Category: cardmaking

TE Sneak Peeks: Feeling Lucky?

Welcome to Day 2 of the Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks – I’ve got a St. Paddy’s Day card and Easter treat toppers to share! The March products will be released Thursday, March 3 @ 7 AM PST!

Feeling lucky? My first project features the Lucky Charms Stamp & Die Combo paired with the Let’s Talk Bubble 3, perfectly sized to work with the Let’s Talk Sentiments.

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I paper-pieced the Leprechaun and stamped the “good luck” sentiment in the Let’s Talk Bubble 3. I added texture to the hill with the Houndstooth embossing folder.

Taylored Expressions March 2016 Release

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My second project showcases the Tag Stacklets 3 dies – designed to work with a variety of Taylored Expressions products (sized so that the Roly Poly products can be added to the tag shape, Beauty Lies Within, Away in a Manger, and all of the Treat Topper dies). Since Easter is around the corner I used the Easter Treat Toppers.

Taylored Expressions March 2016 Release

I cut the Easter Treat Toppers from a variety of spring colors and added them to the tags. Super fast and easy!

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Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog to answer Taylor’s Question of the Day for a chance to win a prize from the latest release!

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I’ll be back tomorrow with some more sneaks of this release.

TE Sneak Peeks: Bridezilla is Getting Hitched

Welcome to Day 1 of the Taylored Expressions March Sneak Peeks – I’m sharing two wedding-themed projects! The March products will be released Thursday, March 3 @ 7 AM PST!

My first project features Mr. & Mrs. Grumplings – the happiest bride and groom ever (kidding!).

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I stamped and Copic-colored the bride and groom. After cutting them with their corresponding dies, I added the pair to a panel of white Woodgrain Textured cardstock. I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with one of the Stitched Banner Stacklets dies (I cut twice to make a rectangle, rather than a banner). I added the Mr. & Mrs. – Congrats Banners (cut from white shimmer cardstock in the Premium Cardstock – Metallic Neutrals pack). The woodgrain card panel was adhered to a panel which had been dry-embossed with the Houndstooth embossing folder.

Taylored Expressions March 2016 Release

Supplies for Mr. & Mrs. Grumplings (items in Bold will be released March 3):

Mr. Grumpling has to have a ring for Mrs. Grumpling, right? My next card features the Little Bits – Wedding Ring die.

Taylored Expressions March 2016 Release

I cut the ring from gold cardstock (included in the Premium Cardstock – Metallic Neutrals pack) and the stone from white shimmer cardstock, (also included in the pack). I heat-embossed a sentiment from Happily Ever After on the card base and placed the rings around the sentiment.

Taylored Expressions March 2016 Release

Supplies for Wedding Ring card (items in Bold will be released on March 3):

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog to answer Taylor’s Question of the Day for a chance to win a prize from the latest release!

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I’ll be back tomorrow with some more sneaks of this release.

Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #24

I’m playing along with Share Joy Challenge #24 at Taylored Expressions.TEChallenge24

I created a spring-themed CAS card with Taylored Expressions die cuts:

Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #24

The focal point of the card is the sweet In the Garden scene framed with Picture Perfect – Sunny Days. I couldn’t resist adding a bird cut with the Little Bits – Birds set. I dry-embossed the card base with the Flower Power embossing folder.

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Be sure to head over to the Share Joy Challenge Blog to see more inspiration and to link up your entry!

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How You Doin’?

Today, I’m sharing a CAS spring-themed card created with Avery Elle stamps and dies.

Avery Elle How You Doin'?

I paired a sentiment from the Simply Said You set with images from the Storybook set. I stamped and heat-embossed the duck and bird on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks before cutting with their corresponding dies. The background was created with Distress Inks, which I applied by creating a mask from vellum, which I cut with a die in the Dotted Borders set. The sentiment was heat-embossed on a panel cut with one of the Double Pierced Rectangle dies, from which I cut out a circle.

Hope your Monday is off to a great start! Spring is just around the corner!

Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #23

I’m playing along with Share Joy Challenge #23 at Taylored Expressions.

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I used the sketch to create an Easter card:

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I interpreted the circle and banner loosely, using two eggs from the Easter Wishes set heat-embossed on watercolor paper for the circle in the sketch. The eggs were watercolored with Distress Inks and cut with the corresponding Egg Stacklets dies. I used just one banner with the heat-embossed sentiment, also in the Easter Wishes set, rather than two banners, as in the sketch. I used the Stitched Scallop Edger die to cut the white scallop tucked under patterned paper from the Build a Scene Paper Pack.

Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #23

The card base was dry-embossed with the Butterfly Swirls folder.

Be sure to head over to the Share Joy Challenge Blog to see more inspiration and to link up your entry!

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