Tammy's December Results

Finally, with only 7 months to go until Christmas, I have my December kit challenge results to share. I believe I made these while in Idaho??? Honestly, I don't remember it has been so long but I do remember having a great time making the cards. Marieke set the bar high with her collection of cards! Here they are all together. The one in the back is "illegal" or a non-kit card, the rest are all within the rules :)

This one is my favorite:

A set of twins:

Snowflake front and center. I really wanted to use the clear ovals but not sure how much I like them on this card:

And lastly, the non-kit card with additional die cuts and embossing plate background:

I have September's challenge finished but I want to give the pages to Rachel before I post them. Finally, I am all caught up. Now I'm ready to tackle whatever new idea we want to pursue!

Tammy's November Results

Okay, so I realize I have not posted September or October's results but I had to send out Thanksgiving cards so this challenge was completed first. I promise I will get to the previous months!

I had a great time using this kit. I was able to make four cards and then made several more things using the kit as well as other products. I hope you have fun playing with it as well.

Here they are all together:

And then individually, in order of favorite to least... :)

I tried to stitch the acorn but it didn't turn out quite like I wanted...

I really like the quote on this one...

I layered several of the ribbons on this one but it ended up a bit too masculine looking...

Here is one more, all the supplies are from the kit but I used a die to cut out the center of the patterned paper.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

November Kit

I finally have the November kit finished! My fingers are ink stained, a little sore, and I somehow broke my C plate for the cuttlebug but I had a wonderful time putting everything together. Here are some pictures of what the kit contains...

5 sheets of 12x12 solid colored cardstock, 2 patterned papers (handstamped), 2- 8 1/2x11 sheets, and 5- 8x8 patterned papers along with 4 different types of ribbon, 2 feet each.

A die cut alphabet (3 to 4 of each letter, some upper and lower), die cut acorns and leaves, along with several sentiments for either layouts or cards.

Brown/white bakers twine, mini clothespins, corduroy buttons, felt flowers and acorns, rhinestones, and some miscellaneous metal embellishments.

I hope to get the kit in the mail early this week. I hope you all enjoy creating with it!

July 2011 Kit

This month's challenge is hosted by Theresa, and it is called Chopped 3-2-1 (inspired by the Food Network).

The rules are as follows. You must create at least one project (e.g., a card or layout), in which you use items from three separate groupings.

(1) Use three pages from the calendar supplied (which should make up at least 25% of the visible space).

(2) Use at least two separate elements from "2" bag consisting of rub-ons, tag book and ribbon.

(3) Use at least one piece from the embellishment bag, consisting of metal items and office supplies.

Good luck!

Rachel's May Results

Using this month's classic kit, I altered a composition book (Target, 98 cents) as part of a birthday gift for my dear friend, Joanna, who is a beach-loving kind of gal and a big fan of bright, cheerful colors (to match her personality).

Here is the cover:

I covered the inside cover as well (in green and blue to match the front and back covers). I wanted to cover up the school related charts printed inside.

And here is a look at the back cover:

This was a fun project. I used Zip Dry to adhere the paper and I sanded the edges. I'm not sure how it will stand up to the test of time (not to mention wear and tear). Fingers crossed.

January 2011 Kit

So, for all of our followers, ORMV has decided to split up hosting the monthly projects for 2011. We are each taking 3 months, of which 2 months will be 'host's choice', and 1 month will follow the classic ORMV kit rules. I took January, February, and March, and here are the instructions I included with my first month's kit:

January---Song Title: The Beatles

Obvious enough... the task is to use the title of a Beatles song as the title or primary sentiment of your project. Also acceptable are definitive Beatles lyrics (i.e. "I am the eggman"). I've included two printed sheets that gave me a Beatles vibe, as well as a few coordinating embellishments. Please don't feel obligated to use them if they don't work for you---the only restriction this month is the title.

P.S. The 2 butterfly/dragonfly stickers varied from kit to kit, there were all part of one embellishment pack I split up between the 4 of us... I hope that's okay. Please let me know if you are missing anything.

December Kit

1. Paper

2 - 12 x 12 plain - lime green and kelly green
2 - 12 x 12 patterned - joy and ornaments



Miscellaneous Paper

white glitter cardstock
plain red
red plaid
dark green holly
light green holly
plain blue
lime green
snowflake embossed white



2. Ribbon, Brads and Bling

Ribbon:
thin white
thin green
red polka dot

Bling:
red rhinestones
green rhinestones


Brads:
4 silver
4 red



3. Embellishments

Holly Stickers
3D Snowflake Stickers
3D Angel
3D Sleigh
Felt Holly and Berries (cut using a sizzix die)






4. Titles and Sentiments

November Kit

1. Paper

12 x 12:

Patterned: Brown paisley and Purple floral

Plain: 2 Beige and 1 Purple




6 X 12:

1 Brown

1 Tan



Other:

Mats -
1 embossed green
4 plain



1 sheet from an old book




2. Ribbon & Brads

Ribbon-
1 green stitched
1 purple/gold plaid
1 gold sheer

Brads-
4 purple
4 brass




3. Bling and Embellishments

2 eyelets - 1 purple & 1 brass (feel free to use a crop-a-dile to set them)

1 leaf charm

1 key charm

3 rhinestone flowers - various golds and browns

2 Pieces of Floss - green & cream

1 tag

1 vellum envelope with leaf on it

1 key tag

10 stamped vintage images

1 set of 2 stencil sheets

1 sponge dobber










4. Titles, Sentiments, Quotes and Phrases

1 set of Family themed rub-ons
1 sheet of quotes

October Kit

I'm working a little ahead here. I was so far behind and don't want that to happen again. I know the next week or so is going to be very busy since I have to go back down to California for the wedding. I have a million things to do before then and now, so I thought I would just post this a little early and get one more thing crossed off my list.

I can't believe it's almost October. Yikes! This year has sped by so fast! As for the kit, this was definitely my favorite kit to put together. Not surprisingly, it is the most loaded, too. The only difficulty I had was that Halloween paper is kinda hard to come by in June, though I just found some at Joann's I wish I had known about. (Although, who knows if it was in stock back then.) I had fun and I hope you have fun with it as well. I've already made my layout, but will wait to post it again (it's on my personal blog, already).

Happy Halloween!!!


1. Paper

patterned: Halloween-themed (5 different patterns)

plain: 2 sheets of black cardstock (Not pictured)



Extra paper:

Plain: 2 sheets of lavender printer paper, 1 6x12 orange cardstock, 4 mats (yellow, orange, purple and green).

Embossed: 2 mats - orange pumpkins and yellow skulls



2. Ribbon

1 black polka dot organza

1 orange stitched

1 thin orange and white striped


3. Brads and Bling

4 silver round brads

4 orange flower brads

1 silver witch charm

2 jump rings for use with witch (if she'll fit) or orange tags

5 tiny orange tags



4. Embellishments

1 package of Jolees Halloween costumes

1 m&m's candy shaker box

8 Halloween-themed chipboard embellishments

1 felt strip of pumpkins

2 punched borders of spider webs





5. Titles

1 cricut die-cut title, "Spooky"



6. Sentiments & Phrases

1 sheet of Halloween-themed glitter stickers

1 package of Halloween-themed acrylic stamps