Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge!

Hi all! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! I have Sooo been looking forward to sharing today's Exciting Baker's Dozen post with you all today!! Yay! 8-) Taylored Expressions is introducing a new monthly challenge for the design team:  The Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge.  This will be an opportunity for us to share what makes our stamping studios hum.  Each month we will have a fun, crafty question so we can share our favorites, some tips and tricks, stamping advice and more.

The question for July is:

You are stranded on a desert island. The good news is that you find a fabulous stamping hut well-stocked with papers, inks and other stamping supplies, however you only have the 5 stamp sets you brought with you in the luggage you managed to salvage. So tell us, what stamps sets did you bring and why?

What a Great question, huh?... 8-)  I really had  to think about this one for a bit, and let me tell you it was quite a challenge for me to pick  Just five sets, lol.  I really Adore all Taylored Expressions Fabulous stamps sets, but I think if I really had to narrow it down, I would have to go with Taylored Expressions Darling Word A la Carte stamps! They are so versatile, you can Taylor them to suit Masculine, Feminine, Fancy or CAS creations, not to mention when I travel, I travel light & they are small and easy to pack, lol 8-) 

So I'd definitely grab the five Word A la Carte sets, for the cards I seem to make the most of: It's Your Birthday A la Carte, Faith A la Carte, cause I make a lot of encouragement cards, 8-) Love A la Carte which is great for Anniversary's, Weddings and Valentines of course, Snow A la Carte for Winter &  Christmas and last but definitely not least, Thanks A la Carte! 8-) 

I stamped TE's Thanks Word A la Carte with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it up with my Trusty Copics. I cut it out and scored the edges with the help of my Score Buddy for a nice clean look and popped it up with a bit of foam tape. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of kraft CS from my stash and some Fabulous dp's from MME's Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks collection. I inked my edges with a touch of Victorian Velvet Distress ink and added a Few Sweet adhesive pearls. And the Fab Sketch is Jen Shultz's DS61.

Here are my Five Taylored Expressions A la Carte stamp set picks:

And here's one of my previously posted projects featuring another one of my Five Favorite Taylored Expressions  A la Carte sets. You can see all the details HERE... 8-)

The Baker's Dozen have more goodies for you this morning, so hop on over and see...8-)

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron 
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White   ( You are here! )
• Shelly Mercado 
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess

Hope you all have a Fantastic day & thanks so much for stopping by! 8-)