Taylored Expressions BIRTHDAY BASH!

The Birthday Bash has started over at the Stamp a Sweet Impression Blog! The Baker's Dozen is posting challenges EVERY HOUR, so head on over and play!

My challenge is now posted! I'd LOVE for you to play along! Here is a peek of my project for the challenge! I can't wait to see what you create!

Taylored Expressions RELEASE DAY!

It's RELEASE DAY over at Taylored Expressions and you can now purchase any of the new things you've seen over the past couple days!

The final peek I have to show you is of a cookie- making kit I made using the new Punchy Potions set! This set coordinates with the Classic Ovals Large Nestabilities. If you purchase the Punchy Potions Bundle, it includes the Oval Nestabilities as well as the potion bottles!

I thought it would be neat to create a cookie-making kit just right for Halloween! It includes a package of oatmeal cookie mix and some "Eye of Newt" (white chocolate chips) and "Bugs and Hisses" (raisins) to add to your "potion"! It was really quick to put together and then just wrap it up in cellophane. The set has little circle images that fit the tops of the potion bottles. So cute! For the card, I used some Smooch on the witch's skirt and tights to give it some sparkle! Smooch works GREAT on dark cardstock. . .it really shows up well! I used some more glittery chipboard letters from the Halloween Bundle and packaged this all in a pumpkin bowl that would be great to serve your finished cookies!

Don't forget to stop and see the rest of the Baker's Dozen to see their projects for today!

Dawn Easton
Denise Marzec
Donna Baker
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Laura Fredrickson
Laurie Schmidlin
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Sankari Wegman
Sharon Harnist and, of course
Taylor VanBruggen!!

Also, remember that the Birthday Bash is now in full swing over on the Stamp a Sweet Impressions (SASI) Blog! The Baker's Dozen will be posting challenges every hour today, so head on over and play! My challenge is scheduled to go off at 2pm Eastern today! (11am Pacific) We can't wait to see your creations! Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek - Day 2

It's Day 2 of Sneak Peeks with the Baker's Dozen and today we're featuring two new sets that will be available for purchase Saturday, September 5th!

My first project set features Spooky Expressions! There are lots of fun images and sentiments in this set. Perfect to get your spooky treats all ready for Halloween! One of the things that is included in the Spooky Expressions Bundle are these really cool, glittery chipboard letters! I used them for the sentiment on my card. You will also LOVE the Halloween Key Ingredients packed full of Eerie Basic Grey paper and coordinating Prism cardstock! I used a Window Treat bag for my Skittles treat.

The other project I have for you today features the Trick or Sweet II stamp set! Remember the first Trick or Sweet stamp set from last year? Well, it is so well-loved that Taylor came up with a second version! You will love all of the new little Cuppie images! I just HAD to use this image and sentiment because it just makes me giggle every time I read it! LOL There will also be a Trick or Sweet II Bundle available!

Are you in the Halloween spirit yet? If not, stop and see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen have to show you today and you'll definitely be in the spirit! :)

Dawn Easton

Denise Marzec

Donna Baker

Jackie Pedro

Jodi Collins

Laura Fredrickson

Laurie Schmidlin

Karen Giron

Karen Motz

Sankari Wegman

Sharon Harnist and, of course

Taylor VanBruggen!!

Tomorrow is RELEASE DAY, so I hope to see you back then for my final project AND to play along with my Birthday Bash Challenge!

Weekend Sketch Challenge #96

Wow, the weeks are just flying by! Another Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge!

Today I ended up with a very colorful "scrappy" card. I used pieces from my scrap bin to put this card together. All of these pieces happen to be from the Indian Summer Fall Stack from Die Cut With a View. I just love the glitter and foil on the patterned papers. The sentiment is the Romans 12:13 Plain Jane from Verve Stamps.

Check out what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo and Sharon have created using this week's sketch. We hope you'll find time to play along! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Romans 12:13 Plain Jane (Verve Stamps); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine); Paper- Indian Summer Fall Stack (DCWV); Accessories- ribbon (Taylored Expressions), circle punch (Marvy Uchida); Finished card measures 4.25" square

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek - Day 1

It's time again to share some sneak peeks with you of new Taylored Expressions sets that are going to be released Saturday, September 5th!



Today's sneak peek is of the newest in the Taylored Expressions Giving Tree charitable program, The Places You'll Go. For each stamp set sold, Taylored Expressions will be donating $7.00 to the Books for Kids Foundation. The mission of the Books for Kids Foundation is to promote literacy among all children with a special emphasis on low-income and at-risk preschool-aged children. Books for Kids creates libraries, donates books, and partners with literacy programs to develop the critical early foundation and skills which young children need to be successful in life. For the months of September, October and November when you purchase this set you'll be helping to support the Books for Kids Foundation.

I just LOVE this set. It is adorable, but I love it because it's perfect for this time in my life right now. Savannah, my oldest, just started kindergarten and is learning to read! My project today is just for her. She LOVES Dr. Suess and we read many Dr. Suess books! I couldn't think of a more fitting card for her. I used the Places You'll Go Key Ingredients too! Included in the Key Ingredients is this adorable chipboard book. I decided I would make a little scrapbook for her that we will fill up with kindergarten memories. I've started the first two pages with pictures of her first day! :) See how proud she is of her new backpack! LOL



You won't want to miss what the rest of the Baker's Dozen has in store for you today!

Dawn Easton
Denise Marzec
Donna Baker
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Laura Fredrickson
Laurie Schmidlin
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Sankari Wegman
Sharon Harnist and, of course
Taylor VanBruggen!!

Stop back tomorrow for a sneak peek of another new set! Hope to see you then!

SASI Blog Peek

Today I have a project posted on the Stamp a Sweet Impression Blog and I'd LOVE it if you'd head on over to check it out! I hope you like it! Thanks! :)

Prettie Wednesday

Today the Prettie Girls are posting Jules' sketch challenge from a couple of weeks ago. Don't you just LOVE this sketch? I do! I used the Always in My Heart set from Paper Pretties, the newest Stamp of the Month! Isn't she cute?

Make sure to stop and see what the rest of the Prettie Girls have created using this sketch!

Christi Thorsen
Danielle Lounds
Frances Byrne
Jackie Rakoski
Jana Weaver
Julie Masse

We have some exciting news for you this week. We've decided to combine the fun Pretties Wednesday Design Team challenges with the weekly customer challenges we have issued in the past. This way you can play along with the Prettie Girls! Challenges will be issued on Wednesdays and you will have one week to enter the contest! The following Wednesday the Prettie Girls will reveal their takes on the challenge! To make the challenges even more fun one winner will be selected from the participants and will receive a $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique! Woo hoo! We are looking forward to seeing all of your fun creations! :)

How to Enter: make a card using the provided sketch and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC68.

Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, September 9th.

Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

Hope you'll join in the fun! Here's the challenge for next week:

Flower Soft September Challenge

The Flower Soft Challenge for September was to use Autumn Flower Soft on your creation! I just LOVE the Autumn mix. I used it on an image of a tree silhouette. It can make an otherwise plain image look different and very colorful in minutes!

Be sure to see what the rest of the Flower Soft team has done for this challenge:

Deb Saaranen
Jennifer Buck
Niki Estes
Carole Burrage
AJ Otto
Sharon Johnson

Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Frightful Night, A Year of Sweet Sentiments (Taylored Expressions); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette); Paper- The Fall Stack (DCWV), Dusty Durango (SU); Accessories- Labels 9 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Fancy Label punch (SU), brads (Making Memories); Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Paper Pretties Release Day!

Tonight is the night Paper Pretties is releasing 5 new stamp sets! The release party starts at 8pm Eastern in the Paper Pretties Forums. We hope you'll join us for some fun!

For today's project, I used the Storytime Sophia set. I used my new Labels 7 Nestabilities. I thought they would work well since they look like a book. I love them!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the Prettie Girls have to show you today!

Christie
Christi
Danielle
Frances
Jackie
Jana
Julie

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you tonight! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Storytime Sophia (Paper Pretties); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Paper- Nana's Nursery Stack Boy (DCWV); Accessories- Labels 7 Nesties (Spellbinders), Copic markers, Certainly Celery grosgrain (SU); Finished card measures 4.25"x5.5"

Taylored Expressions BIRTHDAY BASH!

Almost one year ago on September 5th, Taylored Expressions released their first three stamp sets! In celebration, we're having a BIRTHDAY BASH! The Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash will be chock full of party games (i.e. card challenges hosted by the Baker's Dozen) and party favors (lots and lots of prizes!).You can read all about the Birthday Bash on the SASI blog. I hope you'll participate in the challenges. I'll be hosting a challenge September 5th at 1pm Central and one lucky winner will receive a TE gift certificate along with my specially created challenge sample! We will also be hosting a random giveaway for all those who put our birthday bash badge in their blog sidebar!!

Find out how you can get the party started today and be entered into a drawing for your choice of one of our 4 new releases here!! Hope to see you at the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash on Saturday, Sept. 5th!!!