12 Kits of Occasions-May with Jeanne: Let's Hear It for the Boys

I'm always excited when this time of month arrives. Even if I get swamped with other things, I love having some time to play with one of the awesome kits that are sent out each month. With Father's Day in a couple of weeks, this month is perfect for concentrating on the guys in our lives. Masculine designs are usually a bit more difficult and I was thrilled to see all the wonderful products. Our hostess is Jeanne, A Kept Life, and you would have been as amazed as I was to see all the goodies (see photo below). She included great stamped images and fun sentiments, a fabulous selection of embellishments (including a special gift of wood die cuts) and the most wonderful dies! I could have made so many more cards!! Thank you so much, Jeanne. I loved your kit!

You are going to have a wonderful and extra busy time visiting blogs this month! In addition to our regular members, we have two guest designers and the winner of a guest designer contest. To read about everyone click HERE to connect to the 12 Kits blog. There is also a link at the top that includes a list of Jeanne's supplies. I'm really anxious to see what everyone created!

COLLAGE DONE BY KELLY

I didn't add comments about supplies with my pictures. Most everything was from Jeanne's kit but if you have a question about some other supply, just let me know.

I love that you took the time to visit. Be sure you make it around to all the other blogs!

And have a wonderful, wonderful day,

Sharron

CAS-ology #148: Story

Besides working on my 12 Kits of Occasions post, I've been working on some challenges. The first is CAS-ology where this week's cue word is 'Story'. My design is definitely CAS, something that I can struggle with at times. There is lots of white but the negative of that is it's very difficult to get a good picture.

I thought of this sentiment as soon as I saw the cue word. It's by an unknown author and I made a computer generated version. The box outline is a WMS stamp called Frame It. Do you remember when that was a really popular concept? The birds are Penny Black dies (Tweets) and the hearts are from WPlus9 (Love Birds). They are brushed with Wink of Stella and topped with Glossy Accents. I also used the border die from a recent WPlus9 set--Sunshine Layers.

I need to finish my 12 Kits write-ups before bedtime. Don't forget to check all the posts in the morning. I also have another CAS-ology card that is partly done and I'm hoping to get it posted by the deadline!

Thanks for visiting. Hope to see you again tomorrow!

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: April with Tracey "I'm Tickled Pink"

We're all Tickled Pink to be back with another 12 Kits reveal! Can you guess what the theme is this month!! Our wonderfully talented hostess is Tracey, In My Creative Opinion, and she sent each of us a fabulous kit full of lots of pink and spring-themed goodies.  See Kelly's photo collage above for a peek at our supplies. Tracey includes the most wonderful papers, die cuts and embellishments. The papers were such fun to play with and made putting cards together so easy. Thank you, Tracey---I LOVED your kit! 

Most of the supplies I used came from the kit but where I added something additional I added notes below the pictures. 

SUN DIE CUT USED A LIL' INKER DIE AND THE UMBRELLA WAS CUT WITH A WPLUS9 DIE. THE LEAVES ARE FROM BIGGER BLOOMS BY PTI.

SHOULD HAVE ADDED MORE SEQUINS!! I THINK THESE STAMPED FLOWERS WERE MY FAVORITE FROM THE KIT AND I LOVE THE SENTIMENT. DIE CUT 'GRASS' IS FROM PTI'S TINSEL AND TAGS.

BLUE BIRD IS CUT WITH A PENNY BLACK DIE AND COLORED WITH COPICS.

EMBOSSED SENTIMENT IS FROM PTI'S WET PAINT III.

JASMINE IS COLORED WITH COPICS.

There is always so much to see so be sure to visit all the blogs. Just click HERE to link to the 12 Kits blog to find the names of all the other members plus our special guest designer. We are so fortunate to have one of our former members with us this month. Suzanne Dahlberg. Freshly Noted, does such amazing work so please visit her blog and leave a little love and thanks for sharing her designs with us.

