Guest Designer...12 Kits of Occasions

 

Hello friends.  I am a lucky girl today, because I was invited to join my friends at The 12 Kits of Occasions as their Guest Designer this month.  Tracey is our hostess, and when she invited me to join in on the fun, I was so excited.  Way back in the day, I was one of the original members of this group, but left a few years ago when life just got a little too busy to participate every month.

Take a look at the kit Tracey sent.  Her theme was 'BIRTHDAY'.

I had such fun playing with this kit.  It was so easy to use, and before I knew it, I had made 8 cards.

The first two card were made with supplies from The Greetery.  It was especially fun to play with the colorful pinwheels.

I added a card front panel made with a STAMPloration stencil I had in my stash, and I will enter this card at the STAMPlorations Anything Goes Never Ending Challenge and the STAMPlorations January Stencil Challenge.

One of the elements of the kit was a card front panel that Tracey cut with the MFT Big Birthday Die.  I sponged Distress Oxide ink and splattered water on that panel, and was able to make 2 cards using the die cut letters as well as the left over negative panel.

I sponged Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink on another card front panel and then splattered it with water.  I used that panel to back up the die cut negative from the kit.

And, here are the 2 cards together.

Next up is this adorable critter, completely hidden by all his festive presents.  I added some balloons to make the card even more festive.

I loved the soft colors of the balloon trio in Tracey's kit.  I didn't have to do much to create this card.  I drew on the balloon strings by hand, and added my sentiment in grey ink, rather than black, in keeping with the softer color scheme of this card.

Tracey included some really fun crafty images, and I colored this mug with a rainbow of crafty tools, and added it to a card front panel I created using  MFT stars stencil.

Last but not least, I used one of the sheets of patterned paper from the kit along with  a die cut sentiment for my last card.  I really love the papers Tracey sent, and have held on to quite a few to use in the future.

Hard to believe, but I still have some leftovers from this kit.  Thanks again, Tracey, for inviting me to be your guest this month.

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Guest Designer....The 12 Kits of Occasions

 

Hello friends.  I am a lucky girl today, because I was invited to join my friends at The 12 Kits of Occasions as their Guest Designer this month.  Kim is our hostess, and when she invited me to join in on the fun, I was so excited.  Way back in the day, I was one of the original members of this group, but left a few years ago when life just got a little too busy to participate every month.

Take a look at the goodies Kim sent in her 'LIGHTHOUSE' themed kit:

I had to grab all those adorable pirate koala bears and combine them in one card, anchored by the Comic Strip cover plate.  Aren't they cute?

Next up is this nautical scene.  Just love that fabulous light house.  I am also entering this card at Cupcake Inspiration #503: Sports (sailing).

The next 2 cards use stamps from Hero Arts Seas the Day, and I am entering both of them at A Blog Named Hero: Clean & Simple.

As usual, I have quite a few leftovers from this really fun kit.  Thank you again, Kim, for inviting me to play along with this very fun group.

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The 12 Kits of Occasions....Leftovers with Alumni

I am super excited today to be posting as an alumni along with my friends from "The 12 Kits of Occasions"   The theme this month is 'leftovers'. 

I was a member of this group from its inception in January, 2012 until my departure in December 2016.  I have boxes and boxes of leftovers from 5 years of monthly kits.  It was a great treat to dig through those boxes and put some of those extra supplies to use.

The following 3 cards were in a kit from Sharron in 2013 (pretty sure, anyway).

This next card uses supplies from a 2013 kit from Tracey.

The next 2 cards use supplies from a 2013 kit from Jeanne.

I am not really sure where the supplies come from in my next 2 cards.  I'm thinking possibly Marybeth?

What a fun trip down memory lane this post has been.  As you can guess, I still have loads and loads of supplies from all those years of kits.  I will definitely revisit those kits again.

Now, I hope you will see what all the other alumni and current designers post at The 12 Kits of Occasions.

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Guest Designer.....The 12 Kits of Occasions

I am so happy to be posting here today as a Guest with my friends at The 12 Kits of Occasions.  Our host this month is Tracey, and she asked me to be her guest for the November kit.  The kit was so much fun to play with, and I was able to make 6 cards, until I had to stop playing and move on to other things.

Here is a picture of the kit Tracey sent.

I think this is my favorite card.  I used so many of the adorable dogs in the kit.

Thanks so much to Tracey for having me as her Guest Designer, and it is so nice for me to be back with my old 12 Kits teammates.  Please head over the the 12 Kits of Occasions blog to see more inspiration from the team.

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The 12 Kits of Occasions: December, 2016

It's time for our December 12 Kits of Occasions group post.  Our host this month is Jessica from The Paper Parade and her theme is Christmas thank you.  Just in time, too.  What a fantastic and useful kit theme.  Jessica sent out a wonderful kit with images that ran the gamut from classy and elegant to fun and whimsical.  

Here is a peek at the kit Jessica sent.

Photo courtesy of Lindsey

I made 5 cards using elements from the kit, and have already used some of the cards.  I have oodles of leftovers--lots of good stuff I just didn't get a chance to play with yet.

I still did not use everything that Jessica put in the kit--I still have so many adorable images and elegant patterned papers for another day.

Please visit us over at the 12 Kits of Occasions blog, where you can see a list of all the other designers and click over to their blogs.  

Bittersweet news from me today--this is my last post as a 12 Kits of Occasions Designer.  It is my 60th 12 Kits post, and before that, there were 22 posts with the group that preceded The 12 Kits group.    So many wonderful kits sent and received.  Hundreds of cards made.  Boxes and boxes of leftovers.  I have made so many friends and crafted along with some amazing women.  I treasure the friendships and memories.  But, I have been trying to simplify things and pare down my crafting commitments so I can concentrate more on just crafting whatever and whenever I want.  

I'll still be crafting and blogging, so please continue to come visit.  And the 12 Kits of Occasions group is still going strong.  Check out the group 12 Kits of Occasions blog for all the latest news.

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The 12 Kits of Occasions: November, 2016

It's time for our November12 Kits of Occasions group post.  Our host this month is Kim from Cupcakes, Cards and Kim  and her theme is "Happy Howlidays ".  How cute is that?  Kim sent out a wonderful kit with the most adorable images and pattern papers I fell in love with.  I love collecting pattern paper pads, but rarely actually use them.  You will see that I used these patterned papers in every card.  That is how much I loved the papers.

Here is a peek at the kit Kim sent.

Photo courtesy of Lindsey

There is a lot to see, so I'll get right to it.

  

When I thought I was done, I still could not stop using those patterned papers, so I made a bunch of tags that I am also using to play along with Tracey's 12 Tag's of Christmas Challenge.

I still did not use everything that Kim put in the kit, but I really tried.  At least I think I have fewer leftovers than usual.  Thanks so much, Kim, for sending such a wonderful kit.

That's it for me today.  Please visit us over at the 12 Kits of Occasions blog, where you can see a list of all the other designers and click over to their blogs.  You can also see who is our special Guest Designer this month.

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