Taylored Expressions January Sneaks Day 3

Good morning! It's time for one more day of sneak peeks before all of the new products are available for purchase at the TE Store! We've saved the biggest day for last as we share projects using two full size sets and three new A la Carte stamps. And we have plans for a super fun Preview Party on Facebook tonight starting at 6pm PST with lots of opportunities to win free stamps so don't be late!

For my first project I used the latest set illustrated by Emily Burger for the Embracing Grace collection. You'll remember Emily kicked off her collection of stamps with the popular Love Grows Here set in November and she's at it again this month with Totally Tags Valentine. You probably guessed it... these tags coordinate with our previously released Totally Tags Holiday set and coordinating Totally Tags dies. I decided to combine the tags with the new Heart Favor Box die to create Madelyn's first Valentine treats to give to her "friends" around the neighborhood. The new Heart Favor Box is super easy to put together and only requires a small piece of sticky tape to adhere it together. The heart window in the front of the box is the perfect way to show off your treats, but that means you'll also need a piece of transparency to cover the heart before filling with candy. The box measures 2" cube when assembled. I used patterned paper from the Valentine Project Pantry to cover the boxes. The tags were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics (R24, R27, R81, R83) and I just added a little button heart candy dot to each one to finish them off and then tied them on with baker's twine. 

For my next project I used another set illustrated by Emily Burger called Love Monsters! Now don't get scared and cover your eyes! These aren't the monsters of your nightmares, these are the cutest monsters ever! Sometimes I like to create a card and a gift all wrapped in one so that's what I decided to do here. All of the images you see on the front of the card are actually magnets that can be removed from the card and used to decorate a refrigerator or cubicle. I started by cutting one of the each of the Totally Tags shapes from Choice Snow White cardstock and from thin magnetic sheets. I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the tags and colored them with Copics (R81, R83, YG03, YG05, R46, B52). The patterned paper is from the We R Memory Keepers Love Struck collection and I added red with white polka dot ribbon and a pewter love charm to finish off the card. Here are the dies that I used on my projects today:

As I mentioned above, we're all geared up for a fun Preview Party on Facebook tonight so make sure you "Like" the TE page and join us for some fun tonight! There are also other opportunities to win stamps. You'll find all the details here:

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.

Our talented Baker's Dozen gals are also showing off these two sets PLUS three new Animals in Love today! You won't want to miss the the Dachshunds in love, Giraffes in Love, and Pandas in love! And speaking of the new Animals in Love, we have a special BOGO offer starting tomorrow! When you purchase one of the new Animals in Love A la Carte stamps you'll receive one of our previously released Animals in Love stamps FREE (more details on how to take advantage of that offer will be posted tomorrow.)!

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

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you'll stop back tomorrow to see all the details of our new release!