TESC158

Hello friends!!!  I have some fun news to share that is tinged with a bit of sadness.   Several weeks ago I received the honor of being the "Top Chef" winner of the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge (#157).  Being picked as the "Top Chef" meant that I got the opportunity to be a guest designer for the next TE Sketch Challenge.  How fun is that and not a bit sad, either!   The reason there is a bit of sadness is because this week's TE Sketch challenge (#158) is the final TE Sketch Challenge (insert sad face).  Taylor (owner of Taylored Expressions) has decided to end her long running sketch challenge.  But don't be too sad because there is still a ton of fun to be had over at the Taylored Expressions blog!!  Taylor is ending her sketch challenge with a bang!  You can find out all the details here, but here a few details I want to share:

One winner from each sketch will receive a $10 gift certificate to the TE Store.

One lucky person who participates in ALL FOUR SKETCHES will receive a $40 gift certificate to the TE store!!

Now, on to my card.  I used the TE set Spring Tulips and one of the four sketches.  All the papers and card stock used are from my March TE Key Ingredients Kit.  I love those TE Key Ingredients kits!   I went with a fairly clean and simple interpretation of the sketch.  The tulip image was stamped on cream cardstock using Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copic markers and then trimmed out.  The sentiment is from the TE set Creativ-Tea.

Thanks for stopping by and please make sure that you stop by the TE blog and play along with the final sketch challenge!   And please make sure to check out the blogs of the following TE designers:  Cassie Trask, Jami Sibley, Lisa Hjulberg, Lori Craig, Monika Davis, Rachel Sztonyk, Tracy Clemente, and Taylor VanBruggen

Thinking of You...

Hey there... here with a little card I made using Taylored Expressions Sketch challenge 157 and I made the card using all the items from my April Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients (I think one of the ribbons I used is from the March TE KI kit, though) kit!   The only think that wasn't in the kit is the felt I used as a mat.  The felt is from My Favorite Things.

Front of card

Inside of card

The patterned paper that I die cut using a Spellbinders plain circle die is what inspired me to use the TE set Birds of a Feather.  The patterned paper circle was matted with green felt die cut using a larger Spellbinders circle die.    I stamped the branch image using dark, dark brown ink and then trimmed it out.  The birdcage was stamped using yellow ink and trimmed out as well.   Both images were then popped up on the circles for more dimension.  I stamped a couple of little birds using a light aqua ink, trimmed them out and added them as you seen.  The sketch called for the sentiment to be on the front, but I decided to finish off the interior of the card with a strip of the same paper that was used for the die cut circle.  The left over paper just happened to have the little frame image already on it... the perfect spot to stamp my sentiment.  I have to tell you that I have been having a bit of a laugh over some of the comments left for me on cards that I have posted where I have finished the inside because many of you think I have made two separate cards!   If you take a look at the finished card, you can see the interior just peeking out on the one side.  I can see, though, how it might seem like two different cards since I have been taking a picture of the interior before I have adhered the finished card front to the card base.  (Ha!! I just discovered that I can add a caption to my pictures, so I have given both photos a caption!)

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Bazzill cream & rusty orange; PP:  Simple Stories Fabulous; Felt:  My Favorite Things Sour Apple; Dies:  Spellbinders Circle dies; Inks:  Stampin Up!; Ribbon:  TE Key Ingredients kits