The 12 Kits of Occasions - February 2014 Edition

Ok...not real sure where to start, this kit was beyond amazing, truly beyond amazing, Renee from It's A Patchwork Life is our hostess with the mostess this month and she totally out did herself...so many wonderful ingredients, from the patterned paper to the beautiful ribbon and all the amazing little doo-dads! You could literally make a couple dozen cards from everything that Renee sent, so much fun to have it all spread over my craft desk, it looked like a convention for snowmen, just needed a nice hot cup of cocoa!

This month we have another guest designer with us, her name is Judy Marino from Judy's Card Corner. Judy is one amazing card maker, you will need to grab a cup of your favorite beverage and spend some time on her blog, you will be in awe! Please make her feel at home and be sure to leave her some love too.  To see all the wonderful cards that our group has made, head over to our blog, The 12 Kits of Occasions and from there you can get the link to each ladies blog. You will also be able to find a list of the incredible ingredients that Renee included.  

Thank you so much for stopping by to peek at my cards...wishing you all a fabulous Friday!

Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop

Hello...another quick post today with my card for PTI's blog hop. The theme is spring and I pulled out Year of Flowers - Daffodils, I don't think you can get much more spring than this.  I fussy cut my flower and used some glossy accents for the flower middle to make it stand out a bit.  I love this sentiment from the set too, so perfect for spring.  Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White, Simply Chartreuse, Lemon Tart and Vellum

Stamsps: PTI - Year of Flowers - Daffodils
Brads: My stash
Ink: PTI - Lemon Tart and VersaMark

Papertrey Ink MIM and ColourQ #229

Happy Sunday....today was a nice and quiet day, did some sewing for a couple of friends, made a triple layer chocolate cake for Ashleigh's birthday tomorrow and threw in one card for two challenges.  I loved the colors from this week's ColourQ challenge so I thought I would use them for this week's PTI MIM card layering dye and pigment inks. I have not played in a while, but I loved the technique they were featuring, so I gave it a try. Since I was making a birthday card I thought it would be fun to use sheet music for my background stamp, I love the way it turned out. Thank you so much for stopping by....have a wonderful week.

Ashleigh's Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michaels' - White and SU - Crisp Cantaloupe

Stamps: PTI - Background Basics - Music, Wish Big and Snowflake Flurries

Ink: SU - Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry, VersaFine - Black, PTI - Ripe Avocado and WP9 - White

ColourQ #229, WP9 - Trend Watch and The Card Concept #4

So happy it is Saturday...so far I have one card to share for the day and it is for this week's challenge over at ColourQ #229, the colors are just amazing, they scream spring to me and The Card Concept #4, there theme is floral and WP9 - Trend Watch...gotta love these sweet little flowers. My card would fit into the "layered and clean" category.  I pulled out Fresh Cut Floral's from WP9 and thought they would work so well with these colors and both challenges...plus a few sequins and there you have it! Thank you so much for stopping by...have a wonderful weekend.

my sweetie went fishing yesterday and caught this 45 inch sturgeon....can't wait to bite into this!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and SU -Crisp Cantaloupe

Stamps: WP9 - Fresh Cut Florals and SSS - Sketchy Banner Greetings

Dies: WP9 - Fresh Cut Florals

Ink: SU - Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry and PTI - Ripe Avocado

Serendipity #28 and another Merry Monday card...

Happy Friday...yippeee, I am doing the happy dance today (thanks for the lessons Bev!). I have a quick post for today with one card for Serendipity Challenge #28 and Merry Monday #96.  Thank you so much for stopping by...have a fabulous weekend!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and PTI - Pure Poppy

Patterned Paper: EP - 'tis the Season

Dies: PTI - Tipped Tops and Lil Inkers: Holly Jolly

Stamps: Serendipity - Have a Jolly

Twine and Jingle Bells: My Stash

2 Cards for Thursday

It's almost the weekend again...yipppeee and no plans so that means lots of crafting and family time.  I have two cards to share today, my first one is for this week's Merry Monday. It was fun to make, took me a bit longer than it should have and I still think it is missing something but I decided to let it go and post it any way.

It is hard to see all the glitter on my card, it edges the hills, roof and chimeny smoke.

