The 12 Kits of Occasions: May, "In the Navy" with Joyce

PHOTO BY KARA

Hi and welcome to another reveal of the 12 Kits of Occasions. It's summer and the theme is 'In the Navy'--featuring things that have a nautical theme and can work for those masculine cards that are sometimes harder to make. Our wonderful hostess is Joyce, Cards-by-the Sea, and you can see by looking at the picture above that she sent us an awesome collection of supplies. There are great stamped images and patterned papers and those very cool die cuts. The complete list of supplies can be found here. And when you go visit the 12 Kits blog, be sure to check out who this month's special guest designers are--and yes, there are two!! Links to the blogs of all the participants are on the 12 Kits blog also.

I did use a couple of things not in the kit--two PTI dies. For this first card I used the Notched Star Banners. 

And for this card I used the Phrase Play #4 die. I just got it with my last order and thought it was a fun way to use the patterned papers Joyce sent. I also used some coordinated red and white polka dot paper that came in the kit to decorate the inside. Aren't these papers great!

Another wonderful die cut!!

Thanks so much for dropping by! Perhaps we have will have helped you with ideas for Father's Day or some other occasion where a masculine card is needed.

Thanks again also to Joyce for an amazing kit! 

Hope you enjoy the hop,

Sharron

Runway Inspired Challenge #60

I have been so busy with a special event our daylily club is hosting that I almost didn't get this posted for the current Runway Inspired Challenge! I am loving origami images and when I saw the challenge photo, I knew I wanted to use this little bear in Mama Elephant's Origami set. He was colored with various yellow Copic markers. The 'Missing You' stamp is from Altenew and I used a stencil to create the background. The paper is from a pad sent to me by a sweet friend last Christmas.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the 12 Kits of Occasions May reveal. Joyce is our hostess and has filled the kit with wonderful products that are for Father's Day/masculine projects. And we have two guest designers so you will be able to see what they made too.

Hope to see you tomorrow,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Origami (Mama Elephant); Label Love (Altenew)

Cardstock: SS White, Tropical Teal (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Sugar Chic (Heidi Swapp)

Stencil: Mini Tile Texture (Crafter's Workshop)

Inks: Teal Zeal (Memento); Onyx Black (Versafine); Copics

Enjoy Your Day!

Hope everyone is having a relaxing Memorial Day weekend!  I had a chance to participate in this month's PTI Challenge, something that I haven't done for quite a while. I love the colors!!

I have been spending time playing with different watercolor techniques and am loving the new Wet Paint sentiments. And for this time of year, peonies are a perfect flower.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to Enjoy Your Day!

Sharron

Happy Birthday!!!

Hello, sweet friends! I am trying very hard to get caught up on all the blog comments I have been so remiss in doing. And I've challenged myself to post more this month! So I thought it would fun to first post some birthday cards. These are two I made for birthdays for two of our granddaughters.

This one is using Mama Elephant Origami. Aren't those little animals adorable! I selected the fox for one of our granddaughters card who just turned nine. Included in her birthday gift was an origami book. I always try to match cards to something in their gifts so this set was perfect. The sentiment is from PTI. Several layers of the die cut add a little dimension as do the pinked squares from WPlus9.

My second card is for Elizabeth who just turned seven last week. Part of her gift included an outfit with two tops from Gymboree, my favorite place to shop for the little ones. Her favorite color is orange and one of the tees has a bright summer theme to go with her orange skort.

So of course her card had to have a sun!

This is a digital image from Sassy Cheryl Digital Stamps. I used the SSS curved die given to me by a sweet friend, Kara from KandRDesigns. The sentiment from MFT was embossed in gold.

Wishing everyone a great week!

Sharron

Supplies

Card #1 

Stamps: Origami (Mama Elephant); SS-Birthday (PTI)

Dies: Birthday (PTI); Pinked Squares (WPlus9); Floating Hearts (Lil' Inker)

Cardstock: Berry Sorbet (PTI); White (Recollections); Sahara Sand (Stampin' Up)

Inks: Pale Tomato (Hero Arts); Copics

Card #2

Stamps: You Are My Sunshine (Sassy Cheryl Digitals); On the Line (My Favorite Things)

Dies: Curved Die (Simon Says Stamps)

Cardstock: Melon Berry (PTI); White (Recollections)

Additional: Versamark Ink: Copics; Gold Embossing Powder (Ranger); Wink of Stella Clear

The 12 Kits of Occasions: April Showers & Spring Flowers

Time for another 12 Kits of Occasions post! And this month you can enjoy gorgeous bright colors and lots of wonderful flowers. Our hostess is Jeanne from A Kept Life. Jeanne has the most amazing style, really styles would be more appropriate, as she does fabulous designs that could be with many layers and embellishments or totally CAS! Either way, they are awesome! And she loves bright colors and flowers, so she is the perfect gal for hostess this month. And to top it all off, she is a very sweet friend.

Wait until you see all the fantastic supplies she included in this month's kit. I don't know what I was more excited about--the beautiful papers, the fabulous colors, the huge supply of die cuts (most new to me) or the plentiful embellishments. Jeanne finds the coolest ribbons & sparkly beauties! The photo below shows just a few. And our thanks to Kara who once again made the great photo collage. Besides sending this wonderful kit to all of us, Jeanne selected two guest designers, Nancy Penir, Artful Notions, and Erin Theim, Homemade Cards by Erin. Welcome to both of you!

PHOTO BY KARA

Below are my four cards. I'm so anxious to see what everyone else has created because I have LOTS of supplies left!!! Thanks again, Jeanne. I LOVED your kit!

A supply list is available here on The 12 Kits blog. My cards were made with supplies in the kit but I did use a Lil' Inker 'hello' stamp and some Lil' Inker dies (ovals, rectangles, tags).

You can find links for our guest designers and all the 12 Kits participants on the 12 Kits blog. Don't miss the very important note at the bottom of the post!! If you would like to be a guest designer next month, Joyce has provided a place to leave comments so you might become a lucky winner!!

Enjoy the hop,

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: March, featuring Spring & Easter

I feel awful that I haven't posted one thing since the last 12 Kits post. So I'm especially happy to replace my snowman cards with cards that reflect Spring. I'm sure there are many people who have had all the snow they can stand for one year!

This month our hostess is Kelly, from Gingham Girl, and she sent us this fabulous kit! (See photo below) It was chock full of bunnies and birds, a wonderful variety of flowers, Easter eggs and lots of embellishments. Way too much to list everything but one of my very favorites was the paper! It was swoon-worthy! I was tempted to hoard everything but was good and cut into some of the awesome patterns for my cards below!! You can find a list of all the supplies at The 12 Kits of Occasions blog. Be sure to click on the link to also find pictures submitted by all our members plus a special guest that Kelly invited. Karen from Crrafty Mama's Kitchen is this month's guest designer. Be sure to visit her blog to see the great ways she has used Kelly's kit. Links to all the other 12 Kits members can be found on the 12 Kits blog also.

A big thank you to Kelly for a fantastic kit and treating us to so many fantastic supplies. Loved it, Kelly! And a shout out also to Kara for taking the great photo below.

PHOTO BY KARA

Kelly also included one of my favorite ever Waltzingmouse images--the cute bunny on my first card. Since I have the Lil' Buddies set, I stamped another bunny on the polka dot paper and was able to do a little paper piecing.

I'm also entering this card in the Fusion Card Challenge. I thought the sketch was a great design for using the large egg die cut.

Wish you could see this Easter card IRL. The eggs and butterfly were brushed with clear Wink of Stella and the heart is all shiny with Glossy Accents. Some things just aren't very photogenic!

Hope you enjoy the hop! Thank you so much for stopping by,

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasion: February "Snowblind"

PHOTO BY KARA

Isn't the photo of this month's kit gorgeous? Look at all those fabulous supplies sent by Renee, It's a Patchwork Life. Renee is this month's hostess! And since I love snowmen and snowflakes, I was a very happy camper when the kit arrived in the mail. She included a LOT of snowflakes and supplies for several different snow people plus all kinds of other goodies. I had such fun with her kit. Thank you so much, Renee!!

Also, once again we have a Guest Designer. Renee held a contest to select one person to win a kit just like the one all of us received. A big welcome to Judy from Judy's Card Corner. Be sure to visit her blog to see what she created and leave her a little love. We're thrilled to have her with us this month. 

Links to all the other 12 Kits members' blogs can be found HERE on the 12 Kits of Occasions blog. A list of kit supplies is also available there.

Can you see the embossing paste snowflakes in the card below? Actually I used modeling paste cause that's all I had but it works great. They give more fun texture to the glitter paper that Renee sent. And aren't those snow people adorable--love these die cuts!

Another snowman!

And one more!!

I'm sure you'll love all the wonderful snow projects you'll find on your hop around to all the other blogs! Thanks so much for letting us share.

Have a great day,

Sharron