The 12 Kits of Holidays February 2013

Yay! Its the most wonderful time of the month! Time for my 12 Kits of Holidays post :) This month Renee sent us a kit JAM PACKED with supplies! Seriously, I could have made about 10 more cards! I think she sent us every pattern in the paper pack. It was so fun trying to choose what to use.

 

Here's a picture, compliments of Kara, that shows you the beautiful array of supplies that we received in our kit:

 

 

 Here are the cards that I created this month:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So my favorites are the first card and the reindeer card, what about you? I loved the vintage feel of the kit this month, and the fact that some of the sentiments said "ya'll!!" This is something I still sometimes say, being from Florida, and I can definitely picture Renee saying it :)

 

Now I can't wait to hop around and see what everyone else made, and you can too!

 

Renee {It's a Patchwork Life}

Amy {Stamp-n-Paradise}
Kelly {Gingham Girl}

Joyce {Cards-by-the-Sea}

Kim {Cupcakes Cards and Kim}

Kara {KandRDesigns}

Sharron {On Papillon Wings}

Marybeth {Marybeth's Time for Paper}

Jeanne {A Kept Life}

Jessica {The Paper Parade}-Me!
Tracey {In My Creative Opinion}

Christina {Sea Glass & Sentiments}

Paper Smooches Sparks Cool Shades Feb. 2013

 

Notice any new dies?? Oh yeah, I got my Paper Smooches die order! I used three different dies on this card for the PSS Cool shades challenge :)  The Hot Spots Small Set 1 is the cool star die on the left side, the clipboards is the clipboard binder on top, and isn't the scallop notebook die adorable? I used the "I Heart Art" set because I knew I wanted to incorporate the colors into the paint splats :) The heart and arrow are both from SU punches. The patterned paper is PTI, and so is the cardstock. Here is the color story we were given for this month:

 

 



 

You have a whole week to play along for an awesome prize. Check it out here. Now I know you want to see what the other DT gals created, right? Check out their creations here:

 

Ashley Marcu - www.cherryhilldesign.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler - http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/

Nina Yang - http://waffleflower.com/

Savannah O’Gwynn - http://www.savannahland2.blogspot.com/

Lawnscaping #51

 

Another card from my blizzard days. This one is a Valentine's Day card for the Lawnscaping challenge. I used both Lawn Fawn (Critters in the Forrest) and Paper Smooches (Needle Little Love) on this card. The paper is from My Mind's Eye. The big heart is from Sizzix, the ribbon and button and cardstock are from PTI. The twine is from the Twinery.

 

Here is the challenge photo. You still have all day tomorrow to enter, what are you waiting for??

 

Cloudwplus9 Blog Hop Feb. 2013

 

Due to a blizzard this weekend, I was able to get some extra crafty time in! So I decided to play along with the Cloudwplus9 blog hop that's going on. Here is the inspiration photo that we were given this month:

 

I was inspired by the brown bags (I used burlap instead for some texture) the items popping out of the bags (that's why I used the pocket with the letters and heart popping out) and the patterned background (hence my chevron background). This was a great inspiration photo and was fun to create the card :) The stamps are from wplus9, the paper is Studio Calico and My Mind's Eye, the twine is from the Twinery and the burlap is from 7Gypsies.

Paper Smooches Sparks Trend Watch February 2013

 

Paper Smooches time! This month's trend watch challenge was to use polka dots...fun, huh? Who doesn't love polka dots? So I used the cute newer set "Bee Mine". The polka dot paper is from PTI, and so is the polka dot ribbon. The scallop punch is from SU. The heart punch I used is also from SU.

 

Did you guys see all the awesome new dies and stamps that Kim came out with the other day! I have a huge order I'm going to be placing tomorrow, I can't wait to get my hands on those dies! You have a week to play along with this challenge, and you could win a gift certificate to get some of your own dies, so I hope that you'll join in :) Happy Monday!

The 12 Kits of Holidays January 2013

 

A new year and a new 12 Kits post! Did you notice anything different? Well this year we have a few changes...we are going to add some extra holidays into the mix! Don't you worry, there will still be plenty of Christmas cards (about every other month) but we will also have some other fun holidays...like our first month... Valentine's Day cards with a kit from Joyce! Take a look at all the great supplies she sent...what fun Valentine's Day colors!

 

So I made 5 cards and I definitely could have made some more as well. The photos are not exactly the same :( I was having a lot of trouble with Flickr and Aviary when preparing this post, so this is what you get:



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what do you think? I think I like the bike card the best :) I loved all the different elements and the different companies the Joyce used in her kit!

 

I know a lot of you read about this last month, but we had two of our members leave the group, which was definitely tough, but we had two great new members, Kelly and Tracey! So I hope you'll welcome them, and all the rest of the "12 kitters" by checking out their cards for this month and leaving them some love on their blogs! So without further ado, check out everyone's blogs, here:

Renee {It's a Patchwork Life}

Amy {Stamp-n-Paradise}
Kelly {Gingham Girl}



Joyce {Cards-by-the-Sea}

Kim {Cupcakes Cards and Kim}

Kara {KandRDesigns}

Sharron {On Papillon Wings}

Marybeth {Marybeth's Time for Paper}

Jeanne {A Kept Life}

Jessica {The Paper Parade}-Me!
Tracey {In My Creative Opinion}

Christina {Sea Glass & Sentiments}

Paper Smooches Sparks Cool Shades January 2013

 

Its my favorite day of the week...my DT Sparks post! The colors were fun to use this time :) I used "Nine Lives" for this card. I also used the large scallop die from PTI, denim ribbon from SU, cardstock from PTI and Bazzill, and pearls from Q&Co.

 

Here's a look at the fun colors this week:

 

 

Okay, now I'm looking forward to checking out what the other DT members have to share! Check them out here:

 

Ashley Marcu - www.cherryhilldesign.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler - http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/

Nina Yang - http://waffleflower.com/

Savannah O’Gwynn - http://www.savannahland2.blogspot.com/

 

So what are waiting for?? Come and play along with us this week here!