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Welcome to the March edition of The 12 Kits of Occasions! Hi friends, it's Lisa here today! I'm happy to be this month's hostess. My kit is called {A Whimsical Garden}. A topiary VW driven by a bunny, bunnies lounging in adirondack chairs under a topiary umbrella, a frog wearing a raincoat and wellies...yep whimsical! My inspiration comes from the bunny who frequents our backyard. He squeezes himself under the fence and nibbles on the grass. Sometimes he sits in the sun and gives himself a bath. He's even been known to take a nap. Our mini schnauzer Max used to chase the little guy back under the fence. Bet he wishes he had the spiffy VW to escape in back then!! All of the supplies can be fond on the Monthly Kit Supplies page at the top of our blog. GIVEAWAY!!! I will be giving away two mini kits on my personal blog! Stop by for all of the details! Lisa Elton Birgit Norton Kara Pogreba Jeanne Jachna Marybeth Lopez Marcia Hill Kim Heggins Nancy Penir Sharron Gregory Michelle Leone Tracey McNeely
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Can you believe that March is over already? That means it's time for the 12 Kits of Occasion gals to post their amazing cards! This month's hostess was the incredibly talented Jeanne Jachna of A Kept Life. Her kit really was "Out Of This World"! I had so much fun creating with this kit! Everything she included was new to me so it was incredibly fun stepping outside of my creative box. Thank you so much Jeanne!!! This was the first card I made. I blended on lots of color and then went over it all with black distress ink to create a galactic night sky. I spritzed it with a bit of water for more interest. Aren't these rockets darling! I'm so glad Jeanne put two of them in our kits. ;0) Jeanne included this wonderful stitched swirl panel of water color card stock and I was afraid I had ruined it by spritzing on three colors of Heidi Swapp Shimmer Mist. It looked muddy at first but once it dried, it didn't look too terrible so I kept moving forward. This rocket looks out of this world with those stunning swirly rhinestones that were included in the kit. Jeanne had this wonderful sentiment in the kit that really stumped me until I thought about making it look like it was painted on a fence. I stamped a wood grain background and cut each board out using an MFT die. I staggered the sizes of the boards to create this fence. The moon and stars were included in the kit but the kitty is from my stash. Jeanne also included all these wonderful patterned papers in the kit. I printed a picture of the moon on my printer and cut it in half to use on this card and one you'll see further down. This card is my favorite! I just love the colors, clouds and sweet patterned paper. I cut the 3-2-1 blast-off sentiment out using a cloud die from Memory Box. Jeanne thinks of everything! She even included these little wiggle eyes that I used on two of the aliens in the kit. Talk about CUTE!! Here's the other half of that printed moon. Isn't this little astronaut darling?? Here's my last card. Can you see where I messed up? I heat embossed the "Have A" and "Birthday" but I smudged the "have a" before it had a chance to cool off. WHOOPS! That's ok because once you open the card, you'll completely forget about the mistake. Here's the inside of the card. I made it a pop-up using all these fun little planets and aliens that were included in the kit. A close up of all the dimension. I'm so happy that you stopped by to see my cards using Jeanne's fun kit. Be sure to visit the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how my talented teamies and Jeanne's 4 guest designers used their kits. I'll also be adding one of these cards to the following challenges: Time Out Challenge ~ Inspired by Words ~ 'When it rains look for rainbows, when its dark look for stars' Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 4 Crafty Chicks ~ Anything Goes Double D Challenges ~ Things That Fly Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings~ Birgit
Good morning friends~ August has flown by already and fall is definitely in the air! Even though I hate to see summer end, fall is always a welcome change. The end of August brings us to the always fun, group post from the 12 Kits of Occasion gals. This month's kit was from Lisa Elton of My Paper Tales. Her taste is flawless and I just adored the fun colors and patterns she included in this months "Teacher's Pet" kit. So adorable!! Here's my cards and projects: I didn't really want to separate the PTI Enclosed Apple but I kept going back to putting the school bus behind the detailed die so I went with it. And just look at that darling embossed cardstock in the background. I could do with more of that! This card would be a great card to give to a child's school bus driver at the end of a long school year. I have a deep respect for them as I'm sure they have to deal with a lot of crazy kids! This is the second half of the PTI Enclosed Apple. I added a little Fired Brick Distress Ink around the edges and some detail with a white gel pen. The leaves are the only thing I added of my own. They are cut using PTI's Stamp A-Fair Exploring the 1940's. Lisa included lots of button and bakers twine for the perfect finishing touches. Lisa included so many of these cute little critters. I colored this one using Copics. She already had it cut out using the sweet scalloped tag so I just added a couple more polka dotted leaves since I had them sitting on my table. Fun felt flowers, buttons and ribbon are all from the kit. I wanted to hoard this darling paper from October Afternoon that Lisa included. I just know I'm going to see the other gals projects and wish I had saved it so I could CASE them! All of the elements Lisa put in her kit were as cute as could be. Just look at that sweet polka dotted apple button! Is anything any cuter?? Another darling little image to color and some fun stars. Lisa thought of everything! Finally these two adorable little milk cartons from Lawn Fawn. I added the Spellbinder Apple A Day because I had already used up the apples Lisa sent. These will be filled with pure sugar candy and sent to my great littles out of state. I still have plenty of leftovers to CASE my wildly talented team mates. Thank you so much Lisa for such a fun kit! Makes me wish I still had little ones at home but I know my great littles will enjoy getting some happy mail from their auntie. Be sure to visit the 12 Kits of Occasion Blog to see what my talented teamies have cooked up for you using this kit. And add to the list a visit to Judy Marino of Judy's Card Corner as she's Lisa special guest this month! I'll be entering one of these projects into the following challenges: Color Throwdown Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Back To School Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes Use Your Stuff ~ Back To School Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings~ Birgit
I can't believe how quickly February flew by! This month's kit was creatively put together by the amazing Michelle Leone of Pretty Periwinkle, who also just recently was offered a position on the amazing PTI design team. She's incredibly talented and has such a great eye for color and design. Congratulations Michelle! It was a joy working with her kit this month! The colors were so fresh and springy and all the element she included in her kit were over the top, adorable and easy to work with. All of the images and dies Michelle sent were new to me. What fun to play with goodies that I've admired but never added to my stash. This scroll frame is incredibly detailed and oh, so pretty! I fussy cut the flowers she stamped and added them with a couple of leafy twigs which were included in the kit. She sent the cutest printed papers! These papers look like they were made to go with this image and sentiment. She sent the most colorful array of candy dots too! I think this card is my favorite. The little bird makes my heart smile! I added three brads from my stash to the centers of these sweet little flowers. Well, maybe this card is my favorite.... you can have more than one favorite, right? I loosely water colored these die cut flowers using Zigs and tucked this adorable little bunny in the center. That stitched background panel is AWESOME!! (Insert singing voice here) These flowers made a sweet and simple card. Another cute bunny and this pre-printed image. So fun! I added a tiny die cut butterfly from my stash. I love the texture on this canvas tag Michelle sent. The brad in the center of the flower is from my stash. This bird image is totally adorable and goes perfectly with the printed paper and wonderful lacy scalloped white card stock panel that was also included in the kit. This sweet pre-printed panel was included in the kit and I simply attached it to a green gingham & kraft gift bag for gifting. Easy peasy and as cute as can be! I colored this fun cake image using Copics and added it to the top of this sweet polka dotted tag Michelle sent. Two more fun flowers and yummy candy dots in the centers. Even after all these cards, I have more than enough supplies left over to keep me going for a long time. Thanks so much Michelle! What a fabulous kit and so much fun to create with. Want to win an April kit? Sharron will be giving away one of her kits to a lucky winner so be sure to check out the 12 Kits of Occasion blog, leave a comment and see how all the designers were inspired by Michelle's kit. You'll be completely amazed!! Thanks for stopping by! Blessings~ Birgit
