Taylored Expressions / Season of Crafting

Season of Crafting is here, and with five days of our BEST deals of the year on TE products, it’s time to get those crafty wish lists ready!

Whether you’ve been eyeing a new stamp set, dreaming of adding more dies to your collection, or stocking up on your favorite crafty essentials, a little planning now can make shopping the sale a breeze!

I have a Clean & Simple card to share to inspire you!!  You may have this set or it may make it onto one of your wish lists!!  This set is one of my all time favorite sets from Taylored Expressions.......Create-In-Quads - Ever in Bloom.

The color scheme, while fall inspired, can be used all year round!  Color palette:  Sweet Corn, Peaches 'n Cream, Peapod, Brussel Sprouts, and Hot Fudge.  I had to really restrain myself to add some dimension here to this bloom!!!  Sentiment is from Foil It - Together in Type.

--Amy ♥

Taylored Expressions / All Tied Up

Such a fun release happening with Taylored Expressions today!  All Tied Up is releasing!  This is a set available in the Crop & Create event but now available on the TE website!

My first card features the main image with the tree but it is done using a Foil It!!  My color palette is Jalapeno, Spearmint, Cinnamon, Chocolate Truffle, and Lollipop.  I've added my tree to a backdrop of the Tiny Twinkles Embossing Folder and the A2 Postage Stamp Stacklets.  

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My next 2 cards use some add on sets that pair perfect with the large bow from the All Tied Up stamp set.

This addition includes a cake and a balloon image that are sized to fit with the bow...All Tied Up - Sweet Celebration.  My color palette is Peaches 'n Cream, Sweet Potato Pie, Cherry Pop, and Tiki Mule.  My images were gold heat embossed and then ink blended in for color.  My backdrop is the Mini Meadow Embossing Folder panel that was corner rounded.  

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This last card used the other new set called All Tied Up - Cheers to You.  

I went with a deep Huckleberry card base that was die cut with the Arched and Ridged Arch Stacklets.  Images were gold heat embossed and then ink blended with Popsicle, Huckleberry, Cinnamon, and Pink Champagne inks.  

--Amy ♥

Taylored Expressions / All the Trimmings

It's time for the annual All the Trimmings release from Taylored Expressions-- a slate of products to support gift giving for this holiday season!

Gift giving will be easy this season!  

I have lots of tags ready for those packages!

The Foil It - Merry & Minty Candy Cane is perfect for tags and as a gift topper!  I've decorated the Treats & Trinkets Box Die with the candy canes, cardstock, and some twine.  

My candy canes were foiled with the Red Stars & Sparkle Fun Foil.  The tag was made using a new die set called Charming Tags Die Set.  A little more about that set below in my post.

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Flurry of Fun Die Set is an adorable penguin die set that you can make into a shaker!  

This was fun to assemble into a shaker tag using some mini marshmallows and adding it to a package of hot chocolate.  The attached tag was die cut using the new set Charming Tags Die Set and stamped with the sentiment from North Pole Postmark.

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The new Charming Tags Die Set also has a Foil It available to create foiled borders and designs on your tags!  

Each of my tags was foiled using colors of Taylored Expressions Fun Foil and adorned with imagery from previous holiday releases!  These images are perfect for adding to tags!  The sentiments are all from the Mini Strips Stamp - Holiday 2.

*Tis the Season--Scattered Holiday Blooms, Champagne/Holographic Gold Glitter Fun Foil

*Season's Greetings--Around Town Christmas, Holographic Gold Glitter Fun Foil

*Merry Christmas--Home for the Holidays, Champagne/Holographic Gold Glitter Fun Foil

Hope I inspired you with some tag ideas for your gifts this holiday season!

--Amy ♥

Taylored Expressions / Foiled & Fabulous

Welcome to the Foiled & Fabulous release from Taylored Expressions!

There are 5 new TE Fun Foil colors and a bunch of new Foil Its to play with the new colors. These Fun Foils are deeper, jewel tone colors and with a glossy finish instead of the high shine of our other Fun Foils. ♥♥

Make sure to visit the Taylored Expressions website to see all the NEW foil products and colors!

My first care features all the new foils in their glory!  The new colors are Blue Corn, Honey, Passion Fruit, Sweet Potato, and Sweet Basil.  I've foiled the leaves from All Around Autumn (same imagery from the All Around Autumn stamp set).  The background was done using Honey Fun Foil with the new Foil It - Branching Out.  Sentiment was also foiled using Honey Fun Foil with the All Around Autumn Foil It.  This collection is a MUST HAVE!

