wink and a smile creations by kelli

Online Spectacular Sale for 9 days only!

2010-11-22T09:08:00.002-10:00

Hello everyone!

Just in time for the holidays and Christmas shopping, Stampin Up has some great deals for you. Selected items are discounted up to 50% off! And if you order $150 or more in product then you get free shipping too! AWESOME!

This deal only lasts until 11/30/10 11:50p.m. (Mountain time)!

Click here to see the PDF file of things on sale.

A Few Things to Remember
Dates: November 22-30, 2010
Discounted Products
* Discounted products (except My Digital Downloads) are available on all order types (customer, demonstrator, workshop, and online).
* Discounted digital downloads are only available on demonstrator and online order types.
* There is no minimum purchase required to participate in the discounted products promotion.
* For product bundles, you must use the bundle item numbers provided. Bundle discounts will not be applied if individual item numbers are used.
* Additional products from current catalogs may be purchased on the same order.
* Discounts range between 20 and 50 percent.
* Deadlines:
o Phone: Tuesday, November 30, 2010; 6:50 PM (MT)
o OEX and Online Store: Tuesday, November 30, 2010; 11:50 PM (MT)

Free Shipping

* In order to receive free shipping, orders must be $150 or more before tax and shipping.
* Free shipping is available for qualifying online or demonstrator orders only. Other order types will not qualify for this promotional offer.
* Deadlines:
o Phone: Tuesday, November 30, 2010; 6:50 PM (MT)
o OEX and Online Store: Tuesday, November 30, 2010; 11:50 PM (MT)

If you would like to place an order, please click on my website link on the top upper right hand corner.

Have a terrific Thanksgiving and God Bless You All!

Simply Amazing deal!

2010-11-15T07:16:00.002-10:00

What do you call it when you get over $310 in crafting and business supplies for only $87.50? You can call it an amazing deal, but we're calling it an amazing opportunity! From November 15-30, you can purchase either our Standard or Digital+ Starter Kits at 50 percent off the regular retail price of $175 (plus free shipping!), and enjoy these great benefits as a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator

SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

Earn additional income while having fun!

Make new and lasting friendships!

Enjoy easy access to creative ideas!!!

Receive a free subscription to a monthly magazine!!!

Opportunity to obtain free products and incentive trips!

20% off EVERY order!!!

These are just some of the benefits. I would love to have you be part of my team!

The holidays are coming and this would be a great way to make some extra cash. If interested, please e-mail me at kelli001@hawaii.rr.com I would love to chat and answer and questions you may have.

Where else can you get over $300 for $87.50??? However, don't delay. This offer expires on Nov. 30th.

Take care!

P.S. I'm having a tag making class for some friends this Friday so I'll be back to show you what we made. Thanks everyone for still visiting me, sorry that I've been AWOL

Stampin Up Holiday Bundles 20% off!

2010-10-21T07:09:00.004-10:00

Hello everyone! I hope that you are all doing well and getting ready for the fast approaching holiday season! Hopefully you were able to snatch up some terrific items from the clearance rack. I got a whole boxful of stuff- whoo hoo!

Anyway, Stampin Up has current bundle specials available and you can purchase them from 10/19/10-12/16/10! You can order them from my website, but you have to put in the bundle code for the 20% discount to apply. If you enter the items in separately the 20% discount will not apply!

I have bought the tags til Christmas set and the Bells & Boughs stamp set along with the Deck the Halls DSP and they are stunning! I have to make some cards and tags to show you what you can do :)

click here to see the table in a bigger font.

So hurry and purchase them today before the special runs out!

And remember to get your flu vaccinations too since besides terrific holidays, winter brings around flu season. This year the seasonal flu vaccine also contains the H1N1 vaccine so you won't need 2 shots this year.

Take care and God Bless!

New Additions to SU Clearance Rack

2010-10-06T07:21:00.002-10:00

Hello everyone!

I am sorry that I haven't been blogging or creating. It's been a crazy time but I am getting back into the groove.

I wanted to announce though that Stampin' Up has added a whole bunch of new stuff to the Clearance Rack!

If you'd like to place an order on my online website, please click on the SU logo in the top right hand corner!

Quick! Head over there now to place an order before all the AWESOME stuff is gone!

Take care and God Bless!

A Sad card

2010-09-02T15:52:00.001-10:00

Hi-
My cousin and his wife had a memorial for their daughter who passed away in-utero. Zoe was gestationally 6 months old but unfortunately she didn't survive. I made this card for her family. I used the SU pinking heart border punch (118072)to accent the DSP, the rest of the materials were non-SU items. The Himawari angel baby was a fitting image though.

It was a touching ceremony and the most touching thing was a letter that Zoe's older sister Caitlin wrote to her telling her of all of the things they would have done and what she would have taught and shown her.

It is never easy to lose anyone that you love but this is especially heartbreaking.

I hope my card brought them a little comfort, but I know that nothing can replace the loss that they've suffered, but hopefully time will heal their pain and that they will be able to have another baby soon.

As a passing thought, we all know that life is so unpredictable so while we're here, let's enjoy every moment that we have with each other.

God Bless you All and thanks for coming to visit my little blog when you can!

An August co-worker birthday card

2010-09-01T15:45:00.001-10:00

Hi-
My yearly goal to make handmade birthday cards for each of my co-workers is almost complete. I have to make 4 for August, of course 3 of them will be delayed, but oh well, I tried.

Anyway, this is the first card for our clerk Melanie- her's was a little delayed, but at least I got one done.

I used the SU set Printed Petals (120444) to create the focal images and I used the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Well Scripted stamp set which is unfortunately no longer available. :(

I used a non-SU border punch for the daisy chain and added stickles to the center of each daisy.

I have to work on the other 3 this week so I'll hopefully be posting them soon.

Until later, take care and God Bless~

WHOO HOO! HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG STARTS TODAY!

2010-09-01T07:01:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to announce that the 2010 Stampin Up Holiday Mini Catalog starts today, you can order from this from 9/1/2010-1/3/2011

You can click here to see that catalog items and then if you want to order anything, please click here to go to my stampin up website!

There are terrific items in this catalog, I should be receiving my order today and I hope to post some projects soon.
I really love the elegant designs on the Deck the Halls DSP (120810, pg. 18) and I love the new glimmer brads- perfect for adding a blingy touch to your handmade flowers!(page 36)
I also like the vintage Christmas stamp set Bells and Boughs (121742- clear set $14.95, pg. 19) or if you don't want to get that entire set then you can get the A la Carte stamp Christmas postcard (121428, pg. 41) for only $9.95

I really like that SU now has these A la Carte stamps where you can get one stamp for an affordable price!

Of course for my Christmas cards and tags I REALLY stocked up on Cherry Cobbler card stock and Always Artichoke card stock!

I also got the new Extra Large decorative label punch (12090, pg.25) to add that special touch to handmade cards and tags. It also coordinates with the stamp set Tags til Christmas (121169, pg. 24)

There's so much more that I want to get but that's a sampling of what I've bought so far!

If you would like to have a hostess workshop, please let me know. I'm hoping to have a Christmas card and tag making workshop at my home in October so drop me an e-mail if you are interested! More details will come soon!

Thanks for stopping by and take care!

My 1st Stampin Up Workshop

2010-08-31T15:20:00.002-10:00

Okay, as promised I'm back...for this week anyway :)

I had my first SU workshop in the beginning of August and we made these 2 projects.

The first one was a simple A2 card that they loved creating. I got to show them the spotlighting technique and showcased several SU products.
I used Rich Razzleberry CS (119942)as the base. I LOVE THIS COLOR and it's starting to become one of my favorites! I used Pear Pizazz (a new in-color for the next 2 years) (119795) to accent the card. Stock up on this CS as it's one of everyone's favorites!
I used the Herb Expressions stamp set (#113224)as the focal image and I spotlighted at portion of the stamp and popped it up w/ dimensionals.
I used the scallop trim border punch (118402) to accent the pear pizazz piece and I sponged around the whisper white focal image w/ soft suede classic ink pad (115657)
Finally I used the newest bling (basic rhinestones 119246)that SU sells and put 3 rhinestones at the corner.

The next project was a gum holder. I used the simple friendship stamp set (113397) which is one of my favorites and then I used the butterfly sizzlet dies to make the small butterflies.
I had them color the images with SU markers or the markers of their choice and I used the tiniest rhinestones out for the basic rhinestones set to accent the flower centers. I also applied the 2 way glue pen to other flower centers and also on the "bumps" of the larger butterfly and the border of the smaller one so they could use dazzling diamonds fine glitter (102023).

Finally as a treat for all of the guests, I used the petal card Extra-large double punch (119273) to make this little candy holder for them. I used the level 2 stamp set Cute by the inch (120130) for the sentiment.

All in all, the workshop was a success! They all had fun and the hostess got great deals!
If you want to order any of these items, you can either click on my SU website link in the top corner of my blog or IF you want a workshop, please e-mail me so I can help you organize one!

Thanks and take care!

A Graduation Card

2010-08-30T15:16:00.001-10:00

Hi-
My 2nd cousin graduated from Mililani High School this year and her graduation party was at the end of July. I made this cute card for her. I really didn't want to go with a graduation theme, so I used this sweet Tina Wenke stamp and made the congratulations sentiment in Mililani colors. I inadvertently did that, but what a great coincidence, so I'm calling it creative genius!

Anyway, she had a great party and I hope that she will be able to go to school soon.

Thanks for stopping by....take care!

SU Clearance Rack

2010-08-30T07:14:00.001-10:00

Good Morning Everyone!

Have you checked out the clearance rack lately?

A lot of Stampin’ Up! accessories have been added to the Clearance Rack in my Stampin' Store! Oh, you’re going to like it! The clearance items can only be bought through my on-line store,not through me. Just click on the link to my Stampin’ Store and click on Clearance Rack in the left column. Then, look through the 10 pages of clearance item! Wow! There are a bunch of items as low as $1.99!

Do you have fellow card makers on your Christmas list? This is a great way to purchase exciting crafting supplies for the people on your Christmas list without breaking the bank! Do you like to have lots of accessories at hand to play with? Then check out the Clearance Rack!

* Grosgrain Ribbon $1.99
* Card Stock $2.49
* Corduroy Button $3.99
* DSP $4.99
* Rub ons $4.39
* Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon $3.99
* etc, etc, etc,

Thanks for stopping by today

I'm BAACK AGAIN!

2010-08-29T15:04:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone-
I can't believe it's been a month since I last blogged. So sorry!
I was very busy planning our 2nd Annual Waipahu Cane Haul Run since I was race director, so things have been crazy hectic.

I also signed up as a Stampin Up Demonstrator and I had my first workshop in the beginning of August. Over the next week I'll be posting some things that I've worked on. I'm trying to get my creative juices flowing again and my mojo. So hopefully I'll find it soon.

First off though I wanted to do a delayed post of my July OCS and the terrific card that I received from McCine in Las Vegas!

As you know for July, Linda wanted to focus to be on words so I made this simple card (boy did I feel terrible for making this simple card when McCine created an amazing card for me!)

Anyway, I used this Helen Keller sentiment stamp that I got from Cute Stuff and then I used my nesties and Prima flowers that I got to decorate it. I hope she liked the card (sorry McCine that is was so simple! :(

And THIS is what I got in return- HOLY MOLEY! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SHUTTER CARD! It's full of inspiration and bling. I love it. She created it to help wish me luck w/ my new SU venture. Hopefully her card and well wishes will bring me business, but it DEFINITELY provided me w/ inspiration!

Anyway, that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by and I'm sorry that I've been away for so long!

TERRIFIC NEWS!

2010-07-28T07:04:00.005-10:00

Hi Stampers :

From July 27, 2010-August 31, 2010 starts a new promotion from Stampin'Up! when your order reaches 350.00 ( before s&H and tax ) you will recieve an extra 25.00 of FREE Hostess money to spend ON top of the Fabulous Hostess Items which include

Level 1 OR level 2 Hostess ONLY items for FREE
There is a great level 1 hostess stamp sets called Because I Care (120118) which has a stunning hydrangea stamp in it!

I love the level 2 hostess stamp set Cute by the Inch (120130) which coordinates with the Petal Card Punch (Come back tomorrow and I'll show you a favor I made with this punch and stamp set!)

Plus $40.00 to spend in the catalog

Plus the extra $25.00 to spend

Grand total of $65.00 to spend .

This promotion ends Aug 31, 2010 and you MUST contact me ( Via Email or Phone (email me)to place this order since Online ordering will NOT qualify for this Extra promotion

Click HERE for flyer

Until later .. Happy Stampin!

Friday night crafting

2010-07-27T08:54:00.001-10:00

Hi everyone!

I went to my friend Denise's house on Friday and we made 2 things

I taught them how to do this box that I made for my June Aloha RAK (I will be tweaking this lady's tutorial and I hope to do a step by step one soon... :P) I had some issues w/ making the scalloped cardboard top and bottom but it turned out okay. I used a sizzix die to make the flowers- they are pretty easy to make. I used another Milton & Co stamp (this bear is Milton)

Then Denise taught us how to make this tea bag holder (sorry I don't have teabags to put in the box but I think you guys can't use your imagination)

Denise and Jamee made these cute "baskets" and filled them w/ Hershey's Kisses- yummy!

I had a great time and I'm so happy to have met Denise and Jamee; they are such loving people and I really admire the great mother-daughter relationship that they have. They are really fortunate to have such a great relationship.

Anyway, I didn't get to take pictures of the girl's boxes, but they turned out stunning and I was so impressed by their coloring skills!

I hope you are having a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Take care and God Bless!

My June OCS

2010-07-26T09:12:00.000-10:00

Hi everyone-
I hope that you're having a nice Monday and it's not too hectic!

I was partnered w/ the AWESOME co-coordinator of the OCS for June, Miss Linda herself and she made me this great card!

It is so pretty IRL and the coloring is terrific. She used some paper flowers and I think she stickled them.

She also included a cute Hello Kitty notepad.

I had a great time meeting and crafting w/ her at the Munchkins Make and Take last Saturday!

Thanks for stopping by!

QUICK! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

2010-07-25T09:20:00.001-10:00

Hello everyone-
Just a friendly reminder that the Mini summer Catalog is almost done, you have until 8/31/10 to order from there. If you want to place and order with me, click on the SU catalog on the top left side bar and it'll take you to my SU website!

I'll be posting information about ribbon shares soon so come back and visit and e-mail me if you're interested in getting samples of the new ribbons in affordable packages!

Thanks and take care!

My nephew's card

2010-07-25T08:46:00.004-10:00

Hello everyone- I hope you are having a great weekend!

My nephew turned 7 on Wednesday and we celebrated his birthday at Chuck E. Cheese on Thursday.

He's losing his teeth (he's lost the 2 front and will soon lose his canines and he's lost one on the bottom). When he was a baby his teeth would come up in bunches so it figures that he'd lose them in bunches too. Well, we just told him that he has enough "garage space" to fit a hummer in his top gum.

Anyway, I made this quick card for him, I used a Milton & Company stamp (the dog's name is Toby) and I did a simple layout since 1) he's a boy 2) he's a boy and doesn't notice fine details :)

I gave him a consolidated theaters gift card since he wanted to see Sorcerer's Apprentice (good show btw) and he had fun. We hardly get to see him so it was nice to see him and spend some time with him.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Sunday!

Christmas in July Make and Take

2010-07-18T21:14:00.000-10:00

Hi everyone-
I went to Stampin Munchkins on Saturday w/ Denise and Jamee and I met Linda for the first time and met up w/ Janis (great Island girls) and we made this card. The image is a Milton stamp and it's just adorable.
Cyn taught us how to make this triangle tri fold card (which I first made last year when I first started blogging) and then we colored the image w/ copics and used pearl pen to accent the poinsettia.

I was a great hour spent w/ some of the island girls and they are all so funny and TWILIGHT SERIES OBSESSED! I hope to craft with them again, it was great to finally meet Linda in person!

Take care and have a nice week- I'll try to post again, but we'll see. I am getting ready for my first SU workshop in August so I will definitely be building up my supply and crafting. If you want to order something or have a workshop, please e-mail me (see my profile) or click on the SU catalog and it'll take you to my website.

thanks for visiting and take care! God Bless you All!

Color renovation and Color Renovation Kits

2010-07-17T21:53:00.005-10:00

Hello everyone!
Welcome to my new Stampin Up Happenings Page, thanks for exploring the tab!
Here I will post promotions or new information that Stampin Up wants you to know!

First off-
The new 2010-2011 Catalog is here and it's wonderful! There are so many new products to try and the ideas are stunning! They have re-vamped their colors and the newest thing for an established Stampin Up customer is to add to their color collection cost effectively.
The newest thing is that they've extended the In Colors for a 2 year stint so for this year you can add 5 new colors to your collection AND in the 2011-2012 catalog they will add another 5 new colors so you'll have 10 new colors to pick from! HOW EXCITING!

The new color renovation kits allow you to purchase new colors (stamp pads, markers or card stock in smaller increments so you don't need to go and buy ALL the new colors at once!)

Click on the picture of the Color Renovation Kit PDF file on my left sidebar to see the details!

Thanks for stopping by and stop by often so I can give you more updates.

I also will post some ideas about ribbon or paper shares that my customers could participate in so you can buy samples of the ribbons or papers in an affordable manner! Please leave a comment if you are interested in this idea!

"You're Free!"

2010-07-17T20:55:00.005-10:00

Hi everyone-
I hope you are having a nice weekend! My co-worker Dayle "retired" (her long term contract was not renewed so she had to leave and since she doesn't plan to find another job, I guess she retired). In any case, we miss her smiling, boisterous laugh and her hard work. She was terrific to work with.

I made this card for everyone to sign- I used a Penny Black image again and then I cut them out w/ my nesties. I made a computer generated sentiment and attached it to the ribbon. I couldn't think of a better sentiment than "You're Free!"

I designed these goodie bags for her favors and my 2 friends Kelly and Yumi (who come to my house for furlough Friday classes) helped me make the bags.
I learned to make the bags at a Stampin Munchkins class I took a while back and then I just re-sized it to make the bag a little smaller.
I used Dandelion Designs stamps and cut them out w/ punches. I used border punches to punch the top of the bags before we assembled them.
I filled the bags w/ mini snickers, butterfingers, milky way, etc and everyone enjoyed it.

Dayle had a nice time at her "retirement" luncheon and we all got to spend some time with her. We're hoping to convince her to come and volunteer for us at some point :)

Thanks for stopping by and come by tomorrow so I can show you what a fun make and take we did on Saturday.

I took the plunge

2010-07-10T23:09:00.002-10:00

Hello everyone-
I just wanted to let you all know that I became a SU demonstrator last month, I couldn't pass it up since it was such a great deal to sign up. Anyway, I know probably all of you have a demonstrator, but it you would like to order something from me or have a class, I'd be happy to help!
Please e-mail me if you want to set up a class. I have a stampin up website so if you just want to directly order from there that's fine too, click here.

I am hoping to do some exciting things in the future but right now I have to focus on the Cane Haul Run (see previous post).

In any case, I just wanted to share my little bit of news.

Take care and God Bless!

Jodi's blog candy

2010-07-10T22:38:00.003-10:00

Hi everyone-
thanks for you nice comments left on my post about my June RAK! How sweet!

Jodi from Inked Inspirations is having some spectacular blog candy giveaways!

She has 5 prize packages and they look terrific! Please check her blog out to wish her a happy birthday and enter to win!

June Aloha RAK

2010-07-09T20:33:00.000-10:00

In June the Aloha RAK theme was buttons- my partner was Jovita Torres in Arizona and I hope by now she has received my RAK. If not...SURPRISE!

Anyway, I wanted to make a box for her so I got this idea off of artistic avenger here, check her blog out- she's AWESOME!

I then filled the box w/ 6 3x3 cards that I made out of a PTI stamp set, this set is made specifically to add buttons to the designs and I love that! I then decorated the box w/ a PCS digi stamp and I used a inkadinkado sentiment stamp for the top. I added in some felt flowers that I got from cute stuff. I also included a stamp set that I got from BF.

I hope that she likes it- I had fun making the cards and I apologize for the tardiness of the RAK.

Take care of yourselves and I'll see you guys soon.

Thanks for stopping by and for those of you who comment- thank you so much it makes me so happy to read your posts.

July birthday cards

2010-07-08T17:00:00.000-10:00

Hi-
My co-worker Jan had her birthday on 7/5/10. She is a great friend and I hope that she had a great birthday.

My office card for her uses a tiddlyinks design and then I followed a Our Creative Corner sketch to create the layout. I used nestabilities and MS punches and I made a fold up flower a long time ago that I decided to finally use. I then made a pin to attach to the ribbon. I need to find those caps for the pins so it doesn't poke anyone, but for my first attempt I think it worked out okay.

My 2nd card used Penny Black designs- she loves cats and PB has such cute cat characters. I used the SU lattice impression folder from the summer 2010 mini catalog to make the front of the card and then followed the same OCC sketch. I used 2 different types of MS punches and the label is from a nestabilities frame set.

Anyway, she liked the cards and that's the main thing. I usually make her Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Butter Cake for her birthday and she begs me for it throughout the entire year, but this year she recently had to take all dairy and soy out of her diet so I made her watermelon sorbet and Vanilla almond milk gelato instead- I hope she likes it!

Take care everyone!

Waipahu Cane Haul 5K Run/Walk

2010-07-07T19:47:00.004-10:00

Hello everyone-
I apologize for not being around so much- it's not that I'm not crafting, it's just that I'm to busy to post. I've been appointed as race director for the 2nd Annual Waipahu Cane Haul Run which is on 8/22/10 @ 7:00a.m. It starts at Hawaii's Plantation Village in Waipahu and it's a scenic run/walk thru the Waipahu Neighborhood. Our inaugural race last year had 300 participants and we're hoping for 500 participants this year! If you are available on Sunday 8/22/10 and would like to come out for some fun and exercise, please click here to go to our Waipahu Cane Haul Run blog. I would love to meet you and I thank you for your support!

My June OCS

2010-07-02T21:44:00.001-10:00

Hi everyone-

WHAT? 2 postings in a week- AMAZING!
Anyway, my partner was the wonderful, Eclipse C-R-A-Z-Y Linda herself so my card had to be good.

The theme for June's OCS was to use your favorite things.
Well, my favorite things are MS punches, nestabilities and Penny Black stamps.
I found out how to make an accordion pop up card on SCS and then I used a PB stamp as the main focal image. I sponged clouds behind the hedgehog.
I adapted a PCP layout for the front of the card. For the inside of the card, I made the pop up flowers from a PTI set and then used various Hero Arts sentiments and images to different pop up layers.

Finally I tied the card shut w/ brown gingham image that I got from Js and then attempted to tie a NON-LAME ribbon, but Oh WEll!

Anyway, I hope that Linda liked her card; I enjoyed trying out the new technique.

Thanks for stopping by everyone!

If I don't post before 7/4/10; HAVE A TERRIFIC INDEPENDENCE DAY. LET'S ALL STOP A MINUTE DURING OUR FESTIVITIES TO PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS AND THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY MAKE/MADE FOR OUR FREEDOM AND LET'S GIVE THANKS TO OUR FOREFATHERS AND ANCESTORS THAT DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY.

Take care!

Another furlough Friday class

2010-07-01T21:18:00.003-10:00

Hi-
My friends came over to finish the cards they started in May. They made 10 cards total and used SU supplies amongst other things. My friend Melissa was the only one left when I remembered that I needed to take the pics. So ta-dah; here's her creations!

The last card they made was from the Summer Mini SU catalog elements of style. I taught them how to color and shade w/ SU markers.

They enjoyed the class so that's the main thing. We will be meeting again next month for another project!

Thanks for stopping by--sorry I've been away for so long!

Take care!

Happy Father's Day

2010-06-20T12:29:00.001-10:00

Hi-
I made these 2 cards for my Dad and Stepdad. I learned how to sponge the sky using this tutorial from Whiff of Joy- it's an awesome site to learn about new techniques or ideas. I colored the bear and lake and trout w/ my copics and then masked the image to make the sky. I sponged the blue sky with the Tim Holtz blending tool and SU soft sky and Baja Breeze ink, I didn't quite like the lack of control that I had with the blending tool. But overall I think it turned out okay

I've been admiring the brayered technique of sunset or dusk that I've seen on blogs so I decided to try something similar. So for my stepdad's card- I've used the same technique but I wanted a sunset sky instead. I used SU Yoyo Yellow and Pumpkin Pie to make the sky. I also used SU soft sky,taken w/ teal and sage shadow to make the ocean. I used sponge daubers to sponge the sky this time and I felt more comfortable. I also sponged in the ocean w/ a folded up make up sponge.

I decided to make them smaller cards since I don't know if they'll save them so I like making these cards w/ the nestabilities. :)

Anyway, my Dad and stepmom are in Vegas and they come home tomorrow, so I'll be spending the day w/ my mom and stepdad. hopefully if it's sunny, we'll go up to my step-grandma's house to swim in her renovated pool and then eat Blazing steaks :)

Have a great Father's Day and I hope you have a wonderful time with your family and friends!

Take care!

A "Precious" Birthday Card

2010-06-19T12:17:00.003-10:00

Hi everyone-
Happy Saturday! I hope you all had a great week and are having a nice relaxing weekend. It's been crazy busy for me at work and I've been working 12 hour days and been in tons of meetings so I'm very glad that it's the weekend. :)

In the previous post I showed you the card I made for my co-worker Michelle's birthday that the office signed. She liked her card a lot and was shocked when I told her that I made the Rich Razzleberry DSP myself using stamps.

Anyway, she loves Precious Moments and I found this website that Shirley mentioned on her blog so I decided to download and color a PM image. I have always admired the charms that people use on their cards and I actually bought some stuff from Stamp and Create that Joy mentioned before. But this smiley sunflower charm can be bought from Cute Stuff.

I colored the image with my copics and then used prima flowers to embellish the top and attached the charm using jump rings I picked up from Wal-mart. She like her card a lot and that's the main thing :)

Thanks for stopping by I hope you all have a great day and have a terrific Father's Day tomorrow. Come by tomorrow and I'll post the 2 cards I made for my Dad and Stepdad.

Take care!

Office birthday card for my co-worker

2010-06-12T20:11:00.001-10:00

My co-worker Michelle's birthday is today and I made this card for the office to sign for her. I used this emerging colors emboss resist technique. I think it turned out okay- I wish I had a bigger flower to use as the focal point instead of the hero arts doily stamp, but oh well. I was actually going to scrap the whole idea, but then I decided to cover it w/ Rich Razzleberry and then used a SU wheel to add the flourishes and the background paper started getting better. I also spritzed it a LOT w/ glimmer mists.

I used a spellbinders fancy frames for the sentiment and the happy birthday is from the SU set that came out in the summer mini- I love it, but I just wish it also had a Thank you and Get Well Soon sentiment too. Anyway, I then added some prima flowers that I picked up from Little C's which I spritzed w/ glimmer mist and used my new layered arches MS punch to add the double border. I stamped a butterfly from another stamp set I got (I think it's Inkspirations) and then I colored it w/ SU lavendar lace and baja breeze.

I think all in all it turned out okay- I really like the rich razzleberry color and will probably use that some more :)

Anyway, I hope that she likes her office card. I need to make my card for her this weekend so I'll post that soon.

Take care and have a great Saturday!

One more covered notepad

2010-06-11T20:01:00.004-10:00

Hi-
Here's another covered notepad I made. My aunt ordered one for her friend and she wanted a HK design. So here it is! I finally used this paper that I had from the DCWV Asian pack. I like the papers, but there's always some in the paper stack that aren't the greatest designs. I liked the color, but not the medallion thing so much. But it worked great w/ this MS layered arches eggplant border and the HK.

I hope that my aunty's friend likes it!

more covered Jr. size notepads

2010-06-06T17:00:00.000-10:00

Hi, it's Sunday which means 1)It's the Lord's day (even though I go to church on Saturdays) 2) I GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK TOMORROW! BOOO HOOO! But it's another short week as Kamehameha Day is on Friday= YIPPEE!

Anyway, these are the 1st 4 covered notepads that I made to fulfill a co-worker's order. Her mom sewed some purses for her friends and she wanted something to put inside.

I used the watercolor technique I learned to make the focal images and then I just picked DSP according to the color of the purses that my friend will give to her friends. I used MS punches to make the borders and nestabilities to cut the focal images out.

The funny part is that she ordered these from me on a Monday and I had to complete it by Thursday and then she was rushing so much to get to the airport that she forgot to take these notepads with her. :)

Anyway, I hope that they liked the notepads.

Another HK graduation card

2010-06-05T22:09:00.002-10:00

Hello-
This is the first HK graduation card that my co-worker asked me to make for her niece. This one was made w/ regular CS so you could see the glue on the borders of the HK, so I decided to stickle the heck out if it so you couldn't see the glue. The graduation cap is a quickcutz die that has since disappeared in my craft area (aka, my living room)

Her niece loved the card, that's the main thing. But I sure wish I could find that die, I'll just have to keep praying to St. Jude and St. Anthony for more assistance.

Hope you had a great Saturday!

Sympathy card for a special girl

2010-06-04T16:00:00.001-10:00

Hi everyone-
I really don't like making these types of cards, but it's inevitable I guess. I worked at Haleiwa Family Health Center for 6 1/2 years when I first started my career and as you can guess, I established a lot of relationships w/ my patients. I think that's the best/worst part of community nursing- as a community health nurse you get to establish relationships with your patients while as a hospital nurse, you don't get to see them in their home setting or see them "age" thru the years. When I worked at the clinic I would see my patients come in regularly and would get to talk to them about their lives and also get to follow up on things since they would come back.
Well now that I'm a Public Health Nurse I get to go to my client's home and since I work with children I get to care for them from birth or infancy until they are at least 3 years old, I am Aunty Kelli and they readily interact with you as they age. I have toddlers who will come up to me and lift up their shirts when they see me pull out my stethoscopes b/c they know it's time to be checked. If you're in this field long enough you are amazed when you run into a child you used to care for (we forget that they've grown up and you just remember the beautiful child that you helped care for). One of my fellow PHNs received a graduation announcement from a former client that she helped from birth until 3 years old and now that girl is graduating from high school! For those clients and families that we have touched they will always remember their nurse and that is an amazing feeling.

Well, one of my former patients passed away a few weeks ago and I used to see her young, smiling face at church weekly so it was a little shocking to hear that she passed away. However she did have a heart defect, so it wasn't THAT shocking, but it's still sad. I made this card for her family who were ALL my patients.

I used the flower fancy SU set and the sentiment is from God's Blessings set. I don't have a stamp-a-ma-jig but an imitation and with some fiddling I got the flowers to line up (mostly!) I used my MS punch to create the borders. Shirley tuned me into Becca Feeken's blog and she uses her nestabilities and punches in the most amazing ways. Check her blog out, it's endless inspiration. But don't look too closely at my card since I had some issues w/ lining up the punches.

In any case, my patient is sorely missed by those of us who go to church regularly and would see her beautiful face and of course she is missed by her family. I wanted to share a poem that they put at the back of her program; it's very heartfelt and it really struck me.

Broken Chain
we little knew that morning that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone, for part of us went with you the day God called you home. You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide, and though we cannot see you, you are always by our side. Our family chain is broken and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

I wish her family the best during this difficult time and I know that God will heal their hearts. All I can say is to cherish your family and friends for life is too short and it's times like these that make us more aware of our mortality.

I hope you all have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by. Take care and God Bless!

nestie shaped thank you cards

2010-06-03T20:21:00.005-10:00

Hi everyone-
It's Thursday- Hallelujah! one more day to go. I hope you all are having a great week!
I made these 2 easel cards on Sunday, I used my scallop circle nestabilities to create the card and then I bought the digital stamps from PCS (the dots and delights series). I bought it because I thought they'd look great with paper piercing.

So I colored the butterflies w/ my copics and then used spica pens and stickles to glitz them up. I then pierced the wording and some parts of the butterfly. I used my crystal pen to highlight the dots on the wording. I made these dahlia like flowers and then glimmer misted them--which is hard to see in the picture :(

I hope they liked their cards!

Mother's Day Cards

2010-06-03T12:20:00.002-10:00

Hi-
I thought I had posted these earlier- but I guess not!
Anyway, my mom came out of the hospital about 4 weeks ago and she is gradually getting better, she is puttering around the house and has driven to Wahiawa and around Mililani by herself, but we still take her to town for medical appointments. She still gets pretty wiped out after her activities so it's good that she rest too!

I am fortunate enough to have 2 mothers, my biological mom and my stepmom. I made them each a card using this new watercolor technique I learned and I think the cards came out great (except for the crooked sentiment- oh well). These were my 1st attempts at using the watercolor stamping technique and I think I like these the best.

I used pigment inks (PTI and also brillance pigment ink pads) and then I used gold glimmer mist and made my own glimmer mist to sparkle up the card. I really love this technique and will be making more of these types of cards! I used my border punches to edge the card and then I cut off about 1" from the front of the base card to attach the image. I then capped off the edge w/ another border punch strip.

Anyway, they loved their cards and that's the most important thing.

take care and have a great day!

Create4fun blog candy

2010-06-03T11:56:00.004-10:00

they have had 60000 hits so they're giving away 200 flowers! such awesome candy go here.

May Aloha RAK

2010-06-02T12:01:00.002-10:00

Hi everyone-
I wanted to post this today because hopefully by now my partner received her Aloha RAK!
I was lucky to have received an AMAZING RAK from Gail Woo- she's incredible and so generous!

She used her new SU tropical accessories to make this cute coconut cup and she included a paper umbrella to boot! I had a yummy chocolate bar in there also= that has since disappeared. Hmm? She then included these wonderful stamp sets which I will ink up shortly!

I was partnered w/ Christine in Michigan- I hope that she liked her handmade cards and I also included some mulberry flowers, a stamp and some stickers for her to use in future projects!

I made more watercolor flowers for her card and then I added sentiments from the SU Oval all stamp set. I hope she likes them and can use them!

Thanks for stopping by and happy HUMP day- Whoo hoo, it's a short week this week!

Last of the May birthday cards!

2010-06-01T11:54:00.001-10:00

Hi everyone-
Welcome to the first day of June! WHAAT? 1/2 the year gone by already- YIKES! Anyway, this is the last of the May birthday cards that I made, if you remember I had to make 6 birthday cards last month.

This card is for my co-worker Robin. I used a PTI set for the leaf border and then used flowers from other PTI sets to add the flowers. Again I used the brillance pigment ink and then added rhinestones. I added some stamped butterflies and Wha-la! It was done! I used a MS border punch for the accents.

Thanks for stopping by- I hope you are having a great Tuesday!

More covered notepads

2010-05-31T11:47:00.001-10:00

Hi-
I made these 2 covered notepads for my co-worker's daughter's teachers. I figured out how to make the pen holder on the side after ALOT of mistakes, but now that I got it it's alright :)

The first one I used a Hero Arts stamp- I've always loved this image but just recently go it. I used the emboss resist technique again and used brillance pigment pads to color the debossed areas- then I added some prima flowers to the middle for an added pop.

The second one I used watercolor images that I made earlier and then blinged the heck out of it. I used a MS deep flower border punch and then added dazzling diamonds to the sticky areas of the border

Pretty simple designs I know but as I've said- I've been so busy w/ work that I had to get these orders out quickly

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great Memorial Day! where the heck is the year going?

some graduation cards

2010-05-30T11:27:00.001-10:00

Hi-
My co-worker Linda ordered some graduation cards for her nieces who happen to love Hello Kitty. I used my cricut to cut out the hello kitties and I used the 3M adhesive paper that Teri talked about on her blog. It sure does make assembling the kitties simpler. I just used scraps of CS for the bows and teddy bear. One niece loves cupcakes so that was added onto her card. I used a Quickutz diploma die to make the diplomas- I misplaced my graduation cap die so I didn't use that :(

Anyway, they loved their cards and that's the most important thing!

I hope you are all having a relaxing Sunday!

Take care and have a great day!

True's mega multi candy

2010-05-29T12:41:00.001-10:00

Hi everyone!
See the link on my sidebar to enter to win True's candy= she is evidently having surgery and will have 6 weeks to recuperate and she would like a lot of well wishes coming her way. As a thank you she is giving away this great candy! I wish her a speedy recovery!

I'M BAAACK

2010-05-29T11:09:00.007-10:00

Hello everyone-
Whew- have you guys been as busy as I have? I've been very involved with the Waipahu Community Coalition of which I am the Secretary and also on the Waipahu Cane Haul run planning committee and the grant committee- needless to say I've been at meetings fo' dayz and unable to load my pics and update my blog. What I really miss the most is BLURFING and seeing all of your amazing creations!

I have been creating though and in the following days you will see some stuff that I've made. I also participated in the May Aloha RAK and also the May OCS so I'll show you my creations and my partner's AWESOME creations- I'm so lucky to have been partnered with these people!

Anyway, onto the first thing MAY OCS! Thank you to Linda and Kyoko for organizing this!

My partner was Tia Iida and she is so talented- I received this card from her and it's gorgeous! I love her coloring and I really like the SU felt flower!

I in turn made this one for her, I used another Swiss Pixie that was released recently and I colored it with distress inks- what do you think? I really liked this technique but it is more time consuming than coloring w/ copics. I really liked the way the distress ink made the shadows though. I also tried the ribbon ruffling technique which turned out okay- I think it'd be better with shiny and wider satin ribbon, but this was a good first attempt (IMO...lol :)

Anyway, that's it for today- I'm trying to refrain from increasing my credit card debt and going shopping at Cute Stuff, J's, Pineapple Cove and Scrapbook Clubhouse= but they all have great deals so don't YOU miss out!

Take care and I'll have another post tomorrow. For those of you who do visit, I really enjoy reading your comments so if you would like to show me some LOVE, it's very appreciated!

Have a great Saturday and be safe on this long weekend! Remember our armed forces members who have sacrificed their lives for our safety and freedom!

God Bless!

Penny Black Saturday 100 challenges

2010-05-14T06:53:00.005-10:00

Hi everyone-
I hope you are all doing well! It's furlough Friday for me and boy am I happy! I really needed a break. Anyway, if you've been reading, I had to make 5 birthday cards for this month and I've completed all of them except for 1.

This week Penny Black had a special challenge blog hop since they've had 100 challenges so far. So I decided to enter. I followed their sketch and made 2 birthday cards with it.

The first card is for my co-worker and friend Kelly, I used a new PB hedgehog design off of the clear stamp set "Wonderful Day" and then blinged the heck out of it. I used glittery bo bunny paper that I got from cute stuff. For the side border I used a SU dry emboss folder and I made my own glimmer spray so I spritzed it all over the flower. I actually got the idea to layer to main image over the flower from Beth who was the first stop on the blog hop- check her out she does amazing work!

The 2nd card I made is actually for Kelly's youngest daughter Katie. Katie is a bundle of energy and so funny- she just made 3 years old! I used 2 Penny Black images from "It's your day" stamp set and then colored it w/ copics. I then added glitter to the top of the cupcake and used my glitter pen to highlight the bow on the present on the other image. I'm going to her birthday party later on today and get to eat cake w/ her :)

Well, I hope you all have a blessed weekend and take care of yourselves. I am going to lay low this weekend and actually try to craft but also work on the website for the Waipahu Community Coalition that I am involved with. I was elected secretary in January and it's been a non-stop ride since then. I had already created our Cane Haul Run blog last year, but now I'm tasked with creating and updating the website, facebook page and some other stuff. WHEW! I'm pooped. But seriously, it's a great group and we are all working towards providing drug free and safe activities for our community members but also to instill Waipahu Pride in the residents. If you are interested in joining us on 8/22/10 @ 700am for the 2nd Annual Waipahu Cane Haul Run go here for more information (right now we're still working on finishing up registration forms etc, but keep checking back at this blog and also the cane haul run blog for more information.

Wedding card for my cousin

2010-05-12T21:00:00.001-10:00

Hello!

I hope you all are doing well, I've been busy creating, but haven't had time to post or blurf, so I'm WAAAAY behind.

Anyway, last week Saturday, I went to my cousin Nina's wedding. My father's side of the family is very LARGE! There are about 30+ 1st cousins, 80+ 2nd cousins, etc. It all stemmed from my paternal grandparents who came here from the Philippines and had 8 children.

Her wedding was at the Berenice Pauahi Bishop chapel @ Kamehameha Schools- I went there when I was younger for a wedding and didn't get to appreciate it's grandeur until last week. Everything is made of koa wood of course and the chapel is very peaceful. However, the it does get hot in there.

I took a picture of a trunk of a tamarind tree that was in the chapel. When Princess Pauahi was born as was common practice of the Ancient Hawaiians (they would bury the newborn child's afterbirth (placenta) usually under a tree. Well, when she was born there wasn't a tree growing in her yard at the time, so they planted her afterbirth and then planted a young tamarind tree. This is the tree trunk of that tamarind tree- it is 800lbs. I really love history and I thought that I would take a picture of this to share for those of you who haven't been able to visit the chapel.

Incidentally, only alumnae of Kamehameha Schools are allowed to use the chapel, so it was a special honor to be invited to this wedding.

After the wedding, my cousin's reception was at the "Pink Palace" AKA the Royal Hawaiian Hotel (One of Hawaii's first hotels). Her cocktail hour was held in the lawn overlooking the ocean and Diamond Head. Her reception was held in the lovely monarch room.

Anyway, now onto her card:
I used their save the date announcement for the picture and then decorated it simply. I used a nestabilities frame to cut out the SU sentiment and then decorated it w/ roses that I picked up at Cute Stuff.

I was a great night and it was nice seeing all of the cousins again.

Awesome April RAK

2010-05-11T21:00:00.001-10:00

Hi-
I received this Awesome April Aloha RAK from Jen Young- how lucky am I? The challenge this month was to make anything but a card, so she made me this awesome box and included this images- I have to practice coloring people now :)
She included the stamp of the same image she used for the box.

I am amazed at her coloring and talent! Thanks Jen!

May birthday card #2

2010-05-10T16:00:00.001-10:00

Hi-
My co-worker Barb's birthday is on Mother's Day. She is tireless and an amazing woman. I was able to produce this card early Thursday morning before I had to go to an all day Nurse's Day conference. It was good though b/c majority of our office was there so it was really easy to get the card signed this time.

Anyway, I used 5th Avenue Floral stamps again and then the sentiment is from a Penny Black clear set.I used a MS border punch and then added some bejeweled butterflies to accent the card~

I hope she likes the card~ I still have to make 3 more for the month so I have to get busy!

Hope you are all having a great week so far! Take care!

Furlough Friday fun

2010-05-08T21:00:00.002-10:00

Hi-
I had some friends (co-workers) come over on Friday to learn how to make cards. I've been so busy w/ work that I actually had to postpone the gathering by a week so I could finish cleaning my house. :P I didn't finish making the 4 A2 cards until Thursday night (I went to sleep at 230am); then I got up at 500am to finish making 3x3 cards that I was going to include in their 3D project.

The first card is using a SU set and I really like how it turned out. The girls actually enhanced the pomegranate "friend" image by coloring the flowers and that made it POP!

The 2nd card is also a SU set and I had them practice coloring the stamp w/ SU markers. They used these cards for their mother's day cards.

The 3rd card used the 5th Avenue floral rose and I emboss resisted the image

My friends Melissa, Yumi and Kelly came over to craft and they were able to finish 2 sets of cards, they need to come back in June so they can finish their projects.

Melissa finished the first 2 cards and I like how each person really adapted the design as their own.

Yumi also finished the first 2 cards and she was the one who colored the flowers in the pomegranate colored "friend" stamp and she added a 3rd butterfly to her card so everyone else copied her,

Kelly was able to stay and make 1 card out of the 3rd set. I taught her how to emboss resist the 5th Avenue floral rose and she really liked that technique.

I will post the pics of the 3x3 cards I designed later.

It was a nice morning; I had initially planned to have them finish 10 cards and 1 3D project, but they all had other things to do. So I'm glad that they finished 4-5 cards and made cards for Mother's Day!

I was more importantly able to share a "stress release craft" w/ them and use up some of my stash. As you can see in some photos I have a LOT of stuff.

Take care of yourselves and I'll see you soon in blogland!

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2010-05-08T12:36:00.003-10:00

Go and check out this fabulous blog candy, Jodie has only been blogging for 6 months, but you can't tell :) Go check her out!

Card for a baby shower

2010-05-07T22:34:00.002-10:00

Hi-
My boss's son and daughter-in-law are having a boy this month. As an office we wanted to take up a collection to get them some gift certificates.

I made this card for them. I CASED the idea from Valita's fresh folds and made it with punches. The card she made was for a girl so it was easy to embellish the safety pins, well, for a little boy, I had to improvise.

Anyway, I hope they like the card and gift, but more importantly, may the birth of their son be safe and may the child be healthy!

Thanks for visiting, I hope you are having a nice Saturday!

May birthday card #1

2010-05-01T17:00:00.001-10:00

Hello everyone!

May is another busy birthday month for me. I have to make 3 birthday cards for co-workers to sign and 3 personal birthday cards and 2 mother's day cards! Geez, I'll be busy!

Anyway, this is a card I made for my sister. I used a Penny Black clear stamp set and laid out the 3 stamps on a large rock a block. I love these rock a blocks b/c it almost always makes your stamped images come out perfectly (the only problems that I've had with it is when I made a mistake) I have always had problems putting equal pressure on stamps and messed up my images, but since I got these, my stamping is so much better. I bought my set from an UK company, but cute stuff did have the large rock a block sets in at one point, so go check them out if you have trouble like I do w/ stamping.

I colored everything w/ my copics and added bling with my sakura silver pen. I then added dew drops to the corners to make them pop.

Just a simple card, but I like the simplicity.

Take care and I hope you are having a great Saturday

April OCS and Aloha RAK

2010-04-30T20:59:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone-
It's FRIDAY! Hallelujah! I hope you are all well and have a great weekend planned. I have to go to my cousin's wedding on Saturday and still need to make her card. I was planning on having some friends over for crafting today, but since I cleaned up my living room last weekend, my craft room is now a mess so I still have to straighten up and also cut out the sets for them. I plan to have them over next Friday since it's another furlough.

Anyway, I participated in the April OCS and April Aloha RAK and I got the same person for both activities. Colleen Kwan made me this beautiful card using the 5th avenue floral impressions folder from SU and since I was still working on her stuff last weekend, I decided to use the same stamp set for her card and RAK.

I used the emboss resist technique again to create her card and I wish that the stamp set had 2 big roses instead of just one, but oh well, I guess they need to make the embossing template different otherwise you wouldn't buy that plus the stamp set :) Smart retailers! Anyway, I inked up the card using PTI hibiscus burst and addeded plum pudding accents to the middle of the flowers. I then covered a notepad for her and used the same flower from the stamp set as the accent image. I hope that she likes her gift set. I enjoyed making it for her.

Another card for a special friend

2010-04-29T20:00:00.001-10:00

Well, a 2nd post this week- pretty good. I hope you had a great Thursday, tomorrow's furlough Friday for me so I'm very happy. I took yesterday off though to take my mom to the doctor. She is still suffering from her abscess and an infection, but it looks like it's healing and we'll see. Maybe she can come home soon- she's been in the hospital since December.

Anyway, I totally cased this card from Shirley when she made me one like it for Easter (using the nestabilities and MS fence punch), but I wanted to make a thank you card for a friend. I made her a RAK a while ago and again didn't get around to making her card until now so this is what I came up with.

As you can tell, I REALLY love penny black animals and this is a hedgie from a clear stamp set Tiny Wishes- I have most of the sets w/ hedgehogs in it, but haven't inked up most of them. I used a DSP that I got free from my last order from Addicted to Rubber Stamps.com and another DSP that I got from cute stuff. I accented the little flowers on the bottom DSP w/ little flower buttons that I also got from cute stuff and added the MS fence punch in yellow. I then added some butterflies to finish up the card. I really like this style of card and plan to make more :)

Have a great evening and take care!

Penny Black Saturday and other Challenges

2010-04-28T19:41:00.004-10:00

Hello everyone-
I'm back- it's been a rough couple of weeks so I haven't been able to post. I've been creating some things and catching up on some RAKs that I've meant to send out and I'll be posting those over the next few days.

Anyway, I have been wanting to participate in the Penny Black Saturday Challenge for awhile, but never got around to it. I made this tent card for a special friend and I decided to also submit it into the challenge. This week's challenge was to use 3 flowers, 2 buttons and a bow. I used this mouse stamp that I bought last year but never inked up and then I suspended it from the card. I made a bow w/ purple organza ribbon (and I'm really happy about how the bow turned out) and then I sewed a button to the center of the bow. The flowers are a mixture of prima flowers and some stickers that I had before. I closed the card w/ 2 eyelets and then glued 2 roses that I picked up from Photocraft before. I decided to balance the card w/ 3 green pearls. I copied Shirley's idea, but I didn't have the grass MS punch so I used the icicle one to add a border on the bottom of the card to "somewhat hide" the base

I also decided to submit this card for entry into Tamiko's challenge #2 (using your nesties) I used my circle nestie to cut out the hole for the mouse to suspend into and then I used my scallop circle nestie to outline the circle.

I hope my friend likes her card and RAK, I've been meaning to send it out for a while but just hadn't finished everything yet.

Anyway, I hope you like my card and thanks for visiting- I really appreciate all of your comments and I look forward to reading all of them.

Until next time, take care and God Bless

Clip-n-cuts paper crafts blog hop

2010-04-19T19:13:00.003-10:00

Hey everyone-
I just saw this on Maria's site and Mel Stampz site and decided to add my blog to it.

Here is how it works:

1. Click the blue frog below to add your blog.

2. Copy the following script and put it on your blog post while in HTML view.

3. Provide the above code on your blog for others to grab. Just mention to paste it on HTML view when blogging.

4. Ask your readers to add their blogs on the list and also copy and paste the script on their blog as well!

This will make a thumbnail collection that will grow on everyones blog and we can meet each other! I’ll be moderating it so no worries. It will be updated on everyones blog when someone enters a new link.

LOVE IT! Please DO participate! You don’t have to link them back here. Just tell everyone to add their cardmaking/scrapbooking blog and make the collection as big as we can! Can we make it to 1000? If you have any issues let me know and I’ll be happy to help asap.

Here goes!

Administrative Professional's Day cards

2010-04-12T20:04:00.005-10:00

Hello everyone!

I hope you had a nice weekend! It was a crazy week last week and this week will be a doozy too. Anyway, I spent Sunday making cards for our 4 clerks.

the 1st card is for our AWESOME senior clerk Janice- I've mentioned before how she is so hardworking and dedicated to our office. Well, there are really no words to describe how hard she works for us-she comes to work at 530am daily and even on
Saturdays and she's so EFFICIENT. It seems like we just think of something and next thing you know she's done it already. I really wanted to make a nice card for her so I used another huggabugg image, but then I add tons of flowers to this card. I got the paper roses from papercraft on Saturday. But CRAP! I just noticed that one of the roses came off when I took the picture- but there is a rose in that spot on the finished card. I adapted the paper craft planet sketch again for this card.

The 2nd card is for Dayle- she is another clerk and she is so much fun to work with and she's our 2nd go-to clerk. She is unfortunately going to lose her position at then end of June so we will REALLY miss her. I used a huggabugg image and then also used a simple layout again. I tried to follow a sketch (can't remember which one), but this is what I developed. I finally got the MS floral vine punch that I've been searching for, so I used it for this card. I hope that she likes it.

The 3rd card is for our clerk Melanie- she is a fun loving person but she also works hard. I used this pure innocence image for her and then used a simple layout, I attempted to follow the Paper craft planet sketch but I didn't think that the skewed image would've worked, so I just laid the image in the center. Oh well. Then I applied dewdrops and a flower to balance off the card. I was pretty happy w/ the way the bow turned out though.

The last card is for our data clerk. I used the PTI dot spot stamp set and went a little crazy, my initial idea was to make a background paper but I ended up with this. I bought a lot of flowers over the past 2 weeks so I decided to use them along w/ the buttons that I bought too.

We are ordering food in for the office on Thursday to celebrate their special day, we know it's next week Wednesday, but we have TB clinic that day and it would've been too crazy. I hope that they all like their cards and gifts.

Have a great week and I'll try to make more stuff this week but I have to work about 14 hours tomorrow so I might be recuperating for the rest of the week. I'm also running a H1N1 flu clinic on Saturday so we'll see.

I still need to make my April OCS and Aloha RAK and need to make 6 birthday cards for May. I also am trying to have a little get together on 4/30/10 with my friends to make cards so we'll see if I get my act together by then, I have a feeling that we won't be crafting in my living room (since all of my supplies are there) but outside in the garage! I still also have to finish up some goodies for some blogging friends- It's coming...I promise :P

Take care of yourselves and have a nice week

A gift for my mother

2010-04-06T17:00:00.001-10:00

Hello again-

I made this file folder notepad holder for my mom, I found the tutorial on SCS and Patty adapted the measurements too, well again my lack of measuring skills presented themselves and I made a little mistake, but I think it turned out so-so. My mom liked it irregardless and she can use it so that's the main thing. I will be trying to make it again. so we'll see what happens. I bought the file folders from Walmart, but I don't know if the folders are the same size as the SU folders that they used, but we'll see.

Anyway, have a great Wednesday everyone!

Easter Goodies part 3

2010-04-05T20:05:00.007-10:00

Hello everyone!
I hope you had a great Easter with your family and friends! I had a pretty low key Easter since my mom was still in the hospital- so I spent the day finishing up my Easter projects. My mom did come out of the hospital for a little while, but she wasn't feeling up to going out so she just came home and lied down. Anyway, we're all hoping that she can come home by May.

Okay- enough about that, onto the projects

I made 2 more Easter baskets for my co-worker's daughters. They are so funny and adorable. One daughter likes purple and one likes pink so I got them bunnies in their favorite colors and then alternated their basket colors.
For the pink colored one, I used my scraps- whoo hoo, pile is S-L-O-W-L-Y going down. For the purple basket, I used scraps too and I dry embossed the outer panels on this basket. To make the handles sturdier, I used a strip of CS and then added a punched border to it. I hope they like their gifts.

I then made 11 more of these covered notepads. I used 2 bunny digital images. I bought the girl and boy dressed in the outfits from chi chi memories and the bunny w/ the lollipop is from 2 cute rubber stamps and it was a free digi- they have really cute stamps so you should check out their Etsy store. I chose the base CS based on my friends' favorite colors and then I chose coordinating DSP. I then used punches to make the binding strips and then blinged the heck out of the DSP to finish it up. My friends really liked their gifts so that makes me very happy.

Anyway, it's Monday night and I'm watching Dancing With the Stars- I don't even know why, I really want to see Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls dance, but I also have to endure watching Kate Gosselin whine and moan and trod her way thru her dance. If you've seen my facebook posts then you know that I can't stand Kate Gosselin just because of her attitude. Oh well, off of my soapbox now!

I have 5 cards to make now, 4 for Administrative Professional Day (we're celebrating nexte week so I need to get things out this week) and then our co-worker is having surgery tomorrow so I'm making her office get well card. I also have to make my April OCS card and I signed up for Aloha RAK this month so I'll be busy- ooh boy! what did I do to myself?

Have a great week and I will be posting something else tomorrow!

Take care of yourselves and God Bless!

Easter Goodies Part 2

2010-04-03T06:00:00.001-10:00

Hi everyone!

Happy Saturday!

I hope you are all doing well and relaxing this weekend. Getting ready for the Easter bunny to visit?

I made the following goodies for some family, close friends/coworkers and their daughters.

I made this card for my dad and stepmom. I used another bunny stamp that I got from the Darcie's set at Cute stuff, cut out the backing using nesties and added layered flowers and dew drops to embellish

I still have 9 more of these covered notepads to make, but at least I made 1! hee hee!
I bought these from Ben Franklin and then I covered it with CS and DP, I then used my Martha Stewart punch to create the border and I bought this digi image from Tiddlyinks and colored her w/ my copics, then used my nestabilities to cut her out and back her.
Finally added some dew drops to the corners of the image and I added a large button that I got from PTI onto the center of the big DP flower and added a dew drop to the center.

I made this Easter basket for my friend's daughter and I bought this cute bunny from BF. I used a tutorial that I got from Whiff of Joy and I bumped up the size a little. I used a MS deep edge punch to make the handle, but I think I need to make a double handle so it isn't so flimsy. I still have 2 more of these to make for my other friend's daughters.

Anyway, I hope you have a great day!

I will be posting more pics of the rest of the Easter goodies I made. I also have to make 4 Administrative Professional's Day cards and 1 baby shower card.

Well, I'm glad that I won't be going shopping this weekend (no mo' money) and I will hopefully be crafting a lot.

We're hoping to bring my mom home for a few hours on Easter so she can spend time at home instead of in the hospital

Take care of yourselves and each other.

TTFN! Have a blessed day!

My OCS card from Evie

2010-04-02T10:27:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone-
I hope that you are having a relaxing Good Friday for those of you who are off. I got up early (445am)and exercised, cleaned out my bedroom closet, went back to sleep for about 1 hour and then paid bills.

I will be going to church tonight again, but I wanted to share with you the BEAUTIFUL card that I got from Evie.

She used the one of the new cheeky stamps from TGF and colored it amazingly! I really love her little flower embellishments and need to find out where she got it from :)

The card is so beautiful and definitely "girly" :)

Thanks Evie! I love the card~

I will be posting some more pics of the Easter goodies that I made for my friends- alas, I didn't complete all of them on time, so they will be getting it late- SORRY!

for those of you who are off today- have a great Good Friday and for those of you who are Christian- let us remember how Christ died for our sins and saved us.

Take care and come back tomorrow, I'll have my Easter goodies part 2 to show you.

March OCS card for Evie

2010-03-30T21:14:00.001-10:00

Hi-
2 posts in a week- AMAZING! Anyway, as I mentioned previously, I finally finished my OCS card for Evie on Saturday. I decided to make a tent card and used a Easter bunny image I got from a set at cute stuff. I really liked how this turned out.

