Shaker folders...

I decided to make more folders with images, but these I added shakers to the front. I used the fairy from the Greeting Farm, natural accent flowers and thickers.
This one is for Rina...Heartful Stamping
I wanted to say thank you for all her support, love and understanding and for all her prayers for my family. We can't thank her enough. I used the oval nesties to make the window and the border around it.

here's the new flutterby Anya...I used this one for Jen...Pieces of Me. I also wanted to say thank you so much for all your support, love and prayers! I used the square nesties for this window with pastel beads and pink microbeads.

here is what the inside looks like...I used the MS border and sugar coated brads. I filled them with images from the Greeting Farm and Gorjuss Girls.

the last folder is for Enjoli...Stamping under the sun...I wanted to say thank you to her too for her friendship and generosity!
hope everyone is having a good week.
we are almost to the weekend! yay!!!
thanks for stopping by and leaving me comments...

Gorjuss Girls 2...

On Sunday...I had a game at 9 am...but I found out that Linda & Kyoko were going over to Denise's house for some fun cricut time! I wish I could have joined them! but since I couldn't I decided to make them these folders that Jodi...Inked Inspirations made for me =) but I decided a little too late to make it...so I went very late to my game...LOL! the girls at the field were telling me...what? crafting is more important! I just wanted to make them something. As Denise's favorite color is pink...I used the hibiscus burst...cardstock and ribbon from Papertrey Ink. The other two love purple...like me...so I made them their folders with purple!
I am so excited as the new Gorjuss girl set 2 came in! I decided to use the sitting one for the front of their folders...here she is up close! I need to put them on those foam things...but they are so cute! I used the DP from Imaginisce...fairest of them all line!

here's what the insides look like...I decided to punch the MS border and use sugar coated brads to hold them down. I gave them some images from...Magnolia, The Greeting Farm and the one Gorjuss girl I did mount. I hope they liked their gift!

hope everyone had a great weekend...
here we are...back again...it's MONDAY!!!
thanks for stopping by =)

Gorjuss Girl Double Shaker...

I finally got a chance to make another double shaker box! I took the one on one teachings of Mrs. Teri...Big Ideas from a Little Girl...and the instructions from her tutorial to make this for my daughter's teacher. I'm making this for the end of the year, but if you know me...I would be frantic trying to finish it all. So I decided to start early and do a good job on it and be happy with what I made...so let me know what you think =)
I got to see another double shaker box that Teri made for a friend and she used dew drops. I thought that would be a great idea, so I used that for the second shaker. the first side I used the microbeads and regular beads. Mrs. Chinen (Taelyn's teacher) loves pink and brown too. so I tried to stick to the color.

of course I had to use the gorjuss girls...she's so cute and just went perfectly for this double shaker! I used purple natural flowers, hibiscus burst ribbon from Papertrey Ink and I stamped and punched out the sentiment. I added some bling too! I had to use the Martha Stewart border punch for the dark chocolate CS around the shaker.
sorry...the pictures came out a little dark, but the flash was bouncing off the acetate window and giving it a bright spot...so I took off the flash and tried to brighten it when I edited the picture.

happy Friday everyone! hope you have a wonderful weekend! I just wanted to say thank you for all your kind and sweet comments that are left for me to read. I truly appreciate all of you and I am grateful that you leave me such wonderful messages. I count my blessings everyday and realize that life is too short to let a day go by without saying what I need to say. So THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!

OCS from Enjoli...

Enjoli...Stamping under the sun...was my partner for the OCS that Teri holds each month! but with all of that she sent me some wonderful Easter goodies too! She is so sweet! I love the color purple and she sent me everything purple! I love the flowers, ribbon and cards! Thank you so much Enjoli for always spoiling me and my daughter!
here is a Hello Kitty water bottle and folder for my daughter! she loves it! it's so cute and it's purple too =) I told my daughter I may want to borrow it...she said "mom, that's for me"

hope everyone is having a great hump day!
thanks for stopping by!
happy EARTH day too!

Debbie...Passion for Crafts is having one awesome blog candy! please go and check her out...you'll be amazed!

Happy Birthday Tony...

Happy Sunday everyone...

