Taylored Expressions February Key Ingredients Kit Count Down

 Happy Thursday Everyone!  Today marks the first day of the Taylored Expressions February Key Ingredients Kit Count Down!  On the 15th of each month a new Kit is released and you're going to love this months Kit, it's filled with gorgeous designer papers from My Mind's Eye, cardstock, decorative brads, ribbons, flowers and more!  For all of the details and to see Taylor's fabulous projects on the Key Ingredients blog today you can click here.

For my first set of projects using this month's Kit I decided to go with a soft monochromatic birthday card and tin.  I used the Taylored Expressions stamp sets Summer Afternoon, Branching Out and Discover Your Wings.

 For the card I used the double sided designer paper and used one side of the paper for the top portion of my card and the other side for the bottom and added a band of the blue cardstock below the center, then added my stitching and ribbon.  I stamped the pretty flower ivy image with the butterflies and dragonfly from the Summer Afternoon set onto the vanilla cardstock from the Kit and added a scallop mat.  Then cut out a 1 5/8" circle of the vanilla cardstock and stamped my "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Branching Out set, I added a mat and adhered it to the center of the image.  I stamped the butterfly from the Discover Your Wings stamp set and added a touch of glitter to the tips of it's wings and added it to the center circle.

 For the tin I repeated most of the same steps I did for the matching card except I added two layered flowers and a pearl brad {love these embellishments from the Kit} to the center circles as well as a bow from the matching ribbon and two glittered butterflies from the Summer Afternoon stamp set.  I wrapped the designer paper around the bottom portion of my tin and added a band of the ribbon around the top edge of the lid.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!