May 20th Key Ingredients Subscription from Taylored Expressions

I’m excited to share this month’s key ingredient subscription supplies with you, along with an exclusive Baker’s Dozen project I made!  You know that’s one of the many benefits to joining this key ingredients subscription, each month you and here they are in a nutshell (you can visit Taylor’s blog for the complete rundown:

Tons of creativity in a box!
Key Ingredients savings
You get them FIRST!
Fun Monthly Challenge
Baker’s Dozen Samples
Storage
Store Discount

For my project this month, Taylor challenged us to make a set of all occasion  note cards that will be ready in a flash when needed with no sentiment on the front, additionally, to incorporate some stitching (faux or real).  I made my note cards for my sister as a thank you for when we stay with her (funny, I made my project in March for her too-remember the flower chipboard album from my trip in October?).  She loves my cards and it’s been a while since I gave her some.  I packaged them in a clear box so you can see the card on the back side & stamped envelope on the front (wanted the tag to stand out). 


I first set out to find some stamps that would not compete with the great patterns in this collection of patterned papers so I got out my Botanical Dreams set by Gina K. Designs.  I used some retired SU! colors True Thyme & Cranberry Crisp and stamped one sheet of Choice Buttercream cardstock with it.  Then I cut them down for the fronts.  I made 8 note cards but had a few sheets left over.  

Here’s a picture of all my supplies: pads, markers, sponges, scor-bug for my faux stitching (have you used that yet? it’s so quick & fun to use!), ribbons, embellishments and cardstock bases. 

My faux stitching was done on my stamped panels and I adhered various pattern papers on the fronts along with different embellishments (in which I barely made a dent into---I could have easily made double the cards just adding a few more sheets of cardstock!)

It was so fun mixing & matching all the patterned paper & embellishments!  These cards are my favorites.

Thanks for sticking with me with this LONG post! 

 

You can always find inspiration for our monthly subscription kits under the keyword TEKISMay (for this month) on SCS and as you begin creating with your Key Ingredients, we hope you'll use this same keyword when you upload so we can see what you make! 

Mondays in May Special at Taylored Expressions
The TE Favor Box Sampler. Taylored Expressions is proud to offer a wide variety of favor boxes and die cuts in your choice of 40 different Prism cardstock colors. Each favor box is offered in a minimum quantity of 10 (same style and same color) for only .50 per box. We know that many of you would like to try several of our most popular favor boxes and just have some fun playing with them, so we've created a sampler of 10 customer favorites in a variety of colors of our choice. This sampler is available this week only at the very special price of only $3.00 - that's an incredible 40% off! Limit 3 Samplers per customer. The offer ends 5/24/09. Samplers will not be available after 5/24/09, so don't delay!

Here are the other members of the design team who have their projects to share today! 

Taylor VanBruggen
Ana Wohlfahrt
Charmaine Ikach
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Laura Frederickson