Oct 04, 2011
Taylored Expressions October Sneaks – Day 2
Good morning! It’s time for Day 2 of sneak peeks for our October Release! Are you ready to see some more holiday goodies!? But first I want to make sure you don’t miss an opportunity to win free stamps so check out all of the details of this month’s release below:
- We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, October 6th at 8 am PST. You’ll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
- Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
- 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 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, please. Comments close Wednesday 10/5 at 7pm PST for the drawings.
And now for the sneak peeks! Today the Baker’s Dozen and I are sharing projects using two new stamp sets that were illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes collection. First, I’m sharing my project using Peaceful Poinsettia, a gorgeous stamp set filled with this beautiful holiday flower and coordinating sentiments. For my first card I started by stamping the poinsettia pieces tone on tone (i.e. I stamped the poinsettia on red cardstock with red ink and the leaves on green cardstock with green ink). Then I used the coordinating poinsettia dies to cut out all of the layers. I embellished the poinsettia with red glitter and the leaves with Luscious Lime Smooch. Then I adhered the layers together using foam tape and put a rhinestone brad through the center. It turned out so pretty that I thought it needed another purpose… not just a card embellishment. So I adhered a pin to the back of the flower, cut an opening in my card front, and now the recipient of the card can take the pin from the front and wear it during the holidays.
And since I’m a proud new mommy of a beautiful little girl, I’ve been paying special attention to all the adorable headbands, hats, and bows in stores. So of course I thought the pretty poinsettia embellishment would be perfect on a headband for Madelyn! What do you think? She was so cooperative for her little photo session. *grin* There are so many things you could do with these poinsettia stamps and dies… card embellishments, pins, headbands, bows for holiday packages, etc. etc.! I’m in love!
My second project today features Totally Tags, also illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes collection. I think I’ve mentioned before how much I love to create my own gift tags for the holidays so it’s probably no surprise that we have another tag set! I started by creating a little ‘envelope’ to store my tags. I folded a sheet of cardstock in half and sewed a transparency piece to the inside with three openings for the three different tag shapes. I decorated the front with the Trim the Tree die set that we showcased yesterday. The tree embellishment is attached to a piece of elastic that stretches around envelope to keep it closed. I embossed snowflakes in the background, added Crystal Twinkles, and the word ‘tags’ with Thickers. Then I stamped and colored several tags and added them to the pockets inside the envelope. Oh… and did I mention that I cut out the tags with the new Totally Tags dies!?
Here’s a look at the dies that I used today:
Thanks so much for stopping by for our second day of sneaks! I know the rest of the design team is going to blow you away with their fabulous creations! Don’t forget to leave comments along the way for a chance to win a TE gift certificate!
