Taylored Expressions Previews: Day One!

Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday!!

Today is the first day of previews for the latest (and greatest, imho!) release from Taylored Expressions!!

I have TONS to share with you today so I hope you will get comfy and stick with me for a bit!!

Did you happen to see Taylor's Blog Post from yesterday? There are three new additions to the Baker's Dozen and I am SO excited! Regina Mangum, Tori Wild and Danielle Lounds have joined the team! We also have a new Guest Designer for September and October, and it is one my personal stamping idols, Barbara Anders!

Today, the Baker's Dozen are sharing three different sets with you today, and I have the pleasure of showing you the AMAZING new Make A Wish set along with the FABULOUS Big Bubbles Background!!! Other members of the Baker's Dozen will have peeks of another set on the menu for today (grin!), Borderlicious!! All of the amazing sets are illustrated by the SUPER talented (and totally sweet!) Nancy McKinney!!

Make A Wish is the latest set in the Taylored Expressions Giving Tree Program! For the months of September, October and November Taylored Expressions will donate $7.00 to a national children's charity that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. All of the charitable stamp sets are sold as a sheet of rubber and will need to be trimmed before using. We do this in order to reduce the cost of manufacturing and be able to donate even more to charity

For my first card, I started with last week's Sketch Challenge on SCS, SC295. I stamped the "Make A Wish" sentiment from the set in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Snow White Cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers. I used a Clear Spica Glitter Pen to add some shimmer to the star that dots the "i".

Now, I know (I really do), that EVERY month I tell you that the current Project Pantry Kits are my absolute FAVORITE, but seriously, the two Project Pantry Kits that will be available this month are OFF the charts AWESOME! I literally squealed when I saw them and I cannot stop using them! Both of my cards today feature the Make A Wish Project Pantry, and in true Taylored Expressions style, it is CHOCK full of fabulousness! The patterned paper is the B'day Bash Collection from Imaginesce and I just want to use it on every single card I make!!

Perhaps you have noticed some other delightful new items on my cards today? Can you see the AMAZING scallop border on my cards??? It's the brand new Scallop Lace Eyelet Border Die that will be available on Friday with all the other goodies! I LOVE this die and, much like the Project Pantry Kits, want to use it on every card I make!!

More new dies that are featured on my Make A Wish card are the ROCKIN' balloons that you see!!! Yippee! Balloon dies...that totally rocks my world! Just like all of the Taylored Dies, these are SO easy to use!! You can check out Taylor's post from last month, when we introduced Taylored Dies, right HERE.

My second card features another new stamp set being released on Friday, the Big Bubbles Background!! I LOVE background stamps and can tell that this one is going to get ALOT of use in my stamp room! I LOVE how whimsical the bubbles are! On my second card, I used it twice, on both the blue cardstock in the background as well as the green circle behind my focal image.

Speaking of my focal image on my second card, can you even STAND the cuteness of this topsy turvey cake? It totally makes me smile and it was SO much fun to color as well!! I added some "chocolate" accents to my cake using Adirondack Espresso Dimensional Pearls! You can also see that I used the delightful Scallop Lace Eyelet Border Die on this card, and as I mentioned above, ALL the cardstock, patterned paper and ribbon & twine on my cards are from the Make A Wish Project Pantry Kit!!

PLEASE run over to the rest of the Baker's Dozen Blogs so you can see all of the wonderful peeks that have in store for you using what's on the menu today!!!

Charmaine Ikach
Danielle Lounds
Jackie Pedro
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Melissa Sauls
Regina Mangum
Sankari Wegman
Tori Wild
and of course, Taylor Van Bruggen!

Also peeking along with us today are the fabulous:

Nancy McKinney
and
Jami Sibley

I am SO excited about this month's release (can you tell? LOL!!), and I REALLY hope you join me back here tomorrow for a peek at another AMAZING new set from Taylored Expressions!

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!

Make A Wish Recipe:
Stamps: Make A Wish by Taylored Expressions
Paper: Cardstock, Choice Snow White & B'day Bash Collection by Imaginesce, all from the Make A Wish Project Pantry Kit
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copic Markers, Clear Spica Glitter Pen, Twine & Ribbon from the Make A Wish Project Pantry Kit, Scallop Lace Eyelet Border Die, Balloon Dies, Sewing Machine, White Brads and Foam Tape

Birthday Cake Recipe:
Stamps: Make A Wish by Taylored Expressions
Paper: Cardstock, Choice Snow White & B'day Bash Collection by Imaginesce, all from the Make A Wish Project Pantry Kit
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copic Markers, Ribbon from the Make A Project Pantry Kit, Scallop Lace Eyelet Border Die, Adirondack Espresso Pearls, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities and Foam Tape

Jodi