Category: Papercrafting

Polaroid Card Set!

FRIDDDAAAAYYYYYYYY! Can I get an Amen?! YAY! I had an awesome week, but I gotta tell ya, I'm pooped and ready to sleeeeeep in tomorrow! So that means I will surely be wide awake at 6am. Isn't that the way it goes? You can finally sleep in, but you wake up anyway? Did you have a good week? Lots of good stuff going on at work, release week for TE, a retirement shindig…you name it, this week had it. I hope you have fun things planned for your Spring weekend. Thanks for popping in here.

Today's cards were completely inspired by all the cool junk currently sitting on my desk. Everything I used for these cards all came from different companies, bought at different times, but it all was sitting there and it all matched perfectly! The initial inspiration came from the neat patterned paper from American Crafts in a pretty Spring color palette. I made one card, and couldn't stop myself from making two more. I will not hoard craft supplies. I will not hoard craft supplies. I will not hoard craft supplies….

I think this one is my favorite of the bunch! I had a lot of fun mixing and matching the little Polaroid prints and the colors and flowers. This is such a happy color range…

The paper is called Neapolitan and it is from American Crafts. I bought the 6×6 pad and also some of the big sheets of the Polaroid patterned paper. LOVE! It's really just too much fun.

The felt and the flower die are both from PTI. The fabric buttons are from We R Memory Keepers and the neat wood flags are from Jillibean Soup. I matched everything up with some Bazzill papers and kraft card bases.

Or maybe this one is my favorite….

Have a great weekend! XOXOXO

May 4, 2012
Taylored Expressions May Sneak Peeks – Day 3!
May Release At a Glance
- We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, May 3rd at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
- Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
- Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the drawings close Wednesday 5/2 at 7pm PST.
For today's card I'm featuring our Father's Day Digi Image! The Father's Day Digi is FREE with the purchase of any May Release Bundle and there are several to choose from. The Digi is not being offered for sale. You will download both an open line image and a 2nd pre-colored image for super fun, quick cards and projects. You will also be able to download an inspiration sheet showing all of the projects created by the Baker's Dozen this week. Be sure to check out the Bundle Options on the Specials page on Release Day, Thursday.

Have you ever used a Digi image before? It's so easy! Taylor will email you the file and you print it out on your computer printer and then color it. So simple! You can print it onto whatever paper you choose, and it comes out nice and crisp.

Here are my Copic colors…they perfectly match that awesome patterned paper. All of the papers and ribbon are from the Project Pantry Kit for this month – lots more information listed below. Such a great kit for this image and for Father's Day. I love this paisley!!

Here's the 4-1-1 on the Loyal Project Pantry –

When you want to bake up a yummy dessert you head to your pantry for the ingredients. When you want to create a sweet papercrafting project, you can head to a Taylored Expressions Project Pantry for all the coordinating elements. We've found that some of the best cake and cookie recipes are the ones based around a basic batter or dough recipe with lots of options to spice it up according to your tastes. Taylored Expressions is offering the Loyal Basic Recipe Kit along with optional Spice It Up Ingredients that you can pick and choose from to build the kit just the way you want it.

The Loyal Project Pantry Basic Recipe Kit is $13.95 and includes:

Authentique Loyal 6×6 pad of 36 of sheets

12 sheets of coordinating solid cardstock

5 yards of ribbon (1 yard each of 5 different styles)

Here are the linkys for today!
Charmaine Ikach
Jen Shults
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Melissa Sauls
Nancy McKinney – Illustrator
Regina Mangum
Sankari Wegman
Stephanie Kraft
Taylor VanBruggen
Tori Wild
Wanda Guess

May 2, 2012

Taylored Expressions May Sneak Peeks – Day 2!

May Release At a Glance

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, May 3rd at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the drawings close Wednesday 5/2 at 7pm PST.

Today I made a fun and fancy Stair Step card featuring another new set – called Lakeside Lodge! This set is from the Apple Doodle Ink by Doug Applegate collection and has an adorable lake house and dock! Lakeside Lodge – Doug's Adorable Abodes #5 – was concepted by Jami Sibley – Ahhhh – kick back at the Lake! Designed with Father's Day, retirement, and relaxation in mind.

