Loads of LOVE...Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek Day One!

May Release At a Glance

• We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday.  All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, March 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 Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday 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 for the drawings close Wednesday 5/2 at 7pm PST.

Happy Last Day of April! This week is Release Week for Taylored Expressions and I have a ton of fun projects to share. First up is a card featuring the soon-to-be-released Apple Doodle Ink set, All Aboard and Loads of Fun -- a darling train idea conceived by my teammate, Jen Shults! Also featured is the new Train Track Border Die, my new fave die.

For this card, I stamped and colored the engine and flatcar from All Aboard, colored them in and fussy cut around each.

I filled the flatcar with some of the sweet hearts from Loads of Fun, which comes with a ton of cute cargo for your little train, plus sentiments like the one I used here. I also die-cut the train tracks, using the negative space to let the patterned paper I used show through. My rugrat is a HUGE train fanatic and when he saw this card, he begged to keep it for himself!

My next card features the new set in the Embracing Grace line, Far Out, which is an adorable set with robots and rocket ships! Also on this card are the new Sprockets Dies, which I just love.

I stamped one of the little bots, colored him in and added some stickles on his heart. I love the sentiment, which fit inside my die-cut window. 

The Sprockets dies are so perfect for both these new sets and added the perfect amount of dimension. 

BEAN NOTES

Loads of Love Card

Stamps: All Aboard and Loads of Fun sets (Illustrated by Doug Applegate for Taylored Expressions)

Patterned Paper: Note to Self (Echo Park)

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!); Light Blue Textured (Bazzill)

Ink: London Fog Memento (Tsukineko); Riding Hood Red (Stampin' Up!)

Coloring Medium: Sketch Markers (Copic)

Tools: Hearts Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts)

Dies: Train Track Border Die (Taylored Expressions)

Love You Bots Card

Stamps: Far Out set (Illustrated by Emily Burger for Taylored Expressions)

Patterned Paper: Rocket Age (October Afternoon)

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red (Stampin' Up!)

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)

Coloring Medium: Sketch Markers (Copic)

Accents: Diamond Stickles (Ranger)

Dies: Sprockets (Taylored Expressions); Classic Oval (Spellbinders)

I hope you enjoyed my sneak peeks today! Don't forget to check out the rest of the Baker's Dozen for more projects. Hope your day is far out!

Charmaine Ikach

Jen Shults

Jodi Collins

Karen Giron

Melissa Sauls

Michele Boyer - Guest Designer

Regina Mangum

Sankari Wegman

Stephanie Kraft

Taylor VanBruggen

Tori Wild

Wanda Guess