The 12 Kits of Christmas: January 2012

And here I am, off on my new year long adventure with some incredibly talented stamping women! I am honored to be a part of:

The details: Renee and Suzanne were talking after Christmas about how they were rushed near the end to finish their cards and their goal was to not have that happen again in 2012. And this is when Renee's wonderful idea was born, The 12 Kits of Christmas! 12 different ladies from the stamping community have agreed to be a part of this amazing group. We are each assigned a month to host, and get together 12 kits to send off to different parts of the country to our team mates. Then we will all post our cards at 12:01AM on the 30th of the month. Let me tell you that receiving these kits (I've already received my first 2!) in the mail is incredibly exciting! Getting to see the wonderful stamps, dies, paper, ribbons, and embellishments that were chosen by the hostess with her unique style is a delight. Here is a glimpse of all the goodies that were sent in our very first kit by the creator of our group, Renee!

Renee went ALL out and sent us each die in multiple colors, sent 3 kinds of ribbon and two colors of twine, she sent some gorgeous patterned papers, and sentiments stamped on all sorts of dies in various colors. And everything was packaged so perfectly in little baggies, on patterned paper! I had a blast with this kit as you will see below...I was able to create 4 complete Christmas cards solely from the kit (except for the card base which we provide from our own stash). Feast your eyes on these babies!

And now to look at each a little bit more closely. I was so excited that Renee sent dies from this PTI set that I did not purchase but definitely oogled. It was a lot of fun to get to try them out! And don't you love that red snowflake paper? She even sent jingle bells as embellishments!

Now this card was made with a new window die that Renee is in love with. She sent it to us in multiple colors, I even have extra to play around with on future cards as well. Isn't that tree die cool, too?

Another with the tree, and these adorable red birds to add a pop of color. It's hard to tell, but under the black velvet ribbon I cut the paper with my PTI pinking shear die.

And my last card. I used the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas sheet that Renee included in the kit behind the window, which I think gives it a nice effect and really makes the snowman and snowflakes pop. I love that plaid paper, and the ribbon was super easy to tie a nice big red bow!

So which one do you like best? I am thrilled to have 4 of my Christmas cards done already, and its only January! And these are just what I've created with the kit...I bet you're itching to see what the other girls have created (I know I am!) Also, make sure to check out Renee's blog to find out the details on everything included in the kit and for a chance to win some of the items used to make the kit! (Makes it even MORE exciting, huh??)

Suzanne: thecardyard

Cathy: EmptyNestCrafter

Joyce: Cards-by-the-Sea

Kim: CupcakesCardsandKim

Amy: Stamp-n-Paradise

Kara: KandRDesigns

Sharron: OnPapillionWings

Marybeth: Marybeth's Time for Paper

Jeanne: AKeptLife

Jessica: The Paper Parade

Christina: SeaGlass&Sentiments

Renee: ItsAPatchworkLife