Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek Day 1: I Love You to the Moon and Back

Happy New Year Crafty Friends!

I hope 2020 finds you well and getting into your groove. I am not one for New Year's resolutions, too easy to break and set oneself up for failure. This year I have decided to use One Word to focus my experiences through. I have decided on delight, and I am excited to see where this One Word takes me in 2020. I would love to read how you are defining 2020.

So far, I am delighted and tickled to use the new masking stencils. Using these stencils has really stepped up my crafting game. Today, I am sharing two card projects featuring the new Hexagon Masking Stencil and the Flip the Lace stamp and die combination.

To create this card, I started by masking a piece of Sugar Cube cardstock using the larger Hexagon Masking Stencil. Once the area was masked, I used the dye ink colors Jelly Donut, Oreo, Blueberry, Blue Rasberry, Pineapple, and Blue Corn to create a starry night background. A few opaque white splatters, from my Gansai Tambi watercolor palette, worked perfectly as shining stars in the night sky. The TE Blender Brushes made blending easy and seamless as I transitioned from one color to the next. The phases of the moon used the Simply Stamped-Moon stamp along with Sea Salt, Earl Grey, and Poppy Seed dye inks. A heat embossed sentiment, wooden veneer stars, and a little heart completed this card.



My second card features the Flip the Lace stamp and coordinating die set.  To create this card, I created a gatefold card and heat embossed the lace image onto the front flaps using TE's gold embossing powder. I then die cut the excess paper from the flaps. The floral bouquet, using the Fresh Picked Florals and the Double-ended Flag Stacklets, created a flap closure for the card base. A heat embossed sentiment completed this card.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you are inspired to create something beautiful this week. For more crafty inspiration, visit the Taylored Expressions Blog (HERE). As with each new release, hear over to the Taylored Expressions Blog to answer Taylor's Question of the Day for a chance to win crafty awesomeness from this release.

Happy Crafting,

Keia

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