The 12 Kits of Occasions: August with Michele "A Spoonful of Sugar"

Hi all! Goodness, here we are at the end of summer and the start of school! It's so hard to believe how fast this year has flown by! And since it's the last day of the month it's also time for another 12 Kits of Occasions reveal. Our little group has dwindled a bit and we are keeping things going with just 10 of us. But we're as enthusiastic as ever and ready to share this month's "A Spoonful of Sugar" creations, which is also our newest member's first kit. You're going to love all the fabulous goodies that Michele, I Card Everyone, has sent us this month! See a little peek in the photo below. Her kit included so many wonderful images, really cool papers and lots of fun embellishments. There was even a secret element that Michele said was something that would seem out of place. But after several looks at the supplies, I decided there just wasn't anything that met that criteria. Wanting to play along and make a guess I went with a little coat hanger paper clip. Guess who was totally wrong! Can't wait to find out the answer........

If you've never visited Michele's blog, be sure to drop by today. She does the most amazing creations and often adds a bit of humor that can bring a little sunshine to anyone's day! 

We also have a special guest designer this month. It's someone you might remember as she been with us before. And she does gorgeous designs!! To find out who it is, just click HERE to go to the 12 Kits blog. When there, you can also find links to all the other designers' blogs and a link at the top to a list of supplies that were included in our kits.

PHOTO BY MICHELE

Here is my hanger card! The first picture is the one I posted on the 12 Kits blog. The second is my rescue card after I discovered the vellum was completely coming off the front. I used an almost empty can of vellum spray so it must have been too dry. So a frame to the rescue! The dotted vellum is placed over a piece of black paper with large white polka dots. Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps. Dies are from Lil' Inker.

MICHELE INCLUDED SEVERAL SENTIMENTS THAT SHE HAD TYPED.  I USED ONE FOR THE INSIDE OF THIS CARD BUT RETYPED IT SO I COULD USE THE YELLOW POLKA DOTS.

REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE AND HAVING MOM KISS YOUR OUCHY (OR BOO- BOO) COULD MAGICALLY MAKE IT ALL BETTER!!! THE FUNKY FONT IS SCHOOLHOUSE CURSIVE.

LOTS OF CHERRIES HERE. THE BOTTOM PATTERNED PAPER IS A CHERRY DESIGN TOO!

LOVE THE COLOR OF THIS PAPER! IT MAKES ME THINK OF STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM. THERE'S NO COMFORT FOOD QUITE AS GOOD AS ICE CREAM--AT LEAST FOR ME! SO I MADE THIS CARD WITH A FOLDING TAG DIE BY LIL' INKER AND THOUGHT A GIFT CARD TO A FAVORITE ICE CREAM STORE WOULD BE FUN!

HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE TAG MICHELE INCLUDED!

HAD TO DO A SHAKER CARD FOR MICHELE'S PURE INNOCENCE SWEETIE! I TRIED TO USE A DOT TECHNIQUE FOR THE BEAR'S FUR BUT JUST ENDED UP WITH A TOO DARK BEAR!

DON'T YOU LOVE THIS WOODGRAIN!

AND LASTLY A CARD WITH A SENTIMENT THAT CONTINUES TO THE INSIDE OF THE CARD.

Thanks so much for your visit! We love being able to share our 12 Kits creations each month.

Hope it's fun and inspirational for you as well! 

Enjoy the hop,

Sharron

"POP UP" Challenge featuring Lines

Surprise!!!---I am actually posting a card that isn't part of a 12 Kits of Occasions reveal! I have been such a bad blogger this summer! Kathy over at The Daily Marker is featuring a Pop Up Challenge featuring lines so I was tempted to give it a try. Recently I was lucky enough to go with a friend, who does a lot of tangling designs, to the school district's Learning Center. They have a huge file of large dies! We cut some to have larger images to use for tangling designs. I cut these small fish as well. This is my first attempt so I know it isn't the best but it's a fun new paper technique to play with. You can create any designs that you want. I used a 0.1 black marker. I also took the opportunity to try some ink 'smooshing' for the background. After about six tries with that, I decided to go with this one!

Edited to note I did use a layer of acetate under the frame.

I thought it might make a good masculine birthday card!

Thanks so much for visiting and letting me share,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Pond Life (PTI)

Paper: White Cardstock (Michael's); Watercolor Paper (Strathmore)

Dies: Fish; Large Deckled Rectangles (Spellbinders); Sending (SSS)

Markers: Black 0.1 (Staedtler); Copic Y17, YR04

The 12 Kits of Occasions: "Christmas in July" with Cathy

Goodness, the summer has really flown by! Now on this last day of the month I am here with my July post for the 12 Kits of Occasions. Our fabulous hostess is Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter and the theme is none other than "Christmas in July". Seems that most of our members have had a busier than usual summer so it's fun to have this monthly get-together and a chance to share.

Sadly, one of our members has found it necessary to step down. Kelly, Gingham Girl, has found that her busy schedule means she must limit her crafting activities. We have loved the time she has been with us and always enjoy her incredible creations. We all wish you well, Kelly! You will be missed!!

If you haven't started on Christmas cards yet, we hope our projects this month will give you some inspiration. The photo below shows some of the marvelous supplies Cathy put together. I instantly fell in love with the wonderful patterned papers and knew I would definitely be using the deer! Thanks, Cathy!!! This has been a fantastic kit! I was amazed how the cards came together so easily. And I still have so many supplies to enjoy!

We also have a special guest designer with us this month. Lisa Elton of My Paper Tales has some wonderful projects for you to see. Be sure to visit her blog and give her a little love! I'm anxious to see what she's done with Cathy's kit too. Just click HERE to connect with the 12 Kits blog and to links to Lisa's and all the 12 Kits members' blogs. A list of supplies for this month can be found at the top also.

PHOTO BY TRACEY

I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THIS LITTLE WOOD CUT-OUT THAT CATHY INCLUDED IN MY KIT.  SO TO CREATE A SHAKER ELEMENT, I SEARCHED MY SUPPLIES AND FINALLY FOUND THIS SMALL SNOWMAN IN MY STASH THAT WOULD FIT. DID YOU SEE THE SQUIRREL???

Thank you so much for your visit! Are you ready to start creating for Christmas yet!!

Enjoy the rest of the hop,

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: Second Helpings

Hello everyone! We are back again with monthly posts from the 12 Kits of Occasions team. We unfortunately lost a couple of our members at the beginning of the year and decided to leave one month open so we could use some of the many supplies we accumulate from kits. So this month is our chance to do just that. You will be able to enjoy second helpings of our January to May themes. I also included cards using Cathy's kit featuring babies from December! I had them all together in a box and had forgotten that hers wasn't officially from 2015!! I think new year's babies can count though! I had many more ideas but not enough time to do all the cards that I had envisioned. But here are a few!

The bear and border are embossed images that Cathy sent in her baby themed kit. I colored the bear with Copics and then added a couple of the die cuts she included.

Here is another baby card. I did add the bunny and a sentiment from Avery Elle's Storybook set.

Below are supplies from Tracey"s Tickled Pink kit. I wanted to use the feathers and this is a simple card where I added the 'happy' die cuts by Winnie and Walter and 'birthday' from PTI.

I love how Michele used several of the images from the great patterned paper that Marybeth included with her Song of the South kit.

MICHELE'S CARD

MY VERSION: THE SENTIMENT IS FROM WPLUS9. I COLORED THE STRAWBERRY WITH COPICS AND BRUSHED THE BERRY WITH CLEAR WINK OF STELLA.

For my last card I used a card done by Kim for inspiration. This was also from Marybeth's kit, Song of the South.

KIM'S CARD

MY VERSION

Don't miss the many other creations from the rest of our group, plus those by Taunya Butler who is again guesting with us. She was a guest designer in February when I prepared the Bye, Bye, Birdie kit and we are really lucky to have her back with us. Just click HERE to connect to the 12 Kits blog where you will find links to all their blogs.

Hope you enjoy the hop and get lots of inspiration!

Sharron

CAS-ology: Story "Chapter 2"!

I am really down to the wire with this CAS-ology post but I just finished coloring it and wanted to include it with this week's challenge. The image is a digital one from Sassy Cheryl's Good Read-Maddie (colored with Copics) and the sentiment is from Mo Manning. I wanted to add something in the blank space on the book front and found this sentiment in PTI's Tiny Tags. It 'almost' fits perfectly! The border is a die cut from WPlus9's Sunshine Layers. I love that die set!

Hope your week is off to a great start! Maybe you will find some relaxing time to enjoy a good book! 

Thanks for dropping by,

Sharron

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