Be like a flower... Taylored Expressions June Key Ingredients Kit

Happy Sunday, everyone! I have another card for you today using Taylored Expressions June Key Ingredients Kit. Everything I used on this card except the stamp set, ink, and Nestabilities dies come in the kit.

I stamped this beautiful silhouetted image from Summer Afternoon using Memento Tuxedo Black ink on card stock from the kit and cut it out with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die. Then I added the sentiment in the center and popped it up on a Scalloped Circle mat.

I added ribbon and a bow, a paper flower and a brad, all from the kit, to finish it off. I really love that large circle image and sentiment--I think they play off the gorgeous paper in the kit perfectly!

If you're not familiar with Taylored Expressions' Key Ingredients Kits, you can get all the details at the Key Ingredients Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Summer Afternoon (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: Taylored Expressions June Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories/tools: Vagabond (Tim Holtz); Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); ribbon, flower, brad (June Key Ingredients Kit)

Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients June Promotion

If you are not a current Key Ingredients Subscriber, now is a great time to join the monthly kit club!  You will have so much fun creating with all the coordinating elements right at your fingertips! Perhaps you've been sitting on the fence thinking about it for a while. And if all the regular subscriber benefits aren't enough, we might have just the Special Offer you need to take the plunge!

• Enroll in a 6 month Key Ingredients Subscription with payment to be charged to your credit or debit card monthly and receive your choice of one of the following Mini or Petite stamp sets absolutely FREE: Crafty Expressions, Beary Special Accessories, You're my Type Upper, You're my Type Lower & #'s, A Little Love, Moka Olivia, Moka Charlotte, Capture my Heart, Collectors Anonymous, Summer Wreath.
  
• Enroll in a  6 month Key Ingredients Subscription with one upfront payment and choose a FREE stamp set (Full-size, Mini or Petite) from this list: Miniature Motifs, Borderlicious, Fashionista, Bakery Business, Trick or Sweet II, Sweet Indulgence, Love Everywhere, Tweet Hearts, Luxurious Labels, Sweet Occasions, Crafty Expressions, Beary Special Accessories, You're my Type Upper, You're my Type Lower & #'s, A Little Love, Moka Olivia, Moka Charlotte, Capture my Heart, Collectors Anonymous, Summer Wreath.
  
• IMPORTANT: Do not add the FREE stamp set to your cart. Leave a comment at checkout with your selection and we'll make sure it gets included with your first KI shipment.
• Offer good to new Subscribers only through June 30th.  You will receive the June KI kit while supplies last.  If we run out of June kits, we will notify you and your first shipment will be the July kit.
  
• A note to our current Subscribers - you received a special renewal offer via e-mail last week. Please e-mail us at kits@tayloredexpressions.com if you missed it.

Want to see one of the projects I made with the June kit? It’s posted on the Key Ingredients Blog if you want all the details, but here are a few pictures to whet your appetite :)

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients

Here's a peek at a little project I've got up over at the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients blog today.

 Wanna see the rest of my project? You'll have to head on over to the Key Ingredients blog :)

Baby - Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit

Today I have a sweet little baby card using May's Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kit. As soon as I saw this little birdie paper I thought "BABY"!!!

This card is super simple and CAS :) No stamping involved and everything came in the kit except the Copic marker I used to color the fabulous Thickers and the border punch for the lacy border. You just can't beat that! This card also works for the Shabby Tea Room challenge for this week: Sweet Baby.

If you're not familiar with the Key Ingredients kits, be sure to check them out HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~

Stamps: None

Paper: May Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: None

Accessories: ribbon, Thickers (Key Ingredients Kit); Copic marker; border punch (Martha Stewart)

Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Sneak

Today it’s my turn to post over on the Key Ingredients blog. I made a sweet little gift set that’s so timely right about now. Here’s a little peek at my project.

For all the details and lot of pictures, hop on over to the Key Ingredients blog.

Happy Easter

Just a little something to wish all my readers Easter Blessings.

This is my last Easter card, made with Taylored Expression's April Key Ingredients Kit. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Easter Blessings (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Taylored Expressions April Key Ingredients Kit
Ink: Memento Summer Sky, Tuxedo Black
Accessories: ribbon, roses (Taylored Expressions April Key Ingredients Kit)

Taylored Expressions Blast From the Past Blog Hop

You've either happened upon Taylored Expressions' Blast From the Past Blog Hop or you're here from another site on the hop. Whichever, WELCOME, I'm so glad you stopped by!

