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

12 Kits of Occasions: January '17 'Snow Day'

I'm so glad you came by today for a visit. There's so much to see!

It's time for 12 Kits' January post, and our hostess this month is 

the fabulous Jeanne Jackna. (A Kept Life)

Jeanne's kit is all about winter, full of sweet happy papers, snowy 

images, and die cuts, and of course because it's 'Queen Jeanne', lots

of accessories! Honestly, she's the most generous crafter I know and a genius with dp!

So get cozy and let's take a look at Snow Day!

Oh those Memory Box skates! Love them to bits! Gave the blades a silvery tone with a pen,

and matched them with one of Jeannes' silver snowflake charms.

Poppystamps Wintertime Fairies fly over a PTI Mix & Mat: Snowflakes die.

Oh yes, Jeanne included the twine, a color I didn't have in my stash.

These sweet friends from Pretty Pink Posh just look better together.

See that little muffled bird on the banner? A piece of leftover dp Jeanne included, cut 

with a scrap from a Poppystamps die.

I guess you can imagine what fun it was getting this kit and putting everything together.

This sledding cub just seemed to go with the sentiment!

Memory Box snowflakes: Evangeline

No way did I use all the papers and elements and bling in Jeanne's kit.

Plenty leftovers for More!

Can't wait to see what my teammates made with their kit.

We have 2 guests this month, 

Cathy Weber from Empty Nests Crafter, an original member of the group that Jeanne

invited back.

Richard Breaks - That's Mister Cardmaker to You

and the winner of last month's comments: Marcia Hill - Marcia's Stampin' Pad.

Please go by for a visit and leave some love on their blogs! 

Thank You, Jeanne! Loved every single bit!

12 Kits of Occasions July '17

Hi, and welcome to July's post for 12 Kits of Occasions.

This month's hostess is Kim Heggings, from Cupcakes, Cards and Kim
and she's titled this month's kit:

Christmas in July.
Kim has chosen Ardyth as her guest this month. Ardyth's blog is MASKerade,
and you don't want to miss her creations.

Darling Images and die cuts, wonderful holiday paper, and even some twine and

bling for our cards!

Starting off with the reason for the season!

This Bethlehem Boarder was ready for it's desert night setting.

Hills & Banner: PTI

How cute is this kitty? And it's sentiment!

Gave my 'naughty' kitty glittered poms on her cap.

Sizzix Tim Holtz EF.

This trio screamed for the Ho3 sentiment!

I gave the capped pup some puff paint on his trim.

Candy Canes: PTI

Tags: Poppy Stamps

Neat & Tangled 'Merry & Bright

Thanks to Kim, I've put a dent in my Christmas card stash!

Don't miss the other designers' Christmas in July posts!

12 Kits of Occasions March 2017

It's the last day of March, and that means time for 

12 Kits of Occasions!

The fabulous Jeanne Jackna from A Kept Life

sent us a kit that's Out of This World!

Stamps and dies and papers, oh my!

When Jeanne's up at 12 Kits, get ready. She is an 

amazingly talented designer, generous, and lovely,

inside and out!

Thank you, dear Jeanne, I had so much fun with so many

images. Each of 8 cards came so quickly, I had to force 

myself to quit! And so much left. But that's OK, 

lots to play with in the future!

1st up, a shaker!

GA-ed his helmet face, and there's lots of Wink of Stella.

Have A Blast features a rocket with glittery fire.

These 3 space guys are circling earth!

I just love this sentiment with the little green guy.

A Space Needle surrounded by stars.

Got to play with some Finetec Pearl paints for this card.

This spaceman is out for a ride on this sweet rocket!

And finally this space duo flying in to wish a happy birthday.

Thank you again, Jeanne, for a kit that was 'Out of This World!

We have some guest this month too, Richard Breaks, Janis Woolbright, Betty Keefe,

and Katie Mowery. Be sure to stop by and give them some love!

March 2017 - Out of This World

Easter Wishes

It's Blog Hop time at PTI, and this month we have inspiration by 

artist Victoria Johnson.

I researched her a bit, and was inspired by her bright contrasts

and bold floral prints. Completely enchanting!

My card began with an A2 sized Hawaiian Shores card stock,

and except for the embossed sentiment, all die cuts.

Forget-Me-Not, Spring Woods, Cover Plate: Pretty Frame

Inks: PTI

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

Matching envelope with Pale Peony Pattern Cardstock

Play along all day on Nichole's blog:

March 2017 Blog Hop

With Thanks

So excited to get my 1st order from Neat & Tangled,

with their new set, Medallion Flower Builder Stamps and Dies,

and this very cool Polygon Stencil.

Their Challenge #78 was the perfect excuse to ink it all up!

My card is a rainbow inspired medallion flower,

using the leaf shapes to create a blue & green rainbow,

while the flower center, cut from the 3 sizes of circles 

and a pinkish rainbow.

The stencil bg is sponge inked with Ranger's new Distress Oxide Inks:

Cracked Pistachio & Broken China, sprinkled with water, then inked splatters.

The generous folks at Neat & Tangled included a package of

irridescent sequins, Lovely Lilac, (I think it's called),

which take on the colors underneath. LOVE!

Play along here: On the Little Tangles Blog

Challenge #78-Rainbow

Also including my card in Curtain Call's Challenge

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Fluff

and Stamping Royalty Blog
Spring!!!
Stampin' Royalty Challenge SR#365

and SSS: Monday Challenge Layer It Up
Simon Says: Layer It Up

Easter Blessings

Playing along with The Card Concept, where the inspiration is 

rich texture and this photo:

Love peonies, at least I think they're peonies, might

be roses. Have tried to grow them, but we get hot

summers, and cold winters, not a peony's favorite seasons!

The peonies are from PTI: Peonies On Parade, stamps and dies,

watercolored with my Derwent Watercolor Pencils, and

Gansai Tambi watercolors.

The textured bg was created with a woodblock rubber stamp

by Hero Arts called Hydrangeas.

The flowers and leaves were stamped with PTI's Lavender Moon,

Winter Wisteria and Amethyst Allure.

Bottom of the stamp with Hero Arts Wet Cement.

I flicked some paint onto the stamped piece before adding my die cuts.

Sentiment from PTI's Keep It Simple: Easter.

More rich texture with the bottom panel of Echo Park designer paper,

and some washi tape.

Irridescent sequins from Neat & Tangled.

Going with clean and layered, with some mixed media (watercolors)

Play along on the Card Concept blog here:

CC #69- March 15 {Rich Texture}