More is More

Welcome to Day #2 of the Sneak Peeks for the November Release at Taylored Expressions!  On the menu today are two adorable coordinating stamp sets along with a new Taylored Die.  From the Heart and From the Heart Funnies were designed and illustrated by Taylor VanBruggen for the “te” line of stamps at Taylored Expressions.  From the Heart features 19 images in deeply etched pink rubber including icons for 15 different  gifts, hobbies and holidays perfect for making tags and packaging for all sorts of handcrafted gifts. 

The first project I want to share with you is a gift card holder with sleeve based on this video tutorial by Dawn Griffith. This is a super easy project.  I used the From the Heart Frame Die to create a window in the sleeve. Since the die creates holes where the registration marks are, I used the Winter Wonderland Snowflake die (released last month) along with Winter Wonderland stamps to create embellishments to cover those holes. And I love the decorative element they add!

This is a gift certificate to one of my stamp classes.  I often have customers purchase GC’s from me at Christmas time so it’s great to have some ready to go. The little rubber stamp image is perfect!  It would also be great for a tag on any handstamped gift you might want to give.  I created a pull tab with the Keeping Tabs Die.

 I will simply print out the specific GC info and adhere it inside.  Unfortunately our printer ran out of ink so I couldn’t print up a sample to show you.  Designer paper used here is Mitten Weather.

The coordinating mini set From the Heart Funnies features 16 cute sentiments to coordinate with the images in From the Heart for cards, tags and scrapbooking.  I whipped up a quick batch of simple notecards to show you some of the fun sentiment/image combos.  My original idea was to make one layer cards, but y’all know how tough that is for me…so here’s where I ended up. (click to see them larger)

Each card has a Choice Snow White base, then a solid colored layer (SU Cool Caribbean, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron) and then another Snow White layer that has been embossed with various Cuttlebug folders.  The images were stamped and colored with Copics and die cut with the Take Note Frame #1 Taylored Die and edged with glitter.  The same die was used to cut a colored backer shape.  Sentiments were stamped and punched with the modern label punch.  Here’s a closer look at each card.

Did you catch the “sorry you got canned” sentiment?  *snort* A little edgy maybe, but it makes me laugh! I think these would make great sets for gifts and they’re pretty quick to create!  You can adapt them with any colors you like, any CB folders you have and there are a number of options for punches and dies.

Now I’m dying to see what the Baker’s Dozen has cooked up today…let’s go check it out!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Donna Baker
• Jackie Pedro
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Melissa Sauls
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild

Thanks for stopping by today.  I’m especially excited about the peeks we’ll be showing you tomorrow.  You’ll have to come back to find out why. 😉

Taylored Dies used today: