12 Kits Of Occasions Happy Birthday!

It's the last day of the month! Time for the 12 Kits of Occasions! The 12 Kits is a group of friends who all love to paper craft. Every month one of us takes a turn at supplying a kit to the rest of the group. The hostess this month is Joyce from Cards By The Sea!  Joyce is a California girl where it's always summer and the living is easy!  LOL!  She likes things Clean and Simple and knows how to embrace the open spaces! She put together this beautiful kit for us with pretty papers, stamped and die cut images, twine sequins and gems! Our theme this month is "Happy Birthday"!  

I've said it before and I'll say it again.. the only thing better than this group of ladies (you are my support, my sanity and my dear friends)  is all the new products I get to try every month.  We each have our own style, favorite brands and images - we run from cute to elegant, clean to fussy and every month it amazes me how we approach the same products with different eyes.

I always tell you to look out for a trixie element in the kit left in my stash of things that I didn't use - this time the only thing I didn't seem to use in the kit was the framed die cut sentiments.  I think they'd be great for shakers, but I'll be on the lookout for different ways to use them.

I made lots of things so hold on to your hats! 

Here's one of the framed sentiments that I did use!  Must have been because it was cut from Pink paper!

I added some watercolor to this sentiment to look like the light around the candle!

 I was a little worried about coloring these cupcakes - the stamped image is very detailed and I didn't want to color outside the lines so I shaded them very lightly with Copic Markers

 I colored the Happy Birthday die cut black with a Sharpie - it was originally cut from polka dot paper.. funny how it's still on a dotted background!

I layered this die cut on a watercolor panel so all the prtty colors show through.

Ready to see what the rest of the team made with the same kit? Just click on their names below or hop on over to our blog - the 12 Kits of Occasions to see a sample from each of the design team members so you can get an idea of their style.

Joyce - Cards By The Sea (Our Hostess this month!)
Kim - Cupcakes Cards & Kim
Marybeth - It's Time For Paper
Jessica - The Paper Parade
Sharron - On Papillon Wings
Tracey McNeely - In My Creative Opinion
Lindsey Larsen - Occasional Crafting
Michele Ferguson - I Card Everyone
Lisa Elton - My Paper Tales
Michelle Leone - Pretty Periwinkles
Nancy Penir - Artful Notions

 Thanks for stopping by and  have a great day! 
 

All cards are 4.25 x 5.5"  A list of ingredients can be found at the 12 Kits blog!