Guess who's an SN GUEST GAL?!?!?

Aloooooha!!! well i've got some exciting news today that adds to the kick off of an already FABULOUS week... believe me when i say i'm excited, yet nervous...

if only you could have heard the happiness in my screams, and maybe even the ground shaking with all the jumps of joys, LOL, (ok maybe not cause i'd probably crack the concrete)... seriously, my neighbors probably think i'm crazy, i know my kiddies looked at me kinda funny! anyway, what's all the excitement about?! i've been asked by the SUPER DUPER creative Amy Young, creator of Sweet November, to be her June Release Guest Gal!!! O-M-G!!! now do you understand the excitement! i've been a total fan of Amy way before she released her OH SO FABULOUS line of stamps and she is an AMAZING friend too... when she got her debut, i was over the top HAPPY for her and LOVED seeing her monthly releases! you just have to check out her images... i've started a collection, and you should too....

aside from the excitement (and honestly, i'm STILL beaming) i was absolutely nervous to be creating for Amy! She deserves the BEST previews and it was nerve wrecking because i did not want to let her down... so i'm hoping (crossing fingers) my creations will do her new releases justice!!! THANK YOU Amy, SO much for having me as your guest gal!!!

here's the official badge to let you know that you'll be previewing Amy's Sweet November June releases with Amy (Creator), Nancy Thomas (SN DTM) and ME!!!! Tomorrow is the kick off and you'll want to hit these wonderful ladies' blogs and the ATS blog too for previews... Sweet November will officially be released on Sunday, June 5th at 9pm CST at All That Scraps! Mark your calendars!!

can't leave you without a creation....

i was lucky to have won Virgo, from Amy's zodiac girls release in March on her blog... it was love at first sight and then love at first stamp! hehe! i totally LOVE this image and have deemed it my most FAVE of Amy's Sweet November images... Virgo has this island beauty glow which has drawn me to love her even more.... fabulous to color with copics (or any other medium you use) and gorgeous in any color scheme... i chose to go with bright tropical colors that refelect the beautiful flowers and scenery around Hawaii... Bo Bunny's Vicki B line perfectly helped me bring these colors out... Ahhhh! awesome way to start summer! (the crafting part)...

be sure to join me this week as we will be having SN previews for the rest of the week that will surely make a splash of an entrance to your SUMMER!! Previews start tomorrow!!

Christmas already?!?

Nope! but trying to get a head start! LOL!! is it too early?! hehe! why the Christmas card you ask??? you'll just have to read on to find out! Hope you are enjoying the 3 day weekend (for those who have Memorial day as a holiday/day off)... i surely enjoyed mine and can't believe it's Monday already... Let's us be thankful today and honor those we have loved and lost...

Monday challenge at Lollipop Crafts and it's a new and exciting one that you have ALL MONTH long to play along... yep, you read it right! LC is breaking for Summer for some much needed family and rest time, so you have until June 29th to link up to this challenge for a chance to win an AWESOME prize... You can find more deets about this announcement on the LC blog... be sure to be a follower so you can get all the info posted on that blog....

Challenge #41 is hosted this week by Lollipop Girl Denise and she is challenging you to be INSPIRED BY A SONG... any song, a favorite, random or a song with sentimental value.... YOU MUST INCLUDE a versus or line to signify what song inspired your creation....
Our awesome sponsor for this month long challenge is Bugaboo and they are giving away 7 digis to one LUCKY random winner!! There will be a spotlight on Bugaboo this Thursday on LC so don't forget to check that out! Again, all the deets can be found on the LC blog so make your way there and stop by the Lollipop Girls blogs to view their fabulous creations this week!

here' mine...
can you guess what song inspired my creation?!? haha! dead giveaway!!! anyway, while prepping my card for this challenge i stumbled across TGF's Cheeky Christmas set and knew what song i had in mind... then i went in between 2 songs... Santa Baby or Merry Christmas Darling.... no matter what time of year it is, i'm always singing Merry Christmas Darling in my head (one of my FAVE Christmas melodies) so that was a given... i used sketch #4 over at TGF's FFCB WOW challenge and went searching for some Christmas scraps... and that made my card! i fun flocked all the white parts of the image, computer generated the sentiment, punched and layered some snowflakes, gave a little glitz on her eyelids, embossed the white circle she is against and tadduh!! easy peasy... then after making this card, many other songs (not Christmas related) kept coming to mind, but i've been so busy this weekend i couldn't fit in to work on another...

Thank you for visiting... enjoy the rest of today and come back here tomorrow (unless by some miracle i have another creation done, LOL) for more exciting news... stay tuned because it's going to be a fun filled crafty week with things you don't want to miss!!

Felt Flowers....

Happy Sunday Everyone!! i have to admit... with school getting out on a Thursday and a 3 day weekend, i have my days sorta mixed! hehe! oh well... main thing is it's enjoyable right?!

apologizing for the lack of posting... with summer officially starting as of Friday, i was catching up on some family time... Friday we went to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 with the DDs... so CUTE and the girls LOVED it! Mommy and Daddy did too... we ended the day with the girls doing a quick ride around the mall on this cute little train... something new that the mall will be having on Fridays... then yesterday we had another family day spent at the ocean center.... this time the lil' man got to join in... here's a pix of the kiddies before we started our adventure....

we had LOTS of fun there.... lil' man was interested in some of it... things that really caught his eyes... oh especially the huge deep water tank where all the sharks roam... he had a kick out of that... =D and of course my days ended with craft time... LOTS of it... boy am i trying to touch up everything... managed to finish this card too....
ATS challenge this week is FELT! i knew i had a stash of some felt things somewhere and glad that i found it... the 2 felt flowers with the rhinestone middles don't really match on this card, but that's pretty much all i could find... at first i thought the clouds were felt, but after touching it, it didn't really feel like felt... idk! LOL... anyway, i used CC Designs Gretel and Butterfly Fence as my image choices... used my MS flower border punch and even punched and cut the different colored flowers... whoa, so time consuming... hehe... i tried to use very subtle DP so that it wasn't too busy and the main focus would be my little flower garden scene... overall, even if the felt flowers didn't quite match, i'm happy with the results of this card! =D

that's it from me for now.... need to get some shut eye.... the morning (after some sleep) will be another busy day, house cleaning for summer... ugh, i think i feel a cold coming on.. haha! stay tuned for an exciting week here with LOTS of happening and sharings... and come back tomorrow for a new challenge at Lollipop Crafts with some important info.... ta-ta!!

Spotlight and a Happy Birthday!

Happy Thursday!!! one more day before the weekend and i'm sure many of you can't wait for the 3 day weekend!! whatever is in your plans for the long weekend, have tons of fun and be safe!

On to today's post.... i had to tie in 2 sharings today as my blogging time seems to be late... hehe! everytime i say i'm gonna do this or that at this time, something else comes up... so, hitting it with one stone.... =D ready? set? go!
Sponsor spotlight is on Digis with Attitude over at Lollipop Crafts... they have fabulous images with a lot of ATTITUDE! Be sure to check out the post on the LC blog and while you're on a roll, check out the SASSY images in the DWA store... want a peek at the sassy and classy type images they have?!?
my card features Prom Tween! glamorous and sassy!! Love her attitude!! using copics i tried to color her to match the awesome Moonrise DP collection by SEI.... i LOVE this paper.... and trying to copy the flower she has, i used some primas and leaves to create something similar... got pretty close... hehe... sentiment is from CC Designs... don't you just LOVE the saying?! and keeping with the challenge theme this week which is BLING, Prom tween is shinning in the spotlight with all her bling bling!! there is still time to join us this week if you haven't already... head on over to LC and get all the deets you need on how you can have a chance at winning a FANTASTIC prize from DWA....

My second sharing is a birthday card (also posted on the LC blog) i created to help one of the Lollipop girls celebrate a very special day...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Zulma!!! May all your wishes come true and may you have the HAPPIEST day ever!!!
you like? here is a Sugar Nellie - Manga Fairy who hasn't seen some ink in a long time... she's magical in every way and cute too! scrap DPs also helped me create this card with some ribbon and bling!! make a wish sentiment is from Dandelion Designs.... her wings, wand and stars on her sandals have a touch of magic too.... GLITTER! and hey, it fits this week's challenge too!! LOL....

omgosh, you must be so bored reading my babbling... ok, ok... i think i'm done... =D OH one more thing before you click away... June SSS sign ups are up on my blog... so sign up!

Thanks for coming to visit today... with all the issues blogger is having, i totally understand if you can't comment! toodles for now....

June SSS sign ups!

Wow!!! do i need to relax after today.... sorry this comes, again, late.... wednesdays are usually my busy day with after school activities and errands... and i'm finally settling down after a looooong day...

June Secret Sister Sign ups happening today... here's a recap of the mini rules....

1. You can swap anything you think is appropriate. Such as cards, 3d projects, gift tags, altered items, etc. You are not restricted to just a card for each swap... for example, you can do a card this month and gift tags next month, etc... be creative and use your talents! Many of you do not limit yourself to cards, there are some that do awesome jewelry, altered items and so on, so this is the swap to make something special and surprise someone... can't get creative? no problem, you are free to sub in a RAK too!

2. I kindly ask that you please send out your swaps before month's end. If you can't send it by the end of the month, please let me know so i can inform your partner. i understand life happens and we all have priorities... i'm sure your secret sister will understand too, but please let me let them know... =D Thanks!

3. The most important of all, HAVE FUN! We all love surprises!!!

it's another "anything goes" month so whatever your heart desires to create for that secret sister, go for it! Sign ups will close on Monday, May 30th so sign up now by leaving a comment or emailing me... NEW PLAYERS, please email me at krisnal5868 at hotmail dot com with the subject SECRET SISTER SWAP and the following info: FULL NAME, ADDRESS, BLOG URL (if you have one) and best EMAIL to contact you... Previous players, i have your info so i just need to know if you're joining in... THANKS!!

swap info/sisters will be emailed shortly after sign up has closed.

Thanks again to everyone that has been playing along!! i hope you're enjoying it!!!

Thank you Miss!

Whoops! did i say i was going to post yesterday?! yah i did... sorry, i got caught up with house duties... 4 loads of laundry and i'm still not done... but thank goodness i did most of it as we are having some rain... plus i still have to clean up the kitchen which lately has been an 'extra' storage area... LOL...

well, i said i was going to share another mini pizza box so here it is....
totally different from Monday's one... i didn't do a card on the front this time because i was trying to match this as best as i could to the Thank you card from last week... had some left over scraps so i had to make it work... hehe... pretty close with the same papers and color theme... like the card, i used TGF's Wild Sprout Annika (no longer available) and the 'from me to you' sentiment from TGF's Sweet Message set (also not available).... this will be the end of year gift to DD1's teacher....

i'm telling you... these boxes are so much fun.... you have to try one... you might get addicted.... hehe!

okie dokie... posting late (or early) and it's time to clean up and go to bed... i have a busy wednesday ahead of me and i need all the composure i can possibly get... or in other words... BEAUTY SLEEP! LOL... be back later today with the sign ups for June's SSS... so until then... Happy Wednesday, good night and good morning!!! hehe!

Hey dude!

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Hiya!! i'm back again with a creation i was suppose to post on Sunday... hehe... better late than never...

so i'm seeing lots of mini pizza boxes these days and i'm seriously admiring all the wonderful designs... i've received a few myself and just LOVE it... it's big enough to fill up with lots of treats... i would say it's the newest craze... hehe! after receiving my pizza boxes i told myself i had to try it... of course i procrastinated... then i saw this week's Wednesday challenge at ATS... Mini Pizza Boxes.... after debating if i would have time to try it, i thought it would be a perfect gift for end of school year thank yous... so i pushed myself and made one....
ok, so after deciding to do one, my next thing was "what was i going to do?!" well TGF FFCB Farm Fresh Challenge this week is Summer Lovin' and that gave me some inspiration too.... ah-ha!! perfect since we're ending the school year and going into summer.... then i thought of the perfect thing to create for DD1's A+ leader!! Surf's up!

so i pulled out TGF's surfer Ian and some mango luau Bo Bunny paper (wish i bought more when the line was still available, i LOVE it) and started working.... it was difficult since i had a cut-out sheet of the DP instead of actual solid (one print) DP... i was limited to what i could use... but all worked out... i used the cuttlebug mesh embossing folder, circle and scallop circle nesties, some raffia (to keep the box and card closed) and i cut out the little 'surfing' sign from the DP too... the 'hey dude' sentiment is from My Guy Ian which is also a set from TGF.... Ian is popped up using pop up dots... i love the dimensional look!! hehe...
ok so if you're looking at the box in the first picture, you'd think that's just one piece on the front... but actually the top is a card... this is the inside... again i used part of the DP (it was printed like this) to use as a little area to write a note... so i simply did up my card and adhered it to the box front...
and this is the box opened.... filled with yummy yummies.... i plan to hit starbucks to get some GC to add to this thank you, have a cool summer treat too!!

i'm telling you, these boxes are awesome... holds alot, as you can see and you can decorate it in any way you want... i'm already starting on one for DD1's teacher....

alright, i'm going to surf on out of here and surf the net... hehe!! come back tomorrow for the second box...

Bling, Bling!!!

a crafter's best friend!! LOL.... or atleast one of them, speaking in supply terms... hehe!

i'm hosting this week at Lollipop Crafts for Challenge #40 and we want you to BLING up your creations!! easy right?! Add glitter, rhinestones, shimmer mist, etc, but make your creations sparkle and BLING!!!
Digi's With Attitude is our sponsor this week and if you LOVE attitude (images with attitude) then you'll definitely want to check this sponsor out... play along in this week's challenge too for a chance to win a prize full of attitude! hop on over to the LC blog and check out the deets on how to join in this week's challenge and what prize is at stake....
this is my blingin' creation for the challenge! can you see it?! lots of rhinestones on here with a touch of glitter... i used CC Designs Laying Nora (LOVE HER) for my card paired with some pretty colorful Bo Bunny papers... the sentiment is from Stampendous... punched and layered some butterflies, used some ribbon and even added a stick pin created by my GF Kim!! which btw, you can purchase at her Etsy shop! check out her blog and take the link to her store...

do you need more inspiring creations to help you get started?! the Lollipop Girls have some AWESOME eye candy for you this week on the LC blog!! so go on over and and leave them some love too!

that's it from me for now... sorry i was suppose to share a creation with you on Sunday, but it wasn't done yet... so i'll share it a little later today... =D Have a beautiful Monday and a fantastic week!!!

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii....

Happy Saturday Peeps!! i'm sneaking in before i have to start getting ready for today's festivities.... it's gonna be one heck of a "bouncing" party!! LOL... lots of pictures on this post so bare with me...

yesterday, DD1 had her school's May Day program... i was totally looking forward to it this year as it was the first i've got to attend... the last 2 years i wasn't able to.... but i would always make sure someone could go to represent our family... although we weren't able to see her dance (we were on the wrong side) the program (atleast up until DD1's performance) was very cute and everyone did an outstanding job!! but before we went to watch the program we went to check out the lei contest....

every year since DD1 started Kindergarten, i would enter her into the lei contest that takes place the day before May Day... the last 2 years she's taken 2nd place... but nonetheless, all that mattered was she got to make a lei, participate and just have fun!! this year i'm super excited and extremely thrilled that her creation was chosen for top honors of "OVERALL ARTIFICIAL GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!!
tadduh!!!! she's old enough now for me to teach her how to make my garland candy leis... and so that is what she made for this year's contest... she said she ran out of time and couldn't curl the ribbon, but i told her that's ok, the lei is still so VERY beautiful!!! believe me when i say i was tearing when i saw it... i was so so so so happy!! this Mama Bear was surely glowing with happiness!!! not that i don't every day, but yesterday was very special...above pix is the Natural Overall Winner that is next to hers and a few other 1st place winners.... i thought she only won the grand prize, but actually she took 2 prizes... 1st place for her division (grades 1 & 2) in artificial and the Overall out of all artificial participants.... can someone say sweeeeet?!

sharing some of the other creations from the students....

and a few more... so cute, someone made a lei with the cheez it crackers... lots of flower (natural) leis... a silly band lei....

some more.... ooh, i spy a HK... do you?!

the other side of the table....

some first place winners....

i thought this one was so cute!!! RUBBAH SLIPPERS!! totally creative and very very cute!!

wanna wish all the participants a warm congrats!!! and to my sweet daughter, mommy is so AWESOMELY PROUD OF YOU!!! Good Job sweetie!!!!

yes and i'm already brainstorming for next year... LOL....

well friends... it's time for me to hele on... gottah cut up some vegetables and then head out for some balloons and the cake... May you all have a wonderful and blessed weekend!! Enjoy today, live for tomorrow and i'll be back with one of my own creations... as in maybe tomorrow!! LOL, i'm going to enjoy today (but think for tomorrow).... hehe!

Sweet Treats!

It's ALOHA Friday!!! yes it is!!! i'm looking forward to the weekend as lots of things are going on.... not looking forward to the prep work, but nonetheless the weekend is here.... =D it's been an incredible bumpy week and i'm still searching for some quiet time... well, i've been putting in some overtime in the craft room to relax my mind on some things... it has been a win-win situation.... and has helped bunches... didn't think about "those" things too much and i got a lot of stuff done....

kiddies are feeling better and DD1 is looking forward to her birthday party tomorrow... i am too.... be nice to see family and friends... maybe that's what i need right now... =D hoping it all goes smoothly....

so, DD1's birthday party was not expected to be an actual party... i was thinking somewhere along lunch at the park or something small... however, daddy gave in and went for a jumping castle and a few more friends added to the list... AAHHH! so we're having it at home... on such short notice, i wasn't able to do invites myself or other things like huge amounts of favors, etc... but i wanted to do atleast something small... the kiddies all get treat bags filled with goodies but what about the adults right?!? hehe... after spinning and blurfing on what to create, i saw the Mystery Monday challenge at TGF's FFCB and got some inspiration there.... this week they are CASE-ing a creation from Mariska.... i love the way she did her card... it's long style and i really like it... so i twisted it a bit and made candy wrappers.... (click on picture to make bigger)
DD1's theme is iCarly and it was hard to find things here to match so i just used the cutesy TGF Sweet Tooth set (note this set is no longer available at TGF).... LOVE the little monkey with her surprised expression... found some pretty glittered My Mind's Eye Party Theme scraps in a theme of stars and circles and the colors are pretty close to the iCarly stuff i got on Oahu, so it worked out well... basically all i did was measure the candy bar... used solid CS to make the base... and added my layers... the wrappers have 2 different DP scraps on them to off set colors and/or the prints... majority of them have some kind of 'star' print... computerized a little thank you note and voila!!! made about 20 of these in 2 days.... phew... thank goodness it's done... i was only going to make 12, but like i said, the list grew, so a run to the store for more candy bars is a must today.... do you likey?! i think it's simple and cute... ok, kinda simple... hehe...

yikes! it's off to bed for me... DD1 has May Day today and it's the first one since she's been in elementary that i'm able to attend!! looking forward to watching her dance and see her final project that she did for the lei contest...

Have a FAB Friday and a wonderful weekend.... stay tuned for more sharings...... Happy Aloha Friday!!

You're sweet!!

spotlight Thursday at Lollipop Crafts has sneaked up again!! Wow, the week kinda flew by huh?! i feel like i'm still in weekend mode only to realize it's almost the weekend again! LOL...

Thank you for all the sweet comments on my daughter's creations yesterday!! she's a little shy with the attention to her cards, but is very THANKFUL you liked it!!

check out Lollipop Crafts today and get the deets on our fabulous sponsor this week, Robyn's Fetish!! cute images for any occasion and the best thing is the images can be versatile too... there's still time to join in the challenge if you haven't already done so... so what are you waiting for?!?! do you need some inspiration?!?


here's my creation using Loretta Angel... i hope she inspires you to get crafty... i used her to make some thank you cards... kept the layout very simple as i had to make a few... reflected on the sketch from TGF FFCB from last week's WOW... i just love the sketch!! sentiment is from Dandelion Designs and i had to add some punched flowers and leaves cause i thought it was just pretty like that... hehe! the papers are so pretty you'll never guess where i found them! on a browsing day to kill time this past weekend we went to Ross'... every now and then i can find good deals in the very tiny crafting section... these pretty papers were found there... it's from We R memory Keepers, the Hoopla line... next time you're in Ross' you'll just have to look.... i actually found a bunch of great papers there... from big companies like DCWV, Making Memories, etc... some are sold as the whole paper stack and some are sold as sampler packs... and cheap too! this is the inside... i used the coordinating paper scraps to add color inside and used the SU! top note die stamped with some mix and match Hero Arts sentiments to complete my cards... now all that's left is to address and send it on it's way....

so i hope this creation got your mojo going to craft, craft, CRAFT!! Thanks so much for visiting today!! i hope you'll stop by again!!

Thank you cards....

Hello!!! i missed a day!! yikes... did mr. mojo take another vacation?? actually no, but i did... had to take care of biz, run errands and dwell on somethings.... crafting has been a big help lately on taking my mind off some things... technically, being in the craft room in general has helped! did some crafting, rearranging, sorting, "some" cleaning and moving my nesties from my big binder to cd cases.... so i've kept myself pretty busy despite on the things happening... i just needed to... ever have those moments?!?!

anywho... hope you all are having a terrific week... i have 2 sick kiddies in my household so the quiet time comes and goes... good news, bad news and everything in between has happened so far, but i'm still smiling... today's post is a crafty one but not created by me... well some of it is... =D

DD1 had a cookie fundraiser for her elementary school, and we picked up all the orders last week Thursday... before then, i had her create some thank you cards to go along with the delivery of the cookies... and this is what we did....

we used TGF's OA - Just for you set (Amelia) with the "thank you so much" sentiment from the Butterfly Wishes set... DD1 colored all the images and i had die cut the circles and scallop circles and punched out the sentiments... generated a little thank you note for the inside and she addressed each one... we then stuck the image and sentiment onto some cards and that was it!

she's so proud of her creations!!! i am too!!

it's extra special because she created them... she loves to craft, but still on a beginner's level... i hope she continues to craft in areas she enjoys most... who knows, maybe in a few more years i'll have a crafting buddy... =D

short and sweet today... my mind is doing a 180.... hopefully some crafting later will help ease the dizziness... stop by tomorrow for some spotlight creations! enjoy today, because you can never get these moments back!! aloha, until we meet again!!

To my teacher....

{2nd post in less than 24hours. Please scroll down to view my creation for ATS. Thank you!}

THANKS!!!

Hello friends!! It's Monday and by now you know what that means!! New challenge at Lollipop Crafts!! Woohoo!!