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My second card uses the Foil It - Fields Aflutter.  This backdrop will be so good for loads of different occasions!  

I've foiled my Fields Aflutter in Passion Fruit Fun Foil and then die cut the panel using the Label Stacklets 15 (or capsule stacklet).  I added some light shading with Passion Fruit ink to the bottom to soften the panel.  My foiled panel was backed with a panel of Passion Fruit cardstock cut with the Ridged Capsule Stacklets.  This panel was added to my notecard using foam adhesive.  The outer Passion Fruit layer is a frame die cut using the Label Stacklets 15 and also adhered using foam adhesive.  Sentiment, from All About Autumn, is foiled in Passion Fruit Fun Foil too.

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My last card uses another new product.....Foil It - Many Medallions.  I wanted to create a classic, jewel toned card using these medallions.

To create a "landing" place for my medallions, I used the Checkered Cutting Plate.  My cardstock color is Jalapeno.....such a rich color!  Can you imagine creating a set of these in all the fall colors??!  Sentiment is foiled using Champagne Fun Foil with the Foil It - Sundry Sentiments Fall.

--Amy ♥

Taylored Expressions / Christmas Release

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Taylored Expressions has a fabulous selection of new products to send cheer for the holidays!

There are 3 new collections with coordinating products and some other new goodies too.

Trim the Tree is the first collection which features this adorable Festive Friends Ornaments Die Set.  I've pieced the Santa and penguin ornaments together using cardstock and the new Diamond Glitter Cardstock for Santa.  The other few ornaments are from Festive Favorites Ornaments Die and were done in Sugar Cube cardstock and Diamond Glitter Cardstock.  They were all placed onto a background stamped with the Pining for You Background Stamp.  I thought this sentiment, from Oh What Fun, was perfect with its whimsical font.

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Do you remember this summer's holiday card kit?  Well, parts of it are here to stay but now includes a new Bauble & Bow 2 Die Set.

I've used the new Nordic Patchwork Stencils and Foil It's.  I've used Honey, Cherry Pop, Peapod, and Blue Corn inks.  My bauble was layered onto a background done with the Tiny Twinkles Embossing Folder.  Sentiment is from Berry & Bright Greetings.

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There's a new Create in Quads--Cozy Christmas that is going to steal your heart!

I'm featuring the whimsical car in the quad.  

I've used the coordinating Cozy Christmas Foil It along with the color scheme Cherry Pop, Pineapple, Granny Smith, Brussels Sprout, Sprinkles, and Earl Grey inks.  My focal image was layered over a Snowflake Serenade Embossing Folder that was selectively ink blended for some of the snowflakes to stand out.  Sentiment is from a new Mini Strips Cozy Christmas.

--Amy ♥

Taylored Expressions / Autumn Splendor

Fall is upon us soon so we have some cozy new products from Taylored Expressions for this special season.

No one said fall colors have to be traditional!!  I've used Honey, Pink Champagne, and Peaches 'n Cream colored inks over the Branching Out Stamp and Stencil Combo.  The Branching Out Stamp was black heat embossed.  Then using the coordinating stencils, the ink colors were blended in a soft technique.  

The cards were made using the TE Maps Volume 2: Happy Square Sheets.  Each card features a different "border" die to ground the layouts.  They feature an amazing new fall sentiment set called Cozy Vibes.  That font??!!!!!! ♥♥♥

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My next project features a "gatefold" card.  I haven't made one of these in years!

This card features the Petal Pusher 2 Die.  I've focused on using cardstock.  I designed one panel and then cut it in half for my folded card!  The colors I used were Blue Corn, Bleu Cheese, and Pineapple.  The sentiment is from Cozy Vibes ♥

---- Amy ♥

Taylored Expressions / Back to Basics

Hello!

Taylored Expressions release today is all about products that are versatile staples every cardmaker needs.

I have used the new Ridged Capsule Stacklets Die along with Ho Ho Holidays 2 Layering Stencil and Die.

Tiny Twinkles Embossing Folder was used on both backgrounds to help ground my focal point.  I've used the Ho Ho Holidays 2 Foil It with Champagne Fun Foil.  Ink blending shades of blue make for cool winter holiday card!  That sentiment?!  Is from Season's Sweetings....love that font!!

--Amy ♥