12 Kits of Hanukkah- May Edition

Time for our May edition of the 12 Kits of Christmas and this month as you can tell by my blog title, we have done things a bit differently this month, we are presenting the 12 Kits of Hanukkah (Thanks Suzanne for the great job of of altering our 12 Kits logo).  Joyce is our hostess this month and she sent us a fabulous kit with ingredients that many of us may have never worked with before all based on the Jewish holiday Hanukkah.  Joyce gave us a bit of a history of Hanukkah as well as the following kit ingredients:

Photo by Kara

Hanukkah colors are so pretty with bright blues and yellows.  Our kits also had lots of ingredients that I had never worked with before, the PTI Favor-It #3 and Triangle Trilogy which added to the fun of this month.  Here are my cards:

I used some of the patterned papers that Joyce sent and also impressed the navy paper with the linen/canvas impression plate by PTI.  I really liked the Tag Sale #6 die cut from the patterned paper and added some of the pretty ribbon that Joyce sent us as well as a teeny snippet of twine.

My second card also uses the patterned paper, another Tag Sale die cut and a Memory Box Whimsy Circle die cut.  Since presents are a big part of Hanukkah, I added one of the packages that Joyce included in our kits.  

Since I had never made a Favor-It gift box before, I was so excited to give one a try using the die cut pieces Joyce sent us.  I also made a little card to go along with it:

It was super easy to put together and I used one of the little sentiment triangles, the end pieces from Tag Sale #6 and another Whimsy Circle, tying it all up with some Harvest Gold ribbon from our kit.  The card is made with a Menorah die cut and dotted with a few stickler for some sparkle.  

Thank you Joyce, for a really great kit.  I really enjoyed making these Hanukkah projects.  It was a lot of fun to make something a bit different and I have enough ingredients left over to make several more Hanukkah cards once I have seen the great cards made by the other talented ladies in our 12 Kits group.  

Here's a link to everyone...please check them all out, you will be AMAZED!

Suzanne:  thecardyard

Joyce: Cards-by-the-Sea

Kim: CupcakesCardsandKim

Amy: Stamp-n-Paradise

Kara: KandRDesigns

Sharron: OnPapillionWings

Marybeth: Marybeth's Time for Paper

Jeanne: AKeptLife

Jessica: The Paper Parade

Christina: SeaGlass&Sentiments

Renee: ItsAPatchworkLife