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TE February Key Ingredients Blog Hop!!!

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  • Key Ingredients Info and Inspiration – February 10-15 – learn all about this fantastic kit club and see samples from the Key Ingredients Design Team and the Baker’s Dozen!  Click here for all the info and start at Taylor’s blog each day for all the inspiration.
  • February Key Ingredients featuring My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found – Rosy begins shipping February 15th.  Enroll now!
  • Exclusive Vintage Dreamer Stamp Set – find out how you can get your crafty little hands on this stylish new set at 50% off for a limited time!
  • Win a Key Ingredients Kit – you can win the March Kit to try out, or have a month added on to your current subscription.  See Taylor’s blog for all the details and to enter to win!  It’s easy!

First off let me just start out my description of my card by saying I LOVE THIS KIT, lol. I wish I had known about these Key Ingredients Kits sooner because they really have all you need to whip up cards quick, especially when everything matches so perfectly! Each kit comes with enough paper and embellishments to make 16 cards each month! They also come packaged in an awesome storage container so you can keep all the elements of each kit together… perfect for keeping track of scraps.

I used the AMAZING new Vintage Dreamer stamp set, a Kit Club Member EXCLUSIVE stamp set that is currently on sale for 50% off until March 10, 2012. I stamped the type writer from the set on Buttercream Choice cardstock using Rich Cocoa ink. I fussy cut it out and layered it on a Take Note 3 die cut out of kraft paper. The green background paper is embossed with the new Damask Impression Plate (LOVE… it’s absolutely gorgeous) and everything on the card have been sponged lightly with Rich Cocoa ink. The bottom border is die cut with the Medium Scalloped Border die. I added a bit of hand drawn stitching and finished up the card with a bit of ribbon and a Prima Fairytale rose.

Taylored Dies/Impression Plates used on this card:

       

The layout is based on TESC152:

TESC152

Here’s a look at everything included in the kit this month:

The February Key Ingredients includes:

  • 12 sheets 8.5″x11″ cardstock (2 each of 6 different colors)
  • 1 6×6 paper pad (MME Lost and Found Rosy)
  • 5 yards of ribbon (1 yard each of 5 different styles)
  • 6 Prima Fairytale roses
  • Black Pearls

And here is a look at that GORGEOUS exclusive stamp set!

To get full details on how to sign up for the kit club and the special members only stamp set please visit Taylor’s blog!

And last but certainly not least we have a TON of inspiration for you on how to use this gorgeous kit so please hop around and see what everyone has been up to!

Taylored Expressions Calendar Challenge February

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Blast from the Past Blog Hop

It’s time for the February addition of the Taylored Expressions Calendar Challenge!

For my calendar page this month I started with the Frame Your Imagination stand paired with the 6×6 printable calendar (Taylor has both 2012 and 2013 available for those that want to work ahead  – perfect for gift making!). I used Love A La Carte as my focal point. I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black on Snow White Choice Cardstock and colored it with Copics to match My Mind’s Eye Love Me paper. I kept this page in line with the theme I started on my first calendar month. To accent the image I added a bit of Doodle Twine and cut outs from Hearts a Plenty. I added a bit of shine to the heart in LOVE with Glossy accents and popped the die cuts up on foam tape. Lastly I added a order using the Scalloped Eyelet Border Die.

I am just loving this frame! It makes a great addition to the decorations in our basement and it’s so versatile. You could really use the frame to showcase just about anything!!

Please join us this month! You can get the full details at Taylor’s blog and please feel free to jump in at any time. You can go back and participate in past months when ever you wish, the link lists on Taylor’s blog will stay open all year! If you participate in 10 or more months in 2012 there will be a drawing for a $150 Taylored Expressions prize pack!!

For more gorgeous inspiration please hop around and see what the other fantastic Baker’s Dozen designers have made!