Category: die cuts

Celebrating Milestones

Welcome to Day 3 of the Taylored Expressions April 2016 Sneak Peeks! The April products will be released tomorrow – Thursday, April 7 @ 7 AM PST!

This month’s products include stamps and dies geared towards milestones such as graduations – whether from preschool or college. My first card would work for a number of occasions, as it celebrates the beginning of an adventure.

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I paired Sky High – Kites die cuts with the Sky High Sentiments and added a small kite cut with the Little Bits – Kite set. The Sky High – Kites die cuts the overlays and the backgrounds, along with the tails. I colored cardstock with Distress Inks for the kite backgrounds, but they could be cut from colored cardstock just as easily.

Taylored Expressions April 2016 Release

Supplies Taylored Expression Sky High – Kites, Sky High Sentiments, Little Bits – Kite, Cloud Duo

My second project was created with my youngest son in mind, as he graduates from college in June. That’s him in the grad lineup highlighted with gold cardstock! He’s saying “hooray!” as are we!

Taylored Expressions April 2016 Release

I cut the silhouette of graduates from Chalkstock cardstock with the Eventful – Graduation Border. I also cut the lineup with the Eventful – Graduation Border from gold cardstock and then cut off the single grad, adhering him to the border with liquid adhesive. I gold-embossed the Eventful – Graduation sentiment and cut it with the Little Bits – Let’s Talk Bubble 2 die. This would be an easy design to customize to school colors.

Taylored Expressions April 2016 Release

Supplies: Taylored Expressions Eventful – Graduation Border, Eventful – Graduation, Little Bits – Let’s Talk Bubble 2

Say It With a Bouquet

Welcome to Day 2 of the Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peeks! The April products will be released Thursday, April 7 @ 7 AM PST!

This month’s release has several floral offerings – in both stamps and dies – which work for a variety of occasions. My first project features the previously-released Stargazer Lily Bouquet stamp set, which now has a corresponding Stargazer Lily Bouquet Die, paired with a sentiment from the new release Simply Stamped – Peonies stamp set.

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I stamped the lily on watercolor cardstock and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. I colored the image with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then cut it with its corresponding die. I heat-embossed the sentiment onto vellum and adhered the vellum to the cardstock with double-sided sticker paper. I popped the floral bouquet up with foam adhesive and finished the card off with a frame cut with the Frame in Frame Cutting Plate set.

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Supplies (items in bold will be released April 7):

My next project features the Full Bloom die. Because this die does not cut on the edge, it can be positioned in a number of ways on a card front.

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I used the full bloom die to cut the blossom three times from an A2-sized panel. I cut the petals (the set includes three petal sizes) from cardstock which I’d colored with Distress Inks. I adhered the petals to the blooms with liquid adhesive. I added a sentiment cut with the Mini Caps Alpha & #’s set.

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I attached the panel to a card base and fluffed up the petals a bit.

I created a second card with the same design using colored cardstock rather than Distress Ink-colored cardstock.

Taylored Expressions April 2016 Release

Taylored Expressions April 2016 Release

Supplies (items in bold will be released April 7):

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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Thanks for visiting! Head on over to the TE Blog to see more projects and product information, as well as a complete list of our participating designers!

Lattes and Books: A Perfect Combination

Welcome to Day 1 of the Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peeks! This month’s release products (which include 8 new stamp sets, 21 new dies, and more) are ideal for a variety of occasions including graduation (whether from preschool or college), Mother’s Day, and birthdays! The April products will be released Thursday, April 7 @ 7 AM PST!

My first project features a punny sentiment paired with a die-cut for the coffee-drinker on your card recipient list, perhaps one to whom you’ve forgotten to send a congratulations, a thanks or a birthday greeting.

Taylored Expressions April 2016 Release

I cut the Stacked Coffee Mugs twice from Sugar Cube cardstock and adhered them together. I adhered separate die-cut pieces, cut from colored cardstock, to the back. I heat-embossed the sentiment from the Some Like It Hot set and finished the card off with a dry-embossed (technically debossed) background, using the Cross Stitch embossing folder.

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Supplies (items in bold will be released April 7):

My next project is a bookmark featuring a sentiment from Plot Twist.

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Such a great sentiment! I stamped the sentiment onto Sugar Cube cardstock and cut it with the Build a Bookmark die. The new bookmark die is designed to work with the Mark Your Spot Bookmark die. I added elements cut with the Build a Bookmark die set (cut from cardstock onto which I’d applied Distress Inks). I added a couple of Rainbow Brights Flowers sequins as a finishing touch.

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The florals included in the Build a Bookmark pair nicely with other floral Taylored Expressions die sets.

Supplies (items in bold will be released April 7):

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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Thanks for visiting! Head on over to the TE Blog to see more projects and product information, as well as a complete list of our participating designers!

Taylored Expressions SJC #29

I’m playing along with the Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #29.

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I used the sketch to create a card that could be sent for either encouragement or congratulations:

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I couldn’t resist pairing this sentiment from the Sky High Sentiments set with the Roly Poly – Ladybug die-cut! I added the grass cut with the Fringe Border die and the cloud cut with the Cloud Duo die to play with perspective and make the lady bug appear even larger. This would be a fun card to send to a child graduating from kindergarten.

Taylored Expressions SJC #29

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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“So I said to the cat…”

Today, I’m sharing a CAS “hello” card created with Memory Box and Poppystamps supplies.

Cat + Bird Hello

I have made many cards with this walking cat die (it’s the perfect size, it works for a number of different scenes and it reminds me of a black cat, named “Decaf”, that we had when my sons were young). For this card, I thought it would be fun to pair the cat with a bird in a birdhouse. I don’t see the cat as necessarily menacing, but then again, do we really ever know what a cat is thinking? I usually make my scenes more realistic (by adding grass, fence, flowers) but kept this one abstract.