Happy Birthday, Kara!

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We're having a party! It a blog hop for someone very special. Kara from KandRdesigns has a birthday today! I have gotten know Kara through the 12 Kits group and I absolutely love visiting her blog. She is so creative and does the most amazing things with paper! Kara, I hope your day is wonderful!! It would be awesome if we could all actually get together to help you celebrate. But hope you will enjoy the cards instead as we all wish you a fabulous birthday and lots of crafty time in the year ahead!

Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea, was so sweet to organize our little party. Thanks, Joyce! A list of all the other blogs can be found below. 

I can't help but think of fall when I'm doing September cards so I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Leaves for my card.

To everyone--hope you enjoy the hop! 

And to Kara--Birthday Hugs!!

Sharron

Joyce
Cathy

Christina

Jeanne

Jill

Kelly G.

Kelly S.

Kim

Leigh

Lisa

Lynn

Marybeth

Michelle
Nancy

Renee

Sharron (you're here)

Tracey

Supplies

Stamps: SS-Birthday (PTI)

Cardstock: Oatmeal (WPlus9); Summer Sunrise (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Sugar Hill (Farm House)

Dies: Stitched Leaves (Lawn Fawn); Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inker)

Inks: Sepia (Versafine); Antique Linen, Wild Honey (Tim Holtz Distressed); Bamboo Leaves, Rhubarb Stalk (Memento)

Back to School

I discovered a whole new world of sweet images recently at Sassy Cheryl's Stamps--so perfect for coloring! I got three at her recent Labor Day sale and wanted to use this one for the Back to School challenges--Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and CAS-ual Fridays #114. 

Love this quote too! Mine is computer generated and I used another of my new fun toys tools--Picmonkey--to create the lined version. I never could figure the ins and outs of Photoshop Elements so thanks to a recommendation from a 12 Kits friend, this is a real lifesaver.

Hope she makes you smile,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: A #2 Pencil and a Dream Digital (Sassy Cheryl's Stamps)

Cardstock: White (WPlus9); Pure Poppy (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Ruler from Material Girl pad (Cosmo Cricket)

Additional: Twine (Martha Stewart); Scissors (Studio Calico); Copics

Monday Mood Board #19

Flowers and lace and these wonderful colors inspired my card for the current Monday Mood Board.

This is truly the most amazing stamp set EVER! LOVE!!! I added embossing for a background and a touch of lace. The simple 'hello' means I can use this card for any occasion.

I'm hoping to have more crafty time this weekend. How about you? 

Have a wonderful day,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Fresh Cut Florals (WPlus9)

Cardstock: White (WPlus9); Kraft, Spring Moss (PTI)

Dies: Fresh Cut Florals (WPlus9)

Additional: Vines Embossing Folder (Lifestyle); Lace (gift from dear friend, Jeanne); Pearls (Recollections); Bamboo Leaves, Cantaloupe; Dandelion, Morocco; Rich Cocoa (Memento Inks); Pink Grapefruit (VersaMagic Chalk Ink)

Waltzingmouse Pajama Party: August

I may be a little late to the Pajama Party but I couldn't pass up the chance to use one of my favorite Golden Oldie sets. I ordered several with my first order and still use them all but by far, my most used has been Sewing Box: Christmas. The Sewing Box sets have always been favorites for me. 

I normally do the mittens this way and sometimes like to add a matching scarf. See my first card HERE. Almost four years ago--wow! Guess it's okay to CASE yourself! And I like these clear colors better. They are the colors in the color challenge but I didn't have a blue that exactly matches. So I went with Baja Breeze by Stampin' Up--close at least. I also love how these Lil' Inker dies go so well with the Sewing Box images.

Be sure to visit Claire's blog to see all the contests and awesome entries. There's still plenty of time to enter the Bedtime Story Sketch Challenge which runs for six more days!

Thanks for coming by,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Sewing Box: Christmas (WMS)

Cardstock: Baja Breeze (Stampin' Up); Cupid's Bow, Oatmeal (WPlus9)

Patterned Paper: Silver Valley (S.E.I)

Dies: Stitched Rectangle (Lil' Inker)

Additional: Twine (The Twinery); Pearls (Martha Stewart); Teal Zeal Ink (Memento); Onyx Black Ink (Versafine)

The 12 Kits of Occasions: August

Lots of exciting changes have occurred with the 12 Kits since I last posted. First, we have a new name! While discussing plans for 2014, everyone felt we should expand our schedule to include months featuring additional special occasions. We will still be doing Christmas, just not as much. Probably most exciting is we now have our own blog, The 12 Kits of Occasions!! Sign up to follow us--you never know what surprises we will have in store for you each month. We will have some sneak peeks before the releases and on release day you can find a special project from each of the designers. There may be special posts throughout the month too.

This month our fabulous hostess is Amy, Stamp-n-Paradise! You will find a picture of all the wonderful supplies she sent in this month's kit plus a list of supplies over on The 12 Kits of Occasions blog. And she has also posted information about a little blog candy that will be given away! You won't want to miss out on the drawing!

One of the my favorites in the kit was this fantastic twine!! LOVE the two colors, so perfect for Christmas! I know I'll be needing more of this! Plus Amy included a couple of mini cards complete with envelopes. For the first one I used a tree die from WPlus9 and glued twine against the negative opening.

I used lots of the fabulous paper for my cards!!

Sadly this is Jeanne's last month with our group. She has some other commitments that will be taking quite a bit of her time so she is stepping down, at least for now. We're all wishing her the best!

So Cathy, Empty Nest Crafter, will be taking her spot. Cathy was with our original group and we are so lucky to have her return. Welcome back, Cathy! See you next month.

Enjoy the hop!  Have a wonderful day and don't forget to visit our new blog............

Sharron

 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

WPlus9 Monday Mood Board #18

I know I am posting this very late but didn't want to miss another Mood Board. And I think I could use these feathers on everything!! Love the look of cutting them out of patterned paper.

Hope you have had a wonderful weekend. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Strictly Sentiments 2 (WPlus9)

Cardstock: White (WPlus9); Fine Linen (PTI)

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

Dies: Fanciful Feathers Dies (WPlus9); Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker)

Additional: Corner Rounder Punch (Stampin' Up); Enamel Dots (MME); Onyx Black Ink (Versafine); Ribbon from 12 Kits August Kit (thanks, Christina!)

Happy Birthday, Marybeth!

Two wonderful friends, Joyce (Card by the Sea) and Cathy (Empty Nest Crafter), were so sweet to plan this blog hop to celebrate Marybeth's (Marybeth's Time for Paper) birthday.  Well, it's really a belated birthday party since her birthday was earlier this month but who wouldn't want two parties! So Marybeth, we hope you have a wonderful repeat celebration! Just want you to know how much we all love you. I feel so very fortunate to have met you through this crazy little stamping hobby! Enjoy your cards and every minute of this special day!! 

Photo Courtesy of Bubble and Sweet

For my card I used my new PTI 'birthday' die that I have wanted for ages and it just came in the mail and a Mama Elephant set that is one of my favorites. I couldn't decide on colors so went to Nichole Heady's blog where she has posted color combos for the upcoming Blog Hop. Her inspiration photo is a layered cake and while the above picture is different, it looked like something you might enjoy for your celebration.

Below is a list of all the other guests who made cards. 

Joyce

Cathy

Ally

Bev

Bonnie

Carol J.

Carol S.

Christina

Darnell

Helen

Jeanne

Jill

Kara

Kelly

Kim

Lisa

Nancy

Renee

Sharron

Sue

Tracey

Vickie

Thanks so much for coming to the party and helping Marybeth celebrate! 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: So Breezy (Mama Elephant); Say It Loud-Winter Holidays (WMS)

Cardstock: Ballet Slippers (WPlus9): Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Hey Birdie (Kaiser Craft)

Dies: Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker)

Additional: Stickles, Copics: Onyx Black Ink (Versafine)