TESC102 - Happy Birthday!!!

Hola Chicas! Happy Friday! It's time for another fabulous Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge! Just want to give ya all a little reminder that you still have time to join the TE Dragonfly Card Drive. All cards need to be submitted to Taylor by March 25th. You can find all the details here. Thank you to all of you who have submitted cards already. They are truly appreciated! I am happy, happy, happy to bring you my TESC102 card! I had to show Cuppie some love. Cuppie looks ready to par-tay for a special someone's birthday! I think Cuppie looks so adorable with a party hat. I love this Happy Day paper line from SEI. So fun to pair along with any of the Cuppie images from Sweet Celebration. Hope you like it!


We would love for you to play along with us! Be sure to stop by and visit the rest of the Sketch Crew to see their fabulous creations:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Lynn Mercurio
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
Lori Craig
and Taylor!!!!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting!

Elzybells Release Day!

Hi Friends! It's Elzybells Release Day! Woo Hoo! These beautiful floral stamps are now available!!! Today I bring you cards featuring Tags - Floral Rectangles. It's amazing how many different looks you can achieve with the Floral Fervour & Tags - Floral Rectangles set. On the first card I used a floral from the Floral Fervour set and stamped it in Versamark ink onto the yellow cardstock. I added the sentiment from Tags - Floral Rectangles in Chocolate Brownie pigment ink over the watermark floral images. On the second card, I stamped the floral tag & sentiment in Chocolate Brownie. I stamped a floral image from Floral Fervour in Versamark ink to create the background on the kraft cardstock base. I also added the same floral image in coral over the sentiment. So easy to create your own pretty backgrounds with these floral images.

I hope you have enjoyed the Sneak Peeks this week. The rest of the Design Team has some more to show you as well, so be sure to stop by and visit them:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a great day!

Elzybells Sneak Peeks - Day 3

Happy Wednesday! It's Day 3 of Elzybells Sneak Peeks and I am so excited to bring you some more cards created using the beautiful Floral Fervour and Fervour Sentiments. My first card was inspired by my home state of California. I am a true California girl and love our state flower, the California Poppy. It's common to see these beauties in large fields all over California. The sea of orange and yellow is truly a vision. My second card was inspired by my love of purple. It's my favorite color and I just don't use it enough in card making. The purple flowers came out so delicate and I love that look. I hope you have enjoyed all the different sneak peeks of these two incredible sets. Tomorrow is Release Day and I will be back to show off another new set, Tags - Floral Rectangles.

Please be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team and get a Sneak Peek of Fanciful Florals:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a fabulous day!


Rachel's Recipe:
First Card -
Stamps: Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments (Elzybells)
Ink: Chocolate Brownie (Elzybells) and Orange Zest & Summer Sunrise (PTI)
Paper: Chocolate Brownie (Elzybells), Vintage Cream & Kraft CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Scallop Rectangle Nesties, Ribbon (Bo Bunny), Chocolate Spica Pen and 3D Foam Tape

Second Card -
Stamps: Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments (Elzybells)
Ink: Chocolate Brownie (Elzybells) and Ripe Avocado, Plum Pudding & Lavender Moon (PTI)
Paper: Kraft, Plum Pudding & Lavender Moon (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Nesties, Butterfly Punch (MS), Ribbon (PTI), Stardust Stickles, Border Punch (SU!) and 3D Foam Tape

Elzybells Sneak Peeks - Day 2

Hello Friends! Welcome to Day 2 of the Elzybells Sneak Peeks. As I continue to show you sneak peeks of the Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments, please be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team for sneak peeks of Tags - Floral Circles. Well I didn't want to miss out on the fun of making tags with them, so I created one using the Floral Fervour set to go along with my card. If friends were flowers is one of my all time favorite sentiments. I wanted the white flowers to really pop, so I chose to stamp the flowers in Sugar Candy pigment ink on kraft cardstock. I also created some background paper by stamping a few different floral images on the yellow cardstock in Versamark ink. I added buttons to bring out the center of the flowers and added some pretty ribbons. I hope you are loving the new Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments. They are filled with so many images and I will be back tomorrow to show you even more.

Please be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team for the Tags - Floral Circles Sneak Peaks:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a great day!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments (Elzybells)
Ink: Chocolate Brownie & Sugar Candy Pigment Inks (Elzybells)
Paper: White, Kraft & Lemon Tart CS (PTI) and Versamark
Accessories: Circle & Scallop Circle Nesties, Buttons & Ribbon (PTI), Square & Scallop Square Punches (SU!), Brads, Tag Punch (CM) and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation)

Elzybells Sneak Peeks - Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments

Hi Pals! It's getting close to another Elzybells Release! Yippee! So today I bring you a sneak peak of Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments. Floral Fervour is filled with several beautiful floral images. I loved playing with these sets since they compliment each other so perfectly. It was difficult to choose which floral image to use. They are all so pretty. I chose these two images because I wanted to use a pretty sunny yellow since it has been beautiful outside lately. I also love using Colour Co-ordinates products. For these projects I reached for my favorite color Chocolate Brownie for the textured cardstock and buttons. It's nice to have a pretty floral set to go to time and time again. I know this one will be that set for me.

