JUNE RELEASE AT A GLANCE:
* We have sneak peeks to share Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday! All of the new products will be available for purchase on Friday, June 3rd at 8am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven department in the Taylored Expressions Store.
* Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets on Thursday night beginning at approximately 6pm PST.
* Special Early Bird Offer on Release day for the first 15 orders over $100. It's TOTALLY SWEET!
* 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 all 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 blog for more chances to win! Limit one comment per blog per day please. Comments close Thursday 6/2 at 7pm PST for the drawings.
Today is Beach Day for our sneak peeks! TOO much fun! I have two sets to introduce to you! This first set is maybe my favorite TE set ever! I could have made 20 cards with it! It's called "A Day in Paradise" and it was illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes Line. The set is a full-size TE set and has 21 images. It is very versatile and the sentiments are great. I love it because it has a Cape Cod feel to it...and I love all things Cape Cod! That's where the DH and I were married!
Here's my first card with this awesome set! I wanted a soft beachy vibe to go with this gorgeous beach house image. Don't you love it? I chose a color palette that reminded me of sand, sky and shells... I used some thick twine to mimic rope or nets.
Here is my Copic Color Palette for this project! YUM!
I used the small starfish image to create my own background paper using krat paper and versamark ink.
Here is everything colored in and ready to cut out!
I added some tiny bits of fine glitter to the windows and the shells to make it look as if they are catching the light of the sun!
I wish I could go to this pretty beach house right now! You are seriously going to love this set!
Here's my second card made with "A Day in Paradise" set. This time I kept it really clean and simple. I have been seeing a lot of cards out there in blog-land that have a lot of white space. I wanted to give it a try. This card reminds me of a spa day!
The second set I'm introducing to you today is called "Surf's Up!" And, you can see why! This is a Penguin Petites set illustrated by Doug Applegate for the Apple Doodle Ink line for TE. Each set had five images. I love the sentiments with this one! He was very fun to color!
Here is my Copic Palette for this card...bright and cheery!
Taylor is introducing a new wave die this month too. LOVE it! It cuts such a nice crisp image and is the perfect size for cards. I will use it again on my last project for the week! For this card I cut out two waves to add some depth. You can see below how it turned out. Taylor also sells the Nestabilities die I used for my main image!
See how my little wave came out!? The font for this set is really adorable. The paper I used is a new pack from Echo Park called Splash! The little fishies were my favorite.
This little guy is so cute...and there is another stamp set this month with his little surfer penguin girlfriend! She's called Beach Belle!
Each of Taylor's stamp sets are made from very high quality deeply etched pink rubber and they all come trimmed and ready to use with your acrylic blocks. They come on a hard plastic index sheet that has binder holes for easy storage.
Okay, I've given you lots to look at today! The new sets are great and perfect for Summer. Tomorrow's theme is Wedding Day and I'll be back with more projects.
As with every day...please go and check out what the rest of the Baker's Dozen has for you! There are other cool stamp sets that I did not use today.
Charmaine Ikach
Danielle Lounds
Jackie Pedro
Jami Sibley
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Melissa Sauls
Regina Mangum
Sankari Wegman
Taylor VanBruggen
Tori Wild
Wanda Guess
Nancy McKinney - Guest Designer
love your cards... great sneak peeks
Posted by: wendy | 05/31/2011 at 08:46 AM
LOVE these! I adore the way you wound the twine around the shells and the pop of green against the white for your Adorondak card is just stunning! I totally love that little surfing penguin too!
Posted by: Karen Giron | 05/31/2011 at 09:33 AM
Very pretty color choices for your cards! Nice job!
Julie L.
Posted by: Julie Learned | 05/31/2011 at 09:36 AM
The chair card makes me feel so calm!
Posted by: Vicki Fields | 05/31/2011 at 10:34 AM
Wanda! I absolutely adore how you put these together! Your stamped background is so awesome! XOXO
Posted by: Regina Mangum | 05/31/2011 at 11:59 AM
I just love the cards and looking forward to see the new release stamps. Tks for sharing!
Posted by: Ruby | 05/31/2011 at 12:47 PM
Your cards are fantastic and too cute. Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Mia | 05/31/2011 at 01:15 PM
Such beautiful cards, Wanda! I love how you offset the wave borders on your penguin card and how you cut out all those seashells for such a pretty embellishment with the hemp knot!
Posted by: taylor | 05/31/2011 at 02:03 PM
Love your creations Sistah! You color houses to perfectly...I really like that Cape Cod beachy scene!
Posted by: TeaDub! | 05/31/2011 at 02:24 PM
man, oh man, these are awesome, Wanda! Fabulous new stamps and fabulous cards you made. Made me so happy just to look at these adorable things. Can't wait to see more tomorrow. :)
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 05/31/2011 at 04:32 PM
All three cards are fabulous, I love the colors and all the layers you used. These must be heavy cards!
Posted by: Jackie Rakoski | 05/31/2011 at 06:07 PM
All of your cards are just amazing! The first, however, is my favorite--love all the details, the shells, and the twine!
Chris L.
Posted by: Chris L. | 05/31/2011 at 06:58 PM
Getting fancy there for Taylored Expressions role :) xo
Posted by: Erna | 05/31/2011 at 07:33 PM
Great cards ~ I can't wait to see the full release!
Posted by: Lisa | 05/31/2011 at 07:55 PM
Your cards are fabulous. I especially love what you did with my next set (grin), A Day in Paradise!
Posted by: Kathi R | 05/31/2011 at 08:30 PM
Wonderful cards! I appreciate how you share the process, it's so helpful and I love learning! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Natalie | 05/31/2011 at 09:16 PM
WOW! Amazing sneak peeks! Beautiful cards and wonderful details. Love them all! Hope your holiday weekend was great!
Hugs,
Rach
Posted by: Rachel ♥ (Gingerbread Gal) | 05/31/2011 at 09:32 PM
Wanda your TE sneak peek projects are incredible! The beach house card with the glittery seashells and rope, the CAS beach chairs with the swirl embossing and your penguin card with it's bright summer colors and fun waves all are fabulous!
Posted by: Lynn Put | 06/01/2011 at 07:08 AM
Beautiful cards, love them all. What a fun blog hop!
Posted by: Val P | 06/01/2011 at 07:35 AM
STUNNING!!
Love..love the first card so very much!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 06/01/2011 at 10:08 AM
cute
Posted by: jan farnworth | 06/01/2011 at 04:37 PM
Love that chair!
Posted by: Sassy | 06/01/2011 at 08:46 PM
Love the chair and the white background just sets it off nicely. Wonderful work
Posted by: Billie A | 06/01/2011 at 09:25 PM
Oh my WORD Wanda! These are, as usual, both GORGEOUS! LOVE the addition of the rope to the first card!! MAGNIFICENT!
Posted by: Jodi | 06/02/2011 at 09:16 AM
Great colours on all of these. Fabulous cards.
Posted by: Glenda J | 06/02/2011 at 12:43 PM
These are awesome! My favorite two are the sea themed ones - the one with all the individually cut out shells woven into the twine and the the CAS card with the pretty adirondack chairs.
Posted by: Crafty Math Chick | 06/02/2011 at 05:19 PM
Such, sweet, sweet cards! Adorable penguin and your beachy cards are so relaxing and perfect!
Posted by: Charmaine Ikach | 06/04/2011 at 10:59 AM
Oh SNAP! All three of your cards are fabulous and how you layered the way dies? Genious! I'm going to have to try that myself!
Posted by: Danielle Lounds | 06/05/2011 at 06:02 PM