Sep 08, 2014
Introducing: Taylored Expressions Patterned Paper, Cardstock, & Embossing Folders!
Good morning and Happy Monday! You know how it feels when you’re keeping a really big secret!? Each day your excitement builds until you think you might just accidentally blurt out the secret to anyone who happens to be listening! For the past several months I’ve been doing my best to keep a big secret. I’ll admit I may have let the cat out of the bag to a few people along the way like my hair stylist, my dentist, and my mom (of course!). And today, with much anticipation, I get to spill the beans and share the secret with all of you!
If you’re keeping track, Taylored Expressions is turning 6 years old this month (no… that’s not the big secret… keep reading)! Thanks to the support of our friends and customers and the hard work of the entire TE Team, we’re excited to be taking some new leaps as we introduce three new product lines including our own Taylored Expressions 6×6 patterned paper packs, 100 lb. premium cardstock made to match, and our own collection of embossing folder designs! In addition, we have lots of new birthday and Halloween stamps and dies to choose from!
I hope that you’ll come celebrate our birthday with us this week! We’ve made lots of party plans including a sketch challenge with a selfie twist (details HERE) and a free incentive set with purchase! Before I share all the details, I want to tell you a little bit more about our new products which will be available for purchase on Thursday, September 11th at 7am PST at the TE web store:
specifically designed at this size to generously accommodate an entire A2 card front. I
wanted to solve my own frustration of not being able to cover an entire card with the design! Above are two of the four patterns we’re introducing this month (the other two will be shown during sneak peeks tomorrow!).
Now that you’ve been introduced to a sampling of our new products I want to invite you to Celebrate with Us as we kick off our week-long birthday bash!
We love our friends and fans! To express our appreciation for all of your enthusiasm and support throughout the years we have a party game and a party favor just for you!
1. Triple S Challenge! Enter for a chance to win a $250 gift certificate to the TE Store! Wow… that’s a huge prize! So…. what’s Triple S? It stands for Sketch, Selfie, Share! The sketch is shown below and you can find the challenge details and enter yourself to win HERE!
OK… it’s time to get to the inspiration! Perhaps you recognize the sketch from our Triple S challenge and the Think Happy Thoughts stamp set in this project:
I started with one of the images from And Many More. This is a special birthday set that includes one drawing from each of our talented illustrators so there are lots of different styles all in one go-to set! I paper pieced the balloons with patterns from the Double the Fun patterned paper and colored the rest of the image with Copics. I also used the Lots of Dot Embossing Folder to add pattern to the green card stock. The sketch and coordinating cardstock/patterned paper made quick work of this card and the Think Happy Thoughts set provided the perfect sentiment!