Hello friends ~ It's the last day of the month, so you know what that means right? It's time for the 12 Kits of Occasion reveal post. This month Sharron Gregory of On Papillon Wings was our hostess with the mostest. Her kit was filled with heart warming words of comfort and friendship. I adored everything she included in her sweet kit and everything was new to me so it was super fun creating with it! These little friends dressed in their rain gear were just so adorable! I enjoyed coloring them up with Copics and using that fabulous cloud embossed background. I thought this green striped designer paper that Sharron included in the kit made a perfect rainy background. Sweet little green sequins add a touch of whimsical rain drops. This little pooch is so darling backed with more fun paper from the kit. Ok, so the light I used on this card is actually supposed to be a bird bath but I used the birds elsewhere and thought of this layout. I thought the sentiment called for a spotlight focused on this lonely little pup. This kitty and bird became fast friends while traveling in the mail on their way to my house. ETA: I'll be adding this card to the Paper Players tic tac toe challenge using circles, sequins and pink. The same with this sweet little pair. I've never created anything with succulents before so these dies and papers were extra fun for me to work with. I'm not exactly sure if the red shape is meant to be a flower but that's the direction I went in with it. Such a sweet, sweet pair of friends... That's it for my magic today but I still have so many leftovers to create more cards. I ran out of time to make them before leaving for our trip to visit our son and sweet daughter-i-l in sunny California. Thank you so much Sharron for such a wonderful and touching kit to play with this month. I totally loved it! Be sure to visit my talented team mates at the 12 Kits of Occasions blog to see what they've created using Sharron's kit. Be sure to leave a comment on the 12 kits blog for your chance to win a kit for May "Happiness is Homemade". We also have a very dear to me guest designer who was the winner of Sharron's lovely kit, Marcia Hill of Marcia's Stampin' Pad. I'll also be adding one of these cards to the following challenges: Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes Thanks so much for visiting! Blessings ~ Birgit
Hello friends~ I'm so sad to see July end because that means that summer is coming to a close here in the north east. On the upside of that, the end of the month brings the gals from 12 Kits of Occasion together, as we post our projects using kits from our friends. This month's kit was from one of the sweetest and kindest gals online, Marybeth Lopez of Marybeth's Time for Paper. She is flawless in her card making designs and her kit was such a great representation of her sweet self. Here's the cards I made using her kit: Please let me just interject in here and say how cute are these little guys from Purple Onion Designs!! That little mouse just had to take a snooze on the big leaf from the Fushcias. I just couldn't resist!! I was hoping to get more cards made but July has been a busy month for me and much of it has been spent outside enjoying the sunshine while it lasts. Thanks Marybeth for such a fun-filled kit this month! Be sure to visit the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how all the gals were inspired to use Marybeth's kit. Please come back to visit me at the end of August as it's my turn to host and I have a special guest joining us. Thanks for stopping by!
Hello everyone. Summer is slipping by quickly. It already feels like fall here in Maine. I enjoy the colors and crisp air of fall, but I'm already not looking forward to the snow and cold temperatures that follow. The end of the month brings us to the group post for 12 Kits of Occasion. This month was hosted by Marybeth of Marybeth's Time For Paper, with her kit titled "Simple Leaves". Anyone who knows Marybeth, knows that she has an exquisite eye for CAS designs. She's also one of the sweetest and most thoughtful people I know. Here's a picture of the kit that she sent. I just love the fresh color palette she used. It emulates Marybeth and her incredible style perfectly. I made three cards this month because I've been spending a lot of time outside enjoying what's left of summer but I have plenty of leftovers to make more cards. Here's my cards: Marybeth sent two stamped panels using this falling leaves stamp. She also included the large Altenew letters. I simply added a couple of stamped sentiments to go along with it from PTI. I colored this embossed sunflower panel using Copic markers. I added distress ink to the outside edges and splattered Gathered Twigs DOX ink to add a bit of texture. The "smile" die cut was leftover from a previous kit that I colored black and added black WOS to make it sparkle. I'm adding this card to the Time Out Challenge for their current "Season" challenge. This was another embossed panel that Marybeth included in her kit along with the printed paper strip down the side. I added the sunflowers from Simon Says Stamps and the "Enjoy" die cut from the kit. I hope you enjoyed today's post. Please stop by the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how all my friends were inspired by Marybeth's kit. Thanks so much Marybeth! I enjoyed creating with your kit. Thanks for stopping by!
