Berry Sweet

Is it cold where you live? The Midwest has gotten the one-two punch with lots of snow and then frigid temps–burrrrr! What better way to spend these cold days that to craft!? Yay! Today Taylored Expressionshas some new fun for creating Valentine treats! These are perfect for classmates, coworkers, neighbors, friends and even leave one for the mail carrier!

There is a fun Kids Valentine kit over at TE, be sure to check that out, but today, I’m sharing others here–Sweet sweet Strawberries and these adorable flower pops!

These Strawberries are created with the Berry Sweet Treat and the tags are made with The Berry Best stamp set–eeeeeep! These are so cute and the perfect size to tuck a treat into–or several! (You can fit a few Dove Chocolates in here or several Tootsie Rolls, to name a couple 😉)

And TE also has these Berry Baskets available to purchase! I need to grab a few more of those because I think they’d be fun for lots of fun ahead!

I stamped my Strawberries with the seed stamps from the Berry Sweet set, but honestly, they are adorable just plain too! I love these so much! They are easy to die cut and then tie up with twine. (I recommend going back through all the holes and weave them through twice–super easy and it makes them tie up beautifully in a snap!)

Pretty sure I used every TE pink, red and green to create these cuties!

As I was making them and die cutting the stem, I realized they would make a fun Tomato! So I made those too :). The Mini Strip is from the Mini Strips-Floral set.

This one makes a cute little 3 x 3 Valentine or note. 😊🍅

Next up, we have the I’m a Sucker for You! These could not be easier too! I stamped mine with different background stamps (Chicken Wire Background, Rainbows All Around Background, Ticks & Tacks Background) but you could easily leave them plain and in bunches or in singles–adorable!

I doubled up the leaves, but one die cut is plenty. 🙂

I had to add a sweet bee from the The Bee’s Knees Stamp & Stencil Combo too. 🙂

Tootsie Pops, Blow Pops or fancy lollipops all work! Ohhhh remember those layered ones–pastel colors in rows? Those would be fun too! 🙂 And now I can’t stop singing that song! 🙂

I recommend using High Tack Double-Sided Tape, 1/4″ to quickly put these together–truly stick and done! 🙂

These are so fun to make!! 🙂

All these products are available now over at Taylored Expressions. See my links below 🙂

Strawberries/Tomato card:

Lollipop Treats:

Find the TE Blog Post HERE with lots of treat filled inspiration from the TE Creative Team! 😉

Thanks so much for stopping by! 🙂

Take care-

Jill

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One of my favorite releases at Taylored Expressionsis always the Second Chance release. Not only because I always love the freebies (and who doesn’t like a gift?), but because there are always little additions added when they officially release into the TE Catalog of goodness.

So let’s give these a Second Chance–in case you missed them in round one!

First up, we have the Berry Sweet–I could not love this Berry Basket more! I am looking at everything now and wondering if I can put it in this Berry Basket? 🙂

Of course, these scream summer to me, and berries and gingham go hand in hand for summer, so naturally, I used the Gingham Checked Background, cut out with the Stitched Frame Stacklets 3. I created an ombre Gingham starting with Gumball at the top and Blueberry at the bottom.

I thought it would be fun to make the leaves in two different greens and stitch those up. I actually die cut a ridiculous amount of leaves and have those all ready to go for more cards (hopefully) soon! 🙂 The background is created with the Stitched with Love Cutting Plate and I added some Stickles to wrap this one up sweetly!

Next up, let’s checked out the Sketched Hearts! I think this one was from around the time of the Valentine’s release? Or was it in February? Hmmmmm either way, it’s a fun one! I thought I’d mix it up and use the hearts to create a flower–and goodness–I didn’t know it would work out so well. These are the perfect hearts for such! 🙂

I used Blue Raspberry to die cut the hearts, which I was happy about because apparently I don’t use too much Blue Raspberry. Who knew? I used an Easy Strip (1/8″) to create the stem out of Granny Smith.

I used the Rounded Rectangle Stacklets and the Ridged Rounded Rectangle Stacklets to create the border on Cupcake cardstock and the Cloudy Skies Piercing Plate for the background. The sentiment is from the Mini Strips – Floral stamp set. Such a sweet and simple card.

Lastly for today, I created this simple little Thank You using the Beautiful Butterflies Die and the Foil It – Beautiful Butterflies.

I didn’t add the Butterfly torso on here–instead it lays on my desk still 😂. But I recommend doing that. The sentiments are from the New Mini Strips – Fluttering By and of course the Mini Strips dies to cut those out of Dragon Fruit cardstock. (Have I mentioned how much I love Dragon Fruit?😍)

The circle placemat is create with the Petite Scallop Circle Stacklets and the Embossing Folder Dotted Diamonds. Simply delightful!

These could be created in batches for sure! 🙂

And I thought I’d add in the projects I made before, using some of these Second Chance products releasing today. Note: There are lots of fun additions now–including dies to cut some of these goodies out! LOVE that! You can find all these goodies in the Second Chance release today.

Here’s the scoop from Taylored Expressions:

Right now through Sunday, July 23rd, when you purchase 5 or more items from the Second Chance category in the TE webstore, you’ll get 15% off! It’s the perfect way to collect all of the sets you missed out on + the new coordinating products and save at the same time! Discount applies only to items in the Second Chance category. Offer valid while supplies last.

Also, all of our Rainbow Royalty and Super Fans will earn DOUBLE CRAFTY POINTS on your purchases now through July 20th! CLICK HERE to learn more about our Crafty Points Loyalty Program and how you can achieve Rainbow Royalty and Super Fan status!

All these products are available now over at Taylored Expressions. See my links below 🙂

Strawberry card: