Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Word Art Wednesday - Not 2 Shabby

Hello Delightful Friends!
Just a quick post to share my card for Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge. Our sponsor for this challenge is Not 2 Shabby ($25) This online store is delightful! Make sure you share a new crafty project with us at the Word Art Wednesday Blog.  You can upload 5 new projects for each week of the challenge.

Here is my card for the Anything Goes/Family Friendly Challenge: (I was inspired by Lori Craig's card found HERE)


Lots of techniques in this card - Stamping with Versamark, heat embossing, stenciling, diecutting, Olo Coloring, & adding texture with an embossing folder.

Ingredients:
Embossing Folder (Garden Trellis) All products are from Taylored Expressions
Dies: Diamond Stacklets, A2 Postage Stamp Stackets; A Year in Bloom Vases & Places; A Year in Bloom - February (violet)
Stamps: A Year in Bloom Feb. Violet; Large Lattice 6x6; Softly Spoken Sentiments
Ink: Oreo (hybrid), Macaron, Dried Fig, Dragon Fruit, Sweet Corn, Mango.
Paper: Sugar Cube, Dragon Fruit
Olo Markers to color the Violet.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Word Art Wednesday - Featuring Taylored Expressions

Hello Delightful Friends!
Time for another challenge from Word Art WednesdayWe have my personal favorite sponsor and stamp company this week: Taylored Expressions!!
Hope you'll visit TE and check out their store and the inspiration on the blog they share with all of us card makers. There is a lot of ideas and techniques on the Facebook page and Instagram too.  Don't forget to play along with the Anything Goes - Family Friendly challenge at Word Art Wednesday.

Here are my cards:

My first card is for my granddaughter Addy, she's turning 16 this month!  (all the ingredients shown are from Taylored Expressions.  The list of items are at the end of this post)



My next two cards are for a graduation celebration which includes my grandson who is graduating from High School.  These two cards are 5x7 and I've used the Create in Quad layering stencil for the backgrounds.


Scripture Art inside the above graduation cards:


Ingredients for card #1
Inks: Guava, Peaches n Cream, Mulled Wine, Peapod, Cookie Monster, Blueberry, Toffee
Paper: Granny Smith, Sugar Cube Saltwater Taffy, Toffee
Foil It panels: Doodle Birds (Foil - Gold Shimmer using Minc laminator)
Doodle Bird Stencil/Dies
Cloud Nine 3D Embossing folder
On the Fence border die
Stamp Set:  So Tweet of You
Mini Strips Die
Inspiration for colors: Color box #041

Cards #2
A7 Sugar Cube card bases and envelopes
Inks: Blueberry, Toffee, Latte, Honey, Pablano Pepper
Paper: Sugar Cube, Blueberry, Toffee, Honey
Create-in-Quads Layering Stencil: Pattern Playground
Foil It panel: Perfect Pennant Grad (I cut out with scissors and added the border strip and fishtails using Honey Card stock)
Perfect Pennant Stamp/Dies
Foil - Gold Shimmer using Minc laminator


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