The 12 Kits of Occasions: February with Lindsey

Welcome to another 12 Kits of Occasions reveal! Our wonderful hostess this month is Lindsey, who also does our collages and photos for each month. This month she sent us a fabulous kit full of pretty papers, great stamped and die cut sentiments and lots of fantastic images. I loved all the florals and succulents! See the photo below for an idea of all we received. Thanks so much, Lindsey, for an amazing kit. And I still have lots of leftovers!!

COLLAGE AND PHOTO BY LINDSEY

I love this Concord and 9th woodgrain panel. I thought it would work great for a bench for a bunch of succulents which came from a darling Clearly Besotted set.

This might be my favorite! Aren't the colors wonderful and I adore those blooms. Lindsey sent them already stamped and die cut.

I try to just use things from the kits. But I am so addicted to these PTI Bitty Big Collection papers. I just had to use them on several cards.

The sentiment and the tree ring just seemed made for each other. Hope you like my mod design!

Lots of gorgeous patterned papers were included!

Another PTI paper seemed to work great with the flowers that I watercolored using Lindsey's colors.

Time to visit all the other blogs. Click HERE to connect with the 12 Kits blog where you will find links to all the other members' blogs. For a list of all the supplies in Lindsey's kit, click on the link at the top. Hope you enjoy the hop!

Thanks so much for visiting,

Sharron

The 12 Days of Occasions: January with Jeanne "Snow Day"

It's the last day of January and here in Kansas we have had only a small amount of snow. So luckily I have had this month's kit to get my snow fix! The theme is "Snow Day" and our hostess, Jeanne of A Kept Life provided us with a ton of amazing supplies. She always does awesome kits and this one is no exception. I hardly made a dent in the supplies. There were many wonderful papers (Jeanne's specialty) and fabulous die cuts, stamped images and embellishments. See the photo below for a peek at what we received at the beginning of the month.

Jeanne also has a couple of guest designers. Cathy Weber who is a retired member of the 12 Kits is making an appearance. And Richard Breaks is with us again. Jeanne also had a drawing for a kit and the winner was Marcia Hill. She is also a former guest designer. We are thrilled to have them all with us this month. Be sure to visit each of their blogs! Click HERE to connect with the 12 Kits blog where you will find links to all the members and guests. A list of Jeanne's supplies can also be found at the top of the post.

COLLAGE/PHOTO BY LINDSEY

I love to have little critters and images that I can color so I especially enjoyed these adorable Pretty Pink Posh images. They are super easy to color too!

Look at all the wonderful snow elements! Jeanne also included some snowflake charms. I used one to tie on with this snowman scene.

The sentiment is BRRRR---perfect with the ice fishing bear!

This was my goof-up card! First I didn't get the shading for the snow the way I wanted. The die cut image was a bear on a sled (one piece). Unfortunately I tried to color the sled red and it bled all over the place. If you have ever tried to clean up Copic reds you know what a mess that can be. I didn't want to give up the cute bear so I cut him out and created my own sled out of red cardstock! I asked hubby if he liked him with or without the sunglasses and he voted for the glasses!!

And my last card is this cute little bird! Isn't she sweet! I will stop talking now so you can go visit all the other blogs. There is so much to see! Thanks so much for visiting and letting us share.

Enjoy the hop,

Sharron

New Twofer Challenge!

If anyone hasn't heard, Darnell has started her very first challenge! Although I've been very lax about entering challenges, I knew I had to do this one. She has this wonderful idea about getting more use out of our stamps and dies by doing more designs with the same supplies. This first theme is FEATHERS and everyone is to create cards for two different occasions using the same stamps and/or dies. For all the rules and a more complete explanation, please go HERE. There is wonderful inspiration from Darnell and the design team.

I have two feather sets and I decided to use the one from WPlus9, Fanciful Feathers. I was playing around with options when Therese, Lost in Paper, posted this amazing card. Isn't her design wonderful! And I fell in love with the blue!

Thanks, Therese, for the great inspiration. And also your hubby for giving you that wonderful book. 

The blue I chose was Bo Peep from WPlus9. It is such a lovely soft color. I also used a WPlus9 heart die. The sentiment (Chickadees) and owl (Framed Owl) are both from Technique Tuesday.

This could be used as a sympathy or encouragement card, for a man or anyone. The cardstock is SoftStone by PTI and the patterned paper is Black and White Basics, an older pad by them also. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps, Handwritten Floral Greetings. I also used PTI's Mix and Mat Pinked Edge dies.

If you haven't yet visited Darnell's challenge blog, you must pay a visit. And help support her new adventure by creating something with feathers! Congrats, Darnell!!!!

Have a wonderful day--and week! Thanks for visiting!

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: December with Tracey "Fashionista"

Well, here we are--it's not just the last day of the month but also the last day of the year! Wishing you all a very happy 2018!! I'm so glad to have you visit as we have an extra fun kit this month, put together by our very talented hostess, Tracey from In My Creative Opinion. It contained wonderful papers and lots of whimsical images. The colors are great and Tracey included a huge selection of sentiments plus several journaling cards. I especially enjoyed the journaling cards and used several on my cards. See the collage below for a peek at the supplies. The complete list can be found on the 12 Kits blog at the top, under 2017 Supplies.

