Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks Day 2

July Release At a Glance

• We have sneak peeks to share Wednesday and Thursday.  All of the new products will be available for purchase on Friday, July 1st at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
• Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL GIVEAWAY, on Thursday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
• Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate.  Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day!  Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please.  Comments close Thursday 7/30 at 7pm PST for the drawings.

Shall we get right to the good stuff? I'll start with my card using the Hello à la carte image. This is a single image stamp illustrated by Nancy McKinney. I'm sure you'll reach for this word stamp time and again.

I love working with purple lately and I found this perfect patterned paper in the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky pad. 

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Snow White and coloured it with copics, adding a little sparkle with a Spica glitter pen. I remember phones like this one...you stuck your finger in the rotary part to dial and the receiver was so heavy. We've certainly come a long way with cordless and cell technology, but none of them look as cute as this one!

I added a little scallop detail with my small scallop border die and just a touch more sparkle with three purple Twinkles. 

Next up is the Birds of a Feather set, also illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes line. I'm definitely a bird fan (no, not a bird brain, although I guess that depends on who you ask!) so this set is right up my alley. 

The solid images make it easy to whip up cards in a snap and the coordinating Birds & Branch dies can be used with the images or on their own.

I stamped the cage, the chain and the bird, then cut it out with square Nestabilities. I started out using the Mojo Monday sketch but went off into left field on my own with the extra layer. 

I used the branch from the Birds & Branch dies to create the leaves under my flowers. The flowers are a combination of the small flower image from Birds of a Feather and the friendship blooms dies. A few little pearl accents are all this card needed to finish it off.

Now it's time to hop around and see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen created.
Charmaine Ikach
Danielle Lounds
Jami Sibley
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Melissa Sauls
Melody Rupple
Nancy McKinney
Regina Mangum
Sankari Wegman
Taylor VanBruggen
Tori Wild
Wanda Guess
See you tomorrow for release day!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen