The 12 Kits of Occasions - August Edition 2014

It is that time again...time for our 12 Kits of Occasions post and what a kit we had for this month. Kara from K and R Designs put together a kit filled with so much wonderful patterned paper, dies and even a new stamp set from WP9 and it is all about birthday's.  Kara is giving one of these sets away on her blog (the link is above), so please leave a comment for your chance to win.
I completely forgot to tell you about our wonderful guest designer this month...Alanna from Alanna's Spot in the World. She is an amazing card maker and about as sweet as they come. Be sure to stop by her blog and welcome her this month. 

I have 5 cards to share with you today and like with most of our kits, lots and lots of left overs to play with for my 12 Kits revisited post next week.  Kara, thank you so much for your wonderful kit, looking forward to seeing the rest of the creations from our group. Thank you so much for stopping by...enjoy your holiday weekend.

For a list of all the supplies used in this kit, you can find them on our 12 Kits of Occasions blog.

Crafting with friends.....

Just a quick post for today...this past week I headed down to San Diego for some crafting time with Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea and Marybeth from Marybeth's Time for Paper. I flew down on Tuesday and Joyce and I played with all her supplies, this is like being a kid a candy store and you get to taste test everything! I know why Joyce is so organized, she has so many wonderful supplies, it is the only way to remember what you have. I told her she should hire herself out and asked her to do my craft room first, she really has a wonderful gift! On Wednesday Marybeth joined us for a day filled with some card making and lots of laughter, some of the stories still have me laughing. Thank you Joyce and Marybeth for an amazing time, crafting with friends is so much fun! I have lots of photos to share and several cards too. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by...enjoy your weekend!

 Playing with Joyce's new Poppy dies.

 This was Joyce's idea, to make a card that looked like the blouse I had on. I would have never thought of it as inspiration but I love the look of it!

 My first water coloring attempt...I think I am hooked! Thanks Marybeth.

This card is for the current challenge at Muse. I took my inspiration from the swirls and colors and thought the Scribbles and Circles stamps would be perfect for my card. 

Bobby's card

 Sherlock, Joyce's crafting companion

 Joyce, Sherlock, me and Marybeth

 Our mess

more mess.....

ColourQ #256

Just a quick post with this weeks ColourQ #256 card and the colors are so fun, such an amazing retro feel to them. So I had to pull out another NBUS set from PTI's Stamp a Faire this year. I did not play along this year but fell in love with the 60's era stamps and dies, they so remind me of The Jetson's cartoons. Hope you will find time this week to play along, I am looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations! Thank you so much for taking time to stop by...enjoy your week!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Simply Chartreuse and Canyon Clay and SU - Pacific Point and Pumpkin Pie

Stamps & Dies: PTI - 1960's

Ink: PTI - Canyon Clay

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

CAS-ology - Java #109 and Back to School

Happy Saturday....I have one card to share and one fun back to school gift tag. My card is for the current challenge at CAS-ology and it seems like it has been forever since I have played along with them. When I saw this week's cue card, I did not want to miss playing along. So I have a question for you...how my coffee stamp sets does it take to make just one CAS coffee card??? In my case 3, Paper Smooches - Cyber Cafe, The Alley Ways - Breakfast Club and Reverse Confetti - Be a Barista. What a fun card to make too.

We started school this past Thursday and I wanted to make some fun treats for my sweet co-workers and I saw this adorable little book worm some where in blogland and had to purchase the files from Silhouette and make some too. Don't you think he is just the cutest!  I filled treat bags with some yummy candy (Twix, Sour Patch Kids and Plain M&M's) and tied them off with black and white gingham ribbon and red bakers twine. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by...enjoy the rest of your week!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Rustic White and SU - Baked Brown Sugar

Stamps: PS - Cyber Cafe, RC - Be a Barista and TAWS - Breakfast Club

Ink: SU - Soft Suede, Baked Brown Sugar and Chocolate Chip

The Card Concept #17 - Be Inspired

The new challenge at The Card Concept is based on this beautiful photo #17 - Be Inspired...I am in love with this bedding, so pretty and what an amazing design.  What inspired me from this photo are the shapes of the petals/leaves and I thought this butterfly was a perfect match. My card design this challenge is freestyle collage, not a card style I make much of but it was fun to give it a try.  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your week!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and PTI - Limeade Ice