I just wanted to share a cute card with you!
we (Taelyn, Marc and I) went to lunch with their Uncle Tony at Bravos yesterday. We finally got to get together...it has been a while, but we got to catch up on old times. Tony celebrated his birthday, so I wanted to make something for him. I asked Teri to make some stamped images for me and she made a whole page! so I get to use Skater Ian more than once, but this is the first card I made with him! tell me what you think...
I used old olive cardstock for the base of the card...I found some DP from SU and I distressed the edges. I used close to cocoa and colored him with my copics! I used G99 olive for the green...I tried the blending method that Jodi gave me, but I think I need Jodi to show me how. I didn't get it too well...but I tried. I punched out some stars and sponged the edges. It's actually a gift card, but I forgot to take a picture of the inside.
here's a close up of Skater Ian...used some stickles for the star on his shirt!

Bravos in Pearl City...

we had a good lunch!
have a great day =)

Easter Baskets...

here are the last of my Easter creations! I wanted to make something special for the Easter birthday party...I had a family birthday party for Taelyn on Sunday. So here are my favors that I made with the Hello Kitty in the bunny outfit!
I used the scallop envelope die from SU to make the basket.
you only need two sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock...the width is 4 1/2" and the height is 5". If you use a 12 x 12 cardstock, you only need one! I used some DP for the border around the basket and I used the martha stewart punch. can you tell that I really like that punch? LOL! I love using this Hello Kitty bunny outfit because it's so much easier than the other one =) I put some bling in her bow and used sugar coated brads to hold the ribbon handle.

I took pictures of the HKs before I filled her basket...so it looks empty, but I added a butterfly in her basket. it turned out so cute! this was a fun basket to make! I hope I can make these baskets for another occasion.

thank you for visiting my blog today!
have a wonderful weekend!

Easter Blessings...

I was so blessed to receive this award again by Joy...Tamikos...thank you so much for thinking of me! I am really counting my blessings...YOU my blogging friends/sisters...I am so grateful to have you all in my life...even if it may be through this...when times get rocky...I know you will all be there for me to encourage, support and understand...I am passing this on to...

Eunice...A star for Chiemi

Lynn...Crafting Memories

Denise...Denise love stamps

Lacey...Handstamped by Lacey

Rina...Heartful Stamping

Claudette...Island girl stampin'

Cheryl...Life is sweet

Nicky...Ohh Nicky

Jen...Pieces of me

Maria...Stampin' Inspirations

Tammi...Tropical Dreams

Amy...Tsuruta Designs

Tracy...Tracy's happy place

if you need to a link to these girls...

they are on my blog list for blogs for more inspiration...

I hope everyone had a good Easter...

I sure did...and I was blessed with so many goodies!

this cute little box w/ Easter Anya is from Teri! I didn't get a chance to use my image, but I can always save it for another year! it was filled with a plastic carrot, but inside the carrot were two cute little hero art stamps! thank you so much Teri!here is another gift from Teri...this one has chocolates! she decorated it with the Hello Kitty bunny! love that egg punch!
this gift is from Wini! I love that she used purple...and look at the decorations! she really had to put time and effort into making each one! thank you Wini!
I was so surprised to receive a gift from Liann! thank you so much Liann for thinking of me and my daughter! you are so sweet! I did get this package!!!
what a special Easter this turned out to be!

I will show you my last creation for Easter tomorrow!

I had so much fun making them!

Favors for the adults...

A little while ago my co-workers and I ordered some tins, so I used them for favors for the adults at my daughter's birthday party... I printed out the thank yous with my computer and used the mega square punch and the giga scallop square punch to make the tag on top. I also used the flowers I got from Jen's...Little C's online store, that Michelle picked up for me =)
here's a side view of the tin...so you can see how small it is...I filled it with japanese candy and used DP and the martha stewart border punch to decorate around the tin.
Thank you for stopping by today...

I will be posting more later!

Sweet Jodi...

update...look at this sweet award...thank you JODI for thinking of me!

I am passing this on...

