Designs by Latisha Yoast

  Today some of your favorite kits from Taylored Expressions will be available to buy individually. These kits are Farm Fresh, Hey There & Field Notes.  You can use these stamps together in the kit or mix and match with your favorite TE stamps and dies! In this card I used the Farm Fresh Critters stamps and dies and then paired it with the tag team birthday stamp set. The images were colored in with copic markers, then diecut with the coordinating dies. The little elements were stamped in cherry pop ink for added interest.  Head on over the the Taylored Expressions website to see the full kits and the products available by themselves!

 I am so excited to share with you a brand new kit from Taylored Expressions called Like Gnome Other. If you love gnomes like I do, you are going to want to pick up this kit. It comes in a super cute bag as always. Then included are stamps, dies, envelopes, stickers & more. For this first card, I stamped the background using pinapple ink and then die cut it using the fence die. So that the fence and hill/grass area matched, the lime zest card stock was cut using the rounded die included. The girl gnome was stamped in Oreo ink, colored in with copic markers, die cut out and then adhered to the card using foam adhesive. The sentiment and hearts were added and colored in. To embellish I tied a pretty bow with satin ribbon.  For this next card, I started off with a toffee card base and then stamped the sentiment and hearts in cherry ink. The images were stamped on sugar cube cardstock, colored in with copic markers and then diecut using the coordinating dies before adhering ...

  Hello friends! In the last few weeks, I have sold a house, bought a house, and lived in an Airbnb during a tropical storm. These candy capsuled were created while I was in an airbnb with limited supplies. That is how easy these are to create. This is a fun new Snowman Capsule Candy Kit from Taylored Expressions . I wished I had had orange cardstock to create a carrot nose, but kraft worked just as great.  These snowman capsules are very similar to the pumpkin capsules. You get the plastic containers with red and green tops, fuzzy pom poms in red, green and white colors, a die to create the nose, and vinyl stickers to rub onto the plastic for the faces. I was able to find red and green jelly beans to put into the containers for added festiveness. To adhere the pom pom, glue dots were used. 

  Hello friends! Taylored Expressions is releasing a new kit. Its a DIY 2021 calendar kit!! It comes with stencils, a holder, the calendar print outs, a stamp set and dies all to create a custom calendar. You can make these as elaborate or simple as you want. I am in the middle of a move and have very limited supplies and was able to create beautiful blended backgrounds. I think it would be super fun to add photos over each background. This would be a great gift to make for a loved one! Here is a look at some of the pages I created. Head on over to the TE website to check out this wonderful kit !!

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a few new layering stencils from Taylored Expressions. This is a stencil set called The Right Angle, and is a set of 3 layering stencils. The possibilities are endless and its so fun to get lost in ink blending. For the sentiment, I blended the same inks, stamped the banner and sentiment in black ink and then cut it out with scissors. Before adhering the sentiment I stamped some stars from the same Balloon Bouquet stamp set.    For this card, I wanted a more muted background so I started with a scored toffee card base. Using green, blue green and green inks, blending from the top to bottom using the Party Popper stencils to create a gradient effect. To add added interest, using the same inks, I added some blending all around the card. Using a little bit of sugar cube ink on a mat with water and a paint brush, I added paint splatters over the stenciled background. The sentiments were stamped onto sugar cube cardstock, diecut and adhered to t...

  Hello! I cannot believe it is October 20, 2020! I honestly did not thing that the pandemic and shut downs would last this long. Does anyone else feel exhausted and fatigued from this year? I am hoping the holidays bring me more joy as I finish out the year. One can never have too much joy and happiness. Speaking of joy and happiness, I get to share a few new products with you today from Taylored Expressions. They are releasing new stencils and PASTEL BLENDER BRUSHES! I mean come on!! It doesn't get better than that. I love a good tool. Head on over to the Taylored Expressions website for more info on this release!! So, For this first card I used the stencil called A New Leaf. To me, the image looks similar to hops. Its a plant that grows hops for beer, which looks close to wheat. Anyhow, they are beautiful. So with the hops/wheat in mind I wanted to use yellow tones as a blended background. For added interest I did not blend the entire card. This is a perfect masculine card in m...

  Hello friends! Today I am sharing with you my October Christmas Projects from Taylored Expressions!  There is just something so pretty about holly berries. For this card I stamped the Seasonal Sprig stamp onto watercolor paper, then using the coordinating die, die cut it out. The image was colored in using Karin ProBrush markers fo a soft watercolor effect. I put foam adhesive on the back of the front panel and set it aside. The card base is Early grey. The sprig was stamped again in black ink along with the sentiment and the front panel was adhered on top.  I am obsessed with rainbows, especially on cards. If 2020 has taught be anything its to lean in more to things that bring me joy. This card has a few different TE stamps and stencils but it all works together to create a rainbow snowflake scene. The Let It Snow layering trio stencils, are 3 different stencils. From left to right I used pink, reds, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple inks along with the blender...

  \ Hello Friends! Have you been following along this week for the October Inspiration Week over at Lawn Fawn? Head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog for all of the details on how to win fun giveaways and all of the inspiration in one spot.  The first card shown just makes me happy or should I say hap-pea! A rainbow Christmas scene is just pure smiles. I started by stamping the mountains, coloring them in, stamping and coloring the peas and then stenciling. I wanted all of my stamping and coloring done before adding glitter gel over the snowflakes.  For this card I used the Let It Shine Patterned Paper and the Poinsettia die set to create a layered poinsettia card. Using the patterned paper was perfect as it made the process so quick. No need to color anything in. This shaped card uses the Snowglobe Magic Iris Die add on. I wanted to create a shaped card, so a little bit of engineering went into this. If anyone is wondering if they can do something different with this add on...