Banner Love...Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek Day Three...

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I hope you've enjoyed the last two days of sneak peeks for Taylored Expressions Release Week! Today I have a card project to share using the new It's a Banner Day - 1 set that features darling banners, sentiments, and a coordinating Taylored Die that just makes me want to smile. I decided to create a "swing" card for a pair of newlyweds, and I turned to one of my favorite previously released TE sets, Wings of Joy.

The new It's a Banner Day - 1 is the first in a series of sets and dies and I chose one of the three banners and the simple, yet perfect sentiment. Wings of Joy was intended to be a Christmas/Holiday set, but I repurposed it here simply by replacing the holly with a heart! I stamped the caged lovebirds first onto cardstock and then again onto vellum to give it a softer feel and carefully fussy cut around the edges. Also, this provided some stability for the "swing" motion of the cage, which is hung with a simple sewing thread through a hole punched through the top of the card. The hole was easily hidden with some pretty pearls. To really show of the cage, I die-cut the oval frame through both the front and the back of the card, which I think made for a more dramatic look and perhaps might make this card something the recipients could display to remind them of their magical day.

BEAN NOTES

• Stamps: It's a Banner Day - 1 and Wings of Joy (Taylored Expressions)
• Cardstock: Textured (Bazzil); Solar White (Neenah)
• Specialty Paper: Vellum (generic)
• Tools: Heart Punch (Stampin' Up!); Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Hawaiian Shores Hybrid (PTI)
• Dies: Banner 1 Taylored Die (TE); Long Oval and Long Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
• Fibers: White Silk Thread (generic)
• Accents: Pearls (KaiserCraft); White Graphic Tape (Form-A-Line)
• Coloring Medium: Sketch Markers (TE)

Tomorrow is Release Day, so be sure to stop back for another fun project. Have a wonderful day and be sure to stop by the rest of the Baker's Dozen for more bannerific inspiration! Enabler Alert: If you love patterned paper, TE is having a sale! 20% off of these paper collections: Crate Paper Restoration, KI Memories Paisley Parade, Echo Park Walk in the Park, Echo Park Little Boy, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety, and October Afternoon Cherry Hill.

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  Taylor VanBruggen

  Charmaine Ikach

  Danielle Lounds

  Donna Baker

  Jackie Pedro

  Jodi Collins

  Karen Giron

  Karen Motz

  Melissa Sauls

  Regina Mangum

  Sankari Wegman

  Tori Wild

  Jami Sibley

  Iwona Palamountain - Banner Day Stamp concept designer!