Yowza! How fast is this year flying by? You know how I know how fast a month goes by?....because it's time for Taylored Expressions Release Week again! Yep, it's time for four days of fun and sneak peeks and contests and all kinds of good stuff, courtesy of the Bakers Dozen Design Team and Taylored Expressions! Are you ready?
Today I am sharing two cards with you. They are totally different in styles, and showcase at least six new products that will be released on Thursday morning. (All the April Release items will be available in the TE store at 7am on Thursday!)
First up is a clean and simple watercolor card made with the new Sketched Blooms Stamp Set and new Labels Stacklets 8. I am really into watercoloring right now...and these flowers were the perfect thing to watercolor with Distress Inks.
Pretty and sweet and feminine! I love these flower stamps. I used the new Labels Stacklets 8 to make my layers. I popped the focus layer on some foam tape instead of doing the traditional layering. I kinda like it. Here you can see that my watercoloring was free and messy. No need to be a perfectionist here. I used my Distress Ink Pads and a watercolor brush.
This would be pretty as a set....so maybe I need to make some more of them! LOL. Perfect for any occasion with that sweet sentiment.
My second card for today features the cool new Various Vases Dies.... It's funny...when I get ready to sit down and make all my Design Team Projects each month, I lay all the new products out on my table and kind of stand there and see what 'speaks' to me. As soon as I saw these vases and the new Silhouette Stemps dies...a whole Palm Springs, Mid Century vibe came to me... That's what I tried to create in my card - a retro vibe. What do you think?
I used the Spotted Cutting Plate to make a cool background and then made the vases out of fun and funky 70's colors.
I layered two vases in order to avoid them being bumpy because of the circles layer. I put foam tape in between my layers. I lightly inked the edges of my vases with some Linen Distress Ink. This helps them pop off the page a bit more.
Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog Sneak Peek Day this week for details on how you can enter to win!
Here are your links for today's Sneak Peeks! Have FUN!
- Charmaine Ikach
- Courtney Kelley
- Jeanne Streiff
- Jen Shults
- Joan Ervin
- Kendra Wietstock
- Kerri Michaud
- Sankari Wegman
- Shannon White
- Shelly Mercado
- Stephanie Kraft
- Taylor VanBruggen
- Wanda Guess
I'm really loving the die cut vases with the various flowers you can put in them. You've paired them nicely with that background.
The watercolor sketch blooms are very nice too. Watercolor is all the rage. I even just got me an non-smear ink pad. Yes! I'm going to dabble!
Posted by: Princess Judy | 04/04/2014 at 11:25 AM
Both cards are fabulous! Love the funky retro and the pretty watercolor card is simply beautiful. Great designs on both!
Posted by: Natalie H | 04/02/2014 at 01:09 PM
Wonderful cards Wanda. Love that circle die-cut background... the vases look awesome.
Posted by: Monika/buzsy | 04/02/2014 at 09:22 AM
gorgeous card! love those vases.
Posted by: Lisa Henke | 04/01/2014 at 03:21 PM
Your cards are both beautiful! Love these new stamps and the new spotted cutting plate! Great cards!
Posted by: Phyllis B. | 04/01/2014 at 02:45 PM
Just stunning!!! You always blow me away!!!
Posted by: Kendra | 04/01/2014 at 08:02 AM
Happy 7th Birthday to Buddy!!
love the cards..love the soft colors....
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 04/01/2014 at 04:18 AM
Love your cards today, Wanda, they always inspire me and I leave here with a smile on my face! The watercolored flowers are simply GORGE and the colors of the vase and background are spot on. So pretty!
Posted by: Shelly | 03/31/2014 at 07:32 PM
I am so drooling over your beautiful watercolored flowers on your first card, Wanda, and your second card with the vases and cutting plate is absolutely gorgeous....both are fabulous, gf!!!!!! Happy Release Week to you, too!!!!
Posted by: Joan Ervin | 03/31/2014 at 07:14 PM
LOVE both of these Miss Wanda!! your Watercolor blooms are so soft and dreamy!! 8-) And love the retro feel of your spotted cutting plate behind your vases too! Soo Fabulous Girly! 8-)
Big Hugs
Shannon
Posted by: Shannon White | 03/31/2014 at 04:58 PM
I love both cards. I have some vase dies and have had trouble unifying the card--great idea.
Posted by: julie | 03/31/2014 at 03:40 PM
Beautiful! Love the simplicity of the watercolor card and the second card ROCKS! Love the yellow background with the multi colored vases!! TFS!
Posted by: barb macaskill | 03/31/2014 at 12:32 PM
awesome as always, Wanda! love the watercolored flowers and layered vases.
Posted by: Courtney K | 03/31/2014 at 10:59 AM
Great cards! Love that you water colored the sketched flowers - they just scream "please watercolor me!"
Posted by: KathyJH | 03/31/2014 at 09:07 AM