Oct 22, 2010
October Blast from the Past Blog Hop
Thanks for joining us for another Blast from the Past blog hop! Each month we invite our fabulous customers to participate in our blog hop by posting a Taylored Expressions creation on their personal blog. This month’s theme for the hop is Christmas/Holiday/Winter and I can hardly wait to see what everyone has created! Our Baker’s Dozen design team member Sankari Wegman has provided us with another inspiring (yet optional) sketch as a starting point. We’ve been focusing a lot on our recent holiday stamp releases, but today it’s all about a Blast from the Past. So as I went flipping through my ‘older’ holiday sets I kept coming back to one of my all-time favorites, Wings of Joy. I just adore the sweet little birdies and the “JOY” motif was calling out to be used with this sketch.
Nobody said anything about using up old paper and embellishments and while that is a great idea, I decided to use the new Tinsel and Twig Project Pantry for my card. I love the traditional red and green color combination and the beautiful contemporary yet vintage patterns in these papers! I started by stamping my image onto Choice Buttercream cardstock and coloring it with Copics. I added touch of Fire Engine Red glitter to the berries and the Santa hat on the bird. Then I stamped the sentiment on two separate lines, punched it out with a circle punch and adhered it underneath the main image panel. I layered the image panel onto Hillary cardstock and the card base is made from the same color. I arranged the patterned papers to match the sketch and finished it off with a couple green baubles (that unfortunately turned minty looking when photographed) and some red glimmer ribbon.
Thanks so much for stopping by for our Blast from the Past blog hop! I hope you’ll check out what the rest of our hoppers have created and come join us next month! You can find the signup details here!