Faith & Family - February '18

Here we are rolling through 2018!

The last day of February and time for this month's 12 Kits of Occasions!

This month Lindsey Larsen is our hostess and she sent such an amazing kit that screamed springtime to me. The colours, the die cuts, the heartfelt sentiments and oh the gorgeous flowers just brought a smile to my face from ear to ear! I created six cards this month, but I  honestly have enough kit and ideas left over that I could make six more. Exactly the time this post is going live I am taking off in an airplane heading down to Kansas for a retreat weekend. I can't tell you how good it is for the soul the get crafty with a bunch of talented ladies. Speaking of talented I do hope you get a chance to check out what I know will be gorgeous projects from all the designers at the 12 Kits of Occasions. Every month I am so thankful to create along with the group.

Of lets get on with what you are here for...

Here they are all together!

Back to the 12 Kits blog to check out the rest!

Snow Day - January '18

Can you believe it is already the last day of January?

I couldn't be happier to know that spring is that much closer!

12 Kits designer, Jeanne Jachna, is our host for this month's installment and she sent the group a kit bursting and overflowing with fabulous papers, lots of snowy die cut images and LOTS of 

Close up of the Wink of Stella...

These are the Copics I used for my cards, of course the clearest photo is the one where some of the numbers are upsidedown--lol!

Here they are all together...

Fashionista - December 2017

Here we are on the last day of 2017!

It's amazing how fast this year has gone.

I have the pleasure of being the last hostess of the year for the 12 Kits of Occasions. From the moment I laid my eyes on the new Fashionista collection from Echo Park I fell in love with the papers, the colours, the whimsy and all the possibilities. I sent each of the girls on the team a kit full of patterned papers, girlie stamped images and die cuts. Included in the line up are images and die cuts from Hero Arts, Ellen Hutson and My Favorite Things. A full list of the supplies found in the kits can be found on the 12 Kits of Occasions blog. Supplies I added today that are not on the supplies list--MFT Stamps Blueprints #27, Essentials by Ellen Mirror, Mirror die

This Tuesday will be 11 weeks since I broke my collarbone. Everyday I am getting stronger and stronger but when I use my arm too much it definitely lets me know. The bone is pretty much healed but the soft tissue damage may take up to 3 - 4 months to repair, so I am continuing with my physio and hope that 2018 is a good year for healing.  So no on to what you are here for today. I made six cards this month and it felt so good to finally be able to get back to crafting again.


For my first card I used Freshly Made Sketches Sketch #318 for my design.

My next card uses CAS(e) the Sketch #252, very literally.

Close up so you can see the Wink of Stella coating the dress:








I will be submitting these to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge anything goes.

Please take some time to hop around to the blogs of all the girls on the team.
Links on the 12 Kits of Occasions blog.

Happy Hopping!

Christmas '17

Ho ho ho, can you believe it is the last day of November?

Well that means is it time for another chapter of the 12 Kits of Occasions!

 This month I am posting a few cards using the magical Christmas themed kit sent to us from sweet Jessica Davis! She sent us beautiful plaid papers, lots of sweet Christmas images , die cuts and of course embellishments. I just love every bit that she sent to us.

The fun part of the 12 Kits of Occasions is seeing what everyone does with all the same ingredients. When you get your kit there is something for everyone and the kit can be whatever you choose it to be. They are always self assembling meaning that all the papers, stamps and embellishments co-ordinate so they can almost put themselves together. Or if you are feeling creative you can dig in and mix and match and do some really creative cards. This month I am taking the self-assembling route being back in my craft room after not crafting for 6 weeks with my collarbone break. I know you are thinking what about all the tags from the 25 Days of Christmas Tags? Well fortunately I had most of my tags done pre-injury!

Moving on to what you are here for, I made four cards with this month's kit and as usual I have lots left over to make more.

All of them together...

Boo to You!

Here we are two days from Halloween and time for the 12 Kits of Occasions October edition!

Fabulous designer Nancy Penir is our hostess for our Halloween kit this month! She sent us the spookiest kit that is loaded with fun, fantastic, papers and stamped images. Cute and spooky die cuts and embellishments to play with!

Current state of affairs I wasn't able to get any projects created but head over to the 12 Kits of Occasions blog to see all the fun created by my talented team mates also Nancy has a special suprize you won't want to miss!

Hello Fall - September 2017

It's time for the September edition of the 12 Kits of Occasions!

We had a cold, wet summer where I live and mid August it seemed that fall was in full gear, but this last week we have been having temperatures in the 90's! We didn't have one day that hot all summer. Then I woke up Thursday morning to a perfect fall day, sunny and seasonably cool! So perfect timing to create with the Hello Fall kit that was sent out to the team by designer Marybeth Lopez! It is always so fun to see what each member of the team picks to put into their kits. It give you a glimpse of their creativity and always such a surprise. I am always so excited to see what Marybeth has packed into her kit each year and this year she didn't disappoint! Just the right amounts of gorgeous, co-ordinating patterned papers, stamped images and embellishments. With Canadian Thanksgiving only a week away this gives me the chance to make some more cards for my family. I made four cards with the kit but lots of supplies leftover to make more. In fact two are almost ready to be adhered together...

All of my cards together...

Head over to the 12 Kits blog to see what the rest of the team has done with this fabulous fall inspired kit!

I am submitting my cards to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes this week!

Teacher's Pet - August '17

...and with that summer vacation is over and it's back to school!

Time for The 12 Kits of Occasions August kit post. This month our hostess is the fabulous Lisa Elton and what a fun and timely kit she put together for the whole team. Complete with fabulous colours, patterns, die cuts and cute embellishments. I had a lot of fun playing with Lisa's kit keeping my daughter in mind. On Saturday morning we are heading up to Sudbury to move her into her new apartment on campus for year three of Continuing Education. Basically she is doing her Bachelor of Sociology and her Bachelor of Education at the same time. It is a 5 year program and she has three years to go. In the end she will be qualified to teach Kindergarten to Grade 7. So I made a few fun things with the kit to tuck into her bags to be found when she unpacks.

So let's get on to the projects...

This next one is also for the Color Throwdown #458, I was so excited to colour this in primary colours but this sweet little dress just had to be coloured in soft yellows.

I am going to submit all my projects today to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes...

Head over to the 12 Kits blog to see what the rest of the team and our special guest Judy Marino has made with the kit! Thanks for dropping by.