Taylored Expressions Previews: Day Three!

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November Release At a Glance

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, November 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 and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments close Wednesday 11/2 at 7pm PST for the drawings.

I am SO excited about the set I am previewing today...Thankful!  This set is the newest set in the Lasting Impressions line at Taylored Expressions and was concepted by our very own Jami Sibley!  There is such a variety of images and sentiments in this set, which has a total of 15 stamps, which range from cutesy to elegant, and these images are a DREAM to color!

I had alot of fun creating this card!  I started by stamping the image in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Buttercream Cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers.  I added LOTS of shimmer with Spica Glitter Pens (love the soft shimmer you get with these!).  I cut out the panel with Circle Nestabilities, sponged the edges with Memento Cantaloupe ink, and then, like my friend Jody, sewed around the entire panel, going one stitch at a time manually on my Janome Sew Mini.  My stitching is NO where as perfect as hers always is, but I am super happy with it...and it only look 8 minutes (lol...yes, I timed it).

Underneath the focal panel I added a panel cut with the Frame It Up 1 Taylored Die.  I actually cut two and then pieced them together to make it large enough to frame the focal panel perfectly.  I then added a Maya Road Wooden Button to each side, tied with Bon Bon Twine.

All of the patterned paper is All Spice from My Minds Eye, and the sentiment, "Thankful Thoughts" was stamped and then cut into a sentiment flag.  I anchored this to my card with a trio of leaves cut with the AWESOME new Mini Leaves Taylored Dies (love!), and another Maya Road Wooden Button for good measure.  I finished this one off with tons of stitching.

Here are the Taylored Dies I've used on this card:

Please head on over and visit with the rest of the Baker's Dozen and see what they have cooked up for you today!

Charmaine Ikach

Danielle Lounds

Karen Giron
Jen Shults

Melissa Sauls

Melody Rupple

Regina Mangum

Sankari Wegman

Tori Wild
Wanda Guess

and, of course, TaylorVan Bruggen
as well as our DT Coordinator Jami Sibley

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!

Recipe:
Stamps:  Thankful from Taylored Expressions
Paper:  Hot Fudge (MFT), Choice Buttercream (TE) and All Spice (My Minds Eye)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black and Memento Cantaloupe
Accessories:  Copic Markers, Spica Glitter Pens, Frame It Up 1 Taylored Die, Mini Leaves Taylored Dies, Janome Sew Mini and Foam Tape

Jodi