Birthday Card...

Here's a birthday card I made...I forgot to make one for Kathy at the HSFCU...so it's a belated birthday card... I used the Whipper Snapper stamp called: Birthday Angel.

I used groovy guava for the cardstock.
I blinged the corners and used dazzling diamonds

for her wings and the party confetti.

I also used my new scallop punch for the edges.

I decided to make something simple and easy because I was in a rush.

hope you have a great 3 day weekend!

Kwerner Color Inspiration...#20

Here is the color inspiration challenge on Kwerner Design

This is the first time I decided to try to do a color inspiration challenge...This blog has so many hits and everyone is trying, but I really liked the color scheme, so I thought I'd give it a try...of course Michelle told me about it and I wasn't sure, but I felt like making something creative...tonight =)

here is what I came up with...

cardstock: chocolate chip, regal rose, pink pirouette, certainly celery & very vanilla

stamps: best friends and the word best friend from

Whipper Snapper Designs

ink pad: chocolate chip

cuttlebug embossing folder: d'vine swirls

accessories: bling and regal rose grosgrain ribbon, crystal effects and dazzling diamonds

I had lots of fun making this card...

hope you enjoyed it and thanks for stopping by!

Cupcake Thank you...

I got this new set called: Simple Birthday Thanks from the new SU catalog...I thought it was so cute and I had to have it...if you know me well enough...I got have it...

I used old olive and regal rose cardstock...

I used the designer paper: georgia peach...

I used dazzling diamonds for the frosting on the cupcake

and center of the flowers on the band...

I used the stamp set: wow flowers for the thank you...

1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches...

the cherry has crystal effects to give it a shiny look...all from SU.

I blinged the sprinkles...

here is the inside...

I used the new scallop square punch from SU

and I stamped it with the hostess level 1 called: best yet.

I made this for...who else...Michelle...to say thank you for all

she has done...and I wanted to use the stamp =)

Coaster Box...

I got this idea from looking at the tutorials at split coast stampers. I thought it was cute and simple to make...you use 5 - 4 x 4 coasters...cover it with designer paper or whatever you choose...5 - 4" x 4" papers...corner rounder the edges and stick them on...use ribbon to tie them together...you can tie the like shoelaces...glue (permanent) the bottom to the box and there you go!

Here is the front of the box...
here is one of the sides...

here is the other side...

this is the back of the box...

you can decorate it any way you like...
I chose to decorate it with chipboard, stamps, flowers and bling using oval punches and circle punches. Of course I made this for my BFF...Michelle...
I stuffed it with some goodies and there's your finished product =)
thanks again for stopping by!

Baskets & Blooms...

I received this great gift from Michelle...it's the new Bigz from Sizzix through SU.

Isn't it the cutest thing!I used the new designer paper: green tea from SU.

The bottom, not shown here is a little difficult to attach...

but everything else is okay to put together.

I love how danity it is...

hope you get one too so you can make one of your own!

Designer Box...

I got the directions from splitcoaststampers.com I was pretty impressed that it was pretty easy to make and that it turned out to be pretty cute too!

I used the Bella Rose designer paper from SU, chocolate chip and pink pirouette cardstock for the base of the box (top & bottom)...I used the giga scallop square punch, mega square punch and the jumbo square punch to make the tag on the cover...the stamp is from the set lovely labels and I used rose 1/4" grosgrain ribbon from SU.

here's what it looks like...the cover and the bottom box...

this is the side view of the finished product...

you can make 3 x 3 cards to fill your box...
so I made some and here are some samples.
hope you give it a try...you will truly like to make it.

RAK from Michelle...

So, I received this awesome RAK from Michelle...

who would have thought that this was possible!

she decorated the pages with using different punches...

all those different punches you can make such fancy things!

here are some samples of what Michelle made for me...

... fairy...

...hula girl...

...japanese girl...

...mermaid...

this last one is my favorite! such great ideas to make for your cards or for decoration on tags or bags or whatever you may choose!

thanks for checking it out =)

A fancy card from Michelle...

