Taylored Expressions October Release Day!

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Welcome to my post for Taylored Expressions October Release day! Open the door and come on in! Last month brought us the Door to Door die set and Door to Door Décor. This month we get the accessory set, Door to Door Winter Décor! YAY! So…let it snow!

The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the awesome New In and Out Christmas stamp set. My weakness is sentiments…ok, maybe I have more than one weakness. lol

I used the Bead Board embossing folder to make the card front look like siding and embellished with the new Little Bits Snowflake Confetti dies. I hope you’ll come in out of the cold! : )

My next card is the moose image from the New Critters on Ice stamp set with matching dies…

SO cute! I love critters with personality! So fun to color too! I die cut the pieces in white card-stock and colored them with Copic Sketch markers.

The frame is the New Picture Perfect Horizontal die… love it! Then the trees and lake are from two new Build a Scene die sets… Winter Trees and Central Park. Oh.what.fun!

I used some Stampendous Frantage Chunky Enamel embossing powder on the lake… snow! Ranger White Enamel Accents on the tree.

I tore a piece of copy paper and using the ink blending tool, sponged on Tumbled Glass Distress ink for the horizon line.

I LOVE this release! Everything is available in the Taylored Expressions online store today! hurray! You will want to see what all the other TE designers created for release day too! Head over to the TE blog, read through to the bottom of the post for the links to the other gals that are posting today.

Merry Christmas creating to you! Thank you for visiting! I love sharing and can’t wait to send cards!

p.s. be sure to scroll down two posts and comment, if you haven’t already, for a chance to win the new Creative Cards book. I have two TE cards published in it!

Here’s the list of what I used and is now all available @ Tayloredexpressions.com!

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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Published · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions · Winter

Creative Cards book…

September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 Pam Sparks35 Comments

Do you love having an idea book to look at while you’re having breakfast, coffee time or lunch? I do! *grin* Well, have you heard of Scrapbook and Cards Today’s NEW Creative Cards Volume One?

I have two cards in it! I’m so excited to share with you and I have one copy of the book to give away to a lucky winner in the USA that comments on this post! I’ll leave it open for a few days. The book is also available for purchase HERE. There are a few other TE designers in the book this time, including Taylor!

The two cards in the book are from a set of four Christmas cards I made with non-traditional colors.

Here’s a peek at the two in the book…

and…

I’m also sharing the two cards that didn’t get published and linking below to the supplies in the TE store. It was so fun to use extraordinary colors…although, I love red, green, kraft and white!!! : )

I LOVE the Distress ink color Shaded Lilacs…here I combined it with Tumbled Glass, both colors on the embossing folder before I ran it through the Big Shot.

Some of the Little Bits dies…so cute!

Stop by the TE Blog because it’s release week!

Thanks for stopping by again today! I’ll be back release day with three more cards from Taylored Expressions…

Supplies I used on the cards I’m sharing today…

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Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Family · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions Birthday month…

September 15, 2015September 16, 2015 Pam Sparks23 Comments

oh wow! It’s been too long since I posted! Hard to believe September is half gone! boohoo! I’ve missed you all! lol I’m working on cards for a Christmas Memory Box Look Book, our stamp club had a shoebox card party and then we had a family birthday party! Eek… it’s a lot of card making going on!

Here’s one of the cards I made for our grandson Gilbert. He’ll be turning three next week. Time goes by so fast. We still have three grandsons younger though. lol We’ve got boys!

Here’s a close up of this cute bunny and his birthday balloon…

It was fun to color with Copics again… I need to do it more often! Funny that for years that was all I did! You can go back on my blog and see lots of coloring. It’s hard not to love everything anymore! I’m sure you agree…so many wonderful stamps, dies, inks and papers!

Linking to some challenges…

NBUS – anything goes (Balloon Buddies stamps/dies and trees dies are NBUS!)

Seize the Birthday – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – love that technique (mine are coloring and die cutting)

Happy Little Stampers – Coloring

Thanks for not forgetting me! I’ll be back!

Linking up below to the stamps and dies I used for this A2 size, top folding card.

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Birthday · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Fall · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions September Release Day…

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Welcome! We’re celebrating release day at Taylored Expressions today!

I have two cards to share using the NEW Door to Door and Door to Door Decor die sets. The first one is a Fall setting so I used the NEW Little Bits Leaves dies cut in fall colors, shaped with a stylus and edged with some Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink blending tool, on the wreath.

The ‘celebrating’ banner is from the NEW One and Only You stamp and die combo…a gift set when you purchase $50 for a limited time only… check it out on the TE blog. I love it!

I used the TE Brick Embossing folder and inked it with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink blending tool also.

My second card is a Winter/Christmas card with the same Door to Door and Door to Door Decor sets.

I used the Bead-board Embossing folder for the background…I wanted it to look like siding. The Ice Border die across the top, the Rolling Hills Build a Scene die for the snow on the bottom, the Stitched banner from the Pockets and Pages Stitched Essentials die set, the holly leaves are from the NEW Little Bits Leaves die and the sentiment from the Baby It’s Cold Outside stamp set.

The rest of the pieces are all from the Door to Door and Door to Door Decor die sets.

These dies are so much fun! I can see a Spring and Summer door too, a congrats on your new home, happy anniversary… good for so many occasions! I know some of you will need a critter in the picture! : )

Want to see more? Click over to the TE blog for the link up to all the participating designers. Fabulous inspiration from the TE Creative Team! It’s a HUGE release this month. So much to see!

Thanks again for joining me here today. Happy creating!

Click the links below to see the products I used and shop the TE online store.

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Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Fall · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks Day #3…

September 2, 2015September 2, 2015 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Hi everyone! Funny how fast time flies when you’re having fun! I found it hard to believe it’s already Taylored Expressions 7th birthday!!! It’s a WOW of a release for September and I will be sharing what I created for the celebration today and on release day, tomorrow. I have three cards for today…eek…I had a hard time deciding what to start with! lol

I’m focusing in on the NEW Bloomers Greenery die set today. My thankful for you card uses one of the fern looking branches. I die cut it several times in two colors of TE cardstock and formed a wreath. This is an awesome set of dies for making wreaths, bouquets and whatever you can come up with!

The flowers are from the NEW Mini Bloomers die set. I die cut the set in two colors of TE cardstock and glued them together.

The ‘thankful for you’ stamp and ‘you’ die are part of a Stamp and Die combo called ‘One and Only You’. TE designed this set especially for you. When you order $50 or more from September 3rd – September 13th, you’ll receive it free! Read all about it and see the picture of it on the TE blog HERE.

I’m all over the place with these cards today! lol Here’s a CAS card showing the swirly vine that is in the NEW Bloomers Greenery die set. Again, I used the same two colors of TE cardstock and then added the roses and the crosshatch cuts from the NEW Scribbles die set. See, I told you… a lot of NEW stamps and dies this month! : ) The two little rosebuds I cut by hand from the center of the scribbled rose die cut.

There’s the NEW One and Only You stamp and die combo again too.

Here’s another wreath card I made using another branch from the NEW Bloomers Greeney die set. I can see using this card for pretty much any occasion! A very versatile set and I still haven’t used all the pieces!

The swirly vine, die cut four times and glued to the card base. A layer of vellum over that and then the wreath popped up with mounting squares on top.

and close up…

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog each Sneak Peek Day this week for details on how you can enter to win.

If you’d like to see more projects and new product information, head over to the TE Blog, scroll through to the end of the post for a complete list of today’s participating designers!

Thanks for clicking to my blog today! I love sharing what I’ve been up to with you!

Here’s the links to what I used in the TE store… (the die links will work tomorrow on release day)