Blast from the Past - September 2011

Welcome to the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past Blog hop for the month of September. I'm fairly new to Taylored Expressions, but boy have I fallen in love! This month's theme is birth and birthday both to celebrate Taylored Expressions 3rd birthday and the beautiful new addition to the Taylored Expressions family, Madelyn Grace. Happy Belated Birthday Madelyn!

I chose to make a birthday card that also included butterflies. To me, butterflies have always been a symbol of new life , so in that way I was able to combine the birth and the birthday themes.  I used my Memento markers to "thump" the ink on the stamp.  I like the thumping because it gives a bit of a watercolor look without making the paper all wet :-)  I used the same technique, with a little more blending to stamp the butterflies.  I cut out the butterflies adhered them and added some twinkles.  After adding the sentiment, I added a little rhinestone sparkle with some additional twinkles and that was all she wrote on this card.  :-)  As an aside... make sure that you are holding on to the container really well when you are moving from one twinkle color to another... if you don't... well... you might be on the floor with a magnifying glass and your embellie gellie trying to pick them all up ;-)  A CAS card, but this would be a good fit for someone who enjoys the beauty of nature or who wants to "Discover their Wings".  Please continue on to visit all the amazing blogs and see those gorgeous projects that are waiting for you!! Sarabeth is next on the list!

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	21.	Stephanie Kraft
2.	Sankari Wegman	22.	Jessica Willison
3.	Pattie Goldman	23.	Lesa Smaligo
4.	Cassie Trask	24.	Marti Shuford
5.	Rebecca Ednie	25.	Joan Ervin
6.	Chris Loritsch	26.	Jan Garber
7.	Regina Mangum	27.	Lisa Petrella
8.	Bonnie Ratzloff	28.	Alison Habetler
9.	Tracy Clemente	29.	Sarabeth Burke
10.	Jen Carvajal	30.	Karen Giron
11.	Jodi Collins	31.	Jen Shults
12.	Natalie Houston	32.	Michelle Single
13.	Amanda Kowalker	33.	Melody Rupple
14.	Jasmin Owsley	34.	Jules Romano
15.	Crafty Math Chick	35.	Patty Chalas
16.	Vicki Dutcher	36.	Nancy Jensen
17.	Mary Collins	37.	Jenny Stucky
18.	Lori McAree	38.	Kelly Collins
19.	Margie Cortina	39.	Kary Lim
20.	Debbie Carriere	40.	Jacquie Peifer

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Recipe:
Stamps: Discover Your Wings
Paper: Pure Luxury White, Fresh Asparagus
Ink: memento markers
Accessories: Twinkles