September Birthday Bash and Release
- At Taylored Expressions we are celebrating our 3rd Birthday and you are invited to our Birthday Bash!
- Sneak peeks Monday through Wednesday - lots of fun eye candy and
inspiration! - All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday,
September 1st at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store. - Every order placed Thursday - Monday will include a FREE Party Favor.
- To celebrate our 3rd Birthday, you have 3 WAYS TO WIN!
1. Help Spread the Word! Grab our Birthday Badge from Taylor's
blog and post it on your blog for the week. Then come back
and leave a comment with a link to your blog to let us know you're
spreading the word. You will be entered into a drawing for a $25 TE gift
certificate.
2. Join us on Facebook for an early reveal of all the new stamp
sets Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST. You will have until 8pm PST that night to comment to enter to win each new set.
3. Join us in our SCS Forum for a contest that will begin Thursday morning.
In the meantime you can see Baker's Dozen sneak peeks there and chat with us!
I have TWO projects to share with you today! Let's kick the week off right! Hahaha. This month Taylor is celebrating her third year as a company! YAY! My first card is made with the uber cute Cuppie and his friends having a birthday celebration. Happy Birthday TE and Cuppie!
I wanted this card to have a retro 70's vibe to it and I love these colors together. The whole palette was taken from the new MME Vanity Fair 6x6 papers! MMMMM.
Um, yeah, I used ALL those markers to color this image! You can see I chose my patterned paper first and then used it to pick my marker colors. Kept it right in front of me while I was coloring!
So, I was trying to make my main focal image look like a Polaroid picture! What do you think? I'm not sure it totally worked out but I like the concept. Again, how yummy is that paper?
I added some glitter accents with Stickles and a fun party banner!
I hope Taylor is surrounded by sweetness on her Company's Birthday!
About the stamp Set: Sweet Party is a cute petite party set that pays homage to our very first stamp set - Sweet Celebration to help celebrate TE's 3rd birthday. Cuppie gathers his friends around to celebrate in style! It was designed by Jessie Oleson, and you get the party scene image plus 3 cute sentiments. Purchase this Petite stamp set (on a 3" x 5.5" full color sturdy storage panel) for $7.95 or get it for FREE with a purchase of $100 or more in the TE Store Thursday - Monday. WOOT!
The second card for today is made with the new borders set with ice cream and cupcakes! (Anyone else thinking of that silly Baskin Robbins commercial right now?). The Build a Treat Borders set is so versatile! I used it today and I'll have another project to share using the same set on Thursday. I actually made two versions of the same card...and I have a fun "awning" technique to share.
Here's how I made that fun sweet shoppe awning! I started with the TE Medium Scallop Border Die...which is totally a necessity in my book. I cut out two pink and two white strips.
I cut out the sections of pink...
And glued them onto the white part... Easy peasy really.
The stamp set has a border of ice cream cones (top and bottom separate) and a border of cupcakes (top and bottom separate). The matching dies make it a quick and fun project. Don't have to cut them all out by hand. I'm all for that!
The Build A Treat Borders were concepted by Sankari Wegman. This set will provide endless opportunities for building your own treats and borders. It was illustrated for the Whimsical Wishes line by Nancy McKinney. It is a full size set on a 5.75" x 8.5" full color sturdy storage panel. Build a Treat Borders includes 5 borders - each approximately 6" long with options for both coloring and solid stamping. Build a Treat Borders Taylored Die Set is a set of 3 dies - each 6" long - to build cupcakes and ice cream cones - coordinates with Build a Treat Borders and can also be used on it's own.
Remember that TE stamps are made from top-quality deeply etched rubber in a cute shade of pink and come on EZ Mount already trimmed and ready to used with your acrylic blocks. There is a mini binder box available in the TE store to store them in!
Please go check out what the rest of the team has in store for you today. There are other stamp sets that I didn't feature...and you don't want to miss anything! Also, this month our guest designer is the amazing Jen Shults! WOWZA! Check out her blog here! I am such a fan. Welcome Jen!
Oh wow Wanda - fabulous cards! I LOVE how you created the store front banner! Neat!
Posted by: Danielle Lounds | 09/01/2011 at 11:00 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE these Wanda! AWESOME layouts and I LOVE the banner on your Cuppie card!
Posted by: Jodi | 08/31/2011 at 05:58 PM
So adorable, Wanda! I LOVE your perfectly colored Cuppie scene and that banner is fabulous! And I ADORE that ice cream shoppe awning you created! How brilliant!
Posted by: Charmaine Ikach | 08/30/2011 at 09:46 AM
ICE CREAM AND CAKE AND CAKE
ICE CREAM AND CAKE AND CAKE
ICE CREAM AND CAKE
DO THE ICE CREAM AND CAKE!
That's Curt's cell phone ring for me! LOL!
Accccckkkkkk - love your awning technique! Definitley a "why diddn't I think of that?" thing! And your Cuppie party is darling - love the colors you chose!
Posted by: Jami | 08/30/2011 at 09:44 AM
Wow! What adorable cards, Wanda! You are rocking the birthday celebration with these cuties! Love, love your clever awning creation and love the row of sweets. How fabby are those matching dies to cut out the ice cream and cupcakes? Love Cuppy and his buddies around the party table, too. Such amazing coloring, and I love your retro vibe. That awning is just adorable. SO love the sentiment, too.
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 08/30/2011 at 03:54 AM
OH MY GOSH!!! I love the Build a Treat Border set! It's adorable!!! Great cards :)
Posted by: Gia | 08/29/2011 at 11:14 PM
Well, that awning is just a hit!! Too cute! Love your picturesque card, your coloring is fantastic down to the very candle shading, gf, you rock on the coloring, just let me tell ya!
Posted by: Natalie | 08/29/2011 at 09:48 PM
Too Cute!! Love em!! Love how you made the awning!! You're awesome Wanda!
Posted by: Donna Baldaasari | 08/29/2011 at 05:06 PM
Hi Wanda! You outdid yourself again this time! How CUTE is your rosy-cheeked Cuppie?!? I want to hang out with you at the Sweet Shoppe. Super adorable! XOXO
Posted by: Regina Mangum | 08/29/2011 at 04:40 PM
Wowza Wanda!! These creations are amazing and I love how you did some step by step tutorials. I needed that! LOL BEAUTIFUL job!
Posted by: Melissa Sauls | 08/29/2011 at 01:06 PM
I NEED that build a Treat set....Drool, can we order in advance? it is not on their web site yet...
Posted by: Belinda Basson | 08/29/2011 at 12:37 PM
Wow Wanda! How creative are you! Your Sweet Party is adorabe! And I am so casing your awning!!
Posted by: Melody Rupple | 08/29/2011 at 11:01 AM
Such great ideas Wanda..the pink/white sweet shop...and polaroid photo.
great cards!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 08/29/2011 at 10:47 AM
Oh my goodness! I adore these cards!! The ice cream shoppe is adorable and your cuppie card is gorgeous! Love thos papers and all the incredible details.
Posted by: Karen Giron | 08/29/2011 at 09:24 AM
Shut the front door! Wanda these are AMAZING!!!! Great idea on the awning. Thanks for showing how you made it too. I definitely need this set. I really need to try this. Love, love, love the pink & kraft color combo too. Can't wait for the next sneak peek.
Posted by: Tracy | 08/29/2011 at 09:17 AM
These are FANTASTIC Wanda! I love that your take pictures as you work... it's so fun to see the process people go through to make a card. :) LOVE that polaroid card... it's adorable and your sweet shop cards are FANTASTIC... what a great idea!!
Posted by: Jen Shults | 08/29/2011 at 09:03 AM
OH MY YUMMY Tummy!!! How delicious and awesome! I love your polaroid picture of Cuppie's birthday and what an awesome little technique for creating that yummy Baskin' Robbin awning!! De-licious!!
Big Hugs,
Sankari :)
Posted by: Sankari Wegman | 08/29/2011 at 08:44 AM