SuperStar Blog Candy...

***update...this blog candy is now closed***
thank you for all who has played...I will pulling a name shortly and will post it soon!
***this post will stay on the top until May 31, 2009*** please scroll down to see my other posts

my daughter came home from school and told me that she was selected by her teacher to receive the SUPERSTAR award! woo-hoo! that means she accomplished a few things...Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Resourcefulness & Relationships...

with that she has to be a...Self Directed Learner, Community Contributor, Complex Thinker, Quality Producer, Effective Communicator and Technology User. This is the first time she achieved this award! Go Taelyn! (this is a picture of her and her teacher) so what better way to celebrate this special occasion...give away BLOG CANDY! I've been meaning to do this for a while, but never got around to doing so. I started my blog in July of 2008 and have already reached 36,000 hits! here's what I have to give away:

60 - 12x12 designer paper
2 - cuttlebug embossing folders
1 - hello kitty bathing suit sizzix die
1 - package of prima flowers
1 - cool carribean ink pad
1 - sheriff Ian stamp
1 - roll of double sided tape
4 - packets of bling
5 - rolls of ribbon
1- black & white brads
1 - packet of mixed dew drops
2 - Imaginisce clear stamps
1 - large hero art stamp
3 - decorative scissors
1- sizzix rub-ons
1- rob & bob studio gelly-o frames
1 - petal embellishments
1 - packet of rings
1 - bag of chipboard letters
and
I decided to add 25 chipboard coasters...
whew...I'm tired just listing all of that!
there has to be a catch right?...of course...just a few =)
1) must click on follow my blog...
if you already subscribed, don't worry you still will count
2) mention this blog candy on your blog
3) leave me a comment on this post with a link to your blog
4) you can only enter once

5) answer this question: would you rather be...HOT or COLD? and why?
this post will stay on the top until the blog candy giveaway ends...what's the date you ask? I've decided that May 31, 2009 will be the deadline. I will put everyone's name in the bag...have my daughter pull out 3 names...and from those 3 names she'll pick one! good-luck to everyone! I'll post the winner the following day!

Desktop post-it-notes...

I decided to make these desk top post-it-note holders for my co-workers, my BFF, my family & friends and my daughter's teacher for gifts. I had lots of fun making these. I used my copics, dew drops and flowers...I used CS and DP for the background. this one went to my BFF.
so you can get this sitting Ava as a digital image from In Style Stamps. I love it because you can make her any size that fits to your project. I made this Ava 3" tall. I used the natural flowers from Roses on Paper (online), Creations Unlimited (Wahiawa) and A Place in Time (Kailua). I love to make her sit at the top of the frame like she's on a cloud of flowers =) this dress I used the copic RV06 Cerise.

here are the ones for my co-workers. I try to make things that they can use but can enjoy too because it's in their favorite colors =) so two of them like peach and one likes green. the copics used were YR15 Pumpkin Yellow and YG06 Yellowish Green.

here's one that's horizontal...I like to make both of them. with this one you can add a little more just because there's more room...so you can add a sentiment if you want...so that's what I did! this one is for my daughter's teacher. We have been blessed to have really good teachers every year, but this year, this one has been the best! she's really sweet and she also loves to craft too! I love to make things for people who can appreciate it =)

here she sits up close...I used dazzling diamonds on each sitting Ava's wings to give her some shimmer. I really had a fun time coloring each one in different colors. This one I used the copic R85 Rose Red for her dress.

happy Tuesday day everyone!
thanks for stopping by...
I enjoy reading your comments!

OCS from Joy and a gift from Tammi Tropical Dreams...

