Mother's Little Helper

Taylored Release April Spotlights: Shady Tree Cutting Plate

So what do you think?  Hasn't this April release from Taylored Expressions done blown your mind?  I KNOW!!! 

 

Today each member of the Baker's Dozen is creating a Mother's Day themed project with new products from this release.  As longtime readers may recall, my Mom died a year and a half ago, in October of 2011.  Last year was the first Mother's Day I had without her.  Mom, this one's for you:

I used the SHADY TREE CUTTING plate to create my favorite sign of spring - the redbud tree! - and tied a yellow ribbon around it (even though this version isn't an oak tree, I've been wanting to do that since I laid eyes on this cutting die).  The tree is die cut out of actual wood paper, and the grass was created using TE's Chevron Border dies.  I used the Clouds Impression Plate with watercolor paper to emboss the background layer, then colored/waterpenned with Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencils.  The sentiment is from the From My Window set.

For more marvelous Mother's Day projects featuring a shower of April release products, please visit these magnificent mademoiselles:

Broni Holcombe

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jen Shults

Kerri Mchaud

Lynnette Kauffman

Nancy McKinney

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

Thanks for stopping by today, sweet friends.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies used - Stamps: From My Window (TE, for sentiment); Taylored Dies: Shady Tree Cutting Plate, Banner Stacklets 1, Chevron Borders, Clouds Impression Plate; Paper: Cherry Satin Wooden paper, Bristol 90 lb Watercolor paper, Orchid Oppulence (SU!), Choice Buttercream (TE), Certainly Celery (SU!), Gumdrop Green (MFT), Doodlebug Designs Flower Box 6x6 pad; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: yellow ric rac, Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencils, waterpen.

Believe It or Not...

... I have actually written something resembling a tutorial.  But not really, because I don't know what the heck I'm doing.  But at least, I tried to demonstrate how I bumble-fumble my way into familiarity with a new-to-me coloring medium: Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencils.

You'll need to head over to the There She Goes blog to witness this comedy of errors.  If you have an extra second while you're there, leave me a little love.  Maybe that will convince the TSG PTB that they didn't make a huge mistake in asking me to be a part of their team... ;)

 

PS - If you need more convincing to click on over to my TSG post, here's a little quote I pulled from it: "Thanks, Dick!"  Come on - anyone who has the stomach to regularly read my blog CAN'T RESIST that kind of teaser!

Mojo Monday - Merci

Bonjour, mon petit chous!  (translation: Hello, my little cabbages!)

I'm feeling very ooh-la-la after finishing my card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  Not only did I use my favorite preppy color combo, but I also got a little *fancy* and used a French sentiment...

Since it's the last Monday of the month, the Mojo Monday challenge allows you to go a little wild and choose either a round or square version of the sketch.  I typically go for square, but seeing as I was feeling very European when I made this, I opted for round.  Crazy, I know!  I used the rose image from Paper Smooches' Pretty Momma set and a sentiment from PS's Good Gab set.  I also used PS's new Flag Tags stamp set and dies.  The green patterned paper is from Carta Bella's True Friends 6x6 pad, and the pink patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye's Unforgettable 6x6 pad.  I heat embossed the sentiment and flower in black embossing powder.  The rose was colored using some Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencils.  Just got those, and don't quite know what I'm doing with them yet, but it's fun to try a new coloring medium.

Here's a look-see at the sketch:

Be sure to visit le Mojo Monday Blog for instructions to play along in this week's challenge, and don't forget to visit my fellow Mojo Makers to see what tres jolie (translation: very pretty) creations they concocted to inspire you.

• Julee Tilman
• Debbie Carriere
• Marisa Ritzen
• Mary Fish
• Sarah Bigelow
• Teresa Kline
• Stephanie Kraft

Au revoir, mon amis! (translation: Goodbye, my friends!)

 

Supplies available from i {heart} papers:

• Pretty Momma stamp set by Paper Smooches
• Good Gab stamp set by Paper Smooches
• Flag Tags stamp set by Paper Smooches
• Flag Tags Wise Dies by Paper Smooches
• True Friends 6x6 patterned paper pad by Carta Bella
• Unforgettable 6x6 patterned paper pad by My Mind's Eye
• Zig Zag Girl washi tape

Other supplies: Choice Snow White cardstock (Taylored Expressions), watercolor paper (Bristol), circle and scalloped circle Nestabilities, Derwent Inktense Watercolor pencils, waterbrush, Clover Meadow ink (CTMH), Jody's foam boosters, Versamark ink, Ranger Black Fine Detail Embossing Powder, heat tool