Make a Wish! (TE Sneak Peek Day One)...

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Today marks my debut on the Taylored Expressions Baker's Dozen Design Team and I feel like celebrating. This year, the September Release is extra special as it marks TE's second anniversary--HOORAY! We're all partying this week, so come join us for some fabulous sneak peeks with the big reveal this Friday. 

For my first sneaky peeky, I decided to make a surprise pop-up slider card using the scrumptious new set from the Whimsical Wishes line, Make a Wish (designed by the uber-talented Nancy McKinney). This set is part of TE's wonderful Giving Tree charity program. For the months of October, November, and December, you'll be helping to support a national charity that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. TE will donate $7.00 for every set sold during this time period!

I love the topsy-turvy cake, to which I added several sparkly star candles and set it on the pretty cake stand. I colored the image with Copics and glittered it up with Stickles. After constructing the pop-up card base, I covered it with card stock and some of the gorgeous patterened paper from the Make a Wish Project Pantry kit. I then stamped the big and bold "Make a Wish" banner and the perfect sentiment in the window below. Now, pull on the big happy bow and "Surprise!" -- may all your wishes come true.

BEAN NOTES: *All materials are Taylored Expressions unless otherwise noted: Make a Wish Stamps; Memento Rich Cocoa Ink; Make a Wish Project Pantry kit (Textured Card Stock and Imaginisce Bday Bash Patterned Paper); Copic Sketch Markers; Red Satin Ribbon (generic); Taylor's Tiny Twinkles; Foam Tape 
HAPPY BEANS: Ranger Stickles

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My second card today is much simpler, though it shows off one of TE's coolest new tools...Taylored Dies. This one is from a soon-to-be released set of three balloon dies that coordinate perfectly with the Make a Wish set! For this card, I gradient inked this adorable balloon image several times and die-cut them out. Talk about a time saver!

I also used another set that is releasing this week, Borderlicious. It's a fab set of seven borders (check out the rest of this week for some fun ways I used this cool set) and here I paired two together to create my own background paper. (Bean Tip: use grid paper and a grid acrylic block for easy-peasy patterned stamping.) The handy dandy patterned paper from the Make a Wish Project Pantry kit was a terrific match and I used the included super cute baker's twine as the balloons' strings. After stamping the simply happy sentiment, I ran a little line of Tiny Twinkles for some sparkle and shine.

BEAN NOTES: *All materials are Taylored Expressions unless otherwise noted: Make a Wish and Borderlicious Stamps; VersaMagic Dew Drop Chalk Ink; Make a Wish Project Pantry kit (Textured Card Stock and Imaginisce Bday Bash Patterned Paper); Tiny Twinkles; Foam Tape
HAPPY BEANS: Balloon Taylored Die

Happy Birthday, Taylored Expressions! All of the goodies I used today (plus much more!) will be available this Friday, September 3 beginning at 8 am PST. Tune in tomorrow for more birthday fun. In the meantime, be sure to check out the fabulous projects dreamed up by the Baker's Dozen:

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    Charmaine Ikach

    Danielle Lounds

    Jackie Pedro

    Jami Sibley

    Jodi Collins

    Karen Giron

    Karen Motz

    Melissa Sauls

    Sankari Wegman

    Taylor VanBruggen

    Tori Wild

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    TE Designer Nancy McKinney