More is More

Today is the day!  The April Release products – stamps, dies, and card kits – are now available at Taylored Expressions!

Before you go off to shop, the Baker’s Dozen has a whole new round of samples for your inspiration and I get to play along again today!  I whipped up this card last night after finishing up the TE Newsletter.  Those of you who know me, know that I don’t “whip up” cards.  I’m sloooooooooow and I don’t work well under time pressure, but I so wanted to play today!  So to streamline my creative process I started off with the new Emma’s Shoppe Taylored Card Kit (cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon – CHECK), the new Treasure Life Stamp Set and coordinating Apothecary Jars Taylored Die set (focus – CHECK), It’s a Banner Day 3 stamp set and Banner Day 3 Die (sentiment – CHECK),  and a print out of MojoMonday 185 (sketch – CHECK).  And here’s what I came up with:

Now, I’ll admit that if I had more time I would have like to have been a little fussier with the details, added some machine stitching, etc…but overall kinda cute I think.  🙂  The border at the bottom is the TE Large Scallop Border Die – I just took a handheld circle punch and punched a hole in each scallop.  I’d like to think the *blob of balls* in this jar is some sort of yummy candy!  *grin*  You can’t tell in the photo, but I covered the jar with a Copic Atyou Sparkle Pen and then coated it with clear glaze pen.  Looks cool IRL!

I love working with these card kits because everything is cut to size with the card-maker in mind.  It’s especially fun to make sets of cards for gifts with these kits.  I had planned to have a set made for yesterdays blog hop, but it just didn’t happen.  I still plan to make one and I’m dying to see what everyone else does with these card kits, so I have a challenge going up this morning in the TE Forum on SCS.  If you purchase either the Emma’s Shoppe or the Hello Luscious kit you can play.  You’ll have 3 weeks to enter – so plenty of time to receive your order – and there will be a PRIZE to be won!  I hope you’ll grab a kit and come and play!

Now let’s see what the Baker’s Dozen has cooked up today!

• Charmaine Ikach
• Cindy Lawrence – Guest Designer
• Danielle Lounds
• Jackie Pedro
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Melissa Sauls
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen – has full views of all of the sets and dies
• Tori Wild
• plus Whimsical Wishes illustrator Nancy McKinney

Thanks for stopping by!  And now it’s time to shop!  Enjoy!