Photo by Lindsey Hello and Welcome to the 12 Kits of Occasions, this months host is Tracey McNeely Tracey sent out a kit, full of darling papers that I have not seen or used before and I have lots of leftovers for later. Almost everything in the the kit from Tracey was new to me so that was fun. Tracey did all this with a broken collarbone...... Thank you Tracey! I used the sequins and colored paper from the kit, the die is from Papertrey Ink . I needed a birthday card, I stamped the sentiment from Concord & 9th Simon Says: Party! I added a bit of shimmer to the dress with Wink of Stella Simon Says: Anything Goes Very simply and fun card I cut the paper with a Poppystamps die and added a few flowers included in the kit. Included in the kit, was this gold embossed the sentiment. So easy and fun to create. Thanks for the visit and be sure to by 12 Kits Blog to see the rest of the design teams cards. May you all have a blessed Year in 2018 Again thank you all for your prayers for my daughter and son in law. You are all a blessing to our family Want a chance to win a kit for January? You'll receive the same kit as the rest of the team, create, and post what you made on your blog on the last day of February. Jeanne's the hostess and the kit theme is "Snow Day". Due to time constraints only applicants with a US destination address please - we want you to have time to create. The deadline to leave a comment to enter is January 10, 2018! marybethstimeforpaper
Happy July 31st! Do you know what that means? It's time for the 12 Kits of Occasion blog hop!! Kim Heggins of Cupcakes, Cards and Kim was our hostess with the mostest this month and her theme was Christmas In July. What a wonderful kit she put together to help us all get a little head start on making our Christmas Cards for this year. Thanks Kim for such a darling kit! I had so much fun playing with the Christmas contents in the heat of July. ;0) So without further adieu, here are my cards: This was the first card I made. I couldn't wait to color up this darling cat from Avery Elle's Dear Santa. I wanted a vintage / retro look so I stenciled some stripes using Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink onto a pink card base. I added my own book die called Santa's Book by Precious Marieke, trimmed in gold. This next card features the adorable little sledding girl from MFT's Dashing By. I colored her up using copics and turned it into a shaker card using MFT's Snow Drift Cover Up. The next two cards were made using Taylored Expressions Bethlehem Boarder. I glued the border onto a distressed background that I had created a while ago and cut it in two. One die doing double duty; I love it when that happens! Kim included the wonderful sentiments which I cut using Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Banner Dies. This die cut sentiment is so fabulous when layered up on the sparkly paper Kim included. I think this was the quickest and easiest card I made using fun printed papers she supplied. I can't say enough about this wonderful coffee cup from Hero Arts "Coffee". It's frame worthy! That's it for my Christmas magic today. I still have supplies left over so I can CASE more wonderful cards from the other gals. I always look at their cards and think "why didn't I think of that?" Be sure to visit the 12 Kits of Occasion Blog so see all the cards my talented teamies whipped up and do be kind and visit Kim's guest designer Ardyth from MASKerade and leave her some love as well. Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings~ Birgit
My how quickly time flies! It's the end of June already so that means it's time for the 12 Kits of Occasion gals to post their cards. Witty and incredibly talented Michele Ferguson of I Card Everyone is our hostess this month with her darling kit entitled "sum-sum Summertime" Everything in this kit was new to me and I had so much fun coloring the fun images and using this darling kit. Thanks so much Michele! Lets start with these darling band playing - marching bunnies from MFT's Strike Up the Band. Are they cute or what?? These Waffle Flower characters all running to the beach make me giggle. And who can resist the big floppy ears on this flying fella from The Cat's Pajama's. These papers Michele included in the kit were just meant for this quick and easy card. I still have lots of images and leftovers to make more fun cards with inspiration from my teamies. Be sure to visit the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how the other gals used Michele's summer-fun kit. Thanks for stopping by!
It's the last day of the month (WOW!) and that means 12 Kits Day! This month we were treated to a Christmas kit from Sharron Gregory! SO many fabulous things packed into this kit! First up is a sweet little folk bird from Plum Purdy Designs! Colored it with Copic markers and glittered it up to match the lovely ribbon. Cut out the branch and added some snowy glitter and berries, too. Next was an adorable sentiment that I thought went perfectly with my favorite gingerbread guy from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Button Bits. Some little epoxy hearts, candy cane background paper, and the fun rick rack die cut all went well with my "sweets" theme... Oh how I love this adorable Plum Purdy Designs "Charlie Brown" primitive tree! I paired it with some of my own things including linen washi tape, a button, and a heat embossed sentiment from Skipping Stones Design's "Christmas Song" set. I decorated the tree with some mini red gems, pearls, and a sparkling "tinsel" star. For my final project, a little experiment. LOVED Jessica Witty's card HERE and Suzanne Dahlberg's card HERE featuring "neat" paint dots. I am still afraid of splattering paint or mists, but liked the way their little dots looked like tiny brads! Hmm...not quite so much on my project. Need more practice and different tools, I think! I used a very small brush, but think that I need something that can actually "drop" the paint, or a stylus like Jess suggested. I have one but it's buried at the bottom of my closet. I was too lazy (and impatient!) to get it once I started the actual painting! Speaking of "re-dos" I also wish that I had stamped the second half of the sentiment in black :)! The "Twinkle Twinkle" is from a Technique Tuesday set from Sharron, and the "You're my Star" is from Waltzingmouse Stamps "Seasons of Love-Tags" set. Wasn't this kit AMAZING? I can't wait to see what the other ladies have made with it! Just wanted to say thanks SO much to Sharron for the kit. I hear that next month's kit is already in the mail, so excited when those arrive! Amy Christina Kara Jeanne Jessica Joyce Kim Marybeth Renee Sharron Tracey Supplies: Folk Bird card: Stamps: bird from "Mr. Willy and Friends" set, Plum Purdy Designs and Jingle All the Way set, Technique Tuesday Paper: PTI white, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist Other: Sizzix "Snowballs" embossing folder, ribbon, Stampendous Crystal Snow, Copic markers, rhinestones Gingerbread card: Stamps: Christmas Cookies & Happy Hearts, Plum Purdy Designs, Holiday Button Bits, Papertrey Ink Paper: PTI White, My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland Other: Instant Camera die, L'il Inker Designs, Zig Zag Ric Rac die, Cherry Lynn, button dies, Impression Obsession, heart epoxy stickers Primitive Tree tag: Stamps: Dear Santa set, Plum Purdy Designs and sentiment from Christmas Song, Skipping Stones Design Paper: Authentique "Festive" Collection, PTI white, tag Other: Stitched Rectangles die, L'il Inker Designs; linen washi tape, Wishy Washi Tape; button, twine, rhinestones, pearls Star card: Stamps: Jingle All the Way, Technique Tuesday; Seasons of Love-Tags, Waltzingmouse Stamps Paper: PTI white, Ocean Tides, Pure Poppy, My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland Other: star dies from Memory Box and My Favorite Things, Plaid Folk Art acrylic paint
Good morning ~ It's that time once again for the big reveal of the 12 Kits of Occasion cards for the month of November. This month our hostess was Jessica Davis and I must say that Jessica totally outdid herself with this adorable kit just filled to the brim with Christmas goodness. All of the images and beautiful papers were new to me. I really enjoyed coloring up these cute images and playing with her adorable kit. Thanks Jessica! Now on to my cards: These little fairies and tree house are so darling! I colored them all up with copics and gave them a healthy dose of WOS. Jessica included this pretty ribbon, felt snowflake and buttons. This card that looks like a gift just seemed like the perfect way to use those elements together. Wanna talk about cute??? These little bears decorating this Christmas tree. So, so CUTE! More cuteness with these sweet images! Check out that little mouse holding a candy cane! I wish I'd had more time to make more cards but I know that I'll be inspired by my team mates and will want to CASE them all. You can find the complete list of products Jessica sent and see how my team mates used Jessica's sweet kit over at the 12 Kits of Occasion blog. Thanks for stopping by!
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