Here are the step by step (pun intended) for this card fold. It looks hard, but it's really not. I hope you will give it a try!

Here's the side view, so you can see why it's called a stair step card! I had so much fun adding layers and layers of pretty waves using the TE Wave border die! This is a really fun stamp set.

Buddy was extremely interested in what was going on at this point…

Here's a pic of the process of adding my waves…

When the card is all folded up, it's actually quite small, and fits into an A2 envelope! Who would have thought? The blue and green papers are from this month's Project Pantry Kit that you'll be seeing more of during the week.

This was a really fun set of images to color. I tried to make my house look like a wood shingle house. The roof is just colored in different shades of brown and grey.

A good sentiment for us all to remember….

Here's a side view to show my coloring…

How fun is this set??? VERY!!! Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to go and hop around and check out everyone else's projects for today. Happy Release Week! I so love being a part of this team! 🙂

Michele Boyer – Guest Designer

Nancy McKinney – Illustrator

Taylored Expressions May Sneak Peeks – Day 1!

May Release At a Glance

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, May 3rd at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the drawings close Wednesday 5/2 at 7pm PST.

This set I'm using today is over the top adorable cuteness!!! It's called FAR OUT! It is part of the Embracing Grace collection by Emily Burger (she drew Fruity Friends too!). Far Out is a full size set of 21 images and sentiments and is a cute and quirky take on robots and space! The sentiments are really fun in this set. The image and sentiment I chose remind me of "Lost in Space!"

I thought this set called for super bright and happy colors so I chose turquoise and lime green! I colored in the space ship and then added some glitter for a bit of pop. There are two different sizes of stars that come in the set so you can embellish away…

I used my circle and scallop circle Nestabilities to make a frame for my space ship…

Here are my Copic colors…

I would say this is Far Out! hee hee.

Please remember the following about all of our stamps:

TE stamps are RUBBER – not clear – for a wonderful impression
All sets come on a full color panel and store perfectly in our Mini Binder Boxes (4 sets to a box). Full size set panels are 5.75" x 8.5" and jam packed with images. Mini set panels are 4.75" square (CD size). Petite panels are 3" x 5" for $7.95. (6 Petite sets fit into a Petite Storage case)
Awesome value for you - we offer more rubber images in a set than most companies at a comparable price!

I cannot even tell you how fun everyone's projects are for today! Please take time to look at everyone's blogs today and have a Happy Release Week! Thank you for visiting!

Michele Boyer – Guest Designer

Yellow!

Hi friends! Happy weekend to you! What's up? Whatcha doing this weekend? I am going to stamp the weekend away. Monday starts Taylored Expressions sneak peeks and I need to get all my projects done, photo'd and blogged before then. I'm almost done with all my cards, but there's lots left to do! Hopefully I'll get in some quality time with the hubs too. I hope you have a fantastic weekend planned.

Lately I am obsessed with YELLOW! I am drawn to it for my projects and it lightens my mood and cheers me up. It seems like yellow is everywhere! Whenever I hear the word yellow, I think of that Coldplay song of that title. The DH sings that to me and I like it when he does! One of my favorite Pinterest boards lately is my friend Lynn's board called Sunshiny Yellow. You really MUST check it out. I promise it will make you happy! Then, while blog surfing this week, I came across this post on the Moxie Fab World Blog. All about coral and yellow. YUM. I was inspired to say the least!

So to make a long story short…I was inspired by all of these things and came home tonight to get my craft on, and this is what I made!

I had a lot of fun combining all these elements based on coral, yellow and a little pop of turquoise. The butterflies are Martha Stewart punches. The background impression plate is from PTI and I'm sorry that I don't recall where the rosettes came from. The papers are from the Tropical paper collection from American Crafts.

I added the buttons to the rosettes, from my stash, and then added some pearls to the big butterfly.

It's easy to make your own stick pins! I bought a big batch of pearl pins from the sewing section of the craft store, and for this project I glued two butterfly punches onto one. Easy peasy.

***SMILE***

So now Mr. Buddy decided that no one was paying attention to him, so he had to get into this blog post somehow! He wishes you a nice weekend too!

