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Happy Tuesday!  I’m excited to be jumping into the Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks on Day 2!  Be sure to read the details of the week below so you can have an opportunity to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate.

November 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, November 3rd 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 on Taylor’s blog on Release Day!  Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please.  Comments close Wednesday 11/2 at 7pm PST for the drawings.

Today we are showing off samples of four new stamp sets – Love Grows Here, Life is a Dance, Moka Morgana and Moka Katie.  I have 2 cards to share today.

My first card features Love Grows Here.  This set kicks off a brand new collection called Embracing Grace by new illustrator Emily Burger.  I’m head over heels in love with this stamp set and really looking forward to what Emily will create in the future as well. 

Love Grows Here is a full-sized set (5.75″ x 8.5″ full-color storage panel) that includes 18 images for $21.95.

This set features 7 different ADORABLE tree vignettes that are just the perfect size to be the focal point of a card.  I used October Afternoon Sidewalks 8×8 papers here.  I had been dying to get my hands on that paper, so I was super happy when I saw how well it worked with Love Grows Here.  The flowers are older Primas from my stash and see those cute leaves? Those were cut with the new Mini Leaves Taylored Dies set.  It even has embossed veins.  I know I’m going to be using those dies A LOT!  The tree image was colored with Copics and, although it doesn’t show up in the photo very well, the leaves were covered with Kiwi Smooch – so they are very shiny!

The layout for this card is Sweet Sunday Sketch 132.  Funny thing about that – when I sat down to create, I printed out several sketches to get me going. When I saw Karen’s sketch for this week I knew it would be perfect for this little tree and I saved it to my computer.  I went back a little later and printed it out (or thought I did) with some of Taylor’s older sketches.  After my card was finished, I looked at Karen’s current sketch again and something seemed off.  Ummm…yeah…I printed out the wrong sketch!  The SSSC for this week is #141 and I printed out #132 which I had apparantly also saved to my computer at some point, but never used.  OOPS! Oh well, they’re both great sketches!

Recipe:Stamps: Love Grows Here  /Dies: Mini Leaves Taylored Die Set  /Paper: October Afternoon Sidewalks 8×8, TE Choice White, SU Not Quite Navy, Bazzil green  /Other: Copic Markers, Kiwi Smooch, Taylor’s Tiny Twinkles, Embellie Gellie, Spellbinders Labels One and Labels One Small, Prima Flowers

My second card features Moka Morgana  (Petite set of 5 images) with a sentiment from Life is a Dance (Mini set -4.75″ square storage panel – 9 images) .  Both of these sets were illustrated by Nancy McKinney and I know she must be especially excited this month as Morgana was inspired by Nancy’s daughter and one of the first Moka girls she designed.  I think a lot of you will love Morgana, because honestly who hasn’t dreamed of being a ballerina at some point in her life?

I just love this sentiment – Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.  I heat embossed it directly onto the patterned paper with black craft ink and clear embossing powder.  The papers I used are from the Echo Park Times & Seasons 6×6 pad.  The layout is TESC96.  I love being able to easily go back through all of Taylor’s old sketches to find just the right layout for an image I want to work with.  You can download her sketchbook from the sidebar of her blog.

Recipe:  Stamps: Moka Morgana, Life is a Dance/Paper: Echo Park Times & Seasons 6×6, TE Choice Buttercream/  Other: Copic Markers, Kiwi Smooch,  Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle, Jenni Bowlin Stcik Pin, SU seam binding, Bisque Liquid Pearls, clear ep, black craft ink. Ranger Distress Ink Antique Linen

Now it’s time to see what the Baker’s Dozen has cooked up:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Danielle Lounds
• Jami Sibley <–you are here
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melissa Sauls
• Melody Rupple
• Nancy McKinney
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tori Wild
• Wanda Guess

• Thanks for stopping by.  I’m very much looking forward to tomorrow’s peeks too, so I hope you’ll join me again then!  Oh and if you missed Tessa in her shark costume yesterday, just scroll down a bit.