TEBB Challenge #1 Hosted by Taylor

Good morning! We’re so excited you’re joining us for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash! We’ve got tons of fun challenges and tons of great prizes to celebrate Cuppie’s 1st Birthday!

A new challenge will be posted each hour by our fabulous Baker’s Dozen design team! We’ll have a variety of challenges including sketch, technique, color, and inspiration. You’ll have 5 days to complete these challenges and be eligible for the prizes.

I’m starting the day off with our first challenge, an inspiration challenge. I picked this piece because it’s bright, fun, and it puts a smile on my face! Oh… and it’s packed with inspiration!
So what do you need to do to participate?

CHALLENGE: Get inspired by the photo! Pull out a color combination, image, theme, or maybe even a layout and use it to create anything your heart desires! You’re not required to use Taylored Expressions images for our challenges.

KEYWORD: Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (or both). If you’re uploading to online galleries, use the keyword TEBBTV. Then come back to this challenge and leave a comment with a direct link to your creation! In order to be eligible for the prizes, you must leave a comment with a link to your card by midnight PST Wednesday, September 9th.

PRIZE: I will choose my favorite creation from among all the participants and mail you the card I created for this challenge along with a $10.00 gift certificate to the TE Store!

GRAND PRIZE: One random person who participates in ALL 13 of our Birthday Bash challenges will receive a $50 gift certificate to the TE Store in addition to an 8x10 custom watercolor Cuppie painting by our very own Jessie Oleson! Click here to check out all of Jessie's adorable artwork at her Etsy Shop. Once you complete and link all 13 challenges, send an email to tayloredexpressions@gmail.com to be eligible for our grand prize! Just include your name and “I completed all 13 challenges!”

Here's the card I created for my inspiration challenge! It's also doubling as my TE Sketch Challenge card this week. The inspiration photo put me in the mood for a birthday party so I grabbed my Sweet Celebration stamp set (currently available at the TE Store for 40% off!) and I also drew my color inspiration from the above photo. I enjoyed working with this color combination so much that I wanted to give all of you the opportunity to try it as well. You can purchase two sheets of each of these colors as part of our new TE Color Pick Cardstock!

The next challenge will be posted one hour from now so what are you waiting for.... it's time to get stamping! I can't wait to see what you come up with!