Taylored Expressions Blast From the Past Blog Hop

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You've either happened upon Taylored Expressions' very first Blast From the Past Blog Hop or you're here from another site on the hop. Whichever, WELCOME, I'm so glad you stopped by!

I decided to use the sketch Taylor supplied for us and I used two TE sets for my card: Discover Your Wings for the focal image and the sentiment is from Faith and Hope. I stamped the focal image (which is only a portion of the largest stamp in the set) on Very Vanilla card stock, using markers to color the image. Then I proceeded to sponge it with several Distress Inks (Wild Honey, Olive, Tea Dye, Walnut Stain, Rusty Hinge) until I got the color I was looking for. The patterned paper is from 7 Gypsies 6 x 6 pad and is called Gypsy Market. It's distressed both with a distressing tool and Distress Inks for a vintage look. The sentiment was stamped on the reverse of the base paper with Versafine Onyx Black and it also has it's edges sponged. Finally, I added some embellishments and it was done--the black "ribbon" is actually twill but it's hard to tell from this picture.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Here are the entries from the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop! Stay tuned for details on how you can sign up for the customer blog hop next month!

1.	Taylor VanBruggen	28.	Sharon Harnist
2.	Tanis Palmer	29.	Angela Bear
3.	Cassie Trask	30.	Michelle Lane
4.	Jen Tapler	31.	Alison Anderson
5.	Monika Davis	32.	Heidi Burt
6.	Jessica Willison	33.	Tangii Crain
7.	Candace Mitchell	34.	Jackie Rakoski
8.	Carole Rinear Chesser	35.	Barbara Anders
9.	Tanja Hartmann	36.	Kerry Johnson
10.	Arielle Gordon	37.	Lisa Thompson
11.	Dawn Easton	38.	Lisa Hjulberg
12.	Karen Motz	39.	Clarissa Vicencio-Wickens
13.	Jen Alonso	40.	JoAnn Valderama
14.	Karen Giron	41.	Patti Gingrich
15.	Jackie Pedro	42.	Jana Weaver
16.	Kelli Hull	43.	Lisa Kind
17.	Stacey Schafer	44.	Rosie Hughes
18.	Sankari Wegman	45.	Jami Sibley
19.	Bonnie Ratzloff	46.	Donna Baker
20.	Carolina Buchting	47.	Carrie Zrodlowski
21.	Lisa Smeaton	48.	Corinne Reyes Mercado
22.	Alex Maldonado	49.	Jessica Diedrich
23.	Stephanie Kraft	50.	Lori West
24.	Melissa Cooper	51.	Jodi Collins
25.	Lori Craig	52.	Nancy Jensen
26.	Nancy McKinney	53.	Rachel Sztonyk
27.	Wendy Elliott

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~Supplies~
Stamps: Discover Your Wings, Faith and Hope (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: More Mustard, Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla (SU!); Gypsy Market (7 Gypsies)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Distress Inks (Ranger); More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Close To Cocoa Markers (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle and Petite Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Little Leaves die (SU!); Pop Dots, silk sunflowers, jewels (craft store); twill; distressing tool (Ranger)