Hi everyone! Welcome to the first Taylored Expressions Center of Attention Product Spotlight! Today we are featuring a product called Smooch. Smooch is a pearlized accent ink and comes in the most adorable packaging, similar to a nail polish bottle. It has a fine tip brush, is so easy to use and if you like to paint you'll love Smooch. I have a few pictures to share, so let's get started...
This is a picture of some chipboard stars and some Thickers chipboard letters before I applied the Smooch....
And here's the finished product! This card and gift bag will be going to one of my good friends who just had her first baby at age 42! I painted the chipboard stars and the bear's paws, belly and ears with Pool Smooch After sanding the Thickers chipboard letters, I painted them with the Nautical Navy Smooch. They were really easy to paint, however it would be hard to paint anything on the bigger side as the brush is pretty small. I did add two coats to each piece of chipboard and each letter to get a more even coverage. It dried really fast, too! I'm just giddy with how these painted pieces look!
I stamped the Bear from Beary Special onto Choice Buttercream with Memento Black ink, colored it in with Copic Markers and framed it with Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities. I then painted some Pool Smooch onto the bear's paws, belly and ears and set it aside to let it dry. The card base is Night Of Navy cardstock from Stampin' Up and the DP is by My Mind's Eye, the Abbey Road Collection. Don't you LOVE the color of the Nautical Navy Smooch on the word BABY? I just love how those letters stand out! A little machine stitching and brads finish off the card!
This is a close up of the tag. I used a large chipboard tag and star from my stash. They were both covered with the My Mind's Eye DP using Zip Dry. The Night Of Navy circles were punched out using a 1 3/4" Circle Punch and were run through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I added a jumbo pewter eyelet to the tag with a Crop-a-dile and attached the tag with some satin ribbon from Papertrey Ink.
I hope I've given you a little insight to Smooch and a couple of ways it can be used! Taylored Expressions is offering the I Want It All NEW Smooch today and tomorrow (September 16 th & 17th) at 15% off!
Don't forget to check out what the other girls from the Baker's Dozen Design Team did with Smooch:
Taylor VanBruggen
Denise Marzec
Dawn Easton
Sankari Wegman
Laurie Schmidlin
Karen Motz
Thank you for stopping by!! Have a great day!!
Stamps: Beary Special (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Night Of Navy (SU!), Choice Buttercream (TE), My Minds Eye DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Accessories & Tools: Smooch, Circle Nestabilities, Thickers Chipboard Letters, Satin Ribbon (PTI), Jumbo Eyelet (SU!), Chipboard, Brads (American Crafts), Sewing machine, Dimensionals
oooo - Love the sweet Baby gift set that got smooched in yumminess!!! lovely chipboard smoochiness and the star that shines bright is awesome!! beautiful!!!
Posted by: Sankari | September 16, 2009 at 08:10 AM
What a statement this whole ensemble makes!! The smooch just really adds that extra depth to the chipboard and makes the whole thing pop. Great job!!! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Jessica B. | September 16, 2009 at 09:03 AM
Oh my gosh, that Smooched chipboad looks AWESOME....and I love that dark blue color...I think I DEFINITELY need some Pool smooch! Gorgeous tag and card, Jackie. LOVE them both!
Posted by: Denise (peanutbee) | September 16, 2009 at 09:59 AM
Great use for the Smooch on chipboard, Jackie -- I hadn't thought of that! Darling card!
Posted by: Sharon Harnist | September 16, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Great project! I love the Smooch! Looks fun!
Posted by: Andrea Walford | September 16, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Wow, what a fun shimmery accent Smooch gives that chipboard! I love this!
Posted by: Karen Giron | September 16, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Super duper cute project - Jackie!!! The smooch looks awesome on the chipboard!!! Hugs~S~
Posted by: Silke Ledlow | September 16, 2009 at 02:23 PM
Love the shimmery metallic look to the smooch!! Great project Jackie!!
Posted by: Shannon Erskine | September 16, 2009 at 05:36 PM
how clever to use it on chipboard! I love it
Posted by: Donna Baker | September 16, 2009 at 05:41 PM
This is fabulous, Jackie! I never would have thought to paint chipboard! Love that look and your gift tag and card are simply adorable!
Posted by: Taylor | September 16, 2009 at 05:52 PM
Totally fabulous!!
Posted by: Jessie/knightrone | September 16, 2009 at 06:04 PM
You know something Jacks...you totally ROCK my world! This is AMAZING!! LOVE the idea of putting smooch on chipboard!! WOW WOW WOW!!!
Posted by: Jodi | September 16, 2009 at 08:05 PM
Eeeeek, this is soooo cool! I've been wanting to try smooch, just haven't gotten around to getting some.
Posted by: Becky C | September 16, 2009 at 08:28 PM
Oh how cool!!! I LOVE your card and tag and your friend will too!!! I will definitely have to check out some smooch : )
Posted by: Kerri Michaud | September 17, 2009 at 08:34 AM
Fabulous project Jackie! You've turned something so plain and ordinary and made it a work of art. I also adore the teddy card.
That Smooch stuff is amazing!
Hugs Viv xx
Posted by: Viv | September 18, 2009 at 02:46 AM
This is such a fabulous project. I love the matching card and tag - so precious. I love the colours and the smooch looks amazing.
Posted by: Allison F | September 20, 2009 at 03:22 PM
The smooch is awesome, I just love how it looks...I must check this out! The card is so beautiful!
Posted by: Dina | September 22, 2009 at 11:47 AM