I used some paper flowers to make the brads and then I combined some other stickers and paper flowers that I had to decorate the border of the oval. I thought about adding a sentiment but couldn't figure out where (I didn't want to crowd the inside of the image w/ the bunny) and the DP was too busy so I just finished it up w/ dew drops.

I hope that she likes the card!

Anyway, I hope that you had a great Tuesday- only 2 more days of work for me this week.

We have Good Friday off and I will be going to church at 3pm like I do every year. In any case, let's acknowledge that Christ sacrificed his life for us and rejoice that he will rise again on Sunday. Even if you're not Christian, we can always celebrate Easter for the blessings and promises of spring that it brings. Oh and we can't forget the chocolate and sugary goodness.

Every year for Lent I give up dessert (it's usually something that is a self sacrifice or something difficult for you to give up or do). Well, I will be REJOICING on Sunday because I can finally eat dessert and of course celebrating Jesus' resurrection. I've been giving up the same thing for at least 10 years now and usually I'm okay w/ it, but this year- I don't know why but it was really difficult. My friends always tell me to give up something else since I always miss out on my Mom's, stepdad's, stepmom's and several friends' birthday cakes, so maybe next year I'll give up something else. My aunt told me to give up swearing- but that's way too difficult. For example, I went to church on Ash Wednesday and when I came out of church I got a parking ticket, of course I started swearing (2 minutes after I got out of church)- so I think that would be a difficult thing for me to give up. Of course, I should really try!

Anyway, take care everyone and I hope to post something before Easter but if not, have a blessed day with your family and friends.

Hugs to you all,
Kelli

Easter goodies pt 1

2010-03-29T21:04:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone-
I hope you all had a nice weekend! Can't believe Easter is already this week. I made these little bags (10 of them) for some of my co-workers. I learned this from Cyndy at Munchkins and adapted them a little. I started out making something else for them but it turned out to be too big for the Ghiradelli squares that I plan on giving them, So I made these instead.

I used some purple paper that I got on clearance from cute stuff and then I used these stamps that I got from there also. I had actually printed out a lot of bunnies from the 2 cute stamps digital freebie, but I used them for the other bags I made, so my friends will get chicks instead. I cut out the images using punches and edged the bags w/ EK success punches. I tied them with some green ribbon I got from Walmart a while back.

Hope they like it!

I finished my OCS card for Evie this weekend too- I mailed it out today so I'll post it tomorrow, hopefully after she gets it!

I have to make more goodies for my co-workers so hopefully I get it done by Thursday, otherwise- they'll get it next week :P

Have a great Tuesday!

My 1st attempt at a double shaker card- HELP!

2010-03-24T17:00:00.000-10:00

Hi-
Hope you are having a nice Tuesday! I attempted to make a double shaker card this weekend for my friend Gloria. Making the shaker wasn't a problem, but covering it was a doozy. I totally suck at it and as I've said in the past I really SUCK at measuring so it took me 3 tries to cover it and it still didn't come out great. I e-mailed Teri for help. I'm determined to figure this out so I will be attempting to make another one soon. The funny part is that my friend is really OCD so the fact that the framing came out off centered is just too ironic (my friend Michelle said that it may drive her nuts, but I don't think she noticed- it'll just drive me nuts).

Anyway, I used another new Penny Black image and I colored it w/ my copics. I then used purple microbeads that I got from cute stuff and purple and pink dew drops for the inside. The sentiment is from a SU set.

I was also left with one extra piece of acetate, I re-read the tutorial several times, but couldn't figure out where it belonged. I used one to make the initial window to put the microbeads, then I used the second one to put the stamped image on and then I used the 3rd one to cover it all up.

I think I was supposed to use the 4th one to seal up the image and then put the dew drops on that acetate and then seal it up? If anyone can help me I'd appreciate it.

I then attached the shaker to an easel card. I used the 2 new MS punches I picked up, I got both of them w/ the Ben Franklin 40% off coupon. I really like the "big shell design" and how you can add dew drops or embellishments to it :)

In any case, Gloria liked her card and she displayed it on her desk at work.

Take care and if anyone can help me with more tips on how to do this shaker-I'd appreciate it.

I still have to make my OCS card and Easter presents so I'll be busy this week. Hopefully I can post some stuff soon!

Card for my mom

2010-03-22T20:38:00.007-10:00

Hello-
Hope you had a nice weekend, I managed to make 2 cards this weekend. I made this card for my mom- she is still in the hospital and will spend her birthday there. We're going to have a small gathering with her tomorrow.

I used a new Penny Black hedgehog stamp and followed Maria's Scrap pile Saturday sketch and adapted the Penny Black Saturday Challenge sketch. I colored the image w/ copics and used a glitter pen to decorate the butterfly. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set that I got on consignment from Pineapple Cove. We had to make a bow on the card and I have a really hard time making bows, so after 20-30 minutes (but who's counting?)I came up with this one. It doesn't look too bad. I was planning on turning the easel card into a calendar but I didn't have enough space and I thought that it would look too crowded on the bottom.

I hope my mom likes the card, but more importantly, I hope she will come home soon!

Have a great week, I'll post my 2nd card tomorrow. I also decided to enter this into the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. We'll see what happens!

Take care!

Final card for my co-worker

2010-03-19T22:00:00.003-10:00

Hello-
Well, I wasn't able to craft very much this week, but I did make this card last Sunday. I made it for our LPN Linda, she is so hardworking and funny and without her we'd never be able to handle the large numbers of attendees we have for our weekly immunization and TB clinics.

Anyway, I used a grass stamp and bee stamp that I bought from Munchkins. The stems for the smaller flowers are from a Papertrey ink set and the flowers are from several single hero arts stamps that I picked up last year from J's. The main flower image is from a unity stamp set that I picked up from Munchkins when it was on sale. I then cut the design and backing out w/ my scalloped oval nestabilities. I added dew drops, rhinestones and used a MS border punch. The butterflies are from a MS punch too. I was trying to use a sketch that I saw, but I didn't think the layout came out too nice so I adjusted everything to make this card. The sentiment is from PTI too and I cut it out using a tag nestability. I like that you can thread the ribbon into the tag.

Hopefully Linda will like it.

Have a nice weekend! Cyn will be having a make and take at Munchkins Saturday so check it out. Liann got some cute items in on Thursday so check her out too!

I will be trying to save money this weekend by staying home. I still need to make 3 more cards (one for my mom, my friend and my OCS card- it's coming Evie-sorry!)

I still have to make some things for my friends for Easter too~ YIKES!

Anyway, take care of yourselves and have a great weekend! Hopefully I'll post something on Sunday, but no promises :(

March birthday card using new techniques

2010-03-13T14:37:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone-
Hope you are having a great Saturday! It's a beautiful day out, but it's HOT!--I'd rather have the wind,but not so much of it :)

Anyway, this card I made for my stepmom. She is a card maker too so it had to be special.

I used a SU stamp and I then cut it out w/ an oval nestability. I clear embossed the oval several times using versamark to give it a crystalized effect (note to self, be careful afterwards b/c the embossed surface may crack). The background, I made faux tin tiles (learned it on papercraftplanet.com) and dry embossed it afterwards w/ a sizzix embossing plate. Used a Dandelion designs sentiment for the top of the easel card and used a butterfly I picked up from the stamping expo last year. Used the whimsical words sentiment for the bottom of the easel card and the SU pinking border punch.

She loved the card which I am very happy about.

Anyway, have a great day and I hope to post something tomorrow. I still have 3 more birthday cards to make and my OCS card. YIKES!

another March birthday card

2010-03-12T20:25:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone-
well my goal of posting a lot this week fell short, but I did make 2 cards. This one I made for my cousin's wife (the same cousin that I made the albums for)

Her favorite color is purple so I used that for the main color, but then I popped the images with other colors. The stamp I used is a new one from Penny Johnson and I got it from Munchkins in Mililani. I colored the bears using watercolor pencils and then colored the flowers w/ a combination of copics and pencils. I got the SU scallop trim punch thru the sale-a-bration sale so I used that to decorate the base. I also got the whimsical words stamp set so I used that for the sentiment. I added some dew drops to the base and used the MS butterfly trio punch for the little butterflies. Hopefully Pili liked the card.

I made another card for my stepmom and I will share that tomorrow!

Check out Cute stuff- Liann has some new penny black stamps that are adorable (I bought a ton of those too)
Check out Munchkins this weekend, Cyn has a sidewalk sale and stuff is on sale in the store too. She will also have a make and take tomorrow~
I went on a shopping spree this today- YIKES, I was doing so well :P So I will be hopefully creating this weekend~

Have a great weekend everyone. Take care and God Bless

Have a great weekend~

Many March birthday cards to make :)

2010-03-08T18:51:00.005-10:00

Hello everyone-
I hope you had a nice weekend and your Monday was uneventful.
I have 3 co-workers, my mother, my stepmother and my cousin's wife celebrating their birthdays in March. So I will be busy and I also have my March OCS card to do :)

Here are the 1st 2 cards I made.
They both have dogs as the main image because my friends are dog lovers.

For the first card, I used a Julie Fujii stamp that I got from cute stuff a while ago and never inked up. (HOARD MUCH?) I followed a sketch by Our Creative corner but I had a really difficult time figuring it out because the tree would have been covered, so I hope I followed it. I got the tree from Munchkins in Mililani Town Center and I also got 2 sets of Hero Arts stamps that have grass stamps on them. You can't really tell, but I popped up the doggies using pop dots and I used glossy accents to enhance the hat, collars and sunglasses. I hope Gail likes the card.

The 2nd card is for my co-worker Gloria, I followed the same sketch for her card and I had an easier time following it. I used this Milton and company stamp that I got from Cute Stuff this weekend (wouldn't you know it, I waited too long and most of the bear stamps that I wanted were sold out. But Lianne will be ordering them again). I JUST REALIZED WHY I LOVE THIS DOG- HIS NAME IS TOBY ;)
I used a Fred She Said flower to embellish the card.

Well, I hopefully will finish the other cards this week and I will post again soon. Until then, I hope you all have a great week. Take care of yourselves

Happy Girl's Day

2010-03-05T07:50:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone!
I hope you had a great girl's day. I'm not Japanese but I did make some cards and gave a few gifts to my co-workers' daughters. My aunt did give me a girl's day doll when I was younger and my co-worker told me that if I kept it out all year, then the belief is that it would take you longer to get married. WELL, THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH! Darn, if I knew that belief, I would have hidden my doll and I WOULD be married by now! Oh Well.

In any case I cased the faces for these girls from Patti (she has amazing creativity!). I found how to make the kimonos using tags on this blog I used scraps to make my card and the kimonos.

The girls loved the card and the gifts.

It's furlough Friday today so I'm off to visit my mom in the hospital.

Have a great weekend and God Bless

My OCS card for February

2010-02-23T11:45:00.001-10:00

Hi-
I made another easel card for my OCS partner, she lives in Florida so it'll take a while to get to her.
I used a Hope and Grace image that I FINALLY INKED up,
I backed it onto an Asian inspired paper and at the base I cut 2 strips of the same paper to accent it. I then applied 2 way glue to the above or below each strip and added glitter. (sorry you can't see it very well). Finally I added bling to some of the flower centers and I made the sentiment tag.

In any case, I hope that she likes the card.

Take care and have a great day!

Bunny Zoe's 2nd anniversary candy

2010-02-18T21:21:00.001-10:00

Hello-
There is blog candy available here. Go check it out and her store. I've ordered some things from here before and it was great!

Have a great day!

4 birthday cards

2010-02-12T22:53:00.006-10:00

I'm continuing my goal of making birthday cards for each of my co-workers. Well, February has 4 people total.

The first card was for Jean (see earlier post).

The 2nd card for Melissa S. I used a papertrey ink stamp and then stickled the centers of the flower. I finally may have correctly used the MS corner and border punch set (I wouldn't say I mastered how to use it, but it's looking better!)

The 3rd card is for our clerk Janice- without her our office would fall flat on it's face. She is so dedicated and a sweetheart. She's one of those "silent and effective" types. I used a Tina Wenke image and MS butterfly punches.

The 4th card is for my friend Melissa (Mel), she is so funny and throughly knows how to enjoy life. Her wish is to meet the boys of DBSK (Korean pop group) and marry Micky (Yoochun). I made 2 cards for her- one from the office and an easel card/calendar for my personal card. She always asks that we bring her Micky (but since I can't, this is the best I can do).

The office card- I used last week's sweet Sunday Sketch, I meant to link it to the website, but I missed the cut off date. Anyway, I used a Tina Wenke design and dry embossed the purple rectangles w/ sizzix impressions folder, I cut out the rectangles w/ my nestabilities.

Happy Birthday to my wonderful co-workers and friends.

I hope you all are having a great weekend!

Take care and God Bless~

Valentine's day goodies and Bon Jovi

2010-02-12T22:46:00.004-10:00

Hello-
I made these Ghiradelli chocolate matchbook holders for my co-workers. I made 24 total and also gave them a small package of Enjoy Arare hearts- they're kinda sweet and crunchy.

Everyone loved it. I had 2 designs, but made more of the hedgehog holding the heart.
Colored w/ my copics and then painted the bubbles and red heart w/ iridescent watercolor paint.

More importantly, I went to see Bon Jovi last night! What an awesome concert- Jon Bon Jovi sounds great still and he's SO HOT! We had a great time. Click here to see my picasa album if you want.

Hope you had a great Friday and have a great weekend!

Covered notepad

2010-02-11T16:20:00.002-10:00

I bought these mini notepads from Walmart and decided to try and cover it. I tried to make a little pocket in the back so the user could add another pad later on. Well these notepads are very flimsy and promptly separated from the card board backing so I had to re-glue it several times. It's a demo model, so I gave it to my friend Lei who 1) loves cute stuff, 2) is very organized and crafty to test. She liked the image (which is a new one from Hero Arts) very much and will let me know what other problems she encounters (hopefully none).

Have a great Thursday! I will be going to Bon Jovi tonite since tomorrow is furlough Friday! Whoo Hoo! Rock on!

Belated birthday card for Denise and a sympathy card for her brother

2010-02-10T21:02:00.000-10:00

Denise of tinkercrafts lost her sister in law to cancer the other day and will be flying up to the mainland for the funeral and to be with her brother. I wanted to make her a little something for her birthday and express my condolences to her family.

I used a Julie Fujii image for Denise's birthday card since I know how she loves Tinkerbell, and I figured she'd like this fairy. I colored it w/ my copics and then stickled the heck out of it. I used a PCS greeting and popped it up w/ 1/8" pop dots.

For Cheryl's card, I airbrushed the white cs w/ my copics and then used the Rachelle Ann Miller stamps for the clouds. I used a gingersnap angel and then punched out some butterflies. I used this sentiment I got from cute stuff (I think) or else it was addictedtorubberstamps.com

Post it note holders

2010-02-09T20:46:00.003-10:00

Hello-
Hope you are having a nice week. I got together w/ the chaperones, staff that I went to Disneyland and Arizona with this weekend, so I wanted to make them something small. I made these post it note holders and they seemed to like it. I made one for Denise too as a belated birthday gift. I used a paper punch to edge one side of the holder and I used gingersnap valentine's day angels for some of the images and emboss resisted some flowers for the other images. for the angels, I first colored them w/ my copics and then water colored them with shimmer watercolors. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Wednesday!

PTI Emboss Resist Challenge

2010-02-05T22:37:00.003-10:00

Hello=
Paper Trey Ink is having their 3rd anniversary celebration and they started a new thing on Mondays where they will show a video of a technique and then you can use the technique to make a card or something. Anyway, the first video was for the emboss resist technique.

I've never done it before so it took me several tries. But this is what I came up with. I used SU stamps and colored them w/ SU ink. I then paper pierced some portions of each flower, added brads. I then paper pierced the bases so the butterflies had a trail. Finally I popped up the flowers and butterflies w/ 1/8" dots.

I'm going to link my card to PTI.

I like this technique and will probably do it again. Incidentally, this card is for my co-worker Jean. She has such a bright personality that I wanted to use bright colors.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the weekend!

Retirement Party favors and a challenge

2010-02-03T19:42:00.005-10:00

Hi everyone- hope you're having a nice hump day!

These are the favors we made for my co-worker's retirement party, my friend/co-worker Kelly helped me put them together. I used a sizzix die and paper punched the flowers. I popped up each layer w/ a 1/8" pop dot. Everyone at the party enjoyed the favors.

I made this card for another fellow PHN who is fighting metastatic breast cancer. She's been fighting it for about 2 years but things aren't going so well. Her faith is so strong and she is prepared for whatever the outcome. We decided to take up a collection to get her and her family some gift certificates for food. Since I have a lot of angels on it, I decided to enter it into the flutterby challenge. This is my first challenge so I really don't know what to do :)

I used gingersnap angels and I paper pieced their dresses (my first time doing this too) and then I airbrushed that background of the card. I used Spica pens to decorate the sun and the clouds. I water colored the cloud that the angel is sitting on. I added bling to each cloud.

Anyway, I hope you all are doing well. I have one more day of work and then another furlough Friday. I need to make 4 birthday cards for the February co-workers so I hope I can get them done this weekend. I also will be getting together with the chaperones I went to Disneyland with so I want to make some post it note holders for the ladies.

take care and God Bless.

Sweet as a gumdrop blog candy

2010-01-30T11:05:00.002-10:00

Hi Everyone-
If you haven't visited Brenda's site- WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
She is so creative and makes the most amazing things w/ punches and has the cutest ideas.

Please visit her blog for a chance to win her candy, but also to check her out. She has started a new venture with some other crafters called Craft Project Central. Congratulations Brenda and I wish you continued success.

Kellie Winnell blog candy

2010-01-30T10:56:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone-

If you haven't already signed up for her blog candy check it out here.
She is an awesome crafter and you have a chance to win 9 Sugarplum kids, 2 accessory stamps, and one set of Spring Sentiments.

birthday gift card and happy mail from Denise

2010-01-29T17:04:00.003-10:00

Hello-
Hope you all had a great Friday- it was a furlough one for me so I did some errands and played on the internet- anybody else ADDICTED to bejeweled?

Anyway, I made this card for Yumi to hold her birthday present. It's the style of gift card that others have been making all over the place. I'm not quite sure mine came out right b/c the gift card doesn't pop out a lot, but oh well. It's my first attempt.

Even more exciting was the RAK I received from Denise today!
She sent me a thank you note for praying for her sister-in-law and a matchbook chocolate holder, some dew drops and an ice cream cone stamp. I was planning on making matchbook holders for my co-workers this weekend and now I have a sample to make sure that I've done it correctly! WHOO HOO! Please say a prayer for Denise's SIL too her name is Cheryl Ann.

Anyway, I have a retirement party to go to on Sunday so I'll post a picture of the favors we made.

Have a great weekend and I hope I have more stuff to show you next week!

Take care!

More birthday cards

2010-01-23T09:50:00.005-10:00

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

I made the following cards for the other co-workers who have birthdays in January.

The first card is for Nancy (I made her the swiss pixie one for my own personal card), but I used this Penny Black stamp for her office card. I colored the image w/ combination of prismacolor watercolor pencils and copics. I then blinged some of the hearts w/ purple stickle. She loves dogs so I thought that this would be perfect for her. I used the Birthday stamp from Cute Stuff.

The 2nd card is for Amy, she grows roses at home so I thought this Penny Black design would be perfect for her. I colored the mice w/ copics, but I used watercolor shimmer paint for the rose. I then stickled the rose bud. I used the same technique of punching out the edges and then lining the top and bottom border of the card w/ ribbon before I glued the image down.

The last card if for Yumi, she's a great friend and I love the Penny Black hedgehogs so I thought that this was so cute. I colored the image w/ copics and watercolor pencils. It was getting pretty late when I made this card so it's pretty simple.

Of course, compared to you all, ALL of my cards are very simple-sigh, I wish I was creative as you!

Anyway, have a great Sunday and week. It's furlough Friday for me again this week so hopefully I can play more in the upcoming weekend.

Take care and God Bless!

Some birthday cards and a big THANK YOU!

2010-01-22T22:28:00.006-10:00

Hello everyone-
Thank you for your prayers for my mom. She is still in the hospital and may need to have another surgery, so if you could, please continue to pray for her.

Here are some birthday cards I made- I'll break them up so it seems that I have more posts for January LOL ;) Anyway, we have about 23 people in my office and last year we started buying birthday cakes for everyone. As you can imagine that became 1) very fattening since some months we were buying 4 cakes and 2) very costly. This year I decided that I would make cards for each co-worker and have the office sign it. That way it's hopefully more meaningful and less fattening for all.

Someone may decide to buy 1 birthday cake at the end of the month for each month's birthday celebrants so we can still have some sweet stuff- yum! (Cmon, we can't abstain from everything can we?)

Anyway, the first card I made for my friend Nancy, she loves flowers and is our office plant RN (whenever we have a dying plant we will give it to her and she will usually revive it. I remedy that problem by not having any live plants in my space at all- I've managed to kill several ivy plants and bromeliads over the years :P )
I used this swiss pixie stamp (I bought it late last year (like a lot of you) and haven't inked it up until now. I saw some people add dew drops to her wheelbarrow, but I decided to put some flower soft to make it look like she's carrying a floral bouquet. I used a Elzybell sentiment that I got from cute stuff. I also applied chunky glitter to her wings.

The 2nd card I made was for another co-worker. She really likes turtles and lives on a boat, so I decided to use this cute whippersnapper design for her. I used a EK success punch to cut the edges of the base paper and then I glued 1 strip of ribbon at each border before putting the base paper down. I stickled the flower of course :) don't look at the borders for the picture and sentiments too closely- I bought the MS corner and border punch set and am still trying to learn how to use it.

Anyway, it's been nice to start creating some things and I hope to do more. Right now though our main priority is to try and keep mom uplifted so she can come home soon.

Take care and have a great weekend crafting!

Happy New Year and a prayer request

2010-01-19T18:06:00.002-10:00

Hello everyone!
I hope you had a great New Year and 2010 is starting off well for you all. I made it back from my trip- it's was a great trip, but I worked hard :) Had to take 2 kids to ER and numerous calls for nausea/vomiting, sore throat, etc. I did get to visit Disneyland and California Adventure Park, the grand canyon and the Fiesta Bowl Parade. I met a great group of parents and I may consider being the trip nurse again.

I have been doing a little crafting since I came back, and my friend and I made favors for a co-worker's retirement party at the end of the month.

But the main reason I'm blogging is to not only wish you all a Happy New Year and tell you guys that your creations are AMAZING! But also to ask you to pray for my mom. She had "female area" surgery before Christmas and has had several infections and has ended back in the hospital for wound cleaning. She's on antibiotics and she's okay, just very sore and pretty frustrated b/c of this. Anyway, if I could ask you to say a prayer for my mom, Fay I'd really appreciate it. I am a strong believer in the power of prayer and we've all seen the effects that it can have.

Thank you for reading and I'll be posting those pics of the stuff I made soon. I will also post some pics of the trip too when I can.

Take care and God Bless you all.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T11:08:00.003-10:00

Hi everyone-
I can't believe that today is Christmas, it came too fast this year, of course it seems to come too fast every year. Anyway, I hope you all are having a blessed day with your family and friends!

Here are a few things that I made to sell.
My sister ordered these calendars for my nephew's classmates- they're in the 1st grade and are starting to learn about time management.

I then made gift card holders, there were about 10 different designs.

