Hey everyone! I'm very excited today to share this card and share about one of my favorite companies - Taylored Expressions! TE is celebrating TEN YEARS of crafting awesomeness. And, they are celebrating in style today with a giant (mega) birthday bash blog hop! Over forty designers are participating in this awesome hop - we are all former or current design team members who have a special place in our hearts for Taylor. I was on the TE Design Team for four great years and it was a wonderful experience to work with Taylor and Jon and all the other designers. Truly a sweet and kind group of creative people. So - here's wishing TE a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And here's to many many more years of business! Congratulations! XOXO
Please CLICK HERE to go to the Taylored Expressions Blog to see all the details and the list of blog hoppers! Also, there are some brand spanking new birthday products that are being released today just for the celebration! CLICK HERE to see the new stamp sets!
For my card to share today I'm featuring some already released birthday theme products from TE. For my card I used the Dreamer stamp set (with matching dies), the Rolling Clouds Dies, and the Sprinkles Embossing Folder. I combined these items with bright and cheerful colors of lime, aqua and purple! SO fun! I am wishing you a very magical day! Enjoy the Blog Hop today!
My card started with an A2 card base in bright white cardstock. The Rolling Clouds dies are three different cloud borders. I used the dies to cut out a bunch of clouds from lime, aqua and purple paper and also vellum. Then I just played around with them until I got the combination of clouds that I liked. I trimmed them all the size - one step down from the A2 size card. I used foam tape to attach them together to give dimension in between the layers. The vellum layer was wrapped around the bottom.
I stamped the sentiment with Stazon ink - works the best on vellum! I added a few rhinestones at the end of the process because it just seemed like this card needed sparkles!
I stamped and die cut out those adorable unicorns and colored them with Copic Markers to match the papers I used. I added bits of glitter glue to the wings, tails and horn! EEEP. The layer underneath the clouds was embossed with the beautiful Sprinkles embossing folder. Such a nice touch of texture instead of flat white paper.
I want to take a minute to talk about something that is really important to the TE family - The SHARE JOY CAMPAIGN! At the heart of Taylored Expressions is a mission to share joy through the gift of handmade cards. As part of their 10th birthday TE is continuing that mission with the launch of a special Share Joy campaign focused on providing birthday cards to those in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities across the U.S. To make as deep an impact as possible TE is inviting card makers everywhere to join the campaign. Will you join us? Find out how to participate by viewing their Share Joy page here: https://www.tayloredexpressions.com/share-joy-birthday-2018
THANK YOU for coming by today and for hopping with us in celebration of Taylored Expressions 10th Birthday Bash! CLICK HERE to see the entire hop list and all the fun details over on the TE Blog! Enjoy your day! See you soon! XOXO
Thanks for the inspiration. :D
Posted by: senior housing mn | 11/05/2018 at 01:28 AM
Sweet! I know some little girls who would love this card.
Posted by: Rosa M. Vasquez | 09/06/2018 at 02:35 PM
What an adorable card! Love the TE unicorn. Thanks for the inspiration. :D
Posted by: janet sisk | 09/06/2018 at 02:29 PM
Cuuuuute! Love the colors, the sprinkles background is perfect, and I love the use of the cloud die (and vellum, too!). And what's not to love about unicorns?!
Posted by: Cindy D. | 09/06/2018 at 12:29 PM
Wanda- the Queen of color! Love this card ( I say that every time but I truly mean it ) missing my craft room while in Montana. This would be an amazing state for your photography expertise! Taylored Expressions one of my favorite companies. Thanks!
Posted by: Julie L | 09/06/2018 at 09:50 AM
This is such a Happy Card!!! Love it.
Posted by: Nancy Hassan | 09/06/2018 at 08:08 AM
What an adorable card! Love it.
Posted by: Martha H. | 09/06/2018 at 07:27 AM
You always seem to top every card you make...keep getting better and better...love your creative brain !!
Posted by: Mandy Chandler | 09/06/2018 at 04:15 AM
Just adorable Wanda!
Posted by: Diane Oliver | 09/05/2018 at 11:49 AM
Totally depicts a magical day! I learned something new today, you were with TE for four years. Really Cool to know. I love their company. Now that they are in Iowa I hope to visit Ankeny someday. We go to Winterset Iowa every May, so, why not Ankeny too... thanks for sharing this beauty and all your good wishes.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 09/05/2018 at 11:41 AM
Oooh such a beautiful magical card!! Love it! <3
Posted by: Karthikha Uday | 09/05/2018 at 09:08 AM
Wanda - dear friend! How I adore this card! I want to go straight to my stamp room and make it! Why have I never thought of making colored clouds?! So very happy to have you playing today!
Posted by: Jami Sibley | 09/05/2018 at 08:00 AM