The March Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions are here!!!

Hi everyone!! Happy Monday!!

I am SO excited to be able to share the AMAZING March Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions with you today!!

If you have ever been to my blog (or my stamp room...grin!!), you know it's no secret that the Key Ingredients are just about my FAVORITE product in the stamping world! This months kit is certainly no exception!!

Aren't the colors and papers in this kit just DELICIOUS??? This months patterned paper is Crate Paper Brook and it is just scrumptious!! All of the members of the Bakers Dozen playing along today have a common theme with their creations...TEXTURE!!!

For my card, I opted to use an embossing folder for my texture. I used the Cuttlebug Folder, Distressed Stripes, as I just LOVE how it looks like wood...which goes perfectly with the stamps I used today, one of my FAVORITE Taylored Expressions sets ever, Branching Out!!

I did something on this card that I have NEVER done before...I stamped and colored my image on the Kraft paper included in the March Key Ingredients! I can't believe I have never done this before...I LOOOOOOVE the look of it!! I started by stamping the branch, bird & birdhouse from Branching Out in Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored the image with Copic Markers, pulling my color scheme from this delicious patterned paper!

Do you see that GORGEOUS butterfly? An assortment of butterfly embellishments, as well as Maya Road leaf trinket pins are also included in this FABULOUS new Key Ingredients!!


On my second project, I started with a Tall Gable Box, just one of the MANY favor boxes available from Taylored Expressions. I started by creating a small panel for the front of my box using the cardstock from the March Key Ingredients. I then, using Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, cut out four scalloped circles from Crate Paper Brook, distressed and sponged the edges and added a button from my stash in the center. I have been itching to make one of these flowers for a while, and I thought it would be perfect to show off some texture!!!

I added some piercing around the edge and the sentiment, "Just Because" is also from Branching Out by Taylored Expressions and it was cut out using one of the tags in the Tags Trio by Spellbinders!! I added another butterfly to the top of the box (I just LOVE them!!) and added some delish ribbon, also from the March Key Ingredients, top the handle of the box!!

I personally LOVE the Key Ingredients for some many different reasons! First and foremost, the cardstock, patterned paper and embellishments are always SO gorgeous and perfectly coordinated! The KI really makes my cards come together SO easily! Another aspect of the KI that I LOVE is that it is SUCH an amazing value!! You get SO much for the price, and it all comes in a delighful storage container that you can use for SO many purposes!! You can get ALL the deets, PLUS a delighful inspiration gallery for each KI, right HERE on the Key Ingredients Blog!!

Check out all the inspiration for the March Key Ingredients by these amazing Baker's Dozen members:

Karen Giron
Melissa Sauls
Charmaine Ikach
and of course, Taylor VanBruggen!!

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!

Thinking of You Card Recipe:
Stamps: Branching Out by Taylored Expressions
Paper: Cardstock, Choice Snow White & Crate Paper Brook, all from the March Key Ingredients
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Circle and Rectangle Nestabilities, Ribbons & Butterfly from the March Key Ingredients, Copic Markers, White Gel Pen and Foam Tape

Just Because Favor Recipe:
Stamps: Branching Out by Taylored Expressions
Paper: Cardstock, Choice Snow White & Crate Paper Brook, all from the March Key Ingredients & Tall Gable Box in Suede Brown Medium from TE Store
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes Embossing Folder, Paper Piercing Tool and Template, Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Tags Trio by Spellbinders, Button from my stash, Ribbon & Butterfly from March Key Ingredients and Foam Tape

Jodi