Please be sure to stop by and visit the rest of the Design Team to see what floral beauties they have created:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Splendid Day!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments (Elzybells)
Ink: Chocolate Brownie (Elzybells) & Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest and Ripe Avocado (PTI)
Paper: Chocolate Brownie Textured CS (Elzybells), Rustic White CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny Double Dot)
Accessories: Chocolate Brownie Buttons (Elzybells), Nesties, Paper Piercer (SU!), Stickles, Ribbon (PTI & Amuse), Scallop Edge Punch (Fiskars) and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation)

Stampendous Catalog - Part 2

Hola! It's been a wonderful Sunday and I am back to share with you the Everyday/Changito cards I created for the Stampendous Catalog. I hope you enjoyed yesterday's baby cards. Today's cards are filled with terrific sentiments. I was busy getting these cards together during the fall and I couldn't wait for the catalog to come out, so I could share them with you. Here they are so please enjoy!


CRV149 Cling Always Laughter / N217 Changito Amigos

SSC160 Changito Dos / CRC197 Cling It's a Jungle
CRV151 Cling Life Paths / SSC1002 Dotty Daisies

CRV152 Cling Smile Curve

E230 Changito Loco / CRH248 Cling Everyone Smiles

Thanks for stopping by for a visit! I am off to catch up on the Olympics. Have a great day!

Stampendous Catalog - Part 1

Hello! Today I am so happy to share with you some of the cards I created for the Stampendous Catalog. I am thrilled to be part of their Design Team and so excited to see some of these cards in print. This is a collection of baby cards I created for the catalog. Tomorrow I will be sharing more everyday/Changito cards and then finally a collection of birthday cards. I hope you enjoy them.

SSC072 Baby Invite / SSC130 It's a Girl

SSC130 It's a Girl

SSC070 Peek-a-boo Baby / SSC072 Baby Invite

SSC070 Peek-a-boo Baby / SSC130 It's a Girl

SC130 It's a Girl

Thanks for visiting me! Have a wonderful day!

TESC101 - Dragonfly Card Drive

Happy Friday Friends! Today's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge is a very special one.

Taylor is kicking off a card drive today to benefit the Neo-natal Unit at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls SD. Taylor has both a friend and a sister-in-law who work as labor and delivery nurses at SMC where they use the dragonfly as a symbol of hope for families who have lost a child during delivery or in the early stages of life and they have requested hand-made cards featuring dragonfly images. This was one of the driving forces behind the design of Discover Your Wings.

And now we need your help. Would you please consider making and donating some cards that feature a dragonfly? You may use stamps from any company - they do not need to be from TE. As a thank you for participating Taylor will enter your name into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to the TE Store. You can get the full details here at Taylor's Blog. So in honor of TESC101 - Dragonfly Card Drive, I created this bright card in hopes to bring a little comfort to a family. This is truly a wonderful cause to participate in and I am glad to be a part of this amazing card drive. To be able to do something we love and share it with others is a true gift.

We hope you will all be able to participate. Please be sure to visit the rest of the TESC Sketch Crew for their beautiful Dragonfly creations:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Lynn Mercurio
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
Lori Craig
and Taylor!!!!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Garden Box Set (Stampendous)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers
Paper: White, Pure Poppy & Aqua Mist CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny Double Dot & We R Memory Makers - Heart Attack)
Accessories: Square & Scallop Square Nesties, Ribbon (Amuse), MS Border Punch, Red Brads, Buttons (PTI), Paper Piercer & White Gel Pen (SU!) and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation)

Elzybells Challenge 37 - Thinking of Moo!

Hi Friends! It's Thursday and time for another Elzybells Challenge! Our last challenge was so much fun because I got to eat the rest of the left over candy. LOL! This week's challenge is still sweet besides the lack of candy. The challenge is to make a card with more than one fold. I just realized I have never posted a multi fold card. So it was so fun doing something new! I had a great time making this gate fold card. I got to ink up the adorable Elzybells S-moo-ches clear set. These cow images are so cute and the sentiments match perfectly. I used Chocolate Brownie textured cardstock for the base and layered it with October Afternoon Farm Fresh patterned paper. I added some Antique Linen distress ink to give it a more vintage feel and added a big red bow to help keep the card closed. I love Colour Co-ordinates buttons, so I had to add this cute flower button in Chocolate Brownie to finish the card.
We would love for you to play along with us! Be sure to stop by and visit the rest of the Design team to see their wonderful multi fold card creations:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a fabulous day!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day Sweet Friends! Today's card is for My Valentine - My Sweet Hubby! As my brother would say ... "I am living the dream!" Well with Mike as my hubby, I am! He is so wonderful, loving and kind. He treats me like a princess and is incredibly supportive of me. He may find himself stepping on buttons, his computer desk filled with stamps, paper, dies & Copics or even being woken up from a dead sleep to look at a card. Through all of that he still loves me and supports my love of paper crafting! So it's no wonder that today's card is just for him. He has my heart, a Reese's peanut butter heart and a whole lot of paper crafting stuff in his office. *wink*

Have a wonderfully sweet day and thanks for visiting me!!!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: SSC1037-R Changito Valentines Perfectly Clear Stamps (Stampendous)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black & Copic Markers
Paper: Aqua Mist & White (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny Double Dot & We R Memory Keepers - Heart Attack)
Accessories: Circle & Scallop Circle Nesties, Ribbon (PTI), Paper Piercer & White Gel Pen (SU!) and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation)