12 Kits of Occasions: June '18: Sum sum Summertime!

Hi everyone! The last day of the month means 12 Kits of Occasions!

We're 12 friends who receive the same kit each month and make wondrous

creations from all the goodies! Well, cute projects anyway...

 I made some fun cards with the kit sent from Michele Ferguson (I card everyone).

It's always a treat to see what bits of Michele humor she tucks into her kit!

Most of the images I hadn't seen before. If you know Michele, you know

she's creative, innovative and full of humor! Love her!

My first card uses the images from Waffle Flower Crafts (new to me) and I'm 

crazy about the free hand cas drawing that allows me to color.

note: At this posting, I'm visiting a daughter and her family in Newport Beach, CA,

and have to giggle at the joy in happily shedding clothes in summer...

Hooray for beach life!

Had to make a tri-fold card to get all 3 boys in the picture.

MFT's Strike up the Band bunnies are celebrating the 4th with CAS-ual Friday's sentiment.

PTI Tagsale 12. 

I have this card pegged for a graduate. Colored with my Pentels.

She's off to wherever the wind takes her in this colorful, floral sundress.

(Pattern first hand drawn then colored with copics)

Beach bag textured with PTI's BG Basics: Gingham. Flowers also from PTI:

Back Pocket Basics

These letters and the word 'beach' (I told you she's a hoot) on a stenciled bg from PTI's Sun & Surf 

Sideview of how the letters pop off the page.

Well that's June's post from me folks. Hope you enjoyed, and hope you'll visit 

the other friends. You're sure to find a touch of 'Michele' whimsy in every card!

Owl Cherish Our Friendship: The Card Concept

Hi and welcome! The Card Concept has a new challenge for you:

 'Owl Cherish Our Friendship'.

How was I inspired? The square shape of the pillows, fabric patterns, and of course,

those darling owls! 

I needed a card for a friend who announced her pregnancy recently, 

and chose the whimsical owl from Papertrey's Polka Dot Parade #11.

I love the term 'glowing' for an expectant mother, and created the word with 

Concord & 9th's Perfectly Penned stamp set, which has the script letters

 to create the word.

Gave my mom to be owl a sprinkle of glitter to 'show the glow'.

Then I went over the word with silver Wink of Stella.

Stitched squares: Lawn Fawn's Scallop Box Card Pop-Ups.

Background PTI's Polka Dot stencil & Aqua Mist Ink.

The Challenge runs for 2 weeks, plenty of time to play!

We love seeing which of the styles you use to create your card.

My card style? Layers, lots of them. And a bit of Mixed Media too.

Our styles are explained here:

The Styles Defined

Oh yes, you can use one of our style suggestions, combine a couple, or use one of your own!

Happy Creating!

12 Kits of Occasions December: Fashionista

Good Morning and welcome to 12 Kits' December with Tracey McNeely from

In My Creative Opinion as our Hostess! 

So much fun with fashion as our muse!

Let's get right to the goodies created this month.

Starting off with my favorite, a tribute to all of us 'Warrior Princesses'!

All images and papers courtesy Tracey. These came together so easily!

Love this paper!

Ooh La La!

OK, who doesn't love a day at the spa?

And finally a big thank you to our hostess, Tracey

Loved every bit!

Be sure to visit all the blogs of the 12 Kits' ladies for more fashion beauty, and a

chance to win a kit for yourself.

And a special treat from Jeanne, our hostess for next month. 

Happy New Year all!

12 Kits of Occasions October '17: Boo to You!

Happy Halloween Greetings! It's the day before the spooking begins, and

12 Kits of Occasions is bringing you October's post today. 

This month I'm the hostess, and I had such a good time putting together a not too frightful 

kit for all my teammies.

Thanks to Lindsey, our resident genius when it comes to photographing a bit of

everything included in the kit. Mwah! 

No time to waste, hope your cuppa is handy, I have a ton to show you!

Let's start with some brew from Frantic Stamper to kick things off.

By the way, if anything catches your eye, there's a list of products used in the kit

on the 12 Kits blog.

It truly is 'All About the Candy'

Not too long ago Marybeth used this boxcard die from Reverse Confetti on one of her projects.

Had to have it, and loved adding some of the designer papers to decorate it. The haunted town

die cut was included in the kit.

Funny story, my teenage granddaughter is afraid of spiders, which always seem to show up in our 

house when she's visiting. Guess who got this card for Halloween? 'Grandma, you're so mean!'

You have to have a shaker in the lineup. The die's from Memory Box.

Kept this card simple to showcase this trio from Impression Obsession.

Does anyone really eat candy corn? But it's like the symbol of Halloween!

I think I used this stamp and die set from Poppystamps more than any other this season. 

They are just so darn cute!

Still with me? My last (I promise!) card uses puff paint (Tsukineko Neon Amplify) 

to give my pumpkins some dimension. 

And that's it for this hostess. Hope you enjoyed it. And hope you visit each and every 

teammie and leave some love on their blogs.

I have a prize to give one winner of our drawing, so don't forget to comment!

Hugs, and Happy Halloween!

Let the Bliss Begin

Playing along with Inspired by All the Little Things,

and this photo:

It was the perfect opportunity to compose a wedding card

with SSS's June card kit.

The stamp set is called Floral Bliss.

The dp, from Echo Park: Wedding Bliss

I clear embossed the image on PTI's True Black card stock, 

and watercolored with Finetec Mica Pearls.

Honestly, LOVE how the colors come alive on dark card stock.

Added a strip of glitter paper, popped the panel up with foam,

stamped the sentiments and buds on a branch, then painted them.

Lastly covered my stamped image before splattering the mica paint.

A wedding card just begs for bling, so rhinestones it is!

I blew up this photo so you can see the mica shinning through the colors,

and the coverage is fantastic!

The colors also blend beautifully on either dark or light surfaces.

As you can see, I'm a fan!

Inspired By All The Little Things #60 featuring Jen Wills

Coffee Lovers Spring Blog Hop #2

More hopping today at the Coffee Lovers Spring Blog Hop.

This is Card #2

Hen image from Art Impressions: Spring Chicken Set,

watercolors with Zigs.

Sentiments also from that set.

Leaf stitching from PTI's Stamped + Stitched.

Homegrown Echo Park paper pad.