12 Kits of Occasions October '20: Fall Splendor

Hey everyone, thanks for visiting today. You're in for a treat! It's time for

the 12 Kits of Occasions October Hop.

Our hostess this month is Birgit Norton (@craftingwhileiwait), and she sent

the most delightful kit full of leaves and pumpkins, and gorgeous papers, called

Fall Splendor. Well just have a look...

These were a trio of stamped pumpkins I fussy cut and colored with copics. Then I 

mounted them onto a PTI leafy die cut I had in my stash. In the center is a

sentiment Birgit included in the kit.

The sweet apple basket came die cut and ready for red and green apples (also in the kit).

Don't you love the red truck and apple basket paper? Paired it with the Greetery's

Ship Lap dies, and blessed sentiment.

I wanted Birgit's gorgeous leaf die cut to shine, so paired it with a 

Spellbinders lacy die set. 

the orange background paper was the reverse side of one of the papers included in

the kit. Can you see the tiny dots? 

Love this sweet little pumpkin! The stitched leaves, papers and tag came together 

in a snap!

And finally, this stamped and die cut solo pumpkin was colored with copics,

and added to one of the gorgeous leafy designer papers. 

Thank you, Birgit! My autumn cards grew by 5, and even have some 

adorable die cuts and papers for more!

Be sure and see what the other disigners have done.

They're sure to surprise and delight. Can't wait to

see what they did with Birgit's kit!

Fall Splendor ~ October 2020

12 Kits June: Love is in the Air...

Well, hello and welcome to June's 12 Kits': Love is in the Air!

This month's love-ly kit is via the fabulous Michelle Leone. Michelle packed

our kits with elegance and celebration. Color sublime!

Leading off with the last of 6 cards, and they couldn't have been more of a joy!

You see that stamped panel? Came stamped & ready to go. Used a PTI Mix & Mat 

with Michelle's lovely designer papers.!

Once again, the sprig of blooms already stamped, added to dp, and together with

the included sentiments, and did I mention the gorgeous sequins in the kit? 

Wanted to give the 'Love' scripted die it's place in the sun, so added it to

a butterfly designer paper, together with a heart. Michelle stamped the butterfly

on one of our sentiment panels. I fussy cut and and added the gold paint.

Serious crushin' going on with the color on the Greetery panel. The Altenew

lacy heart and banner were also in the kit.

I try not to pick favorites... (don't want to offend the other cards), but this one seemed 

'just right'. Love it when that happens.

You really can't go wrong adding a bouquet to Betsy's classy bottles. 

Just loved playing with these colors. Thank you Michelle!

Hope you enjoyed the visit today. Be sure and get around to all the 

12 Kits friends, and give them some love.

12 Kits of Occasions June 2020 - 'Love is in the Air....

Have a great, safe, and crafty week! 

12 Kits of Occasions: May '20 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hi and welcome to 12 Kits of Occasions, May post! 

How could it possibly be June 1st tomorrow???

This year is flying by... maybe that's good, as far as what's going on?

Clovis, CA is officially open, and things are almost normal.  

Meanwhile, card making never slows down!

May's 12 Kits is being brought to us by my dear friend, Marcia Hill, 

marciasstampingpad

and is called April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Marcia sent us floral images, sweet little ladies, and lovely designer papers.

I had a ball putting all my 7 cards together!  Take a look...

Leading off with Stampingbella, and a Thinking of You card. This sweet Townie Tiny

Garden Girl is colored with Copics. The Greetery: Thinking of You.

Mandy's Flowers (Simon Says Stamps) colored with watercolor pencils, 

and Pierced Oval Frame from PTI.

Marcia made this card come together in a snap. The PTI tulips came already 

stamped in red, and the dp included in kit. I triple embossed the frame with

silver powder, and added a few drops. 

Oh how I love this sweet Snowdrop girl! I double girlie framed her, and added 

it to a stamped card I had in my stash (the Greetery).

Marcia included the bokeh dp, and I stamped on the sentiment and dandelions, adding

one fussy cut bloom that was white embossed onto vellum.

You just simply cannot have enough birthday cards handy, especially ones that can 

double as masculine. Don't you agree?

