Going Green!

Happy Aloha Friday!!! or atleast what's left of the day... =D as i said i'd have a creation for you today, this one is HOT off the press... literally... i just finished gluing on the last of the detailing...

ok, but first i have to share this funny story with you... bare with me k?!

so i got a bunch of new stamps in the mail today and wanted to trim them for use tonight... so i took them (my whole container in fact) with me to my Dad's house (we go there every Friday) so i'd have something to do... i'm not much of a drinker and that's what they usually do... so i'm cutting my rubbah and my Dad asks "what are you doing?" in a laughing reply i say "cutting my rubbah so i can make babies!" LOL.... his reply... "WHAT?!?!" i'm sitting there laughing hysterically... and DH is sitting there saying "that's how we had the first 2!" LMAO... then in the end i told my Dad, "see i'm practicing safe sex (don't want to have another baby just yet, unless it's meant to happen), look at all my rubbah..." he just shook his head... OMGosh, what a fun night... sorry sorry... just wanted to share a laugh... believe me, there were many... =D
now i present to you Miss Flutter Anya dressed in green... based on the fabulous 1st Monday Mania challenge of 2010 over at Club Anya and Friends, the featured challenger is Jenn Borjeson and she issued a MONOCHROMANIA - one color wonder! you can get all the details on the blog... love the versatility of Flutter Anya, and love the different shades of green... after going through tons of paper, i finally agreed to GO GREEN! =D pulling random scraps of green DPs, i've but this lovely card together on a green base CS... punched some flowers using smaller scraps of CS and added different shades of green rhinestones to the middles... can't really tell in this pix but IRL, you can see a color difference... the last detailing was adding dew drops to the corners... i am super satisfied on how the colors turned out on her... she looks fab rockin' those greens... not intentionally done, but do you think she's giggling over my story?!?!? LOL...

well, i'm heading back in the room to see what else i can whip up... hoping to start getting back into my groove again and participating in a few callenges i've missed over the holiday season... which btw, anyone care to share their new year resolutions?!?!? i'll share one of mine... MORE SLEEP! haha! i think i've already failed that goal.... Have a fabulous weekend and i'll be back tomorrow with.... well, something... =D

CASE of Aloha!

Wow! what a day has it been... ok, so it didn't stop raining by the time i left for work which had me squeezing the whole 15 minute drive... it was still dark out which made it even worse... darkness, rain, do not mix with me.... so i'm driving with 2 hands on the steering wheel, scared shirtless everytime someone merges next to my lane... was very relieved when i finally reached the parking lot to my office... ok, maybe not because there were a bunch of weirdos hanging out in the rain the next building over... so i lock myself in my car, checking out my surroundings... finally i see one of the probation officers pull up and i knew it was my que to hurry up and get in the gates before he walked to his building... yah, i know this is hawaii and all, but man are there some whackos out there... LOL, you'd think i was writing a horror story or something... LOL.... no, it's real life...

eventually the rain subdued and the sun tried to shine through... went to the hospital at 11 am and waited 2 hours for a doctor to finally release Grandma... so, I officially brought her home today... it was nice that my boss gave me the rest of the day off... umm, not exactly, i'm using up some family care day vacay... i'm surprised we even have something like that... but hey, why not... then i come home to my sweet DD#2 with a 102.3 temp..... ugh... so after rocking her to sleep (along with my arm) i managed to get in some craft time... =D
a k-lusive kreation made for the Wild Card Wednesday challenge over at Club Anya and Friends... this week, we are to CASE the fabulous creation by Robin Mck... you can see her card and read up on the official rules over on the blog... trying to use up my mounds of scrap, i decided to use these pretty sparkly papers from DCWV... basing my solid colors on blue and yellow... oh i just LOVE HG Sing... and you can get her from TGF.... the sentiment is from the Anya says set that you can also get there... funny, this CASE-d card is an addition to a case of goodies being sent out this weekend... alright, not a case but a box... LOL... same difference right!?

well, hope you stuck with me until the end... my horror story (LOL), my good and bad news and then my creation... i'll have one more for you tomorrow... probably sometime during nightfall... Wish you all a wonderful night... Thanks for visiting me today... you know you all make me smile... feels good to be back on a somewhat daily basis... =D

RAKs and some GRAND News...

Happy Thursday Friends!!! it started raining here on Maui about 20 minutes ago... sounds like it's starting to blow away... hopefully it does before i have to drive to work... i don't like driving in the rain... LOL... been a little MIA trying to get life back into normal mode... DD#1 went back to school yesterday and i'm slowly putting the Christmas things away... other than that work has been busy... home life has been busy... i've been too busy for myself... =D have a few projects in the works that i hope to share with you soon... but today, i have some RAKs and some awesome news.... so shall we begin...
This RAK is from my sweet friend Jamee... she sent me all these goodies.... isn't everything just great?! i love it all... she sent me some microbeads (hope to do some shakers), that awesome stamp, some sandpaper, a cutesy huge paperclip, a charm (in my fave color) and that lovely flower stamp that i'll soon be using... and look at the cute card!!! Love the colors on it... Thank you Jamee for thinking of me and showering me with all these great finds!! i'll be playing with them soon! If you haven't seen Jamee's creations yet, i highly recommend you do... especially if you're a TWILIGHT fan... you'll LOVE all her Twi-inspired creations... =D
Here's a LOVELY RAK from another sweet friend, Joni H.... ok, one thing about Joni and I, we LOVE the color blue... so, look at all the sweetness she sent my way... the first thing i noticed was that darling image... i just love it! farthest to the left is a bag that she made that carried all of these goodies.... the one in the middle is her cute cute easel card and the one on the right is a beautiful calendar she made using a coaster... and all three of these projects have the same DP used on the creations... how fabulous is this gift set... Thank you Joni, for sharing your Aloha with me... i LOVE everything and can't wait to play with these... Joni has fabulous creations on her blog... if you have time, go and visit her... you'll LOVE all her cute creations!

Thank you girls for the showering of love... i'm grateful for the sweetness you have given me along with your kind friendship! Thank you, Thank you!

before i head off to get ready for work... one last bit of GRAND news... after 2 weeks of not having my Angel home, i'm FINALLY bringing my Grandma home today.... how excited are we to have her here with us... it has been a long journey to this point, and it finally feels good to know that she will be steps away... i'm overwhelmed with thanks to the LORD, that we can see her smiling face in the comfort of home and with family!! Thank you dearly to all my friends who have kept us in your prayers and thoughts and who have showered their love to us... some of you know it was a battle i was not going to lose!

So enjoy this Thursday... count your blessings daily... LOVE every second... and i'll be back soon! HUGS!

Fluttering NEWS....

{Please scroll down for my Diedrich Dare post. Thank you much!}

Welcome to the FIRST official Flutter By Wednesday Blog Hop!!! can i hear a WOOOHOOO!!!! oh yah, oh yah, it's your birthday! LOL... sorry, i'm just super excited that all this "new" has got me singing and dancing (haha, no i do that daily)... We are excited to share with you our NEW Flutter By Wednesday blog and our new fluttering creations. If you are starting with me, please flutter back to the beginning of the hop at Danni's blog. We'd hate for you to miss a thing...you never know what you might see to inspire you! If you get lost along the way, you can always go back to Danni's blog where a master list of Flutter By Blog Hoppers is listed.

oh, before you scroll down, check out our new badges.... aren't they lovely?!?! grab one or grab them both... and then display it on your blog to say you're a fan of Flutter By Wednesday....

Please help me send a HUGE warm WELCOME to our 4 guest designers for the months of January-March.... Please, please show some love to Jeanette, Suzie, Debby and Shanna! Welcome girls... you're in for a ton of fun!! Huggies!!! Very excited to have these girls join us!!

We have a theme for you this week along with the must have of a butterfly, fairy or angel and the theme is NEW... anything that is new to you... for example, a new stamp, new year, new supplies, etc... show us your NEW.... here's mine....
so what's new for me?!? this lovely new fairy stamp that i just ordered... this completes my collection of the 3 fairies from TGF... but TGF doesn't have this one in stock anymore, so i ordered this one from ROP, who carries the TGF stamps.... ain't she a cutie?!?! also new is this new butterfly DP by Best Creations... a new line now in stock at my local craft store... and the butterfly charm that i just had to use... so new supplies it is for me... today is all about new fun, so being colorful is lots of fun right?!? i couldn't think of a better way to ring in all the "new" than to use bright colors... you got a lot of hoppin' to do so i won't share much of the deets...

your next stop on this Fluttering hop is Suzie.... go on and show her some love... again, if you get lost along the way, the master hop list is on Danni's blog...

Come on out and celebrate this new year, new home and new creations with us... If uploading to SCS/PCP/Gallery, please use keyword FBW and don't forget to link up with Mr. Linky on our new FBW blog... Can't wait to see your NEW creations!!! Have fun and enjoy the hop!!

Praying for you...

A huge warm WELCOME to 2010 and Welcome to our very first Whimsical Wednesday - Diedrich Dare post for the new year!! As mentioned last week, we are starting this new year with fabulous sponsors for the first challenge of every month... So who DARES to sponsor us this week?!?! drumrooooooll please.....

