A Blog Called Wanda

Taylored Expressions May Sneak Peeks - Day 1!

 

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.

 

This set I'm using today is over the top adorable cuteness!!! It's called FAR OUT! It is part of the Embracing Grace collection by Emily Burger (she drew Fruity Friends too!). Far Out is a full size set of 21 images and sentiments and is a cute and quirky take on robots and space! The sentiments are really fun in this set. The image and sentiment I chose remind me of "Lost in Space!" 

 

 

 

 

I thought this set called for super bright and happy colors so I chose turquoise and lime green! I colored in the space ship and then added some glitter for a bit of pop. There are two different sizes of stars that come in the set so you can embellish away...

 

 

 

I used my circle and scallop circle Nestabilities to make a frame for my space ship...

 

 

Here are my Copic colors...

 

 

I would say this is Far Out! hee hee.

Please remember the following about all of our stamps:

• TE stamps are RUBBER - not clear - for a wonderful impression
• All sets come on a full color panel and store perfectly in our Mini Binder Boxes (4 sets to a box). Full size set panels are 5.75" x 8.5" and jam packed with images. Mini set panels are 4.75" square (CD size). Petite panels are 3" x 5" for $7.95. (6 Petite sets fit into a Petite Storage case)
• Awesome value for you - we offer more rubber images in a set than most companies at a comparable price!

 

I cannot even tell you how fun everyone's projects are for today! Please take time to look at everyone's blogs today and have a Happy Release Week!  Thank you for visiting!  

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

 

Yellow!

Hi friends! Happy weekend to you! What's up? Whatcha doing this weekend? I am going to stamp the weekend away. Monday starts Taylored Expressions sneak peeks and I need to get all my projects done, photo'd and blogged before then. I'm almost done with all my cards, but there's lots left to do! Hopefully I'll get in some quality time with the hubs too. I hope you have a fantastic weekend planned.

Lately I am obsessed with YELLOW! I am drawn to it for my projects and it lightens my mood and cheers me up. It seems like yellow is everywhere! Whenever I hear the word yellow, I think of that Coldplay song of that title. The DH sings that to me and I like it when he does! One of my favorite Pinterest boards lately is my friend Lynn's board called Sunshiny Yellow. You really MUST check it out. I promise it will make you happy! Then, while blog surfing this week, I came across this post on the Moxie Fab World Blog. All about coral and yellow. YUM. I was inspired to say the least!

So to make a long story short...I was inspired by all of these things and came home tonight to get my craft on, and this is what I made!

 

 

 

 

I had a lot of fun combining all these elements based on coral, yellow and a little pop of turquoise. The butterflies are Martha Stewart punches. The background impression plate is from PTI and I'm sorry that I don't recall where the rosettes came from. The papers are from the Tropical paper collection from American Crafts.

 

 

 

 I added the buttons to the rosettes, from my stash, and then added some pearls to the big butterfly.

 

 

 

It's easy to make your own stick pins! I bought a big batch of pearl pins from the sewing section of the craft store, and for this project I glued two butterfly punches onto one. Easy peasy.

 

 

 

***SMILE***

 

 

 

So now Mr. Buddy decided that no one was paying attention to him, so he had to get into this blog post somehow! He wishes you a nice weekend too!

Take good care everyone! Have a super weekend and don't forget to smile.... 

Tuscan Sun...

Hi peeps! Today's card was made to brighten the day...because it's raining here again! Last week we had one day where it was 94 degrees out...now it's raining. Must be Spring! So, I came home tonight and made a sunny Tuscan scene card. I love these scenery stamps from Stampendous. I have three or four of them. They are really fun to color. The one I used tonight is called 'Sunflower Scene.' I have American Idol on in the craft room, and kitty by my side. I hope you're having a great week so far!

 

 

After I colored the image, I cut out around it to pop it up off the page and add some interest. It was hard to match papers to this one, so I kept it kind of simple.

 

Here are my Copic colors for this project! The blue is B12.

 

Here's a quick trick for your sentiment - try scoring it and folding it! The sentiment stamp is from Amuse and it's a fav.

 

Have a beautiful day! :-)

Thank you for coming by today!

Sweet Strawberries for a Monday!

Hi Peeps! It's 10:00 and I'm finally getting a blog post ready! I got home from work with every intention of heading straight to the craft room, but then I decided I had to watch last night's episode of Mad Men first. Okay, that was weird! Not sure where that episode was going. Not one of my favorites. Do you watch? I've never missed an episode and have all the seasons on DVD too. Love me some Mad Men! So, then I had to open my box of new PTI goodies that arrived today! I decided to use the new PTI Strawberry Patch stamp set and dies for tonight's card. Yay!

Before I go on, if you leave a comment, you might notice that now you have to do an authentication code. I apologize for this! I never wanted to put that on my blog...but...over the weekend and today I received 127 SPAM blog comments! Yikes! I had to manually mark them and delete all of them. So, that's the story behind that. Who does that? RUDE!

Here's my card for today - sweet strawberries with a little shabby chic flavor!

 

 

 

 

Love the fonts in this set!

 

 

 

I got the matching dies and it all works so perfectly together...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I distressed the edges of all the papers to give it some character. Added a little butterfly. Thought about adding some pearls too, but stopped myself!

 

 

 

As you might recall, Dave Brethauer from Memory Box was here this past weekend and I took a watercolor class on Saturday morning. TOO MUCH FUN! Here's a picture of Dave and Teadub and Teadub's newest addition, baby Elvis! (his name's not really Elvis but you can see that beautiful head of hair he has!) He is TOOOOO cute, and such a sweet baby. He took stamp class and went out to lunch, and was good the entire time.

 

 

Here are some of the cards we made in Dave's class. It was such a nice morning. Lots of friends in stamp class, a good vibe, calm and relaxing. And, cute cards too. Perfect.

 

 

This one was my favorite. I never would have thought to add that pop of red....but I like it.

 

 

 

At CHA in January I saw these amazing new colored pencils imported from Japan by Tombow. Well...I made the 'mistake' of telling Stephanie about them and she got them in the store last week. I jokingly say 'mistake' only because of the cost! They are super beautiful and super expensive! There are three sets of three boxes of pencils. I only bought one set, and I totally love it. They come in these pretty boxes too.

 

 

The lavender box has the floursescent colors! Check out the names of the colors....too cool. Doesn't that make it more fun? I think so.

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, so I hope you didn't leave to go get a snack. I know this is a long post! One more tidbit. Dave usually comes out from Seattle to teach Christmas in July classes with his new holiday collection every year. He can't come this July, so I will be teaching the Memory Box Holiday classes at Paper Garden this year!! Woot!! I will post more details and Stephanie will put all the 411 in the upcoming newsletter too. I hope you Sac-town gals will come! XOXOXO Have a great week!  

Catching up...

Hi friends! WOOT WOOT! It's Friday night! Yippeeeeee! I have some fun stamping things going on this weekend! My friend Stephanie is celebrating the grand re-opening of her stamp store in it's new location, so it's gonna be a party over at Paper Garden tomorrow! There will be free make-n-takes and the entire store is 20% off! Also, Dave Brethauer from Memory Box   and Poppystamps is going to be teaching classes at the store. Lots of fun, friends and stamping...and probably some snacks too. Perfect day if you ask me.

It's always nice to see Dave in person and learn some of his awesome tricks. Lots of you know that I help Dave out with the Poppystamps and Memory Box blogs, Twitter and Facebook. I really enjoy being a part of his creative team. SOOO many wonderful products! I thought in honor of Dave coming to visit us in Sac-town this weekend, that I would share some of my Memory Box and Poppystamps projects that haven't been posted here on my blog yet!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a super fun fantabulous weekend! I hope to see some (or lots) of you at Paper Garden tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by today! XO

Slow Mojo Wednesday...

