TE April 2018 Release – Ahoy Matey!

Hello! Welcome to Day 1 of the Taylored Expressions April 2018 Release Sneak Peeks. This month’s release is PACKED with products for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Graduations, and Teacher Appreciation along with mini-themes – Little Boy (pirate), Little Girl (unicorn), and florals for Mother’s Day and spring. Mark your calendar – the products will be released Thursday, April 5 @ 7 AM PDT!

Let’s get started! My first card features the Shiver Me Timbers stamp set, which has a coordinating set of dies, the On the Water – Pirate Ship die set and the Stitched Frame Stacklets 2. Oh, and there’s a stencil, too. That’s right – Taylored Expressions now carries stencils!

To begin I applied embossing paste to Sugar Cube cardstock through the Polka Dot stencil. While the panel dried, I stamped and colored the Shiver Me Timbers images (the set contains a wide variety of pirates and their accessories) with Copic markers and cut them with their corresponding dies. I cut a frame with one of the dies in the Stitched Frame Stacklets 2 set to frame the Shiver Me Timbers images. I cut the On the Water – Pirate Ship with a variety of cardstocks and used a larger Stitched Frame Stacklets 2 circle to frame it on the card.

I heat-embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder (Taylored Expressions now carries embossing powders as well!) and cut it with one of the dies in the Banner Stacklets 4 set.

Supplies (new products will be released April 5):

My second card combines a heat-embossed sentiment from the Look with your Heart set with the Little Bits – Puzzle Piece die. Taylored Expressions will be donating 25% of the profits from the sale of every Look with Your Heart stamp set to the National Autism Society throughout the month of April.

I heat-embossed the Look with your Heart sentiment on a Sugar Cube panel cut with the largest die in the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets set. I cut the Little Bits – Puzzle Piece from Watermelon, Granny Smith, Cookie Monster, and Lemon Meringue cardstock. I put the pieces together, taped them on the back to hold them in place, and added the interlocked assembly to the sentiment panel with foam adhesive. The card base is created with Earl Grey cardstock.

Supplies (new products will be released April 5):

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with a giveaway during each day of sneak peeks! Visit the TE Blog to answer Taylor’s Question of the Day for a chance to win one of the latest products before you can buy it!

For a limited time, earn DOUBLE CRAFTY POINTS when you purchase the TE Stencil Bundle which includes all 6 of the new stencil designs! If you’re not a Crafty Points member, it’s free and easy to join. Just create an account at the TE webstore and you’re automatically enrolled to begin earning crafty points with every purchase. You’ll earn 84 Crafty Points on the purchase of the Stencil Bundle! Offer valid on qualifying purchases made between 9am CDT on Thursday, April 5, 2018 and 11:59 pm CDT on Sunday, April 8, 2018 and only while supplies last. Crafty Points are only available on purchases made via our retail site: www.tayloredexpressions.com.

Thanks for visiting! On the TE Blog you will see more projects and product information, as well as a complete list of participating designers.