Good morning and welcome to the first day of sneak peeks for Taylored Expressions March Release! We have so many new goodies this month including 12 new stamp sets & A la Carte stamps, and 5 new Taylored die sets! When I asked the Baker’s Dozen what they’ve enjoyed playing with the most they all came back with different answers so there’s definitely something for everyone packed into our ‘springy’ release! All of the new products the Baker’s Dozen and I are showcasing will be available for purchase on Thursday, March 1st at 8am PST! I have two cards to show you today so I better get started!

I’m super excited to introduce the next two Adorable Abodes in the series of houses illustrated by Doug Applegate! By the time we get to the end of the year, we’ll have a house themed for each month, making them the perfect option for creating calendar projects! But they’re perfect for cards too which is what I did for my projects today. The first card uses Royal Digs. I’m in LOVE! This whimsical castle is simply adorable and perfect for lots of occasions like birthday, wedding, and anniversary. I decided to make my castle fit for a princess by adding pretty pink details. I colored the castle with Copics (N1, N3, N5, Y21, E55, R22, BG72) to match my new favorite patterned paper, My Mind’s Eye Dolled Up 6×6 pad. Then I put it all together using Jen’s Deconstructed Sketch from last week. I added lots of details like our new Majestic Border Die with pearl accents, a crocheted flower that sweet Jodi’s mom made for me with a pearl brad center, some cream ruffle trim, and Labels 5 pearl Nestabling to highlight the sentiment. Oh… and I almost forgot about our new Royal Treatment crown dies! These are such a fun embellishment! Here are pictures of the new Taylored dies that I used on this card:

For my second project I used another adorable abode, Spring Cottage. I paired it with papers from My Mind’s Eye – Howdy Doody 6×6 pad (another new favorite!). The house was colored with Copics (R32, R35, R37, E55, E31, Y21, YG95) and I started with Karen’s Sweet Sunday Sketch which ended up taking a few different turns along the way. I really wanted to incorporate our new Jumbo Flower Border die which didn’t quite fit into the sketch so I put it at the bottom of the card. After cutting the flower border from several colors and filling in the flowers I added some rhinestones and Ice White pearl dots to the center of each flower. I paper pieced the roof of the wishing well to match the roof on the house and then punched it out with a circle punch and popped up on foam tape for more dimension. Here’s the Taylored Die that I used on this card:

So what do you think about the new goodies today!? The rest of the Baker’s Dozen also has sneak peeks of the new Adorable Abodes and 5 new dies sets. I only featured 3 of the dies so you’ll have to hop around to find the other 2! Before you head out to check out all the eye candy, you’ll want to read the details of our release below. Find out how you could be one of the lucky winners at our Facebook Preview Party or the winner of a TE gift certificate!

• We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday.  All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, March 1st 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 for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the drawings close Wednesday 2/29 at 7pm PST.

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope to see you back here tomorrow for a peek at more new goodies!