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TE June Release Sneak Peeks Day 1

June 1st, 2010

Happy Tuesday! Today marks the first day of sneak peeks for the Taylored Expressions June Release of 6 new stamps sets, 2 new Project Pantry kits and more. Everything will be available Friday morning June 4th at 8 am PST. I’m excited to play along with the Baker’s Dozen in the peeks this week and the first set we are showing of is Pet’s Place. Taylored Expressions supports various charities through the TE Giving Tree Program. There is a new stamp set introduced every 3 months to support a new charity. We are proud to bring you Pet’s Place, the newest set in the Apple Doodle Ink line, to support The Humane Society of the United States.

The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s largest and most effective animal protection organization. The HSUS seeks a humane and sustainable world for all animals—a world that will also benefit people. They are America’s mainstream force against cruelty, exploitation and neglect, as well as the most trusted voice extolling the human-animal bond. HSUS is also the lead disaster relief agency for animals, and they provide direct care for thousands of animals at sanctuaries and rescue facilities, wildlife rehabilitation centers, and mobile veterinary clinics. Read more about HSUS here. $7 from the sale of each Pet’s Place set will be donated to HSUS. Please remember that sets in the Giving Tree Program are the same high quality deeply etched pink rubber on EZ Mount as all other TE stamp sets, however unlike our other sets you will need to trim these images yourself. This allows us to cut production costs and donate more to our charities.If you a regular reader of my blog, you know that we love our animals like crazy! We have two macaws, Beaker the Red-front and R.B. the Greenwing, and of course our little 3 year old pup Tessa (scroll down just one post to read her whole story.) I’m more than happy to help TE support the HSUS and I’m especially excited because this stamp set is so darned cute and has so many possibilities! To help illustrate what I mean I created two different projects for today.

The one above is a set of four simple little 3×3 You’re so Tweet notecards. This set also shows some of the fun supplies available in the Pet’s Place Project Pantry which will also be available Friday. It features Basic Grey Max & Whiskers patterned papers, solid cardstock, coordinating ribbon and a ton of fun embellishments. You’ll be able to purchase it with or without the Pet’s Place stamp set. I’ve been using the Pet’s Place Project Pantry a lot this week and have found it really versatile…way beyond animal-themed projects.

The card below is a little more elaborate as I paired Pet’s Place with Window Shopping (another Apple Doodle Ink set at TE) and also used the Project Pantry to create a little pet shop window scene. If you can use a stamp-a-majig then you can create a scene. It’s really much easier than it might look.

See those fun little dog bone brads? Those come in the Project Pantry and so does that ribbon! The chocolate pom pom trim was purchased separately in the TE Store. I paper pieced the awning and colored the scene with Copics.

And here are some photos of my own menagerie…

Beaker

He plucks some of his feathers, but don’t worry…he’s fine. Beaker is primarily bonded to me, but also loves Curt and needs to have R.B. within sight. Red-fronted macaws are from a mountainous region in Bolivia, but Beaker was born in the US. He will be 18 in September. He speaks clearly and often appropriately – saying things like “Night Night” when it’s time to go to bed and “C’mere” in a very sweet voice when he wants me to pick him up.

R.B. (for Red Bird)

R.B. is primarily bonded to Curt and he must be able to see Beaker at all times. Greenwinged macaws are the 2nd largest type of macaw and he probably weighs more than Tessa does and is quite an impressive sight. He also talks well and loves to blow kisses. R.B. is 15 years old and he came to us as a baby not yet finished hand-feeding on Memorial Day 1995. Large parrots typically live 50-70 years and are a lifetime committment.

Tessa

Tessa is the new kid in the flock. Read all about her in my previous post from Saturday. She has stolen our hearts for sure!

All three of our *babies* have brought incredible joy into our lives. I’m especially happy that we were able to give Tessa a home as a lost/found pup.

I hope you will consider helping to support the Humane Society of the United States through the purchase of Pet’s Place when it becomes available.

And now let’s see what the Baker’s Dozen has created with Pet’s Place and the Pet’s Place Project Pantry kit.