Nikki (Bunny-Zoe's Blog)

Enjoli (Stamping under the sun)

Chalsie (Paper Kisses)

Tammy (Fun Paper Candy)

Dawne (Dawney*s Delights)

Here is my one card swap...(Teri from Big Ideas from a Little Girl ) This one is from Jodi...Inked Inspirations...
Thank you so much for this beautiful card! I am so lucky to have a blogging sister/friend! You do such wonderful coloring, layouts and adding detail to a card! I love my card! As Jodi said, we never met before...amazing as that is, but she is so sweet and fun to talk to! She gives you wonderful tips to use when making things! I am so blessed!

here is my gorjuss girl folder! I love it! I keep it right in front of my crafting table, so I can get inspired to make things...I got to talk to Jodi the other day and she gave me great tips on how to blend and color with copic pens! I am going to have to try it out!
look at how blessed I am...I received all these goodies from Jodi too! I am getting spoiled! Thank you Jodi for always thinking of me and for being so sweet!
stay tuned for more goodies that I received over the weekend for Easter from other blogging sisters! I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends!

Thank you so much!

Enjoli...OCS and the Copic Challenge...

So I have been talking with Jodi...Inked Inspirations and she told me about this cool contest that the Copic Creations is having...this week is coloring faces/skin tones and the prize is amazing...you can win:
A Memento Tuxedo Black Stamp Pad
FIVE Copic Sketch Markers
A Stampavie Stamp
So I decided to enter Enjoli's OCS for this challenge! I thought I'd color a gorjuss girl! these girls are so adorable and I wanted to make a special card for Enjoli. I am so happy that she's my partner! Her favorite color is green and I just bought this new color from Papertrey Ink. I love the paper and the ribbon!

I used the border punch from Martha Stewart...the paper flowers from Jen...Little C's and the ribbon and cardstock from Papertrey Ink...the colors are: New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst & Dark Chocolate. I hope Enjoli likes her One Card Swap!

thanks for stopping by today!
have a great week everyone =)

Calling all DIVAS...

here's the start of the morning...we are decorating the garage and getting ready for the day! We used paper flowers, butterflies and balloons! We also made some hats out of grocery bags which we hung on the line! This was my daughter's "diva" party! She invited a few of her friends to come over and be pampered! They got their nails (finger and toes) done (by Michelle, Wini & Freida), their hair (by Teri), the artist who drew pictures & their names (by Albert), foot bath (by Mary & Julie) and they got to make their names on bracelets!

here are the favors for the girls...
Jenna, Mary, Julie & Jeilynne...
Albert, Amara & Michelle...
Taelyn (birthday girl), grandma, me & Wini...
here's the birthday girl...all dressed up and having a good time... here are all the girls wishing her a happy birthday as she blows out her candles!
Aunty Teri...
the girls with their hair, nails and all dressed up...
here they have their hats on!
we all had a wonderful time...they are so cute all dressed up!

my daughter had a blast!

thank you for stopping by to see what we did over the weekend...I will be posting more things that were made for the party. hope everyone has a great week!

Happy Easter 2009!

WOW! is all I can say...I got the most wonderful Easter gift from my BFF! she made me this cute little tote...she used my favorite color and look at the Hello Kitty in the bunny costume! isn't this the cutest thing in the world? I love it so much! not for what is inside but that she thought of me in such a special way! I love my gift Michelle!
I got such cute stuff!
here's what the inside looks like...

look at my goodies...
The manhattan flower textured impression by SU
Mac brown eye shadow
hello kitty stamp
coconut shower cream
hello kitty luggage tag...

now if she could only wrap him up in a hello kitty box!
I'd be totally happy...forever...LOL!
this is one of the stud soccer players we love to look at...come on ladies...tell me this is not something you could stare at all day lllooonnnggg!

well...HAPPY EASTER everyone...
I had to post this wonderful gift!
see you after Easter!
take care...
and remember...
the reason for the season of Easter!

oh btw...Jodi at Inked Inspirations...is having the awesomest blog candy giveaway! go and check her out...she does some wonderful and creative stuff!!!

Lucky Me!

I am the luckiest girl to receive all these wonderful RAKs! I got this first card from Jen...Pieces of Me...isn't this card so cute! thank you so much Jen! this was blog candy I won from Jenny...Jenny's Creations...look at all the wonderful stuff I won! I got glitter, distress ink, brads, Rachel Ann Miller stamp, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, a tape runner and this cute card! Thank you so much Jenny!!
here I received some Easter gifts from Denise...Denise loves stamps...she's always thinking of me and my daughter! thank you for always thinking of us Denise! aren't these baskets cute!
look what was inside...more than just candy! we got homemade jewelry too! you are just too sweet Denise!
hope everyone is having a good week!

I can't wait till my daughter's party!

will be posting the fun soon!

probably won't be posting till after Easter!

thanks for understanding!