Good morning! Well, today is officially June and the Baker’s Dozen and I are continuing with our June sneak peeks! If you missed our first day of sneak peeks, scroll down just a bit to take a look. If you’re like me you’ll want to take a dip in the ocean and watch a beautiful summer sunset when you’re finished with checking out all the fabulous creations! On today’s menu we’re sharing more Mokas, a little Cuppie, and the perfect A la Carte stamp to congratulate a friend or family member on his or her engagement!

Don’t forget to check out our June Release details below for everything you need to know about this month’s release, including how you can win a gift certificate to the TE Store! YAY!

• We have sneak peeks to share Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  All of the new products will be available for purchase on Friday, June 3rd at 8 am PST. You’ll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department in the Taylored Expressions Store.
• Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets on Thursday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
• Special Early Bird Offer on Release Day for the first 15 orders over $100.  It’s TOTALLY SWEET!
• 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 all 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. Comments close Thursday 6/2 at 7pm PST for the drawings.

Today I’m going to start with my favorite friend made of cake and frosting, Cuppie! Illustrator Jessie Oleson has Cuppie tying the knot in the adorable Sweet Bliss stamp set. The full-size set includes 16 images and sentiments made from deeply etched rubber. The stamps come packaged on a binder ready storage panel and already trimmed and ready to use with an acrylic block. I decided to pair the wedding Cuppie images with patterned paper from the Basic Grey Sweet Threads collection. I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Copic markers. Then I created a scalloped frame for the image and embellished it with liquid pearly dots. I popped up the frame and then finished off the card with the sentiment and floral accent. I also used the medium scallop border die as a split between the two patterns.

Continuing with the wedding theme, Nancy McKinney illustrated the adorable Charlotte & Jack for the Moka Collection. Each character comes as a separate Petite stamp set with an additional 3-4 coordinating sentiments. They can stand alone or you can see they make quite a handsome pair too! I stamped Charlotte & Jack in Memento Rich Cocoa, colored them with Copics, cut them out, and popped them up over the top of a flowery patterned paper. All of the patterned paper on this card is from the MME Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky collection. I think it’s perfect for a summer wedding card! I added white embossed detailing to Charlotte’s dress along with a glittery veil. To finish it off, I stamped and ‘flagged’ both sentiments and popped them up on foam tape above and below the happy couple. Then I added a bow of white organdy swirl ribbon.

And last, but not least, Nancy McKinney illustrated the perfect A la Carte stamp to congratulate an engaged friend! I’ve always wanted a stamp that’s specific to engagements and now I have it with the Wow You’re Engaged A la Carte! I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and paper pieced the ‘w’s with a polka dot pattern from the Happy Go Lucky collection. I glittered the ring, covered it with Glossy Accents, and added Crystal Twinkles to each of the facets in the diamond. I also added Glossy Accents over the ‘w’s and colored the band of the ring with silver paint pen. To embellish the card I used a small chipboard bird from the Love Notes collection and added some bay blue twill.

Thanks so much for stopping by during our second day of sneak peeks! Don’t forget to leave some comments as you hop around to see what our fabulous design team has created! You never know…you could be the lucky winner of a gift certificate to the TE Store!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Jackie Pedro
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Melissa Sauls
• Nancy McKinney
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess