Key Ingredients Challenge

Yep!  It's time for another Key Ingredients Challenge and boy do we have some extra goodies for you today!   Some of the Baker's Dozen, and some special guest players, have fantastic little projects for you using January's Key Ingredients.  If you haven't already eaten this morning, you may want to grab a little something because today's challenge is to make something food related.  Yum!  I have some fun announcements for you too, so be sure to read to the very end of this post.

For my little project, I wanted to create something fun for a date night "in".  I find it difficult to find time (not to mention the $$) to go out every week with my husband, especially having 3 little kiddos, but we do find time to spend with each other after the kids have gone to bed and have a little date the weeks we don't actually go out.  Other nights, you can find me stamping away, LOL!

I started by stamping the little house from Love Everywhere in Memento Rich Cocoa and again in Soft Sky.  I used a large oval Nestabilities die to cut the oval and then sponged it in Soft Sky and popped the house and heart up on dimensionals.  The house is a cute little symbol for a date night in, don't you think?  Do you see that adorable crocheted flower?  Jodi's mother made them for us to give to you in your kit!  SO much fun!

For my scrumptious bag of Poppycock (cashew lovers, mmmm!), I stamped the little hearts from Love Everywhere in random places all over the front of the Kraft Bakery Bag in Memento Rich Cocoa and then made up a little tag using stamps from other TE sets.  Gotta show them some love too!  The scallop frame is from Luxurious Labels and the sentiment (which I LOVE) is from The Places You'll Go (which just sold out yesterday, so CLICK HERE to be notified when it is back in stock).  So much fun to mix and match!  I used a length of blue ribbon from the Key Ingredients to attach it to the bag.  I can't wait to rip that bag open!!  haha!

Here are some exciting announcements regarding the Key Ingredients Subscriptions and for more detailed information, you can check out Taylor's blog too.

• A fantastic new website is now available, just for the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients - how fun is that?  Now you can see all the information for the subscription kits right in one spot.
• Limited Time Subscription Special. Purchase (or renew) a 6 month subscription on or before January 17th and receive a FREE Key Ingredients Kit upon the completion of your 6 month subscription. This kit (a $23.95 value including shipping) will be an exclusive kit that will never be available in the TE Store!
• Beat the price increase - Increased shipping costs on both our shipments to you and the products we receive from manufacturers have forced us to increase the cost of our subscription. Prices will increase as of January 18th, to $23.95 per month for 6 month subscriptions and $25.95 per month for 3 month subscriptions. However, if you subscribe or renew by January 17th you’ll receive the current pricing of $21.95 per month for 6 months or $22.95 per month for 3 months. You can renew your subscription no matter how many months you have remaining on your current subscription. Your renewal will simply add 3 or 6 additional months. Remember you only get the FREE EXCLUSIVE KIT with the 6 month option.

OK, now you need to head on over to see the rest of the delicious treating waiting for you this morning!  Hop on over to see:

Laura Leonard

Lisa Hjulberg

Lynn Mercurio

Randi Barrett

Sunghee Chon

Candace Mitchell

Kathie Bailey

Taylor VanBruggen

Jodi Collins

Melissa Sauls

Donna Baker

Charmaine Ikach

Jeanie Witmer

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Karen

recipe -

Stamps: Love Everywhere, Luxurious Labels, The Places You'll Go

Paper: Prism Suede Brown Dark, Prism Island Mist Light, Choice Snow White card stock, Basic Grey Nook & Pantry patterned paper

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Soft Sky

Accessories: chocolate crocheted flower, buttons, Apron Lace punch (Fiskars), Heart To Heart punch (SU!), chocolate stitched grosgrain ribbon, light blue grosgrain ribbon, linen thread, large classic oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), stampin' dimensionals