Take good care everyone! Have a super weekend and don't forget to smile….

April 27, 2012

Tuscan Sun…

Hi peeps! Today's card was made to brighten the day…because it's raining here again! Last week we had one day where it was 94 degrees out…now it's raining. Must be Spring! So, I came home tonight and made a sunny Tuscan scene card. I love these scenery stamps from Stampendous. I have three or four of them. They are really fun to color. The one I used tonight is called 'Sunflower Scene.' I have American Idol on in the craft room, and kitty by my side. I hope you're having a great week so far!

After I colored the image, I cut out around it to pop it up off the page and add some interest. It was hard to match papers to this one, so I kept it kind of simple.

Here are my Copic colors for this project! The blue is B12.

Here's a quick trick for your sentiment – try scoring it and folding it! The sentiment stamp is from Amuse and it's a fav.

Have a beautiful day! 🙂

Thank you for coming by today!

April 25, 2012

Sweet Strawberries for a Monday!

Hi Peeps! It's 10:00 and I'm finally getting a blog post ready! I got home from work with every intention of heading straight to the craft room, but then I decided I had to watch last night's episode of Mad Men first. Okay, that was weird! Not sure where that episode was going. Not one of my favorites. Do you watch? I've never missed an episode and have all the seasons on DVD too. Love me some Mad Men! So, then I had to open my box of new PTI goodies that arrived today! I decided to use the new PTI Strawberry Patch stamp set and dies for tonight's card. Yay!

Before I go on, if you leave a comment, you might notice that now you have to do an authentication code. I apologize for this! I never wanted to put that on my blog…but…over the weekend and today I received 127 SPAM blog comments! Yikes! I had to manually mark them and delete all of them. So, that's the story behind that. Who does that? RUDE!

Here's my card for today – sweet strawberries with a little shabby chic flavor!

Love the fonts in this set!

I got the matching dies and it all works so perfectly together…

I distressed the edges of all the papers to give it some character. Added a little butterfly. Thought about adding some pearls too, but stopped myself!

As you might recall, Dave Brethauer from Memory Box was here this past weekend and I took a watercolor class on Saturday morning. TOO MUCH FUN! Here's a picture of Dave and Teadub and Teadub's newest addition, baby Elvis! (his name's not really Elvis but you can see that beautiful head of hair he has!) He is TOOOOO cute, and such a sweet baby. He took stamp class and went out to lunch, and was good the entire time.

Here are some of the cards we made in Dave's class. It was such a nice morning. Lots of friends in stamp class, a good vibe, calm and relaxing. And, cute cards too. Perfect.

This one was my favorite. I never would have thought to add that pop of red….but I like it.

At CHA in January I saw these amazing new colored pencils imported from Japan by Tombow. Well…I made the 'mistake' of telling Stephanie about them and she got them in the store last week. I jokingly say 'mistake' only because of the cost! They are super beautiful and super expensive! There are three sets of three boxes of pencils. I only bought one set, and I totally love it. They come in these pretty boxes too.

The lavender box has the floursescent colors! Check out the names of the colors….too cool. Doesn't that make it more fun? I think so.

Okay, so I hope you didn't leave to go get a snack. I know this is a long post! One more tidbit. Dave usually comes out from Seattle to teach Christmas in July classes with his new holiday collection every year. He can't come this July, so I will be teaching the Memory Box Holiday classes at Paper Garden this year!! Woot!! I will post more details and Stephanie will put all the 411 in the upcoming newsletter too. I hope you Sac-town gals will come! XOXOXO Have a great week!

April 23, 2012

Catching up…

Hi friends! WOOT WOOT! It's Friday night! Yippeeeeee! I have some fun stamping things going on this weekend! My friend Stephanie is celebrating the grand re-opening of her stamp store in it's new location, so it's gonna be a party over at Paper Garden tomorrow! There will be free make-n-takes and the entire store is 20% off! Also, Dave Brethauer from Memory Box and Poppystamps is going to be teaching classes at the store. Lots of fun, friends and stamping…and probably some snacks too. Perfect day if you ask me.

