Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Taylored Expressions: March Release Day 3


March 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, March 1st 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 2/29 at 7pm PST

HI Everyone,

We are continuing with release week sneak peeks at Taylored Expressions with more full sized stamps and more A La Carte stamps and more dies!! Today I have two projects to show - the first is from the Totally Tags Spring collection - which is a new set of tags to coordinate with the Totally Tags dies - perfect for cards, scrapbook pages and for little treats for Easter and Spring! This stamp set also perfectly coordinates with the Hello Spring and Easter Joy stamp set

Project 1: Totally Tags Spring

I love making little treats and the best part is creating little tags to go with them. It makes even the simplest little treat even more special to have a handmade tag. 

I created a little tag tin to hold the treats using the Clear Topped Hinged Tin and decorating it with one of the tags and papers from My Mind's Eye (Dwell): I used the Frame it Up 1 die and the Totally Tags dies for the front of the box:


I made 4 tags to fit in the box (you can fit a lot more - but with the layers and dimensional tape - four fits perfect :) I used the Tag Treats (set of 10) for my tag bases (you can pick any color card stock you want - and get 10 per color!!) Here is what it looks like when the tag box is opened:

And here is a closer picture of the tags - I love these sweet bunnies and the cute Spring Images:


Can't wait to package some treats and make more tags!!! :)


Project 2: Tip Toe Through the Tulips Dies from Taylored Expressions:
Taylor will be releasing so many fun new must have dies on Thursday - and one of my favorite is the die set calledL Tip Toe Through the Tulips!!! These dies are simply awesome - seriously!!! I made today's card just using the dies - the sentiment is "Happiness Always" and is from the Spring Cottage stamp set. Here is what this die looks like - it comes with one large tulip , one small tulip and coordinating stems and a leaf... SO many possibilities with what to create with this die set!

  

I used the dies and cut out the tulips from DP from the the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dilly Dally paper collection and die cut the leaves out of regular white card stock that I inked green. I created a little scene using the Clouds Border Edge die to sponge some clouds and used the Medium Scallop border die to create the grass. 


I  sponged the edges, chomped some corners and then popped up the tulips and their matching stems in the field of scalloped grass. I love how this turned out - and it was so easy with these gorgeous dies that already come with the groove for the tulip petals - so sweet!!

 I can't wait to see what the rest of the DT has created!! Please hop over and check out the gorgeous creations:
Big hugs,
Sankari 
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Taylored Expressions: March Release Day 2


March 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, March 1st 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 2/29 at 7pm PST

HI Everyone,

Today, the sneak peeks are continuing with such sweet stamp sets that will be released on Thursday from Taylored Expressions! Today, I sneaking a peek from the newest Moka: welcome Moka April, designed by the awesomest Nancy McKinney!!! Isn't she so cute? And I love the sayings in this cute little stamp set: especially this sentiment: " Everyone needs a friend Who's all Ears!"

I stamped Moka April and colored her in with copies and cut her out and popped her over the Take Note 3 die that was layered over the Frame It Up 1 die. I love her cute little ear head band - isn't she just darling!
Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Moka April from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black and copies
Accessories: Martha Stewart lace punch and border edge punch, gold crinkled crepe satin, bling, Take Note 3 die, Frame it Up 1 die, Swiss Dots Embossing folder, liquid pearls and dimensionals. 
  
I layered some border edges over some card stock that I embossed with some Swiss Dots embossing folder and then sponged the edges and popped up the frames over it. I added some gold crinkled crepe satin and then added a pearl to the center. Coloring all of the Mokas has become really easy - Taylored Expressions has a FREE DOWNLOAD with how to color hair and skin with copies thanks to the awesomely amazing Jen Shults!!






I loved making this card with sweet Moka April - I can't wait to see what the rest of the DT has created!! Please hop over and check out the gorgeous creations:
Thank you for stopping by!
Big hugs,
Sankari 
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Taylored Expressions: March Release Day 1


March 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, March 1st 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 2/29 at 7pm PST.

Hi Everyone
Welcome to release week from Taylored Expressions!!! I am so excited for this amazing release - every single stamp set is so cute and full of adorable whimsy! Today we are kicking off the release with a ton of new dies and brand new stamp sets! I love the sweet Spring Cottage stamp set (part of the Appledoodle collection designed by Doug Applegate). This stamp set comes with the cutest accessories to a spring cottage including a wishing well! I wanted to create a little scene so I started by stamping the cottage roof onto a cork sheet and then paper pieced it after inking the edges in some Rich Cocoa ink. I paper pieced the rest of the cottage with paper from the Lost and Found Collection from My Mind's Eye.

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Spring Cottage from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bahama Blue and Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cork Sheets from Taylored Expressions,  Cloud Border Die, Garden Party Blooms (set 2), button from stash, twine, MS grass punch,  dimensionals, liquid pearls and sponger

I used the cork to accent the shutters and the door and then added the sentiment onto the bottom with a button accent from my button stash. The clouds were created using the Cloud Border die and sponging with some Bahama Blue ink (Memento) and the sun was created using the Garden Party Blooms Set 2 dies from Taylored Expressions and layered with some circles punched from DP

    

It was so much fun to create this card and to make a spring scene with this adorable stamp set!!! I can't wait to see what everyone has created - please check them out here!
Thank you for stopping by!
Big hugs,
Sankari 
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Mojo Monday #229 - OH BOY!

Hi Everyone,

Today we are surprising Julee Tillman, creator of Verve Stamps, with a little virtual blog hop baby shower as she and her wonderful husband Mark as they begin this new adventure! If you came from sweet Charmanie Ikach's blog you are in the right place - or if you happen to start here you can begin with Julee and Teresa's blog for the baby happy party!

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch #229 designed by Mary Fish for my card today and loved the panels in the back. I alternated pieces of paper from MME Lime Twist: Fly a Kite and used the super cute giraffe from the To the Moon stamp set. I wanted to create little twin giraffes for Julee's twin boys and colored them in a fun blue and green and framed them with the frame from the Sweet Treats stamp set inked in red. I cut the center part of the frame out and then popped the giraffes out through them and finished it with a sweet sentiment: Oh BOY! I love these two giraffes (who I have named Legolas and Aragorn in honor of Julee's husband Mark who did mention a liking for Lord of the Rings)

Card Ingredients:
Paper: MME Fly a Kite: Lime Twist
Stamps: Verve:To the Moon stamp set and Sweet Treats stamp set 
Inks: Ladybug red, Tuxedo black and Bahama Blue from Memento ink
Accessories: dimensionals, copics, corner rounder, EK success scallop punches, ribbon and candy dot from Taylored Expressions, copies and sponger


Julee and Mark, I am so excited for your new adventure and wish you every joy in the world as you welcome your sweet twin boys! They are so lucky to be blessed with parents like you and I can't wait to see their sweet faces soon! 

I remember people always told me to enjoy these precious moments because they go so fast - at the time they told me that, I felt so sleep deprived and exhausted that I couldn't imagine it going fast at all - but it really is true - suddenly they are wearing baby clothes and getting new teeth (for which I spent sleepless nights patting my babies as the little tooth was coming in) - and suddenly they are losing their baby teeth and growing like weeds and I am trying to keep up with them!!! I feel so grateful for my little wee ones - they continuously teach me how to be a better person - they teach me patience, flexibility and teach me how to love with every fiber of my being.

