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

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: March - Many Thanks

Welcome to the March post for 12 Kits of Occasions!

Our hostess this month is Jessica Davis, and she gave us a kit 

full of whimsy and wonderful papers and a whole lot of thank you!

Talk about fun... well just have a look,

Leading off with my favorite, 

Those cute little owls took on attitude with coloring, and I just loved perching them on a 

shaker with one of Jessica's sentiments.

Jessica included a whole bunch of fabulous pattern paper I cut into strips to weave as a 

bg for my little Indian cub. I added a couple of arrows from Papertrey's You Have My Heart.

Another sentiment cut with an oval die, and PTI's Banner.

This little sweetie was inspired by one of my granddaughters Noelle.

She's never without a little buddy.

OK, confession time. I finished coloring my Concord & 9th unicorn, only to flub up tail.

Couldn't bear to toss it, so began adding bling, and more bling and yet MORE bling. 

I just know my little Noelle will think it's super special BECAUSE of all that bling!

Mama Elephant: Landscape Trio

Maybe should'a stopped at the glitter!

My last card is this sweet pair, and their appreciation, which is just what I wanted to 

end with, my appreciation for your visit! 

Thank You Jessica, loved every bit!

You're in for a treat with the other designers.

I got a sneak peek, and looks like we all had a blast with this kit! 

Happy Easter all!

12 Kits of Occasions April '17

Hello! And welcome to 12 Kits of Occasions: April post.

Our hostess this month is Sharron Gregory from On Papillon Wings,

and her kit is titled: Hello Friends.

I couldn't wait to dig into this kit, filled with sweet critters, 

darling dressed for rain kids, and papers and sentiments to match! 

Loved the theme, and love you, Sharron.

You hit my sweet spot with your joyous kit!

On to the cards!

I lead with a favorite, 2 Mama Elephant rain slicker tots sharing an umbrella.

This closeup shows some glossy accents on the umbrella

and the rain wear.

What would you do with a kitty just begging for color? 

I might have gone a bit overboard with the eye makeup, but she didn't complain...

Sharron was very generous with the PTI: Super Succulant pattern paper,

paired perfectly with the Spellbinders pots and succulents.

Honey Bunny just seemed to go with this sentiment!

Background was a PTI Ocean Tides card stock that I put through my emboss

machine with a Spellbinders folder, rolled with ink.

Memory Box Scribble Flower Circle.

Sharron sent along this cloud filled card stock.

 I couldn't resist putting it with this 

sweet pair I colored with pencils. can you see their fuzzy tails?

And finally, another favorite, was this birdhouse duo included in our kit, 

I left white,

and added it to a PTI scallop circle sponge inked, with 3 popped up 

Succulant Garden flowers, I just happened to have.

Otherwise Sharron's kit supplied me with more than 

enough wonders I hadn't seen before or had!

Plenty of cards on hand to send to friends is just what I needed.

Don't forget to check out the other 12 Kits Designers for more

card ideas. And so happy to see Marcia Hill as our Guest Designer this month!

Please go by and give her some love at Marcia Hill's time for Paper.

12 Kits of Occasions January

Well, hello there, and welcome to my first post as a member of

the '12 Kits of Occasions' team!

Beyond excited to be asked and overjoyed to join!

Wonderful designers that are not only the very best, but friends too,

which, truthfully, is why I love this craft, making friends!

Lindsey from Occasional Crafting is our hostess for the month of January.

Our kit was full of celebration, and bright happy images.

I may have overdone for my first time as a team member, but honestly, could easily have done another 6 with all Lindsey included!

OK,  enough intro, and hope your comfortable, there's a lot to show you, so let's get to it!

Ellie triplets? Couldn't resist putting these cuties together on a card!

Yep! All those seed beads were in the kit!

Can't wait for an occasion to send this out to brighten someone's day!

This gorgeous gold embossed elements panel just begged for shimmer watercolors!

Sweet, springy pattern paper begged for kissing bunnies!

All gold with shiny bling!

Wonderful sentiment for someone extra-special!

This little guy holds a thank you to Lindsey!

Hope you enjoyed, and hope you visit each designer. And give 

some love along the way!

Celebrating You - January '16 

TYI #28

Greetings, hope you're having a wonderful week,

not too hot!

New challenge at Tag You're It features Jen

with this sweet inspiration:

My tag has an animal and balloons, like Jen's

but he's a squirrel!

Play along at Tag You're It! Challenge

Advice for the day: Stay cool, stay inside and craft!

PapertreyInk: Nuts for You, Heart Banners, card stock & Inks

Balloons: Mama Elephant Party Kit

Tag You're It Challenge #24

Welcome tag creators!

It's challenge #24, and our inspiration comes from the fabulous Anja Curvors!

I'm such a fan, love her clever work, and her inspiration tag/card is full of

her joy of the craft!

Aqua water color, animal cutie, and stars were my inspiration.

I recently made my 1st Mama Elephant order, (don't know what took me so long!)

Love their simple sweet images and dies.

My pandas are from Pandamonium, and the balloon, tassel, and hello string

from Party Kit.

Hope your find inspiration here and on the other designers' blogs,

and find time to add your creation.

We love to see what you come up with, and comment,

and the winner receives a guest designership at TYI!

Tag You're It! Challenge #22

New tag challenge time at Tag You're It!

And we have this wonderful tag courtesy Lynn Put

I was inspired by every sweet detail,

and created this tag:

Can't wait to see what you are inspired by; the strawberries?, the bright red & green?, 

the double tag?,  the country gingham, hearts, or all of the above?

Play along for a chance to be a guest designer with Tag You're It!

Here's my recipe for this tag:

Paper Sweeties Emma and Sweet Cuts: Emma

Paper Sweeties outfit is from: Thanks Berry Much

PTI: cardstock, Bookmark 3 die, tiny tag

Mama Elephant Balloon and sentiment from: Party Kit Stamps and die

Copics

Twine

heart charm

ribbon