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!

SUPPLIES:

It’s all about the love for hot beverages in our February Card kit: Coffee,Tea and Cocoa!! This kit is full of fun and colorful items for your cardmaking. It includes the Simon Says Stamp clear stamp set “Coffee and Tea”, a super cute Simon Says Stamp “Coffee Love” craft die, adorable Doodlebug Shape Sprinkles “Latte Love”, 12 sheets of Doodlebug “Cream and Sugar” papers, and Crate Paper “Cute Girl” pack of sequins, clips and epoxy stickers. The cardstocks this month are one sheet each of Neenah Desert Storm, Simon Says Stamp 120# White, Doll Pink and Surf Blue.

I have a few inspiration cards to share with you starting with Heather Hoffman. She used layered cardstocks and pattern paper with an oval in the center for her Shaped Sprinkles and message.

I used the “Coffee Love” die as the focal point for my card and paired it with a coffee pot sticker placed on strips of papers. I stamped and embossed the greeting just over my arrangement and finished it up with a few epoxy pieces.

Wanda created her card using the to-go cup images from the Coffee and Tea stamp set. She layered her image with Desert Storm cardstock to look like cup cozies, and set everything on a die cut circle.

I’ve created a walkthrough video for you along with additional card inspiration. You can view it below or on our YouTube channel HERE.

The Coffee and Tea stamp set and Coffee Love die are also available for individual purchase in our store!

Remember, you can SUBSCRIBE to our no obligation kits and receive them monthly for $ 24.95, or purchase them each month for $ 29.95 (while supplies last).

If you are a subscriber who used Paypal to purchase your subscription, please be sure to pay the invoice that we send you within 3 business days. We have a limited number of this card kit in stock and don’t want you to miss out. For easier and quicker monthly processing, please contact us via email or telephone and we will put your credit card on file as a courtesy for you. Card kits bill and ship between the 17th and 27th days of every month.

Be sure to check out our card kit galleries for additional inspiration using our kits. Thanks for reading today!

Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by today! Are you in the mood for love? We think after this Hey Love Blog Hop, you might just be!!  Be sure to hop all along the way.  These designers LOVE  to hear feedback from you.  Comment on the participating blogs (including this one) because every single stop on our hop is giving away a $25 shopping spree!

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Kristina Werner
Shari Carroll
Laura Bassen
Debby Hughes
Nichol Spohr
Yoonsun Hur
Yana Smakula
Heather Hoffman
Lisa Adessa
Amy Rysavy
Heather Ruwe
Wanda Guess
Nina-Marie Trapani

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