12 Kits of Occasions: May~ June Celebrations

It's 12 Kits time, and this month we feature all the celebrations of June

courtesy Tracey McNeely. Tracey sent us a whole host of images for

dads, grads, teachers, and those we want to thank.

I'm starting off with this Father's Day card for my hubs,

The reveal wheel says it all. As you turn the wheel, a new sentiment is revealed.

Next up, a card for a teacher.

My grandson will give this to his teacher. I love the sentiment!

Tracey included this Gerbera Daisy, I colored with copics. 

Another Thank you card built around the letters that spell 'thanks'. The Concord & 9th

feathers border a panel that is a C9 turnabout I had in my stash.

And one more card celebrating a child's graduation.

Hope you're ready for summer, and summer's special celebrations. And

hope you found some inspiration today.

Lots more on the other 12 Kits blogs!

June Celebrations

Thank you, Tracey! Loved every bit, especially all the fabulous plaid papers!

Tag You're It: Reminder

Hi friends! I just love making tags, don't you?

I have a reminder tag for the current Tag You're It Challenge.

I started with the PPP Decorative Tag 2, and backed it with the Stamp Market's

Floral Background. No sentiment yet. Definitely going on a feminine gift for

someone special. 

When the doors are open you see more of the floral bg. The tag is decorated with PTI's

Humming Along.

Are you playing along? 

Hope to see your creations in the lineup! 

And hope you have an extra crafty week!

Tag You're It #87

12 Kits of Occasions: March 2019 - A Whimsical Garden

A great big 'howdy' to you all! The last day of March brings the 

12 Kits of Occasions. And our hostess Lisa Elton from mypapertales.blogspot.com,

is spreading Spring our way with 'A Whimsical Garden'. 

Beautiful papers from Cartabella, darling die cuts and sentiments, stamped sweet Spring

 images, and the most gorgeous rose gold sequins ever! Be still my blossom lovin' heart! 

Well just take a look...

This guy is loving the rain, and the hope of Spring blooms so much, I had to lead with 

him. Life in my valley is beautiful right now. We've had loads of life giving rain, and I

thank God for every drop!

Lisa included this phrase, which I added to the inside of froggie's card.

Really... it says it all!

Next up, one of 3 Impression Obsession bunnies included in the kit, popped up on

a field of flowers.

PTI: Shape Shifters Oval 3 & Cover Plate Marquee.

Lisa wrapped our goodies in this green and white chevron paper. Wish you could

feel it, so rich and smooth. Perfect for 2 bunny friends enjoying the outdoors.

Corners cut from PTI's Mix and Mat Herringbone and some of Lisa's dp from the kit.

These 2 friends are mounted on Stamplorations: Luggage tags

Lisa stamped these 2 in soft brown ink for us. I used my Polychromos pencils to color them.

I'm a bit over the moon for this Art Gone Wild 'puttering around bunny'. Lisa sent us the 

mini bow too. Seemed a good place to put it, over the medallion, on the wreath. 

Colored with copics.

I also colored the trio of bloom die cuts with copics, and framed the card in black.

Poppystamps: Stitchwork Rectangle Frames.

Thank you, thank you, Lisa for a fabulous Spring-a-licous kit!

Can't wait to peruse my 'kit sisters' blogs to see how they used their goodies! 

Lisa is giving away a couple of mini kits on her blog. Be sure to visit her blog

for details.

Happy Spring! Hope it's beginning to look like Spring where you are!

12 Kits of Occasions Party in the Park February '19

Welcome to February's 12 Kits' Post! I'm excited because this month I'm the hostess,

with a kit to celebrate the hope of spring... and a 'Party in the Park'. Outdoors,

friends and family and plenty of sunshine!

LOTS of cards, so let's get started...

1st off is a piñata from Pretty Pink Posh. Love the fact that you can go crazy with color.

He's hanging on a frame from PTI: Shape Shifters Square. The paper wasn't quite

bright enough, so touched up a bit with matching copics.

All this month's kits' supplies are on the 12 Kits blog, by the way.

The paper dictated this card's elements. Fussy cut flowers and a big 'hooray' from Spellbinders.

Color on the PTI shapeshifters die courtesy of Magicals.

A look back when carousels were in the center of fine parks. Used my metallic 

watercolors for the seahorse, and colored the waves with copics.

Echo Park provided the balloon paper, PTI the frame and ballon shaker.

This carousel unicorn in pink is perfect for a girl's birthday!

The rose papers were included, and I combined them for this 'celebrate' card. One rose

paper for the background, and one fussy cut to surround the sentiment.

My favorite is this window tag I included in the kit, (PPP) with Altenew roses.

When you open the shutters, the words 'happy birthday to you' are inside from 

one of the double sided papers.

Lastly, I included this little present bearing otter from Lawn Fawn.

Not sure if he belongs in a 'park', but I just loved him, and

had to pass the die cut on to my 12 Kits friends. After all, isn't he celebrating?

That's it from me. I hope you enjoyed February's kit. I loved gathering a bit of 

Spring to share with my friends and all of you friends too. 

Be sure to visit all of the designers on the blog. I can't wait to see what they've done

with the kit! 

12 Kits of Occasions: November It's Christmas!

Welcome to 12 Kits' November post, coming to you in December! 

November is Tracey McNeeley's month and there was a problem 

with our kits getting to us, but all's well, and the kit was just what was

needed by this grandma with 11 grandchildren. Honestly full of festive

fun and jolly animals and the cutest holiday paper... well, take a look.

Leading off with a closeup of my first card. Wanted you to see fussy cuts from designer paper  

Tracey sent that helped create my 'Happy Pawlidays' card for Shepherd, 7 years old.

Each card that follows was made for the youngest ones in my family, ages 4 - 15.

Hopefully, you're in the mood for some Christmas critters, and even a Santa too.

Cutting into some of the images on the designer paper was a theme I used on almost

every card!

Joy Snowglobe goes to Ana. She's 14, and we share a love for collecting all things Christmas.

This guy is for Nate, 13. I love that Tracey included so many masculine papers, like this

green plaid.

Eli is 4. He'll love the play on words, 'Santa Paws'!

A tangled puppy goes to Noelle, 8. She has a dog that looks just like this cutie.

Garrett is 15, and a total animal lover. I think he'll love this duo.

This MFT Santa and his pup goes to Reagan, 13. She'll love his jolly ol' self!

And one more tag, cuz you can never have too tags at Christmas time,

I used every adorable critter Tracey sent, most all the festive papers, and twine and

bling. This was kit I loved, every single bit! Thank you Tracey. You made this

grandma's Christmas cards easy doings!

All items sent out with November's kit is available on the 12 Kits' blog.

Have to mention a special guest with us this month, an

ex member of our group, Joyce Mehrberg.

Be sure to drop by her blog and give her some love.

https://the12kitsofoccasions.blogspot.com/2018/12/its-christmas.html

Day 16: 25 Days of Christmas Tags

Welcome  to my post for Day 16 of 25 Days of Christmas Tags.

My tag today is inspired by Emily Midgett's beautiful Nuvo Glimmered tag.

This was so much fun applying the Nuvo Glimmer paste to the tag, and I love the 

overall glittered effect. 

Pretty Pink Posh tag

PTI Joy

SSS Snowflakes

Nuvo Glimmer Paste

Ranger Distress Ink: Cracked Pistachio & Victorian Velvet

12 Kits of Occasions July Summer and More

Hi, and welcome to the July post for 12 Kits of Occasions!

Our hostess this month is Marybeth Lopez from Marybeth's Time for Paper.

She sent us a wonderful kit full of summer goodies! And a bit of 

vacation too!

Settle back, grab a cuppa, and enjoy a bit of summer fun!

First off, Best Wishes and Fuchsias. Do you grow them? The day we hit 100, it's only 

a matter of time until my fuchsias say good-bye! Folks we in the Central Valley 

 broke a record for 100+ 21 days in a row... no happy fushsias here!

I tore the paper card with flip flops and added the palm tree and surfboard to 

a PTI die cut I had on hand. (Do you save your extra die cuts? Think I need another 

room to hold all of mine!) Marybeth included the darling tiki paper.

Tucked this little guy into the embossed wreath Marybeth had in our kit.

Popped up outer paper and added the tag cut from one of the sentiments included.

These bunnies from Purple Onion just might be my favorites. Added them to the

Poppy die cut.

Once again, with a ready made PTI die cut, the lemon lime duo goes with

one of my favorite PTI sentiments.

All these summery cards came together so quickly.

Easy breezy and fun!

Be sure to stop by and give some commenting love to each of the 

designers. Can't wait to see what they all did with July's kit!

Thank you, Marybeth!