Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek | Day 1

July Release At a Glance

• We have sneak peeks to share Wednesday and Thursday.  All of the new products will be available for purchase on Friday, July 1st at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
• Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL GIVEAWAY, on Thursday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
• Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate.  Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day!  Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please.  Comments close Thursday 7/30 at 7pm PST for the drawings.

Are you ready for another super cute release from Taylored Expressions?!!?  The Baker's Dozen is showcasing two new stamp sets: In the Clouds and Life is a Circus along with, get this - 4 new Taylored Dies and a new Impression Plate! 

If you are not familiar with Taylored Expressions stamps, they are made of deeply etched cling-mount rubber that you can place on an acrylic block.  All of the full size and petite stamps come on a full color image panel, which is 3-hole punched so the stamps can be stored easily in a TE Mini Binder Box.  Each Mini Binder Box fits up to 4 full-sized stamp sets.

First up for me is this darling set of 25 stamps called In the Clouds, illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes line. 

In the Clouds has a coordinating set of Taylored Dies called Blimps & Banners, which make cutting out these images a snap!  And you can get super creative and turn the blimps into submarines and rocket ships - isn't that clever?!!?  In my card I have used one of the blimp and banner dies for my main image and sentiment.  So super cute, don't you think?  I started by stamping the blimp in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Copic Markers.  The banner is also stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black.  Did you notice the blue background?  All of those embossed clouds were made with TE's new Clouds Impression Plate, which is double sided to allow for the clouds to be arrange for both a horizontal card and a vertical card - it's 2 impression images for the price of one!  I used the vertical side of the impression plate for my background.  Another fun Taylored Die that goes perfectly with In the Clouds is the new Cloud Border Die - it's long enough to run the entire length of a standard A2 card and you can cut out multiple die cuts and layer them up!  I chose to use the Cloud Border Die as a standard border and just added it underneath my cardstock layer.  I added the Medium Scallop Border Die at the bottom, which really continues that puffy cloud look. You may recognize the little clouds on the image panel too - they are made with the Cloud Duo Die.  I added some Baker's Twine around the center of the card for a little extra punch and the layout is MOJO195.

In the Clouds is a perfect companion set to the It's a Banner Day 1 & It's a Banner Day 3 sets as well as the Cloudy Days background stamp.  Imagine the possiblities!


Up next is a new delightful set of 17 images illustrated by Doug Applegate for the Apple Doodle Ink line. 

Life is a Circus is packed full of cute circus images and witty sentiments and this set is designed to create cards and projects with a single image or build up layers and create a fun circus scene!  I can see myself using this set for everyone - boys, girls, young, old - I just love it!!  For my card, I used 2 images - the clown and the juggling balls.  I stamped the clown in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored him with Copic Markers and I stamped the juggling balls in Colorbox Fluid Chalk inks: Warm Red, Yellow Ochre, Lime Pastel, and Pumpkin Spice.  Life is a Circus also has a coording Stars Die set that you can layer and arrange in endless ways!  I added more Baker's Twine and Crystal Twinkles for accent and the layout is Deconstructed Sketch 7.

Here are the Taylored Dies I used on today's projects:

The rest of the Baker's Dozen have more to show you today, so don't miss out - their projects are AMAZING! 

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Jami Sibley
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Motz
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Nancy McKinney
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess

Thanks for stopping by and see you back tomorrow for another fun day of TE peeks!
Karen


recipes
fly away with me card
stamps: in the clouds (taylored expressions)
paper: real red (su!), aqua mist (pti), kraft, choice snow white (taylored expressions) cardstock, lime twist out of the blue (my mind's eye)
ink: memento tuxedo black
accessories: copic markers, baker's twine (taylored expressions), clouds impression plate (taylored expressions), cloud border die (taylored expressions), cloud duo die (taylored expressions), medium scallop border die (taylored expressions), circle/scallop nestabilities (spellbinders), foam tape

happy birthday card
stamps: life is a circus (taylored expressions)
paper: real red (su!), not quite navy (su!), choice snow white (taylored expressions) cardstock, lime twist out of the blue (my mind's eye)
ink: memento tuxedo black, colorbox fluid chalk inks - yellow ochre, warm red, pumpkin spice, lime pastel
accessories: copic markers, seeing stars dies (taylored expressions), circle/rectangle/rectangle scallop nestabilities (spellbinders), crystal twinkles (taylored expressions), large corner rounder, baker's twine, foam tape