Taylored Expressions August Sneak Peeks Day 2!

 

AUGUST RELEASE AT A GLANCE:

• We have more sneak peeks to share Today and tomorrow! All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, August 4th 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.
• Angel Bundle Prize Drawing: We're very excited to be supporting the Angel Tree with Joy to the World, the newest set in the TE Giving Tree Program.  If you'd like to be entered to win our Angel Bundle Prize Pack (Joy to the World Full Sized Stamp Set, Angel Kisses Taylored Card Kit, and the Musical Swirls Taylored Impression Plate) simply click over to the Angel Tree website and find the answer to this question: "Name the founder of Angel Tree." E-mail Taylored Expressions with the answer in the subject line of your e-mail by Wednesday at 6pm PST.  The winner will be announced on Taylor's blog at approximately 10 pm PST Wednesday night.

Today we're introducing TWO stamp sets! The first is "Embrace Beauty" and the second is "Bugabee!" There are very cool matching dies for both sets. LOVE.

"Embrace Beauty" was concepted by Jami Sibley (yay!) and illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes Collection. It is a full sized set on a 5.75" x 8.5" sturdy storage panel and it includes 9 images/sentiments. It was designed for use with Spellbinders Fleur de Lis dies, Spellbinders classic circles, and a 1 ¾” circle punch. One word for this – AWESOME! It also coordinates with the Summer Afternoon and Discover Your Wings full sized stamp sets if you have those already!

 

 
 

This set is so pretty! I love the font for the sentiments – don't you? The main image fits perfectly into a circle Nestie and then I added some more layers of color and finally that gorgeous Fleur de Lis Nestabilities set! OMG. I cut out the butterfly in a different color and added some glitter glue.  

 

This card has lots of dimension to it. I couldn't help myself layering…The inspiration was the MME designer paper!

 

 

 

 

The "Bugabee" set was concepted by Charmaine Ikach and illustrated by Taylor VanBruggen for the *TE* Collection (this is Charmaine's first stamp set for TE!) WOOOOT! It is a full sized set on a 5.75" x 8.5" sturdy storage panel and includes 27images/sentiments. It is a super fun set! You can combine and layer images to create lady bugs, bees, butterflies, and flowers.  big bold sentiments to create happy greetings. The matching dies are equally wonderful (I used the bugs and the flowers for my project):

Bugabee Bug Dies – set of 6 dies to create layered ladybugs, bees and butterflies

Bugabee Flower Dies – set of 6 dies to create flowers with our without the coordinating stamps

Grass Border Die -  6 " long – this is a die you'll use and use and use!

My card using "Bugabee" is a little different! I made a refrigerator card!!! When I first saw the stamps and the dies I thought…wow…those would make the cutest little magnets! So I knew I wanted to make magnets out of them. Then I was trying to figure out a clever way to give the magnets to the recipient… And, there you have it, a refrigerator card was born! hee hee. So funny.  

 

 

I made the freezer and the fridge part open seperately! The swirls come with the set and are supposed to be for the flight of the bugs…but I used them to make some cooooolllddd air! Love the big, fresh, fun sentiments with this set.  The finished card measures 8 x 4 inches.

 

I attached part of the little magnets to the fridge and the other part of the magnets to the backs of the bugs and flowers. The person can move them around. Or…I was thinking they would be cute on a cubicle ledge at work too.  They all come off!

 

 

 

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Thank you for popping in. These cards were fun to share with you!  Here are the links to the other Baker's Dozen Designers! You will definitely want to see what everyone else has made!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Jami Sibley
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Nancy McKinney
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild