Jun 04, 2009
Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks – Day 2
Welcome to Day 2 of sneak peeks! Today the Baker’s Dozen and I are showcasing our creations using Beach Bum and For the Love of Cupcakes, two of the five stamp sets being released on Friday, June 5th at 8am PST at the TE Store! Not only are we bringing you these two adorable stamp sets, but we’re also offering the Beach Bum Bundle and For the Love of Cupcakes Bundle chock full of coordinating goodness! You’ll read more below about the awesome products included in these two bundles.
The first samples I want to show you today use the Beach Bum set, our newest release in the Stamp a Sweet Impression collection. This time Cuppie has taken a trip to the beach…who knows what adventure you’ll find him on next!? I started piecing my scene by creating the ocean waves first. I drew waves onto a piece of Doodlebug polka dot glittered paper and cut several layers out. I sanded the edges of the waves and popped up each progressive layer on foam tape. The image was stamped onto Choice Snow White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the image with Copics and cut it out with Spellbinders dies. I also cut 
out the sentiment with a Spellbinders ribbon tag die. The patterned paper with the yellow circles on it was the perfect backdrop for my surfer scene. I punched a yellow circle from cardstock and added some Crystal Stickles to make the sun. The cardstock, ribbon, and yellow dot patterned paper are from the Beach Bum Key Ingredients. The second card I have to show you is also made with elements from the Beach Bum Key Ingredients, which include *cute* Cosmo Cricket cardstock stickers from the Snorkel Collection. Again I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black, this time onto Choice Buttercream cardstock. I colored and cut out an additional palm frond and popped it up over the original image. I also added some Brown Sugar Sparkly Fluff (part of our Beach Bum Bundle!) for the sand. As I mentioned above, we’re super excited to bring you lots of coordinating products as part of our Beach Bum Bundle. By purchasing our 
bundle deal, you not only get the products included at a discount, but you also get something free! One of the fun embellishments included in the Beach Bum Bundle is an assortment of summer brads (shown below). You’ll get one of each pictured including a life preserver, summer drink, shovel & pail, flip flops, palm tree, popsicle, bathing suit, and sunglasses. You’ll find samples using these brads on several design team sneak peeks both today and tomorrow. Make sure you keep this bundle in mind when you’re shopping at the store in the morning! 
Shoppe window using these delectable desserts! I started by stamping a scene of sweets in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and added some Doodlebug Sweet Treats glittered stickers (those are included in the Cupcake Bundle). Then I cut a piece of brown cardstock to completely cover my scene. To create the shoppe window, I measured four equal blocks onto the brown cardstock and cut them out with my paper trimmer. I adhered a piece of transparency to the back of the window and popped up the entire piece with foam tape over the top of my sweet shoppe scene. Then I started on the awning. I had to get resourceful for this so I headed to the kitchen and grabbed one of our cereal bowls to use as a template. I traced it onto pink cardstock, cut it out, and cut it in half. I used my Stampin’ Up scalloped border punch on the straight end of my half circle. Then I added a Tiny Twinkle to each of the scallops, and sketched curved lines onto the awning with a light pink Copic marker. Then to finish it off I added a Queen
& Co patterned brad (from my stash of ‘way back when’ embellishments) and then popped the entire awning up over the window. Now maybe intricate cards like the Sweet Shoppe aren’t your thing. Well, I have another card to show you… quick and simple! I stamped each of the cupcakes onto Choice Snow White cardstock, colored them with Copic markers, and cut them out. I punched the Stampin’ Up Label punch out of three different colored cardstocks and added the white layer inside. Then I popped up my cupcakes on foam tape and added some Espresso Dimensional Pearls for the frosting and Ruby Red Liquid Pearls on the cherry. The white background was embossed with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. I added a little snippet of ribbon and a button to the sentiment to finish it off. Now if you’re like me and you can’t get enough of cupcakes, we have the For the Love of Cupcakes 
Bundle just for you! The bundle includes the Key Ingredients, the stamp set, 
yummy Doodlebug Confections brads & glitter stickers, and Maya Road cupcake chipboard. You’ll receive all that for only $51.95 plus 10 free cupcake die cut cards!
Once again, the Baker’s Dozen has some sweet sneak peeks to share with you today so head on over to their blogs and take a look: 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
Thanks for stopping by for our second day of sneak peeks! We hope you’ll stop back tomorrow morning at 8am PST when everything will be available to purchase at the TE Store! We’ll also be showing you our creations with the first stamp set in the newest collection of stamps at TE! Wooohooo… I can hardly wait!
