Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash! September Release Week Starts Now!

 

• At Taylored Expressions we are celebrating our 4th Birthday and you’re invited to our Birthday Bash! Lots of fun in store for you this release week! This is our BIGGEST release ever and you are sure to find something you like!
• All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, September 6th at 8am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department.
• Sneak peeks Monday through Wednesday and the party continues with spotlights Thursday and Friday - lots of inspiration!
• Check the Current Specials on Thursday morning to find out how you can earn a FREE Belated Birthday A la Carte stamp or a FREE You Take the Cake full-size stamp set. Birthday Bash Specials will award you FREE stamps with purchases over $50 and over $150.
• 2 WAYS TO WIN!

1. You Take the Cake Contest  Go to Taylor's blog {insert link to Taylor's Monday post} to get all the details on how you can win two stamp sets of your choice by guessing which illustrator contributed each image in our You Take the Cake Sampler Set.

2.  Join us on Facebook for an early reveal of all the new stamp sets Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST. Leave comments during the party for a chance to win one of the gift certificates we’ll be giving away!

Today I'm featuring two cards that would be great for birthday celebrations! The first card was made using the adorable Belated Birthday a la carte stamps. Mine for today is "Oh Carp!" These little fishies are too adorable! What a fun card this was to make.

The Belated Birthday a la Cartes are from the Apple Doodle Ink line drawn by Doug Applegate. The newest Belated Birthday A la Cartes are as follows: A Little Slow, Elephants Never Forget, Oh Carp!, and Oh Rats! -   Jami first presented this concept back in 2010 and we released  7 of these A la Cartes during our September Birthday Bash that year.  (Gallery here) Each one includes a large image plus a pair of punny sentiments all for belated birthday wishes.  Now we are adding 4 more to the collection.  These will also be featured for one of our special Birthday Bash promotions!!

 

 

 

 

I told you they were cute! I added some tiny Stickles bubbles on the front of my card...

 

 

 

Here is a close up of a BRAND NEW Circles Big Background stamp from TE. LOVE this one! I thought it looked nice in aqua for a watery feeling! You can also see a peek at the inside of my card!

 

 

 

These gorgeous background stamps easily cover an A2 card front....so pretty and easy...

 

 

 

My bright and cheery Copic palette for this project:

 

 

 

And, here's the inside of my card! Used the always favorite TE Wave Border Die and a touch of Stickles. Each of the Belated Birthday a la Carte stamps comes with a perfect saying for the inside of your card.

 

 

 

Oh Carp! Hee hee. Now I need to forget someone's birthday so I can send out this card! LOL!

 

 

 Here's the entire line-up of the Belated Birthday a la Cartes:  

BIG NOTE:  Customers will be able to get one of these stamps FREE with a $50 purchase through Monday 9/10- details will be posted on the current specials page on the TE Storefront! WOOOOO!

 

Okay, now for my second project for today I'm using the Brand New "You take the Cake" stamp set. This is our first ever sampler set showcasing the designs of all of our illustrators. Also - this set will not be available for sale until after the October release- for now it will be free with any purchase of $150 or more. This is THE must-have birthday set! Taylor's blog post will have some contest details - guess which designer contributed which image to be entered into a drawing for two stamp sets of their choice  

You Take the Cake  is a set of 15 stamps!  - this is a first for TE - each of our illustrators has contributed images to this special celebration sampler set.  It's perfect for our Birthday Bash!  It will be featured in our free stamps promo AND we'll have a contest for customers to guess which illustrator drew each of the images.  Fun, huh?   

 

 

 

 

I used the Balloons image from the stamp set and combined it with some beautiful Cakewalk Designer Paper from October Afternoon. I also used the TE Reach for the Stars Border Die to jazz it up some!

 

 

 

 

Here's a fun trick to make a nice scallop border on a card layer....Just tape your Nestie to the front of the paper and then only run it HALF way through your cutting machine!  

 

 

Voila!

 

 

 

I always like layers on my cards...oh, and foam tape! LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My goodness! Thanks for coming by today. Trust me, there is so much going on this week and so many fun projects to see. I hope you will pop over to everyone else's blogs too!  Here's the link list for today:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jami Sibley (DT      Coordinator)
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess
• Carolyn King (Guest Designer)

 

Comments

[Charmaine Ikach]

The fish card makes me giggle! :) Love your birthday card too! Adorable!

[Jill Norwood]

Wanda your blog is full of inspiration! Love the tip on running the die part way through to get the cute edge!

[wendy]

really fantastic

[Fonda Jo]

Cute little fishes, but the baloon card is my favorite...love the colors you chose and the great idea of the scalloped edge is terrific! I must try that...

[Lynn Put]

Fantastic cards with great color choices and layouts! Love your fun details with the glittery waves, die cut stars and popped up balloons!

[Kathy Martin]

Very cute and fun cards! Hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend and Cal game! :)

[Holly Saveur]

Both super cards so cute those Carp..!

[Taylor]

Oh Wanda! So cute! I love the simplicity of your fish card! And the wave border on the inside... perfect! Love your unique layout on the other birthday card with the scalloped bottom... very clever!

[Regina]

Oh, Carp -- are you just too fantastic or what!?! I love that carp card and thank you for that brilliant tip on the balloons card for that fabulous die-cut design. You are on FIRE! XOXO

[Jen]

Wonderful cards today Wanda! I really love the stars on that second one and the fabulous paper. Just WOW!

[julie]

I love the aqua background stamp and the glittery waves. Thanks for the tip using the scallop die on the second card.

[Shelly]

Love these, Wanda! Such a sweet CAS Carp card, bright and cheery colors on the soft circles background...nice! Love the popped up balloons (and glitter!!!) and all your gorgeous layers, so beautifully done!

[Shannon White]

Wowie Wanda!! Love both of these Super Cute Cards! Love the fun sparkly bubbles on you carp card! Too CUTE! 8-) and Super layout on your Birthday card! Love how you made the scallop panel! So Clever Lady! I am going to give that a try for sure! 8-)

Hugs
Shannon

[Melody Rupple]

Cute cards! Love all your tips. Love the layout of your birthday card.

[Karen Giron]

Amazing! Love your carp card with the sparkly bubbles and waves - so cute!! And the birthday balloons are perfect with the popped up banner. Love these!

[Audrey Pettit]

Ooh, what an awesome post, Wanda! LOVE your cards! That Oh, Carp card just makes me laugh! Love the image and matching sentiment, and love how you added the tiny bubbles and wave border. Really love the fun birthday balloon card, too. How cool that that new set has all the designers combined. Great idea. Love what you did with the star border and love the scalloped bottom. Thanks for sharing your trick for creating it!

[Stephanie Kraft]

These are both darling, Wanda! LOVE the touch of glitter on the first and the second one is SO fun!

[Jami]

I love the color palette on your carp card and the simple circle background too..oh and those little stickles bubbles!! :) And that was such a great tip with the nestie - I've never done that, but certainly want to give it a try now! Happy Labor Day!

[Carolyn King]

Great cards Wanda---love the stickles bubbles on the oh carp card! Such a great set! Love how you designed the second card---wonderful!