12 Kits of Occasions: February

Lindsey Larsen is our hostess this month for the 12 Kits of Occasions, 

called 'Faith & Family'.

Let me tell you, our kit was over the top with beautiful florals, die cuts and

sentiments that blessed this kit member's heart!

6 cards were a drop in this kit's bucket. I have so many wonderful left overs to

create more special cards.

Heaven sent... that's what I'd call Lindsey's kit.

A thread of bright spring colors minus yellow, gave the blooms a shock of 'wow'. Leading

my 6 is Concord & 9th's pallet of flowers with the prominent electric blue bloom from

the Stamp Market (Watercolor Bouquet).

Did I mention how the sentiments completely blessed me? 

Clearly Besotted Succulents on an already created bg I found in my stash.

Concord & 9th's Lily colored with pencil, and lined with more of the electric blue.

C & 9th's Stuck on You cactus potted and primped on a sunny bg. Don't you love the 

sentiment sign?

Lindsey supplied the stamping for these blooms from W Plus 9's Modern Petunias.

The plaid bg is Concord & 9th.

I fell in love with Concord & 9th's Blooms Fill-In, and promptly ordered it!

Like I said, plenty left overs from this kit. Can't wait to play some more with the wonderful

die cuts and papers!

Lindsey, thank you! 

So much to see this month. Be sure to make the rounds to all the 

12 Kits Designers!

Hugs, and thanks for the visit!

Faith & Family - February '18

The First Ever 'Twofer Card Challenge #1

I'm excited to be playing along at the Very First Ever 'Twofer Card Challenge', 

which just happens to be the brainchild of Darnell Krauss of djkardcreations.com.

Our challenge is to create 2 cards using one stamp, with a 'feather' theme.

Here's my 'twofer'

With the feathers and sentiment from Clearly Besotted: Fancy Feathers,

my 1st card could be for a special announcement.

My pink inks are the closest to happy brights as I could get, with

Tim Holtz' Distress Oxides: Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry,

Abandoned Coral & Candied Apple.

PTI Cardstock, Tag Sale #8 & Vellum.

Card 2

Same feathers from the Fancy Feathers set, this time a sympathy card.

White embossed and watercolored 

Banner: PTI's Stemmed Statements

Cardstock: PTI

Watercolor paper:Arches Coldpress

2 cards, same stampset. Brilliant challenge!

Check out this new card challenge, and all the inspiration from

the fabulous designers here:

Twofer Card Challenge #1

and don't forget to play along. The winner gets to be a guest on a future 'twofer'.

Happy Crafting!

Tag You're It with Bev Buenker

Hi and welcome to a new challenge at Tag You're It.

Bev Buenker has given us this b/w beauty with a touch of red as our inspiration.

I zoned in on the black and white stripes.

My tag is from a new mini market set by Betsy Veldman for PapertreyInk: 

Make It Market Mini Kit: Holiday Tag Along

I cut the tag first from Black and then white, using one of the included dies to create the 

diagonal stripes.

My cupcake is from Clearly Besotted's Tasty Treats.

I love cherry, and gave it some dimension with stamping.

I'd love to see what you do with the inspiration tag.

Play along at TYI's blog.

Happy Crafting!

12 Kits of Occasions May '17

Hello! And welcome to 12 Kits of Occasions, on the last day of May!

Birgit Norton is our hostess this month, and I have to say, she hit every 

homemaking button I have with her wonderful kit,

Happiness Is Homemade.

Birgit dedicated it to her mom, and it's easy to see

where she picked up all her talent!

Let's get right to the cards, there's so much to see!

The apron for this card came completely assembled. 

Copics and ink for the rest of the kitchen goodies. Nuvo drops for cupcake.

2 darling aprons came in this kit. I added the poms and PTI's frame.

Adore this sweet scene, and loved watercoloring it. 

Double tag:Poppystamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags

All these rich yummy coordinated papers and fruits just went together!

Just thought the sweet PTI strawberry cake went great with 

the chalkboard paper.

The trim and twine were included in the kit.

Cooking, baking, gardening and sewing all in one kit!

Birgit included these PTI tulips in cherry yellow and orange

My last card is a watercolor 'Thanks' to Birgit. 

You really hit this one out of the park with your attention to detail.

And, I have so much left over! Enough for another 8 cards!

Don't forget to visit the other 12 Kits designers, and leave love along

the way for a chance to win a future kit!

12 Kits of Occasions - January 2017

Hi there!

The end of month means 12 Kits of Occasions and

this month it's all about LOVE!

Lindsey Larsen, sent us a wonderful kit full of gorgeous papers, 

die cuts, and stamped images most of which I didn't own, so it

was oohs and aaws as I went through my treasures. Fun, fresh and new!

Hope you have a beverage close by, there's a LOT to share.

I watercolored, pieced & placed this floral over 

PTI's Leaf and Sprigs Frame die I had left over from another project,

and added the 'love' die cut with a few of the coral sequins Lindsey gave us.

Tried to keep with Lindsey's color scheme while working with this kit.

I adored this white embossed stamped image Lindsey sent. 

It was so hard for me to use it! Truly, that's the hardest part of getting these

gorgeous kits, wanting to hoard it all!

Watercolored this one too. 

This unassembled box came in the kit that I paired with some of Lindsey's 

paper, and that adorable stamped tag & twine.

Just loved these pineapples, so paired them with 'love you' die cut.

With the seed beads Lindsey sent, made this shaker.

This cute critter I paired with 3 wood hearts I first GAed then copic colored red.

Loved coloring this cake so much, broke down and ordered it from 

Concord & 9th!

Awning die: PTI

And finally did this one with a certain special team member in mind.

Thank you Lindsey!

Loved every bit, & working on 3 more Valentines.

Just ran out of time to post them!

Lots to see from the other 11 Kits Teammies,

sadly saying goodby to Joyce, 

and hello to our newest member, Brigit Norton!

Also welcome 2 guests this month,

Kathy McCloskey from Bdlakebum,

and Leigh Penner from To the Full.

Can't wait to see what each one did with the same 

gorgeous corals and 'love'-ly goodies.

editing to add the fox card to Darnell's Nbus Challenge 10.
Can't NOT enter, think I've been in on every one of her challenges.
Never used the sweetie fox before, of any of the digital images from
Just ME Prints.

                             NBUS Challenge #10!

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12 Kits of Occasions January

Well, hello there, and welcome to my first post as a member of

the '12 Kits of Occasions' team!

Beyond excited to be asked and overjoyed to join!

Wonderful designers that are not only the very best, but friends too,

which, truthfully, is why I love this craft, making friends!

Lindsey from Occasional Crafting is our hostess for the month of January.

Our kit was full of celebration, and bright happy images.

I may have overdone for my first time as a team member, but honestly, could easily have done another 6 with all Lindsey included!

OK,  enough intro, and hope your comfortable, there's a lot to show you, so let's get to it!

Ellie triplets? Couldn't resist putting these cuties together on a card!

Yep! All those seed beads were in the kit!

Can't wait for an occasion to send this out to brighten someone's day!

This gorgeous gold embossed elements panel just begged for shimmer watercolors!

Sweet, springy pattern paper begged for kissing bunnies!

All gold with shiny bling!

Wonderful sentiment for someone extra-special!

This little guy holds a thank you to Lindsey!

Hope you enjoyed, and hope you visit each designer. And give 

some love along the way!

Celebrating You - January '16