The 12 Kits of Occasions - February '14

Happy Friday!

It's time for the February 2014 12 Kits of Occasion's post! 

Not only do we have our monthly post up for February but we have a brand new look, what doo you think?

Renee is our hostess this month bringing us a kit that is all about winter time fun! The kit was built around Crate Paper Bundled Up and lots of snowy embellishments!  Here we go...

For my first card I used washi tape to decorate the wood snowman that came with the kit.

For this next card I used my Copics to create snow after I had the card done. I used T1 and randomly made dots on the background.  I used this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for my card and slip the sketch to portrait orientation.

I am submitting this next one to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge anything goes with pearls. There are some tiny opaque pearls mixed in with the tiny silver gemstones.

All lined up on the window ledge.

Pop on over to The 12 Kits of Occasions blog so that you can go around and see what the rest of the team has done with this kit!

All the supplies are listed on The 12 Kits of Occasions blog under the new tab Monthly Kit Supplies 2014 HERE!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Smitten

photo credit:  knitsandknotsweb.blogspot.com

We have a fabulous new sponsor, Linnie's Blooms, for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:  Smitten challenge!

The LEAD of this challenge will receive a gift certificate to use at Linnie's Blooms!

 Faber-Castell Gelatos 50's Diner

Faber-Castell Gelatos Tropical

You won't want to miss what our special guest and crew have whipped up using Faber-Castell Gelatos provided by Linnie's Blooms!

Smitten Designers

Lesley Croghan, Guest Designer

Amber Kroening

Barb Murphy

Christina MacLaren

Gayatri Murali

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison

Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stacey Schafer

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely (that's me)

Resists Embossing Using Gelatos:

Emboss pattern using white embossing powder. You could use clear too for a different effect.

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Colour image with Gelatos leaving some space between colours, rub into paper with your fingers and then wipe your coloured image with baby wipes in one direction.  I made two panels, the first with blue, yellow, orange and grey and then the second without the grey. 

Head on over to the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and join us for the Smitten!

CASology #75

It is time for a new Cue Card at CASology!

I wasn't sure which way I was going to go with this weeks cue word.  There are so many thing you could do.  I paired some images from PTI Knit Bits with a sentiment from On Ice for my card.  I am also submitting this card to this week Seize the Birthday challenge with a winter topping.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that's me)

Jen Wills - off this week

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberly Weiner

Guest Designer: Kim

I can't wait to see what KNIT means to you!

Cardstock: White (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Knit Bits, On Ice (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Autumn Rose (Papertrey Ink) Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

other: twine, ribbon, white embossing powder

colourQ #219

Happy Tuesday and time for another new palette from the colourQ!

Drop in to the colourQ today to see what the rest of the team has for your inspiration.  We hope you come and play with us this week.

Cardstock:  Kraft, White (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps:  Two Feet Deep (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy,Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink) Real Red (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Two Feet Deep (Papertrey Ink) Stitched Mats (Lil' Inkers)

other:  foam dots

CSC #168

Playing along with this week's CASE Study Challenge.

It feels like so long since I have played but I didn't want this month to end without doing at least one challenge with Keisha and Amy!

Winter is almost here and we have already had one early snowfall.

So it can snow all it wants until Christmas, then it can go back into hiding.

I am so in love with this sentiment from Uniko Studio's Stunning Snowflakes.

Cardstock:  Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, White (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps:  TinyFlakes (Hero Arts) Stunning Snowflakes (Uniko Studio)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Dies: Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker) Snowflakes (Papertery Ink)

other:  foam tape

CCC #36 - Winter

Time for another CASology Cue Card, this week's cute is:

Winter Owl from Lawn Fawn is so cute, especially with that very cool scarf (thanks Joyce).  Since the image is quite small and it seemed lost against the white background I decided to add the green Chevron paper as a background and the tree from Trendy Tree Tops as a branch to ground the image.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

Jen Wills

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Guest Designer:  Marlou

I can't wait to see what WINTER means to you!

Cardstock:  White  (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Christmas This & That (Echo Park)

Stamps: Wnter Owl (Lawn Fawn) Trendy Tree Tops, On Ice (Papertrey Ink)
Ink:  Dark Chocolate (PTI)
other: assorted Copics, foam tape

CCC #17 - SUGAR

We are already at week #17 at CASology.  Time is just flying by and oh what fun it is to be a part of this fabulous blog and wonderful design team.  This week are cue card is:

This week Neat & Tangled is our sponsor and the design team is bringing you cards stamped with Neat & Tangled stamps.  My card uses Sweet Home which is a delightful mix of images and sentiments.

I stamped and embossed the large house in white on Pure Poppy cardstock.  I fussy cut the image and mounted it onto fun glittery snowflake patterned paper from Doodlebug.  I finished it off the house with a 'sweet' doorknob and finished it with the home sweet home sentiment.

When you have a die cut or fussy cut image in a solid coloured cardstock you can mount it onto patterned paper without the two papers competing with each other.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Don`t forget to visit the blogs of the other members of the Design Team:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that`s me)

and this week's Guest Designer  Bev (winner of CCC #15 - NIGHT)

I can't wait to see what SUGAR means to you!

Supplies Used this week:

Cardstock: White, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper:  Winter Wonderland (Doodlebug Design)

Stamps: Sweet Home (Neat & Tangled)

Ink:  Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink) Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Fabulous Frames (Papertrey Ink)

Other:   foam dots, Stickles