March OCS and Easter RAKs...

Hello everyone...Happy Hump Day to all of you...I know that this is long over due...so without further ado...Sweet as a Gum Drop...Brenda made this awesome mini photo album for the March OCS. I can't believe how awesome this IRL! Thank you Brenda for your thoughtfulness and your sweetness! I was blessed to be paired up with you =)
here is what it looks like once it's fully opened up. I love it...it has pictures of me and my daughter...what a perfect gift. I even got a treat with her punch art for the middle decoration! how she does these amazing creations...I don't know...but please stop by her blog and check her out! I promise that you won't be disappointed.

I was also blessed with some Easter goodies too!
Domo Arigato...Mahalo...Thanks! can't wait to use them =)

so some of us ladies got a chance to get together to craft...it was really a fun filled day with so much laughter, food and just great fellowship. here are some of the Easter RAKS we shared with each other...1st one is Teri-Big ideas from a little girl, 2nd one is Joy-Tamiko's and the 3rd one is from Michelle-Mushi's Creative Inspirations...aren't these just the cutest baskets!

here's the next set...the cute little basket is from 1LuvnMama-Luvn the Journey and she hand made those adorable flowers!, the next one is from Joni-Crafty Hula Hands...cute that baby bunny yah! and the last one is from Jodi-Inked Inspirations...WOW...I am so blown away by such talented ladies I got to hang out with! such creative minds and I do consider each one of them my dear and sweet close friends. Thank you ladies for the FRIENDSHIP!

It's almost the end of the week...my daughter's birthday...and Easter! I hope you are all ready for some exciting news coming up in the next two posts. I can't wait to share with all of you. and if you can remember the reason for this very special holiday coming up...Luke 24:46-47 ESV
(46) and (Jesus) said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, (47) and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
here is the start of his awesome miracle.

Popcorn box Easter basket...

I was blessed to receive the line of these cute baby bunnies from my kind and generous friend Cami. If you haven't checked out her blog, please do so...you won't be disappointed.

I wanted to make some cute and different Easter baskets for some dear sweet friends. I ended up using the popcorn box die to make these and then I added my own handles to it. here I decorated the front with those cute baby bunnies from Sweet November Stamps. this one is with chick. He is really cute...I used my MS daisy fan border punch for the bottom of the box and used some flower soft for his tail. I added the Happy Easter sentiment from SU to the top of the box. here's the side view and I used my prima flowers with sugar coated brads to hold the handles into place. I was happy with how it turned out. hope the ladies liked the goodies I put inside.
I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I have some exciting things to share with you in the up coming days...so stay tuned. have a wonderful day!

Some bunny loves you...

Happy Monday...doesn't it seem like we just started the weekend and now it's back to work! well, the product spotlight of the week has been extended one more week...so if you missed your chance to purchase some buttons, brads or bling for 25% off...go to Stamp and Create and go get some! Here's my card for this week...I decided to use Wags 'n Whiskers "Some bunny loves you" since Easter is next weekend =) I used the pretty embroidered ribbon, some basic grey-lavender half pearls, basic grey-DP called wisteria and that green button sold at Stamp and Create.
This was a fun card to make and the image is so cute! If you haven't had a chance to stop by the Stamp and Create blog...please do so...there is weekly blog candy to win! don't forget my daughter has her blog candy too...thanks for stopping by...oh and to remember that Easter is right around the corner..."For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
-- John 3:16 NIV

Cheeky Girls are BACK!

I wanted to try out the different shaped cards from Donna, Three Umbrellas...and I finally had a chance to do that since I had to whip up a card to give. I do love Rockabilly and she is "Just Fabulous" to color and create with...so I came up with this. I used my Label two spellbinders. Love those pearl earrings and flower in her hair! If you want to get your hands on these cuties from TGF, go to shop at Tamiko's...she gives free shipping over $25!
here's the side view so you can see what it looks like when the pieces are put together. if you need a tutorial...click here. Donna does a great one for you! Thanks Donna!

my next card is an easel card...and I used Shooter for this one. I wanted to make something cute but easy to make. I used DP from Imaginisce, my Label two spellbinders, MS border daisy fan punch, bling and those clear stars from Tamiko's. You can color them with your copics and it dries real fast. "You Go Girl" and create one for yourself!

here's the side view of my easel card.

