12 Kits of Occasions: Baby Edition

Christmas has come and gone and the new year is almost here...time for our monthly 12 Kits of Occasions blog post and after waiting almost a year...it's finally my turn to play hostess.  Our "baby" month theme could not be more perfect for me, while I was waiting for our first grandson to be born I have been collecting all kinds of papers, stamps and dies for my kit with almost "zero" guilt involved.  I am sure I can use every item I bought later on when I make baby scrapbooks...right?  I am sticking to that rationale!  I started my kit off with digital patterned papers from Echo Park, Bundle of Joy boy/girl editions and built the rest of the kit from there.  As always, a complete list of kit ingredients can be found on our 12 Kits of Occasions blog under the tab titled 2014 Monthly Kit Ingredients.

December Kit Ingredients:

Photo courtesy of Kara

I made seven cards this month...my favorite one up first:

I always tuck a gift card into nearly every baby card I make...the little envelopes in the kit are perfect for adding a gift card.  This is the boy version.

Of course I had to make a Baby Girl edition of the same card...loved that pink elephant!

Wouldn't this be a sweet mobile hanging over a baby's crib?

 This piece of patterned paper made it easy to complete a card...just add a die cut sentiment.

The Bundle of Joy digital elements kit has lots of cute little images that match the patterned paper.

I used my silhouette to turn a cute train image into a Print/Cut image...I could never have cut that train out so perfectly on my own!

I loved the sweet duck image and added a pinked rectangle cut from some of the matching patterned paper.

That's enough from me this month, but there are 12 other designers who have also made fun baby cards with our December kit.  This month, we have a special guest joining us...Lynn Mangan of The Mango Boys & Me.  I have always loved Lynn's cards and the fun blog stories she tells about those four boys of hers!  Please be sure to stop by her blog and see what she has made from my kit this month.

Lynn Mangan

Jeanne Jachna

Joyce Mehrberg

Kim Heggins

Renee Lynch

Tracey McNeeley

Marybeth Lopez

Kelly Schirmer

Lindsey Larsen

Sharron Gregory

Kara Vrabel

Jessica Davis

12 Kits of Occasions: October with Jessica

After today's post, I know it is officially Fall, not only the much nicer weather, but also time to start creating some fun, Autumn-themed cards.  I am extra lucky this month that Jessica of The Paper Parade is our 12 Kits of Occasions hostess and she sent us a fabulous package of goodies to play with.  Jessica's kit really put me in the Fall spirit!

Here's what I made with Jessica's kit:

 Jessica included some beautiful patterned papers and cute script die cuts...this card is my favorite!

 I almost cut this subway panel apart to use separately...but I could just not make myself take the scissors to such a perfectly stamped panel.  I used it as patterned paper instead.  Isn't that a cute turkey?

Once again the patterned paper shines...and I loved the wooden leaf that Jessica included with our kit.

For complete details on the stamps, papers and die cuts included in our October kit, just check out the 12 Kits of Occasions blog...all the details will be at your fingertips.  In the meantime, check out what the other members of our 12 Kits of Occasions group have created for Fall.

Joyce

 Jeanne

 Jessica

 Kara

 Kelly

 Kim 

Marybeth 

Renee

Sharron

 Tracey

Lindsey

 

12 Kits of Occasions: Rewind Month

Shame on me!  I have been looking forward to our 12 Kits of Occasions "Rewind" month for quite some time...my closet is stuffed with left over materials from past kits...

I am afraid time got away from me and I have shown just about zero creativity this month.  So much so, that when my friends try to find something unique to comment on my three cards...they will probably have to say something like, "I love the background paper you chose for your photograph!"  Honestly, my cards are flat-out CASED cards...almost down to the last detail!  I have Jeanne, Kara and Tracey to thank for this month's cards...thank you sweet friends for sharing your card designs with me:

Jeanne's Card:

I loved this card from Jeanne back in April...even found the butterfly pin she included in our kit.  Thanks Jeanne.

Kara's Card:

I loved the cute snowman...the only thing I changed was the Christmas die cut!  Thanks Kara!
Tracey's Card:

I loved the cute yellow flower die cut layered over the gorgeous floral patterned paper.  Thanks Tracey!

I promise I will come up with a lot more creativity next month when our hostess is Jessica and our theme will be Fall and Thanksgiving.  You can see more of our 12 Kits of Occasions "Rewind" month cards on the 12 Kits of Occasions Blog.

12 Kits of Occasions: August with Kara and a Birthday Theme!

It's the last day of the month and time for the August edition of our 12 Kits of Occasion blog hop.  This month our hostess is Kara of K and R Designs and the monthly theme is birthdays!  Kara outdid herself with her jam-packed kit...here's a peek at the kit she sent us:

Look at all that birthday fun...and did you see the cute WPlus9 stamp set she also sent us?  Kara was so generous to us and she is going to be equally as generous to you too...That great stamp set is going to be given away to one lucky person who leaves a comment on KARA'S BLOG.  Here the link again in case you missed it up above:  K and R Designs

Here's what I made this month!

 This is my favorite...love the black/white paper and those cute pink shaded flowers.

This one is going to my birthday girl niece turning four in September.

Now that you have seen mine...head over the the  12 Kits of Occasions blog for more details about Kara's giveaway...don't forget to leave a comment on her blog!

Thank you Kara for a really fun birthday themed month!

12 Kits of Occasions - July with Tracey!

I'm on vacation and you'll have to forgive my brief blog post, but today is the last day of the month, and time to share the cards I made with This month's 12 Kits of Occasions goodies! All from Tracey McNeely, our hostess this month! Tracey worked very hard combining beautiful patterned papers, stamps, dies and sentiments that made me wish it was closer to Christmas already.

This is a picture of this month's ingredients:

Photo by Kara 

Here's what I made:

As you can see, I had lots of fun with this kit giving me a head start on my Christmas cards for 2014. As always, please check out the other cards made by the members of the 12 Kits of Occasions on our blog and Facebook.

Thank you Tracey for a great kit and hours of fun using it!

12 Kits of Occasions: June with Marybeth

It's the last day of the month and time for our June edition of the 12 Kits of Occasions.  Marybeth of Marybeth's Time for Paper is our hostess and our theme this month is "Here Comes the Bride",  all about weddings and anniversaries.   It's always good to keep a few of those cards handy and with Marybeth's kit...I am prepared for quite awhile!

Here's a picture of the kit we had to work with this month.

Photo Courtesy of Kara

I took the kit with me on vacation and had lots of crafty time with it.  I made 5 cards and have quite a bit left over for when I need a quick wedding or anniversary card.

Want to see more from the 12 Kits of Occasions group?  Head on over to the 12 Kits of Occasions blog so you can hop around to see what the rest of the team has done with Marybeth's May kit.

All the supplies are listed on the 12 Kits of Occasions blog under the tab Monthly Kit Supplies 2014 here.

We have a guest designer joining us this month.. Lindsay from Occasional Crafting.  Be sure you stop by her blog to see her beautiful cards.  

Thank you Marybeth for a great kit!

Joyce

Renee

Tracey

Sharron

Marybeth

Jeanne

Kim

Kara

Kelly

Jessica

12 Kits of Occasions: April with Jeanne

It's the last day of the month and I am excited to show you what I have made with this month's 12 Kits of Occasions kit...a super-deluxe, fabulous, die-cut laden package with so many ingredients...I made 5 cards and didn't even make a dent in the package.  Our hostess this month is Jeanne Jachna of A Kept Life.  I imagine Jeanne had to go out and buy herself a new die cut machine after all the cranking she did to supply us with this great kit.  Here's a picture of this month's ingredients:

Photo by Kara Vrabel

I wasn't kidding about the great big kit, was I?  There's lots to look at this month and we have two guest designers listed below, so here are my cards:

This is my favorite...I loved the great big oval shaped doily and the beautiful and intricate die cut.  Every single thing on this card is from our kit and I especially love the bold patterned papers Jeanne gave us.

Like I said, lots and lots of die cuts, especially beautiful florals.  

 I even made good use of the negative parts of the die cut!  

I loved the little ticket and the woodgrain photo frame.  I thought the embossed panel looks a lot like little tickets so the combination was an easy choice for me.

This last card is going to my mom on Mother's Day.  Is that a lot of patterned paper, or what?  I added yet another flower die cut, doily and mom sentiment.  

Want to see more from the 12 Kits of Occasions group?  Head 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 month's kit.

We are joined this month by two guest designers...and very talented ones at that.  Please stop by the blogs of Nancy Penir and Erin Thiem.  I can't wait to see what they have done with Jeanne's kit.  

Thank you Jeanne...this was one of my very favorite months for the 12 Kits of Occasions...there literally was something for everyone!

All the supplies are listed on the 12 Kits of Occasions blog under the tab Monthly Kit Supplies 2014 here.

12 Kits of Occasions: March with Kelly

Can you believe it is the last day of March?  Time for our March edition of the 12 Kits of Occasions.  Our monthly card kit was hosted by Kelly Schirmer of Gingham Girl and it is all about Spring and Easter.  We have another fabulous kit to work with...Kelly outdid herself this month.  Check out all the ingredients grouped together in a beautiful photo courtesy of Kara.

If this doesn't get you inspired to make some Easter/Springtime cards, I don't know what will!  I made four cards with my kit this month.

This is my favorite.  I love the cute little punched bunnies Kelly sent us and thought they looked so cute peeking out from behind some of the Easter eggs.

My second card uses the cute Easter basket with lots of colored eggs decked out with Diamond Glaze for lots of dimension.

 Kelly must have been stamping eggs for days...I used some of mine in a cute patterned paper envelope and that sweet wooden butterfly button.

 My last card makes use of the cute tulip image and some of the patterned paper we received in our kit.  Even the sentiment was pre-stamped...such a quick card to put together.

Want to see more from the 12 Kits of Occasions group?  Head 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 month's kit.  You will notice we have a nice new look to our blog this month...thanks to Tracey who updated the blog with a fresh new design!  Thanks Tracey!

All the supplies are listed on the 12 Kits of Occasions blog under the tab Monthly Kit Supplies 2014 here.
Thank you Kelly for a very fun kit...I have all my family's Easter cards all done and ready to mail with time to spare!