I finished my Christmas crafts last week and now I am packing. I got asked to be the trip nurse for Moanalua high school marching band and I leave tonite. I've packed things for the students and for emergencies/first aid. Now I need to pack for myself...yikes! If all goes well and no one gets sick, I'll get to see Universal studios, Disneyland & California adventure park, magic mountain, grand canyon and the fiesta bowl parade.

I wish you all a great Christmas and a happy new year! May 2010 be filled with good health, love, happiness, friendships and prosperity. Take care and God Bless You All!

My office Christmas party

2009-12-09T10:55:00.005-10:00

Hello everyone!
I don't know about you, but I'm so behind in everything. We had our office Christmas party last weekend and everyone had a blast. I'm now trying to work on some orders and make things to sell. And I have to make 11 favors for a retirement luncheon, busy busy!

I made this Christmas banner using my cricut, I stickled the snowflakes and the letters.

I made these favors using the Sizzix pie box die, stamped it w/ a hero arts Xmas tree stamp and embossed it. Then I decorated it w/ stickles. Used the small snowflakes from the Martha Stewart snowflake border to make the tree topper. I filled the box w/ hershey's kisses and Reese's peanut butter cups- yum!

Finally I decorated these Christmas trees for the centerpieces- I made 8 in all

I hope you all are having a nice holiday season! Take care and God Bless!

Happy Tuesday!

2009-12-01T17:13:00.002-10:00

Hey everyone--
we're getting closer to Friday thank GOD!. Anyway, I made 2 cards yesterday on the "fly"

My co-worker's husband fell down the stairs and had a brain bleed, so he's recovering at Rehab hospital right now, we continue to pray for him for a full recovery. I was asked to make this card so everyone in the office can sign for it and we can get them a Room Service in Paradise gift certificate (this is a great company, they have many restaurants that you can choose from and they deliver the food to your house- great idea for people w/ new babies, newlyweds, new homeowners, etc). I used a pink cat studio digi image and it's appropriate b/c their dog kept barking to alert my co-worker that her husband had fallen down.

The next card is for my friend's birthday. I used a CC design from cute stuff and I really love this purely pomegranate stamp pad that I picked up.

Anyway, I am still prepping for the office Xmas party this weekend so I'll post stuff later. I'm currently cutting some shapes out on my cricut so I decided to blurf in between~

Take care

Thanksgiving festivities and other happenings

2009-11-29T11:42:00.005-10:00

Hi everyone-
sorry I've been AWOL. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and weekend! I can't believe the weekend is almost over. Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, my step grandma's 75th birthday party was yesterday and I made 100 of her favors. We also had family coming in from Oregon so we had Thanksgiving at my mom's house. I made the turkey, sweet potato souffle, spinach stuffing balls and pumpkin tiramisu- I took most of the pics w/ my phone so I can't share them. The food was great (in my opinion lol!) and the fellowship was even better.

Here is the post-it note holder I made for my grandma's party and

here is some of the food that we ate at Thanksgiving.

As you can see- my mom, stepdad and I are exhausted (look at the bags under our eyes)

To top off the weekend I went to my first black Friday at Walmart- I left empty handed, but stayed around to help my friend fight off the crowds. It was an interesting experience to say the least. Since I was up from 700am on thanksgiving day until 630 am on black Friday- I was pooped and unconscious for most of Friday :P

I am in charge of our office Christmas party this weekend so I'm finishing up the favors and centerpieces, I'll post pics of that when I'm done.

Have a great week and take care and God Bless.

Happy Birthday Cute Stuff

2009-11-15T19:53:00.003-10:00

hello-
I went yesterday to deliver this birthday card to cute stuff and Lianne and to go shopping of course :S I have only been shopping there for about 6 months, but my collection looks like I've shopped there for years! Yikes. Anyway, I hope she had a successful sale and I wish her many more years of great business. Thanks to her for bringing in such great stuff for us!

card for Noah

2009-11-11T10:39:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone-
I hope you are all having a nice Veteran's day holiday-let's remember those who fought or are fighting for our freedom!

I have been busily making 100 favors for my stepgrandma's 75th birthday party at the end of the month and I need to make the favors for our office Xmas party (I'm a co-chair this year)! Whoosh.

More importantly, I have made this card to send to 5 year old Noah Biorkman of South Lyon who will celebrate Christmas early this year.

His parents, Diana and Scott, wanted to make sure he would see the holiday one last time before cancer claims his life. They'll have their own Christmas this weekend.

Noah was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2007, when he was 3 years old.

He went into remission, but then relapsed in September 2008. His family is not expecting him to make it to Christmas Day.

If you would like to send him a special Christmas card and send him God's blessings please mail your cards to:

Noah Biorkman
1141 Fountain View Circle
South Lyon, MI 48178

Thanks everyone and have a blessed day.

my october OCS for Shirley

2009-11-02T10:36:00.001-10:00

Hello-
Shirley already posted this on her blog, but I wanted to share w/ you what I made for her. I used a penny black stamp, stickled the tulips and added a bow. I totally suck at making bows so it was a little skewed...grr.

Anyway, she liked the card and that's the main thing.

Have a great week!

Happy Halloween from Toby!

2009-10-31T10:19:00.006-10:00

Hello everyone-
Can't believe that it's the end of the month already! I hope you have a great Halloween and stay safe. This is 2 of Toby's costumes, another was also posted on my sidebar at the beginning of the month. Anyway, 1) HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GHOST, NOT A RACIST KLAN MEMBER, SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.

I'm going to my cousin's house for a Halloween party, Toby is staying home in his kennel. It's too hard to stay home for trick or treaters because he barks ferociously (but when you actually let him out of the house, he's very friendly), but most people avoid the house b/c of his barking and clawing at the security screen door :P

My cousins are dressing up as 2 witches and 1 optimus prime so I made these treat boxes for them

I used Teri's idea for the box (thank God she made a tutorial) and then I used TSRD free digi image witch for the girls' boxes and I downloaded and shrank an optimus prime for Dane. I'm planning on filling them w/ oreos and tootsie pops.

I hope you all have a wonderful nite and take care!

Card sets for my cousins

2009-10-27T08:58:00.000-10:00

Hi-
My cousins who flew in for the funeral are leaving this week, I wanted to make them something special. They opened up the gift last night at my dad's house (another HUGE family gathering) and they loved it.

My October OCS card from Shirley

2009-10-25T08:46:00.004-10:00

I got this darling and awesome card from Shirley last week, I'm still working on hers, but it'll be mailed out this week. She did a fantastic job coloring it (looks like it's w/ pencils-she has a light airy touch to her coloring- it's so subtle and beautiful!) She added stickles to the bubbles and embossed the base of the card. I totally love the card and I hope she'll like mine :)

Have a great Sunday everyone!

2 sympathy cards

2009-10-18T11:45:00.003-10:00

My cousin Mark passed away from a long battle w/scleroderma (it's a disorder where your skin, joints, organs harden and become brittle). He was a kind, gentle, caring man and such a fighter. We've been attending family gatherings since Wednesday and last night was the wake/memorial.

The first card that I made for my uncle, aunt and my cousins is pretty simple, I finally opened my top note die and I used shimmery green paper. Then I stamped the sentiment and image on w/ versamark shimmer gray ink.

The 2nd card I made for his wife and daughter was for encouragement, I can't imagine what it is like to lose your best friend and spouse and have to carry on. They have been incredibly strong and I wanted to remind them of that and that they will be able to carry on w/o him, but that his memory lives on and that he had left a last impression on their lives forever. I used a popcorn the bear image and colored it w/ my copics- I think it came out decent.

Anyway, life reminds us that it's too short and that we need to constantly tell people that we love them.

Take are and have a great week!

Boss's Day card

2009-10-13T20:39:00.003-10:00

Hello-
I almost forgot that it was boss's day, luckily I looked at someone's blog and it reminded me ;P

Anyway, I made this card for our boss and for my co-workers to sign. I used a Tina Wenke stamp and then used the Fred She Said pricking template again (told you I liked it!) I kinda smudged some areas so I added butterflies and little hearts (thank God for punches).

Thanks for coming by today and don't forget to wish your boss a Happy Boss's Day on 10/16/09!

Halloween treat bags

2009-10-11T12:58:00.003-10:00

Hello everyone!
I hope you are having a nice weekend, I spent my day yesterday shopping-both a good and bad thing for me ;P I went to J's Knickknacks for their make and take and I got to meet Jean from Dandelion Designs in person and I gave both her and Cheryl a treat bag. I have made 28 in total, so I will be filling these up w/ oreos and lollipops for my co-workers.

Then I went to cute stuff and picked up the newest C.C. designs sugarplum angel set and also the swiss pixie brigita. I actually went to try and pick up my TSRD order, but that hadn't arrived yet- oh well, guess I'll have to go down again this week :)

Then I went to photocraft. I attended their copic class last week and I left my pens there, thank goodness Brian found them and they held it for me. I found some ribbon and punches.

Then I went to Ben Franklin to pick up some more paper.

The shopping didn't end yesterday- I went today to BF again to use another 40% off coupon to buy a 1" circle punch (I'm pretty sure I have one already, but I can't find it-no big surprise, grr) Then I went to creations unlimited in Wahiawa to pick up more cardstock. I found a craft caddy (the material kind) at Walmart to hold my tools at my desk

Now I'm home and finished spot cleaning my house so I can craft.

Anyway, that was my weekend in a nutshell- bad for my wallet, but good for my mojo.

Hope you all have a great week! For those of you who signed up your children for school flu shots, the clinics start this week! I'm running a total of 9 clinics this flu season, God help me!

I have to make a sympathy card for my cousin who passed away from scleroderma and I signed up to make 2 cards, 1) for kids w/ cancer and 2) for a girl w/ spina bifida. I'll post those when I can.
Take care and God Bless

My first challenge submission

2009-10-04T08:38:00.005-10:00

Hello-
I hope you all had a nice WCMD day and made something. I'm almost finished with the halloween baskets that I'm making for my co-workers, but I surprised myself and also made a card.

Fred she said had a challenge and they also had new images. So I bought the pin-pricking template and I used the big dahlias that I had bought earlier to make this birthday card for my uncle. It's so hard to make cards for men- I hope it's not too "girly" looking- if it is, oh well, at least I tried. LOL!

I used glossy accents on the top dahlia and leaves to make it shiny and then popped it up w/ dimensionals.
It's very simple, but I really like the pin-pricking template, I think I'll be using this alot.

I also submitted this card for the Capture the Moment challenge 2 contest. The inspiration was Mexico- so I used the bright colors of Mexico to make my card.

There are nicer submissions out there, but at least I tried ;)

Thanks for looking and have a great week. I'm trying to finish up the goodie baskets today so I'll post a pic when I can.

Take care!

My card to Joy for the August OCS

2009-10-03T08:20:00.003-10:00

Hello-
Joy finally got my card that I sent her in September for the August OCS (I know, I'm terrible). I forgot to take a picture of it so she sent me one. I colored it w/ watercolor pencils and I thought it looked okay when I sent it to her, but when she took a picture of it (I'm horrified at my shading- yikes!)

Anyway, it is what it is and she liked it= thank God!

Happy WCMD- I don't know if I'll be making a card, but I will be making Halloween treat baskets for my co-workers :)

Handmade paper and 2nd post for today!

2009-09-25T18:37:00.004-10:00

Hi-

I was experimenting w/ Tim Holtz's distress ink pads, alcohol blender and perfect pearls and I made this background paper. Then I stamped some flourishes on it. It didn't turn out too bad. I think I need to use glossy paper next time b/c the cardstock kind of warped. Anyway, used the paper to make a card. TFL and have a great weekend!

I finally finished it

2009-09-25T18:24:00.002-10:00

I'm done w/ my cousin's guest book and album, I ended up make 2 albums because there were a lot of pictures. The wedding was beautiful and Gray Gables Estate where they got married was amazing. I'm so happy that I'm done because I can work on new stuff :) I hope they like it!