
I'm kind of excited. This is my very first official Blog Hop - The Taylored Expressions' Blast From The Past Blog Hop. Our challenge was to pull out any Taylored Expressions stamp set that was released prior to March, 2010. I LOOOOOVED this Berries and Cherries set from the minute I saw it and figured it would be the perfect stamp for a summer hop.
This is the card I made using this set when I was helping to man a booth at a crop. We were demonstrating Copic markers and I spent a good part of the afternoon working on the shading of the strawberries to show some of the girls what could be done with Copics. Unfortunately I got all the way to the end and the C1 I was using bled out a big grey spot at the corner of the strawberry basket when I went to add the shadow, so I had to do some quick thinking to save it. I ended up cutting the image out with my Labels 1 Nestabilities die and masking off the strawberries so I could spray some Tattered Angels mist around the edge. Since I was working while I was "working" I wasn't thinking to write down things like the paper collection or the Copic colors I used, so I can't give any credits for anything but the stamps.

Here is a close-up of the strawberries:

To see the ideas other hop participants came up with, click on the link below.
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 | 18. | Alison Anderson | 35. | Libby Hickson | |
2. | Monika Davis | 19. | Jessica Willison | 36. | Rebecca Ednie | |
3. | Jen Tapler | 20. | JoAnn Valderama | 37. | Angela Bear | |
4. | Tracy Clemente | 21. | Cassie Trask | 38. | Peggy McCurry | |
5. | Carolina Buchting | 22. | Karen Motz | 39. | Tonya Woodruff-Everett | |
6. | Jackie Pedro | 23. | Candace Mitchell | 40. | Barbara Anders | |
7. | Corinne Reyes Mercado | 24. | Shelly Cameron | 41. | Jami Sibley | |
8. | Bonnie Ratzloff | 25. | Charmaine Ikach | 42. | Pattie Goldman | |
9. | Tangii Crain | 26. | Karen Giron | 43. | Carole Chesser | |
10. | Jodi Collins | 27. | Laurie Schmidlin | 44. | Ayana Posadas | |
11. | Stacey Schafer | 28. | Tammy Hershberger | 45. | Lisa Smeaton | |
12. | Kerry Johnson | 29. | Lorie Ames | 46. | Colleen Begley | |
13. | Tanis Palmer | 30. | Ann Kranitz | 47. | Lori Tecler | |
14. | Kelli Hull | 31. | Carolyn Mustopa | 48. | Rosie Hughes | |
15. | Lisa Hjulberg | 32. | Melissa Cooper | 49. | Sankari Wegman | |
16. | Margaret de Witt | 33. | Laura Jean Nygaard | 50. | Meri McLaughlin | |
17. | Stephanie Kraft | 34. | Patti Gingrich | 51. | Melissa Sauls |
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