August 20th Key Ingredients

It's that time of the month...time to showcase the monthly Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions. This kit was really fun to work with...the colours, the rubons, the ribbon and bling...YUM! I just LOVE how everything coordinates perfectly...Taylor's got such a good eye and she really makes it easy to be creative with every Key Ingredients kit! You can see how the kit is packaged for subscribers here in Taylor's fab video.

Taylor challenged us to use the kit and create quick and simple 10 minute cards, and we also had to incorporate the rubons. Helloooooooooooo....the rubons are so pretty that I decided they should take center stage. All supplies used are from the August 20th Key Ingredients.

On the first two cards I incorporated sayings from Faith & Hope to complement the tree and flower rubons.

This next card needs a little explanation. I placed the gorgeous rubon onto acetate (which doesn't show up in the photo) then adhered the acetate to the card front so the entire card is really glossy and super pretty IRL. The sentiment, from Branching Out, is stamped directly onto the red card base under the acetate.

This last card is my fave! I used the branch and sentiment from Branching Out and Branching Out Coordinates then added the owl and flower rubons.

I was so pleased that I literally whipped these cards up in no time flat! Aren't the patterned papers just gorgeous?!? Well, I had plenty of supplies left after creating these four cards so I decided to decorate a Perfect Package Card Box to house my cards. Again I kept the design really simple. This may have taken fifteen minutes instead of ten and it coordinates beautifully!

EXTRA, EXTRA...Read All About It!!!

Have you heard the news about the 3 month and 6 month subscription programs? Taylored Expressions is offering both of these on a monthly charge basis rather than having to pay for it all up front. So now you can craft on a budget with fabulously coordinated supplies! How cool is that?!? Sign up for the subscription service to receive the Key Ingredients kits released the 20th of each month for just $15.95 a month plush shipping for the 3 month subscription. Or for the best value, purchase the 6 month subscription for just $14.95 a month plus shipping and as a BONUS Taylor will include 2 Perfect Package Card Boxes ($5.95 value) FREE if you order by August 25th! Of course all of the Key Ingredients kits are also available for individual purchase ($16.95 each) while they last. Click here to read all about the benefits for Key Ingredients Subscribers.

I know some of the other Baker's Dozen have cooked up wonderful samples too so let's go check them out!

Dawn Easton

Denise Marzec

Jen del Muro

Laurie Schmidlin

Sankari Wegman

and Taylor Van Bruggen

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen