taylored expressions & faber-castell have teamed up for a 2 day blog hop - and today is day 2. if you missed day 1 you can find all the links here. and...there is a giveaway:

simply comment on any (or all!) of our blog hop posts from april 24-april 25. for each comment, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of two fabulous prizes: one lucky winner will receive a $75 faber-castell prize pack of gesso, glaze, gel medium, and 10 new gelatos double scoops and one lucky winner will receive a taylored expressions stamp set and die of choice! comments close sunday, april 27 at 8pm pdt.

for my first card i paired up the taylored expressions oh happy day stamp set w/coordinating dies along with some chalk board paint & pitt pastel pencils from faber-castell.

to create the flowers i painted a scrap of cardstock with chalk board paint & then stamped the flower images with white solvent ink. next i used pastel pencils to color in the flowers - they work perfectly on the chalk board paint. lastly, i die cut the flowers & assembled the little flower garden.



my second card for today features another petite stamp set - showered with love w/coordinating dies. and to create the little scene i used a few products from faber-castell - stamper's big brush pens, gelatos, & glaze.


for the little gray whale i spritzed a bit of water onto the rubber stamp then applied a layer of gray gelato to the stamp - one more spritz of water & then i stamped him onto some gray cardstock. i thought he needed a bit of shine - so i added a couple of layers of glaze which you can see well in the first photo. for the stamped waves i again used the gelato technique & for the hearts i applied red ink to the stamp with a stamper's big brush pen.

be sure to stop by all the blogs in the hop & don't forget to leave comments along the way to be entered into the giveaway.

• taylored expressions blog
• courtney kelley - you are here
• limor webber
• amy crockett
• tiffany johnson
• emily lanham
• jen matott
• faber-castell blog

sunshiny day supplies
cardstock: [solar white] neenah paper, [yellow] bazzill basics paper
patterned paper: [daily grind 6x6 paper pad] simple stories
fiber: [black thread] ikea
rubber stamp: [flowers/oh happy day set & sentiment/sunshiny day set] taylored expressions
pigment ink: [onyx black versafine] tsukineko
solvent ink: [cotton white stayzon opaque] tsukineko
paint: [chalk board paint/design memory craft] faber-castell
pencils: [1121-226, 1122-109, 1122-156/pitt pastel] faber-castell
craft die: [flowers/oh happy day set & grass border] taylored expressions

available in the taylored expressions store -

*oh happy day with coordinating dies

*sunshiny day

*grass border

*simple stories 6x6 pad - daily grind

*choice snow white cardstock

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get whale soon supplies
cardstock: [solar white] neenah paper, [kraft & smoky] bazzill basics paper
rubber stamps: [showered with love set] taylored expressions
pigment ink: [onyx black versafine] tsukineko
markers: [deep scarlett red 219/pitt artist pen big brush] faber-castell
pigment sticks: [blue & gray gelatos/design memory craft] faber-castell
acrylic medium: [glaze/design memory craft] faber-castell
craft dies: [whale/showered with love set] taylored expressions

available in the taylored expressions store -

*showered with love with coordinating dies

*choice kraft cardstock

*choice snow white cardstock

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Comments

[TracyM #6773]

SUPER CUTE pair of cards!!!
LOVE your chalkboard flowers, the colours look great and what a sweet stamp & die set!!!
LOVE your heart spouting whale too, great effect of the grey on grey!!!
THANK YOU for sharing :)

[susan h.]

The whale card is very cute! Love the stamp!

[Davinia C.]

What a cute whale! Those gelatos are so cool!

[Sheri S]

Love these!

[Karen]

Love these cards!

[sandie]

really like that happy day set

[marylouh]

Love the cards. They are clean and simple. The whale is darling and the flowers on the other card are colorful.
thanks for sharing.

[Helen G.]

Fabulous cards! The first one surely will bright my day :D and the second one is toooo cute!!!!

[lisa808]

Cute cards.

[Heather]

Awesome cards. Simple and pretty :-)

[Mimi Ruff]

The chalk board paint is really cool. Look forward to trying it -- your work is beautiful!

[Di Wong]

Very cute and cheerful. I'm stealing the chalk board flowers idea. ; )

[Donna]

Great Cards! I love the whale! I have to give the chalk board paint a try, I like how it looks with the pastel pencils.
Thank you for sharing!
Donna

[Jennifer Essad]

I love the creative process, we all have our own way of doing things, yet I see the end process is all the same=Beautiful

[Terry Harrison]

Two lovely cards - thanks! Wonderful blog hop! ... now decisions, decisions, decisions which great products would I chose should I win ... hmmmmm....
~ Terry ~

[Pat Butler]

Love these creative card ideas. I'll be trying out the flower and whale ideas this weekend in my craft time.

[Roseanna Crawford]

Thanks for the inspiration, the cards are just darling.

[Brigitte]

Love it :) so cute !!

[Jeana]

Your chalkboard flowers are so cool! Love the get whale card, too!

[Angela Weber]

The whale is cute!

[Sharon Gullikson]

Oh, how I love the whale!!!!!!!!!!! And the flowers look amazing done on a dark background. It makes them really stand out. Nice.

[Linda Storey]

Love them both! Love the word play on get Whale soon, so cute!
TFS! Thanks for being part of the hop.

[Kailash]

Love the chalkboard flowers, gorgeous technique!!! The whale card is so cute too!!!

[Kelly Massman]

loving the chalkboard effect on your cute cards!

[Miriam Prantner]

Wonderful cards! I especially love how you used the chalkboard paint on the first one.

[Gramma Dee]

That Whale card is really cute. Love the technique of stamping with gelato!

