The 12 Kits of Occasions: December with Tracey "It's Christmas"

We're just a tad bit late this month due to a problem with the Canadian mail service. This month's wonderful hostess, Tracey, In My Creative Opinion, lives in Canada and we were unable to get her kits at the usual time. But they were well worth the wait! I loved all the fabulous supplies she sent. See the wonderful photo below for a glimpse of all the goodies--adorable images, great die cuts and an amazing collection of patterned papers. I'm late completing all the Christmas cards that I plan to send so it was a blessing to receive a whole new supply of products. I had been looking at ordering the MFT dog set so was especially happy to be able to try those out. It's definitely on my wish list now!

I hope our posts give you some inspiration if you too are still working on holiday projects. HERE is the link to the 12 Kits of Occasions blog where you will find links to all of our designers as well as our guest designer. Joyce Mehrberg was one of the original 12 Kits members and is joining us this month. And Tracey has provided a list of her supplies. It is located at the top of the 12 Kits blog.

PHOTO BY LINDSEY

I ADDED A COUPLE OF WPLUS9 SNOWFLAKES!

Hope you enjoy the hop! And thank you for letting us share. Whatever you may be celebrating this time of year, may you and your family have a blessed holiday season.

Hugs,

Sharron

The November 12 Kits of Occasions has been delayed!

This month Tracey is our host and with a month long strike by Canada Post,  the kits did not make it into the hands of the teams in time to post today, the last day of the month, as we usually do.

Once everyone has received their kits we will be announcing a new and special date that we will be posting our It's Christmas kit creations!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend and we will see you soon!

The 12 Kits of Occasions: "Happy Fall Y'All"

I'm so happy to have you visit this month! I love fall and have enjoyed that I got to be this month's hostess. Another thing I enjoy is creating with lots of little critters and MFT provided two wonderful new sets that were perfect for the kit. The two little girls in Fall Friends have become favorites! Hopefully the other designers found them fun too. I know you will find lots of inspiration when you visit all their blogs.

Below is a collage of some of the supplies. Lindsey is our group's very talented and sweet photographer who puts together a photo for us each month. We are so spoiled! A complete list of everything each designer received can be found over on the 12 Kits blog. HERE is the link. 

PHOTO BY LINDSEY

In addition to MFT's great stamps, I found some amazing patterned papers at Michael's. I'm kind of addicted to those large paper packs that they sell at wonderful discounts. 

Thought I should have one CAS design using some patterned paper but couldn't resist adding the adorable little squirrel.

I'm really anxious to see what everyone else did with the kit. Bet you are too! So sit back, relax and enjoy some fall treasures with us! Enjoy the hop!!

And thank you so much for letting us share,

Sharron 

The 12 Kits of Occasions: September with Kim "Under & Over the Sea"

Welcome to another reveal by The 12 Kits of Occasions! We are winding down our year and have a wonderful kit created by Kim at Cupcakes, Cards and Kim. She has been a member of the group from the very beginning and always sends fabulous supplies to get our creative juices flowing. This month is a water theme from time spent relaxing in a pool to visiting some of the ocean's magical creatures! I adore the sweet mermaids and fun otters. And I was so lucky to actually see sea otters on a trip to California a couple of years ago! No mermaids though!! );

So come with me to visit the other blogs to see what wonders they have created. Just click HERE to contact with the 12 Kits blog. We even have a guest designer who also was one of the original 12 Kits members. Can you guess who?

Below is a peek at some of the supplies sent by Kim. Lindsey is our creative photographer who each month does a wonderful collage. She spoils us that way!

PHOTO BY LINDSEY

Hope you loved Kim's supplies as much as I did! Thanks, Kim, for a wonderful month! And thanks to you for coming for a visit. Hope you enjoy the hop!

Have a great weekend,

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: August with Birgit "Fairy Tales"

This is such a fun month for us in The 12 Kits of Occasions group. We had a chance to put aside all the daily activities and join together at a playground with gnomes and fairies and all things magical! We even met a dragon or two!

Our talented and super sweet hostess is Birgit at Crafting While I Wait. This month was even more special to me as hubby and I just returned from a trip to Maine. And part of our visit included breakfast with Birgit and her very sweet husband. I had never been to New England before and have totally fallen in love with Maine! We were looking for birds so spent much of the time hiking through wonderful wooded areas and on two boat trips. And yes, that included whales and puffins!

PHOTO BY LINDSEY

Birgit included so many wonderful stamped images and fabulous dies. These especially reminded me of Maine. Loved all the ferns, mushrooms and amazing wild flowers. Along the path one day were many tiny fairy houses. And who could prove whether they were made by visitors or some of the tiny folk that lived there!

I added a couple of images from Fish in the Reef, a stamp set by Marianne Design. You can barely see the embossed bubbles or her shiny scales!

Isn't a glass of wine a perfect addition to a happy day!

Be sure to visit the 12 Kits blog to find your way to all the other participants blogs. Birgit has a

wonderful guest designer that came to play with us. I met her too when she and Birgit were in Kansas in the spring. Wait til you see her amazing creations!

Hope you enjoy the hop! Thanks again to Birgit for a magical journey. Sending all of you "a million magic wishes"! 

Looking forward to seeing you again next month,

Sharron

The12 Kits of Occasions: July with Marybeth "Summer and More"

We're back with our July posts and even more summer fun!! And the hostess for the 12 Kits of Occasions this month is the sweet and extremely talented Marybeth from Marybeth's Time for Paper. See Lindsey's wonderful collage below to get a peek at all the fantastic goodies. I adore Purple Onion  so was thrilled to open my kit and find all these charming images. Marybeth even fussy cut many of them so they were ready to color if we wished! Oh, and there were gorgeous fuchsias from Pretty Pink Posh, especially fun to color! Thank you, Marybeth, for a wonderful kit!!

I can't wait to see what all the other designers made so I'm anxious to go visiting. Hope you are too! Just click HERE to reach the 12 Kits blog where you can find links to all the blogs.

COLLAGE AND PHOTO BY LINDSEY

I love how these wonderful stamped images are made more special by the addition of some adorable Purple Onion critters!

I used a PTI Mix & Mat die set for the card below.

I used one of Jennifer McGuire's techniques to make a Shadow Box card. Here is the front,

and here is the inside!

And lastly is this fun crew off for a road trip!

Hope you are having a fun summer and that we gave you some inspiration for your summer designs.

Love when you come by!

Sharron

Celebrate One Cupcake at a Time!

I've been playing with my wonderful new The Cat's Pajamas supplies. I was so lucky to win last month's challenge! Here is one of the adorable bunnies ready for a birthday party. This is for a friend's birthday and since it's a summer birthday, I was able to use some fun paper I had in my stash--lots of yummy watermelons. There was even a pattern that worked for the paper-pieced cupcake and an envelope liner. There's still lots of time to enter this month's "Summer" Challenge. It goes until the end of the month.

Stamp set is TCP One Bunny. The sentiment is from PTI. And inside I used the sentiment that came with the bunny "Celebrate One Cupcake at a Time". Colored with Copics.

Thank you so much for coming by. 

Hope you are enjoying your summer so far,

Sharron