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Today's card project will be featuring Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes and dies. I will show you how to create two cards quickly and easily. These brushes are so easy to use, they lay color down effortlessly. There are 10 brushes in the set, each with a different colored handle for each color family.
***January 23 (9AM CST) - January 24 (9AM CST), Taylored Expressions is having a Flash Sale, offering 30% off their Blender Brushes (normally $49.00, now $34.30!) and Brush Caddie (normally $17.00, now $11.90!), this is an AWESOME sale!!!
Let's get started!!
To start, I take a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white Neenah cardstock panel to do my ink blending. Today I will be using Distress Ink for all of my blending. To start, I choose 8 colors that will be needed for the die I will be using. I start my blending with Candied Apple, then move on to Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet and ending with Dusty Concord. When applying each color, I overlap my blending to the previous color to create a seamless blend. * A tip when it comes to getting a good blend, build your color up. Go back over each color of ink, and remember to blend into each other. Achieving a good blend is to build up the ink coverage.
Next, I use Taylored Expressions Diagonal Stripes Cutting Plate to cut my inked panel using my Big Shot die cut machine. I remove each diagonal from the frame. These are the pieces I will make two cards from.
I add small dots of Gina K. Designs Connect liquid glue on the backside of my frame, and let dry for a few minutes so that the glue becomes tacky to hold my frame in place as I add the diagonals onto a Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed card base. Using Connect liquid glue, I start gluing my diagonals back into the frame. Once I have all of the pieces glued down, I gently pull up on the frame and remove, leaving all of the diagonals perfectly aligned. The frame will be used on our second card.
Next I cut a sentiment for the front of the card using Taylored Expressions Thanks Script die. I cut it out 3 times using Poppy Seed cardstock and run it through my Big Shot. Next I stack and glue together using my Connect glue. I then glue down at an angle onto the front of my card and finish off by adding black jewels from Lucy's Cards Ebony Mix.
For my second card, I glue down my inked frame onto a Poppy Seed card base and set aside. Using the same Diagonal Stripes Cutting Plate, I again cut with my Big Shot, this time using a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of Poppy Seed cardstock, I will be using only the diagonals from this cut. I then glue the diagonals back in to the inked frame.
For the greeting on this card, I use the same Thanks Script die and cut once out of Poppy Seed cardstock. I next take a white cardstock panel and ink blend again in rainbow order. I cut from this inked panel using the Taylored Expressions Thanks Script Backer die, again running it through my Big Shot. I then adhere my greeting onto the inked backer using Connect glue.
I glue down my greeting across the front of my card and finish off by adding some colored jewels from Lucy's Cards Rainbow Sparkle.
This completes today's card project. I hope you enjoyed seeing some of Taylored Expressions products used today. I love using her cover plates and how I can easily make two cards at once. I'm a big fan of Taylored Expressions, not only are her products great, but Taylor herself is so sweet and has a huge heart, she is just a wonderful person! I had the honor of meeting her and taking her class at JunkieFest last year. What a wonderful company to support!
Today's card project will be featuring Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes and dies. I will show you how to create two cards quickly and easily. These brushes are so easy to use, they lay color down effortlessly. There are 10 brushes in the set, each with a different colored handle for each color family.
***January 23 (9AM CST) - January 24 (9AM CST), Taylored Expressions is having a Flash Sale, offering 30% off their Blender Brushes (normally $49.00, now $34.30!) and Brush Caddie (normally $17.00, now $11.90!), this is an AWESOME sale!!!
Let's get started!!
To start, I take a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white Neenah cardstock panel to do my ink blending. Today I will be using Distress Ink for all of my blending. To start, I choose 8 colors that will be needed for the die I will be using. I start my blending with Candied Apple, then move on to Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet and ending with Dusty Concord. When applying each color, I overlap my blending to the previous color to create a seamless blend. * A tip when it comes to getting a good blend, build your color up. Go back over each color of ink, and remember to blend into each other. Achieving a good blend is to build up the ink coverage.
Next, I use Taylored Expressions Diagonal Stripes Cutting Plate to cut my inked panel using my Big Shot die cut machine. I remove each diagonal from the frame. These are the pieces I will make two cards from.
I add small dots of Gina K. Designs Connect liquid glue on the backside of my frame, and let dry for a few minutes so that the glue becomes tacky to hold my frame in place as I add the diagonals onto a Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed card base. Using Connect liquid glue, I start gluing my diagonals back into the frame. Once I have all of the pieces glued down, I gently pull up on the frame and remove, leaving all of the diagonals perfectly aligned. The frame will be used on our second card.
Next I cut a sentiment for the front of the card using Taylored Expressions Thanks Script die. I cut it out 3 times using Poppy Seed cardstock and run it through my Big Shot. Next I stack and glue together using my Connect glue. I then glue down at an angle onto the front of my card and finish off by adding black jewels from Lucy's Cards Ebony Mix.
For my second card, I glue down my inked frame onto a Poppy Seed card base and set aside. Using the same Diagonal Stripes Cutting Plate, I again cut with my Big Shot, this time using a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of Poppy Seed cardstock, I will be using only the diagonals from this cut. I then glue the diagonals back in to the inked frame.
For the greeting on this card, I use the same Thanks Script die and cut once out of Poppy Seed cardstock. I next take a white cardstock panel and ink blend again in rainbow order. I cut from this inked panel using the Taylored Expressions Thanks Script Backer die, again running it through my Big Shot. I then adhere my greeting onto the inked backer using Connect glue.
I glue down my greeting across the front of my card and finish off by adding some colored jewels from Lucy's Cards Rainbow Sparkle.
This completes today's card project. I hope you enjoyed seeing some of Taylored Expressions products used today. I love using her cover plates and how I can easily make two cards at once. I'm a big fan of Taylored Expressions, not only are her products great, but Taylor herself is so sweet and has a huge heart, she is just a wonderful person! I had the honor of meeting her and taking her class at JunkieFest last year. What a wonderful company to support!
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Jeannie
I just purchased this die.....thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! Have fun with you new die!
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