The 12 Kits of Occasions

August 31, 2015

A Spoonful of Sugar - August '15

Hi Everyone! It’s the end of the month [where did it go?] and that means it is time for 12 Kits of Occasions! What is 12 Kits, you may ask? It is a fun team of card-makers that take turns putting together a kit full of fabulousness so each can have her way with it! FUN!

I am your host this month, Michele Ferguson a.k.a. I Card Everyone. It is my very first time – scary, but loads of fun trying to put my finger on the pulse of just what will make my team-mates smile. A Spoonful of Sugar is the theme – besides evoking songs, and wonderful memories of Mary Poppins, it allowed me to purchase a few new ‘get well’ themed products, as there weren’t many to work with in my stash – I know! How could I let that happen?

My kit starts with a Heidi Swapp collection of papers, a few favorite die-cuts and sentiments, and stamp sets galore – you’ll find them all listed above under the Supplies heading. I even threw in a few of my own silly [I try funny] self-penned sentiments. I was also just a teensy bit sneaky and added an element in the kit that just didn’t fit with a prize for the first person to use it in their own creative way! Way too fun, and I cannot wait to see if any of the girls caught on – or I totally failed, which could totally be the case, and would allow me to laugh at myself!

These smart and crafty 12 Kits girls have blown my mind with their creativeness! OH! I have also invited a friend to craft with us this month: Michelle Leone [Two Ls to me] from Pretty Periwinkles, and a team-mate from CAS[E] this Sketch. I love her style, and know you will too! Thanks, Two Ls, for playing cards with us this month!

August Guest Designer

Michelle Leone

The 12 Kits Team...

July 31, 2015

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - July '15

It's the Most wonderful time of the Year...welcome to the Christmas in July edition of the 12 Kits of Occasions. I am the hostess this month, Cathy Weber of The Empty Nest Crafter and I had a great time preparing for my kit starting last December when there were lots of holiday supplies available. I know it may seem hard to believe as the weather is hot, hot, hot almost everywhere, but this month we are beginning to prepare for the holiday season of 2015.

Along with the our usual 12 Kits of Occasions team, we are very fortunate to have Lisa Elton of My Paper Tales joining us as guest designer. I have always loved Lisa's cards and I feel a special bond with her as we both just welcomed our first grandchildren earlier this year.

My kit this month is based around a beautiful pack of patterned papers from My Paper Studio called It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. I loved the combination of red and green plaids and cozy reindeer and stockings. If you would like to know more about the ingredients in our kit, please click on the Supplies tab at the top of the page. I hope you enjoy this month's cards made with my holiday kit.

July Guest Designer

Lisa Elton

The 12 Kits Team...

Lindsey Larson

Lindsey and her family are in the midst of a major move--clear across the country! So she won't be able to join us this month. We'll be looking forward to seeing her back in August!

{Kelly}

Kelly Schirmer

Sharron Gregory

Marybeth Lopez

Tracey McNeely

Jeanne Jachna

http://onpapillonwings.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-12-kits-of-occasions-july-christmas.html

June 30, 2015

Second Helpings - June 2015

It is leftover month at the 12 Kits of Occasions and there always is. Each of us have oddles of past kit supplies leftover to play with and make more projects with. So on leftover month that is exactly what
we do.

We have also had quite a few guest designers during the first half of this year. We were lucky to have Taunya Butler in February when we did Bye, Bye, Birdie and we are thrilled to have her back with us again this month. Be sure to visit her blog and see what she has created. Below is one of the cards she has to share.

Taunya Butler

The 12 Kits Team...

{coming soon}

Sharron Gregory

May 31, 2015

May - Let's Hear It For The Boys!

Yayyy! It's time for another 12 Kits of Occasions! If you're familiar with the group you know we are a group of friends who take turns putting together a kit. We all post what we made on the last day of the month. It's so fun to see what elements we used the same, or different.

Jeanne Jachna here today and I'm the hostess for May's theme "Let's Hear It For The Boys". I suppose this theme is a little unexpected for me (I think most people see me as a girlie girl). I hope it's a pleasant surprise for everybody.

I put together a kit with Pattern Paper from Basic Grey's Persimmon Collection, and die cuts and stamped images from Clearly Besotted, WPlus9, Tim Holtz, Waltzingmouse and My Favorite Things. You can see the whole list of ingredients by clicking on the "Supplies" tab at the top of the page.

I have some special guests this time.. a 12 Kits original member, and a very good friend.....

May Guest Designers

12 Kits of Occasions Alumni

Renee Lynch - It's A Patchwork Life

I also asked another friend to join us - I love his style and knew he would totally rock this kit

Richard Breaks - That's MISTER Cardmaker, to you!!

As if that wasn't enough surprises.. one comment was selected from Marybeth's post as a winner of a kit to play along with us.

May 12 Kits Winner
{Jill}

Jill Norwood - Greenwood Girl Cards

And project samples from the regular 12 kits team. Just click on their name to jump to their post where you can see ALL of the wonderful things they made with this kit.

The 12 Kits Team...

Jeanne Jachna

Kim Heggins

Tracey McNeely

April 30, 2015

I'm Tickled Pink!

Welcome to the April edition of the 12 Kits of Occasions! Tracey here and i am the hostess this month for "I'm Tickled Pink". As soon as I saw the virbrant patterns Doodlebug Design's Hello Sunshine papers I decided that is what I was going to build my kit around. I sent out papers, doilies, die cut flowers and embellishments in all shades of pink. Leave it to the designers on this iteam to do something fantastic with what they were given.

I am thrilled to share with you this month that "12 Kits" alumni and good friend Suzanne Dahlberg will be playing along with us once again as our guest designer.

April Guest Designer
Suzanne Dahlberg