12 Kits - In Like A Lion - Out Like A Lamb

Thanks for stopping by today!  It's the last day of the month - can you believe it?  Spring has to be just right around the corner!  I sure hope so anyway!  Today I'm showing you projects I made with the package of wonderful things I received from my friend Kellly Schirmer - Gingham Girl!.  Kelly is the host this month for the 12 Kits of Occasions.  We are a group of 12 designers who take turns hosting a card kit for the rest of the group.   We all receive the same kit and on the last day of the month we show all the things we made.  It's fun and interesting to see the different ways we use same products.   

There were so many great products to work with.   Kelly really out did herself.   I made 5 cards this time and I still have loads of supplies that I can use on more cards later.  She also introduced me to lots of items that I don't have that are going on my wish list including the picket fence, die cut flowers and leaves, and tulip stamp set.   I usually find that I have an item that I simply don't know what to do with, that I keep an eye our for.  The item that had me stumped this time?  That striped die cut in navy that you can see in the photo.  I'm looking forward to seeing how the ladies used it so I can case one of their projects.   Ready for the projects?  OK .. here goes!

Want to see more projects?  You can see a preview of a projects and find links to each designer with projects featured here on the 12 Kits of Occasions blog or just click on their names here. 

We have a special guestie this month too!  Karen Stein!  

Kellly Schirmer - Gingham Girl (our hostess this month)

Renee - It's a Patchwork Life

Marybeth - It's Time For Paper

Joyce - Cards By The Sea

Cathy Weber - Empty Nest Crafter

Christina Maclaren

Kim - Cupcakes Cards & Kim

Kara - K & R Designs

Jessica - The Paper Parade

Sharron - On Papillon Wings

Tracey McNeely - In My Creative Opinion

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Patterned Paper: Pebbles “Front Porch”
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink: Vintage Cream, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Soft Stone, Ocean Tides, Kraft, Ripe Avocado, Linen Vellum Bazzill: Rock Candy (gray), Lollipop (dark pink) Coredinations Foundations Canvas Texture: Eggplant (navy)
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps: Nestie Eggs, Spring Baskets, L’il Buddies, Compact Sentiments, Gift Card It, Papertrey Ink: Take Three: Spring, Flower Fusion #11 (tulips), A Muse Studio: Kindred Spirits
Dies: Waltzingmouse Stamps: Gift Card It and Gift Card Envelope die
Spellbinders: Nested Eggs (discontinued)
Memory Box: Fluffy Bunny, Wonderful Watering Can, Perfect Petioles
Woodland Branch, Dancing Butterflies, Resting Birds, Luscious Leaves, Creekside Leaves
Papertrey Ink: Picket Fence, Take Three die, Flower Fusion #11 die
Embossing Folders/Plates: A Muse Studio Woodgrain texture plate
Papertrey Ink Horizontal Stripe Cover Plate
Lifestyle Crafts Big Dots embossing folder
Embellishments: Mini white pom poms, grey gingham ribbon, cream twill tape, pink and aqua baker’s twine, Heidi Grace “Cartwheel” epoxy dots, Jillibean Soup Etched Wood button, Prima bird clips, Recollections pearls, mini office tag

Items I added:
Border Punch EK Success Double Embossed Dotted Lace,
Card Stock SU! Strawberry Slush,  Basic Grey
Ribbon May Arts Ivory Button Twine, 3/8" Solid Check Pink, 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Turquoise, Twinery Stone
Dies:  Spellbinder Charmed I'm Sure, PTI Matt Stack 3, SU! Chalk Talk, Cheery Lynn Priscilla Doily
Buttons
Copic Markers
3/8" Corner Rounder / Chomper We R Memory Keepers

PDCC163 - Frosty Beauty

I hope you had a great holiday - things are getting back to normal here.  My son will be back to school on Monday and we can settle into our normal routine.  We've been staying up way to late every night, and he's been sleeping away his days.  Me?  I'm still up at my normal time - hard to fight with that internal alarm clock!  That's ok - we've enjoyed our holiday - did some shopping, watched lots of movies, and ate way too much junk food!

Today I'm playing along with the Play Date Cafe.  I saw the challenge colors and knew I had to play.  I love this color combination.  I wanted to make something snowy - we haven't had enough to break out the shovels for this year - just a light dusting on the ground and in the air. 
I thought this little snow family would look wonderful inside a snow globe.  I made one by cutting three rings from foam and taping them all together.  I topped the stack with a circle of transparency and cut a frame for the top to finish it off.  I added sequins, "snow", and beads to the inside to make a shaker/snowglobe.
The paper is from two new collections from Basic Grey called Fact (ledger paper, graphs, geometric patterns numbers) and Fiction (flowers and designs) that coordinate together beautifully.  Here's my finished card.

Thanks for stopping by for a look.  I hope you find some time to play!  Maybe I'll see you over at the Play Date Cafe Challenge!

Jeanne

Supplies Used Finished Size:  5" x 7"
Stamps:  Amuse Studio Chill of Winter
Pattern Paper Basic Grey Fact & Fiction Collections
Card Stock:  Stampin Up Baja Breeze, Papertrey Ink:  Vintage Cream
Die Cuts:  Spellbinder Ribbon Banners Large, Petite Scalloped Circles, Banner Basics One
Button:  Favorite Findings
Pearl Pin:  WIld Orchid Crafts
Snow Beads, Gems
5/8" Mesh Aqua Ribbon May Arts (The RIbbon Reel)
Copic Markers
Ink:  Versafine Onxy Black, Momento Tuxedo Black

CASE Study #115 - Season's Greetings

Halloween was yesterday so NO TRICKS!!!  I have some seriously exciting news to share today!  I am joining the design team at CASE Study!  Since I started blogging, CASE has been one of my favorite places to play -  so this is dream come true for me!  I am so happy for this opportunity to work with some of my favorite designers!

I know I always say this, but CASE really has helped me grow creatively.  I am always inspired by the muse of the month and I enjoy getting to see so many different styles and takes on the inspiration photo.  The muse this month is Angeline Yong of The Creation of Creativity blog.  Angeline has a really clean graphic style and I know she's going to blow you away this month.  She has certainly got me to rethink how I approach projects!

I thought this card was perfect as is.  I love the layers of color, the simple sentiment, and the clean die cut images.  I kept true to Angeline's design turning this into a Christmas card.  Instead of using solid colors I used patterned papers with the same color theme - red.  I kept my sentiment simple and added solid die cuts.  The great thing about CASE is that you might be inspired by some different elements from the inspiration photo - like the stripes, or the blues, or perhaps the flowers.  Either way it's ok - take it any direction you like!   

I can't wait to see what you come up with and I hope you will join me at CASE Study for a little weekly inspiration!

Jeanne

Supplies Used: Finished Size 5"x 7"

Stamp:  AMuse Studio Winter Wood

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Holiday Style Collection 8x8" Pad

Card Stock Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy, Kraft, Stampin' Up! Gumball Green, Gold AC Specialty

Die:  Impression Obsession Pine Branch, Spellbinders 2012 Heirloom Ornaments

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug Argyle
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

12 KIts of Christmas - March Edition

Are you ready for another edition of the 12 Kits of Christmas?Just to refresh your memory, this is a group of 12 designers. Each has been assigned a month to provide the Christmas crafting supplies to the other 11 members. We all receive the same supplies and post our creations on the last day of every month. It's interesting to see how we all come up with something different with the same kit of supplies. 

This month our hostess supplying all the goodies is Suzanne Dahlberg.  She's provided all sorts of paper crafting goodness, lots of patterned and shimmery papers, stamped images, and pretty ribbons.  This month I came up with three cards - it seems I've been adding one a month since this started.  If it keeps up I will be in big trouble come December :) !!

I cut this one at a diagonal showing off both sides of the pretty paper Suzanne gave us -Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather.  I triple stacked some buttons and topped them off with a pearl half and a figure 8 looped bow.   I colored my dove with  green and purple to coordinate with the papers and added a little silver bling for a little Christmas sparkle. 

Next I used that Winter Woods scene from A Muse Studio to create a more traditional Christmas card in red and green.  I dded lots of twine - in the bow, wrapped around the sentiment, and wrapped around the card for a really rustic feel.  You can put the button face up or down - I think it looks great either way - as seen in the photos.

For my last card I went back to the purple - and as you might already know red and purple are one of my favorite color combos.  I think this one most represents my style.

This one is fun and whimsical yet full of the bling elements that I love.   This card showcases one of my trade marks - the seam binding woven through the lace trim, and again more sparkle in the night sky as Santa makes his rounds.

If you like these, why not see what the rest of the team came up with for this months challenge? Here's a list of the designers with links to their blogs!  

Suzanne   March

Marybeth  April

Joyce  May

Amy  June

Christina  July

Kim  August

Kara  September

Jessica  October

Jeanne (That's Me!)  November

Sharron  December

Renee  January

Cathy   February

Thanks for having a look! Join us next month to see the latest in the 12 Kits of Christmas!

Jeanne

Peace:  Finished Size 6x6"

Paper Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather

Stamp:  Block Art Sparkle Dove M253  Stampendous

Ribbon:  Ripe Avocado Papertrey Ink

Buttons:  Papertrey Ink New Leaf

Dies:  Spellbinders RectanglesTwiney Twine Orchid

Markers Copic

Others Silver bead and gems

Border Punch Martha Stewart Zig Zag

Season's Greetings:  FInished Size 6x6"

Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Dear Mr. Clause Collection

Stamp:  Winter Wood A Muse Studio

Ribbon:  Red Stampin Up!  Green Satin  Ribbonbazaar.com

Button:   Papertrey Ink New Leaf

Dies Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Rectangles

Extras: Twine

Santa Card:  Finished Size 6x6"
Paper Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather & Dear Mr. Clause Collection
Stamp:  Santa's Flight A Muse Studio
Ribbon:  Ribbon Bazaar Cream Lace - Seam Binding Hug Snug Lipstick Red
Markers:  Copic
Brads Brides
Edge Punch EK Success Double Embossed Dotted Lace

Shabby Tea Room #106 Pennant Party - Guest Designer

I am so excited to join the Shabby Girls and be the guest designer this week at the Shabby Tea Room!  I always love the inspiration photos Debbie provides and this week is no exception!  The challenge this week is to create a project that includes a banner or a pennant.

It's not hard to see where I got my inspiration for this card - all those great colors, textures and embellishments were all within my reach. The buttons, thread, embroidery and crochet all got me thinking sewing box. When I saw that cute little bird by the fabric envelope I knew I had to do a bird house. I used all the same great elements of the envelope - the gingham, red stitching, and the fancy button on the birdhouse.

I spent a long time on this one trying to get it just right. There are so many details on this layout , from the embossed mint green background, the stitched birdhouse, to the little string bows holding up the banner. The sweetest embellishment are the little crochet flowers my mom made for me.

I made my own faux "crochet" doily heart by taking a die cut, running it through an embossing folder and distressing it. I colored a regular pearl with a copic to get the right shade of blue for my flower center. I scattered some flowers and buttons and even added a few little branches to pick up that little trace of brown in the background.

Here's a close up so you can see the pearls, the hand stitching and the pretty crochet flowers.  The red flowers are cut from inexpensive felt using the Sizzix Hydrangea die and topped with a pearl.

I used a lot of scraps for my banner and my bird so I can't tell you whose paper it is. It was really fun picking out bits and pieces of remnants trying to get just the right look. I'm really happy with and wouldn't change a thing - that's how I know I'm done!! I hope you are having a great day and I can't wait to see your project linked up to The Shabby Tea Room Blog!  