Well hello there! It's Wednesday already! How the heck did that happen? Dang it this week is flying by! My  new job is great and I'm tired from learning and meeting people and having a new routine. But it's not a bad tired. Just an overwhelmed tired. It's all good!  I came home from work tonight thinking "I need/want to make a card and get a post up before American Idol." Well...I sat in the craft room and stared at the wall. Then I emptied the trash. Then I put away some stuff. And no idea came to me. Then I went on Pinterest. Then I started blog hopping. And no idea came. Then I made a card. I totally didn't like it. I put it aside. Then kitty came in and sat on my table and said "Momma Idol's on now!" But I perservered....and came up with a creation using a new Lawn Fawn set that hasn't been inky yet. I rather like this one! Hee hee. So I thought I was going to have NO mojo, but it just turned out to be SLOW mojo. Hope you are having a great week!! Thanks so much for coming by to see me today. I'm sending a little love your way...

 

 

I made a bunch of little letters to come spilling out of the mailbox. Easy-peasy to cut them out. I stamped them all and then put little hearts on them with my Copic marker.

 

Here are my supplies:

 

My Copics - just three this time around...

 

My little letters all ready to cut out.

 

This is where Mr. Buddy came in and plopped himself right into the middle of the mess!! You can see Ryan Seacrest in the background! Buddy likes me to sit on the couch so he can sit on me...didn't want me to stamp any more tonight! What a character.

 

I popped some of the letters up on foam tape and put others directly onto the paper. I cut a slit in the mailbox with my exacto knife and put the two letters in the top part.

 

There you have it....sending love your way tonight!

It's been a circus around here!

Hi everybody! It truly has been a circus around here the past couple of weeks, so today's card is perfect! It's my day to post for Taylored Expressions! I'm using the super cute stamp set called Life is a Circus. Did you have a great weekend? Mine was busy busy busy and now it's off to work again on Monday. The Rubber Stamp Convention was Saturday all day and I love working the show. For the past few years I have been at the front table doing admissions and it's the perfect way to see EVERYONE and say hi! There were over 700 people there on Saturday! It was so great to see so many of you. The mood was happy and it was a beautiful day outside too. It's also time for me to visit with my friends from A Stamp in the Hand - they put on the RSC... LOVE those gals!!! XOXO.

My card for today also uses TESC #156. There's still lots of time to join in on the fun. CLICK HERE for deets. I combined the stamp set with some of my favorite border dies. Hope you like it.

 

 

 

Here's this week's sketch:

 

 

I adore this Reach for the Stars Border Die and combined it with the Medium Scallop Die... And, then I had to add some bling! This paper collection is from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Collection.

 

 

 Here are my supplies...

 

 

And my Copic color palette...

 

 

I cut the circus tent and the seal out separately to add dimension to my project. I thought about paper piecing the tent, but decided to color it instead. It looks great either way! Please CLICK HERE to go to the TE Gallery for this stamp set!  

 

 

 

Hope you've enjoyed this crazy little project! Best wishes for a great week ahead. Thank you for coming by to say hello!  

 

Rain or Shine!

Hi Friends!! Happpppyyyyyy Fridaaaayyyyyy! We made it to the weekend! Yay! In Sac-town this weekend, we are having our annual Rubber Stamp Convention and I'll be working all day on Saturday there. Maybe taking tickets, maybe demo'ing. Not sure yet. If you're local, please come by - all day at the Scottish Rite Center by Sac-State! I'd love to see you there!

This week was a whirlwind - the first week at my new job. It was awesome! I'm so happy and excited to be getting back in the swing of things. My commute is much better and it's been so wonderful to see old friends. I am tired though, from all the excitement and major allergies this week.

When I sat down to make a card last night, I didn't have a whole lot of time and I knew I wanted to make a CAS card. It was POURING rain and hail when I jumped in the craft room and that inspired my card. I wanted to make something before the power went out! We don't really get hail and thunder like that here in my neck of the woods. So, here's my card...

 

 

I absolutely adore this cute rain boots image from Savvy Stamps!! It's super adorable, and perfect for Spring cards! The rain shower stamp is from Amuse and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

 

I made the rain boots glossy by heat embossing them with clear embossing powder. I used two coats of embossing and then cut the image out and popped it up on some foam tape.

 

 

 

 

There you have it! I hope that your weekend is fun filled and happy. Thanks for coming by! Also, thank you for all the very nice comments about my Palm Springs photos! Love ya rain or shine....

 

Palm Springs Getaway Photos!

Hi there! What's new? How are ya? Hope that your week is going along nicely. We are having rain...again...but I guess it gets the pollen out of the air so I'll take it! I started my new job this week and so far it's going really well. It was nice to have those couple of weeks off, but it also feels nice to be back into a routine. My new commute is wonderful too. It's all good. As promised, I'm here today to share some (well, a lot) of pictures from our vacation in Palm Springs last week.

The hubs and I have never gone on a vacation that wasn't at the ocean! It was weird, to be honest, to be in the desert and no where near the sea. I kinda liked it though. It felt so good to be warm and to be outside at night in just a t-shirt and dipping our toes in the pool at midnight. I got myself a weentsy bit of a tan...but alas that's already gone and I'm back to E000 (a little Copic humor).

The desert has it's own kind of beauty, especially Palm Springs. The variety and sheer volume of plants was staggering and so pretty. Lots of cactus and palm trees and tons of flowers. It's very dry, so you don't feel as warm as if it were humid. There are giant mountains right next to the valley floor with snow on them! There are a bazillion golf courses. All in all a really neat place. We are already talking about returning one day. It is almost exactly 500 miles from our house and the drive took 9 hours including stops. Okay, so enough yammering...here are the pix.

First up - FLOWERS, PLANTS and BUGS:

These photos were taken at our hotel, at the Sunnylands Visitor Center, or at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. Enjoy!  

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't it weird that this soft pretty flower grows out of that hard prickly cactus? It's magical!

 

 

I have no idea what these are, but they were the softest shade of green....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the reflecting pools at Sunnylands...

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUCH!

 

 

Next up - ARCHITECTURE:

Palm Springs has the coolest vibe. There are no tall buildings, no skyscrapers. Everything is low and mod and interesting. Mid Century Modern is the style. Mostly built during the 1950's and early 1960's. Some of the landscapes made me thing of the Flintstones! I wonder if the creater of the cartoon came here and was inspired? We drove all around taking pictures of houses one day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Sunnylands Visitors Center. It's new, but was built in that Mid-Century style... 

 

 

 

 

Next - BIRDS and ANIMALS:

These little doves were at our hotel just hanging out. The rest of the pictures were taken at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens.

 

 

This picture came out cool! That little tiny hummingbird stopped to rest and I was able to capture him quickly before he flew away!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One unhappy Mountain Lion. Yikes.  

 

 

Two Cheetahs chillin' on a hot day. Aren't they gorgeous!?  

 

And Finally - EVERYTHING ELSE!

These first few pics are our hotel! The Miramonte Resort and Spa. OMG. We scored an amazing deal through the website called Snique Away! We never would have been able to afford to stay here in a million years. The place was practically empty! It was absolutely beautiful. Just like a roman villa plopped down in the middle of the desert.

 

 

 

The hotel at night.... 

 

 

 

 

This is the entrance to one of the golf courses... 

 

 

 

 

Shopping on El Paseo. My favorite store was Kate Spade!

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the freeway on the way into Palm Springs there are thousands of wind turbines! They are interesting and actually kind of pretty, especially when they are all turning at the same time. It's sort of mesmerizing. Hard to get a good picture of them though...

 

Taking pictures in the desert in the very bright and very harsh light presented a whole new photography challenge for me. There was never a good time to take pictures...it's always full on sun with no clouds there! Normally I would not even try to take pix in this light. But, it tells the story of the place and I tried to test out different things to get the best images. I hope you've enjoyed my photo show! Thanks for looking! Have a fabulous day. XO 

You Lift Me Up!

Hi everybody! How are you today? How was your weekend? I hope you had a nice time with your family and friends. We had a very nice Easter weekend. Today is one of my days to post for Taylored Expressions and I have a bright, happy card to share with you. It's because all of you lift me up! So, this one's for you!

 

 

 

I used the current TESC #155 - isn't this an awesome sketch? Love it! Click here for details on how to enter your card into the challenge.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are my Copic colors for this project...they just scream SPRING!!

 

 

 

I used this paper pack for my project:

 

 

Here is the image of the stamp set I used! CLICK here to see it in the store.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I'm up to! Have a great day!  

