It's release day at Taylored Expressions!

Oh boy, this is it, this is the day you've been waiting for.... Today is release day at Taylored Expressions and I'll be featuring my remaining two sets today. The first set I'll be featuring is called Summer Afternoon. This set was designed by Nancy McKinney. Lot's of pretty images to remind you of a gorgeous summer afternoon. For my card, I stamped the images onto some Choice Buttercream CS in Dark Chocolate ink.
Then, using my chalk inks, I sponged the sky behind them for this rich sunset. I cut the image out with my scalloped square Nesties and layered the image with alternate colors of cardstock using pop dots between the layers for LOTS of dimension. To finish, I tied some pretty grosgrain ribbon (from the Pet's Place Project Pantry) into a little bow and adhered it to the base of the flowers. Definitely a different look for me, but I really like it!


For my second card today, I used BOTH the Summer Afternoon and Care & Comfort sets. The Care & Comfort set is a set of sentiments, many of which were created to fit inside the pretty frame from the Summer Afternoon set. Definitely a great set to add to your collection! I know I'm always on the lookout for that perfect sentiment!
For this card, I stamped the Summer Afternoon frame onto some Choice Snow White CS with some Dark Chocolate ink and then stamped the sentiment inside the frame. It may not show up in the photo, but the Dark Chocolate CS has the vine from the Summer Afternoon set stamped multiple times diagonally in Versamark Ink for a nice subtle tone on tone look. I placed a horizontal piece of DP from the October Afternoon Fly a Kite collection and matted it with alternating pieces of Dark Chocolate and Snow White CS. Then I tied on this pretty satin white ribbon and finished by matting the piece with Dark Chocolate and Snow White CS and finished with little white brads in each corner. Sympathy cards are always tough for me, but I really LOVE how this turned out. Ok, I hope you've enjoyed my TE sneak peeks this week and be sure to check out all the rest of the Baker's Dozen for their final day of peeks as well. They're sure to impress!!! Happy Friday! {{{hen hugs}}}

TE Baker's Dozen DT -
Taylor VanBruggen; Jodi Collins; Karen Giron; Melissa Sauls; Donna Baker; Charmaine Ikach; Alex Maldonado; Sankari Wegman; Jackie Pedro; Karen Motz; Carolina Buchting; Jami Sibley; and Sandra MacLean - TE Guest Designer

Supplies:
Card 1 - Rubber Stamps - Summer Afternoon by Taylored Expressions; CS - Choice Buttercream, PTI Dark Chocolate; Nestabilities; Colorbox Chalk Ink; Ribbon - Pet's Place Project Pantry
Card 2 - Rubber Stamps - Summer Afternoon and Care & Comfort from Taylored Expressions; Nestabilities; DP - October Afternoon Fly a Kite; CS - Choice Snow White, PTI Dark Chocolate; White Satin Ribbon - Offray; Brads