Apr 04, 2009
Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks – Day 2
What would a Taylored Expressions release be without Jessie Oleson’s illustrations!? Well, definitely not as sweet! So today the Baker’s Dozen and I are showing you some sneak peeks with our new Cuppie stamp set, Downtown Diva. For my first card, I stamped the shops in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copic markers. I used patterned paper from W R Memory Keepers that I picked up at Michael’s. I just couldn’t resist the bright, springy colors! The twill is Apricot from the TE Store. To finish it off, I added little orange flower brads to each of the scallops on the border. And as usual, I couldn’t stop with just one card! All of the patterned papers and matching cardstocks were still laying 
on my desk from the first card so I decided to use them again in a little different combination. I took one of my favorite images (the purses) and sentiments (“If friends were purses, I’d pick you!”). I stamped them in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copic markers again. I used my Martha Stewart bubbly border punch that I picked up at Michael’s yesterday… gosh, I’ve been shopping at Michael’s a lot lately! To finish off the card I added some polka dot satin ribbon and Key Lime twill along with a metal purse charm. The Tuck & Close favor box from the TE Store matches the cute purse image perfectly so I decided to make a little gift card holder to be 
given along with the purse card. Before I assembled the box, I added the patterned paper and stamped the sentiment. I layered flowers and a leaf from the Mother’s Day Key Ingredients and added a Flower Flourish crystal. Thanks for stopping by for our second day of sneak peeks! All of the new stamps (and lots of other goodies!) will be released at 8 AM PST on Sunday, April 5th! You’ll want to make this your first stop tomorrow morning to find all of the new release details!
And don’t miss the Downtown Diva inspiration from the rest of the Baker’s Dozen: Ana Wohlfahrt, Charmaine Ikach, Dawn Easton, Denise Marzec, Donna Baker, Jen del Muro, Jodi Collins, Karen Giron, Karen Motz, Laura Fredrickson, Laurie Schmidlin, Sankari Wegman