It's always nice to see Dave in person and learn some of his awesome tricks. Lots of you know that I help Dave out with the Poppystamps and Memory Box blogs, Twitter and Facebook. I really enjoy being a part of his creative team. SOOO many wonderful products! I thought in honor of Dave coming to visit us in Sac-town this weekend, that I would share some of my Memory Box and Poppystamps projects that haven't been posted here on my blog yet!

Have a super fun fantabulous weekend! I hope to see some (or lots) of you at Paper Garden tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by today! XO

April 20, 2012

Slow Mojo Wednesday…

Well hello there! It's Wednesday already! How the heck did that happen? Dang it this week is flying by! My new job is great and I'm tired from learning and meeting people and having a new routine. But it's not a bad tired. Just an overwhelmed tired. It's all good! I came home from work tonight thinking "I need/want to make a card and get a post up before American Idol." Well…I sat in the craft room and stared at the wall. Then I emptied the trash. Then I put away some stuff. And no idea came to me. Then I went on Pinterest. Then I started blog hopping. And no idea came. Then I made a card. I totally didn't like it. I put it aside. Then kitty came in and sat on my table and said "Momma Idol's on now!" But I perservered….and came up with a creation using a new Lawn Fawn set that hasn't been inky yet. I rather like this one! Hee hee. So I thought I was going to have NO mojo, but it just turned out to be SLOW mojo. Hope you are having a great week!! Thanks so much for coming by to see me today. I'm sending a little love your way…

I made a bunch of little letters to come spilling out of the mailbox. Easy-peasy to cut them out. I stamped them all and then put little hearts on them with my Copic marker.

Here are my supplies:

My Copics – just three this time around…

My little letters all ready to cut out.

This is where Mr. Buddy came in and plopped himself right into the middle of the mess!! You can see Ryan Seacrest in the background! Buddy likes me to sit on the couch so he can sit on me…didn't want me to stamp any more tonight! What a character.

I popped some of the letters up on foam tape and put others directly onto the paper. I cut a slit in the mailbox with my exacto knife and put the two letters in the top part.

There you have it….sending love your way tonight!

April 18, 2012

It’s been a circus around here!

Hi everybody! It truly has been a circus around here the past couple of weeks, so today's card is perfect! It's my day to post for Taylored Expressions! I'm using the super cute stamp set called Life is a Circus. Did you have a great weekend? Mine was busy busy busy and now it's off to work again on Monday. The Rubber Stamp Convention was Saturday all day and I love working the show. For the past few years I have been at the front table doing admissions and it's the perfect way to see EVERYONE and say hi! There were over 700 people there on Saturday! It was so great to see so many of you. The mood was happy and it was a beautiful day outside too. It's also time for me to visit with my friends from A Stamp in the Hand – they put on the RSC… LOVE those gals!!! XOXO.

My card for today also uses TESC #156. There's still lots of time to join in on the fun. CLICK HERE for deets. I combined the stamp set with some of my favorite border dies. Hope you like it.

Here's this week's sketch:

I adore this Reach for the Stars Border Die and combined it with the Medium Scallop Die… And, then I had to add some bling! This paper collection is from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Collection.

Here are my supplies…

And my Copic color palette…

I cut the circus tent and the seal out separately to add dimension to my project. I thought about paper piecing the tent, but decided to color it instead. It looks great either way! Please CLICK HERE to go to the TE Gallery for this stamp set!

Hope you've enjoyed this crazy little project! Best wishes for a great week ahead. Thank you for coming by to say hello!

April 16, 2012

Rain or Shine!

Hi Friends!! Happpppyyyyyy Fridaaaayyyyyy! We made it to the weekend! Yay! In Sac-town this weekend, we are having our annual Rubber Stamp Convention and I'll be working all day on Saturday there. Maybe taking tickets, maybe demo'ing. Not sure yet. If you're local, please come by – all day at the Scottish Rite Center by Sac-State! I'd love to see you there!

This week was a whirlwind – the first week at my new job. It was awesome! I'm so happy and excited to be getting back in the swing of things. My commute is much better and it's been so wonderful to see old friends. I am tired though, from all the excitement and major allergies this week.

When I sat down to make a card last night, I didn't have a whole lot of time and I knew I wanted to make a CAS card. It was POURING rain and hail when I jumped in the craft room and that inspired my card. I wanted to make something before the power went out! We don't really get hail and thunder like that here in my neck of the woods. So, here's my card…

I absolutely adore this cute rain boots image from Savvy Stamps!! It's super adorable, and perfect for Spring cards! The rain shower stamp is from Amuse and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

I made the rain boots glossy by heat embossing them with clear embossing powder. I used two coats of embossing and then cut the image out and popped it up on some foam tape.

There you have it! I hope that your weekend is fun filled and happy. Thanks for coming by! Also, thank you for all the very nice comments about my Palm Springs photos! Love ya rain or shine….

April 13, 2012

You Lift Me Up!

Hi everybody! How are you today? How was your weekend? I hope you had a nice time with your family and friends. We had a very nice Easter weekend. Today is one of my days to post for Taylored Expressions and I have a bright, happy card to share with you. It's because all of you lift me up! So, this one's for you!

I used the current TESC #155 – isn't this an awesome sketch? Love it! Click here for details on how to enter your card into the challenge.

Here are my Copic colors for this project…they just scream SPRING!!

I used this paper pack for my project:

Here is the image of the stamp set I used! CLICK here to see it in the store.

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I'm up to! Have a great day!

April 9, 2012

Happy Easter!

HAPPY EASTER TO YOUR FAMILY

FROM OUR FAMILY!

Happy Easter! He is Risen! What a glorious day! I love Easter and love to celebrate all that Easter means. I hope you are having a wonderful day today. I have an Easter card to share today and I hope it brings you cheer and happiness. Thank you for coming by my blog today – have a blessed day.

My card today features pretty, soft spring colors. I chose a mid level pink and then paired it with a light aqua and some softer brown. I was inspired by the patterned paper. SO pretty. That is from the London Market Collection from Pink Paislee…one of the things I was drooling over at CHA!

The felt and the die for the flower are from Papertrey Ink (PTI). The letter dies are also from PTI. Those letters are the perfect size for cards.

This cross stamp I've had forever, and it's from Anna Griffin. I stamped it in distress ink and then used more of the ink around the edges of all the papers.

Lots and lots of layers on this one!!

Have a great week!

April 8, 2012

My favorite peeps!

Hi peeps! If you're reading this, you are one of my favorite peeps, so this card today is for YOU! Hee hee. We are back from a super relaxing road trip to Palm Springs and ready for Good Friday and Easter now. Then, I start my new job on Monday. I will get my photos together from Palm Springs and share them soon!

My card today is super silly and happy and cheerful! I saw this little peep die at Paper Garden and had to have it and then I just made a super clean and simple design/card to go with it. Lots of color – perfect for Spring. I didn't really get around to making too many Easter projects this year…the time sort of got away from me.

I cut one inch strips of the jelly bean paper (Doodlebug) and then added a bright green grassy border (grass border from Taylored Expressions). Three little peeps poking out of the grass! Makes me smile. The sentiment I've had for years, and that's from Amuse.

Here are my supplies…that was a whole mess o' peeps to cut out!

The bright yellow and pink papers are from American Crafts' Primary paper collection.

Thank you so much for coming by! I hope your Easter preparations are coming along well, and that you have some fun time with family. We will go to church tonight and again on Sunday. Maybe some brunch too. Enjoy!

April 6, 2012

Taylored Expressions April Release Day!

TE Release Day!

All of the new products are now available for purchase! Check out the Fresh Out of the Oven Department to see everything in one place!
More projects from the Baker's Dozen to inspire you. Just follow the link list below.
FREE A la Carte Stamp – Order the London Market Project Pantry and any Full-size stamp set and you will receive the Mom A la Carte stamp absolutely FREE. Please note that the stamp will not show up in your cart, but we will be sure to include it with your order.
Did you win one of the Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaways? Find the list of winners on Taylor's Blog.