Lollipop Gal Juelmarie is hosting Challenge #39 this week and she wants you to create a card/project with THANKS to an educator/babysitter, etc... what does that mean?!? well, off the back you could definitely create something to say THANKS to a teacher (especially in Hawaii where there is only 9 days of school left) or maybe a counselor, principal or librarian... Anyone who educates.. babysitter you ask?! well, a babysitter is definitely like a teacher... especially those that run day cares... they don't really push academics, but they surely enforce the rules of life like socializing, please and thank you... so who will you THANK?
Our wonderful sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish... offering awesome digital images for any occasion... check out the LC blog on Thursday for a spotlight on this week's sponsor.... and after visiting with me, be sure to check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the team on the LC blog today...
and here's my creation... a perfect Thank you card to DD1's teacher at the end of the school year!! 9 more days of school! i can't believe it!! now i ask myself again... where did all the time go?!?!? TGF's Annika was waiting to see some ink and be brought to life.... i have a stack of DCWV Grade School paper and and pulled out a few sheets which compliment this challenge to perfection... always stumped to do a layout, i used the the WOW Sketch #3 on TGF's FFCB... LOVE it! can you see the ABC 123 border punch?! blends into the papers a bit, hehe!! sentiment is from Dandelion Designs... colors are really blasting on this card so i kept it really simple... no glitters, no embellies... kinda CAS....

come and join us... all the deets for this challenge can be found on the LC blog... so head over there now!

my time is up, got lots to do... be back soon!! until then, have a wonderful day!!

Copics notepad

ok!! where did the weekend go?!?! guess it wasn't a very good one so i didn't pay much attention to the time or days.... LOL... oh well... weekend is in the past now... i hope you had a fantastic weekend doing whatever it was that you were doing!!!

sorry for the lack of posting... with blogger having some issues, i had my share too... so i tried to avoid blogger while the kinks were being fixed... even tried to leave some comments, but my dashboard was totally whacked!! i had posts from people showing up, but they posted it like days ago... WOW! yah i didn't want to deal with the frustration.... hehe... and then, one of my postings went back into draft form... arrrghhh! i'll have to fix that too!

got to craft a bit over the weekend... whenever i could get some free time to do so.... with 2 kiddies sick, not much could be done... but i do thank my mom for helping me out Saturday night with the kiddies... she gave me some time to craft in peace, while someone else decided they didn't have responsibilities... um yah! not going there.... LOL

i was in much need of a notepad or book or something to keep track of the Copics i've been collecting... especially when i go craft shopping... not knowing what i already have lead me to buying doubles or even wrong fillers... LOL..
this is a small notepad i put together using my Cinch and measures approx. 3x5... i have yet to add labels so i can easily find pages, but i did add all the Copic colors i have so far... =D using one of the Anyas from TGF's Miss Anya Collection and the challenge over at ATS - Paper Piecing, i was able to make a fun notepad... a lot of these papers are scrap, which made it MORE fun, trying to figure out how to use them... even the ribbon on the wire are scraps... used some sticker letters to spell out Copics, added some bling and i was pretty satisfied... can you tell what is paper pieced??? man i had to ask myself why i chose such a hard part to paper piece....

hey and i even got to use it today when i went craft shopping with my mom... yes i went shopping for Copics!! our local Ben Franklin Crafts store now sells Copic sketch, so i went to pick up a few (more).... LOL... i went the other day too!

well, i'm gonna try and attempt to get more crafting done... we'll see who will be nice!! check me out a bit later for an LC posting!! Have a wonderful rest of Sunday and a happy new week!!

Birthday Wishes....

Happy Thursday!! sorry, with blogger down last night i wasn't able to get my post up early... but it's here now! the week flew by again and we're almost into the weekend.... YAY! hope you all are having a good week so far... mine has been busy getting back into routine...
today is sponsor spotlight at Lollipop Crafts and there is a post on the LC blog about Softpencil Digital Stamps! Get to know about the company and check out some CUTE samples from the DT using Softpencil images... oh, and there is still time to play along in this week's challenge if you haven't already done so!! =D

here's my creation for the spotlight... i used "Molly giving flower" on my card paired with the "birthday wishes" sentiment from CC Designs Pixies Birthday Bash (and older set)... used up my lovable Bo Bunny paper scraps and a MS border bunch... can't really see it, but i have some stickles on the image (grass and flower) and added bling to some of the border punched flowers... i even opened my new pack of flowers (posted a few days ago) that i bought from Oahu to add to my creation... the colors matched so i had to open it.... hehe! if not it would have probably been hoarded...

hope i've inspired you to get creative or even play along with us... Softpencil has many cute designs and these adorable images could be yours... one random winner from this week's challenge will win a $10 GC to the store!! Awesome prize huh?!

alright! wherever you are today, whatever you may be doing, i'm wishing you a bright and beautiful day... until tomorrow.... get creative!! =D

Happiness!!!