 

Happy Easter!

 HAPPY EASTER TO YOUR FAMILY

FROM OUR FAMILY!

Happy Easter! He is Risen! What a glorious day! I love Easter and love to celebrate all that Easter means. I hope you are having a wonderful day today. I have an Easter card to share today and I hope it brings you cheer and happiness. Thank you for coming by my blog today - have a blessed day.

My card today features pretty, soft spring colors. I chose a mid level pink and then paired it with a light aqua and some softer brown. I was inspired by the patterned paper. SO pretty. That is from the London Market Collection from Pink Paislee...one of the things I was drooling over at CHA!

 

 

The felt and the die for the flower are from Papertrey Ink (PTI). The letter dies are also from PTI. Those letters are the perfect size for cards.

 

 

This cross stamp I've had forever, and it's from Anna Griffin. I stamped it in distress ink and then used more of the ink around the edges of all the papers.

 

 

Lots and lots of layers on this one!!

 

 

 

Have a great week!

My favorite peeps!

Hi peeps! If you're reading this, you are one of my favorite peeps, so this card today is for YOU! Hee hee. We are back from a super relaxing road trip to Palm Springs and ready for Good Friday and Easter now. Then, I start my new job on Monday. I will get my photos together from Palm Springs and share them soon!

My card today is super silly and happy and cheerful! I saw this little peep die at Paper Garden and had to have it and then I just made a super clean and simple design/card to go with it. Lots of color - perfect for Spring. I didn't really get around to making too many Easter projects this year...the time sort of got away from me.

 

 

 

I cut one inch strips of the jelly bean paper (Doodlebug) and then added a bright green grassy border (grass border from Taylored Expressions). Three little peeps poking out of the grass! Makes me smile. The sentiment I've had for years, and that's from Amuse.

 

 

Here are my supplies...that was a whole mess o' peeps to cut out!  

 

 

 

 

 

The bright yellow and pink papers are from American Crafts' Primary paper collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for coming by! I hope your Easter preparations are coming along well,  and that you have some fun time with family. We will go to church tonight and again on Sunday. Maybe some brunch too. Enjoy!

  

Taylored Expressions April Release Day!

 
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.
• FREE A la Carte Stamp - Order the London Market Project Pantry and any Full-size stamp set and you will receive the Mom A la Carte stamp absolutely FREE. Please note that the stamp will not show up in your cart, but we will be sure to include it with your order.
• Did you win one of the Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaways? Find the list of winners on Taylor's Blog.

Today I'm sharing another project made with "my" stamp set - Fruity Friends!! I can't stop stamping with these fun little guys! As a reminder, Fruity Friends is part of the Embracing Grace Collection by Emily Burger, and is a full size set of 20 images and sentiments) You can't help but grin when you look at these darling little fruity faces! And the sweet punny sentiments just push this set over the top!

My project for today is a note card set I made and then put in one of the Perfect Package Card Boxes available in the TE Store.  These boxes are really sturdy and they are fun to decorate and give as a gift! You'll see.... 

 

 

 

Here is a close up of the top of my card box! I used the TE Medium Scallop die to make that pretty scallop on the bottom.

 

 

When you open it up, there are five mini notes inside! I kept it really clean and simple and graphic with these. I think these notes would be fun to tuck into lunch boxes or just to give a friend for a quick note.

 

 

 

 

 

My finished notes are 3.5 inches square...

 

 

 

 

 

I think this is my favorite sentiment from all of them...Which one do you like best? Tooooo much fun, seriously!

 

Well...that's is for yet another amazing release week for Taylored Expressions! I sure do have so much fun working with this team and sharing with all of you. I hope you have found something to tickle your fancy and now it's time to get over to the store and START SHOPPING!!! Thank you for all the nice comments all week - I hope your week has been wonderful.

Here's one last link list for the week:  

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jami Sibley (DT Coordinator)
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Nancy McKinney
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman 
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess

 

 

 

 

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks - Day 3!

April 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, April 5th 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 4/4 at 7pm PST.

 

Hello again! Day three of Sneak Peeks is here! Today's card features a cute new baby set of stamps and coordinating dies! Onesie Twosie is  from the Whimsical Wishes Collection by Nancy McKinney.  Onesie Twosie is a Mini set of 19 images and sentiments. You can use this set with the coordinating Onesie Die to create adorable baby cards and shower decorations. This is the perfect little baby set for
everyone to have in their stamping arsenal with plenty of variety for girls. boys and even twins!

I kept my card for today clean and simple. I used the TE Clouds Impression Plate to make s blue sky background for that adorable onesie stamp!  

 

 

 

If you use the impression plate on cardstock that has a white center, you can gently sand the blue away to make the clouds pop! I love this technique! I used some Doodlebug Twine and a cute little clothespin. The stamp set comes with all kinds of fun images to put on the front of the onesie!

 

 

 

 

That's it for me today....Please check out the other designers' projects...and tomorrow is RELEASE DAY!!! Be sure to "Like" Taylored Expressions on Facebook so you can see the stamp set reveal early! Have a wonderful day!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Nancy McKinney
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman 
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess

 

Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peeks - Day 2!

April 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, April 5th 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 4/4 at 7pm PST.

 

Hello again friends! Welcome back to day two of TE Sneak Peeks! So glad you popped in to see what's going on! Today I'm sharing a card made with a cute new stamp set from the penguin series. I know lots of you love this little guy! Congrats Grad penguin is from the Apple Doodle Ink Collection by Doug Applegate. Congrats Grad Penguin is a Petite set of 7 images and sentiments - our popular Penguin is back as a graduate! This little guy will be great for graduations from kindergarten all the way through college! He coordinates with the new Reach for the Stars Border Die (which I must say is AWESOME!)  

 

 

 

I always love bright royal blue with bright orange! This is a great color scheme for kids or for summer projects. That border die is crazy fun!!! This paper collection is from the TE Store - It's called Boys Only and it's from Doodlebug. Love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping in! Here are the links to see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen cooked up today! Have a fantastic day and I hope we see you tomorrow too!

 

• Jami Sibley (DT Coordinator)
• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman 
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess

 

Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peeks - Day 1!

  April 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, April 5th 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 4/4 at 7pm PST.

Today's release is showcasing TWO new stamp sets! I am especially excited because I came up with the concept for one of them! Yay! One of the (many) awesome things about working for Taylor is that she encourages us to give her stamp set ideas! Many of us have concepted stamp sets and it is super super fun to see my idea come to life this month with Fruity Friends! I came up with the idea after making THIS project last year! Emily Burger brought it to life to share with you for April's release!

Fruity Friends is a full size set of 20 images and sentiments! It's part of the Embracing Grace collection. I know you're going to have tons of fun with this one! I have been dying to see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen did with this set! Here's my first card:

 

 

 

This little citrus slices make me smile! It was a lot of fun to color them in and then make them sparkly and fresh. Made me want some lemonaid...or a margarita! I used the uber cute Picket Fence Die from TE, the Medium Scallop Border Punch from TE and the Leaf Sprig Die, also from TE! Taylor really does have one of the best die collections in the business!  

 

 

 Here is my Copic Color Palette for this cheery card:  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 I added dimension by popping some of the fruity slices up on some foam tape.

 

 

Now, in a completely different direction from the first stamp set for today...we are introducing Make it Amazing...a brand new beautiful and elegant set from the Whimsical Wishes collection by Nancy McKinney. Make it Amazing is a full size set of 19 images and sentiments - Beautiful botanicals and butterflies! This set has so many possibilities, and we have 3 sets of coordinating dies to match with it!  Here's my second card for today:  

 

 

For this card, I paired the stamp set, the new dies, and this month's Project Pantry kit! Everything coordinates so perfectly. This month's Project Pantry Kit is to die for!!!

 

 

What a nice sentiment...for so many different occasions....

 

 

That butterfly stamp and die is wonderful! I know I will be using this a lot!

 

 

 

Thank you so much for coming by today to join in on the release week fun! LOTS more projects to come this week! Please take some time to hop around and see what the rest of the team made!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jami Sibley (DT Coordinator)
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Nancy McKinney
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman 
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess