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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What a bright cheery card
Nice cheerful card!
Beautiful card!! Such a cheerful card!
So colorful, Wanda!! I love the little blue bird of happiness you added – so perfect for the sentiment and cheeriness of the patterned paper you used.
Definitely made me smile! Nice spring colors. I also adore Taylored Expressions products plus I have my eye on that Echo Park papers. I hope your trip to CHA is awesome.
Adorable! Just makes me smile, Wanda! <3
Beautiful card, it really did put a smile on my face.
Such a cute fun card!!! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!!??
An adorable card and perfect for springtime!!
This is such a sweet card, Wanda. And, yes, it worked.
Pretty & Fun Card!
I just love this card, Wanda! Great design! We are all looking forward to your updates from CHA. ♡
Beautiful card. Love the colors.
Beautiful card, love these bright and cheery colors and the sentiment is perfect with the super cut birdie. I love how you’ve mixed and matched sets for your little scene.
This card is sure to brighten anyone’s day Wanda. Such bright and bold colors and a sweet little bird sending a lovely sentiment. Thanks for sharing.
Love your cute artful card! I live in Phoenix–would LOVE to go to CHA-how awesome would that be!
I would like to make the card
What an adorable card with cheery paper! Love the artbrushes, too!
lovely card. . . .
Such a cute little bird!
Love this card! Think I need to go buy this paper too!
Nice card!
Such a fresh, cheerful card! Love it!
Great card! Love the colors-so cheerful!
Sweet card! I’ve bought some Taylored Expressions products from Simon Says Stamp (more on my Wishlist) and they are great!
beautiful card.
I love how you used the 2 papers on the white card stock. I have some small paper that I can’t use to make a whole card but I could use to do this. I like this idea. I’m going to save this one so I can try doing this.
The stamps are so cute! Whoever gets this card is so going to love it.
Beautiful card!!
Super cute, loving all the great colors and that adorable little birdie!
Such a cute and happy card! I love Taylored Expressions images. They’re adorable!
I love this card layout; and, of course, the stamps you used.
Lovely card. Love the PP and the layout:)
Such a wonderful card!
Today’s card is just gorgeous. The little bird puts a smile on my face.
Great card Wanda! It is so bright and cheery! I love it!
Love this adorable card. Great papers.
This card design
is so sweet and
lovely colors.
Carla from Utah
SUPER SWEET!! =)
this would maake anyone smile its so fresh and cute
Love the setting and the colors! Beautiful!
This made me smile :)
Pretty card.
great card, love the colors, they all mix and match perfectly
Adorable card!!! So cute!!!
Definitely made me smile! The card is bright and cheerful and reminds me of spring. We’ve just had a bought of-32°C weather (-42°C with windchill) so spring seems quite a ways off yet. Cards like this keep me hopeful!!
This card is so bright and sweet!!!
Cristina
thehouseoftheblackbirds.blogspot.it
The pretty bird is so sweet!
Super cute card! You could change up the colors to match your background paper. Love it!
Such an adorable card Wanda. Cheers.
such a cute card—guaranteed to brighten someone’s day!