This month's challenge is to make a CAS card. I love to make CAS cards, but I'm not so sure this one qualifies. I'm using Taylored Expressions' April Key Ingredients Kit and I can't stop using these sweet roses! So, more embellishments than a "true" CAS card, but I tried to hold back, really I did! ;-)

I'm using an image from Taylored Expressions' Summer Afternoon stamp set, inked up with Memento Dandelion ink, then I inked up the stems with a SU! Old Olive marker, huffed, and stamped. Then I cut it out with a Classic Oval Nestabilities die and matted it with a scalloped layer. I tied on that sweet yellow gingham ribbon and added some flat backed pearls from the kit, stitched around the edge, and stamped the sentiment from A Year Of Sweet Sentiments.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out all the other stampers on the hop!

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~Supplies~

Stamps: Summer Afternoon, A Year Of Sweet Sentiments (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: Taylored Expressions April Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: Mememto Dandelion, Tuxedo Black

Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Oval and Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinders); pearls, ribbon, roses (Taylored Expressions April Key Ingredients Kit); sewing machine

Happy Birthday To You - TESC #136

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! I've finally gotten around to Taylor's sketch for this two weeks--TESC136. And what a fun sketch is it--so many possibilities with this sketch!

I'm also using April's Key Ingredients Kit for just about everything on this card--and I love how it turned out! It's a simple sketch, but gives you room to stretch your creativity, KWIM?

So, first I did the big picture part of the layout and then I worked on the details. I sandwiched that sweet yellow gingham ribbon between the large elements and tied it in a bow. Then I cut the banner from patterned paper--one pattern is full of banners so why not take advantage of them, right? I cut three pennants out and adhered them to the tiny blue rick rack in the kit, then adhered it to the card. Then I stamped the cake and cake stand from Make a Wish, cut it out, and popped it up on foam.

Next, I stamped the sentiment, also from Make a Wish, and cut it out with a flag from Spellbinders' Nested Pennant set, added some flat backed pearls from the kit, and popped it up on foam, too. Finally, I added some of the sweet paper roses from the kit. To find out more about Taylored Expressions' Key Ingredients kits, click HERE. The kits take all the guess work out of matching patterned paper, card stock, ribbon and embellishments. Check it out!

Thanks SO much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Make a Wish (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Taylored Expressions April Key Ingredients Kit
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: pearls, flowers, ribbon (Taylored Expressions April Key Ingredients Kit); Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Nested Pennants (Spellbinders); foam tape

Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Blog Project

Wanna see what I did for the Key Ingredients blog this month? Here's a little teaser for you.

To see the entire project, hop on over to the Key Ingredients blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

What's Cookin'? Taylored Expressions March Key Ingredients

Happy Sunday! OMGosh! It's gotten COLD here again in South Central Virginia! It was really nice all week and now this! Yuk! 

OK, on to my card :) I'm using the brand new Taylored Expressions Sketch! Yep, that's right, Taylor has started up her sketches again! I'm so thrilled--I always loved her sketches and really missed them. Just create a card using the sketch as inspiration and upload it at SCS for a chance to win a gift certificate to the TE store. You can find all the details on her blog HERE or at the new Taylored Expressions Company Forum on SCS HERE. Hope to see lots of you folks playing this week!

Here's my card using the sketch and the March Key Ingredients Kit. I stamped the images from From the Heart and the sentiment is from From the Heart Funnies. I colored them with Copic markers and punched them out before adding a little red mat and popping them up on foam dots.

Then I tied that luscious yellow ribbon around and added the sparkly brads. All of the papers, the ribbon, and the brads are from the kit. To find out more about Taylored Expressions' Key Ingredients kits, click HERE. The kits take all the guess work out of matching patterned paper, card stock, ribbon and embellishments. Check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Supplies~

Stamps: From the Heart, From the Heart Funnies (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: Taylored Expressions March Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); ribbon, brads (Taylored Epressions March Key Ingredients Kit); foam dots (craft store); 1 1/4" round punch (EK Success); Copic markers

Thank You - Taylored Expressions March Key Ingredients Kit

Mornin', everyone! Today I have a card made with this month's Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kit.

Such a simple design but I think it turned out so sweet! Everything I used on this card, except the stamp set, the ink, and the button twine, is included in the kit. The papers are MME Stella and Rose, Gertie collection, and they are some of the prettiest papers I've seen in a while. LOVE.

So, a couple of paper patterns, accented with ribbon, set the base for this gorgeous tea pot from Taylored Expressions' creativiTEA set. The shape border is also from the set. I stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and cut it out, then stamped the sentiment on it. I popped it up on some foam dots, then added the twine-tied buttons. Finally, I stamped the teapot with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink, cut it out, and popped it up, as well.

If you haven't seen the projects that the Key Ingredients Team has posted at the Key Ingredients blog, you need to. Just sayin' ;-) You can find the Key Ingredients Blog HERE, and if you want to see the Key Ingredients Gallery, click HERE.

Thanks SO much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~

Stamps: CreativiTEA (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: Taylored Expressions March Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Rhubarb Stalk

Accessories/tools: ribbon, buttons (Taylored Expressions March Key Ingredients Kit); foam dots (craft store)

Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients - Time For Tea

Just a little heads up that I have a post on the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients blog today. Here's a little hint of what it is--hope you'll head on over there and check it out :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Taylored Expressions February Blast From the Past Blog Hop

Are you ready to hop with Taylored Expressions' February Blast From the Past Blog Hop? This one sounded like so much fun I couldn't resist! The challenge is to "create a card featuring any Taylored Expressions Stamps released prior to December 2010! The theme for our February hop is "Going Green". You may choose to use the color green in your project or "Go Green" and incorporate a recycled element into your creation."

Soooooooooooo, I decided to use green on my card. And my green is from the February Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit.

A simple layout but I love how it turned out. The only things I used that are not in the kit are the pearl flourish and the stamped sentiment, which is from the Taylored Expressions set Faith and Hope. Thanks SO much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Faith and Hope (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: February Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: flowers, brad, ribbon (February Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit); pearl flourish (craft store)

Discover Your Wings - Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients

Hi, everyone! I have a Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients project for you today! This month's kit is gorgeous! Every paper from My Mind's Eye is so elegant and there are flowers and ribbons so you know I'm happy :)

For the card above, I started with a vanilla base and added a layer of the aqua card stock included in the kit. Then I stamped one of my favorite images from Discover Your Wings with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. Next I added a strip using the aqua patterned paper and the chocolate brown card stock in the kit and stamped the sentiment at the bottom. Then I added a piece of ribbon and a two-layer flower with a fancy brad - all from the kit. I added some punched out aqua leaves ('cause flowers gotta have leaves), and finally, I stamped a butterfly from the stamp set, cut it out, and popped it up on a little strip of foam.

If you haven't seen the projects that the Key Ingredients Team has posted at the Key Ingredients blog, you need to. Just sayin' ;-) You can find the Key Ingredients Blog HERE, and if you want to see the Key Ingredients Gallery, click HERE.

Thanks SO much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Discover Your Wings (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: Taylored Expressions February Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories/tools: ribbon, flowers, brad (Taylored Expressions February Key Ingredients Kit); leaf punch (Martha Stewart); foam tape (craft store)

Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Blog Post

Wanna see what I made for this month's Key Ingredients Kit? Well, take your little self on over to the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Blog and check it out! Here's a little taste of what you'll see :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day and I'll see you over there!

Happy Heart Day- C4C #71

Happy Saturday, everyone! Are you ready for another Crazy 4 Challenges challenge? Maria continues as our host for the month and she's challenging us with a sketch this week.

You knew I wasn't going to do a square card, didn't you? ;-) I decided to put some more of my Taylored Expressions January Key Ingredients kit to work for another Valentine's Day card. I used the Taylored Expressions stamp set Love Everywhere for the sentiment and the pink hearts behind the popped up hearts on the focal image. I thought they'd make a cute background. All card stock and patterned paper are from the kit.

Then I added the lattice hearts (I backed them with some solid hearts from the kit), some ribbon, and some buttons, all from the kit.

Taylor is offering the following special for NEW 6-month subscribers (you've never been a subscriber before):

NEW SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL

During each month of your 6-month subscription, we'll send you a FREE GIFT with your kit! And we're even telling you what it is so if you want to be surprised then try to forget before these arrive on your doorstep! *grin*

JANUARY: Free Animals in Love A la Carte Stamp (of our choice)

FEBRUARY: Free Multi-colored Tiny Twinkles

MARCH: Free package of Choice Cardstock (10 sheets)

APRIL: Free jar of glitter (color of our choice)

MAY: Free package of cardstock that coordinates with the March kit (10 sheets)

JUNE: Free Perfect Package Card Box

This comes to over $20.00 in free products during the length of your subscription! What do you need to do to get these goodies? Just purchase a 6-month subscription from the TE Store before January 31st and we'll automatically send your gifts each month of your subscription!

RENEW OR EXTEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION

Are you a previous or current subscriber to the Key Ingredients kits? We appreciate your business and we want to pass along some freebies to you as well! If you renew or extend your subscription for 6 months by January 31st, you'll receive the following free goodies for the next three months:

FEBRUARY: Free Multi-colored Tiny Twinkles

MARCH: Free package of Choice Cardstock (10 sheets)

APRIL: Free jar of glitter (color of our choice)

What do you need to do to get these goodies? If you're renewing your subscription (i.e. you've been a subscriber before, but not currently), just purchase a 6-month subscription at the TE Store and your free goodies will be automatically shipped to you! If you're a current subscriber and would like to extend your subscription for an additional 6 months, send an email to kits@tayloredexpressions.com and we'll update your profile and make sure the freebies are automatically shipped to you!