Today is Prince Kuhio Day...I am off, but had to share these two creations with you and I also wanted to say here's a...
Friendship Wish

Author Unknown

May there always be work for your hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your window pane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Have a wonderful and blessed weekend!

Welcome Myra and Taelyn's Birthday Blog Candy...

Hey everyone...I have a friend of mine who just started her blog and I wanted to give her a shout out for her debut to this wonderful crafting world of talented ladies! Her name is Myra and her blog is Honu Happy Stampers. Please stop by and give her some much needed love =)So without further ado...here is what my daughter wanted me to give for her birthday blog candy! She's so excited...so am I. If you saw my post earlier she will be having her big ONE-O birthday party coming up! This will be her first boy/girl party. My baby is growing up!

so here is what you will have to do to enter for this blog candy...
1) you must be a follower of my blog...if you already are then no worries

2) please don't post this on your blog...it's only for the ones who come to visit me...more chances for you to win =)

3) you must have commented on one of my posts in the last two weeks to be able to enter...and no you can't go to comment on one now and then enter...sorry =P

4) answer this question: "what's your favorite flavor of ice cream?"

Taelyn's is chocolate!

Taelyn will be picking a winner on the day of her birthday...which is??? April 1st! thanks for stopping by and for being dear friends who have been with me through it all! remember: “And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

Fabulous cards...

I can't stress it enough...how truly blessed I am to have such wonderful, caring, kind, dear and sweet friends! I am so glad I started this blog and met these fabulous women!!! This first one is from Cami...she is such a sweet, kind and loving lady! Always giving...thank you so much Cami! look at the goodies I got!
I was blessed to also receive two of her famous and intricate cards! this is the first one with the heart...so cute!

here's the second one...and I was so amazed and blown away to get one and look...I got two Magnolia cards from this talented lady! wish you could all see this IRL!

this next one is from...1LuvnMama! I wasn't expecting this...but she wanted to thank me...amazing...I need to thank her! for her wonderful creations I always seem to CASE! look at this cute card...I am blessed to be able to call this talented lady...my friend =)

last but not least...Elena...she was my OCS partner in February. I love Ruby...she's one of my favorite GF stamps. I love this card...looks really complicated. thank you Elena for all your hard work that you put into this card. It was fun being paired up with you =)

here's the card when it's opened up...so pretty yah! love the DP and the whole card!

Have a good hump day everyone...
"try and expect nothing,
but be OPEN for anything.

Don't look far for happiness,

but never settle for anything less."
*C S

Baby Bunnies...

I decided to make three more of those mini desk tidies...for my family. Easter is coming up and I have been so blessed by Cami...who sent me this cute baby bunny to thank me for winning my birthday blog candy. I can't believe she's thanking me! Thank you Cami for thinking of me! I had so much fun making these...as I they are easy to make, but also I love this new stamp!
here's the close up view of the baby bunny and the pretty trellis flowers from Stamp and Create. I love those charms and had to add them to this creation...why you may ask...because "Hope" is their last name...what a perfect way to use these angel charms with the word hope on it.

here's another one...love these flowers!

hope you have a wonderful Tuesday...I will be posting my daughter's birthday blog candy soon. so look out for it =) Remember..."Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

Product Spotlight...Brads, Buttons and Bling...

