Celebrating a new baby with a friend

 

Greetings friends. I wanted to share a project I made for a friend, Birgit Norton.

Birgit recently welcomed a grandson into her family.

I began with a paper collection I've had for a long time, and went with

those colors. Lawn Fawn's Ducklings and box die were the perfect fit.

One of the paper panels was this print set of blocks, which I cut up to decorate the sides and back.

I think I used every image in the stamp set for this project! Especially the bubbles!

The sweet box is designed to fold flat for mailing,  and fits. perfectly into a A2

size envelope.

Joyous congratulations Birgit and family!

12 Kits of Occasions: September Lighthouses

Hi and welcome to 12 Kits of Occasions, September post. Between us, I 

couldn't be happier to see September pass on. Living with fires and smoke

has been the worst. Hoping for a cooler wet October!

Our hostess this month is Kim Higgings, from Cupcakes, Cards and Kim. She

has titled her kit, 'Lighthouses', and with a sea theme, many of the cutest cut

outs I've ever seen. Plenty of designer papers too! Want to see?

Above is a cute sentiment I couldn't pass up adding to my gull card.

The darling pirate in a barrel came in the kit. I set him a-sailing on SSS's Scallop Borders,

which I used on 3 of my 5 cards.

These 2 little critters are sailing on PTI's Coverplate: Waves.

Yoho! pirate is in front of MFT's porthole and next to Poppystamps' Whittle Palm.

I turned the porthole into a shaker. The waves inside are more of SSS Scallops.

And last is one of the lighthouses included in the kit. Copic colored, with some

Stickles on the rocks. 

Hope you enjoyed the post today, and don't forget to check out all

the designers for their version of the kit.

12 Kits of Occasions December: 12 Tags and a Gift Box

Hi everyone! It's the last day of December, and the last day of 2019,

and we at 12 Kits are celebrating with a super kit from our hostess,

Marcia Hill (@marciasstampinpad).

Marcia sent us all things tags, just right for presents and gifts of

all shapes and sizes, and for everyone on my list.

Before I share my tags, I just have to thank my dear friend Marcia,

your kit was my best Christmas present!

TAGS! 12 of them! And a gift box too! Come take a look, and fair

warning, bring a cuppa, it's a long post!

Stamped and ready to go... colored the inside of the 'O', and added the sentiment 

strip & some ribbon and bells. Oh, and a bit of copic cool grey.

Deer duo with wreath. Loved the sweet snowflakes!

I added the paper, Marcia supplied the deer, tree, tag, sentiment and shaker elements. My 

granddaughter added this ornament/tag to her tree!

Warm Wishes says it all! This jolly guy made a great boy tag.

These 2 are smaller, and are a perfect fit for small packages

Another duo and one's a shaker. Don't you just love the candies in the shaker?

Such a sweet image from Stamp City. Added some Stickles for bling.

Marcia stamped the tag, I added the bright pastels and puff paint.

The reason for the season silhouette.

Marcia included a sheet of holly berry tissue. I glued it to a PTI box, and added

this joy tag. That's a Greetery sprig on the top.

And that's 12 tags and a Gift Box. 

Thank You Marcia!

Happy New Year friends!

The Tags of Christmas

Hi and Merriest of Holidays to you!

Thought I'd share a tag I made with Lawn Fawn's

Ho Ho Holidays' stamps and dies.

I love to color and this was perfect to play with my copics.

Hope your enjoying all the season's best! 

12 Kits of Occasions: September Friends and Food

Hi everyone! It's the end of September and time for the 12 Kits' post. 

This month our hostess is Kim Heggins,  (Cupcakes, Cards and Kim) and she's sent us

a kit full of Friends and Food! What could be more fun!

Leading off with some sprinkles, and a joy filled box of sweets!

Kim included this sentiment, I added die cuts and an ampersand heart. So much

fun to dress up in pink!

I haven't tried avocado toast, but hear it's all the rage. Lots of 'pop ups' with foam

and added to a Greetery frame.

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Truth is, to own this coppery mixer, complete with all it's attachments,

 is a dream of mine. Baking is one of my passions, and I would love a mixer

that kneeds the dough for me.

Adding a closeup of the mixer, painted with metallics:

And a photo of my 'vintage' mixer:

50 years with this 'old gal'. Still works great.  A wedding present from my hubby's 

aunt when we got married 50 years ago in march! So many delicious memories 

within this bowl! Ah, but I can still dream each time I pass a Williams Sonoma

window with those shiny new mixers in every color under the rainbow!

Can't wait to see what my teammies did with their kits, especially the mixer!

Thanks for the visit, and thank you for your comments. Love reading each one.

Friends and Food September 2019

Tag You're It: Flags!

Hi and welcome to a new Tag You're It Challenge: Flags!

Our hostess Kara Pogreba has given us this colorful inspiration photo

Can't you just feel the celebration?

Here's some more inspiration for you

All stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn. The critters, roller coaster and sentiment are

from Coaster Critters. The cloud and sun from Happy Village. First time playing

with this set and love all the images! Simply Grassy Hillsides I've used on

several projects. It's a favorite.

PTI Tasting Tag, which had a couple of holes where I didn't want them, so

I covered them with washi before die cutting.

Distress Oxide inks and Mr. Huey's Opaque White splatters on tag. A few Lindys'

starburst splatters too. 

A closeup shows where I popped up certain images.

The flags are from the Coaster Critter set. But they had a pole, which I simply snipped

off before adding glue and foam.

If you love making tags, and who doesn't? Come play along on the 

Tag You're It Challenge. I'd love to see what inspiration you come up with!

Have a great week!

Tag You're It #97

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!

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!