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Welcome to Day 2 of the Taylored Expressions June Sneak Peeks! Today’s projects take you to the beach! June products will be released Thursday, June 9 @ 7 AM PST!

My first project features the Simply Stamped – Pineapple stamp set with coordinating dies.

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I used three inks to create the pineapple base – Lemon Meringue, Memento Cantaloupe and Candy Corn – and two inks for the stems – Granny Smith and Peapod. The just-released Taylored Expressions inks worked so well for the layering technique – they cover well and the inks coordinate with one another. After stamping, I cut the pineapples with the coordinating dies.

I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with one of the dies in the Banner Stacklets 4 set. I finished the card with a frame cut with one of the dies in the Frame in Frame 2 Cutting Plate set.

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For my second beach-themed card, I pulled out the previously released Beach Border die (this may have been one of the first TE dies I ever owned), against which I set a scooter cut with On the Road – Scooter.

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I used the Happy Summer Banner for my sentiment and embellished the scene with Little Bits – Flamingo. I cut a sand hill with one of the Build a Scene – Rolling Hills dies and dry-embossed it with the Honeycomb folder. I finished the scene with a frame cut from the Stitched Frame Stacklets 1 set.

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Supplies (items in bold will be released June 9):


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Summer On My Mind

Welcome to Day 1 of the Taylored Expressions June Sneak Peeks! June products will be released Thursday, June 9 @ 7 AM PST!

Both of my projects today have a summer-theme. My first project showcases the Sunshiny Day stamp set with the soon-to-be-released coordinating Sunshiny Day Dies.

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I stamped the bird, tree and banner images with the just-released TE Oreo hybrid ink and colored the images with Copic markers before cutting them out with the corresponding dies. I stamped the sentiment with the same Oreo hybrid ink.

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To add texture and visual interest, I cut a hill from Peapod cardstock with one of the Build a Scene – Rolling Hills dies and dry-embossed it with the Chevron folder.

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My second project showcases the Garden Party embossing folder, which I inked with Taylored Expressions inks in Lollipop, Cookie Monster and Lemon Meringue. In areas where the inks overlapped they blended beautifully!

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For the center section of the folder, I added a sentiment and floral clusters created with the Fresh Florals stamp set and its coordinating dies (stamped with Lollipop, Cookie Monster, Lemon Meringue and Strawberry Milkshake inks).

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I added a frame cut with a die in the Frame in Frame 2 Cutting Plate set (the scallops on these frames give just the right amount of frill!).

Supplies (items in bold will be released June 9):


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Summer Fun – Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #38

I’m playing along with Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #38.

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I used the sketch to create a summer-themed card showcasing the Eventful – BBQ die.

TE Share Joy Challenge #38

I stamped the sentiment from Little Bits of Summer on my MISTI (I’m having a lot of fun with this set mixing and matching the words!). I trimmed the Eventful – BBQ silhouette at the end of one of the banners and attached it to rectangles cut with a die in the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets set.

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I added a sun cut with dies in the Stitched Circle Stacklets set. The background of Watermelon cardstock was dry-embossed with the Lots of Stars 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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Introducing Taylored Expressions Inks!

I’m delighted to be sharing two cards today featuring the just-released Taylored Expressions Premium Inks (be sure to check out Taylor’s announcement about the inks with all of the details)!

The TE Premium Inks are now available and you can only find them at the TE webstore. Plus, check out the two “I Want It All” special offers to celebrate the arrival of our newest product!

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It’s easy to change up a stamped scene with just a couple of elements! For my two cards, featuring the same scene using stamps from the Lovely Landscapes set, the differences come in the finishing steps.

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I started my design with how I would stamp the flowers (two separate stamps for the blossoms and stems). I wanted to explore the Taylored Expressions ink palette by trying out both green inks (for the stems) – Peapod and Granny Smith – and several of the colors for the blossoms – Cherry Pop, Jelly Donut and Strawberry Milkshake. The leaves and flowers should be stamped at slightly different heights for visual interest. The flowers can be rotated when stamped for additional variation.

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I love the coverage of the ink. My design depended on the ink of the flowers being able to partially cover the ink on the stems. To finish out the scene, I stamped the bird house and the bird with two other ink colors not used for the flowers (as I wanted the scene to be as colorful as possible!) – Lollipop and Cookie Monster.

On both versions, I stamped the sentiment with the hybrid-ink formulation in Oreo. This formulation works with alcohol-based markers. I die cut the fence from Sugar Cube cardstock with the Picket Fence Border die. I laid the fence across the stamped scene for placement of bird, so that the bird appears to be sitting on top of the fence.

On the first card (shown above), I added a frame cut with a die in the Stitched Frame Stacklets 1 set from Cookie Monster cardstock.

For the second scene, I added grass cut with the Wispy Grass Border die from Peapod cardstock and a watering can cut from Earl Grey cardstock with the Little Bits – Watering Can die.

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The ink colors perfectly coordinate with the Taylored Expressions cardstock, making the selection of coordinating colors on one’s project a breeze!

Note: The colors will stamp dark to begin with and fade to match the cardstock color as the ink seeps into the paper (this is where the superior coverage comes from!).

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Hello Summer!

Today I’m sharing a card showcasing the Taylored Expressions Summer Nights Paper Pack.

The patterned papers feature a red/white/blue color scheme perfect for summer projects, patriotic or otherwise. My card celebrates a variety of summer activities!

TE Summer Nights Patterned Paper

Red/white/blue is one of my favorite color schemes, no matter what the season, but most especially in the summer months. I used one of the square dies in the Stitched Square Stacklets set to cut out the patterned paper squares (I clearly like the star theme!) to create a patchwork background. For the embellishments, I cut Little Bits – Firework, Little Bits – Ice Cream Cone, Little Bits – Flip Flops and Little Bits – Popsicles from TE solid cardstock in coordinating colors (Cherry Pop,  Sugar Cube, Blue Corn and Toffee) and placed them on the squares with foam adhesive. One of my favorite things about the TE patterned paper packs is that they coordinate perfectly with the TE cardstock colors!

I added a sentiment from the Little Bits of Summer set, which I stamped with my MISTI – Precision Stamping Tool (the set contains a number of words that can be put together for different summer-themed sentiments).

And there it is – a quick-to-put-together, summer-themed card with a lot of pattern and color and not a lot of fuss!

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