Photo courtesy of Kara
Hello...hope everyone in the US had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, ours of was nice a quiet with lots of yummy food. Did anyone do any Black Friday shopping? We get up early but not too early and headed for San Francisco, I get dropped off downtown at Union Square and my hubby and daughter drove over to Haight Street for Black Friday - Record Store Day at Amoeba. I spent the morning having breakfast at Lefty O'Douls and then wondering around all 4 floors of Britex, the entire store was 30%, so I stocked up on fabric.
Foggy drive across the bridge...
Lefty O'Douls
Union Square Ice Rink
Christmas Tree at Union Square
Britex - 1st floor
Ok...back to our 12 Kits post...just wanted to share a few of my photos from the Black Friday...I am the hostess this month and the theme to my kit is Santa...I love this jolly old soul and thought it would be fun to have him be the star of my post. Be sure to visit The 12 Kits of Occasions blog to see all the magical creations the rest of the card making elves made. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy the rest of your weekend!
I am entering this card in the current Time Out challenge #19, Embossed with a twist of Sparkle
Love your lovely collection of cards, Kim... so gorgeous! My favorite? The thank you card from Santa!! What a darling idea... might be CASEing that one for my grandkids! Thanks for sharing your day in SanFran... it's been years since I visited!
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great cards!! love santa's belt!! so cute!
ReplyDeleteooops! forgot to tell you how much I loved your kit!! I have a lot left to use later, too!:) Thanks so much!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun kit. All your cards are so much fun.
ReplyDeleteI loved your post today Kim! Loved the pictures and places you visited TFS . You did a wonderful job with your own kit so many wonderful cards! I love the last one with the tinny cookie cutters,I have had those in and out of my cart so many times. Thank you for such a fun kit where as you say: the cards made themselves.
ReplyDeleteHere in Norway we don't have thanksgiving. But this year some stores did take the opportunity to arrange Black Friday sales, but I passed.
ReplyDeleteYou've created so many different Santa cards! Extremely hard, even impossible, to pick a favorite! I think the embossed paper with Santa's belt is a clever idea. I also like the large Santa on the red and white card. But the card with Santa's face only is also lovely, this Santa has a really sweet and 'good old Santa' face.
Looks like a fun day! And what a great selection of cards. I adore your Santa images and the Time out is such fun, great to see you join us x
ReplyDeleteFantastic group of cards. Love them all. The first is especially clever. Love that idea of the belt. I think we actually have one card that match each other. Funny that it has taken years for this to happen.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great day you had, Kim ... and what gorgeous cards you created with your kit! It's particularly fun because I saw some of it being prepared at the Lake House ... so not only such a treat seeing your wonderful creations, it was also a treat being reminded of the wonderful time we had! So delighted that you played along with us at Time Out with that fab Santa suit card! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards Kim - you put together an awesome kit. I loved looking at the photos from your Black Friday trip!
ReplyDeleteIt's so fun to see the creations that are being made from the kit I watched you work on at the Lake House! I love every one of these, Kim!! And thank you for for sharing the photos of your fun black Friday activities!! I like the new profile photo, too!! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteKim you created the most fabulous self assembling kit, I had so much fun working with it. That great big Santa image was my favourite! All of your cads are fabulous, I love the shimmer cardstock behind the Text Block die.
ReplyDeletewonderful cards! I'm loving those Santa images!
ReplyDeleteWOWZERS, love these!! That jolly Santa face with the silver believe is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards Kim, I like the red embossed with the Santa belt. But I really enjoyed all the photos of SF. A few years ago we went there the day after Thanksgiving and omg it was so crowded. My son does not do anything early so by the time we got into the city (from Palo Alto) we kept on moving and ending up going to a water museum by Sausalito. Also we almost ran out of gas in
ReplyDeleteRichmond (harrowing experience). Happy Holidays
Thanks so much for this beautiful kit Kim and so sorry I was late posting. Your shopping spree looks wonderful - you got to see so much! That fabric store looks amazing! Your cards are wonderful too and I love them all. I think we were thinking the same for two of them. My fave is the "note from Santa" - I love the mix of papers and sparkle you added!
ReplyDeleteHi Kim your cards and the kit is just gorgeous!!! Could you tell me the second last card with Santa's big face, where did you buy the stamp for it?
ReplyDeleteKim this was just the jolliest of kits, thank you SO much! I always love to see what the Kit Queen's vision was by looking at the cards she made and yours are spectacular! I have saved my Santas for casing, and am really glad I did after seeing your creations. The Santa with the silver Believe and the holly leaf of his hat is my fave. Love the cookie card with the sweet treats, my girls would love that one so much!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Loved your kit so much--the Santa images were just spectacular and so much fun to use. The card with the belt is so clever and I just adore the last card with the note from Santa! Thanks again for such an amazing kit!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely day and wonderful cards! Love all of the santa inspiration you have provided - especially your clever card for Time Out. Great CAS design with the added texture of the embossing. Thanks for joining us over at Time Out :)
ReplyDeleteKIM!! I've fallen behind in commenting, but running wildly to catch up! Your Thanksgiving weekend looks nothing short of amazing, and your gallery of gorgeous cards: in awe! Each one is infused with Christmas magic! Soooo pretty
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What a fabulous group of cards, Kim! I especially love the first one! I only used my computer for Black Friday shopping, but so fun seeing your pictures. I haven't been to San Francisco in so long since my sister has come up here instead.
ReplyDeleteLove the theme you chose for thus months 12 Kits. I spent quite a bit of time perusing all the blogs from the recipients of your kit - what a talented group of card makers! Love your cards, especially your Santa Special a Delivery! So creative!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your cards...no surprise there! :) I totally want to CASE your large Santa believe card and frame it. I loved the image so much I just couldn't use it on a card for fear I'd mess it up. Cannot wait to use some of my leftover goodies for notes to/from Santa this year. I know my son will think it is amazing. Thank you so much for your fabulous kit. I REALLY loved it!
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