Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

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.

Simon Says Stamp – Happy Easter

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a CAS Easter card featuring a background created with the Simon Says Stamp Folk Dance Stencil paired with the Oh Bunny set.

I dry-embossed light blue cardstock with the Folk Dance Stencil using the sandwich that Shari Carroll describes in this video. I stamped the bunnies and cut them out with their corresponding dies. I had the bunnies left over from the Oh Bunny stamp set projects shown in this post. I added 5mm white pom poms to the tails of the bunnies facing backwards.

Happy Easter!

Simon Says Stamp Folk Dance Stencil

Today, I’m sharing a CAS card featuring a background created with the Simon Says Stamp Folk Dance Stencil.

I applied embossing paste through the stencil on to Lawn Fawn Chili Pepper cardstock. While the embossing paste dried, I heat-embossed one of the sentiments in the Simon Says Stamp Choose Joy set (there are lovely images in this set as well, which I haven’t gotten around to using on a card) on to a white cardstock strip.

I’m looking forward to using this stencil again; I like its detail and pattern.

Paint Resist Background

Hello! I’m sharing a CAS “just because” friendship card. Today was a “get back into the saddle” day for cardmaking, and on those days, I often turn to cards I have already created and make changes here and there. The card design is based on one shown by Jennifer McGuire in the Online Card Classes Kick Start class and uses the paint resist technique shown in the Online Card Classes Inspiration Showcase course.

I applied Picket Fence paint to the Kaleidoscope Leaves Background and stamped on white cardstock. When the paint was dry, I applied Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks to the cardstock. I stamped the Simon Says Stamp Choose Joy sentiment with Archival Jet Black ink.

I cut the butterfly from white cardstock using the Paulina Butterfly die and dry-embossed it with an older Sizzix embossing folder. To finish, I rounded the corners with a Stampin Up’ Project Life punch; Jennifer rounded the corners on her cards using this design. When I first started making cards, I often rounded the corners, but now, I don’t as much.

You Bring Sunshine

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a “just because” friendship card combining products from several different manufacturers.

To begin, I stamped the Simon Says Stamp Choose Joy sentiment on cardstock and inked the My Favorite Things Radiating Rays stencil with Spiced Marmalade and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide inks above the sentiment.

I cut the panel with one of the dies in Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables set and adhered it to a card base cut from Stampin Up’ Island Indigo, which I had dry-embossed with the Taylored Expressions Weathered folder.

To create the sand bar, I colored white cardstock with Distress Oxide inks in Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap and cut it with a die in the Marianne Design Tiny’s Lighthouse set. To create the seagull, I colored cardstock with Distress Oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade and Black Soot and cut it with pieces in the Marianne Design Eline’s Seagull & Friends set.