Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks: Little Bits Halloween Scene and Spooky Trees Cutting Plate

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to Day 2 of the Taylored Expressions September Release! Today I am excited to show some new Halloween goodies from TE, including some new amazing Halloween papers from TE called Hocus Pocus paper pack and Matched cardstock that goes with it perfectly! 

For my first card, I used the new Spooky Trees cutting plate to create this little Halloween scene - love how quick it is to create a halloween night with these tree cutting place! I started off by sponging purple sky with the Clouds Border die and then added some ghosts from the Little Bits Ghosts dies to float around the trees and the Spooky Trees Accessories dies that has the wolf and the bats that I cut out with gray cardstock to fly around the trees:

Here is a close up of the scene and the cute little ghosties and the trees - I die cut the Spooky Tree cutting plate twice, once on black cardstock and gray cardstock to give the trees some shadows :)

For my second project, I used the Tangled Webs embossing folder to create a fun little pumpkin night scene :) I love these awesome Halloween Jars from the TE Hocus Pocus paper pack that I lined on both sides with the Spider Web border die. I love the Lots of Dots embossing folder and used to emboss part of the hills that I then tucked the pumpkins from the Little Bits Halloween Scene into the hills:

I used some of the TE sequins Hocus Pocus to put ontop of the spiders that I die cut and then tied some twine around the card and some gel pen around the circle of the center images - Loved how this turned out - and I love how crisp these embossing folders are!!

I loved making these cards especially how fun it is to create scenes with all these awesome Little Bits and awesome Halloween dies! Thanks for visiting, crafty friends! If you'd like to see more projects and new product information, please head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of our participating designers!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hop over tomorrow for more sneak peeks!!
Ciao for now,
Sankari :)

Matched Kit - Hocus Pocus	*halloween project pantry	TE Sequins - Hocus Pocus	Embossing Folder - Tangled Webs	Embossing Folder - Lots of Dots
Little Bits - Ghosts	Spooky Trees Accessories	Little Bits - Halloween Scene	*spiderweb border	Cloud Border
*memento lilac posies full pad	*memento lulu lavender full pad	*memento tuxedo black full pad	*best glue ever	*foam tape - 1/8" thick
*inkssentials white gel pens

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Taylored Expressions September Release Sneak Peeks: Day 1: Think Happy Thoughts and Little Bits Cake & Stand

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Its Taylored Expressions 6th BIRTHDAY party!! 6 years of Taylor having an idea and then creating this store and assembling these amazing designers to be part of the TE DT!! I am so thankful to Taylor and the TE team for letting me be part of the TE team!!! You guys are all amazing

To start off with some really exciting news as part of the birthday celebrations for TE - Taylored Expressions is launching its own patterned paper line with two patterned paper collections (6x6 paper packs) along with launching its own cardstock collection (of premium 100lb cardstock - woohoo!!! Each of the two collections will have a matched collection that coordinates the TE paper pack with similar cardstock, sequin bottles! For both of my projects today, I am using the new TE paper pack collection called: Double the Fun (6x6 paper pack) with coordinating matched cardstock. 

To celebrate our 6th year, we've designed a special party favor, Think Happy Thoughts. This petite stamp set includes a very "happy" coordinating die and will be FREE with orders over $50 beginning on September 11th - September 21st. One free set per customer, while supplies last!! 

Here is a closer look at the front of this card - I added some balloons using the new Little Bits Balloon dies that were die cut in both the new paper and the new cardstock:

And for the inside of the card, I used Think Happy Thoughts stamp set and added both the die cut word happy and the sentiment "for you" stamp set on the inside! LOVEd how this turned out! So much fun to make

There is a fun way to all celebrate together and that is to create a card using the below sketch (designed by the awesome Jen Shults!) Just create a card and enter it onto the TE Blog for monday! Create a card and snap a photo of you holding the card to be entered to win $250 gift certificate to TE!! WOWZA!

For my second project today, I used the above sketch and the new TE embossing folder (it covers the entire front of the card) for my birthday card, I LOVE these emobssing folders!!!! The card comes out so crisp in the pattern of the embossed patterns! Along with the dots embossing folder, I used the new Little bits dies called birthday cake and stand and on the bottom I stamped the sentiment "for you" under the cake: 

Here is closer peek - I love these embossing folders - I cut the heart out by hand and added a heart to the center heart. I added a row of pink buttons on the bottom part of the card - I LOVE these papers - omgosh - I really need a whole lot more!!! I added some faux stitching on the edge of the card and to the edge of the Label Stacklets 8 :

And here is a selfie of me and my card :) It is a little blurry but it was the best I could do while I was laughing trying to snap selfie :) Can't wait to check out your selfies!

It was so much fun to make these cards and I can't wait to see everyone else's project for this fun first day of sneak peek blog hopping!! 

Thanks for visiting, crafty friends! If you'd like to see more projects and new product information, please head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of our participating designers!

Please hop on by tomorrow for more TE goodness!!
Ciao for now!!

Sankari :)

Matched Kit - Double the Fun	TE 6x6 Paper Pack - Double the Fun	TE Sequins - Double the Fun Girl	Little Bits - Balloons
Little Bits - Cake & Stand	*memento bahama blue full pad	*choice snow white cardstock	*best glue ever
*foam tape - 1/8" thick	*inkssentials white gel pens

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September 2014 Birthday Week: Day 7 Happy Birthday!