Sooooo, NOW, be sure to check out the samples by the rest of my crazy girls...er, I mean the Crazy 4 Challenges team ;-)

• Angela Wood
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lynda Benden
• Maria Bell
• Silke Kittmann
• Silke Ledlow
• Tammy Hershberger
• Vicki Garrett
  

THEN, you know what to do--we'd love to have you come along and play with us. Just do your thing with the challenge and link it to Mr. Linky on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Please link directly to your project. And, if you upload to a public gallery, please use the key word C4C71.

Thanks so much for dropping in today! 

~Supplies~

Stamps: Love Everywhere (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: January Key Ingredients Kit (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Rose Bud

Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Petite Oval and Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinders); buttons, ribbon, hearts (Key Ingredients Kit); baker's twine

Love Is In the Air - Taylored Expressions January Key Ingredients

I've got another card for you today using this month's Key Ingredients Kit from Taylored Expressions. This kit is chocked full of yumminess, I tell ya!

I wanted to use the Love Is In the Air sentiment from Love Everywhere with these gorgeous glittered up hearts, so I stamped the balloon strings from Make a Wish and substituted the hearts for the balloons. I love how it turned out! Then I stamped the sentiment beside the balloons and finished off the card with patterned paper and a buttoned bow.

All of the papers, the ribbon, the button, and the glittered hearts came from the kit--and there's lots more of all waiting on me :)

Have you seen the fabulous specials that Taylor is offering this month for subscriber to the Key Ingredients Kit?  You can see Taylor's Post from earlier this week for all the details!

New Subscriber Special - During each month of your 6-month subscription, Taylored Expressions will send you a FREE GIFT with your kit for a total of $20 in free product for the length of your subscription!

Current Subscriber Special - Renew or extend your subscription for 6 months by January 31st and get 3 months worth of free goodies!

And be sure to check out the KI Gallery for more inspiration from our KI Design Team throughout the month!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Love Everywhere, Make a Wish (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: January Key Ingredients Kit (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: ribbon, button, glitter hearts (Taylored Expressions); baker's twine

Sending You Love - Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients

Um, I have a little announcement to make today. I'm the newest member of the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients team. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too stinkin' COOL, right??

You can get all the details about that and this month's kit on the Key Ingredients Blog, so dash on over there to see all the yumminess Taylor has in store for you this month.

Here's a card I made with the kit. I'm using Taylored Expressions' Love Everywhere set for this card, and other than the stamps, the ink, baker's twine, and foam, everything else is included in the kit. I stamped the tree and mailbox with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and the hearts with Memento Lady Bug. The hearts and the mailbox were "fussy cut" and popped up for dimension. Isn't this paper just the sweetest?! Lots of shimmery goodness, I tell ya!

NEW SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL

During each month of your 6-month subscription, we'll send you a FREE GIFT with your kit! And we're even telling you what it is so if you want to be surprised then try to forget before these arrive on your doorstep! *grin*

JANUARY: Free Animals in Love A la Carte Stamp (of our choice)
FEBRUARY: Free Multi-colored Tiny Twinkles
MARCH: Free package of Choice Cardstock (10 sheets)
APRIL: Free jar of glitter (color of our choice)
MAY: Free package of cardstock that coordinates with the March kit (10 sheets)
JUNE: Free Perfect Package Card Box

This comes to over $20.00 in free products during the length of your subscription! What do you need to do to get these goodies? Just purchase a 6-month subscription from the TE Store before January 31st and we'll automatically send your gifts each month of your subscription!

RENEW OR EXTEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION

Are you a previous or current subscriber to the Key Ingredients kits? We appreciate your business and we want to pass along some freebies to you as well! If you renew or extend your subscription for 6 months by January 31st, you'll receive the following free goodies for the next three months:

FEBRUARY: Free Multi-colored Tiny Twinkles
MARCH: Free package of Choice Cardstock (10 sheets)
APRIL: Free jar of glitter (color of our choice)

What do you need to do to get these goodies? If you're renewing your subscription (i.e. you've been a subscriber before, but not currently), just purchase a 6-month subscription at the TE Store and your free goodies will be automatically shipped to you! If you're a current subscriber and would like to extend your subscription for an additional 6 months, send an email to kits@tayloredexpressions.com and we'll update your profile and make sure the freebies are automatically shipped to you!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and be sure to check out the Key Ingredients blog for some awesome inspiration!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Love Everywhere (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: Key Ingredients January Kit (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Lady Bug

Accessories/tools: ribbon, button (Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit); baker's twine, pop dots (craft store)