Hi there! Yup, another month has gone by and it's time for the Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge again! This is a monthly opportunity for the Taylored Expressions Design Team to share what makes our studios tick...and a time to share ideas and tips. Each month Taylor and Jami think up a fun, crafty question for us to answer! The question for May is: "What is your favorite time of year? Some of us love the sunshine and the heat of Summer, while some of us long for the crisp cool air of Fall. Do Spring flowers make your heart sing... Continue reading

Hello bloggy friends! Did you see my last blog post? Oy. Well, the new A/C unit is installed and the cool air is blowing again...and my crabbiness is waning... Yesterday I went to a lovely tea party birthday party for one very cool artsy chick I know! I'll be sharing her birthday card soon - been dying to show everyone! Today is my day to post over at A Blog Named Hero, and I'm sharing the same card here. This card was inspired by a gorgeous pink dogwood tree I found a few weeks ago while out taking pictures. The... Continue reading

Hello friends! How are you this fine day? Hope you are having a good week! It's been hot here in these parts and on Saturday the air conditioner broke at our house. The new one is installed today and I'm pretty sure I'm still having a heart attack about how much it's all going to cost. OMG. Trying to find the opportunity to be grateful! So, we've been without A/C all week and I've been a little 'rough around the edges' shall we say. I do not like to be hot when I'm sleeping! Since I'm feeling a wee bit... Continue reading

Happy Saturday! This week sort of kicked me in the butt! I slept in today and really just relaxed all day. I just finished re-reading The Great Gatsby on my Kindle....so it would be fresh when we go see the new movie. Really can't wait for that!! Now it's already 8:00 at night and I'm sitting down to write a post and share some photos with you guys! About three weeks ago I got a new camera (again!) My other new camera didn't work out and it was sent back in December. It took me this long to decide what... Continue reading

Hi Friends and Happy Friday! Unfortunately all good things must come to an end...and today is the last day of the May Taylored Expressions Release. It's been so much fun sharing products and projects with you all week. Did you order something? Thank you for your support and kind comments. I love this gig! Best wishes to you for a happy weekend! Today is Designer Spotlight Day and we are able to choose whatever product we want to feature today. I just knew I wanted to share this gorgeous new cutting plate with you! One of my co-workers is getting... Continue reading

Welcome to Taylored Expressions May RELEASE DAY! Yeah! You can now buy all the amazing new products in the "Fresh out of the Oven Department" at the TE Store! What do you have your eye on this month?? Or do you want all of it!? LOL. Have fun shopping and blog hopping today! Dont' forget to check back tomorrow for one more day - Designer Spotlight Day! Today each of us on the Design Team was challenged to use the same product in two different ways. Fun! I am featuring the "Shades of Thanks" dies in two different projects for... Continue reading

Welcome Back for day two of Taylored Expressions May Release! Did you like everything from yesterday? I hope so! I know I loved seeing everyone's projects! Today the Bakers Dozen Design Team has much more in store for you! I have two cards to share with you....both are floral, but they are really different styles! Hopefully a little something for everyone.... First up is a soft and pretty floral card made using the Happily Ever After Stamp Set and the Lifetime of Love Stamp Set. I have a friend who got engaged a couple of weeks ago and this will... Continue reading

Hello bloggy friends! It's time for the May Taylored Expressions Release! Wahoooooo! This month has some gorgeous new cutting plates and dies, and pretty stamp sets that are perfect for weddings! Yup, it's time for Summer activities! I just know you are going to love everything in this month's release. Today I am introducing and featuring my favorite thing from May's Release! It's the beautiful Birch Tree Cutting Plate. Taylored knocked this one out of the park! Wowza. I can think of a million ideas for this die, and I know I will use it for every season... This photo... Continue reading

