Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek - Day 1

It's time for another exciting release at Taylored Expressions! Today's sneak peek is of a set called Doctor's Orders! (not available for purchase until Tuesday, May 5th at 8amPST) It's perfect for a child get well card or packaging and even for any cupcake-loving adult! I used the Nurse Cuppie to create this care package.

The package includes soup with all of the dry ingredients. All the recipient has to do is add the wet ingredients and follow the cooking instructions. Of course, you could always make the soup and fill a canning jar with it too, and all the recipient would have to do is heat it up! That would work well for someone you can actually hand it to, but the dry ingredients package would be perfect for mailing. I used my Plain and Scallop Heart Nestabilities to send a little extra love with the package! :)


Be sure and check out what the rest of the Baker's Dozen has in store for you today! I know you won't want to miss it!
Ana Wohlfahrt
Dawn Easton
Denise Marzec
Donna Baker
Jen del Muro
Jodi Collins
Laura Fredrickson
Laurie Schmidlin
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Sankari Wegman and, of course
Taylor VanBruggen!!


Don't forget to check back tomorrow for another sneak peek! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Doctor's Orders (Taylored Expressions); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Paper- Pure Poppy (PTI), Choice white (Taylored Expressions); Accessories- Plain and Scallop Heart Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Real Red grosgrain (SU), white grosgrain (Darice), Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug folder (Provocraft); Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Prettie Wednesday

Weekend Sketch Challenge #79

I can't believe it's Friday already! Today's Weekend Sketch Challenge is being hosted by Jenn! Head on over to her blog for the sketch and her awesome sample! We hope you'll participate and if you do, leave your link on Jenn's blog with Mr. Linky! If you upload to SCS, use the keyword WSC79.

I used a set that's being released today by Our Craft Lounge called Coastal Wishes. It's such a beautiful sketch set! There have been peeks this week on Cambria's blog of lots of the new stamps that are being released, so you might want to go check them out! There are so many awesome ones!

Make sure you stop to see the fabulous creations of Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon using this sketch! We hope you'll play along! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Coastal Wishes (Our Craft Lounge); Ink- Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Ruby Red, Summer Sun, Cameo Coral, Creamy Caramel, Night of Navy (SU); Paper- Summer Stack (DCWV); Accessories- jute, Aquapainter, paper piercer, Night of Navy Marker (SU); Finished card measures 4.25"x5.5"

Special Day!

We at Paper Pretties are SO EXCITED today!! Not only are we introducing a BRAND new set by none other than our own Prettie Girl, Danielle Lounds, but we are having an EXTRA SPECIAL party! Today is Christie's birthday!!! (the owner and operator of Paper Pretties) Please join us at the party tonight to wish her a VERY happy birthday!! The festivities start at 8pmEST, so be there or be square!!

This card gives you a peek of the new line of stamps that Paper Pretties will be carrying, called Fat Cat Stamps. It is illustrated by Danielle and is called Home Sweet Home. Isn't it adorable?

How would you like to win this set? All you have to do is follow the blog hop featuring this set. It starts with Christie, so if you didn't start there, head on over! After my blog, your next stop is Christi. (yes, the one without the "e") :) Follow the blog hop until the end where you'll reach Danielle's blog and leave a comment! Good luck and happy hopping! I'm looking forward to seeing you at the party tonight too! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Home Sweet Home (Paper Pretties); Paper- Delicate Dots DS (SU), Kraft (PTI); Accessories- Copic markers, Plain and Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Heart punch (SU), brad (Making Memories), hemp, paper piercer; Finished card measures 4.25" square

Another Prettie Peek

Here's another peek of one of the new stamp sets that will be released at Paper Pretties on Friday, May 1st! Meet Canadian Girl! I bought this leaf punch a while ago and thought it would be perfect to go along with this card. It's not a maple leaf, but shhh. . .don't tell! :)

The release party on Friday starts at 8pm EST in the Paper Pretties Forum. I'll be issuing a challenge every hour so be sure to come and play along!! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing Hola Chica, Lady Liberty and Canadian Girl Sophias, re-releasing Rainy Day Friend in rubber, and we will have a BRAND new set from a BRAND new artist!! Check out the Paper Clip for more information on that! :) Don't forget you have until tonight at 8pmCDT to get your entries uploaded to the Cutie Pie gallery at the Paper Pretties website for the Cutie Pie Contest! The winner will not only get to call themselves a Cutie Pie, but they will receive all the new release stamps!!Hope to see you at the party!! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a sneak peek of a new stamp set from a NEW Designer! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Canadian Girl (Paper Pretties); Paper- white (Georgia-Pacific), Pure Poppy (PTI); Accessories- Copic markers, leaf punch (Marvy Uchida), Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest), Word Window punch (SU), paper piercer; Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Salty Kisses

