Wild Sprinkles Stamping: April 2012

Taylored Expressions May Release - Day One Sneak Peeks

Monday, April 30, 2012

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, May 3rd 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.

My project for today uses the set FAR OUT with the Embracing Grace line by Emily Burger. This is a full set of 21 images/sentiments. This is such a cute and quirky take on robots with tons of possibilities with the sentiments ranging from birthday, get well, to love and more. I also featured the new SPROCKET dies which paired so well with the BOYS ONLY Doodlebug Designs paper.

Here's a peek at the new dies!!

Here are links to the Baker's Dozen today!

Supplies:

Stamps - Far Out

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - Doodlebug Designs Boys Only, Choice Snow White

Supplies - Spellbinders, Copic Markers, Sprocket Dies, Tangerine Twine, Orange Bling

Pirate Birthday Matey!!

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Well my nephew has a big #5 birthday coming up and it's all Pirate themed! Argghhh Matey!! I pulled out an oldy but a goody set from Taylored Expressions called Trick or Sweet (which is actually a Halloween Set, but I use it for lots of other cute cards!) I used the Pirate Cuppie and made a fun Pirate themed card. There actually isn't any patterned paper on here either... which is VERY odd for me!!

Oh and yes, that is a Martha Steward Goo Drippy border along the top--- Remember when that thing was going for like $50-$75 on Ebay! Yikes!! It's like Beanie Babies.. I should have sold! :)

I added a little glossy accents on the pirate patch so you can kind of see the reflection in the photo.

Hope you are having a great week!!

TE APRIL Monthly Calendar Challenge

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Hi there! Is is seriously Thursday already!?! I am going to be a happy, happy mom when this month is over, so trust me when I tell you that the X off countdown is on at our house for the end of April. I'm the PTA president for my three kids' Elementary School and our BIG HUGE Annual Carnival is next week... so my nights have been spent making organizational charts, preparing baskets for silent auctions, ordering prizes and food, figuring out games and activities... and the list goes on. While I wish there was a magic snap button to push me past next week, I'll rely on my TE Calendar to show me how many days of torture left until I can de-stress again! :)

Today is our TE Monthly Calendar challenge and as always, I use my FRAME YOUR IMAGINATION STAND to share my monthly calendar. There are lots of fabulous of calendar products available HERE at Taylored Expressions....and we'd love you to play along...Taylor's blog has all the info!

For my April calendar page, I worked with the oh so cute FAITH IN BLOOM set, which is part of the Embracing Grace line at Taylored Expressions. I started by stamping the flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Buttercream Cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers. I then cut it out with the scallop Spellbinders die and added a circle behind it for a frame. I used some ribbon from an old Project Pantry kit and added some BUTTONS, attaching everything with Foam Tape.

Here is a close up and you can also see I added a couple of Multi-color Twinkles for a little splash of shiny! :)

Check out what my talented teammates have done with this month's challenge here:

Make sure to head to Taylor's Blog for all the details about the Taylored Expressions Monthly Calendar Challenge!

TE Release Day

Thursday, April 5, 2012

TE Release Day!

All of the new products are now available for purchase! Check out the Fresh Out of the Oven Department to see everything in one place!
More projects from the Baker's Dozen to inspire you. Just follow the link list below.
FREE A la Carte Stamp - Order the London Market Project Pantry and any Full-size stamp set and you will receive the Mom A la Carte stamp absolutely FREE. Please note that the stamp will not show up in your cart, but we will be sure to include it with your order.
Did you win one of the Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaways? Find the list of winners on Taylor's Blog.

Have you had fun looking at all of the adorable projects this release?!? That's a talented group of gals that I work with!! I've loved all the variation on projects and hopefully some of you won the sets you've been wanting in the release party on FB last night!!

For release day, I made one more card with the Onesie Twosie set from Nancy McKinney's Whimsical Wishes. I also added another fancy buckle with the new FANCY BUCKLES die set and I added a SMALL SCALLOP BORDER across the top and cut the little onesie out with the ONESIE die. The sentiment was put on a GROMMET TAG, which I love to use.

Stop by the rest of the team today!!

Taylored Expressions - Day 3 Peeks April (Onesie Twosie!)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

April 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, April 5th 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 4/4 at 7pm PST.

I'm in love, love, love with today's set for sneak peeks... Onesie Twosie is a new mini set of 19 images/sentiments from Nancy McKinney's Whimsical Wishes line. You can use this set with the coordinating Onesie Die to create adorable baby cards and shower decorations. This is the perfect little baby set for  everyone to have in their stamping arsenal with plenty of variety for girls. boys and even twins!

I couldn't resist making a strawberry themed card (we had a slight obsession with Strawberry Shortcake in my house!) The papers are all from October Afternoon. The Onesie Notecard will be perfect to use on it's own or in lots of other ways that I saw the girls using them on their own. Make sure you check out more ideas with whole Baker's Dozen today!

Stop by the rest of the Baker's Dozen to see more!!

• Charmaine Ikach

• Jami Sibley (DT Coordinator)

• Jen Shults

• Jodi Collins

• Karen Giron

• Melissa Sauls

• Melody Rupple

• Regina Mangum

• Sankari Wegman

• Taylor VanBruggen

• Tori Wild

• Wanda Guess

Nancy McKinney

Day 2 - Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

April Release At a Glance

• 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.

Today I'm first featuring the newest Apple Doodle Ink set from Doug Applegate... our favorite little penguin is back, this time as a graduate. I also used a new coordinating die with this set called Reach for the Stars and the papers are all from October Afternoon School House. I absolutely love the star border and to darken up my penguin a bit, I always go over it with a black marker to add a little depth.

Stop by the rest of the Baker's Dozen to see more!!

• Charmaine Ikach

• Jami Sibley (DT Coordinator)

• Jen Shults

• Jodi Collins

• Karen Giron

• Melissa Sauls

• Melody Rupple

• Regina Mangum

• Sankari Wegman

• Taylor VanBruggen

• Tori Wild

• Wanda Guess

TE April Release - DAY 1 Sneak Peeks

Monday, April 2, 2012

April Release At a Glance

• 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.

Today I'm first featuring the new set in the Whimsical Wishes line from Nancy McKinney called Make it Amazing. This is a full set of 19 images/sentiments with butterflies, botanicals, and beautiful sentiments. We have 3 coordinating dies that go with this set that you can see by jumping around the blogs... and I used two of the die sets on my card.

I used the new Project Pantry Kit for my card called LONDON MARKET... there are some gorgeous patterns and colors in the kit! I used the Elegant Butterflies dies, Fancy Buckles for the accent at the bow (LOVE LOVE THESE!) and the Frame it Up 3 die.

Next, I made a trio of quick and easy to make cards using the FRUITY FRIENDS set in the Embracing Grace line by Emily Burger. This set was concepted by our very own Baker's Dozen member, Wanda Guess and it's so cute with the punny sentiments and adorable little fruit faces! I had to use more than one!

I used papers from the Doodlebug Color Wheel line and the red is from an October Afternoon set that I have to look up, but I loved all the bright colors! What a fun way to send a sweet note to someone!