Jill Taylor

Jill Taylor
Jill Taylor

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

TRS Coffee "Full set Syndrome."

Welcome to the new week and all the Coronavirus madness!  I hope you all are taking full advantage of this social isolation by digging into your crafting!  What better way to stay safe, right??  Well, I decided I was not happy with my previous coffee cards and wanted to redeem myself.  So I think I hit a home run, or at least close to it.  I combined stamp sets Awesome Coffee with Retail Therapy and came up with this:

Using my MISTI, I centered then stamped the coffee cup in front.  I then created a 2-piece mask with Mask It.  I probably could have made a single mask, but I was considering a pattern on the mugs.  An idea I later scrapped.  I masked over the full cup first, then stamped the cups on either side, moved the mask over to the second position and stamped the right outside cup, then moved the mask to the second position on the left, and stamped the last cup on the left.  Easy peasy! Once that was done I began my Copic coloring.  I first colored with 3 color family markers for the shading for each of the five cups.  After I colored the lids, I felt the shading was a bit understated.  So I added C3 and C5 to the cup's shaded areas (depending on the cup color).  I added a little white colored pencil details to the lids as well.  I then stamped and masked the coffee bean rings onto the cups with some MFTs Hybrid ink in Hot Fudge, then stamped the main sentiment in MFTs Hybrid ink in Steel Grey.  I then die cut a banner from MFTs Blueprint Sketch and white heat-embossed the smaller sentiment on some shimmery, Black Pearl cardstock by Crafter's Companion.  I then trimmed my card panel to 4.25" x 5.0"and mounted my card panel to the same Black Pearl cardstock for my card base. 
  
I hope you enjoyed my card, poking a little fun at one our crafter's neuroses!  Stay safe and healthy.  Stay indoors and craft more during this difficult time.  God bless you and thank you for stopping by.  Don't forget to visit https://threeroomstudio.com to shop, or click on the blog for all things TRS.  We have a FB page called "Three Room Studio's Fourth Room" for the design team and TRS fans to post their creations.  We'd love to see what you make!

Jill









Thursday, March 12, 2020

TRS Photo Inspiration Challenge card for March

 Thank you for visiting my blog!  I made a very different type of card this time- using patterned paper and paper piecing for this challenge. Here's a picture of the Photo Inspiration for this challenge (see right).       













I've watched a few other card makers do this technique recently, so I thought I'd give it a try.  Here's what I came up with:




I used stamps from TRS- Moving Sentiments.  The paper pack that I used is from Echo Park, a 6x6 pad called Celebrate Autumn by Lori Whitlock.  I chose it because it had patterns that I liked and would work well with my design concept, and they were the right colors, of course!  First I selected the papers for the background wall and floor, cut them to size and adhered them to my card panel.  I then cut a narrow strip of white card stock to be base board for my wall.  I then went about stamping the boxes and potted plant onto the tan fabric-like paper, then did some Copic coloring on top of it.  The paper was light enough that the potted plant colors worked well on it.  The boxes I colored shadows for dimension and colored the tape and tape dispenser.  I did stamp on white card stock for the lamp and the cat, as I needed some lighter colors to balance out the card.  I Copic colored those as well.  I then fussy cut everything, then arranged them to my liking.  I decided to use some foam squares behind the boxes only to achieve a dimensional look.  The other pieces are adhered directly onto the paper.  Next I heat embossed the sentiment in Copper embossing powder from Stampin' Up!  I tried a few different colors, but felt the copper was the most complimentary.  Last, I cut my completed panel down to 4" x 5.5" and adhered it to a top folding white A2 card base, allowing the white to show along the sides of the card, again to coordinate with the white strip on the card.  This was a pretty fast card to put together, and I must say that I am surprised how much I enjoyed making it, and I love all the coordinating colors.  I do think that this set lends itself to paper piecing well.  I hope you give it a try... use up some of that patterned paper I know we all have!  If you are so inclined, come play along with us and the TRS challenges.  Visit Three Room Studio's Blog for all the details and post your creations using TRS stamps to Instagram at #trscardchallenge or on Facebook at Three Room Studio's Fourth Room.  You can also see all the DT cards in those locations as well.

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!

Jill














Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Awesome Coffee Cards

Hello crafters, thanks for visiting my blog.  March has arrived in Montana and we are seeing some lovely spring weather (and the snow is almost gone already- except in the high mountains of course!)  We here at the TRS design team are making coffee themed cards using the new stamp set, Awesome Coffee.  Though the weather seems to be shifting, I still want my coffee hot, so my cards reflect that!  I made two cards because I made an alcohol ink rainbow background on Yupo paper and cut it in half for two backgrounds.  Here are my cards:




















The first card I made by stamping the coffee cup and sleeve onto some mottled light tan card stock from my stash, that I also used for the card base.  I used the "kissing" technique to transfer a stamp pattern onto the sleeve, then stamped the sentiment shadow in a darker shade of teal, then stamped and embossed the sentiment in black.  I used my Copic markers to create shading, then I fussy cut out the image.  Next I die cut the background Yupo paper using a Deckle die from Spellbinders.  I foiled the next layer.  It is a toner graphic image on card stock by Creative Vision Stamps called Foilables.  There are several patterns to choose from.  I foiled this one using bright blue foil.  I adhered the layers, drew in the surface the cup was on, and stamped the 4 point stars in the stamp set in purple, then placed light purple gems from Hero Arts in the centers.

For the second card, I started by stamping then embossing the coffee bean rings.  I arranged them like a rainbow.  Next I stamped the coffee cup and sleeve on two different patterned papers from the 6 x 6 bundle called Lively by Authentique.  Again I used some light brown Copic markers to create the shading on both elements after I had stamped the sentiment and shadow.  I then fussy cut both out. Next I stamped the coffee cup lid on shimmery black card stock in Versamark ink, then used some silver embossing powder, heat set it, then fussy cut it out.  I adhered all 3 pieces together, then used some dimensional foam squares to pop the cup up off the Yupo panel.  Next I die cut a frame from MFTs in white, then adhered those pieces onto a layer of orange card stock, then adhered that to a white A2 top folding card base. 

These cards were pretty quick and simple to make, since my cards are usually more complex with lots of Copic coloring or water-coloring, which takes more time.  I'm enjoying the paper piecing that I've done on my last couple of cards.  It's a good way to use up your scraps or just use the loads of patterned paper we all have laying around.  Plus it looks pretty cool too and saves time!  I hope you enjoyed my cards.  Don't forget you can join in on our theme if you have the Awesome Coffee stamp set only available at the Three Room Studio website.  Post your creations on IG using #trscardchallenge or post on FB at Three Room Studio's Fourth Room.  You'll also have the opportunity to see the other DT cards while you visit the sites.

Come see me again soon with my next post.  I really appreciate you visiting.  Hopefully I help your creative process as well. 

Craft creatively my friends!

Jill

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