The 12 Kits of Occasions -- Guest Designer

I was thrilled to get a message from Lindsey Larsen of Occasional Crafting

asking if I would like to be a guest designer for this month's

12 Kits of Occasions.

If you're not familiar with this challenge, one member of the team

puts together a kit for each of the other members and they make cards

using the items in the kit.

I've been enjoying seeing the team's creations for years now --

and it was very fun to be included in this month's kit!

Wait until you see the kit that Lindsey put together!

It felt like it was custom made for me with its beautiful floral stamped images,

pretty patterned papers and embellishments.

She even included an adorable bike stamp and some super cute pineapples!

I feel like singing "These are a few of my favourite things" along

with my post... ;)

Here are most of the cards that I made with the kit --

if you stop by tomorrow, you'll see one more. ;)  

This gorgeous floral image was heat embossed on Bristol Board.

Now, I remember hearing how great Bristol Board was with Zig Clean Colour

Real Brush markers.... but I had just returned from our trip to Denver &

two trips to Hobby Lobby to stock up on watercolour paper at the time

and decided to not worry about it, as I had a lot of paper.

Well, I think I need to pick up some Bristol Board -- it worked amazing with my Zigs! 

And it's so white!

I'm so thankful that Lindsey included these in the kit.

The sentiment was also in the kit, but stamped in black on white, so

I restamped it on black and heat embossed it in white (it's from Altenew's Adore You.)

This HUGS diecut was just calling out to be made into a shaker card.

Lindsey included pretty coloured beads in the kit, to which I added a few of my own clear ones.

This was made with items from the kit.

I stamped the "you are" using a Reverse Confetti stamp.

I love this sweet bike!

Here I added the "birthday wishes" using a PTI stamp.

This card was very quick to create -- I can't wait to give ti to someone.

It's so pretty with the gold!

This last one is one of my favourites! 

The diecut is from wood paper and the "love you" diecuts are shimmery.

Thanks again for including me in this month's

12 Kits of Occasions, Lindsey!

I really enjoyed playing with your beautiful kit!

Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Reflections Ink January Mood Board

Today, I have a card to share for
 Butterfly Reflections Ink January Mood Board: 

Isn't it beautiful?
I love these colours together!

I decided to use my Concord & 9th Flourish stamp set to make my card.

I started by stamping my Concord & 9th Barnwood Background stamp onto

 aqua mist cardstock in Altenew Mountain Mist ink. 

I stamped the leaves from Concord & 9th's Flourish stamp set

 in Altenew Cosmic Berry, Moon Rock and PTI Dark Indigo.

I stamped the details over the navy bloom/berries in versamark and then heat

embossed them with Zing! aqua embossing powder.

I stamped my sentiment using Altenew Adore You.

Thanks for looking!

Altenew January Inspiration Challenge

Today, I have a card to share for the the 

Altenew January Inspiration Challenge:

I decided to use my Altenew Bamboo Roses stamp set.

I stamped out my roses & sentiment (from PTI Spring Woods) on watercolour paper 

in versamark and Altenew Espresso ink and heat embossed them in clear.

I coloured the roses and background using my Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers

and a water brush.

Thanks for looking!

Inspired By All The Little Things #41

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #41:

Here's my card, using Reverse Confetti products:

I started by inking up my white panel with some classic kraft ink
and my Heart Stencil.
I diecut two hearts from red felt using my Love Note Confetti Cuts.
I wrapped some twine around my card and added a couple of little buttons.

I stamped my sentiment from Crazy About You.

 

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, February 2nd to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

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Essentials by Ellen January Pin-Sights Challenge

Today I have a card to share for this month's

Essentials by Ellen Pin-Sights Challenge:

I was inspired by the two top photos in the left hand corner of the collage --

my favourite aqua, paired with black!

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the images from my Essentials by Ellen Mondo Peony stamp set

onto its coordinating diecut in Versamark ink and Altenew Volcano Lake Ink onto 

Strathmore watercolour paper and heat embossing it in clear.

I coloured it in using my Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and a Ranger Tim Holtz Water Brush.

I stamped my sentiment (from Mondo Hydrangea) in Altenew Jet Black Ink.

I blended Altenew Moon Rock Ink onto my panel and dropped water drops onto it,

which I soaked up with a tissue.

I adhered my diecut flower with dimensional adhesive.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #206

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #205 designed by me:

Here's my card:

I stamped my Neat and Tangled Purrrfect stamp in versafine onyx black ink

on watercolour paper and heat embossed it in clear.

I used the coordinating die to diecut part of it and then used 

my trimmer to cut the rest of the panel at an angle.

I coloured it in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers and a water brush.

I diecut my Neat and Tangled "Big Hugs" die three times --once from red and twice

from white cardstock and stacked them together.

I used a piece of Reverse Confetti patterned paper along the bottom.

I'm also liking this card up to Little Tangles Challenge #76: Anything Goes.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, February 2nd to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

CTD 427 & PTI January Blog Hop

Today, I have two cards to share...

The first one is for The Colour Throwdown,

where I've been guest designing for the past two months!

This is my last challenge as a GD for them and I have enjoyed it so much!

Thanks again, Wanda, for asking me to join you!

Here's this week's CTD:

It seems whenever there's a jam jar in an inspiration photo,
I need to pull out my Lawn Fawn Summertime Charm jar and use it on my card.
Here's what I made:

(By the way, I apologize for the poor photos -- I had the hardest time photographing this card!)

Using some masking, I stamped the images from my Altenew Adore You stamp set

Versamark ink and Altenew inks onto watercolour paper and heat embossing them in clear.

I did the same thing with my Lawn Fawn jar.

I coloured the flowers and leaves in using my Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and a Water Brush.

I made a mask for the jar and blended ink onto it.

I dropped water drops onto it and soaked them up with a tissue.

I stamped the sentiment (also from Adore You) onto a strip of green cardstock
and heat embossed it in white.
On my side panel, I stamped the Concord & 9th Barnwood Background stamp
in aqua on a piece of aqua cardstock.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT created
for this week's Colour Throwdown Challenge.

Next, I have a card to share for today's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.

Our challenge was to use this beautiful photo as inspiration:

Isn't it pretty?

I love these cookies!

Here's my card:

I stencilled the bottom of my panel using my PTI Woodblock Print stencil.

I diecut my Mat Stack 5 die from black cardstock and heat embossed my sentiment

(from Spring Woods) onto it.

I diecut the bird and branch from Spring Woods and stamped them in 

Altenew Cotton Candy, Ruby Red and Jet Black.

Thanks for looking!

MFT Wednesday Sketch 316 & MFT Colour Challenge 61

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

MFT Wednesday Sketch 316: 

& MFT Colour Challenge 61:

Here's my card:

I diecut a piece of aqua mist cardstock with a MFT circle die

and then ran it through my diecutting machine with a PTI Impression Plate.

I stamped the girl in the chair, stacks of books (a little masking there) and lamp on my background

 panel of watercolour paper and heat embossed it in clear.

I coloured everything in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Makers and a water brush.

I heat embossed the sentiment (from My Story) in white onto a banner diecut

that I got free with my order from MFT.

Thanks for looking!

The Card Concept 65

Today, I have a card to share for 

The Card Concept #65:

Here's my card, using Reverse Confetti products:

I started by diecutting my and layering it over a piece of Stone Cardstock.
I diecut my Blooms 'n Buds Confetti Cuts and stamped them with their
coordinating Blooms 'n Buds stamps in
Rose Ink, Salsa Ink , Tangerine Ink & Stone Ink.

I stamped my sentiment from Whole Lotta Thanks in versamark on a strip

of black cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

 

  

Thanks for looking!

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Inspired By All the Little Things #40

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #40:

Isn't it pretty?

Here's my card, using my Mama Elephant Freestyle Florals stamp set.

I started by inking up the flower in versamark and heat embossed int in white on watercolour paper.
I masked the flower and stamped my leaves and berries in Versamark and Altenew Evening Grey
and heat embossed them in clear.
I ddi the same with my sentiment (from PTI's Spring Woods.)

I coloured in my panel using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers

and a water brush.

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, January 26th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

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Make It Monday #272

Today, I have a card to share for this week's 

Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Masked Heart Wreaths.

I wanted to create a large heart wreath but don't own any large heart dies.

So, I created one by diecutting some circles from post-it notes 

and used a square for the rest.

I stamped over the mask with my Sketched Florals in Altenew Frosted Pink,

Cotton Candy, Coral Berry and Ruby Red.

I layered my panel over a piece of Crate Paper patterned paper.

I diecut my "LOVE" using my PTI alphabet dies and 

the "you" from Wet Paint Cuts III.

Thanks for looking!