There She Goes | MOABH

Hello!  Welcome to the 2nd annual Mother of All Blog Hops sponsored by There She Goes Clear Stamps!!  If you came to my blog from Jackie Rakoski's blog, then you are at the right place - if not, you should hop on over to the There She Goes blog for all of the information on how you can win one of our fabulous prizes!

I'm using one of my favorite stamp sets from TSG called Fairy Good Day and I stamped this sweet little fairy in Memento Rich Cocoa and then colored her with Copics.  I may have gotten a little bit crazy with the sewing, and if you are curious, I was not intoxicated while stitching, I just have a natural swerve.  I really do hope that straightens out the more I sew - such a rookie!  The papers are from Lime Twist - Life of the Party by My Mind's Eye and the layout is Sweet Stop's SSS106.

Be sure to keep hoppin' for all sorts of prizes!  Your next stop is the fabulous Tobi Crawford.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen


recipe -
stamps: fairy good day (there she goes)
paper: chocolate chip (su!), kraft, choice snow white (taylored expressions), lime twist life of the party (my mind's eye)
ink: memento rich cocoa
accessories: copic markers, flower trio punch (su!), 6-petal flower punch (ek success), 1/4" brads (su!), vintage brads (su!), oval/scallop nestabilities (spellbinders), chocolate grosgrain ribbon (su!), small scallop border die (taylored expressions), dimensional tape

More sweet pig-tails

Happy Friday - sweet, sweet Friday!   I have another fun card for you with this sweet little PI girl and I think only little girls can get away with lime green pants.  haha!  I stamped her in Memento Rich Cocoa on Choice Snow White cardstock and then again on a sheet of Lime Twist - Life of the Party by My Mind's Eye so I could paper piece that cute shirt.  I colored her with Copics and cut the image out with a circle Nestabilities die.  The rolled flower is wrapped around a 1/4" brad and I'm still not sure if I'm rolling those right, but I really think they are darling!  I added a few Chocolate Pearls on either side and a big chocolate ribbon underneath.  The kraft backgound is embossed with the Polka Dots embossing folder by QuicKutz.  The card size is 5" square and the layout is a challenge from MFTWSC18.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen


recipe -
stamps: being cute is what i do (my favorite things)
paper: close to cocoa (su!), aqua mist (pti), kraft, choice snow white (taylored expressions) cardstock, lime twist life of the party (my mind's eye)
ink: memento rich cocoa
accessories: copic markers, rolled flower die-namics (mft), 1/4" brad (su!), chocolate stitched grosgrain ribbon, circle/scallop nestabilities (spellbinders), chocolate pearls (kaisercraft), polka dots emobossing folder (quickutz)

Taylored Expressions Release Party

Have you been enjoying this week's sneak peeks for the new May release at Taylored Expressions?  Everything is now available in the TE store and to catch everything new, hop on over to see what Fresh Out of the Oven!

The Baker's Dozen is showcasing all of the May stamp sets and Taylored Dies and I've made another card using Welcome Little One - and since I've been making baby boy cards all week, I thought I'd switch it up and make a baby girl card using some fun new Lime Twist - Happy Go Lucky papers from My Mind's Eye.  I started with this week's SC331 sketch from Splitcoaststampers, which really just gave my huge procrastinator personality away since the sketch went live yesterday, haha!  I stamped the little carriage in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it in with Copic Markers.  I also stamped the bracket frame in Rich Razzleberry and then used the Bracket Frame Die to cut it out and layered it on a Labels 9 Nestabilities.

There is much, much more to see today, so hop on over to see the rest of the Baker's Dozen!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Motz
• Melissa Sauls
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess
• illustrator, Nancy McKinney
• guest designer, Amber Hight

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen


recipe -
stamps: welcome little one (taylored expressions)
paper: jetstream (bazzill), rich razzleberry (su!), choice snow white (taylored expressions) cardstock, lime twist happy go lucky (my mind's eye)
ink: memento tuxedo black, rich razzleberry (su!)
accessories: copic markers, labels 9 & circle nestabilities (spellbinders), aqua satin ribbon, island lagoon rhinestones (kaisercraft), bracket frame die (taylored expressions)

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek | Day 3

Welcome back!  This is day 3 of Taylored Expression May release sneaks and everything will be available tomorrow morning at 8 AM Pacific.  Today the Baker's Dozen is featuring 4 new sets along with a fun new Taylored Die!

• It's In the Bag - full sized stamp set
• Moka Olivia - petite set
• Moka Jenn - petite set
• Summer Wreath - petite set
• Shopping Bag & Labels Die Set

First up for me this morning is our new Moka Jenn - a new petite set created and illustrated by Nancy McKinney, which I just have to say is one of my most favorite images yet!  I just had to ink her up the minute I unwrapped her!  She comes with various sentiments, which are just cute as can be and I'm so excited to see where these Moka girls will take us!

I started with Taylor's TESC137 and stamped Jenn in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Choice Snow White cardstock and again on Stella & Rose Mabel paper so I could paper piece her cute little shirt.  I am totally loving that baby bump!  She's just the cutest!  I'm still learning how to color in hair, so I was so happy that this set came on it's own 3" x 5.5" image panel - in full color - so that I could sort of see how to shade in all that glorious hair!  I ended up coloring her hair red to match the papers and then my youngest asked me if that was Auntie Sarah - who has the most beautiful red hair ever.  My first little red-headed image.  For the scalloped border I used the Small, Medium, and Large Scallop Border dies and then added a few Savannah Buttons in the corner.

I stamped simply on the inside of the card.

Up next is It's In the Bag - another fantastic set illustrated by Nancy for the Whimsical Wishes line and it's packed full of possibilities for every gift-giving occasion and party.

I started off with Julee's MOJO189 sketch and papers from Jillybean Soup - Blossom Soup and that's kind of how I ended up with my pink and green color scheme.  It's In the Bag has a coordinating Shopping Bag & Label die that is SO sweet and fun and I cut the shopping bag out on the patterned paper and added the little label from the die set in olive cardstock and then popped up the Bamboo Leaves umbrella on a 3/4" circle. 

I ended up stuffing in some pink tissue paper - yep, I just stuffed it in there, just like I do with big size gift bags, hehe, and I adore how it just comes to life off the card!

Stop on by to see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen have whipped up for you today! 

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Motz
• Melissa Sauls
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess
• illustrator, Nancy McKinney

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

recipe -
moka jenn card
stamps: moka jenn petite (taylored expressions)
ink: memento tuxedo black
paper: so saffron (su!) chocolate chip (su!), choice snow white (taylored expressions) cardstock, stella & rose mabel (my mind's eye)
accessories: savannah buttons, chocolate twill ribbon, oval/scallop nestabilities (spellbinders), small & medium & large scallop border dies (taylored expressions),


showered with love card
stamps: it's in the bag (taylored expressions)
paper: pretty in pink (su!), old olive (su!), choice snow white (taylored expressions) cardstock, blossom soup (jillybean soup)
ink: memento tuxedo black, memento bamboo leaves
accessories: black nail head stickers, white embroidery floss, medium scallop border die (taylored expressions), shopping bag & labels die (taylored expressions), oval/scallop & circle/scallop nestabilities (spellbinders), pink tissue paper

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek | Day 2

Good morning!  I'm back with more peeks of the May release from Taylored Expressions!  Today the Baker's Dozen is feauring 2 new full sized sets - Baby Cakes {featuring our favorite Cuppie} and Bringing Home Baby.

I'm featuing Bringing Home Baby, which is illustrated by the uber talented Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes line of stamps.  The set has 23 images and sentiments and is designed to mix and match to build the perfect nursery scenes for your cards, announcements, and scrapbook pages.

I started with the MOJO188 for the layout and stamped the crib in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored the matress with Copics. I loved the idea of hanging something above the crib, so I stamped "It's a Boy!" in Memento Tuxedo Black and then cut it out with an oval punch and hung it like a frame with Baker's Twine.  The stars were cut out using my Sihouette machine and I added some fun stitching around the background paper, which I embossed with the Stars Impression Plate.  This was one of the first cards I sewed on, so I didn't even come close to sewing in a straight line.  So how do you fix that?  Just go around again and be extra crazy and hide your mistake - or maybe I'm just a little Type A when it comes to my cards... lol!!  The scalloped border is made from the Scalloped Eyelet Border die.

All of the papers (minus the kraft carstock) are from the Alphabet Soup Project Pantry Kit for boys.  Included in this kit are:

     12 - 8.5"x11" sheets of cardstock (2 sheets each of 6 colors)
     27 - 4" x 6" sheets of double-sided patterned paper (3 sheets each of 9 patterns)
     Want2Scrap Teal Baby Bling
     3 yds. of ribbon (1 yard each of 3 different styles)
     15 Mini Safety Pins (5 each of 3 colors)
     Die cut embellishments to match patterned papers

TE is also offering a kit for girls as well and each kit will retail for just $9.95!! A super value!

There is much more in store for you today, so swing by the rest of the Baker's Dozen blogs to get your fill of eye candy -

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Motz
• Melissa Sauls
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess
• illustrator, Nancy McKinney

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Karen

recipe -
stamps: bringing home baby (taylored expressions)
paper: kraft, choice snow white, alphabet soup - boy project pantry kit (taylored expressions)
ink:  memento rich cocoa, memento tuxedo black
accessories: circle/scallop nestabilties, scalloped eyelet border die (taylored expressions), stars impression plate (taylored expressions), baker's twine, silhouette, sewing machine/thread, white brads, oval punch (ek success)