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Taylored Expressions Blast From the Past Hop!

Holy snickerdoodles, I've made a card!!  My room is clean and I still haven't found the time to come in, hide out and create something :(  Well, today is the Taylored Expressions Blast From the Past hop, and what a perfect occassion to dust off my ink pads!  Today's theme is Collectors Anonymous, and what better set to use than the actual Collectors Anonymous set!!  I have always LOVED buttons, though my 'OCD' gets in the way, so my jars don't look as colorful as this one (of course my jars are "color organized", what of it, lol!).  Well another short post, because I have to get some more work done (remember back in the day when people ONLY worked from 8 to 5?!).  Be sure to visit the rest of the hoppers, some of my favorite stampers are in this hop and I am sure you will find TONS of inspiration :)  Oh yes, I forgot to mention, I used Sankari's amazing sketch (LOVE her sketches!!!) for today's card, you can see her sketch and more Hop details on Taylors Blog.

 

PMS August Blog Hop, Oldies but Goodies

Happy hop day! This month the PMS team is using their favorite stamps from the past, well I have two :)  On the outside of my card I used the Tangii Fairy (naturally she is one of my faves!), and on the inside I used one of my favorite quotes of all time, thank you Katie for putting this in rubber!!!  Be sure to visit the rest of the PMS DT and check out their favorites...

Makeup Artists

Andrea Vernagus

Anita Hovey

Dawn Mercedes

Ginger Schwerin

Jackie Rakoski

Jami Bova

Janette Garcia

Jenn Cochran

Katie Cotton

Lisa Kind

Lisa McKinney

Michelle Van Patten

Randee Elsing

Shana Dahl

Stephanie Zito

Tangii Crain

Tina Hale

If you didn't start at the PMS Blog, you'll want to head over there to get the details on the Hop Day Challenge!

Stamps: Tangii Fairy & Sing Love Dance (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Stella and Rose (MME), Night of Navy cs (SU!), Vintage Vanilla cs (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: Dark Blue brads (Basic Gray), Night of Navy ribbon (SU!), button (PTI), 1/16" cream ribbon, Stardust pen (Spica)  Copics: B000, B93, B95, B97, C0, C1, C3, C5, E000, E00, E21, E25, E31, E59, E71, E99, R20, Y21, YR20, YR21, YR23  Challenges: DTGD11Kharmagirl

MTME Pretty Patterns Sketch #21

This weeks sketch from My Time Made Easy is a simple one, but we added a little catch to it.  My Time Made Easy has tons of fabulous images that work perfectly as background images and some wonderful quotes, so this week we want you to pair them up... make your own background paper and use a quote as your focal image... easy as pie!  The mugs on my background are from the Grab a Cup set and my quote is from the Grab a Cup Sentiment set.

A year in Review group post

Happy Friday!  It's time for My Time's Year In Review Group Post... today the DT is showing of some their faves!  I am using the brand new Back to School stamp set and the new Academic Hodge Podge paper pack, I also used the Creative Card Candy Mini box.  This little box is amazing for packaging soooo many different types of goodies.  I didn't use a ribbon to tie my box closed because it's actually going in to a bigger package, so to take a picture I had to prop it up at a funny angle but you can click here to see it in the store or click here to see the Gallery for this template!

Thanks for popping by, make sure to visit the rest of the My Time Made Easy DT, they'll have some amazing inspiration for ya!

Lauren Maeder

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Kathryn Berthiaume

Katie Cotton

Lisa Kind

Monique Hansen

 

It's in the "Bling" Bag!

Today Lauren, Katie Lou and I are showing off some more ideas using the It's In the Bag template (available NOW!).  The template is for an adorable backpack, but I left off a few pieces and made mine an evening "Clutch" type purse!

Using my ruler, I marked off a grid and adhered rhinestones.  The paper is Bazzill Bling cardstock and in better light is perfect with the rhinestones!  (I know, I know, I REALLY need to get my photoshop installed on this computer!).

The sentiment for my card is from the Sensational Sentiments set, added lots of rhinestones and another bow/pearl combo... perfect little git set.  This is another one of those projects that I feel a little guilty at how quick and easy it was, but I love the simple elegance of the bling and dark blue.   Just goes to show how VERY versatile these templates are when you can take a backpack and quickly turn it in to a pretty clutch purse!