Gus & Gertie – Taylored Expressions

Photo Aug 19, 6 49 12 AM

The adventures of Gus & Gertie continue! Now they are riding through a flower bed on Gus’ scooter!

Quick Tips:

  • I used the Doodle Flowers background to fill in the scene but masked off the top flowers.
  • You might want to color in the flowers to add a little more pop, but I liked leaving Gus and Gertie as the stars of this show! (Plus it’s quicker)
  • Some soft blue and green blending give the impression of sky and grass but still keep things light and bright!

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Tis the Season – Taylored Expressions

Photo Jul 26, 8 40 23 AM

One more card from the Taylored Expressions Frosty Kit!

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Grumpy Cat – Taylored Expressions

Photo Aug 04, 3 27 21 PM

I love finding fun and unexpected ways to combine stamp sets I already own!

Quick Tips:

  • The sentiment on this card wasn’t made for the Big Grumpy line – it came from Handmade Humor (a previous “free with purchase” set).
  • The “bushes” on this card are actually the leafy portion of the tree from the Treetop Background set, just flipped over!
  • The cloud background was created using the MFT Mini Cloud stencil and Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink (my new favorite sky color!)

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Flurry of Winter Wishes – Taylored Expressions

Photo Jul 26, 8 41 26 AM

I haven’t been able to step away from the new Frosty Kit from Taylored Expressions!

I’m pretty sure the little guy in the upper corner is supposed to be singing but he also looks a little surprised about being upside down, don’t you think?

Quick tips:

  • After cutting a few random circles from a card front, I lightly penciled them onto the card base and chose a few winter colors of Distress Oxide Ink (Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Shaded Lilac) to add some color behind the circle.
  • In this case, I used blender brushes to get a nice fade back to white in each circle.
  • If you’re nervous about blending into the other circles (I was), just use post it notes to cover the circles as you go.

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Products Used:

Frosty Kit – Taylored Expressions

Snowed in Sayings – Taylored Expressions

Distress Oxide Ink colors – Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Shaded Lilac