Taylored Expressions 10th Birthday Mega Party!

Back in 2014, I was asked to join the Taylored Expressions Bakers Dozen Team and I had the pleasure of working on that team for 3 years.  Today I am thrilled to be part of the Designer Reunion 10th Birthday Celebration Blog Hop along with over 40 other past & present designers.  WOW ~ that's a lot of awesomeness right there! You can find a complete list of the designers over on the Taylored Expressions Blog! Taylor has tons of fun things in store for you this week, so make sure you check out all the details.

This week Taylored Expressions is releasing lots of fun new products and you can find them all in the store under the NEW Category. However, TE also has tons of wonderful previously released products, and for my birthday card today, I used the Tropical Trio Stamp & Die Combo set. I also used some of the beautiful new cardstock colors ~ Blue Raspberry, Pineapple, and Lime Zest. {I have a full list of supplies with links listed below}

I took a little trip down memory lane and looked at my TE Gallery... WOW ~ lots of my favorite projects are in there!  Click HERE to take a peek at my past TE projects.

Share Joy Campaign

At the heart of Taylored Expressions is a mission to share joy through the gift of handmade cards. As part of their 10th birthday, TE is continuing that mission with the launch of a special Share Joy campaign focused on providing birthday cards to those in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities across the U.S. To make as deep an impact as possible, TE is inviting card makers everywhere to join the campaign. Will you join us? Find out how to participate by viewing their Share Joy Page.

Happy 10th Birthday Taylored Expressions!
Enjoy this amazing Birthday Blog Hop!

TE Supplies ~
Stamp Set: Tropical Trio Stamp & Die Combo Set
Cardstock: Blue Raspberry, Pineapple, Lime Zest, Toffee, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Oreo, Blue Raspberry
Dies: Frame in Frame 2, Bloomers Greenery, Label Stacklet 8
Embossing Folders: Streamers, Leafy Vine
Other: Zig Clean Color Water Brush Markers

New Years Eve ~ Happy Birthday!

Earlier this month I sat down and made some birthday cards which I hadn't done in almost a year!  Considering that I used to make an average of 10 cards per week for design teams prior to this year, that was a pretty big drop off for me. However, I still can't bring myself to buy cards at the store, so I sat down and created a few. 

For these two happy cards, I used some of the Taylored Expressions watercolor panels & colored them with my Zig Clean Color Waterbrush Markers.  

Wishing You a Very Happy New Year!

Spring Break 2013 ~ Setting Sail

Hi Friends... I'm back today with more pages from our Spring Break 2013 album.  This has been such a fun project with a mixture of full sized 12x12 layouts, smaller 8 x 10 layouts as well as Project Life style layouts.  I love adding lots of different types of pages to my albums.

For the layouts below, I used supplies from the Simple Stories Collection called You Are Here.  This is the perfect collection to document warm weather vacation photos.

The globe die cut is from Taylored Expressions.

I added some bits and pieces of wood embellishments from the You Are Here collection and added ink to them so they would stand out a bit.

For this page, I used the Simple Stories Collection called Sunshine & Happiness.

Enjoy your day & thanks for stopping by!

December Daily ~ Day #10 Birthday Time!

My December Daily post for today is all about my daughter's birthday.  On December 10th she turned 20 years old & while we couldn't be with her on her special day, we still managed to find a way to celebrate with her.  I really love how this page turned out!

I used the Simple Stories collection called I AM for this page.  The blush, pink, and gold tones on this page are Megan's favorites, so I knew exactly which photo and supplies I wanted to use.  I also used several dies from Taylored Expressions.

The bottom pockets flip open to reveal photos of the gift box we sent her & journaling about the day she was born and her birthday this year.

One last close up with one flap up and one down.

Have a great day!

Christmas Gift Set

Happy Monday Friends!  Today I wanted to share a little Christmas Gift Set that I made for our Band Mom Christmas Party/Gift Exchange.  What a super fun night with amazing ladies!!  

Here is the set with the tin closed...

and the tin opened to show a gift card.

Supplies are all from Taylored Expressions.

Tea Party Invitation

It's time for a tea party!  One of my sweet friends asked me to make her daughter's birthday invitations for her 5th birthday.  They were having a pretty shabby chic party and wanted to coordinate the colors and look on the invite.

I pulled out my sweet little Stacked Teacup die from Taylored Expressions along with the Some Like it Hot stamp set for the sentiment.  I love how the invite turned out!

For the inside of the invitation, I used the Little Bits Teacup & Teapot along with the RSVP stamp set & the Eventful - Holidays stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Taylored Expressions Gift Giving

Hi Friends... I'm back today with a few more packing ideas for the upcoming Christmas season with my Taylored Expressions stamps and dies.  

I used the new Trim The Tag die set that just came out this month.

{all supplies used have links below}

Supplies:

Special Delivery	Little Bits of Christmas	Trim the Tag	Tag Stacklets 1	TE 6x6 Paper Pack - Playful Patterns - Holiday
Embossing Folder - Twinkling Holiday	Embossing Folder - Dotted Lattice	Embossing Folder - Nordic Holiday	Embossing Folder - Snowfall	Embossing Folder - Zig Zag
Embossing Folder - Lots of Dots	TE Premium Cardstock - Cherry Pop	TE Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube	TE Premium Cardstock - Peapod	TE Premium Cardstock - Lemon Meringue
TE Premium Cardstock - Granny Smith	TE Premium Cardstock - Oreo	TE Premium Ink - Granny Smith - Full Pad	TE Premium Ink - Cherry Pop - Full Pad	TE Premium Ink - Oreo - Full Pad

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Taylored Expressions: Watercoloring for Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner and in the crafting world, it comes even quicker.  This month the Taylored Expressions designers are highlighting watercoloring for Christmas.

I decided to go with another unconventional color combo with the pretty Poinsettia Bouquet set and the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. {links below}

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Poinsettia Bouquet	Poinsettia Bouquet Die	Embossing Folder - Peaceful Poinsettia	Tag Stacklets 3	Stitched Circle Stacklets
TE Premium Cardstock - Lollipop	TE Premium Cardstock - Sugar Cube	TE Premium Ink - Lollipop - Full Pad	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers	Zig Watercolor BrusH20 - Medium
TE Premium Watercolor Cardstock

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