[Shannon Miller]

SO cute! thanks for sharing:)

[emily]

Cute cards! I love the pretty metallic flower for the first. Fun idea to stamp them on the black background.
And that adorable little whale with those pretty waves is soooo much fun.
Thank you for sharing these clever ideas. :)

[Scootsv]

I like how you did your little whale and the water! Thanks for being part of the blog hop! I hope that I am one of the winners.

[Billie Dee]

Very cute! And .. I never thought to use chalkboard paint like that. Thanks!

[Jo]

Really cute cards, I cant believe I have only just found you, great inspiration ty

[Amy C.]

Cute cards! I love your fun ideas!

[Beverly Shaw]

hadn't thought of using chalkboard with flowers - great idea! Thanks for being part of the hop! Enjoyed your cards! Anxious to get back to my craft room next week!!

[Joyce Woodhead]

So very cute!!

[AJ]

Super cute!! I like the way the colored flowers look on the chalkboard paper. Very cool!! Thanks for sharing! AJ@queenofmynest

[Seanna]

LOVE the whale!

[Vicki]

these cards are adorable. love them

[Ange]

Super cute! Love the chalked look of the first card.

[vicki n]

Love love love the flowers. So cute and the whale is adorable too

[sharla~]

love the CAS style! Very cute!

[JoAnn K Delery]

love your creations! i must get my chalkboard out of the bottle and onto paper so i can do these techniques. you have inspired me.

[Ania P.]

cute cards, the stitching also looks great

[Marion Armitage]

Love these stamps and love your cards....

[Shari Czerwinski]

Cute card! Thanks for sharing!

[Teresa Godines #6857]

Love the clean lines of your cards. The chalkboard flowers are awesome.

[Jan Castle]

Love the C & S lines of both your cards....sooooo FUN!
TFS and a chance to win!
Jan

[Dawn Meade]

Day 2 of creative hopping bliss! Thanks Courtney! Now I know I can use Gellatos on my stamps. Yay!

[Kim Fordyce]

Such fun cards!
~Kim

[Nandini]

Fab cards! Love the chalkboard flowers on the first. They look like batik, almost. And the waves on the second are so cute!

[Sue D]

Cute cards. I like how you created the flowers.

[Barbara Drake Lasky]

The whale card is just too cute. Love how you executed the idea.

[Heather Thompson]

Just a whale of a time!! neat card!!!

[Johanne Lacombe]

Your cards are very cute. Love them. Thanks for sharing,

[Jen W]

I just love the pastels on the chalkboard!

[Ruby M]

Beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Sandra Scott]

Faber Castell products add that something extra to a project, love your cards.

[Natasha J]

omg that whale is so adroable! love it

[Linda Levine]

So cute! I love that whale!

[Heather Ferguson]

Such cute cards- love them! And love the idea of using chalkboard paint on them, now I have a new inspiration to use on my projects :) Thank you

[Saby]

So lovely card! :)

[Tiffany johnson]

I've SO missed seeing your work!!! Love love love your cards!

[Charlene M.]

Very cute cards. TFS!

[Sandra ltb]

great look!
Sandra ltb

[Aileen Ryan]

Brilliant projects. Love the whale Thanks for the chance to win.

[Linda Tupper]

Just beautiful cards. So cheery looking. Love the flowers and you're coloring.

[jean marmo]

So cute!

[Gina Howe]

I love how the pastel pencils look on top of the chalkboard paint. Very nice cards!

[Pat Zukowski-Address is 3000-35 st Ponoka AB T4J1A7]

Very cute --love those unquie flowers and the whale is an added bonus . Great job --thanks for sharing

[Denise Bryant]

Great cards... I'm anxious to try out the pastel pencils! Great stamps too!

[lanna dimond]

Thank you so much for the projects. I love the simple design you used.

[Scrappin' Diva - Cindy B]

Love the CAS cards! TFS!

[Lynne in NI]

Great projects! Those gelatos look like fun :)

[Dana]

Your chalkboard flowers look amazing! That's a great idea. I love the whale. Actually, I'm in love with the whale. I love how you used the gelatos to stamp him/her. SO cute!

[Donelda M]

I enjoyed seeing your unique style of card making. Thanks for sharing your talents.

[Lucinde]

Cute flowers :)

[Loulou]

Great cards. I really like the chalkboard flowers - what a great idea. Your whale is very cute, I like the watercolour effect the gelatos had on the wave stamp.

[Valerie Bullock]

I just love how the pencils show up on the blackboard paint. Can't wait to give it a try! Thanks for the inspiration.

[Diane Glassmaker]

Great cards! Love your flower garden!

[Denise Luscan]

Really sweet cards! Love them!

[Kialaya]

I'm not much into chalkboard paint but you really managed to make it cute, maybe I do have to give it a try. :-)

[Donna Phelan]

Love the CAS looks, I have a hard time with this type of creation, thanks for the inspiration!

[Paula Touhey]

I love your cards and I'm loving faber-castell products! I just started using the pencils and gelatos! Love!!

[Linsey R]

Fresh, funky and Fantastic!!! Both of these cards are totally adorable and right on trend! I love your use of FC and TE products, showcasing their compatibility so beautifully! These are super inspiring creations Courtney and thank you so very much for sharing them with us for today's co-hop!! Outstanding stuff! :)

[janis timmons]

It is useful to see chalkboard paint used on cards. I have used faber-castell products in the past and the products are fun to use.

[Bernice Piotrowski]

So cheerful and cute!

[Robin B.]

Cute cards! I love what you did with the chalkboard paints, thanks for sharing.

[Trisha]

Great job on both your projects. Such fun things to do with these products.

[laura m.]

Great cards! Love the whale one :)

[Katie B.]

Wonderful cards!! Love those flowers and how you painted the chalkboard paint and then stamped them, great idea! Awesome ideas!! Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.