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Today is the seventh day of blogging birthday cards to celebrate my birthday week this September! Woohoo! I hope you have enjoyed looking at them because I really enjoyed making them immensely! There is something so much fun to pull out some of your favorite stamp sets and make cards just for the pure joy and fun of crafting! 
For the last day of birthday week cards, I pulled out one of my favorite and fun stamp sets called: Adventure Land from Taylored Expressions for today's birthday card! This is one of my favorite stamp sets that I had a concept for and sent to Taylor who made it a reality! There is something so awesome about going to the fair or adventure park - memories of a lifetime! I colored the ferris wheel and then stamped it again and cut it out with both scissors and an x-acto knife for the little bits :) So much fun to make this card:

Here is a close up of the card - you can see where it was cut out - and then when you pop it up over the other stamped ferris wheel, it creates a lot more dimensiona and almost a feeling of some movement :) Love these fun colors and coloring out this image - love it!

Card Ingredients: Stamp set: Adventure Land stamp set from Taylored Expressions Papers: My Mindas Eyes and Kraft cardstock Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and Ladybug Red and copic markers Accessories: Cloud Border die, sponger, periwinkle linen ribbon, foam dimensionals, Best Glue Ever and Banner Parade die

Loved just loved doing this birthday week with birthday cards every day! Thank you so much for stopping by today! 
Stop over tomorrow for some release sneak peeks from Taylored Expressions (trust me you don't want to miss the new products!)
Ciao for now,
Sankari

*adventure land	*party banner border	Cloud Border	*memento tuxedo black full pad	*tim holtz distress ink pad - broken china
*sponge daubers	Simple Stories - Snap Collection - Hello Baby - Cards	*choice kraft cardstock	*choice snow white cardstock	*copic markers

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September Birthday Week: Day 6 - Happy Birthday Cupcake!

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September is my favorite month not just because it is my birthday month but also because I love fall - and the change of colors in the leaves, cooling of the evening air and the kids going to school with brand new school supplies just makes my heart happy! 

This week, I am extending my birthday to a birthweek and am showing  birthday card or project everyday! Today is Day 6 of birthday card making and for today, I am showing a card I made using the For the Love of Cupcakes stamp set - which is filled with seriously delicious groupings of cupcakes and sentiments!

Here is a close up of the cupcakes - this is one of my favorite images - a whole stacklet of cupcakes - yes please!!! I love this sentiment as well - "Happy Birthday Cupcake!" LOL! LOVE it!!!

Card Ingredients:

Stamp set: For the Love of Cupcakes stamp set from Taylored Expressions

Papers: scraps from MME and kraft cardstock

Inks: Memento Rose Red and Tuxedo Black and copics

Accessories: sequins, liquid pearls, foam, ribbon, Label Stacklets 8 from TE, Best Glue Ever

Please hop over tomorrow for the last of birthday week series! Tomorrow's card is a fun one - just like birthdays when you were a kid ;) 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Ciao for now!!
Sankari :)

*label stacklets 8

*for the love of cupcakes

*copic markers

*best glue ever

*foam tape - 1/8" thick

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Verve Diva Inspiration - September 2014

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Today is the fifth day in a week of birthday cards on my blog as a way to celebrate my birthday which was on Wednesday :) AND today is also Verve's September Diva Inspirations Hop. It's the 5th of the month and that means it's time for the Divas to serve up some fresh inspiration with their Verve stamps! Leave some comment love along the hop spots for a chance to win a prize, then grab some stamps and play along with our September inspiration challenge for another chance to win!

This month's challenge is entitled Sweet September:

Sugar-high! Get sugary sweet with pastels, cupcakes or candy. Create a calorie free confection to delight the senses! Feel free to use the graphic as inspiration or not.

I decided to kind of use the graphic as inspiration and incorporated the pastel colors to create a rainbow of sugary sparkley cake birthday tags using the Big Wish stamp set and the sentiment from the Small Phrases sentiment from Verve stamps. Here is my rainbow array of birthday tags:

I stamped the tag stamp from the Sweet Treats stamp set in 5 different colors and then created a mat using some kraft cardstock. I stamped the sentiment with the same colors and then cut out the sentiment using the Charming Banners dies from Verve.:

The cake is from the Big Wish stamp set - I colored it with copic markers and then glitterfied them and added liquid pearls to the edging of them and then adhered them to the circles of white and kraft cardstock. I then mounted the whole cake and onto the Sweet Scallop die from Verve, added an eyelet and then added ribbon and bling. I love all the sparkly goodness - here is a close up peek:

Here is a close up of one of the tags - I added some stickles to the candles and some liquid pearls to the edges:

Here are the tags in all the different colors:

Card Ingredients:

Stamp set: Big Wish stamp set for the cake, the tag stamp is from the Sweet Treats stamp set and the sentiment is from the Small Phrases stamp set from Verve stamps.

Cardstock: Kraft and Choice White from TE

Inks: Memento: Angel Pink, Soft Sky Blue, Lilac Posies, Bamboo Green, Dandelion yellow and copic markers

Accessories: Circle Spellbinders, White gel pen, Charming Banner dies  from Verve stamps, (set of 2) and Sweet Scallop die from Verve Stamps, eyelets, white ribbon, colorful bling, chunky glitter.

I loved making this fun birthday cake tags - perfect to add to a little present for a friend! Need a little inspiration? Check out the blogs linked below to see what the other Divas did with the challenge! It's sure to be a treat, and speaking of treats, we've got a prize for one lucky commenter along the hop! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Hugs!
Sankari :)

	1. Julee	7. Sarah
	2. Amy	8. Sony
	3. Anya	9. Susan
	4. Betty	10. Maureen
	5. Karen	11. Stacey
	6. Sankari	12. Marisa

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