I have been MIA...just have so many things to do...
here is my OCS from Joy...Tamikos...I received it last week and I didn't have time to post it. I am so happy I was paired up with Joy! she is so sweet and has a talent to make beautiful cards! I love my miss anya! she used my favorite color! she also has a great online store! click here to check her out and see what great stuff she sells!
I am so blessed...I have gotten to chat back and forth with Tammi...Tropical Dreams...and she was so sweet to offer to stamp me some images! I was so surprised to receive this awesome card! I love the colors and the layout and the coloring of the gorjuss girl! all I can say is WOW!

here are my stamped images of hanglar stanglar images! we can't get them here in the US, so she was nice enough to share her images with me! Thank you so much Tammi! I really do appreciate it! go and check out her blog! she makes some fabulous stuff!

hope everyone had a great Memorial Day!
I just stayed at home and relaxed...tried to keep up and make some things to get ready for the ending of school for my daughter and graduation!!! I'll hopefully get a chance to post them soon! have a great week!

OCS w/ Sitting Ava...

so I finally finished my OCS for May! I hope my partner will like it! I made it in her favorite color too! I just fell in love with these fairies and so I got the images from In Style Stamps. They are digital images, so you can make them bigger or smaller if you want to! I used my SU border punch, chocolate chip ribbon, CS and pacific point CS and my oval nesties. I used the SU sentiment from Simple Friendship!here I tried to give you a side view to show you that I popped up the fairy and the tree stump. I am really pleased at how it turned out =)
have a good blue Tuesday!

my blog candy is still open...so if you haven't entered, please do so!

Gorjuss girl...thank you card

here I made 15 gorjuss girl thank you cards for Taelyn's party...I know I'm late!!! I had so much on my plate and I tried to finish Freida's (my boss) projects first before I did mine! UGH! I did 100 tags and 50 gift card holders for her grand daughter's 1st birthday party coming up! Well I liked the idea that Michelle had with her hello kitty invitations, so I made mine pink and black too! hope you don't mind Michelle =)used the stylized flowers embossing folder from cuttlebug for the background, ribbon from Papertrey Ink, border punch from MS and my nesties. I also used bling for her "haku" (flower headband in hawaiian) and the flower on her dress. the sentiment is from SU. So as you can see I used my copics and did my best to color black hair! yikes...I don't think I'll attempt that again for a while...it's just too much work for me! but thanks for the tips Jodi...Inked Inspirations!
hope everyone is starting off their week well!

I just had to share...Michelle had a "hat trick" (3 goals in a game) and I scored 1 goal for the first time in a long, long time~! I was so proud of myself! LOL!

thanks for stopping by today and if you haven't entered my blog candy, please leave a comment there so you have a chance to win!

SuperStar Taelyn & Fairy Ava...

Here she is...my SUPERSTAR! She had a smile on her face from ear to ear! I am such a proud mommy and I had to make this day as special as she is to me! She really wanted a balloon, so I got her a Hello Kitty one! She was so happy!

Taelyn has been blessed with awesome teachers for each year, but this year she was blessed to get into a federally funded program where she could learn different things and get help with homework after school and it's free...yipee! It's called Cafe' and this is her last day...As the school year ends, I have to thank the teachers...and what better way to do that, but to make something personal & homemade. This set is for Mrs. Johnson, the Cafe' teacher for this after school program. I saw those plastic frames on Enjoli...Stamping Under the Sun...so I made my own version. I also made her those cute little pails from Ben Franklin, filled it with candy and made her a thank you card...
here is the plastic frame...it's upside down so that it can prop up...added the post-it notes, dew drops and natural flowers...I also finally downloaded Ava from In Style Stamps! She's a digital image and so cute! She really makes this gift sweet! I colored her with my copics and used dazzling diamonds for her wings =)
here's my card...just wanted to make it simple but pretty. Used the butterfly from SU called Simple Friendship...
I hope Mrs. Johnson will like her gift! Hope everyone is having a great day...TGIF! thanks for always stopping by and leaving me such uplifting comments!

8 1/2 x 11 purse...

I got this idea from some other blog (can't remember where)...but I thought it was so cute, so I tried to make one for my BFF...I used the Imaginisce paper...used dark chocolate CS from Papertrey Ink and used some natural flowers...it closes with a velcro dot. I used some brads to hold the ribbon handles and for a more finished look.here's what the top and inside looks like. I decided to make the purse have a strap to close the top...it gave it a more "real" look =) added some little goodies inside...

hope Michelle liked her purse! I think I need to make more of these...it's so easy to make! happy hump day!

Mother's day gifts...

I wanted to make something special for the ladies on my WISA soccer team...since we played on Mother's Day. I was lucky that we didn't play till 3 pm, so I had the morning to make all of these cards. I made 16 sets of 3 different designs.here is a set from SU...
I used the 5th avenue set for this one...
I love this set, so simple but sweet...
I put them all in a organza bag and printed out the Happy Mother's Day for the tag and attached it to the bag. I hope they enjoyed it!
have a good Tuesday!

oh btw...Debbie...Passion for crafts is having an awesome blog candy!

For my sweet MOM...

I am so bad...I only made my Mom her card Mother's Day morning...I had no idea what to make! then I came up with this...I used my new deckled rectangle nesties for the window, clear microbeads, blue chunky glitter & white beads...natural flowers...SU 1 3/4 circle punch, the blue jumbo punch and pink mega scallop circle punch from marvy uchida. added the sentiment and there was the front of my card!here's the gorjuss girl in the shaker from a different angle. I colored her with my copics. Blue is my mom's favorite color...so everything is in soft sky CS from SU. The DP is from SU too.
this is the first time I decided to decorate the inside of a card. I used some blue bling and I just bought a new border punch from MS at Ben Franklin.
I wanted to share a picture with you of my daughter hard at work...she wanted to color and cut out her own fairy for her card to grandma...isn't she so cute! I am a proud mom!
hope you all have a great Monday...

I have a couple more projects to share that I completed for mother's day.

thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mother's Day...

Happy Mother's Day to all of you!
I wanted to create some special bags for my co-workers and family. I used the large deckled rectangle nesties to make the outside of the bag. I made the inside with a 7 x 3 CS for the pouch. I used the Papertrey Ink ribbon...I used the oval nesties too for the sentiment.
I put some lindor truffles for their goodies. Such a simple and easy bag to make! I am having so much fun making all different sizes and shapes!

Women...enjoy the day...be pampered and loved! For all the hard work you do at home and at work...this is your day for recognition! ENJOY IT!

Mahalo Nui Loa...

I am so spoiled! I am so blessed! I love receiving such awesome RAKS from such wonderful and dear friends and sisters in this blogging world! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! here's a sweet, pretty, cute card from Joy...Tamikos! I love it...she made it in my favorite color...purple! She has a online store...go and check her out and buy some stuff!!
look all the goodies that came with this card!
I got stickles, ribbon, dew drops and my very own ballerina anya!

here's my awesome folder from Kyoko...Cards and Tags Mania...she was so sweet to make me a folder filled with wonderful stamped images! thank you for making me smile =)

here is what the inside looks like...I don't have any bellas...now I do!

a while back we made some Easter baskets and entered in a giveaway from Cheryl...Life is Sweet. look what I won...these cute chinese girl stamps! I love the Hello Kitty tag too! I really appreciate this Cheryl...thanks!

what a wonderful surprise when I got home from work and I had this waiting for me! I got a super sweet card and chocolates from Denise...Denise loves stamps! I am so blessed that you always think of me!

inside the box...yummy...chocolates!

Denise also came and gave me these Himawari images and lovely card.

Everyday I count my blessings...
for my family, friends and life!
I am truly honored to have such wonderful crafting sisters!
as this post says: Mahalo Nui Loa!

Inspired Daily...

I am so INSPIRED daily by so many of my blogging sisters and I just wanted to recognize them and tell them thank you for all that you do! You make me want to create even when I'm tired or sad or think that I can't do this anymore...simply said...thank you! Your encouraging, thoughtful and cheerful comments left on my blog to let me know you stopped by, makes me smile =) I am blessed to have all of you touch my life and become my friend...(even those of you who don't have a blog but come to visit and leave me a note)

here are the rules...

1) link back to the person who gave it to you

2) put the picture/award on your blog

3) you can nominate anyone and as many as you choose

4) leave a fact that no one knows about you

5) leave a comment on the blog that gave you this award

***fact: I have all my dvds in alphabetical order

so here's to you...