Each age has its own joys and its own challenges - there is one guarantee - you will never be bored! Enjoy each precious moment - and take lots of pictures and more video - they love seeing themselves when the were little!! I wish I could be there in person to hug you - but I hope you feel my love and excitement and happy wishes for you across the miles :) 

Next on the hop is the blog of sweet Shannan!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Taylored Expressions: Key Ingredients Kit Day 4


Hi Everyone ,
The Key Ingredients party continues with Taylored Expressions as today I am peeking some projects that I created with this gorgeous Key Ingredients kit! If you subscribe as a Key Ingredients Kit member before March 10th - you will receive an exclusive stamp set that is just adorable! - you can check out all the details on Taylor's blog HERE.  This is such a great club to be part of because Taylor takes all the guesswork out for you - and creates kits every month with coordinating card stock, embellishments, DP and more that make it super easy to create a project! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kit - and I made two projects just using the kit!!!

The first project I created uses NO STAMPS! OMY! Just the sentiments from the Key Ingredients Kit for February! I decorated a Tea Tin  and decorated it using these gorgeous DP papers and beautiful Fairytale Prima Roses - which I am swooning over! :) I used the Layering Doily- Small, the Hearts a Plenty Dies  and the Butterflies (set of 3) dies from Taylored Expressions:


 Here are some of the different sides of the Tea Tin:


I loved making this project - and loved that I didn't have to use any stamps! I couldn't wait to make another project and used one of the Darcie's Acrylic Frames to create this project by our doorway using the Cozy Cottages stamp set with the Birds and Branches dies:



I loved using this gorgeous Key Ingredients kit and can't wait to use every single bit of all the ingredients that are in this kit! 

Please check out both of these ladies who are showing samples today:
the awesome Tori Wild
and the wonderful Corinna McGregor

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


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Friday, February 10, 2012

Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Release!


  • Key Ingredients Info and Inspiration - February 10-15 - learn all about this fantastic kit club and see samples from the Key Ingredients Design Team and the Baker's Dozen!  Click here for all the info and start at Taylor's blog each day for all the inspiration.
  • February Key Ingredients featuring My Mind's Eye Lost & Found - Rosy begins shipping February 15th. Enroll now!
  • Exclusive Vintage Dreamer Stamp Set - find out how you can get your crafty little hands on this stylish new set at 50% off for a limited time!
  • Win a Key Ingredients Kit - you can win the March Kit to try out, or have a month added on to your current subscription.  See Taylor's blog for all the details and to enter to win!  It's easy!



Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the February Release at Taylored Expressions where this month we are doing things a little differently - we are focusing on the Key Ingredients Kits where there this month along with a limited edition stamp set called Vintage Dreamer! I love this stamp set - the sweet typewrite is so awesome (remember those?!) and I lote that you can write different messages in the paper on the typewriter. I paired my typewriter with the Just A note sentiment and created a little gift set using the Heart Favor Box Die:


I love the KI kits - Taylor makes it super easy to create coordinating cards and projects and has both card stock, embellishments, DP that all coordinate together and come with a great storage container so that after you are done - you can can keep all the ingredients together in one place (and having only a corner to stamp in which is in our bedroom, that is awesome!!) The February kit uses the My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad (a whole paper pad with ingredients to coordinate!!! Wow!!!) This is a close up of the card - I paired it with the Layering Doily Die - Large: from Taylored Expressions:


I love this Vintage dreamer stamp set - and all of the little sayings within it! It also coordinates perfectly with a newly released embossing folder - that you can kind of see in the brown part of the card that I white washed a bit with some ink. This is the new Houndstooth/damask impression plate and it is just fantastic! And here are the different angles of the  Heart Favor Box Die: - I added a little matted acrylic to the heart so that the inside of the box won't come out and folded the Layering Doily Die- Small in half for the sentiment. This kit also comes with beautiful little roses and gorgeous ribbons that perfectly coordinate with the paper - I mean WOW! Putting things together has never been more fun and easy!
Check out all the beautiful inspiration from the February Key Ingredients kit featuring the Vintage Dreamer Stamp set from both the KI design team and the TE design team :



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

Here is the brand-new Houndstooth/Damask Impression Plate that was used on the dark brown part of the card (and then inked in white a little):


Here are all of the dies used today:


 Check out all of the Taylored Dies here
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