she used the Nesting Diamonds from Tonic and these Nesting Hearts ... and the combination of the textured papers and colors makes for a GREAT CARD!!!!

Bekah used this Simple Strips Background stamp from Taylored Expressions and the matching banner die-cut....

Look how fun this is with the added *bling*!!!

Check out this next idea using the Stitched Star die-cuts from Memory Box!!

I love how Bekah used the banner die-cut from Taylored Expressions with DIFFERENT sentiments!! Her sayings go *PERFECTLY* with this card!!

Bekah also used this Wide Washi Tape from Altenew and I LOVE IT with the stars!!

This really is a WONDERFUL card... great for Birthdays or Graduation!!

I love this masculine card that she created using the Nesting Hexagons from Tonic and this Jalopy as the focal point .... There are SO MANY great ideas happening here!!

What I love the most about this card is all the fun TEXTURES of paper!!! And the added gears with the car makes for such a great card idea!!

Did you see here how she made the Jolopy SHINY?!?! She used PACKING TAPE on the car, THEN cut it out using her home die cut machine!! Such a clever idea for making a car looked glazed (with minimal effort!!)

Stop by the store to get inspired and to get NEW IDEAS on how to use some of your older die-cuts!!!

See you soon!!
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