Taylored Expressions December Release Sneak Peeks Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of Taylored Expressions December Sneak Peeks! The December products will be released tomorrow – Thursday, December 10 @ 7 AM PST!

My first card today features the Love Makes the World Go Round stamp set. Taylored Expressions is releasing a companion die cut set for this stamp set.

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I stamped, Copic-colored and cut out the skates from the Love Makes the World Go Round stamp set adding them to a patch of ice cut with the Build a Scene – Central Park set. In order for the pond to fit inside the frame, cut with a die in the Frame in Frame Cutting Plate set, I cut it a second time by just shifting the first die cut within the die. I stamped the “xoxo” sentiment repeatedly in gray ink to surround the skaters. I finished the card with a banner from the Love & Be Mine Banners set.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

My second card is a shaker card featuring the Roly Poly – Fish die set.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

To create the shaker, I first made a circular frame with the Stitched Circle Stacklets set. I glued a clear plastic circle to the frame, as well as a circle cut from foam. I filled the circle with Formula for Love sequins. I die cut the pieces from the Roly Poly – Fish die set and adhered them to a circle cut with the Stitched Circle Stacklets set, which I attached to the back of the frame and enclosed sequins. The card base was dry-embossed with the Swiss Hearts folder. I added a heat-embossed sentiment from the Heart of Hearts Stamp & Die Combo set.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

I also created a tag with the Roly Poly – Fish set to be added to Valentine’s Day treats – Swedish Fish and Gold Fish crackers (I couldn’t resist!).

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

The Roly Poly Fish water panel was attached to a circle cut with the Stitched Circle Stacklets set and dry-embossed with the On the Spot embossing folder. I attached the circle to a tag created with the Stitched Circle Stacklets set using the partial die cutting technique (leaving the top hinged). I adhered a Tag Reinforcement to the back so that the tag could easily be tied onto the treats.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions December Release

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

I stamped the inside of the tag with a sentiment from the Love Always Wins Stamp & Die Combo set.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog each Sneak Peek Day this week for details on how you can enter to win.

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Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of our participating designers! There’s lots of inspiration for the new release products!

Products in BOLD will be available in the TE store Thursday, 12/10/15 @ 7 AM PST!

Supplies for Love Makes the World Go Round card:

Supplies for Roly Poly Fish Shaker card:

Supplies for Roly Poly Fish treat tag:

Taylored Expressions December Release Sneak Peeks Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Taylored Expressions December Sneak Peeks! The December products will be released Thursday, December 10 @ 7 AM PST!

My first project features an image from the Stitch by Stitch stamp set framed with the Embroidery Hoop die.

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I created the Embroidery hoop out of Toffee cardstock dry-embossing with the Woodgrain embossing folder. The screw holding the hoop together was cut from gold metallic cardstock.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

I stamped the owl by coloring the stamp image with Memento markers – super easy to do! I heat-embossed a sentiment onto the Lollipop cardstock base.

My second card features the Picture Perfect – Valentine framing an image from the Love is an Adventure set.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

I stamped the plane and masked the hearts on the stamp image, replacing them with hearts cut with the Skinny Mini Valentine Borders and Little Bits – Love Confetti die cut sets. I Copic-colored the plane. I heat-embossed a sentiment from the Love is an Adventure set onto Earl Grey cardstock.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

I created a similar card with the Picture Perfect – Valentine die framing two bugs from the Bugs & Kisses Stamp & Die Combo set.

I stamped the images and Copic-colored them and cut them with their corresponding dies. I heat-embossed a sentiment from the same set on Cookie Monster cardstock.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog each Sneak Peek Day this week for details on how you can enter to win.

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Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of our participating designers! There’s lots of inspiration for the new release products!

Products in BOLD will be available in the TE store Thursday, 12/10/15 @ 7 AM PST!

Supplies for Stitch by Stitch card:

Supplies for Love is an Adventure card:

Supplies for Bugs & Kisses card:

Taylored Expressions December Release Sneak Peeks Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of Taylored Expressions December Sneak Peeks! The December Release is all about sending LOVE. The December products – 10 new stamp sets, 19 new dies, 2 embossing folders – will be released Thursday, December 10 @ 7 AM PST!

My first card features two of the delightful images in the Pizza My Heart Stamp & Die Combo.

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I Copic-colored the stamped images and cut them with their corresponding dies. I masked one of the sentiments in the We Go Together set on a rectangle cut with a die in the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets set. I dry-embossed a circle cut with a die in the Stitched Circle Stacklets set with the Swiss Hearts embossing folder. I embellished the card with banners cut with the Love & Be Mine Banners and Skinny Mini Valentine Borders die sets. The card base was covered with patterned paper from the 6 x 6 Rainbow Brights Paper Pack.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

My second card features a sentiment from We Go Together paired with a Little Bits – Hamburger and Little Bits – French Fries and their Little Bits Spare Parts! The spare parts bring these Little Bits to life. I was grinning the whole time I made this card.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Dec 2015 Release

I cut the heat-embossed sentiment with a die in the Stitched Heart Stacklets set which I adhered to a circle cut with the Stitched Circle Stacklets set. The square card base was dry-embossed with the Swiss Hearts embossing folder

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Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog each Sneak Peek Day this week for details on how you can enter to win.

partyhat

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of our participating designers! There’s lots of inspiration for the new release products!

Products in BOLD will be available in the TE store Thursday, 12/10/15 @ 7 AM PST!

Supplies for Pizza My Heart card:

Supplies for Little Bits Spare Parts card:

Rose Valentine

A final Valentine’s Day card for 2015!

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I stamped Penny Black’s 40-190 Bed of Roses with white pigment ink on black cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment from the 30-207 From the Heart set and cut it with the smaller tag from the 51-007 Tagged die set. I cut the tag reinforcement piece from black cardstock. I attached the tag onto the rose background with dimensional adhesive and used baker’s twine to finish off the card.

Next stop – St Patrick’s Day!

ColourQ Challenge #279

I’m playing along with ColourQ Challenge #279 – red, black, newsprint and a neutral. While my card isn’t specifically Valentine’s Day themed, it works well as a friendship card and could still work as a Valentine.

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I wanted to add a border around the newsprint so that the off-white of the newsprint wouldn’t rest directly against the white card base. The black border also ties in the umbrella handle and the boots.

Supplies: