Plane Awesome!

It's been a happy crafty weekend!  I was able to get together with my GI buddies JJ and Tessa again last night for some crafting and chatting.

While I was there, I made this card for the Taylored Expressions birthday Sketch Selfie Share challenge.

These papers (with the exception of the woodgrain) are ChicTags.  I've never used ChicTags papers before, but they are really thick, almost like cardstock, and some great patterns.  Unfortunately in my haze of crafting I forgot to write down which collection the papers are from, but I'm definitely thinking I need some ore ChicTags paper in my life!

The woodgrain is Studio Calico and I actually used the Paper Smooches polaroid die to cut it, but then trimmed a little off the bottom to make it more of a frame and less of a polaroid.

The little plane and sentiment are from TE's Plane Awesome set, so cute!  It was colored with Copics and then I softened the color a bit with a blending tool.



The clouds in the top of the frame were made using TE's cloud border die.

I will also report that I have finally tried using a stampamajig....now I might actually need one....

Thanks for coming by!  Hope you are having a great weekend!

Supplies Used:  Paper/Cardstock:  Studio Calico - Woodgrain Paper; ChicTags - Polkadot and Striped paper; PTI - Hawaiian Shores cardstock
Stamps:  Taylored Expressions - Plane Awesome
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
Other:  Taylored Expressions - Plane Awesome dies; Copics; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Scotch - Foam Tape

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #152

These days I find myself in the enviable position of having more stamps than time! I've had this stamp set for a while, and had planned to play along with the last sketch from TE, but ran out of time, so I was determined to get a card done this go round.

I love TE's Animals in Love series and received a couple of them about a month ago. I thought the whales were perfect for this sketch. All the papers are from CTMH's retired You & Me kit. I've slowly been whittling away at those papers with a bit of a heavy heart because once they're gone, they're gone, but I just couldn't not use them on this one.

The sentiment is from Clear and Simple Stamps Love Cupid set which I received from CSS just last week (many thanks to CSS!). I thought it was just perfect for the image.

It's a pretty simple card, I really didn't deviate from the sketch at all. The stamped image is completely pieced using the You & Me papers. The ovals were cut using CM's custom cutting system. I had planned to use chocolate cardstock for the oval mat, but it didn't look warm enough, so I ended up using Vineyard Berry which I toned down using a sponge dauber with chocolate ink around the edges.

The sentiment is stamped on a 1/2" wide piece of cardstock. The center portion is 1 3/4". I scored on both ends of that center portion, and then at another 1/2" to create the fold. To pop it out, I glued the strip together where that 1/2" overlaps beneath the center portion on each side. Then, when I adhered the entire sentiment strip to the card, I only put adhesive on the ends, and not the center portion. This allows you to move the ends in a smidge so that the center doesn't lie flat. You can play with it and get more, or less, arc in that center piece depending on your personal preference. I also used the sponge dauber with chocolate ink to add some definition to the edges of the sentiment strip. Here's a close up that hopefully shows what I just tried to explain.



Just a couple more days to the weekend!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock: Kraft, Colonial White, Vineyard Berry, You & Me Kit
Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Animals in Love - Whales, Clear and Simple Stamps - Love Cupid
Ink: Cocoa, Chocolate
Other: Kraft borders, Sponge Dauber, Creative Memories custom cutting system