OK, I just love how this card turned out. The die cut (Pinkfresh Studios) was copic

colored before adding to a strip of dp. A bit of blacksplattering and novo drops and

done!

Last  card  was a silver embossed image from Penny Black, I watercolored with

Azteca pens. Double frame from Penny Black.

Thanks for coming by and hopefully adding a comment. 

And thanks to Marcia, for simply sunny florals to brighten my 

sheltered spring!

Love to all of you trying to stay safe and  well!

12 Kits of Occasions May 2020 - April Showers Bring May Flowers...

A Card for Sharron

Hello friends. I have a card today made for a friend, Sharron Gregory, who

passed away suddenly last month. She was a part of our 12 Kits of Occasions

group. If you follow us, you know of her talents, her love of all things

card making, and especially that she loved the group. It's a very special

group of card makers who enjoy the craft, and support each other. So, today

 we are honoring our dear friend with a card. 

I almost met my friend Sharron in person, on a trip with other crafty friends to

the Craft House in Kansas. Sharron lived in Kansas. But I left a day early and

missed her. We will meet someday in heaven, where she resides now.

If you've card crafted for any length of time, short or long, you know how

special each and every friendship is, made through our love for this craft. We

encourage, praise, and share one of the most sincere forms of love and support I've

ever known. Sharron had a way of bringing a smile with every comment.

Kind, compassionate, sincere... I am so thankful to have known her.

I hope you'll visit and comment each of the designers as we honor our dear friend

Sharron with this special friendship post. Thank you for visiting!

Special Blog Hop

Supplies

CL5258 Wild Rose Stem clear stamp set

12 Kits of Occasions: Rewind with Leftovers

This month at 12 Kits, we taking a look backwards at all our leftovers.

So many elements, papers, twine, embellies, that were waiting to be on a 

card!

Once I started, 7 came together before I knew it! 

In no particular order, and I may not get some of the kit givers right, but come

take a look...

This one was a leftover from Jeanne. She packs her full kits with extra love and 

special goodies. Goodies being candy! Opening her kit is triple wonderful!

I think this was in her kit too! I know I originally used a couple of her Chinese

lanterns, but how did I leave this one? So happy to use it on this card.

Being a sewer myself I couldn't resist using these adorable PTI thread cards and

embroidery hoop. Paired with die cuts from the Greetery.

Not sure, but I think these were fancy papers leftovers from a kit I sent.

Once again die cut (Nordic Frames) from the Greetery.

The Eifle Tower came black. I used some glitter paste to add glam. Kit courtesy

Michele Ferguson. 

I think this also was Jeanne's kit. The rocket paper, bling and sentiment were 

leftovers. 

And finally a Christmas tag from Marcia's kit. Just had to use that darling mouse!

I have a feeling you're going to love every card and project from this

month's rewind. Be sure and visit all the designers. We even have some

of our alumni with us!

Have a great weekend!

Finished one more,

12 Kits of Occasion October: Autumn Days

Happy Fall y'all! It's time for 12 Kits of Occasions, and this month it's courtesy

of Sharron Gregory of On Papillon Wings. Sharron sent a kit full of seasonal 

delights, wonderful die cuts and plenty of sweet images to color.

I made 4 cards with this month's kit, and starting off with a favorite of mine,

made with 3 lovely leaves Sharron stamped for us in  soft autumn colors.

Sharron sent us this acorn die cut with a lacy cutout. I paired it with the Greenery's Oval 

frame cut from one of the beautiful autumn papers included in the kit.

Hello Autumn is Penny Black's masterpiece stamp. One of those sweet images 

that tells the story all by itself. I just love her!

My last card is my wish for the season, a Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

So sorry this post is late. My hubs and I celebrated a milestone anniversary a

few months early by taking a river cruise up the Hudson River. It has been a 

dream of mine for some time to see first hand the glorious exhibition of color

along the eastern seaboard. We live in the west, and while a few trees change 

nothing surpasses the concentration of wild glorious color the Hudson has!

Take a look.

Nothing matched natures' beauty does it? Hope you enjoyed a few reminders of 

fall's glorious transformation!

Thanks for the visit and thanks to Sharron for a kit full of fall's beauty!

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!