Welcome aboard the Occasions Mini Tour Bus!

Official Tour Times are 8am to Midnight Today Only!
(some links may not be ready before this time)

Blog candy at the end of this post so be sure to get in on it.

It is here and I am thrilled that you are along for the ride! Glad to see you have your ticket there is so much in store for you today. You will follow along through 20 different blogs all showcasing a different product from the Occasion Mini catalog. You will have many different chances along the way to win fun prizes and be incredibly inspired by the wonderful samples. Get your cup of coffee (or drink of preference) and settle in to enjoy the ride with me on the Occasions Mini Tour!




If you are coming from Fun Stampin with Margaret's blog thanks for continuing the tour! If you are starting right here with me that is great too you will just follow the links until you end up right back here . This is stop 17 on tour 2 and I will be featuring and giving away the And Many Mower set.




This set is perfect for the manly man in your life. So fun and easy to make masculine cards with. We all have difficulty with masculine cards but this set will make it easy. I promise. You will have a chance to win this set for free too. Read the end of the post for more details.

First I would like to share my samples with you. All of my samples will be using 100% current Stampin Up and will be part of my You're Hired Again Series. The first one is using the adorable Golfer Dude. It is also using my Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #67 from earlier today (late last night really).

Stamps: And Many Mower
Paper: To the Nines Speciality Paper, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow and Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip
Other: Ribbon, photo corner punch, circle scissors plus, stamp a ma jig, markers

The next sample is using the same colors and dp as the previous one but I am using the adorable checklist stamp from the set. This card is so perfect for my hubby. He is not really into sports or hunting so many of the sets just don't work for him--this is perfect though! Hope you can see the dimension on this one. Too cute.


Stamps: And Many Mower
Paper: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Whisper White and To The Nines Speciality dp
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, ribbon,

Next up is the cute little lawn mower. I added the words in the oval by hand and part rub on. I had this idea but there were no sentiments that would work so I made my own. The bottom sentiment is from the Really Retro set. This card is also for this week's Late Night Stamper's Challenge 17. We are to case a card from our wonderful list mom Sherrill Graff's blog. HERE is the card I chose to case. The card was created by Gretchen Barron. I changed the colors and the sentiments treatments. And it is tilted in the other direction. I hope you enjoy my humor on this one. You may have to click on the picture to enlarge it to see the details.





Stamps: And Many Mower, Really Retro, Trendy Trees
Paper: Kiwi Kiss DP, Scrap of DP from the Best Ever Scrappin Kit. Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red and Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip
Other: scallop border punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, markers, Chit Chat rub ons

And finally another one using my Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #67. This is a simple but fun one.

Stamps: And Many Mower
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, ribbon, corner rounder, circle scissors plus

Blog Candy Details.

I hope you enjoyed your stop here at my blog. Before you leave be sure to leave a comment on this post to have a chance to win the And Many Mower stamp set. You can get a second change by subscribing to my blog. Just let me know you did in your post and I will add a second chance for you. This is a one day only event therefore I will be closing the chance to win along with the close of the tour. You must get in before 11:59pm EST on Monday April 27th to be eligible to win the free stamp set! I will post the winner on Tuesday.


And now you are ready to move on the the very talented Linda Keal. Linda has a wonder clean and crisp style you are going to love! Her blog is new too so be sure to leave her a comment to encourage her to keep up the fabulous work. She is stop number 18 and she will be showcasing the Golden Oldies set. (The links have been taken down watch for the next tour date)
Have fun on the rest of your trip and be sure to come on back now -- ya hear!

Have a wonderful and blessed day.

Mary Jo