Thanks for all the sweet comments on yesterday's post friends!! my mother's day was good because i was with my kiddies.... even though they drive me crazy, i LOVE them bunches!!! my little vacay on the other hand, in general, wasn't too good but i do have some highlights of my trip that really made the bad moments MUCH BETTER! so i have some sharings today on some wonderful RAKs i've received from some special people dear to me who turned my frowns upside down... lengthy post so beware....

for starters i got to meet up with the dolls, Linda and Joy for some shopping!! wish our time together could have been a little longer, but the weekend was crazy enough on timing for all of us! we had some laughs and actually stood in line and fought the crowd at Bath and Body!! it was the opening week and just filled with people waiting to get in... Wow, that was crazy! not to mention the store itself was crowded... some parts of the store people were packed like sardines.... oh and if you bump into people, even on accident, they give you the stink eye.... LOL... so thankful i had Tae helping me grab things i wanted... she was tiny enough to slip through people and snag some goodies... Thanks Tae! walked around a bit and caught up with each other, not something we can always do being on different islands... the time together was indeed wonderful and i already miss them... i think i have to plan another trip to visit soon!! so as always in local tradition we greet each other with omiyage (gifts) and this is what these FABULOUS girls surprised me with....
this one here is from Linda! look at that CUTE bag... in my FAVE color too!! it's so cute and i'm so sad it got a little smashed on the trip home.... but i still love it!! even that cute tag she made to attach to the bag... totally SWEET!!! i am aware that it says Happy Birthday, it is a belated birthday gift... who said you couldn't celebrate your birthday on another day?!? hehe!
look what was inside!! i can't wait to play with it... in the white envelope is tape for the dispenser and wrapped up in that little tupperware container is more tape... Thank you so much Linda for thinking of me! how you know i needed one?!? LOL... this will work great for me when i'm producing a lot of creations... Thank you again!!

this one is from Joy and Taelyn!! isn't it beautiful?!? i just love the flower (and might have to own this die)!! the box is pretty big and can be stuffed with all kinds of goodies... the sentiment is very beautiful too and touching....

and this was stuffed inside my box... YUMMIES!! THANK YOU Joy and Taelyn for thinking about me... i'm stashing the yummies for a sugar rush!!

getting together with these dolls was one major happy part of my trip... THANK YOU sistahs for a FABULOUS time... wish the other dolls were available to get together too, but it was mother's day weekend and everyone had different plans... next time sistahs!

i managed to hit a craft store (J's) to try and do some supply shopping, but time was limited again and i couldn't really browse like i normally do... so it was a quick look and just grab sort of shopping... and it was packed with customers so it was one sweep through the store instead of my normal walk around the store twice or more, LOL... here's some goodies i found and bought... oh and because it was coupon weekend at BF, i had to find some time to stop at a BF there... got to check out the Market City BF and make good use of my 40% off coupon... and these are the goodies i got there....

added another set of HK stamps to my collection, some ribbon, a pack of flowers that i missed out on getting at the store here, candy stick bags and my very 1st stamping bella stamp! hehe, i had an extra coupon so i asked the hubs to get me the HK stamps and i used my coupon on the stamping bella...

guess another good part of the trip was some shopping... that's always a plus right?! just very hard with time limits... kids got to find some goodies too, which is good since a lot that we found can't be bought at home... checked out Party City and started picking up decorations for my son's 1st birthday... there was another craft store i wanted to check out but didn't have time to do so... oh well, next time... and another major part of my trip was visiting with family... some i haven't seen in like 7 years... but there were also moments of stress and negativity that really mad me frown and feel sad on this trip... BUT, when i got home and checked my mail, i received something from a sweet and thoughtful friend that changed my mood for the remainder of the night! look...
Sweet, sweet Brenda sent this to me for Mother's Day!! she is always so thoughtful and giving and really brightned the rest of my night... isn't her punch art beautiful?!? check out her blog, she has a tutorial on how to make this bird of paradise! sentiment has some serious meaning too when you think about life in general....inside was a mini card she made and more YUMMIES for my sugar rush!! hehe! oh yah, i'm going to be full of sweetness with this and Joy's goddies... THANK YOU Brenda for the wonderful surprise gift, for making me smile after a bad day and for thinking of me!!!

wowza! are you still with me?!? LOL... sorry, i figure i share everything with you at once... hehe! i have a few more RAKs to share with you tomorrow, not as long as this one... so if you made it this far, thanks for stopping by today and sharing in some joy in my heart and come back and visit again soon!!

2 folds... or more...

Hello Monday!! wow, the weekend surely flew by... i'm not sure if i'm thankful for that or not! back from vacay, back to reality and i'll just say the vacay wasn't as expected... i'm not even going to attempt to get into that... haha! but i do hope all you mothers and mothers to be out there had a wonderful day for special YOU!!!


