Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek Day 1

Good morning!  I'm so super excited to show you today's little sneak peek of 2 new sets designed by the famously fabulous, Nancy McKinney, CreativiTEA and Miniature Motifs - I can't stand it!  It's release week for Taylored Expressions and all the new sets, which will be available for purchase on Thursday, April 8th!  Let me start off by saying that I had a very difficult time putting this set down - I think I have a half dozen little images started on my desk that I know I'll put to good use.  So many fun things to use with these sets, so I'll start off with my card:

I thought I'd try a technique that is an oldie, but goody, for my little tea pot - Kissing.  How can you go wrong with kissing?  haha!  I did the technique the opposite way though - I inked up one of the swirly Miniature Motifs background stamps with Certainly Celery ink and then stamped the solid tea pot from CreativiTEA on top of the wet ink.  Then to define the image, I stamped the outline tea pot in Memento Rich Cocoa ink using a stamp positioner.  The frame is from CreativiTEA also - and it fits perfectly in Nestabilities Labels 9!  I love that I don't need to cut it out by hand.  I colored the border in with a Copic marker and popped the tea pot up with dimensionals.  It's difficult to see in the photo, but the pink scallop is also stamped with the damask image from Miniature Motifs.

One addition to the TE store this release is this totally adorable tea tin!  I had to dress mine all up and put pretty little apple blossoms all over it, lol!  I stamped the Time for Tea sentiment in Memento Rich Cocoa and then used my Window Punch to cut it out and tie it to the ribbon.

I used a large corner rounder to get the edges to match the top of the lid, which happens to fit one of the Large Square Nestabilities perfectly.  I added some circle scallops with a little green damask tea pot and another little apple blossom.  I love the soft look!

Need more eye candy with your tea this morning?  Stop on by the rest of the Baker's Dozen to see what they have brewed up for you:

• Alex Maldonado
• Carolina Buchting
• Charmaine Ikach
• Donna Baker
• Jackie Pedro
• Jeanie Witmer
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Motz
• Melissa Sauls
• Sankari Wegman
• Jami Sibley
• Nancy McKinney
• and of course, Taylor VanBruggen

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

recipe -

Stamps: CreativiTEA, Miniature Motifs

Paper: Pretty In Pink, Whisper White cardstock; Sweet Pea paper (all Stampin' Up!)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Certainly Celery (Stampin' Up!)

Accessories: Pretty In Pink satin ribbon (Stampin' Up!), apple blossoms, Nestabilities, scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), dimensionals