Eunice, Teri, Nikki, Cami, Kyoko, Lynn, Marisa, Joni, Dawne, Denise, Lorie, Tammy, Lacey, Jodi, Claudette, Jenny, Cheryl, Michelle, Nicky, Chalsie, Jen, Linda, Maria, Enjoli, Joy, Joni and Tammi

big Hugs and mahalo to all of you!

Teddy Bear Award...

Thank you to Jamee...Pink Beach Ball , Cami...Capture a Heart and Joy...Tamikos for this cute, cuddly, sweet and adorable award! You gals are fabulous...thanks for thinking of me! here I go to pass this on...

Michelle...Mushi Creative Inspirations

Enjoli...Stamping Under the Sun

Maria...Stampin' Inspirations

Chalsie...Paper Kisses

Jodi...Inked Inspirations

Claudette...Islander Girl Stampin'

Nikki...Bunny-Zoe's Blog

thanks everyone for such lovely awards and awesome comments! I look forward every day to sharing with you all my creative ideas and I love to visit your blogs to get inspired too!

Mushi's Creative Inspirations...

Look at what I got from...who else...my BFF! She made me this cute, adorable, darling, sweet Hello Kitty accordion folder...love that Imaginisce DP! It's so pretty =) It also has a magnetic snap to close it, but you can't see it.here's what the inside looks like! Michelle made this with her stamp group, so she made one for me! isn't she so thoughtful! She just came back from her trip and she's right back into the swing of things...making crafts and playing soccer! I'm so glad she's back!
I also got all these goodies from her too...when she goes to the mainland, she always tries to go to Joanns or Michaels (since we don't have one here) and she looks for great bargins and wonderful stuff! She shared with me ribbon, border punch, brads, flowers, clips and coconut soap!
we both love the smell of coconut...I even like to eat coconut...ice cream, candy, etc! It's so yummy! Thanks Michelle for always thinking of me =) I am truly blessed to have such an awesome BFF like you!

With Deepest Sympathy...

So sad to make these cards...but when God tells you its time for you to go home...it's your time. So I had to make two cards...One for my friend Glenn...his father passed away and he's still on FMLA...I used the colors wild wasabi and chocolate chip for this sympathy card.my mom's classmate just passed away too...so I decided to use the same stamp set...5th avenue for the background but I used bashful blue w/ close to cocoa for this one.
hope everyone is having a good Tuesday.

tell your loved ones how much you love them...it's never too late to do it, so don't wait do it now!

Gorjuss Folder...

Of course I had to make one for my BFF...who finally returned from CA...yay! I asked if she would like some images of the Gorjuss Girls set 2 and she said yes, so I made her some and of course used Jodi...Inked Inspirations idea for the folder! This folder is so easy to make! I love it! so because its a Gorjuss Girl folder, I used the Gorjuss Girl on the front and made it into...of course...a shaker! I added some natural flowers...got the leaves from Linda...thanks again! used thickers and there you have it!
here is the folder from a different angle, the glare from the flash is gone. I used the CS, DP and ribbon from Papertrey Ink. colored her with my copics...used some stickles for her flower band and one bling for the middle of the flower on her dress (that's kind of hard to see)

it's Monday gang...hope everyone had a fun filled weekend! Live life to the fullest every day because life is too short not to! thanks for stopping by!

Label One Bags...

Enjoli used her nesties to make her bag...so I took her idea and used the Label One nesties to make my bags...I am sending out some RAKS that are long over due...sorry! I used the sizzlit Hello Kitty face, the giga scallop circle punch and ribbon from Papertrey Ink.here is one bag up close...I love that DP! I bought it from J's...
here's what it looks like on the inside...

the measurements are: 9 x 3...

score 3/4" the long way and 3" on each side to make the bottom of the box.
I gave some stickles, glitter, bling and a small memento ink pad.

I started sending out the goodies...the rest will be sent out on Monday! hope everyone is having a great weekend! I will be enjoying my Sunday at the soccer field! we are getting together with some of the co-ed guys to bbq and hang out!