Patterned Paper: PTI - Limeade Ice

Dies: PTI - Life is Beautiful, Top Dog - Doily and RC - Love Note

Stamps: amuse

Ribbon: PTI - Limeade Ice

ColourQ #255

Happy Tuesday! Had a fabulous day...worked in my classroom today getting supplies organized for all the little munchkins, nothing smells better than a fresh box of crayola crayons! School starts on Thursday...seems like summer has just zipped by. I have this week's ColourQ card for challenge #255, the colors are just beautiful and I had so much fun making my card. I pulled out a NBUS cover plate from My Favorite Things called Floral Fusion, so pretty right...I hope you all find time to play along this week, looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by...enjoy your week!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White, SU - Rich Razzleberry and Winter Wisteria, PTI - Spring Rain and Simply Chartreuse

Dies: PTI - Initial Thoughts and MFT - Floral Fusion

Stamps: a-muse

Button & Twine: PTI -Simply Chartreuse

Happy Sunday!

I have one card to share today and it is for the current challenge at Colour Me Challenge #33 and this week's colors are so amazing, bright and vivid and fun to play with. Also wanted to thank you ladies at Colour Me for selecting my card from last week's challenge as the winner, what an amazing honor...thank you so much Sherrie!
We have finally recovered from last weekend's rock festive, the older I get the longer it takes but I have so much fun it is worth it.  This week was busy doing fun stuff because school starts this coming Thursday, can't believe summer break is almost over. On Monday I met up with Darnell and Harriet and we went to the Hero Arts outlet in Richmond, it was so so tiny but we all managed to spend money that has to say something. And then a nice lunch after at Pyramid Brewery in Berkeley. Tuesday I went back to San Francisco for lunch with another sweet friend and we ate outside at a cute French Cafe, so fun. In fact this thank you card is for her, she is one of the sweetest ladies I know. Wednesday I had my hair done and Thursday my sweetie took me to Half Moon Bay for a wonderful lunch at Sam's Chowder House. No time to make cards until this weekend...I have more to share but you will have to wait to see those. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by....enjoy your week!

Harriet, Me and Darnell

Lunch in San Francisco with Giselle...so yummy.

Lobster Roll at Sam's, so so good and so so big!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: SU - Tangelo Twist and Michael's - White

Patterned Paper: Lawn Fawn - Into the Woods and Studio Calico - Abroad

Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Squares and Rectangles

Sentiment: Pink Petticoat Digital - Scriptalicious

Enamel Dots: MME

ColourQ #254 and Outside Lands

Hello and Happy Tuesday! It seems like forever since I have posted a card and played around in blogland. Every year my daughter and I go to the 3 day rock music festival in Golden Gate Park called Outside Lands so that is why I have been missing the last few days. I still have time off before school starts so I will get caught up soon. 

My card is a bit late today...this weeks colors from ColourQ challenge #254 are so beautiful don't you think? So bright and so many possibilities, hope you will find the time to play along this week. 

Have to share a few photos from our fabulous weekend...so many great bands, so little time and about 80,000 other people to hang out with each day. We walked an average of 10 miles each day, one of the things I love about this festival, lots and lots of walking so we can eat the yummy food. The food was wonderful...fried pickles from the Frickle Brothers and fried Brussels Sprouts from The American Grilled cheese kitchen were my favorites of the weekend. This was the first time in the 4 years we have gone, we had 2 days of actual sunshine and warm weather making for the perfect long weekend. We saw Arctic Monkeys, Tom Petty and the Killers, they were all amazing...looking forward to next year and trying to guess who will be there. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by....enjoy your week!

One card and the coolest socks ever!

Happy Wednesday...hope everyone is having a fabulous week. I have one card to share and it is for 3 different challenges, I love it when this happens. I am entering this in CAS-ology, Colour Me and House of Cards.

Aren't these the coolest pair of socks??? My sister made them for me...they were a Christmas gift that arrived a wee bit late but well worth the wait in my opinion. Thank you again Robyn for the incredible gift, these will keep my cold feet nice and toasty!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michaels' - White

Stamps: PTI - Keep It Simple: Birthday

Dies: PTI - Life is Beautiful

Enamel Dots: MME

Glitter: Martha Stewart