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Taylored Expressions May Release Day…

 

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Hi everyone!  It’s Release Day at Taylored Expressions today!  My first card is a new stamp and die combo called Under the Toadstool. Super cute and whimsical with the little glittery fairy and her magical kingdom.

 

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I inked up an acrylic block with Distress ink pads, spritzed with water and smooshed a piece of watercolor paper onto it for the background.  The images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers.  Then die cut with the coordinating dies.  The dies are very easy to use because you can see where to position them!  YAY! A coat of Wink of Stella Clear Brush Marker finished her off.

 

To complement the scene I used the TE Wispy grass and Arbor Accessories dies. I colored the stems and flowers with Copic Sketch markers, shaped with a mat and stylus then glued them to the corners.

 

This month’s release has us looking ahead to Father’s Day!

 

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I made an A2 size Center Panel Step Card.  Don’t you love that cute Little Bits lawn mower die?!  The window, well, it’s really a new die called Gridlocked!  Love the new Brick Embossing Folder too!

 

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I die cut the Shades of Thanks tree in white card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch markers.

The Wispy Grass die I cut from green card-stock and embossed it with the Cable Knit Embossing Folder.

The cute sentiments on the front and inside are from the new Punny Man stamp set… so fun!

and here’s the inside…

 

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So glad you stopped by today! If you’d like to see more projects and new product information, please head over to the TE Blog for a complete blog roll of the participating designers!

 

Hope you’re inspired to create some cards with TE stamps and dies!  😀

See ‘ya!

 

All of the new products are available for purchase at the TE web store today!

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Taylored Expressions News!

 

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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood and I’ve got exciting news to share!   Taylor from Taylored Expressions emailed and invited me to be on her Creative Team!  Of course I said, “YES”!!!  What’s really fun is that her business is only an hour away from me!  Road trip! lol  What a girl will do for more new stamps and dies!  😀

 

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Click over to the TE blog for more exciting news!  I’m so delighted to work with Taylor and her stamps and dies!  The May release is coming soon! YAY!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I always look forward to hearing from you and thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to talk to me!

Dies I used… Shades of Thanks from TE,  Wispy Grass Border from TE and Cable Knit Embossing Folder from TE

Other… Doodlebug Happy Clouds Washi tape, Distress ink and Distress markers and various card-stocks

p.s. one of the grass cuts I ran though the Big Shot in the Cable Knit embossing folder… isn’t that fun?!  love this folder!

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A little more Christmas…

 

Some tags to share today…I had so much fun making these!  It was a tag happy Christmas for me!  The grandkids were over to make tags a couple times and then I made tag kits for the ones that couldn’t make it over.  A happy ‘gram’!  : )

Then I made tags for our gifts, to match the Hallmark gift wrap.

For the ladies gifts I used the Stampin Up Wondrous Wreath stamp and die sets.

 

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I used a Lawn Fawn background stamp for the stitching lines on the My Favorites Things Pierced fishtail flag die.  A Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle for the red piece behind the stamped stitched background banner.

 

A picture of all six together…

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Using the SU sets was a bit of a challenge.  They match up but the only way I could get them good enough to suit me was using the Stamp a ma jig to stamp.  I cut the center of the wreath in the card-stock first, then stamped with the Stamp a ma jig, then die cut the outside of the wreath.  I purchase Stampin Up HERE.  Tell her ‘Pam’ sent you!

 

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I added a little SU Real Red marker to the bow and die cut the word Joy from the die set in Gold metallic card-stock.

 

 

The tag for the guys turned out really neat too!

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I used the Papertrey Ink Phrase Play #9 die, cut in white…cut a tag snowflake for each in dark blue.  (the tag back is a dark blue rectangle I cut on the paper cutter and used the corner rounder punch on the corners)

I popped out the white snowflake and pieced in the blue snowflake.  Yes, you need to put the itty bitty white pieces back in the snowflake but it’s really easy.  Put scotch tape on the back, lay the white snowflake on top of the blue and with your paper piercer push the itty bitty pieces into the holes. They will stick there because of the scotch tape. When I die cut the white, the snowflake stayed intact.  I used the heavier white card-stock, so if yours doesn’t stay together, try heavier card-stock.  Although I did have to use one piece of copy machine paper to shim it, didn’t take much at all.

I still used the white snowflake too!

 

 

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The Deerhead die cut is from Savvy! I love that it’s a side view!  The twine is Lawn Trimmings from Lawn Fawn.  I die cut the word winter from dark blue card too and pieced it into the white.  Scotch tape on the back of the Winter banner, holds the letters in place.  Then I used mounting squares to put it in place on the tag.  Sure you could use scor-tape of dbl sided tape but in this case, since I’m using mounting squares, scotch tape is my new best friend! hehe

Linking up the Deerhead tag to the Showcase Your Style challenge blog – die cut

For the two youngest grandsons, I used a little bear stamp from Lawn Fawn on their tags.  The older boys got owls.  The girls tags I made with snowflakes but I didn’t get a picture of the girls. oops!

 

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The Jingle all the way die is from Taylored Expressions.  Back in October Taylor had a stamp day here in Iowa, called Stamp Joy.  I was able to go and help with make n takes. I’m finally getting to use one of my purchases anyway! TE put on an awesome day of stamping!

The snowflake is a Martha Stewart punch.  The greenery is from the Magnolia, All I want for Christmas die club kit.

 

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and a close up of the owl tag…

 

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I used a white gel pen on the hat and a white glitter dome for the pom pom on the hat.  Cute!

 

A happy time with family and lots of pictures to treasure these days that go by so fast!

 

 

Need a die cut machine or supplies?  AWESOME SALE @ Scrapbook.com!!!  and I mean AWESOME!  I love my Big Shot! I love the magnetic platform and their prices on all PLUS an extra 10% off… better check it out! Stock up on cutting plates!  Here’s the deal…

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If you’re a Magnolia fan Tilda’s Town has a great sale going on right now… 45% off Magnolia stamps!

 

Over at Simon Says Stamp.com, Ranger products are 25% off!!!

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We have one more Christmas celebration with hubby’s family today! Back to wrapping a few things!

Thanks for stopping by today…a wonderful stamping and die cutting New Year to YOU!  I am so thankful for your friendship!

 

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Perfect Paper Crafting Crazy Dayz with Taylored Expressions…

 

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ETA…I’m linking my scene to the Foxy Foxes Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.  You’ll want to play along!

Hi everyone! Welcome!  Today I’m hopping with Regina Mangum from Taylored Expressions Design Team.  Perfect Paper Crafting and Taylored Expressions design teams have been posting random days throughout July and there will be one more day of hopping together, August 11th… so keep commenting on this post for a chance to win!

Today I used the ‘cool’  Perfect Tears, 3 Tool setI used the scallop edged ruler, both sides…the larger for the snow and the smaller for the ice skating rink.   The set comes with a water pen… very nice… the water pen is different than the one Julia shows in her video below.  Really works slick!  Love it!

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PPC’s Video showing how the Perfect Tears work…

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I created this 5 ½ inch square card with Taylored Expressions, Woodland Winter stamp set and Neighborhood Border die.   I’m in love with these cute, cute critters, sentiments and scenery!

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Here’s a close up of the scene…

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I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  I hand cut out the critters and the tree and then colored them.  I like to do it that way so the white edges get saturated with color too.

Tree/wreath – YG23, 25, 67
Deer – E43, 44, 47
Red – R24, 27, 29, 59
Raccoon – W3, 4, 5, 7
Fox – YR27, E08

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So wintery and festive!  I spattered the blue background with Dylusions White Linen spray.  Shake it up really good…unscrew the cap and tap the ink from the tube onto your card-stock!  It’s a winter wonderland!

I’m linking to some challenges…

A Blog Named Hero – Die cut a little or a lot!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

2 Cute Ink Challenges – Animals

Marker Pop Challenge #49 – Copic markers

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge – skis, skates or sleds (deer is ice skating, coon on the sled)

thank you ladies for choosing my card to be in your Honorable Mentions!

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Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to leave a comment here for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate from Perfect Paper Crafting!!!

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Supplies I used to make this card…