july key ingredients challenge

Good morning! Today, Taylor has challenged some of the Baker's Dozen to create a home decor item or housewarming gift using the July Key Ingredients kit. The minute I saw the kit, I was SUPER excited to start crafting with it - it is SO cute! The paper this month is from Cosmo Cricket {Early Bird} and the colors are so trendy!

When I saw all the flower chipboard pieces in the kit, I instantly thought of making a little flower bouquet, but wondered what I should do with it. Do I add buttons to the centers, or brads, or bows....? oh hey, I'll put photos of my precious little ones in the centers and make a fun little gift for one of the Grandmas. I looked up some quotations about grandmothers online and I found this one, which is so perfect, "A garden of love grows in a grandmother's heart." ~ unknown. I used Photoshop Elements to make my sentiment and printed it on Choice Buttercream cardstock and added it to the chipboard center of the big oval flower. To add the paper to the chipboard I used Tombo Multi Adhesive and then cut the shapes out with a hobby blade. I used a precision file set to smooth out the edges. Here is a new product for me - Liquid Pearls! I added little drops of Liquid Pearls in the petals of the big round flower and I have to say that I'm very disappointed in myself for not using this marvelous embellishment before. Love it! This is why I love these monthly kits - they introduce me to new products! I used sticky strip to wrap more paper around pencils and then tied the stitched olive ribbon around the stem to make it look like the leaves. What do you think? I just can't decide which grandma to give this to now - might have to make another one, haha.

Don't forget to sign up for the 3-month or 6-month KI subscription - you can get your Key Ingredients delivered right to your doorstep at a discounted price!

Want to see more fantastic projects? Check out the rest of the Baker's Dozen participants for this month's challenge.

Ana Wohlfahrt
Charmaine Ikach
Donna Baker
Jodi Collins
Laura Fredrickson
Taylor VanBruggen

Thanks for stopping by today!
Karen


recipe -
paper: choice buttercream cardstock (taylored expressions), early bird paper (cosmo cricket)
accessories: {flower chipboard, lemon yellow liquid pearls, olive stitched grosgrain ribbon, olive satin ribbon, all from july key ingredients - taylored expressions}, sherbet buttons (stampin' up!), ecru embroidering floss, pencils, sticky strip, mini glue dots, precision file set (basic grey)