Hi! Happy Weekend! Hope you have fun plans! Hubs and I are headed to San Francisco for a day trip and then Sunday it's all day in the stamp room (oh and chores, too). Today I'm here to share a CAS creation made with one of my favorite stamps sets from the TE Bouquet series! These daisies are so fresh and pretty, perfect for May. I thought they just needed to be clean and bright with lots of white space...oh...and a cute little bumblebee! Hope you like it! I thought about adding a layer of yellow paper as a background... Continue reading

Hello my dears! It's MAY! How the heck did that happen? It's been H-O-T here this week and the pollen bombs are still exploding inside my brain. I'm ready for Summer! How about you? What's going on with you? Hope you are having a marvelous week. Today is Challenge Day at A Blog Named Hero! Our May 1st Challenge is Shimmer! (Or as I like to say...Bling it on!) Our challenge for you is to create a project that shines - using glitter, bling, or shimmer and your favorite Hero Arts stamps. Can't wait to see what you come up... Continue reading

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Today is the last day of our last week of Birthday Collaborations at A Blog Named Hero. {sad face} All month long, we have been celebrating our one year blogaversary by teaming up with our favorite companies. This week we teamed up with Simon Says Stamp and used some of their exclusive products together with our Hero Arts favs. Have you been checking out everyone's cards? They are FAB! Today is my turn to join the fun! I had this new GORGEOUS paper pad on my desk and wanted to use it for sure. Then I... Continue reading

It's that time again - for our monthly Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge! SO happy you popped in to check it out. I just know that everyone has great projects for today. I can't wait to check out everyone's blogs today! This is our chance to share what makes our craft studios tick, and what goes on behind the scenes. Each month Taylor gives us a fun, crafty challenge so we can share our favorite stamp sets and some tips and advice with you. The theme for April is: "MIX & MATCH! Taylored Expressions stamp sets are designed with plenty of... Continue reading

POW! SHAZAM! KAPOP! BAM! Today I have a total color explosion for you! Remember last month when Taylored Expressions did a product swap with Doodlebug? Well, I still have some cards I haven't shared with you yet made with those awesome and colorful supplies. Today's cards use some fabbie Taylored Expressions supplies to make cheery wishes! Better put on your sunglasses! Here are my two cards together: See what I mean folks? COLOR! Love it so much! I think that TE font is perfect! Full supply list at the bottom of my post. Here's a side view to show you... Continue reading

Hello my sweet bloggy friends! Today I'm posting about two of my favorite things...cupcakes and paper crafting! Woooot! Up above is my FAVORITE Instagram of today's project! (Maybe my most favorite Instagram ever??) A couple of weeks ago I wanted to make cupcakes for one of my co-workers' birthdays and I really was looking for a new way to jazz 'em up! Don't know where the idea came from but I thought - how about some pinwheels! And before you know it, this project was in the works... MMMMMMMMM....chocolate.....with chocolate! I used this happy and bright paper pack for my... Continue reading

Hi friends! How was your weekend? I had a great weekend! Saturday was our local Sacramento Rubber Stamp Convention and I worked the show, as usual! Got to see my awesome friends from LA who put on the show, have some great laughs and great meals together, and relax a bit! It was so great seeing so many friends at the show too. All around good times!!! Over at A Blog Named Hero, we are celebrating our one year birthday/anniversary...all month long...by doing fun product collaborations with some of our fav companies. This week we are working with uber cute... Continue reading

Hi! Welcome to Day Two of the Authentique Paper and Taylored Expressions Blog Hop! Two great companies have combined forces to bring you some cool projects. It's been so fun working with the Authentique Design Team members. I have always been a fan! Did you see all the great projects yesterday? Wow! Today we'll finish up with the rest of the Baker's Dozen and our friends at Authentique. You should have arrived from the lovely Shellye McDaniel's Blog. (Um, yeah, she's amazing). At the end of the post, I'll send you on the next blog for today! As a thank... Continue reading

Hello! Today I'm joining in the fun as we continue our second week of our MONTH long Birthday Celebration at A Blog Named Hero! Yipppeee! This week features, what else, Hero Arts! The fabulous company that inspired our blog. I'm so fortunate to be a part of this design team. This week the DT members at Hero Arts are guest designing with us (awesomeness)! We have fun for you all week so be sure to check out ABNH for all the links each day. Thank you so much for coming by today... This is just a fun and happy card!... Continue reading

Hello! Let's Chat! I'd love to chit chat with all of you! Today's card is a fun and cheery "friend" card using one of my favorite TE A la Carte stamps. I love that you can color in that cute phone to match whatever color scheme you're going with for your card. Today I shook it up with a new color palette I've never used before! And I tried to make it modern by using some hand made chevrons! Excited to share this with you. :-) Here's a close up of my chevron pattern.... Here is a side view of... Continue reading

Hi friends! Happy weekend! Yippeeeeee. Hope you're out in the sun and havin' some fun! TE Release Week was sure great, wasn't it? LOVE this month's new toys. Today I'm back to share a "modern shabby chic" birthday card with you, and once again, I've featured a butterfly. Hmmmm, do I need a butterfly intervention? Is it acceptable to want to put a butterfly on EVERY project? Because I think I probably could do that!! Every time I think I need just a little something else on a project, that's what I reach for. Is that bad? Do I need... Continue reading

Hello! Welcome back for one last day of Release week fun for Taylored Expressions! Did you put in an order yet? I hope you got some goodies from the TE Store! Today is Designer's Choice day for release week, and that means we all got to choose our favorites from this release to share with you. I can't wait to blog hop today! For my card today I wanted to make something fresh and cheery and on trend. I'm also keeping with my new invention of Modern Shabby Chic! I chose the great new stamp set called Happy Heart. I... Continue reading

It's RELEASE DAY at TAYLORED EXPRESSIONS!!! Everything you want is now available at the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the TE Store! Be sure to hop around to everyone's blogs today so you can see every product in action! The Design Team has been buzzing about this release. I have been loving everyone's projects so much. The creativity is so awesome! I hope you've had a good time so far this week with me. Tomorrow is one last day of release projects and it's my favorite day -- Designer's choice day! Today's card is made with the GORGEOUS... Continue reading

Welcome back for day 2 of the fun April Sneak Peeks from Taylored Expressions! Tomorrow is the BIG day when all the new stamps and dies are revealed and you can buy everything! Can I get a wooot wooot!? Today I have two more projects to share with you. There are lots of graduation themed items in this month's release so if you need grad presents and cards, we got ya covered! It's that time of year! So I'm sharing a grad project and a card! My first card for today is a birthday card made with the gorgeous new... Continue reading

Hi stamping friends! Did everyone have a nice Easter? Was the Easter Bunny good to you? It came early this year, and now, here it is the first part of April! You know what that means!? Fun, fresh new items from Taylored Expressions! Yeah! I know I say this every month...but this month is AWESOME! I was so happy to play with all the new goodies and I'm very excited to share some of them with you today, and the rest of the week! You can start buying everything on Thursday! Today I'm sharing two cards, made using two brand... Continue reading

Happy Easter, and many blessings to you and your family from everyone here at my house. I hope that you are surrounded by friends and family today and having a lovely day of fellowship. I love Easter and all that it means to me as a Christian. It's the season of rebirth and renewal and a fresh start. It's exactly what I need right now and I'm grateful to see another season come! Here is an Instagram I made after church service Friday night. I have this saved on my phone and computer as a prayer reminder with so many... Continue reading

Hello there bloggy friends! I'm back today with a card to share with you! I have been staying up late every night stamping like crazy! I need to get some rest, because I'm starting to get a little wonky. Next week is TE release week and you're gonna love it. Got all my projects done for that, and a little something for today too. I am really loving the new style of card making that combines a bunch of different patterned papers and textures and layers. I'm gonna call it modern shabby chic. What do you think of that? I... Continue reading