COLLAGE and PHOTO BY LINDSEY

To connect to the 12 Kits blog, click HERE. Links to all the members blogs can be found there. And if you leave a comment you will be eligible to win a Snow Day kit that Jeanne has put together for January. Sorry but it needs to be for U.S. residents only so your kit can be mailed in time for the winner to create cards for posting on the last day of January. Jeanne makes awesome kits so you won't want to miss out on a chance to win!

Hope you enjoy the hop and that you get some inspiration from everyone's designs!

Thanks so much visiting and spending a bit of New Year's Eve with us!

Wishing you a happy and healthy new year with lots of moments of crafty fun!

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: November with Jessica " Christmas 2017"

Welcome to another 12 Kits of Occasions reveal! It is finally feeling a little cooler and more typical weather here and with the passing of Thanksgiving, all the holiday activities are in full swing. So we are helping you get into the Christmas spirit with this month's fabulous kit. Our wonderful hostess is Jessica from The Paper Parade. Jessica's kits usually have some fun little critter images and so I was thrilled to unwrap mine this month. See the photo below to see some of the things included. The complete list can be found on the 12 Kits blog, at the top under Supplies for 2017. Jessica included lots of sweet images and the coolest selection of papers. Love all those plaids! And there is still so many I didn't get to use. Can't wait to see what my fellow members have created. I bet you do too so click HERE to connect to the 12 Kits blog.

Please excuse the slightly off colors today. My computer was just updated with new software and the photo editing section was a bit of a challenge! 

PHOTO COLLAGE BY LINDSEY

These sweet little angels are a favorite of mine. And the 'peace' banner seems to be made for them to hold over the charming little village below. I used a Mama Elephant confetti die to cut some sparkly gold stars.

I added an embossed plaid background to make these cozy images and sentiment even more "warm and fuzzy".

There have been quite a few yeti sets done lately. These are from Mama Elephant. I decided to use both of the ones Jessica sent--one for the front and one for the inside.

And here is the inside!

Below I added a sentiment from WPlus9.

Little mouse isn't following all the warnings about eating raw dough!

I thought these adorable little bears should be decorating a tree out in the glittery snow!

Hope you are enjoying Jessica's kit as much as I did. Be sure to visit all the other blogs and hope we give you some inspiration. Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: October with Nancy "Boo To You"

Hi All! Are you ready to celebrate Halloween! We don't have trick or treaters where we live so making cards is my fun way to celebrate. The 12 Kits of Occasions reveal is a day early this month so everyone will have plenty of time for their spooky celebrations. As you will see, we had the most fun filled kit designed by Nancy at Artful Notions. See Lindsey's picture below to get an idea of all the supplies it contained. There was lots I didn't use so I will be able to play another time. Look at all the fun and spooky images and die cuts. And the patterned papers were fabulous. For each of my cards I used the pattern for my inspiration! A big thank you to Nancy for a wonderful month!!

Click HERE to go to the 12 Kits blog where you will find links to all the blogs. A list of all the supplies Nancy sent can be found at the top.

COLLAGE AND PHOTO BY LINDSEY

My first card uses this week's sketch at C(ASE) this Sketch. It was a perfect use for the spiders and sentiment Nancy stamped. I cut them with circle dies and used a circle of purple to highlight each one.

Love this sentiment! My hubby suggested it would be great as a card to give someone in person and have someone come up behind them as they read it!

Nancy included three of these fabulous cauldrons and I mixed and matched pieces to create two versions. This first was inspired by a recent card by Michele, I Card Everyone. I thought I would use a sentiment for the inside "How about joining us for some bubbly". The ghosts are from a former Halloween kit.

Another easy design--isn't that paper wonderful! Love the jumbo candy corn die cut! 

Hope you enjoy today's hop! And have a wonderful Halloween!

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: September with Marybeth "Hello Fall"

It's that wonderful time of the month! Today is the last day of September and it's time for another 12 Kits of Occasions revel. Our sweet and very talented hostess this month is Marybeth from Marybeth's Time for Paper. Since I love fall, Marybeth's kit is a really special way to help celebrate. Her supplies capture the great colors so well. And there are amazing stamps and dies that go so well with the fabulous patterned papers! See the photo below to get a peek at some of the supplies.

Weather here is getting cooler and the trees are beginning to change. I can't imagine living where there aren''t four seasons! 

COLLAGE BY LINDSEY

Hope you enjoy the blogs this month and are able to enjoy the beauties of the season! Click HERE to go to the 12 Kits blog. A list of Marybeth's supplies can be found at the top, under Supplies for 2017.

I recently purchased several of PTI's Mix & Mat die sets and used them on several of my cards.

This design uses some partial die cutting with a PTI die and embossing with some woodgrain.

This sentiment was a tag included in the kit. A wonderful and easy way to create this card!

For this last card I added a cluster of leaves from a MFT's set for the puppy to jump in! I happened to have the die that Marybeth used for the white panel so I cut another out of the orange. The tree panel was also in the kit so I wanted to have the card open to show the tree and sentiment.

INSIDE OF CARD

Wasn't Marybeth's kit awesome! I particularly loved the fantastic sentiments! I even have another card partially done plus more goodies. Being in this group is always such a treat!!

Enjoy the hop! And thanks for letting us share,

Sharron