Quickly Sharing....

Hello... Just a couple of quick little cards I've made but haven't had a chance to post. I made them all using the Paper Girl Kit from Taylored Expressions. Oh my, have you seen this card kit? The papers are amazing and individually are sold out everywhere I've looked on the Internet. They're from The Girl's Paperie and apparently are very popular all of a sudden! These cards also use the Creativi-Tea set from Taylored Expressions as well, which coordinate so lovely.
This was my first time purchasing from TE. I saw a blog post using this stamp set and card kit as well as a video showing all of the things you get in the kit and I was sold!! HA! My stamps arrived so fast! I will definitely be buying from TE again!
This first card is for Auntie Mary who is a huge tea fan and a bit under the weather right now. Isn't that "Oh My Darjeeling" sentiment the best?


The next few cards are thank yous for very thoughtful ladies. I'm loving this set!



Thanks so much for stopping by today for this quick post! Have a great day!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Creativi-Tea(Taylored Expressions), Great Friend(SU!)
Paper: Paper Girl Card Kit (TE), kraft(SU!)-anyone sick of all my kraft yet?
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black
Accessories: ribbons and pearls from the Paper Girl kit, scallop border punch(SU!)

A Get Well for Auntie Mary

Hello Everyone! Today's post is a get well card for Keith's Auntie Mary who recently underwent a surgery. We hope that this card finds her in good spirits and doing her recovery exercises!

I used my new sets and inks from Papertrey Ink; Turning a New Leaf and Background Basics Text Styles. Not only did these stamps arrive beautifully packaged they are probably the best quality clear stamps and inks I have ever worked with. They stamped like a dream! Here you can see Text Styles stamped in Ocean Tides ink. I over-laid different leaf images in Aqua Mist ink which coordinated beautifully. Something about this ink was amazing. I loved it immediately.

I used my border punch in Baja Breeze from Stampin Up along with matching ribbon and a vintage Ocean Tides button with some linen thread. The sentiment is heat embossed in white so it can be clearly read on my kraft base, which I keep reaching for over and over again! I also paper pierced around the border for an added detail. I used my new piercing tool from Stampin Up and I can tell you this must be the best tool money can buy. I was having a horrible time with an old one. I don't think it was sharp enough. This one is sharp and gives a crisp pierce, yay.
Thanks for stopping by to view today's project!

Ingredients
Stamps: Papertrey Ink's Turning a New Leaf, Background Basics: Text Syle, Garden Greetings(Stampin Up)
Paper: PTI white, kraft, baja breeze(stamping Up)
Ink: Aqua Mist and Ocean Tides(PTI)
Accessories: border punch from EK Success, ribbon, piercing tool(SU), button(PTI), white embossing powder, heat tool,

Happy B-day & Feel Better Soon Wishes

Here's a card that I put together yesterday for a girlfriend of mine who's a bit under the weather. I hope by the time it reaches her she's feeling herself again! I used the Bunny Slippers set from My Favorite Things which is my favorite get well soon set and it's the BEST to paper piece. Here I paper pieced using Cottage Wall dsp from Stampin' Up! and Old Olive cardstock. I also made a faux hard-wood floor underneath my gal here which was sooooo easy and I think adds a lot to the design.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Bunny Slippers (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Cottage Wall dsp (SU!)
Ink: Memento, Copic
Accessories: Old Olive ribbon, modern label and word window punches
Technique: Paper Piecing

Here's another card I had to make in a pinch. I was craving an Anna Wight chicken so I recreated this card that I made a long time ago using scraps from the last project. This happy birthday ribbon is from AC Moore's $1 ribbon bin and it's EXACTLY the color of SU!'s Old Olive grosgrain. I have to get more of it. It could be used in so many ways!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Crazy for Chickens (Whipper Snapper Designs)
Paper: Kraft(Bazzil), Pumpkin Pie (SU!), designer paper is called "Celebrate Gifts" (maker unknown)
Ink: Memento, Copic
Accessories: paper flower (Target), kiwi button (SU!) happy birthday ribbon (AC Moore $1 bin, must get more)

Wishing everyone a happy day! I'm off to get ready for the exterminator to arrive. We have what appears to be a yellow jacket planet underneath our back porch and we're currently being held hostage and cannot use our grille or that part of the back yard because they have taken over! $275 later we can reclaim our outdoor space! Right, because I have an extra $275 just laying around!