Happy Monday everyone...here we are starting another week...I have more to share with you! This week at Stamp and Create...the product spotlight is: Brads, Buttons & Bling and they are all 25% off! so if you are in need of some really pretty embellishments...stop there and shop! well, I decided to use Ruffles Get Well Soon by Helz Cuppleditch which you can also purchase at the Stamp and Create store. He's so cute and I have wanted to ink him up for some time now. I saw a tutorial on a tent card on Cami's blog and really wanted to try to make one. here's Ruffles up close...I cut him out to pop him off the card, although it's hard to see.

here's my final project/card. I used so many different embellishments to make this card...faux suede ivory ribbon, jump rings, black brads, flowers, a button, half lilac pearl bling...I also used my oval spellbinders, MS daisy fan border punch, butterfly punch, SU punches and added a sentiment.

this is a side view of what the card looks like. It was really easy to make...the hard part is decorating the front. I hope the person who receives this likes it =)

I may be making more of these cards...so cute and perfect to send because it flattens into a square envelope. I made my card into a 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" so that I could fit it in the SU square envelopes. I don't know if the USPS will accept square cards, but I am sending mine in a box to send some other goodies with it. if you haven't stopped by the Stamp and Create blog, please do so. thanks for stopping by...remember to be good to each other.

Audrey...

Thank you for this image!!!
This is a cute digi from TGF called Audrey and I knew exactly what I wanted to use her for! I think she is so cute and perfect for my daughter's 10th birthday invitations! My daughter does love pink and this image is exactly how my daughter is! a little bit girl-e, but a lot of tom-boy! I saw this gate fold card and wanted to try it out! oh how easy and fun to make! thank goodness I didn't have to make 90 of them like sweet Brenda...I just had to make 10.
I finally decided to use the pretty DP from SU. I was sorta hoarding them, but then I just had to use them. I love how it turned out.

I used my prima flowers, printed my own sentiment and I used the jump ring, chain and charms that I got from Stamp and Create store. I even used the butter cream shimmerz on her hat to match the gold CS I got from Munchkins. stickled her shirt and colored her with my copics.

here's the inside...I typed it on my computer and punched out some daisy fan borders for the top and the bottom to finish it off.

Happy Friday everyone...did everyone survive the week? this week was spring break for most of your kiddies...hope you spent your time making memories. Remember that no matter what you do...do it for the Lord...his memory of what you did good is the only one that matters.
Colossians 3:12 "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."
come visit me next week...in honor of my daughter's birthday, I will have some blog candy to share with you...should be fun!

Product Spotlight...TGF

Hello everyone...I have some more exciting news to share with all of you...by now you have to have visited the Stamp and Create blog...if you haven't you are missing out! I have been on the DT for a little while now and we are creating cards with the items that Lacey is so generously putting on sale in the Stamp and Create store and for her Product Spotlight of the week, this week it's TGF (the greeting farm). I created a card with Stella. She's so cute and perfect for any occasion. I used some pretty DP, spellbinders, MS daisy fan border punch, flowers w/ shimmerz, a lot of bling and a flower spacer and butterfly charm.
here's a close up of her...I love to use the perfect pearls mist on the flowers.

I colored her with my copics...
E00 and E11 for her skin
R20 for the blush
C9 & C3 for her hair
R29 for her dress and
RV21 for the envelope and heart.
Happy Tuesday and come back to visit me...thanks for stopping by!

Easter Anya Challenge...

Easter Anya Challenge!!

Hey everyone! So, are you ready for the first Tamiko's Challenge??!?!

Here's what you gotta do:

1. Create an EASTER themed card
2. Use any sketch you want - it's your choice!
3. Use only pastel colors
4. Post the card on your blog or on-line gallery and make sure you go to Tamiko's and play along.
   

The WINNER will be chosen by Tamiko's DT and will be able to choose ONE (ONLY ONE NOW!! LOL!) of the following Greeting Farm stamps to add to their collection:

• Camille
• Ebony
• Stella
• Ruby or
• Easter Anya

so on to my card...this is what I created for the DT. I used my purples, yellows and pinks. Used flowers from Stamp and Create, my nesties and found a sketch to follow.
here's an upclose picture of my Easter Anya...isn't she cute?

now go and create your own Easter Anya card...
if you feel like shopping...go to Tamiko's and she has free shipping over $25!
have a wonderful Monday everyone!

