The 12 Kits of Occasions: May, "In the Navy" with Joyce

PHOTO BY KARA

Hi and welcome to another reveal of the 12 Kits of Occasions. It's summer and the theme is 'In the Navy'--featuring things that have a nautical theme and can work for those masculine cards that are sometimes harder to make. Our wonderful hostess is Joyce, Cards-by-the Sea, and you can see by looking at the picture above that she sent us an awesome collection of supplies. There are great stamped images and patterned papers and those very cool die cuts. The complete list of supplies can be found here. And when you go visit the 12 Kits blog, be sure to check out who this month's special guest designers are--and yes, there are two!! Links to the blogs of all the participants are on the 12 Kits blog also.

I did use a couple of things not in the kit--two PTI dies. For this first card I used the Notched Star Banners. 

And for this card I used the Phrase Play #4 die. I just got it with my last order and thought it was a fun way to use the patterned papers Joyce sent. I also used some coordinated red and white polka dot paper that came in the kit to decorate the inside. Aren't these papers great!

Another wonderful die cut!!

Thanks so much for dropping by! Perhaps we have will have helped you with ideas for Father's Day or some other occasion where a masculine card is needed.

Thanks again also to Joyce for an amazing kit! 

Hope you enjoy the hop,

Sharron

Runway Inspired Challenge #60

I have been so busy with a special event our daylily club is hosting that I almost didn't get this posted for the current Runway Inspired Challenge! I am loving origami images and when I saw the challenge photo, I knew I wanted to use this little bear in Mama Elephant's Origami set. He was colored with various yellow Copic markers. The 'Missing You' stamp is from Altenew and I used a stencil to create the background. The paper is from a pad sent to me by a sweet friend last Christmas.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the 12 Kits of Occasions May reveal. Joyce is our hostess and has filled the kit with wonderful products that are for Father's Day/masculine projects. And we have two guest designers so you will be able to see what they made too.

Hope to see you tomorrow,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Origami (Mama Elephant); Label Love (Altenew)

Cardstock: SS White, Tropical Teal (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Sugar Chic (Heidi Swapp)

Stencil: Mini Tile Texture (Crafter's Workshop)

Inks: Teal Zeal (Memento); Onyx Black (Versafine); Copics

Enjoy Your Day!

Hope everyone is having a relaxing Memorial Day weekend!  I had a chance to participate in this month's PTI Challenge, something that I haven't done for quite a while. I love the colors!!

I have been spending time playing with different watercolor techniques and am loving the new Wet Paint sentiments. And for this time of year, peonies are a perfect flower.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to Enjoy Your Day!

Sharron

Happy Birthday!!!

Hello, sweet friends! I am trying very hard to get caught up on all the blog comments I have been so remiss in doing. And I've challenged myself to post more this month! So I thought it would fun to first post some birthday cards. These are two I made for birthdays for two of our granddaughters.

This one is using Mama Elephant Origami. Aren't those little animals adorable! I selected the fox for one of our granddaughters card who just turned nine. Included in her birthday gift was an origami book. I always try to match cards to something in their gifts so this set was perfect. The sentiment is from PTI. Several layers of the die cut add a little dimension as do the pinked squares from WPlus9.

My second card is for Elizabeth who just turned seven last week. Part of her gift included an outfit with two tops from Gymboree, my favorite place to shop for the little ones. Her favorite color is orange and one of the tees has a bright summer theme to go with her orange skort.

So of course her card had to have a sun!

This is a digital image from Sassy Cheryl Digital Stamps. I used the SSS curved die given to me by a sweet friend, Kara from KandRDesigns. The sentiment from MFT was embossed in gold.

Wishing everyone a great week!

Sharron

Supplies

Card #1 

Stamps: Origami (Mama Elephant); SS-Birthday (PTI)

Dies: Birthday (PTI); Pinked Squares (WPlus9); Floating Hearts (Lil' Inker)

Cardstock: Berry Sorbet (PTI); White (Recollections); Sahara Sand (Stampin' Up)

Inks: Pale Tomato (Hero Arts); Copics

Card #2

Stamps: You Are My Sunshine (Sassy Cheryl Digitals); On the Line (My Favorite Things)

Dies: Curved Die (Simon Says Stamps)

Cardstock: Melon Berry (PTI); White (Recollections)

Additional: Versamark Ink: Copics; Gold Embossing Powder (Ranger); Wink of Stella Clear