Thursday, May 10, 2012

Taylored Expressions Monthly Calendar Challenge: May


Hi Everybody,

Welcome to the monthly Taylored Expressions Calendar Challenge - where every month members of the design team feature different ways to use all the awesome calendar products in the TE store! This challenge is open to everyone and if you play along - you could win some amazing prizes from Taylored Expressions! 

This month I chose to decorate my Perpetual Occasions Calendar which is a great way to keep track of birthdays and anniversaries in every year, with the beautiful stamp set: Oops-a-Daisy that was just released this month and I paired it with the coordinating Oops a Daisy dies (set of 4) from Taylored Expressions. 

I cut out a little square piece of paper from my Choice Snow White card stock to which I sponged some sky and some grass with different inks of green and blue. I then stamped and cut out with the dies the open daisy which I colored (the stamp set comes with an open daisy that you can color or a solid stamp set of the daisy where you can stamp it in a solid color and it will appear as a silhouette.


 I cut out the daisies with the coordinating die (makes it so super was to cut it out perfectly!) and then arranged them on the sponged card stock and added some grass and some leaves from the coordinating leaf die (which was die cut from some green scrap DP). 


Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Oops-a-Daisy stamp set from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Bahama Blue, Rich Coco, Tuxedo Black, Tangelo, Sky Blue and Bamboo Leaves
Accessories: Oops a Daisy Dies (set of 4) from Taylored Expressions, sponger, MS grass edge punch and butterfly punch, copies, ribbon, circle punch, corner chomper and dimensionals

I added a the sentiment over some silk green ribbon on the side. I also stamped some of the closed daisies in a Desert Sand ink color on the bottom and added some punched out butterflies:

I love making my Perpetual Occasions calendar - such a fun way of staying organized! Please stop by the rest of the DT playing along today to see everyone's gorgeous calendar products!

And please stop by Taylor's Blog to get all the information on how to play along with us each month (the only requirement to play along is to use the TE calendar products - but TE stamps are not required). Everyone who plays along in 10 or more of the monthly calendar challenges this year (2012) is eligible to win a TE prize pack valued over $150 !!! That is some awesome crafting yumminess!!!

Thank you for stopping by today! 
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Release Day At Taylored Expressions!!!



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.
  • Be sure to check the TE Current Specials page for May Release Bundle options.  The new Father's Day Digi Image and inspiration sheet is available FREE with purchase of any Bundle!
  • Did you win one of the Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaways? Find the list of winners on Taylor's Blog.


Hi Everyone,


Today is release day over at Taylored Expressions and we are celebrating by showing you a creation form one of the newly released stamp sets! For my card today, I am sneaking a sample from the Father's Day Digi stamp set which is FREE with the purchase of one of the bundle deals that Taylor will be telling you about on her blog today! This digi will come with an inspiration sheet that shows all the creations that the DT has made with this stamp set along with, a link to download this image (and it will come with both an open line and pre colored image). 


I printed out my image onto Choice Snow White Cardstock and then colored it in with copics and then cut it out using the Frame It Up 1 die from Taylored Expressions to cut it out and then matted it with some dark brown card stock:


Card Ingredients:
Paper: Choice Snow White Cardstock and Loyal Project Pantry
Stamps: Father's Day Digital Image from Taylored Expressions
Inks: printer ink and copics
Accessories:Frame It Up 1 die from Taylored Expressions, cork, eyelet, corner chomped, EK success scallop punch, liquid pearls and dimensionals.


I love all of the Project Pantries because it seriously makes card making so easy to make a coordinating card with the perfect colored ribbon! These papers just make the funnest boy cards - but its also a perfect mix of elegance witht he paisleys and the soft elegance of the softer colors. I love the different ribbons as well - so nice to have different textures of ribbons that perfectly coordinate! Please check out Taylor's blog for all the information on how you can get this free Digi and also all of the special deals and steals and special bundle offerings that she has got going on!


But first - please hop along with me and check out all of the gorgeous creations from the Design Team as we celebrate the release of all of the gorgeous dies, stamp sets, Loyal Project Pantry and all of the fun in creating with these gorgeous sets!





Thank you so much for stopping by today!
I hope that you have a wonderful day!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)
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Wednesday, May 2, 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.
Hi Everyone!

Hope that you have been enjoying the sneak peek releases from this month's awesome stamp sets from Taylored Expressions! Today, I am peeking a the stamp set Oops A Daisy designed by the amazing Nancy McKinney and coordinates with 4 dies that makes it easy to cut out these gorgeous flowers (the flowers are both open and closed so that you can choose to color them in or stamp solid images). 


I used the open flowers and cut it out with the coordinating die and then colored them in gently with some gray copics. I thought it would be nice to create a set of happy birthday gift tags that someone can use when they give birthday presents. After making the tags, I decorated a Clear Topped Hinge to store the tags. 
I used some MME paper (Miss Caroline Dilly Dally) for the tags - love these sweet papers - and then added some vellum butterflies and the sentiment: Happy Birthday. Here is picture of the top of the box:

I layered the outside and inside of the box so that you couldn't see the adhesive on the clear side :


I layered the three tags with different papers from the same paper pad and kept the layout the same. for all three cards. I finished the tags off with a large eyelet and then added some ribbon and liquid pearls:
Here is a closer peek at the three different tags: It was fun pairing the different pieces of DP all todether:

Card Ingredients:
Paper: My Mind's Eye (6x6 paper pads)
Stamps: Oops-a-Daisy from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Ink black and Rich Cocoa
Accessories:Oops-a-Daisy dies from Taylored Expressions, tags, large eyelets, crop-a-dile, dimensionals, liquid pearls, EK success die punch and scallop border punch, ribbon from stash

I can't wait to see what the awesome design team has created with all the different stamp sets that are being peeked today! Please hop along with me and check out all the different gorgeous creations from the DT:

Please stop by tomorrow for release day fun!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Taylored Experssions: May Sneak Peek Release: 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.
Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the second day of sneak peeks from Taylored Expressions - where today all the design team members are sneaking peeks from the new stamp sets that will be released on Thursday! Today, I am excited to sneak peek one of the newest Moka Men - please welcome Moka Tim! This little guy is illustrated by the awesome Nancy McKinney and he is so cute with his little tool belt and is part of the Petite set of 5 images/sentiments - and is the perfect stamp set for birthdays, love notes, father's day and more!

I made this card for my dear FIL who is the best handyman ever! This last time when they visited, it took me a day to realize that he had fixed my which was not sitting properly on the ground (it had lost a screw or something technical - i don't remember). The really sweet part was that I didn't even see my FIL fix the stove - it was suddenly fixed - I asked him if he did it - and he said that he noticed it the day before and had fixed it in that morning! Amazing! And suddenly we have a dimmer switch in the dining room like I always wanted, our car doesn't make a squeaky sound when I brake, the dryer works great again, the chair in the dining room is not broken and I was just amazed at how many little things were fixed in one little weekend visit! I thought I could have a little gift certificate to the Home Depot enclosed inside the card as a pre-Father's day gift :)

I stamped  Moka Tim and then paper pieced his pants and colored in his shirt and the rest of his body with copies. I added the sentiment around the image (the sentiment: "you are so handy to have around" --- this sentiment is actually one long sentence, but I stamped and masked it in such a way to have two lines of the sentiment because it fit better with the layout of the card)


Card Ingredients:
Paper: My Mind's Eye (6x6 paper pad)
Stamps: Moka Tim from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and copics
Accessories: EK success scallop bunch, corner punch, Spellbinders, ribbons from Taylored Expressions and  dimensionals

I love all the Mokas - they are so cute - there is another Moka that is being sneaked today by the Design Team - please hop along with me and check out all the different stamp sets that are being sneaked and all the gorgeous creations from the Design Team!


Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

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Monday, April 30, 2012

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.

Hi Everyone,


It's release week over at Taylored Expressions - and I am so excited to show you some fun creations using all of the super cute stamp sets and dies that Taylor is releasing this month (on Thursday!). We are going to get right to it and kick off with each DT member showing samples from the new releases! I was really excited to work with two super super awesome stamp sets - both of which my son just loves: The Far Out stamp set and the All Aboard stamp set.


The first sample is made using the stamp set called Far Out from the Embracing Grace collection designed by Emily Burger. I love all the robots and super cute sentiments that go with them! It is totally perfect for birthdays and lovey cards - along with lovey cards - or just sentimental card! There are 21 images in this full sized set and I picked the adorable space rocket that I jetted into outer space - along with a planet and combined the sentiments: "Happy BirthdaY" (written in a a robotic font) along with the sentiment: "hope you are having blast!"


I also used the Seeing Stars Dies from TE to die cut some stars and paper pieced the rocket ship from the Rocket Age paper pad:
Card Ingredients:
Paper: Rocket Age paper pad from Cosmo Cricket, Bazzill black card stock
Stamps: Far Out from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Ladybug Red, Rich Cocoa Brown, and Tuxedo Black :
Accessories: ribbon from stash, Seeing Stars Dies  from Taylored Expressions, dimensionals, sponger, clear glaze


 For my second card, I used the super awesomely cute stamp set: All Aboard (full size 20 images) which features the cutest trains and cabooses ! This adorable stamp set was concepted by the awesomest Jen Shults and illustrated by Doub Applegate for the Apple Doodle Ink Collection of stamps at TE. I love these cute trains and used this month's Lovely Project Pantry to create my card for this week! Here is a picture of this month's project pantry - along with the new Train Track Border die that Taylor will be releasing on Thursday! The Project Pantry is such a great way of taking the thinking out of coordinating card stock and DP with embellishments!



I love all the different ways that you can match the sentiments and images (and this also coordinates with the Loads of Fun stamp set where you can add different things that the train is carrying!!! How cute is that?! I created a little scene using the Project Pantry and coloring and paper piecing the train. I also cut the All Aboard sign ontop of a RR crossing sign and added a little twine ribbon on the side. I drew some smoke and cut it out for the front of the train and then sponged some blue on smoke and popped it up with some dimensionals. This card was so much fun to make!


Card Ingredients:
Paper: Loyal Project Pantry
Stamps: All Aboard from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Rich, Cocoa Brown, and Tuxedo Black :
Accessories: ribbon from the Project Pantry, Train Track die from Taylored Expressions, dimensionals, sponger, clear glaze, circle punch, 

I can't wait to see what the rest of the design team has created - please hop along with me and check them out !! (AND a huge welcome to this month's Guest Designer: Michele and our newest DT member: Stephanie!!! woot woot! Welcome Ladies!!)


Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs!
Sankari 
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Verve Stamps - April Diva Dare - Day 5

Hi Everyone,

It's my turn today to host the April Diva Dare on the Verve Blog. This months' project is to use kraft or chipboard in your creations - love me some kraft! My son's teacher had a special project planned out for Earth Day - a project that she had seen done on Martha Stewart and she asked if I could help her class make piggy banks with recycled water bottles. I couldn't wait to get started! I thought it would be fun to create a piggy bank for our family. We could all save up for something fun to do together! I made a little card for our family about all the different activities we want to save up for and all the fun ways we can celebrate each day. I thought it would be fun for our kids and my DH and I to each write in this card - the kids were so excited to get started on daily celebrations!!!

I made the card using kraft accents and some scrap pieces of paper with the focus on the sentiment: "celebrate today" from the Joyful Blooms stamp set from Verve Stamps and the stamped ribbon from the Super Dad stamp set:
Here is the little piggy that I made using the perfect sentiment: "enjoy" from the new stamp set: Small Celebrations from Verve Stamps. I love the sweet little flower with this set and the sentiment is just font-a-licious :) (sorry, I couldn't help it - love this font!).

Project Details:
Stamps: Small Celebrations, Super Dad  and Joyful Blooms from Verve Stamps
Inks: Memento Bahama Blue and Sky Blue
Accessories: brads, EK success label punch and border punch, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, square and circle punches, ribbon from stash, paper from stash, 4 oz water bottle, wiggly eyes, wooden pushpins, dimensionals, double sided tape and twine.
Idea for the Piggy Bank: Martha Stewart Crafts

I made this little piggy using scraps of paper and added some wooden pushpins and wiggly eyes for accents. The kids are so excited to contribute to our new Family Fun Time Piggy Bank and have already put pennies and nickels and dimes to start saving up for something fun that we can do as a family (top on the list is roller skating!). I love all of the new Verve stamps - and how simple and perfect this sentiment is to make this little Family Piggy Bank  a way to savor, enjoy and celebrate each day with special family moments together!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?


For details on all of the new Verve products released and HOW you can win some new Verve by playing along with the Diva Dare this month - please check out the Verve Blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Have a wonderful weekend!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Mother's Day Shadow Box

Hi Everyone,

Mother's Day is around the corner and I wanted to create a special little Mother's Day card for a dear friend. I used the Floral Vine ShadowBox Card Kit from Taylored Expressions to create this card using the Make It Amazing Stamp set released this month! I love the gorgeous new butterflies - so beautiful - I die cut them using the coordinating dies: Elegant Butterflies die and Frame it Up 3 die  and Fancy Buckles dies


 It was so simple to decorate the front of the Shadowbox:


And then when you open it - you can create different designs on the inside and the side panels. I used some of the stamps and sentiments to decorate the sides and the different leaves and die cut some butterflies to decorate in the center:
Card Ingredients:
Paper: Floral and Vine Shadowbox from Taylored Expressions
Stamp Set: Make It Amazing from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Red Rose, Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart, Chalk Ink Aquamarine, Memento London Fog and Rich Cocoa
Accessories: ribbon and liquid pearls, bling and dimensionals, Elegant Butterflies die and Frame it Up 3 die  and Fancy Buckles dies from Taylored Expressions


This was so fun to create and I can't wait to make some more! Please check out the Fresh Out of the Oven Category from Taylored Expressions for all the new things in the store!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)



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Friday, April 13, 2012

Verve Stamps April Release - Day 3

Hi Everyone,
 Welcome to the third day of sneak peeks from the Verve April Release of stamps! I love these gorgeous graphics and uber cool and whimsy with a twist of modern flare flower that Julee has created for this Fringe Flower Plain Jane that I used with the sentiment from the Purely Sentimental Stamp set:


As this is the last day of Spotlights - there is a special prize today: If you leave a little comment on today's spotlight - you could win the WHOLE release (Prize Deadline: Monday, 4/16 at 6pm Mountain) !!! How awesome is that! I can't wait to check out the lovely ladies and their gorgeous creations today:


1. Janelle Stollfus 
Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)
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