Designs by Latisha Yoast

  The kits that Taylored Expressions curates are always so good! This month is no exception. The kit is called Very Cherry and its oh so cute! Before making this card, the color combination running through my head was red/pink, and I wanted to create a patterned paper look. Using the misti tool, the background stamp was stamped onto cupcake cardstock. Using red and green inks, the cherries and the leaves were stamped in. The stencil was adhered over the stamped panel, and using blender brushes, red ink was softly applied. The stamped panel was then adhered to the card front with foam adhesive. Using red and white cardstock and the circle layering dies in the kit, the cardstock was diecut. Before adhering the dies together, the sentiment was stamped in Oreo ink, along with a few hearts in cherry pop ink. Using the clear stamp, a single cherry was stamped and colored in with copic markers then die cut out with the coordinating die. To embellish, a few crystals were added with glue....

Hello friends! I hope you are all doing well. Spring is well on its way where I live in North Florida. I love everything about this season except for the pollen. It is brutal this year.  Our friends over at Taylored Expressions have some new masking stencils that are scalloped that can now be layered with the original shape. I started by blending guava ink onto peaches n cream cardstock using the square masking stencil. Then using the negative piece from the stencil, I covered up my freshly blended square. Then I placed the scalloped square stencil onto the cardstock, secured it and then blended the scalloped border with fruit punch ink. The floral image was stamped using a Misti, for perfect placement and to have a nice solid image. At first glance the "thanks" looks like a die cut, but it was stamped multiple times in black ink. Very carefully, I cut the entire square and flowers out with scissors. If you look in the corner of the floral leaves you can see the peaches n cr...

  Today Taylored Expressions is releasing stamps that you can now purchase which were once free gift with purchase or exclusive gifts. How fun is that!! At first look, this card looks classy and elegant. But, with further inspection it has a funny sentiment. Its not lying though how true that is. I created a tone on tone background by stamping the spring spray stamp with lavender glaze ink multiple times onto lavender glaze cardstock. Then repeated the pattern onto a smaller white panel. Its a beautiful and easy way to create a card, and the sentiment can be changed out for the occasion. If there is a stamp set that you are on the fence about, take a second look at Big Hello. It has large and small "hello" sentiments in different fonts. In my card I stamped a few different "hellos" in three different inks for contrast, but also to show how well they work tougher too. This is the perfect sketch to mass produce a handful of hello cards to have on hand in your card ...

  Hello Friends! Here we are at another month. Can you believe it? Its February 2021! I am so ready for spring and warm weather. Here in Florida we have had cold, grey, rainy weather for months now. Not a typical warm winter at all. So, when I saw the Taylored Expressions releases for February, I was so excited!  Today's post is all about St Patrick's Day, green, shamrocks, luck and rainbows. All things that I love. Let's dig in to the details of this card. The background was created by ink blending 3 different green inks onto a green card base. By using different tones of the same color, it creates a nice depth to a simple card. The diecuts were layered with foam adhesive and twine was added to embellish.  What is St Patrick's Day without a rainbow? I knew I wanted to create a subtle rainbow on one of my cards. It took me a little bit of playing around with this stamp and stencil combo but I figured it out. I would use the stencil a little differently to get more sham...

  Here we are, the very last Tuesday of January of 2021. Anyone else feel like this month went by extremely fast or just me? I do have to admit that parts of January did feel never-ending due to the fact that I was extremely ill with Covid-19. Luckily I was working a few weeks ahead, and was able to have the majority of these cards finished before I ever got sick. I will blog about my sickness another time, but in short it was beyond horrible. Now on to the Mini Slim Release that will be sure to set your crafty soul on fire. The mini slim line card base was already done so, I started by ink blending hearts onto the cardfront. Next I diecut white cardstock using the Mini Slim Circle Window Cutting Plate (whew say that 3 times fast lol) and ink blended clouds onto the panel using a stencil. Before adhering the panel to the card front using foam adhesive, the sentiment was stamped in black ink, and the "hi" was added. The critters were stamped, colored in, cut out and adhered to...

  Hello friends, just a few cards to share with you today using new sentiments from Taylored Expressions . For my first card, I started by scoring confetti cake cardstock, then applying a background with ink and a stencil. I was making a clean and simple card so a monotone background elevated the card a bit. Next, I stamped and colored in Gus & Gertie with copic markers, then adhered to the card using foam tape. The sentiment was stamped and diecut in black ink then adhered to the card with foam adhesive as well.  For this card, I started by creating a monotone stenciled background with green inks and cardstock. Once the ink was dry, the image was stamped, diecut and colored in with copic markers, then adhered using foam adhesive. What I love about the simple strips is how easy it is to stamp and diecut sentiments. I picked a sentiment that matched the image hahaha. "I'm done with people" seemed appropriate.

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...