So yes, whether i like it or not it is Monday and that means a new challenge is issued at Lollipop Crafts! Lollipop Girl Mimi, is hosting this week and here is what she wants you to create! Challenge #38 - More than ONE fold... yup that's right! she wants you to create a card with more than ONE fold... time to hit up those tri folds, shutters, easel or whatever, but it has to have 2 or more folds... got it?! got it!
Our wonderful sponsor for this week is Softpencil!! Please check out the LC blog for the prize info and how to play along and while there, why not show some love to the rest of the DT... i didn't feature one of their images today, but come back on Thursday and i'll have something for you...

I decided to do a tri fold card for this challenge and here's what i came up with....

a card for my Mommy! i used this cutesy Anya from TGF's Miss Anya Love set along with this sentiment from TGF's Butterfly Wishes set...

and here is the inside... i'm not sure of the maker of this sentiment... i found it in my sentiment stash and didn't even look at the label... i wanna say Anna's but not quite sure...

anyway, i'm also entering this into TGFFFCB Farm Fresh Friday Throwback Challenge.... take the link and check out the deets on this challenge... there are some exclusions so be sure to make sure you understand it first...

short and sweet today.... i have a lot to do (such as clean up) and lots to catch up on since i took a vacay... so for now i have to say.... 'toodles'.... be back tomorrow with some sharings...

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Wishing all of you a wonderful and Happy Mother's Day!!! May your day be blessed with lots of love and happiness!! Celebrate, pamper, indulge and relax!!! Whatever you are doing today.... ENJOY with many smiles! Hugs from me to you!! =D

Valentine's?!?!

or something like that!! It's Friday and i'm so excited to be going off on my mini vacay!!! Thank you so much everyone for your comments on my lil' monkey!! It was a great celebration in honor of boys' day... my son is indeed the first boy in 2 generations so my fam was totally excited...

i'm here today with an even bigger celebration... HAPPY 10th (5th) ANNIVERSARY to my WONDERFUL HUSBAND!!! Yes, we are celebrating 10 years of being together 5 of which we made it official... lots of ups and downs and run arounds, but still strong and still in love... so here is the card i made for him in honor of our special day!!!
does look like a valentine's card... hehe!! red and black is his favorite colors and it was our wedding colors too.... he's not too fond of glitter and bling, so i left a lot of that out and kept it pretty simple... i thought Miss Dressy Anya from TGF was a great gal to use, don't you think?!? the sentiment if from Hero Arts... hope he likes it!

also entering this into this week's ANYTHING GOES challenge over at ATS.... check out the official deets on their blog and play along with the challenge...

alrighty.... time for me to say goodbye for now.... i'll be back before you know it... don't forget to join me on Monday for another FAB challenge at Lollipop Crafts!! Have a SUPER TERRIFIC weekend!!!

Happy Boys' Day!!!

Happy 1st Boys' Day to my lil' guy!!! Mommy LOVES you SO much!

and another extended Happy Boys' Day to everyone who has a boy (or boy at heart) in their lives... whether it be a dad, grandpa, hubby, son, grandson, etc.... Hugs to you all!!

**I wanted to take a pix of the actual ad we put in the newspaper but i can't seem to get a good pix of it... Nonetheless, this pix is in the paper.... =D

Have a FAB thursday everyone and i think i can sneak in a post for tomorrow... another day of CELEBRATION!!!

Bun-Buns!

i'm back again!! this time with a creation for Lollipop Crafts Sponsor Spotlight Thursdays!!! and this week we are spotlighting....
Meljen's Designs! be sure to stop by the LC blog and catch the deets on this whimsy company that offers CUTE designs for any occassion.... here's what i created....
i used Meljen's Cuddle Bun Buddies for my creation today... i like to call them Bun-Buns! for obvious reasons.. hehe! sorry, i wasn't able to make these according to the challenge... i was in desperate rush to make these cards to send them out and used some premade cards i had stashed away and used a bunch of solid CS scraps that i border punched and added to the card.... very simple Thank You cards... with a whole lotta meaning... =D
not sure if you can see it, since it blends in, but i added a mini pom pom for their tails... i just hope it's still on there after it's journey to their next destination... had lots of fun putting these together... simple, no brainer cards, but cute and to the point! ahh, simplicity! hehe!

well, i'm heading on my mini vacay tomorrow and probably won't be posting over the weekend... can't believe it's almost here already!! i've been waiting for this trip for sometime now and super excited to have a "relaxing" time... i quote that because i plan to do some shopping with lots of walking... haha! guess i'll wish you all a wonderful weekend now in case my creation isn't ready for tomorrow... oh, i'll be back later in the AM to share a Happy 1st with you all... i have to wait for the paper to come... =D see yah soon!