Here's another peek from a set that Our Craft Lounge will be releasing on Friday. It's called Sandy Sunsets. I just LOVE this set. I reverse masked a rectangle around the image and then used the Bouncing Brayer Technique for the "sky". I used my Plain Square Nestabilities to emboss a square around the image. For finishing touches, I added some paper piercings and hemp. If you'd like to see more sneak peeks of sets releasing on Friday, head on over to Cambria's Blog for a list of peekers! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Sandy Sunsets (Our Craft Lounge); Paper- white (Georgia-Pacific); Ink- Caribbean Sea (Kaleidacolor); Accessories- Plain Square and Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), hemp, brayer, paper piercer; Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Prettie Wednesday

Two weeks ago, Danielle challenged the Prettie Girls to create a non-A2 card, meaning anything but 4.25"x5.5". I decided to use my Curved Rectangle Nestabilities to cut out the card base. It measures 5"x3.5". The stamp set I used is a peek of one of the new Sophia's that Paper Pretties will be releasing on Friday, May 1st! Say hello to Lady Liberty. Isn't she sweet?

On Friday May 1st Paper Pretties will be having their monthly Stampin In Your Jammies party!! The party starts at 8pm EST. I'll be issuing a challenge every hour so be sure to come and play along!! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing Hola Chica, TWO new Sophias, re-releasing Rainy Day Friend in rubber, and we will have a BRAND new set from a BRAND new artist!! Check out the Paper Clip for more information on that! :) Sneak peeks start today, so hop around to the other Pretties' blogs to see some peeks!! Hope to see you at the party!!

Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Pedro
Jackie Rakoski
Jana Weaver
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Jodi Collins
Julie Masse

Don't forget you have until Thursday, April 30th at 8pmCDT to get your entries uploaded to the Cutie Pie gallery at the Paper Pretties website. The winner will not only get to call themselves a Cutie Pie, but they will also receive all the new release stamps!! Good Luck!! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Lady Liberty (Paper Pretties); Paper- Summer Stack (DCWV), white (Georgia-Pacific); Accessories- Copic markers, Curved Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches (SU), wide grosgrain (Darice); Finished cards measures 5"x3.5"

Bubbles Happen

My sweet friend Cambria invited me to play with some of their new stamps that are releasing this Friday at Our Craft Lounge. (THANKS, Cami!) Have you seen any of the other peeks? Check out Cami's blog for a list of sneak peekers! :) I am absolutely IN LOVE with this set called Bubbles. How could anybody not love this set!? Savannah, my 5 year old, just giggled when she saw this card. She didn't understand what "Bubbles Happen" meant, but she totally understood the image! LOL She made me laugh out loud, so I explained to her what the sentiment meant. . .and now I'll hear her giggling and then she says "bubbles happen" and giggles some more. LOL Too cute!

I hope you got as much of a tickle from this as I did! Wait until you see the other sets! :) SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Bubbles (Our Craft Lounge); Paper- Paper Salon; Accessories- Copic markers, Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest), border punch (EK Success), Plain and Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (May Arts); Finished card measures 4.25" square

You Take the Cake

Here's a "sweet" little card I made using the Tiers of Treats stamp from Stampendous. The sentiment is from the Birthday Cakes clear stamp set from Impression Obsession, but it is currently out of stock. You can find the Tiers of Treats stamp at Stamper's Dream along with lots of NEW Stampendous!

The papers I used are from the Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Stack from Die Cut With a View. The ribbon is Pink Grograin from May Arts, also found at Stamper's Dream. I colored the treats using Copic markers and cut the image out using my Plain Oval Nestabilities.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you're having a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Tiers of Treats (Stampendous), Birthday Cakes (Impressions Obsession); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Paper- Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Stack (DCWV); Accessories- Copic markers, Plain and Scallop Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), pink grosgrain (May Arts); Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

It's a Girl Thing

The April Project Parade has started on the Verve Blog this week! The theme is It's a Girl Thing: Celebrating the Women in Our Lives. Make sure you hop on over and check it out and play to win! Here's a peek of my post today! :) Thanks for stopping!