Thanks so much for visiting!
Hope you enjoy the hop,

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: March with Marybeth!

Welcome to another installment of the 12 Kits of Occasions 2015 monthly reveals! Our theme is Song of the South and our marvelous hostess is Marybeth, Marybeth's Time for Paper. The collage above was done by Kelly and shows some of the fabulous supplies Marybeth sent to each of us. There were fantastic patterned papers, gorgeous stamped images, lots of die cuts and wonderful embellishments. I loved the kit--so many options! There were several other designs that I had started laying out but just didn't have time to finish--ah, perfect for later! And I love to color so my first two cards are images from the kit where I added a bit of color using Copics. Plus Marybeth included several large tags--so cool! 

SENTIMENT FROM LIL' INKER

SPEECH BUBBLE FROM WPLUS9

SENTIMENT DIE CUTS FROM SIMON SAYS STAMPS

SENTIMENT ON STRAWBERRY AND SCALLOPED DIE CUT FROM WPLUS9

Links to all the other 12 Kits members are on the 12 Kits blog HERE! We also have a very special guest designer this month. Can you guess? It's one of our past and very much missed members--Renee from It's a Patchwork Life! We are SO happy to have her back for a visit!!!

To check on supplies provided in our kits, click HERE. I am always so happy to see all the visitors each month. Thanks for taking the time to stop by! And be sure to come back next month when Jeanne, A Kept Life, will be our hostess.

Enjoy the hop,

Sharron

Happy Birthday, Gracie!

Super busy this weekend, getting ready for some company. But I did make this card today for one of the granddaughter's birthday. She will be ten this week! They are moving from cold, snowy Ohio to sunny California as soon as school is out so I ordered this digital from Tiddly Inks, "Wryn at the Beach". And I had to get something from Gymboree so I found this See Ya tee. Three of the granddaughters are about to outgrow the sizes there. Bummer--I am so spoiled as I love their clothes!

I also used the sun from WPlus9's Sending Sunshine set and a sentiment from Lil' Inker. For coloring this time I used a combination of Copics and Prismacolor colored pencils. I especially liked doing hair with both. There's also a bit of Wink of Stella on her bag but as always it doesn't show up here.

I'm also entering this week's CAS-ology challenge. The theme is Tropical!

Thanks for visiting! I am again behind with blog visits but hope to catch up soon!

Sharron

MIM: Doodling with Stamps

Sadly I've haven't participated in a Make It Monday at PTI for ages! But with some encouragement from  a sweet 12 Kits buddy, I wanted to give it a try. This week's challenge is "Doodling with Stamps" with a video by Ashley Newell. I played around with samples first using Garden of Life, a set that I've had almost as long as I've been stamping and I still love it. Don't know if I did a good job arranging the flowers but I'm anxious to do this technique again. It's really easy and fun! The Wet Paint sentiments seem perfect with the whimsical hand-drawn doodling.

Thanks a bunch for letting me share,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Garden of Life, Wet Paint III (PTI)

Cardstock: Soft Stone (PTI); White (Recollections)

Ink: Fresh Peach (Hero Arts); Cantaloupe (Memento) Onyx Black (Versafine); Sharpie Extra Fine-Black

Additional: Enamel Dots (My Mind's Eye)

Cas(e) this Sketch #112

LINK TO CHALLENGE

Couldn't believe it took me three tries to get this simple card done! After using some tape that tore my paper and getting too much glue on everything, I had to start over. Then after I got the second one done, I didn't like the patterned paper I used for the sentiment. But all turned out with the addition of some gold cardstock and an embossed hummingbird. My card actually ended up a lot better than I had planned!

Thanks so much for taking a peek! Hope you're having a great week!

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Ori Kami (Altenew)

Cardstock: Blueberry Sky, Lemon Tart (PTI), White (Recollections), Gold (LSS)

Dies: Thanks (Memory Box)

Additional: Gold Embossing Powder (Ranger)