The 12 Kits of Occasions - September Edition

Wow, can you believe that September is over and tomorrow will be October!!! I swear the older I get the faster time seems to fly.  I am the hostess for this month's kit and it is all about Halloween!  It was a fun kit to put together and I think everyone had a great time playing with all the ingredients, I know the kits had fun going through the mail, Sharron's kit took a detour from California to Hawaii to Kansas, I will not lie, I was pretty worried that Sharron and I were going to have to hop on a plane to retrieve her kit.  I made quite a few cards and projects to this post is a photo heavy, so grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back and click away! Once you are finished here be sure to head over to The 12 Kits of Occasion's blog to see what the rest of the ladies created with their kits. You can also find my list of supplies on the blog if you are interested. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at all my cards....have a great rest of your week!

Kit Photo Courtesy of Kara

My final project is a Halloween gift for a sweet friend of mine, so I decorated this white treat box and filled it with mummy oreo's.  

Thank you again for stopping by!

CASology # 63 and Addicted to CAS #23

This is another quick post, one card and two challenges and they both have the same theme, CASology #63 and Addicted to CAS #23...how fun is that! Friday I received some happy mail from a sweet friend and I could not wait to put these fabulous leaves to work. They are amazing! I l am in love with Lawn Fawn dies, they are simply fabulous! Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card...have a great weekend!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: Summer Sunrise and Linen

Embossing Folder: Darcie - Wood Grain

Stamp: WM - Teeny Trees

Ink: SU - Baked Brown Sugar

Dies: MFT - Flags and Lawn Fawn - thank you Tracey

ColourQ # 208 and America's Cup

Happy Wednesday!  This is my second post of the day and it will be a quick one...I wanted to get a card made for this week's ColourQ #208, I loved the color combination, black, white and what ever I want for the third one! With Halloween right around the corner orange was the perfect choice, don't you think!  I have had this sweet little cat stamp from Stampin Up for some time so I thought it was time for it so see a bit of ink.  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card....have a great week!

The next few photo's are from today's final race of the America's Cup...I am not into sailing at all and neither is my husband but with the USA coming back to tie and the final race today, he could not pass up heading to San Francisco to be part of the celebration.  

Oracle crossing the finish line...

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: Orange Zest and White

Patterned Paper: Black and Bella Blvd - Birthday Boy

Stamps: Halloween  Treats and Sweets and SU - Frightening Feline 

Bling: Queen & Co.

Die: Lil Inkers - Flag Tag and Stitched Square

Ink:VersaFine - Black

September Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

It's the 25th of the month and that means it is time for the PTI Blog Hop...I almost forgot about it this month so this was a quick little birthday card for a sweet friend.  This month's theme is wreath's, I did not have a wreath stamp so I am using this delightful "wreath" from Think Big Favorites #19 and embellished it with a few roses and there you have it!  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card...there is still plenty of time to play along and so many wonderful cards to see over at Capture the Moment if you need a little inspiration.  

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: Ivory and Royal Velvet

Stamps: Think Big Favorites #19 and Asian Fusion

Ink: VersaFine - Vintage Sepia

Ribbon: Plum Pudding

Embossing Folder: Lifestyle Crafts - Polka Dots

Dies: Spellbinders - Circles

Dynamic Duo's #71 and Retro Sketches #82

Happy Sunday...hope everyone had a fabulous weekend, mine was pretty quiet which is just the way I like to spend my time off.  Friday started the weekend off at a very swanky 50th surprise birthday party for a dear friend and I spent Saturday making sure all my dolly domestic chores were done so I would have some crafting time on Sunday.  I had plenty of crafting time but only made one card and make my first pumpkin treat of the season, Pumpkin Streusel Bread from Lil Luna . My card is for this week's Dynamic Duo's #71 challenge and Retro Sketches #82 challenge. I love it when I can make one card for more than one challenge.  I pulled out a stamp set from Hero Arts that has never seen ink and I love the way it turned out. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card....have a fabulous week!

Pumpkin Streusel Bread

Ingredients - all Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: Kraft and Black

Stamps: Hero Arts, PS - Sentiment Sampler and MFT 

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

Happy Birthday Sharron - Surprise!

Birthday cupcake...

Yummy treats...

Happy Birthday Sharron...wishing you a fabulous day celebrating!

Once again the head party animal Joyce put this birthday blog hop together to celebrate Sharron's birthday. Sharron is one amazing card maker and so sweet and kind.  If you do not know Sharron's work you can find it her on her blog...On Papillon Wings. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and click away, so many fabulous cards and wonderful inspiration. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card...once you are finished here, head over the see what the rest of the party animals have made in celebration of Sharron's Birthday.  Don't forget to pop in to wish the birthday girl a Happy Birthday!

Joyce

Cathy

Christina

Darnell

Jeanne

Jill

Kara

Kelly S.

Kim (that's me)

Marybeth

Renee

Suzanne

Tracey 

My card is also for this week's challenge at ColourQ #207

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White and Enchanted Evening

Stamps: Neat & Tangled - Everyday Circles

Ink: SU - Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Strawberry Slush and Baked Brown Sugar

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

It's a Baby Shower Blog Hop for Jessica

Surprise Jessica! 

How exciting to be part of your baby shower, Jessica from our 12 Kits of Occasions group will be having her sweet baby, Sonny any day.  Renee from It's a Patchwork Life was sweet enough to organize this little party and can see all the wonderful creations on our 12 Kits of Occasions blog and links to all the party animals.  

So happy for Jessica (from The Paper Parade) and her husband, it seems like just yesterday when Ashleigh was born and now 21 and almost finished with college, the time does fly so treasure every minute with your sweet little one.  

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White and Aqua Mist

Silver: Stash

Dies: Cut by Lucy

Ribbon: Stash

Stamps: Script Sentiments

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Impression Plate: Aida 

Dynamic Duo's #70 and Curtain Call - Sunflower Surprise and just for fun...

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend...mine was pretty quiet, made cards with my mom on Saturday and lunch with friends on Sunday and lots and lots of crafting time.  My card for today is for 2 challenges, Dynamic Duo's #70 and Curtain Call - Sunflowers...I am so happy that I had a sunflower set! I used last week's Muse card design to make my card, I fell in love with it but did not have the time to make a card to play with so I am using it now. My second card is just for fun. I love Halloween and one of Ashleigh's friends loves it as much as I do so I have to make a special card just for her.  The stamp I used is the only stamp from Wanda's Pantry that I have never inked up so it was fun.  I even had Ashleigh ink her fingers with VersaMark ink and put some red embossed powder to give the look of bloody finger prints (thanks Renee for the idea).  Hope she likes it. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by to peek at my card....have a fabulous week.

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Sunflower

Solid Card Stock: White

Patterned Paper: Lemon Tart and Spring Moss

Stamps: Sunflower and Bigger Blooms

Dies: Sunflower

Ink: Lemon Tart and Spring Moss and VersaFine - Vintage Sepia

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

Vampire

Solid Card Stock: White and Black

Patterned Paper: Thanks Renee

Stamps: WM - Wanda's Pantry

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Ribbon: Black and Pure Poppy

Stick Pins: Thanks Jeanne

ColourQ #206 and Addicted to CAS #22 - Get Well

Happy Sunday...so far I have one card to share today and another first too. This is my first time playing with Addicted to CAS, their theme is get well and thought that the flowers from Bigger Blooms from PTI would be a great set to pull out.  This card is for ColourQ #206 too, one of the things I love about ColourQ is that it makes you use colors you might not ever use together and this week is no exception, they are so pretty.  Just happy that I had ink colors to make it work.  I added twine to start at the top but changed it to sequins and like the look much better.  Thank you for stopping by to peek at my card....have a fabulous day!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White

Stamps: Bigger Blooms

Ink: Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shore and Hibiscus Burst and Adirondack - Wild Plum

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

WP9 Mood Board #20, Waltzingmouse Fanatics #1 and just for fun...

Happy Saturday...hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! I spent the morning stamping and card making with my mom, so much fun but just like stamping with any friend, we end up spending more time chatting than card making.  My mom finished several cards and I stamped some backgrounds using the PTI Guide Lines set, will show those another day once I finish the cards.  

My first card is for this week's WP9 Mood Board. I love the red white and blue look to the inspiration card. I did not have any chevron dies and Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea was sweet enough to send me some die cuts but then after playing with PTI's Guide Lines I came up with another idea.  Joyce was also sweet enough to send me some the new die cuts from WP9, so I used this adorable little crab instead.  

WP9 Inspiration Card

Next card is for the first challenge for Waltzingmouse Fanatics, they have a new sketch every other week, and there is still plenty of time to play along. In my opinion Waltzingmouse has the best Halloween stamps hands down and ever since I received this adorable candy jar (thanks Jeanne), I knew mine had to be filled with eyeballs.  

Final card for the day is a birthday card. My sister asked me to make a Disney themed birthday card for a 3 year old.  My first thought was make a princess card, once I was finished I realized this was not really a good card for a 3 year old so I started over and make a very cute baby Tigger card.  I was worried about getting it to her in time for the party that I forgot to get a photo, so sorry.  But I do have the princess card to share instead.  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my cards....have a great rest of your weekend!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

WP9

Solid Card Stock: White and Pure Poppy, SU - Pacific Point

Stamps: Guide Lines, WMS - Ocean Bound

Dies: WP9 - Nautical Notions

Ink: SU - Real Red and Pacific Point

Waltzingmouse Fanatics

Solid Card Stock: Canyon Clay and Ripe Avocado

Pattenred Paper: Pebbles - Trick or Treat

Stamp: WMS - Candy Jar, Halloween Party and Midnight Feast

Baker's Twine: Stash

Google Eyes: Stash

Princess

Solid Card Stock: White

Stamps: Neat & Tangles - Across the Card

Sequins: Neat & Tangled