October 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, October 6th 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 close Wednesday 10/5 at 7pm PST for the drawings.
Today I have two projects to share, featuring two different stamp sets! I love release week! It is hard to keep all these fun stamps a secret... Now I can finally share with you!
First up is the Woodland Winter Set! The cutest little critters create the most wonderful Winter and holiday scenes! Plus the pine tree has a matching die! This is a full sized set on a 5.75" x 8.5" full color sturdy storage panel and has 21 images and sentiments. It sells for $21.95 The set was illustrated by Doug Applegate for the Apple Doodle Ink Collection. The Trim the Tree Taylored Die Set has 8 dies to create Christmas trees and woodland scenes! ACK!
I created a clean and simple card that would be an easy one to mass produce for Christmas cards. I used the birch trees and the adorable little owl to say a happy hellooooooo!
The birch trees were stamped with white ink on kraft paper. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to line them up just perfectly. I love to use my Copic markers on kraft cardstock too. I added just a touch of green to the leaves. The little owl was stamped and colored on a piece of white cardstock and then cut out.
I mounted my main image paper onto the card with foam tape. This is a nice trick for adding a little extra something to your card without making it too bulky to mail.
The next card for today features the newest addition to the Moka Collection...Moka Hope. She is in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month which is October. You can use the images to make encouraging cards and projects. She is so sweet. Taylored Expressions will donate $1 from the sale of each Moka Hope set to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. TE is a proud sponsor of the Hope You Can Cling To card drive.
This set is perfect for all types of encouragement cards and while it was designed with breast cancer in mind, her ribbon can be customized to any color for any cause or disease. Moka Hope is a petite stamp set on a 3" x 5" full color sturdy storage panel and includes 7 images and sentiments for $7.95. It was designed and illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Moka Collection! Taylor has already announced the stamp set on her blog as part of the Hope You Can Cling To card drive. Please take some time and check it out!
Here are the linkies to everyone else's blogs for this release day! Thank you for coming by and for joining in the TE Sneak Peek fun! See you tomorrow!
Your card is so cute. I'm loving all the new Christmas stamps and papers!
Posted by: Val P | 10/04/2011 at 09:38 AM
Wanda - your Woodland Winter Kraft magic card is awesome!!! SOOOOO CUTE! I want to make a card just like yours (but I don't think I could even compare!) And your Moka Hope card is so beautiful and awesome!!!
Big Hugs,
Sankari :)
Posted by: Sankari Wegman | 10/04/2011 at 09:01 AM
Your Woodland Winter card is SO CUTE, Wanda! I LOVE how you stamped the trees in white! LOVE that look! And your Moka Hope card is just beautiful!
Posted by: Charmaine Ikach | 10/04/2011 at 03:52 AM
Both cards = SWEET!!
Thanks for the email, it made my day!! Hugs!
Posted by: Natalie H | 10/03/2011 at 11:17 PM
The cutest ittle owl ever! And I love the white on kraft effect.
Posted by: JessicaK | 10/03/2011 at 08:30 PM
Your cards are just amazing--your Moka Hope is so beautiful, and I love your trees stamped in white!
Chris L.
Posted by: Chris L. | 10/03/2011 at 07:15 PM
Fabulous cards!! I really adore both of them. Great design & colouring!!
Posted by: Kary | 10/03/2011 at 07:14 PM
Love the new stamps. You did a beautiful job with the cards.
Posted by: Gretchen | 10/03/2011 at 04:51 PM
What a cute owl in amongst the trees. I love the simplicity.
Posted by: natasha g.p. | 10/03/2011 at 04:33 PM
Your owl card is adorable. I love how simple it looks.
Posted by: b. poteraj | 10/03/2011 at 04:32 PM
I love your subtle colors on the first card. Nice.
Posted by: sharon gullikson | 10/03/2011 at 04:31 PM
I love giveaways! Thanks. Your girly is very cute.
Posted by: sharon gullikson | 10/03/2011 at 04:15 PM
omg she is adorable!!!!
Posted by: Heidi Brawley | 10/03/2011 at 03:01 PM
What sweet cards! I especially like the white on kraft with the pop of color on the first one!
Posted by: Tricia | 10/03/2011 at 02:22 PM
Love them! Such cute sets and such fabulous designs, as always my friend! Love the trees with that adorable owl. And the hope set is beautiful.
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 10/03/2011 at 02:19 PM
Beautiful cards. Love the kraft look to that card - great ideas!!
Posted by: Mandy Lander | 10/03/2011 at 02:08 PM
The woodland set is awesome! Love the cute little critters!
Posted by: Patty | 10/03/2011 at 01:04 PM
Gorgeous Wanda!Love all the ideas.
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 10/03/2011 at 12:43 PM
That little owl on your 1st card is too cute for words ;-)
I also very much like the effect of the trees stamped with white on the kraft paper.
Great job!
Posted by: Lisa J | 10/03/2011 at 12:30 PM
I really like how you stamped the trees in outline form and let that sweet little owl take center stage like that, and I am embarrassed to admit, I didn't realize the pink ribbon was supposed to resemble Moka's wrap until your card, LOL!
Posted by: Crafty Math Chick | 10/03/2011 at 11:58 AM
I love the white ink on the kraft. The owl just pops with the splash of color. Moka is so pretty in pink and white.
Posted by: Melody Rupple | 10/03/2011 at 11:48 AM
the woodland card is so fresh ...and different love your idea
Posted by: wendy | 10/03/2011 at 10:47 AM
These cards are adorable. I love the white tree background on the brown.
Posted by: Linda Monroe | 10/03/2011 at 10:43 AM
WOWZERS!!! I LOVE how you added those trees in your woodland card - how amazing does that look? And Hope is just gorgeous!
Posted by: Karen Giron | 10/03/2011 at 10:12 AM
These are both FAB Wanda! I especially LOVE the trees stamped in white on the Kraft!!
Posted by: Jodi Collins | 10/03/2011 at 09:51 AM
EEEEEEK! I love that Woodland card... I LOVE the white on kraft stamping and your Moka Hope card is just gorgeous! Wonderful work!
Posted by: Jen Shults | 10/03/2011 at 09:19 AM
How perfectly perfect are your cards today, Wanda? I love how you stamped on the kraft...I'm totally "stealing" this, **wink**! Your Moka card is so sweet...just like you! XOXO
Posted by: Regina Mangum | 10/03/2011 at 09:03 AM
Both cards are wondaerful, Wanda! I especially love the trees in white on kraft!
Posted by: Jami | 10/03/2011 at 08:44 AM
Such wonderful creations, Wanda! I love the white on kraft look :D
Posted by: Cassie | 10/03/2011 at 08:24 AM
OMG...that Woodland set is soooo cute! I must have it! can't wait to see more sneaks!
Posted by: TeaDub! | 10/03/2011 at 08:08 AM