12 Kits of Occasions: June 'Summer Fun'

Is it really June 30th? Half the year gone! Well, it's time to celebrate summer.

And our sweet friend Birgit Norton has a summer kit to kick off all things Fun

 in the Sun!

Just a quick note: if you fall in love with anything you see, we have a 

supplies list on the 12 Kits Blog.

OK, let's celebrate summer!

This sweet cutie is enjoying her day at the beach.

The papers Birgit included inspired every card!

Loved coloring this bird with copies.

Also colored this duo with copics.

Talk about tropical flair... love this set from PTI.

Seriously live in flip flops ALL summer!

Had to turn one of the sentiment cards into a shaker, topped with these slices

of watermelon, included in the kit.

6 cards and still more to play with later.

A big thank you to Birgit for an over the top summer kit, And to

our favorite composer of arranging our kit photo, Lindsey, as always

thank you!

Hope you enjoyed our summer kit, and hope you visit all the 

designers and give them some love.

Thanks for the visit!

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 April '18

Hi friends! Welcome to 12 Kits' April post. This month's hostess is

Lisa Elton, from My Paper Tales, and what a sweety of a kit she gave us!

'My Little Chickadee' is the theme, with birds and feathers,  tweety sentiments,

and lots of gorgeous papers.

Are you settled in with a cuppa? Hope you enjoy my cards!

Lindsey included this stamped stem of flowers on kraft. Couldn't wait to pencil in the color.

PTI stencil dots on Aqua Mist cardstock.

Isn't he adorable? He's titled 'Choirboy', and he's from Past Time Stamps.

One of the most fun we friends have is combining elements in our kit. This Impression Obsession 

couple on the clothesline seemed perfectly matched to this sentiment!

PTI's Sunshine rays stencil.

All these elements were included in this month's kit, even those sweet little wood birds.

The twine is Lawn Fawn.

I cut a window in this pattern paper Lisa included, from PTI's Window Works die,

and fussy cut and copic colored the bird on the branch.

And finally this card, with a sentiment from Serendipity.

Hope you enjoyed the post today, I loved working with Lisa's kit,

and have plenty to do several more cards. Just the kind of kit I love!

Thank you Lisa!

Don't forget to visit the other kit designers. Always fun to see what they do with the same kit!

Hugs!

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!

This is Halloween!

Good Morning! And welcome to 12 Kits' Halloween post!

Her Royal Highness, (my name for her!) Jeanne Jackna is our 

hostess this month.

Jeanne's blog, 'A Kept Life' is a gallery treasure chest, 

and you NEED drop by, at least once a week,

to keep up with all her crown jewels. 

She IS the most prolific, talented paper artist I know! 

Her kit this month, raised the bar so high, well, you'll see in a moment.

Now I hope you're settled in and comfy, 'cuz there's a lot to show.

13, that's right, 13! (Isn't that a Halloween number?)

And they practically did themselves!

I lead with this spooky die cut, only because when I asked my DH, to pick

his fav, he went right to the haunted house. Sometimes they have an eye

for what stands out, sometimes... Ha!

Die cuts, and papers, and spiders, OH MY!

3 preciously plump pumpkins

1 raven, a whole slew of bats

I adore these 3 silhouette children!

This card goes to my daughter who gave us,

Ana, Nate and Noelle, 3 of the 11 blessings in our lives!

All the rest are fun tags, ready to add to a special treat!

The above 2 feature Kay Miller's new stamp set, Spooky Smiles.

I'm happy to say, this is one set I have, and plan to

make many more tags like this for give-away treats!

Hold on, there's more!

This pair of ghosties are mounted on an action wobble.

Can't wait to give this to my 2 year old grandson.

This peeking kitten just needed a stitched heart!

2 glittery glamorous Maskerade masks

And finally, the 13th!

If you stuck with me this far, let me just say, don't forget to visit the other

members of the 12 Kits group. We have 3 guests to visit too! 

They're all sure to WOW!

A great big thank you to Jeanne for a most awesome Halloween kit!

This is Halloween - September `16