The 12 Kits of Holidays: July

It's that time again!! The last day of the month is that special day when each member of the 12 Kits group gets to share what they made with the fantastic supplies that were mailed out the first of the month. We are now on the 19th month with this amazing concept and I feel just as excited each month when my kit arrives as I did the first time. This month the theme is Birthdays and our wonderful hostess is Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts. Thanks, Christina, for making this month seem like a party! Your kit was awesome!!

The photo below, taken by our very talented photographer, Kara, gives you a snapshot of the gorgeous goodies we received. I LOVED the papers and all the great elements--every one so perfect for a birthday celebration. I instantly had so many ideas of things to make and only time kept me from making more cards than I have posted.

PHOTO BY KARA

Christina send us several sentiments with parts embossed in gold. I wish the gold on the 'SPECIAL' photographed better but it is gorgeous IRL! I had seen a similar card, which I loved, using banners with a sentiment and using wood hearts some time ago . Unfortunately I can't remember where and on whose blog but to whoever you are, thanks for the inspiration!

My last two cards are almost alike but still I bit different. I made these for our granddaughers' birthday. They were 10 on Sunday!! 

You can find a complete list of supplies on Christina's blog. I did add a few items: the wood veneer butterflies, the sentiment on the third card which is from PTI Strictly Sentiments-Birthdays and the tiny bow on the last two cards. It is from Lil' Inkers Flip Flop dies.

Below is the list of all the other 12 Kits participants. Don't miss any of the blogs. There is always wonderful things to see. 

Thanks so much for visiting! We'll see you next month when our hostess will be Amy, Stamp-N-Paradise.

 Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea

   Renee, It's a Patchwork Life

   Tracey, In My Creative Opinion

  Sharron, On Papillon Wings  You are here!

Marybeth, Marybeth's Time for Paper

Jeanne, A Kept Life

Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts

Amy, Stamp-N-Paradise

Kim, Cupcakes, Cards and Kim

Kara, KandRdesigns

  Kelly, Gingham Girl

Jessica, The Paper Parade

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Feeling Nautical

There's an exciting new challenge that started this month called Curtain Call!

I wanted to give it a try but wasn't sure what I could use. I keep seeing really cool nautical dies that I plan to order but--well, you know how that goes! Then I remembered about this Wilson Designs set that I haven't had out for TWO years!! Wow, time flies!

So with no dies, I stamped the wheel and anchor and fussy cut them! Usually I love doing this and find it relaxing. However, these are VERY small and getting around the anchor especially was a bit of a challenge! Definitely not a mass production project!!

I cut two of the Lil' Inker Stitched Circles and glued a piece of blue cardstock over part of the back. I stamped the sails but did the boat separately, gluing it so it overlapped the bottom of the cardstock. Then I paper pieced the sails--so the 'sky' would show in the background. After attaching the two pieces of patterned paper, I glued the circle on top, lining up the boat so it barely overlapped the bottom piece and hopefully giving the idea of water.

This has been a fun challenge. Be sure to check on all the DT projects made with wonderful Verve stamps and dies. There is still plenty of time to enter--deadline isn't for 3 days yet!

Thanks for letting me share,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Nauti-Cool (Wilson Designs)

Cardstock: White (WPlus9); Unk blue (Bazzill)

Patterned Paper: Oxford Lane (My Mind's Eye)

Dies: Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker); Double-ended Banners (PTI)

Inks: Paris Dusk (Memento); Toffee (Amuse)

Additional: Button Twine (WMS)

Mojo Monday Sketch: Happy 300!

Congrats to Verve's Mojo Monday 300th Challenge! Wow, definitely a reason to celebrate! There is quite a party going on and if you haven't already, please sure to check out everything HERE. There are some awesome prizes too! So as luck would have it, my WMS order came today!! And I couldn't wait to use the feathers. I am soooooo in LOVE with these new stamps! So here is my first try with the feathers.

The top one I stamped with Potter's Clay. The second was first stamped in blue, then overstamped in brown. And for the last one I used grey with some black on the feather tips. All were fussy cut.

I don't usually use so many layers so I struggled a little but it was fun! The patterned base is from a Bo Bunny Country Garden pad. The scalloped circle was stamped with a wreath from Rustic Branches which I colored with Copics. The little tag is a Milk & Cookies die stamped with sentiment and bird from Teeny Trees.

Hubby came up as I had everything out and asked me if I had enough stamps--lol!! Just shows how you need a variety from lots of companies to find the perfect thing you need!!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Fine Feathers, Teeny Trees (WMS); Rustic Branches (PTI)

Cardstock: Soft Stone, Spring Rain, Fine Linen, Vintage Cream (PTI), Textured Gold (Unk)

Patterned Paper: Country Garden (Bo Bunny)

Dies: Labels 1 (Spellbinders); Half & Half, Limitless Layers 1 1/4" (PTI); Milk & Cookies (WPlus9)

Ink: Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, Potter's Clay (Memento); Slate (Amuse); Aegean Blue (VersaMagic); Onyx Black (Versafine); Copics

Embossing Folder: Leafy Branch (Cuttlebug)