Mr. Fix It...Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek Day Two!

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.

It's the first of May and I am sharing another peek today for Taylored Expressions. Today I have a new set in the popular Moka line, Moka Tim. Just in time for Father's Day, this sweet guy is every gal's dream! I used paper from the new Loyal Project Pantry kit (another project featuring this terrific kit tomorrow) and used the colors and pattern to color in Tim's shirt. I also stamped the tools around him to create a frame, colored them, and stamped the fun sentiments.

Here is what you get in this month's Project Pantry:

Taylored Expressions is offering the Loyal Basic Recipe Kit along with optional Spice It Up Ingredients that you can pick and choose from to build the kit just the way you want it.

The Loyal Project Pantry Basic Recipe Kit is $13.95 and includes:

Authentique Loyal 6x6 pad of 36 of sheets

12 sheets of coordinating solid cardstock

5 yards of ribbon (1 yard each of 5 different styles)

Spice It Up Coordinating products will be listed in the store under this item.

BEAN NOTES

Stamps: Moka Tim (Illustrated by Nancy McKinney for Taylored Expressions)

Patterned Paper: Loyalty (Authentique)

Cardstock: Choice Buttercream (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)

Coloring Medium: Sketch Markers (Copic)

I hope you got your TE "fix" today! Don't forget to check out the rest of the Baker's Dozen for more sneaky peeks of the new release and come back tomorrow for more fun!

Charmaine Ikach

Jen Shults

Jodi Collins

Karen Giron

Melissa Sauls

Michele Boyer - Guest Designer

Nancy McKinney - Illustrator

Regina Mangum

Sankari Wegman

Stephanie Kraft

Taylor VanBruggen

Tori Wild

Wanda Guess

A Guy Thing...

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Moxie Fab is hosting a terrifically fun challenge: Taintor-Tude! The challenge is to make a card inspired by Anne Taintor's tongue-in-cheek creations. These cards and gift items have always made me laugh and I thought I'd give it a whirl. It was a blast, and I can see these types of cards becoming very addictive!
Anne Taintor cards seem to mostly feature the inner-most thoughts and desires of women, but I've noticed that my husband appreciates the humor and wickedness of her designs as much as I do. So, I thought I'd create a card meant for a man, which turned out to be just as fun. The image I chose was from an ad for Seventeen Cosmetics from the year 1947 with the slogan, "For that natural look men look for." I thought it would be perfect for my Taintor-inspired card.
Since this was supposed to be intended for a man, I kept things simple and tried only to pick up a few of the wonderful colors in the image. I actually know the perfect guy to give this to...his girlfriend is a whip-smart attorney and I'm sure she'd appreciate the irony!
BEAN NOTES: Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie Cardstock; Making Memories Chloe's Closet Designer Paper; Brads (generic); Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper; Foam Dimensionals (generic); Computer and Printer
HAPPY BEANS: Vintage Advertisement

For My Special Someone...

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Today is a holiday for my hard-working hubby, so it's been a bit of a challenge making him a card right under his nose! I wanted to create a masculine Valentine's Day card that wasn't overly "guy" and this week's Mojo Monday sketch (which is from the fabulous Mary Fish!) was a perfect jumping off point.
For this card, I chose to work with a blue and gray palette. I flipped two elements in the sketch so that I could use this wonderful sentiment, which captures just how I feel. I framed it with a fancy border and employed some embossing and navy blue designer paper for some visual interest. As a final touch, I stamped and carefully cut out this bow and arrow and pointed it in the right direction...toward my heart!
BEAN NOTES: Waltzing Mouse Sweet Heart and Vintage Labels No. 5 Stamps; Stampin' Up Night of Navy and Bordering Blue Classic Dye Ink; SU Patterns Pack III Designer Series Paper; SU Brocade Blue, Basic Gray, Night of Navy, and Whisper White Cardstock; Quickutz Diamonds and Dots Embossing Folder; Spellbinders Labels Five Nestabilities; Big Shot; Foam Dimensional Squares (generic)
HAPPY BEANS: Hobby Blade