July Card Kit Shares

Hey All! Hope you have all enjoyed your July! We have had a pretty laid back summer so far. One more month and it will be all about getting the wee ones ready for school to start !

This month I hosted the Card Kit Club at Scrappin' Mojo. So much fun putting together a kit for my online crafty friends! Here's a peek at what I made up for each of them and sent off  for them to create with:

I have loved those Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Papers for some time, and thought they would make a cute little summery kit. I stamped and die cut and packaged everything up for them and sent off 9 little crafty packages...

I had to get creating on my own and started with a card for my mama and a little gift for her July birthday. 

I love to make homemade sugar scrubs and knew she would appreciate that, so I whipped up a little batch of Honey Almond Sugar Scrub and added some embellishments from the kit to the jar.

Candles are another fave of hers and I picked up this simple scented one at Target. The label matched the card kit papers so perfectly, that I just added a little tag and Voila! 

I love this balloon bunch stamp and use it often on birthday cards. I wanted a light and airy feel and just added color with my watercolor pencils...

Just a sweet little something for my Mama...

Next up a couple more cards with the kit. One of my favorite stamp sets from Papertrey Ink is the Rosie Posie stamps and the Rosie Posie Step 2 set that goes along with it. I have both sets and the matching dies and wanted to share those with the  Mojo girls. I stamped each of them a set of flowers to use in their creations. I used mine a card with a little window that I die cut from the posie paper.

So many fun things you can do with this set! Looking forward to many years of stamping fun with these...

Here's a matching tag too, I was bumped by Cole when stamping the sentiment, but it gives it a little bit of a worn look, don't ya think? I love anything with mason jars. 

This little stamp comes from American Crafts Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm Collection.

And lastly, little card with the ice cream cone paper. Love ice cream cone crafty supplies! I sent the girls some die cut ice cream cones using the Papertrey Ink "Sweet As Can Be" stamps and dies. Love those too..

Thanks for letting my host the card club this month Mojo Girls! You are the best! 

Don't forget to click on the girls' names check out their creations; they have done some amazing things!! 

Kim P

Kim O

Joni

Mary

Stella

Beth

Jan

Terri

Diane

Nite, nite!

~Nik

Still In Valentine Mode...

I do hope your Valentine's Day was filled with lots of love, hugs and kisses. It certainly was here in our little home in Minnesota. Even though Pat had to work the late shift at work, he surprised the kids and I by doing the grocery shopping on his way home and picking up an elaborate box of chocolates for his little love bugs to wake up to. Ahhh.... love........

I attended Cole's Valentine party at preschool and had so much fun watching cute as can be 4 year olds making heart bird feeders, Valentine headbands, and eating a yummy Valentine float with ice cream and Hawaiian Punch - so frothy, pink and cute! I made all of Cole's Valentines this year with the help of my Cricut and Papertrey Ink's Tremendous Treats Valentine stamp set. I LOVE this little set - so sweet and cute for the little ones. I stamped and colored each image with watercolor pencils and then attached the little tags to these cute library style pockets cut from the Cricut Artiste cartridge.

The little pockets were just the perfect size to fit a heart lollipop and a mini set of watercolor paints. Perfect combination for artsy 4-year olds. Cole has a very small preschool class; only 9 little ones which is great for him because of all the attention he gets! Of the 9 only two are girls. I felt like they needed a little extra special on love day and made their pockets slightly bigger to accommodate a couple Hello Kitty bracelets as well as the paints and lollipops.

For these I added lace and pom-pom fringe to the pockets, heart doilies and a little tag with their name. The adorable retro Valentine images come from the Crafty Secrets Vintage Valentine Kit. This is one of my go to things when it comes to Valentine's Day projects. These are the sweetest images, both retro style and vintage, complete with papers. You will love this one and use it year after year!

Off to spend some time with my Valentines. Happy Sunday All!

XOXO, Nik