The 12 Days of Occasions: January with Jeanne "Snow Day"

It's the last day of January and here in Kansas we have had only a small amount of snow. So luckily I have had this month's kit to get my snow fix! The theme is "Snow Day" and our hostess, Jeanne of A Kept Life provided us with a ton of amazing supplies. She always does awesome kits and this one is no exception. I hardly made a dent in the supplies. There were many wonderful papers (Jeanne's specialty) and fabulous die cuts, stamped images and embellishments. See the photo below for a peek at what we received at the beginning of the month.

Jeanne also has a couple of guest designers. Cathy Weber who is a retired member of the 12 Kits is making an appearance. And Richard Breaks is with us again. Jeanne also had a drawing for a kit and the winner was Marcia Hill. She is also a former guest designer. We are thrilled to have them all with us this month. Be sure to visit each of their blogs! Click HERE to connect with the 12 Kits blog where you will find links to all the members and guests. A list of Jeanne's supplies can also be found at the top of the post.

COLLAGE/PHOTO BY LINDSEY

I love to have little critters and images that I can color so I especially enjoyed these adorable Pretty Pink Posh images. They are super easy to color too!

Look at all the wonderful snow elements! Jeanne also included some snowflake charms. I used one to tie on with this snowman scene.

The sentiment is BRRRR---perfect with the ice fishing bear!

This was my goof-up card! First I didn't get the shading for the snow the way I wanted. The die cut image was a bear on a sled (one piece). Unfortunately I tried to color the sled red and it bled all over the place. If you have ever tried to clean up Copic reds you know what a mess that can be. I didn't want to give up the cute bear so I cut him out and created my own sled out of red cardstock! I asked hubby if he liked him with or without the sunglasses and he voted for the glasses!!

And my last card is this cute little bird! Isn't she sweet! I will stop talking now so you can go visit all the other blogs. There is so much to see! Thanks so much for visiting and letting us share.

Enjoy the hop,

Sharron

New Twofer Challenge!

If anyone hasn't heard, Darnell has started her very first challenge! Although I've been very lax about entering challenges, I knew I had to do this one. She has this wonderful idea about getting more use out of our stamps and dies by doing more designs with the same supplies. This first theme is FEATHERS and everyone is to create cards for two different occasions using the same stamps and/or dies. For all the rules and a more complete explanation, please go HERE. There is wonderful inspiration from Darnell and the design team.

I have two feather sets and I decided to use the one from WPlus9, Fanciful Feathers. I was playing around with options when Therese, Lost in Paper, posted this amazing card. Isn't her design wonderful! And I fell in love with the blue!

Thanks, Therese, for the great inspiration. And also your hubby for giving you that wonderful book. 

The blue I chose was Bo Peep from WPlus9. It is such a lovely soft color. I also used a WPlus9 heart die. The sentiment (Chickadees) and owl (Framed Owl) are both from Technique Tuesday.

This could be used as a sympathy or encouragement card, for a man or anyone. The cardstock is SoftStone by PTI and the patterned paper is Black and White Basics, an older pad by them also. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps, Handwritten Floral Greetings. I also used PTI's Mix and Mat Pinked Edge dies.

If you haven't yet visited Darnell's challenge blog, you must pay a visit. And help support her new adventure by creating something with feathers! Congrats, Darnell!!!!

Have a wonderful day--and week! Thanks for visiting!

Sharron