Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks Day One!

December Release At a Glance

• It's Petite-a-Palooza as we introduce A DOZEN new Petite stamp sets, plus one new A la Carte, from every stamp collection available at Taylored Expressions.
• Tuesday is Calendar Day as we showcase FOUR new TE calendar products - all perfect for gift giving!
• Wednesday is Card Kit Day as we introduce FOUR new Taylored Card Kits available just in time for the holidays!
• All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, December 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.

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the first day of the December release of stamps from Taylored Expressions!!! This release focuses on all petite stamp sets perfect for so many occasions! As you hop around today - you will see all kinds of new petite stamp sets ready for your crafting happiness along with different calendar products that will get you organized for next year and/or will make the best gift to give to someone special! Today, I am showing a sample form the sweet petite stamp set Snowflake Wreath which is perfect throughout the winter months and is also a great option for a holiday cards! 

For my calendar project, I used the awesome Perpetual Occasions Calendar which helps to keep track of all your birthdays/anniversaries each month - and the best part is that since these occasions don't change - you can keep the cute calendar forever! :) I decorated the December page with the sweet Snowflake Wreath stamp set which is part of the seasonal wreaths collection from Taylored Expressions designed by Nancy McKinney and concepted by Jami Sibley. I stamped the snowflake wreath and cut it out and then attached the ribbon on top of it. I used one of the snowflakes in the stamp set and stamped it with different colors to create a background for the calendar: 

 Here is a closer peek at the notebook - this is something that you hang on the wall or keep by your office desk - which is where this little notebook is going :)

Perpetual Occasions Calendar

Paper: Snow White Choice cardstock

Stamps: Snowflake Wreath by Taylored Expressions

Inks: Memento Inks: Danube Blue, Bahama Blue, Cat's Eye Platinum, and Ladybug Red for bow

Accessories: Seasonal Wreath die from Taylored Expressions, Kaiser bling, corner puncher MS, Spellbinders, White opal liquid pearls, ribbon from stash, star punch from MS in the center, dimensionals

I choose December for my calendar month because it is one of the biggest months for me in terms of birthdays (4 in our family), along with the anniversaries of 2 dear family friends and of course all the holiday parties, teachers thank you gifts and Christmas Eve and Day! Anything that will help organize this month is something that I will take! I can't wait to organize and decorate every month! You can create a whole year calendar just using all of the Seasonal Wreaths from Taylored Expressions - this coordinates with the Seasonal Wreath Taylored Die and the Basic Bow Taylored Die.)  Here is a list of all of the other seasonal wreaths to fill up your yearly calendar:

Wreath Calendar:

January - Snowflake Wreath (NEW) or 4th of July Wreath colored for Winter/New Year's

February - Wreath of Love

March - Wreath of Luck

April - Spring Wreath

May - Strawberry Wreath (NEW)

June - Summer Wreath

July - 4th of July Wreath

August - Sunflower Wreath

September  - Apple Wreath (NEW)

October  - Spooky Wreath

November - Autumn Wreath

December - Wreaths of Joy

I can't wait to decorate each month with all of these seasonal wreaths! I can't wait to see what everyone has created with their different calendar projects today - please hop around with me and check out these wonderful creations from all of these amazing details:

• • Charmaine Ikach
  • Danielle Lounds
  • Jen Shults
  • Jodi Collins
  • Karen Giron
  • Lori Craig
  • Melissa Sauls
  • Melody Rupple
  • Regina Mangum
  • Sankari Wegman
  • Taylor VanBruggen
  • Tori Wild
  • Wanda Guess

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Please stop by tomorrow for some more yummy sneak peeks!

Hugs,

Sankari :)

Day 7 of 12 Days of Christmas from Paper Craft Planet!

Happy Monday Morning Everyone!!!

Today is Day Seven of our 12 Days of Christmas campaign over at Paper Craft Design Team and I am your hostess! For 12 days, the Super Novas of Paper Craft Design Team will each show you some awesome and easy gift giving ideas, and you can play along and win prizes by participating in a scavenger hunt! Keep reading for a clue and chance to win!

Today, I am excited to show you a lunchbox ornament that can be hung on your christmas tree with a little surprise inside!! I found this lunchbox in the $1 aisle in Target a long time ago and thought it would make a fun ornament to hang up. I altered the front of it and loved that when it is opened up - there is a little surprise waiting for a special person :) Here is a picture of the ornament as it hangs on the tree:

And here is a picture of the ornament when you open it up:

Project Ingredients:

Papers: Prism Cardstock

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, LadyBug Red

Stamps: Verve - O Christmas Tree

Accessories: Corner rounder, liquid pearls, rhinestones, dimensionals, sponger, EK success border punch

Today's scavenger hunt is sponsored by My Favorite Things! You could win a GENEROUS prize if you can solve our clue...

"This little GIRL is PURE and sweet.

STAMPing with her is really a treat.

All of your cards will give you a thrill

'cause she's holding SNOWBALLS and throw them she will!

Can you find the answer? It's an easy one too!

Link it below and we'll be so proud of you!"

Find the product on the My Favorite Things website that fits the clue and you could be our winner! If you know what the answer is then make sure you hop on over to Paper Craft Planet and leave a comment HERE (don't worry if the comments don't show up - I have turned the visibility off so that people don't see other people's answers!!!) Remember - you have through the rest of today to find the answer!!

AND make sure you check the Paper Craft Planet main page every day through December 12th to play along! (You can visit the this LINK for past projects!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Big hugs to all!!

Sankari :)

2 Sketches 4 You - #41 - Merry Christmas!

Good Morning Everyone!

Happy Monday! Our monday morning is off to a snowy start and the harvested cornfields look beautiful covered in white winter magic :) Today over at 2 Sketches 4 You, Kazan has a lovely sketch for us to play with and this week's sponsor is g.c.d studio and the DT was so excited to play along using their amazing holiday collection of papers from the Christmas Sleigh Collection - and also with their beautiful buttons and brads! I loved the fact that this collection came with different textures of papers from clear acetate, to felted papers, to shimmery glitteriness of the different papers! We were so excited to use these papers that we all made 2 cards this week - one with Kazan's awesome sketch #41 and another one from whatever layout we liked. Here is my card using Kazan's beautiful sketch:

I attached the clear acetate paper to the DP with some Zip Dry in the corners and added some rhinestones in the corner. I used the chipboard and used the lovely wreath stamp from Verve that I cut out and then popped up on dimensionals on the piece of chipboard:

Card Ingredients:

Paper: g.c.d studios: Christmas Sleigh Collection

Inks: Lady Bug Memento

Stamps: Verve: O' Christmas Tree

Accessories: Zp Dry, Rhinestones, liquid pearls, brad, ribbon from stash, Bo Bunny candy cane and dimensionals.

Here is my second card that I made "just for fun" - I used the Holiday Button Bits from PaperTrey and I absolutely LOVED using this gorgeous red paper - it has "foil" in it and the way it shines is just beautiful!!!

Card Ingredients:

Paper: g.c.d studios: Christmas Sleigh Collection

Inks: Lady Bug Memento

Stamps: PaperTrey Holiday Bits

Accessories: Whirligig buttons, EK Success punch, Sakura White gel pen, brad, ribbon from Taylored Expressions and dimensionals.

I absolutely loved playing along with this lovely sketch! And a huge thank you to g.c.d studios for their generosity! The winner this week will get their hands on the yummy Christmas Sleigh Collection!!! So check out all the yumminess right here at 2 Sketches 4 You!!!

Can't wait to see all the yumminess that the rest of the DT have cooked up!!!

Happy Monday Everyone!!!

Big Hugs!

Sankari :)

Verve sneak Peeks: Harvest Blessings

Good Morning Everyone,

Can I tell you HOW excited I am today to show you SNEAK PEEKS from this month's Verve release!!?!!!!! Seriously SOOOO excited!!! Check out the Verve Stamps blogpost to check out the awesome samples from the Verve Divas :) And don't forget that the Verve Release Party is TONIGHT - you can check out this thread for more information!!!

Today, myself, Laurie Schmidlin, Teresa Kline and Susan Liles are previewing the sets: Harvest Blessings and Happiness Found over at the Verve Stamps blog! For my project today I used the Harvest Blessings stamp set to create a wreath from the beautiful leaves that Julee has designed - I LOVE the different patterns that are within these leaves and the sentiment is just beautiful! I had so much fun making this wreath and have a mini tutorial with step by step instructions for making one of these for your home :) Here is a picture of the wreath:

Here is a closer peek at the lovely leaves that Julee has designed for this awesome fall set. I LOVE how easy it is to create these beautiful leaves - all you need are different color inks!

Here is a mini step by step instruction with pictures on how to make one of these wreaths. All you really need are: a paper plate (heavy Chinnet plates are the best), ribbon, adhesive glue, leaves and a hot glue gun!

1. select your paper plate (one that is thicker is much easier to work with than a thinner plate) - trim around the rim (wait - that rhymes!!!) so that the center is cut out.
2. cover your plate rim with ribbon - this is so that if there is any part of the plate that is exposed - you won't see the white part of the plate and also the back of the plate will look nice too so that if you have a glass door - the back of the plate will be covered as well. I used some mono adhesive glue for my ribbon just a little dot here and there to keep it in place.
3. get your pieces ready for adhering! for this project, I stamped over 70 leaves from the Harvest Blessings stamp set from Verve. I LOVE that Julee has designed these leaves to have polka dots, swirls and argyle patterns. SO awesome!!! All you have to do is stamp them with different inks and you have an array of patterns and colors for your leaves. I spread them out on my work space to try to figure out how I wanted to arrange them by groupings of colors, etc.
4. this picture shows you what the BACK of the plate looks like after you adhere the leaves. I like that the back of the plate has a pretty pattern from the ribbon because we have a glass door and its nice not to see the white plate's backside :)
5. This is a close up shot of the different patterns of leaves in this awesome set that Julee has designed. Its so super easy to create different leaf patters by just stamping them on different ink pads. I also sponged some brown on the edges of some of the leaves for a more 3D effect. I wanted to keep it simple - but you could also add some glitter mist or some stickles here or there for more sparkle-age :)
6. Here is the finished product of adhering all the leaves to the plate (a hot glue gun does the trick very well!) I tried to arrange them in two lines going in one direction with some leaves here and there in the middle. Have fun experimenting as to what works best for your project!
7. To show you what this wreath looks like from the back here is a picture of the wreath from behind the glass door. Its nice to have the ribbon cover the plate so you can't see the regular plate backside:

And here is the finished product hanging from the door. I have a little over the door hook that I tied my ribbon onto (because our front door is already inside the main building, this plate wreath doesn't shake in the wind. For more outdoor front doors, you could use more of a foam board and then cover with a clear lacquer to protect from the elements).

and here is a closer look at those leaves!!! and isn't this sentiment simply awesome!!!?!!! I love being welcomed into our house with this Vervalicous wreath on the front door :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today and visiting my blog!!! Make sure to jump over to the Verve blog to see all the samples from this week's sneak peek and stop by the Release Party tonight! It is going to be a rockin' one!!!

Big hugs!

Sankari :)