Happy Birthday Taylored Expressions!!

 

Friends!! Today Taylored Expressions turns 12!! Happy Birthday TE! I am so excited to share my first projects being on the TE Design Team. 

There is a lot to share, so buckle up and lets get started. 

First up is a bright & fun, happy birthday card. I started by stenciling the background with the new Bokeh Layered Stencils. Its a stencil set that has three different stencils that creates a bokeh effect. 

Once the background was completed, I took the On The Block "happy" die, placed it at a diagonal and diecut it in the center of the panel. On a separate piece of white cardstock, I stamped the "happy" sentiment from On The Block Happy and used foam adhesive to place the stenciled panel over the stamped sentiment. 

The cute party animals (giraffe and monkey) are from the Life Of The Party Set. They were stamped in black ink, and then colored in with copic markers, fussy cut and adhered to the card using foam adhesive. The "birthday" sentiment is from the On Repeat stamp set.  

There is another layering stencil, called Candles Layered Stencil. This is a pack of 4 candles stencils. They are so easy to use and you get perfect multi colored candles. To coordinate is a clear stamp set called Counting Candles Add Ons. It has wicks for the candles, sentiments and those fun stars! 

How cute is this mouse pulling the wagon full of presents?! So cute!! To do something a little different, I chose to watercolor in the image using Karin brush pro markers. They are quickly becoming one of my favorite ways to watercolor quick and easy. This image and sentiment is from the set called Millie's Birthday Bash.

I love how with just a few colored watercolor brushes and a cute stamp set you can create a beautiful scene.  

What would be a party without a present? The Pretty Package die set is the perfect way to gift a gift card or special note. 

Make sure you visit the Taylored Expressions blog and website to see the full Birthday Release!