Taylored Expressions January Sneaks Day 1

Good morning and Happy New Year! Welcome to the first day of sneak peeks for our January release! I am SO excited about all the new goodies we have to share with you this month! Over the next three days we'll be sharing sneak peeks using 3 full-size stamp sets, 3 Petite stamp sets, 1 mini set, 5 A la Carte stamps, and 7 new Taylored Dies! Can't wait a second longer? Well, you don't have to... here we go!

My first project uses our new Rosy Posey set that was illustrated by Nancy McKinney for the Whimsical Wishes collection. It's a beautiful full-size set of roses perfect for the Valentine holiday but classic enough to be useful throughout the year. The set of roses also comes with a set of coordinating Rosy Posey dies. I started with this week's sketch from Jen Shults' Deconstructing Sketch Challenge. Have I mentioned that I love Jen's sketches!?

I stamped the rose in Memento Tuxedo Black ink four times and colored it with Copics (R24, R27, R39). The bottom layer was cut out using the coordinating Rosy Posey die and then I hand cut and popped up three additional layers for more dimension. The patterned paper is from the Pebbles With Love collection which is the featured patterned paper in our latest Project Pantry kit for Valentine's Day. In the middle picture you can see that I decorated the inside of my card with the corner element. And in the closeup on the far right hopefully you can see how I embellished the image panel with Ice White Pearl Pen and trimmed the detailed leaves (colored with Copics G21 & G24) with the coordinating dies from the Rosy Posey die set.

My second project uses the Love A la Carte, the newest addition to our word a la carte series. Again, I started with a sketch from Jen Shults' Deconstructing Sketch Challenge. I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copics (R46, G21, G24, R81, R83, RV29). Then I added a heart candy dot to the center of the heart and Crystal Stickles to each of the letters to finish it off with some sparkle. For the inside of the card I used the new Jumbo Heart Border die along with patterned paper to coordinate with the front of the card. The 'Always' sentiment on the inside of the card is from the new Rose Wreath set.

The rest of the Baker's Dozen is sneaking peeks using one of the following new products: Rosy Posey, Rose Wreath, Love A la Carte, and 1 Corinthians 13:13 A la Carte. You'll also see more new dies when you hop around including: Rosy Posey die set, Jumbo Heart Border, Hearts A Plenty, Layering Doily Dies, and Heart Favor Box. Ooooh.... so much goodness.... sooo exciting!

Here's a look at the dies I used on my project today:

Before you head out to check out all the eye candy, you'll want to read the details of our release below. Find out how you could be one of the lucky winners at our Facebook Preview Party or the lucky winner of a TE gift certificate!

January 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, January 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 here on Release Day!  Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each blog for more chances to win. Comments close Wednesday 1/4 at 7pm PST.

• Charmaine Ikach
  Danielle Lounds
  Jami Sibley
  Jen Shults 
  Jodi Collins
  Karen Giron
  Melissa Sauls
  Melody Rupple
  Regina Mangum
  Sankari Wegman
  Taylor VanBruggen
  Tori Wild
  Wanda Guess

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope to see you back here tomorrow for a peek at more new goodies!