My second card is for this week's CASology...the cue card is "jump" and as soon as I saw that I knew which stamps to pull out. In fact this is one of my oldest sets, it is from Flourishes and I love their silhouettes. I stamped the images in black but since it is an outside setting I really felt like it needed a bit of color so  I added the green stripe paper and yellow twine to brighten it up a bit. Thank you so much for stopping by...have a fabulous day!

Ingredients

Merry Mondays

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and PTI - Pure Poppy and New Leaf

Stamps: Hero Arts - Winter Village and PTI - In The Meadow

Dies: Lil Inkers: Holly Jolly and Stitched Circles and Mama Elephant - Borders

Ink: SU - Real Red and PTI - New Leaf

CASology 

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug - Fruit Stand

Twine and Wooden Embellishment: My Stash

Stamps: Flourishes - Kids Play

Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Fusion Card Challenge and WP9 - Birthday Celebration

One of the nice things about a 3 day weekend is that there is also a short work week...yipppeee! I hope all of you had a fabulous weekend. I spent yesterday cleaning and then made 2 cards. My first one is for the current Fusion Card Challenge #4, I was inspired by Cathy's card, those sheep are just too darn cute.  I love peeps, I know, I know, I am sure many of you think they are disgusting but there is just something about them I love. Not being a chocolate lover, there is not too much else out there.  When I first got Lucy (my silhouette) I had to have the cut file for peeps and now I have the chance to use it.  

My second card is for this weeks birthday celebration over at WP9 and the theme this week is Trend Watch. It usually takes me a bit to get on the band wagon with new ideas or supplies. I have to say I was not keen on sequins when they showed up but with a bit of arm twisting from one of my stamping friends (and she knows who she is), I jumped on and have not looked back. I love these little guys, so many amazing colors and they look so wonderful on cards. So my card is showcasing sequins...thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Ingredients

Peeps

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White, SU - Pink Pirouette 

Ribbon: Britex

 Pearls: SU

Stamp: Penny Black - Happy

Dies: PTI - Tiny Tags Tremendous

Lemonade

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and PTI - Pure Poppy

Patterned Paper: Lawn Fawn - Pink Lemonade and PTI - Pure Poppy

Stamps: WP9 - Milk & Cookies 

Dies: WP9 - Milk & Cookies and PTI -Loop de Loop

Doily: SU

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

Ink: VersaFine - Black and SU - Real Red

One card for Saturday...

Happy Saturday...hope everyone had a fabulous Valentine's Day. We went out to dinner with some friends and had a wonderful time and today I spent the day with 48 other ladies scrapbooking or card making. So much fun but unfortunately I did not get much of anything done, one card and organized a few photos but I did get to spend the day with some sweet friends so it was all worth it. My card today is for this week's Colourq challenge #228.  Thank you so much for stopping by...have a wonderful rest of your weekend!

me and my sweetie. I made my dress too.

Kathy, me and Cheri

Ingredients

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

Stamps: PTI - Birthday Style

Dies: PTI - Birthday Style

Impression Plate: PTI - By the Numbers

Simply Create Too - St. Patrick's Day/Something Green Challenge #55

Happy Valentine's Day everyone...wishing you all a very sweet day! I have one card to share today and it is for the current challenge over at Simply Create Too and I hope you will find time to play along! Green is my favorite color so this was a fun challenge to make a card for. I used my favorite stamp set from Waltzingmouse, Off Beat Backgrounds to make my own plaid background, so much fun! Be sure to head over to Simply Create Too to see all of the fabulous cards that the rest of the design team has created. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a sweet day!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Spring Moss

Stamps: PTI - Luck of the Irish and Waltzingmouse - Off Beat Backgrounds

Ink: PTI - Spring Moss & Ripe Avocado and VersaFine - Black

Ribbon: PTI - Ripe Avocado

Dies: RC - Tag Me and Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles

Two cards for Wednesday...

 Hi...short and sweet post for today...2 more cards for PTI's Anniversary party...both are for Day 1 and Day  7.  I love working with the sketches and color combinations, you really do not need to think too much, both were very quick! Thank you so much for stopping by today...have a great rest of your week!