Hello! Hello! We’ve made it to the last day of sneak peeks for the May release and all of the new products will be available for purchase tomorrow, Thursday, May 3rd, at 8am PST! So do you have a favorite from the sneak peeks so far? I know the robots and trains are going to get a lot of use with all of the nephews in our family and I’m always looking for stamps to make masculine cards for my husband, dad, and father-in-law so I know that Moka Tim and Bobby will get lots of use too! And I can never seem to have enough flower images in my collection so I’m excited to share the new Oops-a-Daisy set and coordinating petite bouquet and Taylored Dies!

It must be that time of year because I know a lot of people who are in need of a get well card…everything from the stomach bug to broken bones. So I decided to use the cheerful Oops-a-Daisy set to create a simple set of Get Well cards. I started by matching up the ink colors to the Jillibean Homemade 6 Bean Soup patterned paper. I stamped the flowers in Colorbox Yellow Citrus, Maroon, Rouge, and Prima Turquoise Stone. Then I cut out the flower with the coordinating Oops-a-Daisy die. I cut ovals with the Spellbinders oval set and airbrushed inside the die line with Copics. I stamped the stem and leaves with Colorbox Lime Pastel ink and then popped the daisy up on foam tape. I wanted to keep it really simple so I just layered onto a scalloped oval and added a little ribbon to finish them off.

My second sneak peek features the Daisy Bouquet petite stamp set, the second in a series of floral bouquets (Spring Tulips released in March was the first floral bouquet set). I started with Jen’s Deconstructed Sketch #38 for the layout. I stamped the image onto Choice Buttercream cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copics (V04, V05, V09, YG93, YG95, YR14, YR18, BG32, BG34, R81, R83) to coordinate with the Basic Grey Indie Bloom patterned papers. I thought the bright colors would be perfect to make a card for a wedding we’re attending in June. After coloring the image I airbrushed the background with Copic and popped up the circle with foam tape. There are four mini sentiments in the Daisy Bouquet set that coordinate with the Mini Tags die set, also new for this release. I cut out the tag, stamped the ‘best wishes’ sentiment on it, and adhered it with an orange glitter brad. I love how this card turned out bright, happy, and sunny! Here’s a look at the Mini Tags set of dies:

Those are my two projects for today! Don’t forget about our Preview Party on Facebook tonight at 6pm PST! Come ‘like’ our Facebook page and join us tonight for lots of chances to win stamps! For the low-down on this release keep reading the details below:

• We have sneak peeks to share Monday through
  Wednesday.  All of the new products will be available for purchase
  on Thursday, May 3rd 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 blog for more chances to win. Comments for the
  drawings close Wednesday 5/2 at 7pm PST. 

And don’t miss out on the rest of the design team creations using Oops-a-Daisy and the coordinating Daisy Bouquet set:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Michele Boyer – Guest Designer
• Nancy McKinney – Illustrator
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess