Taylored Expressions August Sneak Peek: Build a Scene Dies and Hey Sweet Tea

Hi Everyone,

It's time for the August Sneak peeks from Taylored Expressions! Can you believe it - it is August!! Say whaaat?!! How did that happen? Well, this week we at Taylored Expressions are excited to celebrate the beginning of August with some awesome new stamps and dies! 
And I CAN"T WAIT to show you the Build a Scene dies that will be available at the Taylored Expressions store - OMGOMGOMGOMG!!! I love to build scenes and awhile ago, I drew out some dies for Taylor which would make it easy to build a scene and here they are - the Build A Scene dies - (they are made up of Build A Scene - Rolling Hills, Build A Scene Swirly Clouds and Build a Scene Sunshine - there is also a Build a Scene Mountain die that I will be showing on a card on Friday :)
Here is my card with the Build a Scene dies paired with the Made in the Shade stamp set:

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Made in the Shade stamp set from Taylored Expressions

Paper: Bazzill CS, Choice Snow White CS (TE)
Ink: Memento Ladybug Red and Bahama Blue
TE Dies: Build A Scene Swirly Clouds dies, Build a Scene Sunshine dies, Build A Scene Rolling Hills Dies, Waves and Bubbles Impression Plates
Other: Copic markers, foam tape, glitter, button, twine

I can't even TELL you HOW happy I was at the way the Swirly Clouds dies came out!!! I wanted to have some whimsical cloud dies that where inspired by the new My

Little Pony cartoon! And cue the theme song in my head to start playing! I love watching the My Little Pony cartoons with my kids - they both love it - it is so well done! At the beginning of the cartoon, there is an awesome intro with awesome swirly clouds and when I kept seeing the clouds, I kept telling the kids - those are some fantastic clouds and I wish I could make them into a card - and hence started the process to create the Build a Scene Swirly Clouds dies :) I think I squealeddddddd in pure delight when I finally got to hold the dies in my hand and started cutting them out - they are so swirly and whirly and fun and whimsically delightful!!! 

Here is a closer peek at the clouds - the bottom base of the clouds were made using the Cloud Border die and then ontop of it I used the Build a Scene Swirly Clouds - There are also the Build a Scene Sunshine dies that come with different kinds of suns and ray options that you can mix and match together :) I have been wanting something like this for so long - and love the way it came out!!!

Here is a closer peek at the Build a Scene Rolling Hills dies that I cut out using different sheets of green card stock and some DP from my stash. I also used the Waves and Bubbles Impression Plate to add a little texture to the hills - somehow the Bubbles Impression Plate on the hill reminded me of the Hobbits and their cute little village of Hobbiton.

Sigh! I can't wait to play and play with these dies - they are totally something that is a must in your die collection -  and they will make you squeal in pure delight!! :D 

And speaking of pure delight! How about some sweet delicious pink lemonade on this glorious August morning using the new Hey, Sweet Tea stamp set?! There is nothing quite like a glass of fresh lemonade on a summer's day - I remember making fresh lemonade with my mom - and even as I write this, the thought of fresh lemon juice being squeezed makes my mouth water! Not only do I love the lemons and lemonade images in this set, I also love that this set has a mason jar cup with a handle! ACK! I love drinking out of mason jars - that's what we have in our house for drinking cups :) In college I used to have a mason jar with a handle that I got at a second hand store that I would use to carry my hot tea in the morning to class (I would always have some Plantation Mint tea and I still remember walking with my mason jar cup across campus with my hot mint tea in one hand my books in the other hand in the cool crisp fall air. 

I was so excited to make this card using the Hey, Sweet Tea stamp set with the July Key Ingredients kit:

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Hey, Sweet Tea from Taylored Expressions
Paper: Bazzill CS, Choice SnowWhite card stock from Taylored Expressions
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
TE Dies: Mason Jar Glass & Lid, Banner Stacklets 1
Other: Copic markers, foam tape, Glaze and bling

I colored in the image with copics and then added a glaze to the mug and created a mat for it using the Banner Stacklets 1  and then used the sentiment: "Let's Chill" with a little Banner Label on the bottom paired with some bling on either side - Here is the same card from the side to show a little bit more of the glaze:

The stamp set comes with the mason jar and all the images individually that you can mix and match to create your own special drink. I love the lemons, ice cubes with the straw coming though - makes me want a cup right now!!

This is an amazing release, so please stop by all week to check out all the samples - I can't wait to see all the lovely creations from the wonderful Baker's Dozen DT and our sweet guest designer - please hop with me and check them out!

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Heather Jensen - Guest Designer

Jen Shults

Joan Ervin

Kerri Michaud

Nancy McKinney

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Please come hop over tomorrow for more sneak peek fun!

Big hugs

Sankari :)