Today I'm sharing another project made with "my" stamp set – Fruity Friends!! I can't stop stamping with these fun little guys! As a reminder, Fruity Friends is part of the Embracing Grace Collection by Emily Burger, and is a full size set of 20 images and sentiments) You can't help but grin when you look at these darling little fruity faces! And the sweet punny sentiments just push this set over the top!

My project for today is a note card set I made and then put in one of the Perfect Package Card Boxes available in the TE Store. These boxes are really sturdy and they are fun to decorate and give as a gift! You'll see….

Here is a close up of the top of my card box! I used the TE Medium Scallop die to make that pretty scallop on the bottom.

When you open it up, there are five mini notes inside! I kept it really clean and simple and graphic with these. I think these notes would be fun to tuck into lunch boxes or just to give a friend for a quick note.

My finished notes are 3.5 inches square…

I think this is my favorite sentiment from all of them…Which one do you like best? Tooooo much fun, seriously!

Well…that's is for yet another amazing release week for Taylored Expressions! I sure do have so much fun working with this team and sharing with all of you. I hope you have found something to tickle your fancy and now it's time to get over to the store and START SHOPPING!!! Thank you for all the nice comments all week – I hope your week has been wonderful.

Here's one last link list for the week:

April 5, 2012

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks – Day 3!

April Release At a Glance

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, April 5th at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the drawings close Wednesday 4/4 at 7pm PST.

Hello again! Day three of Sneak Peeks is here! Today's card features a cute new baby set of stamps and coordinating dies! Onesie Twosie is from the Whimsical Wishes Collection by Nancy McKinney. Onesie Twosie is a Mini set of 19 images and sentiments. You can use this set with the coordinating Onesie Die to create adorable baby cards and shower decorations. This is the perfect little baby set for
everyone to have in their stamping arsenal with plenty of variety for girls. boys and even twins!

I kept my card for today clean and simple. I used the TE Clouds Impression Plate to make s blue sky background for that adorable onesie stamp!

If you use the impression plate on cardstock that has a white center, you can gently sand the blue away to make the clouds pop! I love this technique! I used some Doodlebug Twine and a cute little clothespin. The stamp set comes with all kinds of fun images to put on the front of the onesie!

That's it for me today….Please check out the other designers' projects…and tomorrow is RELEASE DAY!!! Be sure to "Like" Taylored Expressions on Facebook so you can see the stamp set reveal early! Have a wonderful day!

April 4, 2012

Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peeks – Day 2!

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, April 5th at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the drawings close Wednesday 4/4 at 7pm PST.

Hello again friends! Welcome back to day two of TE Sneak Peeks! So glad you popped in to see what's going on! Today I'm sharing a card made with a cute new stamp set from the penguin series. I know lots of you love this little guy! Congrats Grad penguin is from the Apple Doodle Ink Collection by Doug Applegate. Congrats Grad Penguin is a Petite set of 7 images and sentiments - our popular Penguin is back as a graduate! This little guy will be great for graduations from kindergarten all the way through college! He coordinates with the new Reach for the Stars Border Die (which I must say is AWESOME!)

I always love bright royal blue with bright orange! This is a great color scheme for kids or for summer projects. That border die is crazy fun!!! This paper collection is from the TE Store – It's called Boys Only and it's from Doodlebug. Love.

Thanks for stopping in! Here are the links to see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen cooked up today! Have a fantastic day and I hope we see you tomorrow too!

April 3, 2012

Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peeks – Day 1!

April Release At a Glance

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, April 5th at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the drawings close Wednesday 4/4 at 7pm PST.

Today's release is showcasing TWO new stamp sets! I am especially excited because I came up with the concept for one of them! Yay! One of the (many) awesome things about working for Taylor is that she encourages us to give her stamp set ideas! Many of us have concepted stamp sets and it is super super fun to see my idea come to life this month with Fruity Friends! I came up with the idea after making THIS project last year! Emily Burger brought it to life to share with you for April's release!

Fruity Friends is a full size set of 20 images and sentiments! It's part of the Embracing Grace collection. I know you're going to have tons of fun with this one! I have been dying to see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen did with this set! Here's my first card:

This little citrus slices make me smile! It was a lot of fun to color them in and then make them sparkly and fresh. Made me want some lemonaid…or a margarita! I used the uber cute Picket Fence Die from TE, the Medium Scallop Border Punch from TE and the Leaf Sprig Die, also from TE! Taylor really does have one of the best die collections in the business!

Here is my Copic Color Palette for this cheery card:

I added dimension by popping some of the fruity slices up on some foam tape.

Now, in a completely different direction from the first stamp set for today…we are introducing Make it Amazing…a brand new beautiful and elegant set from the Whimsical Wishes collection by Nancy McKinney. Make it Amazing is a full size set of 19 images and sentiments – Beautiful botanicals and butterflies! This set has so many possibilities, and we have 3 sets of coordinating dies to match with it! Here's my second card for today:

For this card, I paired the stamp set, the new dies, and this month's Project Pantry kit! Everything coordinates so perfectly. This month's Project Pantry Kit is to die for!!!

What a nice sentiment…for so many different occasions….

That butterfly stamp and die is wonderful! I know I will be using this a lot!

Frame it Up 3

Thank you so much for coming by today to join in on the release week fun! LOTS more projects to come this week! Please take some time to hop around and see what the rest of the team made!

April 2, 2012

Happy….

Hi everyone! How was your week? I hope it was a good one for you! My week went by in a flash, as weeks off work usually do, but it was a fun and productive week for me. I still have one more week until I start my new job so the hubs and I are going on a road trip to Palm Springs! It is about a nine hour drive from our house so we'll load up the car and head out early on Sunday morning. I can't wait to be warm and to relax and do nothing. This makes me happy…

Today's card is inspired by Palm Springs (at least in my own interpretation!) I always think Frank Sinatra, mid century vibe, lounging around the pool, cool furniture, bright colors, etc. So that's what got this card idea flowing. First I picked out a bright coral paper and then matched it with crisp white and turquoise! Lots of color coming your way right now! 🙂

That quatrefoil patter again….I love it! So graphic and crisp. The die cuts for the quatrefoil, the letters and the frame are all from Papertrey Ink (PTI) and the butterfly die is from Memory Box. The paper is from American Crafts' Tropical collection.

I added some turquoise blings to make it spark-alay!

Here are some other things that made me happy this week! On Wednesday I got to have a nice four hour lunch with my friend Jane and meet her new puppy. This picture makes me happy.

The tulips and daffodils are blooming in our front yard…this makes me happy….

A sweet orange kitty on my stamping table makes me happy….

I hope you have a marvelous weekend! Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks start on Monday next week. Lots of goodies for you, including a stamp set that I designed! (YAY!) Hopefully I will get some cool photos to share next week too, of our road trip. Thank you for stopping by my blog and take care!

March 30, 2012

Transitions…

Hi everybody! Happy Friday! Another weekend is upon us. I have loads of fun things to do this weekend and I'll be sharing pictures next week. The hubs and I are going on a short romantic getaway and I can't wait. Also…Spring Fling Stamp Camp is tomorrow - hosted by my awesome Stampin' Up friends! YAY!

But first, I have to get through this day. Today is a transition day for me…for it is the last day at my job, where I've worked for the past four years. I have to say good-bye to people I really like, and a job that was interesting and challenging and fun. I hate good-byes and packing and leaving. All of that. Don't like it. However, I am going to a new job that I know will be great for me. It's a good news/bad news sort of thing. I am returning to a company where I worked before and I have lots of friends waiting for me, and I am really excited about that part! As you can tell, I'm just a big jumble right now. Don't mind me. You can skip right to the card if you want! LOL.

I do have a card to share… One of my absolute favorite things from CHA was a paper collection called Prairie Hill by Pink Paislee. I LOVE the colors in the papers and love the cool designs. I wanted it right away! I finally got my mitts on some of it this past weekend at Scrapbook Territory. I used just a little bit of it in my card, but a little goes a long way. I used a layout from one of the cards in my Card Inspirations Pinterest Board and went to town… Made a homemade flower and had me some fun.

I made this flower using my PTI flower dies and some yellow polka dot paper. I sprayed the petals with water and crumpled them up so the flower would be shabby chic. I had this cute corduroy button in my stash.