Last TESC sketch challenge: Congratulations!

Hi Everyone,

Today is the sketch challenge over at Taylored Expressions and I am both sad and excited to play along! I am sad because this is the LAST sketch challenge at Taylored Expressions using the TESC :( I remember when I started blogging, playing along with Taylor's weekly sketch challenges was always such a fun way to get my creative juices flowing.... So sad that it is ending - but so thankful to Taylor and all the sketch gals who have been making this challenge an amazing spot for inspiration on a weekly basis!!!

I am excited to play along for two reasons : 

1. To celebrate the last challenge at TESC, Taylor will be giving out some awesome prizes and there are 4 sketch challenges to choose from (or do all 4 for more fun and prizes!!!) Please check out all the details on Taylor's blog

and

2. One of my besties is having a baby sometime this week and I can't wait to welcome this little one!! I used the super super awesomely cute Onesie Twosie stamp set from Taylored Expressions to make my card - which needed up more CAS ... I was so surprised how quickly this card came together and how fun it was to make in the anticipation of this little baby who is on his way sometime in the next couple days!!! yay!!

For the sketch today I used one of my sketches for today's card (TESC #158)

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Father's Day Project Pantry

Stamps: Onesie Twosie stamp set from Taylored Expressions

Inks: Bamboo Leaves and Bahama Blue

Accessories: heart punch, corner punch, silk ribbon, TE medium scallops, circle punch and spellbinders, dimensionals and glue dots.

I am SO excited to welcome this little angel and Loved making this little boy card! This stamp set is so versatile - both open and closed onuses (for coloring or solid stamping) and with little images to put on the onesie (like a cupcake or dump truck etc.) LOVE that!!!

Please check out all the sketches that you can play along with over at Taylor's Blog!!

Thank you so much dear Taylor and Sketch Crew for providing such a fun and sweet place for some creative inspiration! Congratulations on all that you have accomplished! I have loved playing along with the sketches, have loved making some sketches and have drooled over all of your gorgeous creations over the years!!!  I love TE, TESC and YOU!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Big hugs,

Sankari :)

Eye for YOU! :)

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are doing great! Well, let me tell you! I am swimming in way too much! I started some big projects and always am trying to write my dissertation and in the middle of everything the kids spring/summer activities have me running around at full speed :) BUT, I think I am finally figuring out the balance of it all :) AND I am so excited to finally sit at my craft room - I wanted to make a special card for my DH - we are celebrating our 11th anniversary and couldn't wait to make him a special card!

When I sat down to make a card - initially I was going to make a flowery card - but then when I thought about our marriage - all I could think about is how much fun we have together - so I wanted to make a fun card and couldn't think of a better stamp set to use than the Love Monsters set from Taylored Expressions! I was cracking up so much making this card - I LOVE this little monster - and the sentiment: "I only have EYE for you" is still making me chuckle:

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket scraps and Bazzil card stock

Stamps:  Love Monsters stamp set from Taylored Expressions

Ink: Copics and Memento Black

Accessories: Stickles red, Pennant Border Edge die from Taylored Expressions, bling, corner punch, heart punch from MS, Spellbinders and EK success die punch and dimensionals.

All the monsters in this set are soooo adorable - I mean really - just stamping them makes the card super cute! Check out all the little monsters and sentiments here: Love Monsters set from Taylored Expressions!

I love this little one-eyed girl and I was cracking up when I gave this to my DH - he loved it - he laughed and then gave me a big hug.... now it has become this funny thing that we say to each other in the mornings before work "I only have eye for you" and then we both laugh! :)

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

"eye" hope you have a beautiful day! :)

Big hugs,

Sankari

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:

Paper: Choice Snow White and Perpetual Occasions Calendar

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!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess

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 :)

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!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jami Sibley
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Michele  Boyer - Guest Designer
• Nancy McKinney -  Illustrator
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Stephanie  Kraft -
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope that you have a wonderful day!

Big hugs,

Sankari :)

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:

• • Charmaine Ikach
  • Jen Shults
  • Jodi Collins
  • Karen Giron
  • Melissa Sauls
  • Nancy McKinney - Illustrator
  • Regina Mangum
  • Sankari Wegman
  • Stephanie Kraft
  • Taylor VanBruggen
  • Tori Wild
  • Wanda Guess  

Please stop by tomorrow for release day fun!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

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!

• • Charmaine Ikach
  • Jen Shults
  • Jodi Collins
  • Karen Giron
  • Melissa Sauls
  • Michele Boyer - Guest Designer
  • Regina Mangum
  • Sankari Wegman
  • Stephanie Kraft
  • Taylor VanBruggen
  • Tori Wild
  • Wanda Guess

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Big hugs,

Sankari :)