Taylored Expressions Release Day - August!

 August 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, August 4th 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.
• Angel Bundle Prize Drawing: We're very excited to be supporting the Angel Tree with Joy to the World, the newest set in the TE Giving Tree Program.  If you'd like to be entered to win our Angel Bundle Prize Pack (Joy to the World Full Sized Stamp Set, Angel Kisses Taylored Card Kit, and the Musical Swirls Taylored Impression Plate) simply click over to the Angel Tree website and find the answer to this question: "Name the founder of Angel Tree." (You'll want to read the touching story of how Angel Tree got started while you're there!)  E-mail Taylored Expressions with the answer in the subject line of your e-mail by Wednesday at 6pm PST.  The winner will be announced on Taylor's blog at approximately 10 pm PST Wednesday night.

Release day is here!! So hopefully you've been acquiring your wish lists along the way (or maybe even have won something on Facebook!!)   For my card today, I wanted to make another bug card with the adorable Bugabee set!  Rather than a ladybug, I used the bee stamps and I made a glittery winged bee.  Now I'll be honest and tell you all that I wasn't exactly sure what to do with the wings... then I saw some of the other gals use vellum for the wings and I absolutely LOVED it.  I took a little different approach and flipped the wings around to use them as though they were flying sideways... and of course a little glitter never hurts!  All of the bug sections were cut out using the Bugabee Bug Dies... which made it really easy to make a super fast card! 

I'm absolutely in LOVE with the Bugabee Flower Dies.  They are going to make such cute layered accents on cards!  I distressed mine a little bit and turned up the tips.  

I also used the grass border with some olive card stock and all the papers are from JilleBean Soup! 

Bugabee: http://www.tayloredexpressions.com/item.php?item_id=3825

Bugabee Bug Dies (set of 6): http://www.tayloredexpressions.com/item.php?item_id=3820
Bugabee Flower Dies (set of 6): http://www.tayloredexpressions.com/item.php?item_id=3821
Grass Border Die: http://www.tayloredexpressions.com/item.php?item_id=3822

Before I go, here are links to the rest of the Baker's Dozen!!! 

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