Sep 04, 2009
Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks Day 2
Welcome to Day 2 of sneak peeks for the latest Taylored Expressions stamp release! Did you know that Halloween is my favorite holiday? I have the fondest memories of Halloween as a child. My mom is an excellent seamstress and I would always have the most elaborate handmade costumes… everything from Garfield to a Mermaid! I loved to get dressed up and troll around the neighborhood to find the houses with the best treats! And now that I’m “too old” to go trick or treating, I want to be the house with the best treats!
Now that you know about my love for Halloween, it won’t surprise you that Taylored Expressions is releasing THREE new Halloween sets this season! Today, the Baker’s Dozen and I are sneaking peeks of our Halloween Key Ingredients along with two of the three stamp sets (we have to save something for tomorrow!). First up… Cuppie is back and ready to party! The original Trick or Sweet (our favorite little cupcake dressed in costume) is our most popular stamp set to date! This year Cuppie wanted to try on even more costumes and we wanted to bring you more of what you love so I’m proud to introduce Trick or Sweet II! After attending the Iowa State Fair last month I developed a fondness for pigs and Cuppie dressed up as a pig was calling to me! I happened upon a Taste of Home recipe book at Michael’s and right on the front cover 
were the most adorable cookies made to look like pigs. Well, you know how much I love cupcakes so I had to translate the cookie into cupcake and decorate them to match my piggie card. The “we’re all little piggies on Halloween” sentiment totally cracks me up! Maybe it should include “before, on, & after Halloween” because my Halloween candy eating starts now and continues well into November! *grin* The card was easy to stamp (with masking), but time-consuming to 
color. Just like the cupcakes were easy to bake, but time-consuming to decorate. I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored the images with Copics. I get the same question alot… what Copics do you use to color Cuppie in his traditional pink and grey? We’re now offering a Cuppie Copic Kit which includes the five colors I use to color Cuppie in his traditional pink and grey. Hopefully this takes the guesswork out of your Cuppie coloring! ___________________________________________________________________.jpg)
In addition to the Trick or Sweet II stamp set, we’re also offering a Trick or Sweet II Bundle of coordinating products to stretch your Halloween crafting even further! The bundle includes the following items pictured all together here:
Trick or Sweet II Stamp Set
You didn’t think I’d let Nancy get away without designing a Halloween set, did you? Uh uh… no siree! The second set we’re featuring today is called Spooky Expressions and it’s part of our Whimsical Wishes collection! It’s an amazingly versatile set for any kind of Halloween project. This was another one I just couldn’t put down so I’m up to my eyeballs in Halloween cards! I pulled out another one of those items I’ve been hoarding for a long time, an alterable house by Doodlebug. I’m not going to lie… this house took over 4 hours to finish! Those are four hours I can never get back, but it was worth it! Now I’ll have this fun piece of decor to display every Halloween! Using the templates provided with the house I cut out each piece from cardstock and patterned paper from the Halloween Key Ingredients. Before adhering the cardstock to the house, I stamped it with the spiderweb from the Spooky Expressions set in white pigment ink. My very last step on the house was tracing each and 
every spiderweb with Quickie Glue Pen and sprinkling Starfire glitter over the top! I also added buttons to the roofline, shutters on the window, a bat brad on the chimney, and the little ghost in the front window. After finishing up this massive project I needed something quick and easy! Here’s a closeup of the “boo” card I created using lots of elements from the Spooky Expressions Bundle. I started by cutting a piece of Choice Snow White with the Spellbinders Labels 4 die. I stamped the spiderweb onto the label and sponged the edges with black ink. Then I added the glittered chipboard letters to spell out ‘boo’. For the background I used black mesh ribbon along with some Basic Grey Eerie patterned paper (that’s part of the Halloween Key Ingredients). I added a white felt spiderweb in the corner and a few spider brads to finish it off.
For all of our Whimsical Wishes lovers, we’re offering the Spooky Expressions Bundle which includes all of the same products as the Trick or Sweet II Bundle with the exception of the stamp set. The bundle includes the following items pictured all together here:Spooky Expressions Stamp Set
Thanks for stopping by for our second day of sneak peeks! All of the products I’ve shared during the sneak peeks will be available to purchase beginning at 8am PST tomorrow morning at the TE Store! But don’t forget to check in here first because we have one more stamp set to show you (unlike anything you’ve seen before!) and lots of Birthday Bash information!
And don’t miss the Baker’s Dozen treats today! They are yuuummmmy: Charmaine Ikach, Dawn Easton, Denise Marzec, Donna Baker, Jackie Pedro, Jodi Collins, Karen Giron, Karen Motz, Laura Fredrickson, Laurie Schmidlin, Sharon Harnist, Sankari Wegman
P.S. If you’re here for the weekly TE Sketch Challenge, scroll down! Hope you’ll come play with us!
