Weekender with Wanda – Sending you a smile with Taylored Expressions!
Hello my crafty pals! Happy weekend! What are you up to? I’m getting super excited about leaving for Phoenix this week for the CHA Convention! So I’m working hard to get organized and make all the projects I want to post next week. Thinking about seeing my friends and colleagues. It’s all good! We are fully into the new year now and it feels refreshing and new – time for new goals and a new start at things. Welcome back to the latest edition of Weekender with Wanda. Happy to have you here!
Today I’m sharing a project featuring stamps from one of our favorite companies – Taylored Expressions! Simon Says Stamp carries over 900 products from Taylored Expressions in our store! Wowza! So many wonderful things to spark your creativity. One thing I love to do is make cards for my crafty friends. So today I made a clean and simple, and cheery card with some paintbrushes and a sweet sentiment. I used my Copic Markers to color the images and pretty paper from Echo Park.
The sentiment on this card is from a stamp set that I LOVE – called C’mon Get Happy! I used my MISTI tool to line up the words next to the jar of paint brushes and I also used the MISTI to place the little bird right where I wanted him on top of the words.
The little bird is from the Sunshiny Day stamp set and the paintbrushes are from another beautiful Taylored Expressions stamp set called A Life She Loved. The artwork on the images all works so nicely together.
I started this card with a crisp white A2 card base. I layered papers from Echo Park to make a bright background for the focal images. I added a strip of Kraft cardstock and pretty twine underneath the Stitched Circle die. If you wrap twine around your card, use foam tape for your top layer – that gives just the right amount of room for the twine to fit underneath.
Sometimes in my posts I like to share a technique and sometimes, like today, I want to share a card layout. This layout for today is a great way to use your patterned papers when you have one main image. It can work for any occasion and in any color palette. This little note today is to send YOU a smile – hope it worked!
Happy Creating in the new year! Thanks for coming by today!
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Colorful & cheerful. Like the arrangement, colors, image and twine used.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Found the design delightful.
Cute as cute can be !
Love the colors. Very pretty card!
Very pretty card.
Such a sweet card! I love gaining inspiration from you! Thanks so much!
What a cute card – bright and cheery! The little bird does make me smile!
This card makes me happy! I always need ideas for using papers in my card design. Some of my favorite stamps are from Taylored Expressions. Thanks for a great project.
Such a bright and cheerful card, Wanda! Love the Taylored Expressions images!
This is such a fun card.. loved it. Thank you for the inspiration
Well that card sure made me smile. I love that cute little bird and the vivid colors of the card.
This is just delightful and cheery! Yep, made me smile. :-) Have a beautiful day.
That patterned PAPER is delicious! Got to get some.
Such an adorable card..super loved it..
This is a beautiful card. loved the image , the coloring and everything about this card
Love that little birdie and the jar full of paint brushes:)
This is such a fun card and equally lovely.. loved the birdie image
Such a sweet and simple card! I love those patterned papers!
I love Taylored Expressions, especially itty bits dies, very cute card.
Aww loved this cards.. the combo of the lovely jar and birdie image is so cute.. And the pattern paper – loved it!
This is really sweet. Love the little chubby birdie.
Cheerful colors. This made me smile!
Thank you for sharing
A colorful spring card.
After the ice storm of the last couple
days – it’s wonderful to see something
fun and happy.
thanks for sharing.
Super sweet!!
It’s a great layout and the stamps are fun! Such a cheery card–it helps combat this dreary weather we’re having in Texas :) Hope y’all have a great convention!
Such an adorable and cheerful card. Makes me feel more spring like straight away!
Cute card. I love the jar with the paint brushes.
Very cute and I love that sentiment stamp set from Taylored Expressions! Thanks for sharing.
Cute card. Love the birdie!
This is so CUTE and cheerful!
This is a very cheerful card, would be great for a get well card. It makes you smile when you look at with all the bright colors
Love the jar with the paint brushes and the little birdie. How cute!!!
Such a cute card:-)
Adorable card & great colors. Thanks for the layout tips – I’m going to try this with some patterned papers I have!
I love the adorable image, pretty twine and colorful dp!
Such a sweet card
I love the bright colors of this card! And the birdie is too cute!
Such a cute card!
A so cheerfull card! Great all the flowers…will take a time before they will show up in the garden again here…!
This card is so sweet! I like to use patterned paper on my cards sometimes– it’s especially nice to help choose a color scheme for the stamped image when I’m stumped! :)
Very sweet card – I love the mason jar of brushes – what a fantastic design!
Beautiful card–love your coloring, design, choice of patterned paper and focal image. Can’t wait to see what you’ll be sharing from Phoenix!
What a darling card Wanda! Love that patterned paper and your colour choices. So cheery!
What a fun and cheery card Wanda! Thanks for the inspiration.
Your card is super cute Wanda, I love the jar of brushes.
I hope you have a wonderful and safe trip to CHA and I look forward to your pics as I KNOW you will take some! LOL
Have fun!
Your card is so bright and cheery it would makes anyone’s day brighter. Thanks.
such a cute card! the birds are so active with all this cold weather it is nice to “bring one out of the cold and onto a sweet card”.
Great card! :)
Adorable card!. Love the font on the sentiment.
Love your sweet card!
Sweet card!