It’s finally here….release day! All of the new products that we’ve been sneaking peeks at are now available for purchase at the TE Store! But first, before you head over to shop you’ll want to start the party right here! What are we celebrating? We’re celebrating the 1 year anniversary of our Whimsical Wishes collection of stamps and the talented creator of these images, Nancy McKinney! It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since Nancy made her debut with Branching Out and Branching Out Coordinates! Since that initial release we’ve collaborated to bring you more than 20 stamp sets and 8 A La Carte images! I can’t imagine Taylored Expressions without Nancy and we’re thankful for her contributions over the past year!

Now it wouldn’t be a proper party without a few gifts, and this time the gifts are for you! Nancy’s original sets Branching Out & Branching Out Coordinates are 25% off through Monday, March 8th! In addition, Nancy has designed a collection of four images, Whimsical Wishes Throughout the Year! These digital images and sentiments are FREE for anyone who places an order during our anniversary celebration (through Monday, March 8th)! These seasonal images can be used with or without the coordinating sentiments giving you lots of options for year-round Whimsical Wishes cards! Note: The download will not show up in your cart upon checkout, but will be emailed to you no later than 24 hours after your purchase. Today the Baker’s Dozen and I are sharing our projects using the fabulous freebie images. I chose to use the egg wreath and coordinating sentiment. I am loving this sentiment ‘The promise of Spring’…I need to rest in that promise because this winter is starting to get really old! I’ve also been inspired by the beautiful spring wreaths I’ve seen around town lately. I picked one up at Target the other day and used the colors of the glittery eggs in the wreath to inspire my card. I cut the image out with the Large Classic Rectangles and mounted it onto a Large Big Scalloped Rectangle (brand new from Spellbinders!). I colored the image with Copics and added the flower from Favorite Peeps onto the wreath. I created this card using the TESC103 Sketch. You can see the rest of the inspiration using this sketch below and join along in the fun! You’ll also want to check out the rest of the fabulous freebie inspiration from the Baker’s Dozen:

Alex Maldonado, Amy Sheffer, Carolina Buchting, Charmaine Ikach, Donna Baker, Jackie Pedro, Jeanie Witmer, Jodi Collins, Karen Giron, Karen Motz, Melissa Sauls, Nancy McKinney, Sankari Wegman

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Let me tell you a little bit more about the products that are now available at the TE Store! I am super stoked about our latest addition to the TE Giving Tree Series, You’re My Hero! For each You’re My Hero set sold during the next three months, Taylored Expressions will donate $7.00 to CureSearch in hopes of finding a cure for childhood cancer. This set was created in honor of Darrin Zimmerman and you can read more about his brave battle with cancer here. We’re also excited to offer the Rock Star Key Ingredients featuring patterned paper, cardstock, and embellishments that were specifically selected to coordinate with the You’re My Hero stamp set. And for all of our Copic lovers, we have the Rock Star Copic Kit, a set of 5 markers to coordinate with the Key Ingredients. Your projects come together quickly and easily when all of the coordinating elements are right at your fingertips!

YOU’RE MY HERO GALLERY!

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The beautiful images, sentiments, and Bible verses included in our Easter Blessings set will make a wonderful addition to your religious stamp collection! And you’ll likely reach for this set beyond Easter for sympathy and encouragement cards too. The Easter Key Ingredients features Basic Grey Kioshi patterned paper with all of the cardstock and embellishments to match. We also have the Easter KI Copic kit, a set of 5 coordinating markers. This is a great way to expand your Copic collection by purchasing colors that you know will match!

EASTER BLESSINGS GALLERY

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I know lots of you are excited about Favorite Peeps so here’s a closer look at all of the adorable images in this set! These images will coordinate with our Easter Key Ingredients shown above, but they also look great with the bright colors in our Spring Sampler (pictured below). If you like to try a little bit of everything without breaking the bank, then the Spring Sampler is just for you! We’ve given you a sampling of everything from candy dots and glitter to fancy flowers and favor boxes all for just $18.95! Our samplers are limited offers so grab one while you can!

FAVORITE PEEPS GALLERY

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And last, but certainly not least, we have more coordinating products for this release and lots of new items arriving from the orders we placed at CHA! You don’t want to miss these newly uploaded items:

Eggstra Special Image Sheet (to coordinate with Spellbinders Nested Egg dies)
Guitar Gift Card Holder Template
Basic Grey Green at Heart 6×6 pad and embellishments
Basic Grey Kioshi 6×6 pad and embellishments
Spellbinders Labels 10 – 13 and Big Scalloped dies

Thanks for stopping by for our release and anniversary celebration! Don’t forget that every order at the TE Store (through Monday, March 8th) will receive the Whimsical Wishes Throughout the Year image sheet FREE!

And for a change to win a free Whimsical Wishes stamp set, head over to Nancy’s blog where she has a little challenge to guess snippets from her stamp designs over the past year! One random winner who guesses all of them correctly will win the Whimsical Wishes set of their choice!