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Monday, June 4, 2012

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek - Moka Karen

June 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, June 7th 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.

I'm honoured to have been asked to play along with the Baker's Dozen design team to help showcase a sweet new stamp set, Moka Karen. She's an adorable Canadian Mountie and I'm sure you'll recognize her iconic red coat uniform. Moka Karen is part of the Whimsical Wishes line from Taylored Expressions and Nancy McKinney, the illustrator, is Canadian, so it's fitting to add a Canadian counterpart to Moka Betsy. I'm also Canadian and you'll notice there are a few other Canadian guest designers sharing Moka Karen creations today.

It's not always snowing in Canada (well, I guess that depends where you are in Canada...LOL!) so I thought I'd have her outside on a beautiful summer day. Maybe she's getting ready for a July 1st Canada Day parade. No matter what she's doing, I can't help feeling a sense of pride when I look at her. She's kinda special to me because I was a police officer when we lived in Canada. I wasn't a Mountie, so I didn't get to wear the red coat, but we did have similar hats (which I hated wearing!).

She's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Buttercream and coloured with copic markers. I added a little whimsy to the Canadian flag by paper piecing it with red polka dot paper from the My Mind's Eye On the Bright Side One paper pad. I used the Cloud Duo dies to cut out the white felt clouds and used the Picket Fence Border die to cut out the brown fence. To finish the card I stamped two of the sentiments from the set along the bottom.

Moka Karen is a Petite set of 6 images and sentiments made of deeply etched rubber. The set comes on a full colour 3" x 5" panel which stores perfectly in the Petite Storage Case.

Be sure to hop around and see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen and Guests have to share today.

Charmaine Ikach

Christine Okken - Special Guest

Jen Shults

Jodi Collins

Karen Giron

Karen Motz - Special Guest <----- you're here

Kerry Johnson - Special Guest

Melissa Sauls

Melody Rupple

Michele Boyer - Guest Designer

Nancy McKinney - Illustrator

Regina Mangum

Sankari Wegman

Sherie Siemens - Special Guest

Stephanie Kraft

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

Here are the dies I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks Day 2

June Release At a Glance

We have sneak peeks to share Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Friday, June 3rd at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department in the Taylored Expressions Store.
Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets on Thursday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.
Special Early Bird Offer on Release Day for the first 15 orders over $100. It's TOTALLY SWEET!
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 all 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 close Thursday 6/2 at 7pm for the drawings.

So are you ready for day to of sneak peeks with Taylored Expressions?!? Yesterday the Baker's Dozen took you to the beach, well today we're going to the chapel with Moka Charlotte, Moka Jack, You're Engaged à la carte, and Sweet Bliss.

The Moka collection, illustrated by Nancy McKinney, continues to grow with Charlotte and Jack. They make the sweetest couple!! Each set comes in deeply etched rubber on EZ Mount, on a sturdy 3" x 5.5" full colour panel, all trimmed and ready to use with an acrylic block.

I stamped Charlotte with Memento Tuxedo Black onto choice snow white and coloured her with copics. She was pretty quick to colour since I left the dress and veil white, although I did go over the veil with my clear Spica glitter pen, but it doesn't really show in the photo. I used my hearts impression plate on the pink oval to add a little texture and the patterned papers are from the Girls Paperie Vintage Whimsy collection. The card layout is CPS219.

I didn't want to take the focus off Charlotte on the front of the card, so I decorated the inside and added the sentiment there.

This next card uses the newest Cuppie stamp set, Sweet Bliss, illustrated by Jessie Olson. Did you ever imagine Cuppie would get married?!? Well this set is perfect for wedding or engagement cards, or even anniversary celebrations.

I couldn't stop singing "Going to the Chapel and we're Gonna get Married" when I looked at this set so I just had to use the chapel. It's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Snow white and coloured with copics. I cut it out with rectangle Nestabilities and added a little grass near the edges with my copic multiliner.

The patterned paper is from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky collection and I paired it with rich razzleberry and sage shadow. I added a sweet felt cloud, cut out with my cloud duo die, and a black Twinkle for the door handle.

Be sure to hop around and check out all the Baker's Dozen creations.

See you here tomorrow for day three of sneak peeks!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks Day 3

We have another day jam packed with sweet new products!! As you hop around the Baker's Dozen blogs you'll see samples created with It's in the Bag stamp set, Mini Shopping Bag and Labels die, Summer Wreath petite stamp set, and the brand new MOKA Collection - MOKA Jenn and MOKA Olivia. All the new products will be available at Taylored Expressions tomorrow, May 5th, from 8am PST.

I created a fun gift bag set using It's in the Bag, the Mini Shopping Bag and Labels die, and MOKA Olivia.

Let's start with the card, shall we? It's in the Bag was designed and illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes line. The coordinating Mini Shopping Bag and Labels die is just soooooo sweet!!! I used it as the main focal point on my card. This stamp set has 27 images and sentiments which makes it super versatile. And can I just say it's FUN too!!!

Check out the dimension from the Mini Shopping Bag and Labels die!!! I stamped the tiny damask pattern with Memento Paris Dusk before folding up the bag. I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Hattie collection. I used my circles impression plate for texture on the base layer and the small scallop border die cut a perfect little accent to separate the patterned papers from the solid blue. I added three blue Twinkles in the top left corner for just a little bling.

Next up is the gift bag with that gorgeous tag. Please meet MOKA Olivia...Olivia, please meet my wonderful blog readers! I hope they'll love you as much as I do!! The MOKA Collection is another fabulous concept and design by Nancy McKinney. These are petite stamp sets that come on a sturdy 3" x 5.5" full colour storage panel and they're made from deeply etched rubber on EZ mount cling foam, all trimmed and ready to use.

Olivia is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto choice buttercream and coloured with copics. I paper pieced her little swingy top though. I used my small scallop border again on the tag, just to tie the two project together, but I used my scalloped eyelet border die for the accent on the bag. A few more Twinkles and some ribbon from my stash was all this little tag needed.