Watercoloring - Right as Rain

TE April 2018 Release – Petal Power

Hello! Welcome to Day 2 of the Taylored Expressions April 2018 Release Sneak Peeks. Today, it’s all about the flowers! This month’s products will be released Thursday, April 5 @ 7 AM PDT!

My first project showcases the Rosette Cutting Plate paired with a sentiment from the Plot Twist stamp set and features two of the three new colors in the TE palette – Guava and Confetti Cake!

I started by cutting Sugar Cube cardstock with the Rosette Cutting Plate and cutting the blooms and leaves from Cherry Pop, Guava, Lemon Meringue, and Peapod cardstock. I added the cardstock pieces to the frame and taped the back.

I heat-embossed the Plot Twist sentiment on Confetti Cake cardstock, which I adhered to the back of the assembled Rosette Cutting Plate frame. I created a card base from Cupcake cardstock and added the assembly to the base. For a final touch, I added butterflies cut from Sugar Cube cardstock with the Little Bits – Butterflies die set.

Supplies: (new products will be released April 5)

My second project showcases the Big Blooms – Zinnia set with corresponding dies.

I stamped and heat-embossed the Big Blooms – Zinnia images on Watercolor cardstock and colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. While those dried, I stamped the Simply Stamped – Wreath sentiment on Confetti Cake cardstock and heat-embossed it with TE Clear Embossing Powder. I cut the zinnias and leaves with their corresponding dies and added them to the card base.

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!

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

Watercolored TE Birthday Bouquet

Hello! Today, I am sharing a birthday card on which I combined a number of different Taylored Expressions stamp sets.

I stamped and heat-embossed with gold powder the Rosey Posey images on watercolor cardstock. I watercolored the flower petals with Distress Inks. Once dry, I cut the flowers with their corresponding dies. I stamped and heat-embossed flowers and foliage from the Happily Ever After stamp set and cut those with their corresponding dies.

For the background, I stamped the Striped Background with Cookie Monster ink on Cookie Monster cardstock. I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment from Simply Stamped – Roses on a Sugar Cube cardstock strip.

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Newton’s Nook Book Club – A Watercolored Version

Hello. Today, I am sharing a CAS card created with the Newton’s Nook Newton’s Book Club stamp set.

A few weeks ago, I shared a card using a different image from the same stamp set (the set contains three cute cat images); on that version, I colored the cat image with Copic markers. For this version, I stamped the cat image on Arches Hot Press Watercolor Paper with VersaFine ink and watercolored the image with Distress Inks and Distress Ink Markers. I used patterned papers from my stash to add visual variety to the card base.

Taylored Expressions Feb 2018 Release – Rain or Shine

Hello! Welcome to Day 2 of the Taylored Expressions February 2018 Release Sneak Peeks. The spring- and Easter-themed products will be released Thursday, February 8 @ 7 AM PST!

For my first project, I created an encouragement/friendship card combining die-cuts, new and old, and a fabulous sentiment from Rain or Shine.

I colored Sugar Cube cardstock with a variety of TE inks to create the colors of the rainbow, which I cut with the Rainbow Cutting Plate. I used the Raindrops embossing folder to add texture to panels in the upper-right and lower-left corners. I cut the When It Rains umbrella from Oreo cardstock and inked cardstock. I stamped the Rain or Shine sentiment and then cut it with the one of the Build-a-Scene Rolling Clouds dies. I also added clouds cut with the Stitched Cloud Duo.

For my second project, I created cards with the 3 x 4 Watercolor Panels – Easter set and a decorated envelope.

I watercolored this sweet scene from the set, and added Cookie Monster ink around the edges before attaching the panel to a card base on which I used the Playful Patterns – Sweet patterned paper.

Similarly, I colored the Happy Easter panel to which I added Pretty Pastels sequins for texture.

To create the card base, I stamped Petite Petals background with Lemon Meringue ink on Potato Chip cardstock.

I stamped an envelope with several of the images in the Happy Mail set and colored with colored pencils.

Penny Black Watercolored Wintertime Cheer

Hello! Happy Boxing Day. Today, I am sharing a watercolored card featuring Penny Black supplies. I had some time recently to watercolor and my husband chose this image from the Wintertime Cheer set. My husband has a tractor and really liked this cute image.

I heat-embossed the Wintertime Cheer image on Canson Montval paper and watercolored it with the Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. I used Tumbled Glass ink for the sky and Hickory Smoke for the ground using one of the brushes in the Claritystamp set. I stamped the sentiment with an image in the Joy Filled set. I adhered the panel to a red card base.