Sankari's Sunshine Corner

Monday, December 7, 2015

Taylored Expressions: DEC 2015 Release Day 1: Skinny Mini Valentine Borders and Pizza of My Life

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the December 2015 Release from Taylored Expressions!! OMGosh - this has got to be one of my favorite releases!! I absolutely had a blast making every single one of my cards for release week and I can't wait to peek them starting today!!

My first card is made using ALL new dies!!! I used the new Skinny Mini Valentine Border dies to create the background with various shades of pinks and reds and purples and then used the new Stitched Heart Stacklets dies to create a heart cut out that I hung the new Love - Be Mine Borders dies in the middle of the heart - I absolutely LOVE how this turned out:

Card Ingredients:

Taylored Dies and Folders: Skinny Mini Valentine Border dies, Stitched Heart Stacklets dies , Love - Be Mine Borders dies

Premium Cardstock:, Salt Water Taffy, Sugar Cube, Earl Grey Tea, Cupcake and Lavender Glaze

Paper Pack: TE 6x6 Hello Happiness paper Pack (soft pink DP with polkadots)

Accessories: Bling, Foam Tape, Best Glue Ever, Photo Corner chomoer and Pico Inkessential Shimmer

I love these dies - SO so SO cute and love all the different kinds of banners - perfect for Valentine's Day and beyond!! I kept using these dies for my second card that I made using the super cute stamp set: Pizza of My Heart (What a cute name!!) and I created a little line of Lattes (what a great way to start the day but with a line of lattes waiting for you at work! yes please!) - I absolutely love that this set is a combo of dies and stamps and makes it perfect for die cutting all these images perfect each time!! I love this:

I colored the lattes and then put them on a strip of the new Swiss Hearts Embossing Folder - and then added a banner above with some stickles for bling and some hearts all around!! So fun!

Here is another view of all the coffee cups in a row -- I added a little swirl of faux embossing near the sentiment for a little whimsy - love love love these cute lattes!! Mmmm can't wait to have one now!!

Card Ingredients: I Love You A Latte

Stamps: Pizza My Heart Combo

Taylored Dies and Folders: Skinny Mini Valentine Borders and Swiss Hearts Embossing Folder

Premium Cardstock: Toffee, Salt Water Taffy, Sugar Cube, Cherry Pop and Earl Grey Tea

Inks: Memento Bahama Blue, Chalk White and copics

Accessories: Stickles, Foam Tape, Best Glue Ever, Sharpie (White), Pico Inkessential Shimmer

I have loved making projec

ts for today's sneak peeks! Please make sure to stop by the TE blog today for more info and to hop over to everyone's blog today to check out their works of art!

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog each Sneak Peek Day this week for details on how you can enter to win.

Thanks so much for stopping by today - hop by tomorrow for more sneak peeks!!
hugs,
Sankari :)

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Hello Friend

Hello Everyone!!

I am so excited to share a card that I made using one of my favorite sets from Taylored Expressions called Under the Sea. I love the fun under the sea animals and fauna (is that a word for under the sea..?! hmm :).

I did some fun paper piecing on the sweet whale image using the Hello Happiness paperpack - I love this little whale - isn't she so cute?! I stamped the whale onto the pink DP as seen here. I also stamped the whale on some Sugar Cube cardstock and die cut it out using the coordinating Under the Sea dies. I then adhered the whale on top of the die cut Sugar Cube cardstock so that it would be a little firmer and hold up better long term.

I then created a little scene using the Build A Scene - Swirly Clouds and the Build A Scene - Rolling Waves, along with the Under the Sea dies. I just love how this scene turned out:

Here is a close up of the card - I embossed the waves with the Braided Embossing Folder and then sponged a little Bahama Blue Ink over it and added some Irresistible Pico Embellisher (Clear) to the waves and fishes:

Card Ingredients:

Stamp set: Under the Sea stamp set and sentiment from Free Spirit stamp set from Taylored Expressions

Paper Pack: Hello Happiness paper pack from TE (6x6)

TE Premium Cardstock: Sugar Cube, Salt Water Taffy, Granny Smith, Pea Pod, Potato Chip

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bahama Blue

Taylored Dies: Build A Scene – Swirly Clouds, Build A Scene – Rolling Waves, Under the Sea dies and Braided Embossing Folder

Accessories: Foam Tape 1/16^th, Best Glue Ever, Irresistible Pico Embellisher - Clear

I just LOVE how this turned out - it was so much fun to create this underwater scene with some paper piecing and lots of dies :) !!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Hugs,
Sankari :)

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Taylored Expressions Release Day Nov 2016 - Happy New Year!

Hey Everyone!

Today is Release Day over at Taylored Expressions where all the new stamp sets, dies and embossing folders are available for your crafty pleasure! Today, I am excited to show a card I made using the Happy New Year die from Taylored Expressions! This is such a fun and easy card to make - and there are so many possibilities in terms of colors or embellishments that you can use to dress it up!

I love the new Braided Embossing Folder, which I used to emboss the silver cardstock from the Metallics Neutrals cardstock. I love how this turned out:

Here is a closer peek at the card: I added some Pico Irresistible Embellisher (Silver) to the letters and then sprinkled some glitter dust over the lettering and added some dots to the edges. And then finished it off by twirling some silver twine around the frame and to a lavender button that I added to the top corner:

Card Ingredients:

Taylored Dies and Folders: Braided Embossing folder, Happy New YEar Die
Premium Cardstock: TE Lavender Glaze, TE Earl Grey, TE Sugar Cube
Accessories: Foam tape, Pico Embellisher - silver, Silver Twine (300 yards), Best Glue Ever, lavender button

I have loved making projects for today's sneak peeks! Please make sure to stop by the TE blog today for more info and to hop over to everyone's blog today to check out their works of art!