Taylored Expressions Day 2: Jingle Bells and a Santa Suit

It's day 2 of sneak peeks for the October release from Taylored Expressions.  Yesterday was faith and adoration - today is jingle bells and a Santa suit!  Everything you see this week will be available on Thursday, October 4.  Be sure to check out each of the creative team members' blogs for all of the sneak peeks - starting with the Taylored Expressions blog.

The Halloween release was the premier of the On the Hinge series. It's a fun die concept that lets the image's legs wiggle.  (Check out my disco witch.)  Of course, this release brings us a Santa suit in On a Hinge - Merry.  Do you see which ways his legs are hanging?


Here he's dancing the other way!


These are really fun to work with.  It's just a simple hinge on a disc (like a track card) that swivels back and forth.  You can shake him and he really gets moving.

Do you see the glitter on his cuffs?  I scribbled with a Versamark pen, then I embossed using the new Fine Detail Diamond Embossing Powder which has wonderful shine and sparkle.

The previously released Sweater Weather Cutting Plate is one of my all-time favorites.  I wanted something wintery/Christmasy behind my Santa but I wanted all the focus on him so I kept the background white on white.  Since he's on a hanger, I added a line from On the Line North Pole (actually all the On the Line series have hanging lines).  A few banners in cheerful Christmas colors allowed me to add the "ho ho ho".

Here's the supply list for this card, but keep reading for the Jingle Bells and a chance at prizes.

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Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with a giveaway during each day of sneak peeks! Visit the TE blog to answer Taylor's Question of the Day for a chance to win one of the latest products before you can buy it!

I love any products that looks extra special, but is easy to create with.  That is the case with the series of stamps in the Bubble Greeting series - including this month's Bubble Greetings - Jingle Bells and the pre-printed borders {Boxed In} Christmas.

I picked the Christmas border with lights because I wanted the border to be careful.  I stamped Jingle All the Way then cut it with an oval from the Stitched Oval Stacklet and put that on top of the brand new Petite Scallop Oval Stacklets.  I had to add a jingle bell so used the previously release Little Bits - Jingle Bells along with some Christmas "ribbon" from last year to add the silvery sparkle.

I deliberately didn't spend a lot of time on my coloring - just a bit of minimal shading at the bottom of each letter.  This card came in under 10 minutes!!  And that can be very important in making Christmas cards!  Of course, you can go the other way on this and make it very detailed - check out the other design team members to see some amazing variations!

Yesterday I made Christian Christmas cards, today was Santa and jingle bells, tomorrow I'm focusing on nature!!  There's plenty more to see on the TE blog and be sure to come back tomorrow!

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