Jeanne

Supplies Used: Card size is 6" x 6"

Dies: Spellbinders Cuckoo Clock, Classic Scalloped Heart, Standard Circles, Foliage, Nested Pennants
Heart Die Cut: Cricut Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art Branches: Quickutz Felt Flowers: Sizzix Paper Sculpting Hydrangea
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug:Kassie's Brocade
Stamp: Cuckoo for You! A Muse Art Stamps
Ink/Markers: Copic B05 (to color pearl), Momento Tuxedo Black, Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Antique Linen
Background Embossing: Sizzix Diamond Texturz Plate
Brad: K & Co.
Paper: Coordinations

Mojo Monday #217 - November 28 - Hippy Snowchick!!

It's been a while since I got my mojo on - but when I saw the sketch I knew I'd be playing!!   I think I'm just so happy to be out of the kitchen that everything in my scrappy room looks new.  Like coming home after a long vacation.... no place you'd rather be!!!  I'm a little late in the game since it is Wednesday but that is ok - better late than never right?  Here's the sketch, you can get all the details at http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2011/11/mojo-monday-217.html if you want to play along. 

I decided to go with the square card and broke out this cute little Hippy Snowchick fom A Muse Artstamps.  I decided that since she's a cool hippy chick that I would go with some non-traditional colors like  pink and purple.

I double stamped the Christmas tree image and layered them with pop dots, and I triple stacked the Hippy Snowchick.  I added lots of glittery goodness  - sparkly ribbon, glittery snow and gems on the snowflakes!  No better time to bling it up than the holidays!  I plan on giving this card to my sister Kathy who is sort of a non-traditional gal herself!  I hope she likes it, and I hope you're getting your mojo on! 

Hugs!

Jeanne

Supplies Used: 

Stamps:  A Muse Artstamps :  Christmas Tree, Hippy Snowchick, Cool Yule   Waltzingmouse:  Snowflakes from Nutcracker Sweet

Die Cuts:  Spellbinders for Shapez Xyron Frame 5, Spellbinders for Just Rite Stampers Labels

Paper:  K & Company
Markers:  Copic

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart Modern Garland

Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Lulu Lavender

Glitter:  Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter

Seam Binding:  Hug Snug Baby Pink

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - Delightfully Random

Hello Moxie Fabbers!  Its time for another Tuesday Trigger!  Are you playing along?  This time we get two weeks to play so you have more time to ponder all the possibilities and then begin pulling out all your supplies.  If you want to play along all the deets are at http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/09/tuesday-trigger-delightfully-random.html.

It's not hard to see where I got my inspiration for this one - all those great colors, textures and embellishments were all within my reach.    The buttons, thread, embroidery and crochet all got me thinking sewing box.  When I saw that cute little bird by the fabric envelope I knew I had to do a bird house.   I used all the same great elements of the envelope - the gingham, red stitching, and the fancy button on the birdhouse.

I spent a long time on this one trying to get it just right.  There are so many details on this layout , from the embossed mint green background, the stitched birdhouse, to the little string bows holding up the banner.  The sweetest embellishment are the little crochet flowers my mom made for me.  

I made my own faux "crochet" doily heart  by taking a die cut, running it through an embossing folder and distressing it.  I colored a regular pearl with a copic to get the right shade of blue for my flower center.  I scattered some flowers and buttons and even added a few little branches to pick up that little trace of brown in the background.

I used alot of scraps for my banner and my bird so I can't tell you whose paper it is.  It was really fun picking out bits and pieces of remnants trying to get just the right look.  I'm really happy with and wouldn't change a thing - that's how I know I'm done!!  I hope you are having a great day and I can't wait to see the other projects people come up with for this Tuesday Trigger!  

Supplies Used:  Card size is 6" x 6"

Dies:  Spellbinders Cuckoo Clock, Classic Scalloped Heart, Standard Circles, Foliage, Nested Pennants

Heart Die Cut:  Cricut Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art  Branches:  Quickutz  Felt Flowers:  Sizzix Paper Sculpting Hydrangea

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug:Kassie's Brocade

Stamp:  Cuckoo for You!  A Muse Art Stamps

Ink/Markers:  Copic B05 (to color pearl), Momento Tuxedo Black, Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Antique Linen

Background Embossing:  Sizzix Diamond Texturz Plate

Brad:  K & Co.

Paper:  Coordinations