More is More

With the coming September Release, Taylored Expressions will turn 3!  I’ve been along for the whole ride and I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since that initial release of three Cuppie stamp sets! We want you to celebrate with us!  Here’s a run-down of what we have going on this week.

September Birthday Bash and Release

• At Taylored Expressions we are celebrating our 3rd Birthday and you are invited to our Birthday Bash!
• Sneak peeks Monday through Wednesday – lots of fun eye candy and inspiration!
• All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, September 1st at 8 am PST. You’ll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
• Every order placed Thursday – Monday will include a FREE Party Favor.  Details coming Thursday morning..
• To celebrate our 3rd Birthday, you have 3 WAYS TO WIN!

      1. Help Spread the Word! Grab our Birthday Badge from Taylor’s blog and post it on your blog for the week.  Then come back and    leave a comment with a link to your blog to let us know you’re spreading the word. You will be entered into a drawing for a $25 TE gift certificate. 

      2.  Join us on Facebook for an early reveal of all the new stamp sets Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.  You will have until 8 pm PST that night to comment to enter to win each new set.

      3.  Join us in our SCS Forum for a contest that will begin Thursday morning.  In the meantime you can see Baker’s Dozen sneak peeks there and chat with us!

Today the Baker’s Dozen will be sharing peeks of two new full sized sets, Build a Treat and Buikd a Treat Borders, both concepted by the fabulous Sankari Wegman and illustrated by Nancy McKinney.  These two sets have coordinating die sets that you are going to love as well!  Plus we have a Birthday A la Carte stamp and a Petite Cuppie set on the menu.  Lots to see!

My sample features Build a Treat plus the Build a Treat Tops & Bottoms Taylored Die set and the Tiny Toppers Taylored Die Set.  Build a Treat allows you to create an almost endless combination of cupcake and ice cream treats with 30 images for options for solid stamping, coloring and paper piecing.

The cupcake on my card was created with separate top and bottom images from the stamp set which were stamped onto patterned paper and then die cute with the coordinating dies.  The little cherry on top is from the Tiny Topper Die set.  Isn’t that so fun?  I used papers from the MME Lost and Found Two Blush 6×6 pad.  I <3 this pad – it’s so yummy!  The Eiffel Tower and French sentiment are printed on one of the papers and I thought they would be wonderful with a paper-pieced confection!  I covered the frosting with clear glaze pen and added Baby Bling pearls  The focal panel was cut and layered with Spellbinders Labels Four and Labels Four Small.  I added a Want2Scrap pearl flourish as well as Liquid Pearls in Flamingo.  The crocheted trim is from the batch I picked up at an antique store on our vacation and the ribbon is SU.  A Webster’s Pages Little Whimsy finishes it off.

And here’s the inside of the card.

I layered Spellbinders Double Ended Tags over Fancy Tags for the sentiment. Th ecardstock sI used are Pool party and Basic Gray from SU.

And now let’s see what the Baker’s Dozen has cooked up:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Jen Shults – welcome to our Guest Desisgner!
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen – get all the info from our Founder
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess

I’ll be back tomorrow as we switch gears into Halloween.  Thanks for stopping by.