A fancy folded flower card...
from who else but MICHELLE!
Isn't it a cool flower?
I love it...looks a little difficult,
but Michelle said it's not that bad to make.

Enjoy!

Best of Friends Forever...

...B.F.F. Award...

here's to you...Michelle...

you have won the award of "Best Friends"...

I couldn't have asked for a better friend...one who listens, laughs and shares everything with you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I am truly blessed to have you in our lives. You are the best! You are true and kind, caring and thoughtful and all around wonderful!

What can I say...BeAuTiFuL!

So as you can see...we (Michelle and I)

are trading back and forth goodies...

but we both know that we will love the gifts we will receive...

I found the directions to this "pull out album" at the website:

splitcoaststampers.com

Michelle also included a lip balm from SU...

Ingredients:

2 coasters (4"x 4")
1 piece 4" x 10" cardstock

(outside cover)
1 piece 4" x 10" designer paper

(inside cover)

1 piece 4" x 3" designer paper

(for the spine of the book)

2 pieces of 3" x 12" cardstock

(left side and right side)

*scored at 3", 6" and 9"

3 pieces of ribbon (at least 21" in length)

double stick tape

corner rounder

Here is what the inside looks like...

you can decorate it any way you want to...

Michelle decorated mine with "friends forever"

here are the quotes that were on

the left side of the pull out album...

*"my best friend is the one that brings out the best in me"

*"everytime you cross my mind, I think of how lucky

I've been to have you as my friend"

*"friends are God's way of taking care of us"

*"Some people come into our lives for awhile and

leave footprints on our hearts...and we are never

ever the same"

here are the quotes on the right side of the pull out album...

*"we are each of us angels with only one wing and we can

fly only by embracing each other"

*"friends are the siblings God forgot to give us"

*"a friend is one who walks in when others walk out"

*"who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure"

Thanks for stopping by today =)

thanks Michelle for always being the sweetest friend I know!

Blog Awards...

This is my very first blog award and I am so honored to be thought of in this way!!! I was nominated by: Marie and you can check out her blog site by clicking on her name. Thank you Marie for thinking of me! I am truly blessed!
So now it's my turn to pass this special award on to some wonderful, creative and talented women...

I am nominating:

Michelle

Teri

Jen

Jodi


I received my first award from Lisa, and I am passing this on to some wonderful blogging ladies!Lisa has a great spirit and a true friend. She constantly shows her support by visiting me on my blog and cafemom.com. She has excellent creativity and you need to check out her blog! Thanks for the award Lisa, sorry this took forever for me to figure out! Lol!


RULES:
1. Only 5 people allowed.
2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog
3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. you must link back to whoever gave you the award.

I am nominating:
Joy
Julia
Jessica
Teri
Matrix

I received this blog award from Stephenie, and I am passing this on to some wonderful blogging ladies! Stephanie is involved with TAC and has a wonderful blog spot involving her work, recipes, and interesting read. Go check her out! Thanks for the award Stephanie.

RULES:
I have to pick 7 of my favorite blogs and…
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog
2. Link the person you received your award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

I am nominating:
Angela
Heather
Julia
Lisa
Yosha
Ivy
JeNN

thanks for stopping by!

post-it-note coasters...

so I decided to make little gifts for the girls at work...

so I decided to make something easy and simple.

I took a 4"x4" coaster and covered it with designer paper that I had in my scrap bin. I got colored post-it-notes and stamped it with the image from "create in me" stamp...the bear. I also used the same bear for the big paper clip. I used dimensionals to pop them off the big paper clip and used the white gel pen to dot the scallop punch from SU. I covered the clip on the top and put a flower with a bling in the middle. I think they are so cute! thanks for stopping by today...have a great, long weekend!

Friendship Card...

so...on Saturday at the NBC...they had their rubber stamp expo...I met my BFF Michelle there and we went to check things out...so many different things to look at...I saw these cute cling stamps and thought it was a must have for the both of us. This is my friendship card from Michelle...isn't it so cute?! I totally love it. The dog and kitty are too cute for words. Thanks Michelle...for you support and friendship!

Wedding Card...

whipped up this wedding card for my mom. Her friend's son just got married and she wanted me to make something...I love that stamp from create in me aka juju's treasures. I embossed the card with Cuttlebug stylized flowers. Used so saffron and pink pirouette cardstock from SU and I used floral embellishments with bling in the middle. Have a great day!

Pearls Before Swine...

Thought this was pretty funny...as we all (mostly women)

feel this way at one time or another...

I just thought it was cute... and to have "real" friends to tell you the truth...lol!
(Teri...you know this is for you and your friend)

Designer Bags...

I'm B...A...C...K...sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I need to get inspired and try new things and I finally found something to make...designer bags...so I made some for my co-workers and friends and they are so easy to make. I filled my co-workers ones with candy...my friends got items that they could use to craft with. Enjoy!

So, I saw this fun tutorial on "Stamp a Little Love Baby"...she's on my blog link. I thought this look like fun to make and guess what...it is! You can go to her website and get the instructions on how to make this...I used all different SU designer papers, bazzill blossoms and doodlebug designs jewels for the middle of the flowers. I had so much fun making all of these bags! Thanks for stopping by...there are more pictures of individual ones below =)

...this is the first one I made...

...here's one I made for my BFF Michelle...

...here's another one...

I used my cute create in me"aka juju's treasures" stamps...I just love them! I bought a couple from Jen's "Little C's" and decided to bling their collars with crystal elements "bling" from J's KnickKnacks. Go and check Cliff's store out...they have so many new things! he's on my blog sites I love to visit...have a wonderful 08-08-08 (FRIDAY)!

Oh what fun it is to make designer bags!

A card for my BFF Michelle...

So I decided to make a card for my BFF Michelle...just because...so I wanted to use the Whipper Snapper mouse stamp and put it in a shaker box...I also used the Darcie's Country Folk printable shrink plastic to make the dragonfly...also from Whipper Snapper and so is the best friend stamp (bought at Creations Unlimited). I used regal rose and so saffron for the cardstock...I used paper flower floral embellishments from Creations Unlimited. I used printed paper and Cuttlebug perfectly paisley for the background on the so saffron. I love this card...I had so much fun making it! Enjoy!

Gifts for Taelyn's Teacher...

Goodness...I swear my BFF Michelle and I have must have been separated at birth...I was doing the same project...she did one for her grandma and I did one for Taelyn's teacher. I made a four things...shaker checkbook cover, coaster post-it-notes, calendar coaster and a favor box. We may have differed on a couple of things but we still thought the same! here are my pictures of the individual things...

... shaker checkbook cover...

... Coaster Calendar...

... Coaster Post-it-notes...

...side view......inside...

Thanks for stopping by today =)

Penguins Notes Cards...

I designed these penguin note cards because we were having a neighborhood watch dinner and we were doing grab bags...so I made this for that reason...but I love the penguins! I used regal rose, so saffron, wild wasabi and chocolate chip cardstock...I stamped the images and cut them out and put dimensionals on them and put them on the note cards. I made the pizza box which I got the directions from Teri's blog..."big ideas from a little girl" (she's on my side bar) I stamped them too and there you go! Aren't the penguins so cute!

Sending you a little "hog"...

Jen has her own website "pieces of me" (on my side bar) but she also has an online store and so I bought some cute stamps from her...so to say Thank You...I wanted to make her a cute card...It's called sending you a little "hog"! I had fun making it. Used the new colors from SU...pink pirouette and baja breeze for the cardstock...the flower is made with wild wasabi, pixie pink and chocolate chip paper with a doodlebug jewel color "bon bon". the stamp is from Penny Black called "Piggy Love". I hope you like it as much as I do...have a great day!