Lovely RAKs...

just a short post today...just wanted to share a few RAKs I received from dear sweet friends...this first one is from my bff...she is so talented! I think this is my favorite cheeky...and she's totally fabulous! Michelle used such pretty DP that's in my favorite color too! this is an amazing little purse...thank you for my RAK!
here's what it looks like when you open it...

this is the bottom half of the purse...it opens up into three pockets.

love these coaster note pad...this awesome creation is from Brenda...the punch queen! she used her bind it all for this one...gotta get me one! thank you Brenda! go and check out her creations, you won't be disappointed.

last but not least...this is a cute card from Kris...my dear sweet friend I got a chance to meet when me and my bff went to Maui last year for a co-ed soccer tournament. It was really fun to be able to hang out and have a good time. thank you Kris for thinking of me for my birthday!have a great day everyone! I am off to my daughter's fun fair today...I know she will have a blast with all her little friends! I have furlough Friday again...doesn't it seem a bit much? oh wells, more chance for me to catch up and do my crafting! have a good one!

Mini Desk Post-it-Notes...

So I know you must be sick of seeing these, but I really enjoyed myself making these mini desk post-it-notes and decided to make a few more for dear friends. I wanted to make this a gift for girl's day, so I used my Hero Arts doll stamps and my Pure Innocence images. love all my MS border punches and my new found flowers at Ben Franklin, but if you want to purchase a bunch of them...Stamp and Create store has them. go and shop! If you have a chance to check out the Stamp and Create blog, you can see all our creations there and be updated on the Product Spotlight for the week...this week is Ribbon. here's my favorite image...she's with her watering can. I colored it purple for my dear friends who love that color =) hope they enjoyed it!

here's the other ones I made for my co-workers. So cute yah! tried to make each one in their favorite colors...I know they enjoyed theirs! here's the side view...
here's what it looks like where the pocket is...
here's the front up close...
Everyone has been asking, so here are the measurements to this easy peasy mini desk post-it-note...hope you can understand and make this. it only takes one piece of 8 1/2" x 11" CS.

here we go...

***this is for your connecting piece and where you will decorate***

3 1/4" x 10" piece of CS

score @ 1", 2", 3" and 6 1/2"

***this is your tray in the front***

5 1/4" x 5 1/4" piece of CS

score 1" all around

**this is for your pocket on the back**

2 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of CS

score @ 1/2" or (measure @ 3 3/4"-easier to score)

then score @ 1" and flip to do the other side

to decorate...you need 2 pieces of 3" x 3 1/4" DP and a strip of DP 3/4" x 3 1/4" for the pocket. you can use whatever you may choose to finish up. put them together and decorate...you are done! Happy Hump Day everyone!

Fun Fair at Kaneohe Elem...March 11, 2010

Every year Kaneohe Elem. has their annual fun fair. This year the fun fair is on Thursday, March 11, 2010 because Friday is another day of furlough. So, since my daughter has been attending this school...every year I make something for the craft fair in the country store. This year I decided to make a dozen of those mini composition books w/ pens for the children. I tried to make a variety of them.
here's one with sk8er Ian...

here's surfer Ian...

and here's Megan...

I also used pure innocence, Hello Kitty and CC designs. I hope they sell out so that the school can make some money! If you have a chance, come stop by and enjoy the food, rides, games and fun! It would be great to see you!

Product Spotlight...Ribbon

Happy Monday everyone! I know it's the beginning of a new week, but I have some wonderful news to share with you. Have you been following the Stamp and Create blog? well, if you haven't this week's Product Spotlight of the week is: Ribbon and it's 25% off. I used the new Crochet Lace Ivory and it is so pretty and really adds to your card. I also used the Ruby-TGF stamp, flowers-trellis roses and the shimmerz-butter cream on the roses to give it a sweet shimmer. You can purchase all of these items at the Stamp and Create store. Here is what I came up with using all of these products...Enjoy!
here is Ruby...I colored her with my copics and added some bling...all over the card. I used SU DP-Sending Love Specialty. It really is such pretty paper. I love the flowers too.I decided to decorate the inside of this card. I wanted to make it a little more special, so I can give it to someone very special to me. I finally found the MS daisy fan border punch. I looked all over the place and finally got my hands on it. I love this border punch. it really adds to the card.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Here's to another week...Live life to the fullest and stop to smell the roses along the way =) Thanks for stopping by!