Paper Makeup Stamps is our January 2010 Sponsor!!!

Katie, the owner of PMS has generously agreed to be our very first sponsor for 2010.... HOOORAY!!! Katie is offering the WINNER of this week's challenge a rubber stamp prize...you just have to check out what's in her store... She's got fairies and monsters and a whole lot more... go on and take a look.... and she's super sweet too...

Diedrich Dare #17 is an inspired challenge this week DARED by the wonderful Madelyn.... hop onto the Dare blog and see what our featured stamper, Jaqueline has awaiting for you.... Here's a picture of Madelyn's inspiration...
And here's my inspiration from it...
Katie has kindly given the team a free digi to play with this month and i just had to get a fairy... so my choice was to play with Praying Madelyn.... isn't she just the sweetest?!? i LOVE her... She's versatile and could be used for any occasion... when i first saw the makeup a set, i visioned PINK... lots and lots of shades of pink... and then i liked the round compartments so i used buttons, rhinestones and dew drops as an inspiration from that... mmm, Madelyn is sending a prayer to all of you to wish you all a WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!

Please visit my awesome team members and see what they have to inspire you.... links to their individual blogs are on my left sidebar... Cassie, Rebecca and Debbie will not be joining us this week, but will be back next week...

So what do you DARE to create??? Don't forget to link your creation to Mr. Linky on the Dare blog. If uploading to SCS/PCP/Gallery, please use keyword DDSC17. You don't want to miss all the fun, so i DARE you to get creating... We wanna see what inspires you!

Out of time...

Hello Everyone! Happy Sunday!! the sun is out and it's a beautiful day here in Hawaii, except for all the wind.... where did that come from?!?! =D haha, hence my post title, i've run out of time to play all the challenges happening over at Club Anya and Friends... but i was able to complete 4 challenges staying up until 5 this morning.... would have finished more if i had just a little bit more time, but today was family day and the girls wanted to go to Fun Factory... i'm all about family first, so i gave up my crafting time to be with them... now if the DH went fishing, it would have been a different story... LOL... but family time is ALWAYS precious....

i'm super excited to share with you the ones i have completed though... =D so scroll down... let's get going! this is the first card i completed... took me about an hour prepping everything for this one... and then putting it together was a breeze... out of all 4, this has to be my FAVORITE one... playing along to Kadie's Sew Satisfying challenge, i must say i'm SEW satisfied with this one... my sewing machine is broken and i can't really faux stitch, so i had to find another mean of playing along... then as i was staring into a box of goodies from my GF Kim, i saw the stitch punch she sent to me for Christmas... whipped it out and started punching.... stitched it up and then cut it out using Dahlia nesties to make it look like a flower... as i started to put it on the card, it felt like something was missing... so i took some black CS and punched out some leaves.... to me, it looks much better IRL... to add another thing, the image i used is Sassy Suzi created by Kim that she also sent to me for Christmas... =D Kim, hope you like what i did with your goodies.....

Next up is Kim C.'s "not the norm" challenge... what is this??? using two colors that you don't normally use... inspired by colors on your DP or so forth... well, when i saw the heart flower DP, i knew this would be a pink and yellow creation... i do not normally use this color combo.... but i do like the way this one came out... especially using Lolli Anya for this... DP is by American Crafts... then i kept it real simple using solid CS.... punched out some hearts to add a little bit more to the ribbon and dew drops...

Lysa challenged everyone with a color challenge... use the colors gray, pink, green, and cream... now, this doesn't have to be a wedding couple, i think they look really cute for prom season too... instead of keeping it traditional with black suit and white dress, i colored them up in a creamy color... green for Ian and pink for Anya... pulled out some lace with pearls to accent the card just a little... the papers are by S.E.I... then punched out some green leaves and then found these ribbon flowers in one of my containers i've never looked in for a long time... this one too is kinda cute!

and here is my card for Kelly's Flower Power challenge.... didn't come out the way i really wanted it too, but i'm okay with it... i LOVE HG Sing.... one of my all time favorites (one of the first TGF stamps i bought too)... the challenge was to use a Prima or flower of some sort on your creation... i think mine could pass to be the sun... hehehe... papers are form DCWV and i embossed the yellow DP with my swiss dots folder for a little texture... the orange polka dot ribbon was just sitting in my ribbon box and so i said, ah, why not use it...

this is what i've been working on last night until this morning.... and i still have engergy to clean the house... OMG! what is wrong with me?!?! LOL... actually, i think ima lie down for a bit before we go and visit Grandma at the hospital... Yep, she's still in there.... she's still very fragile and can barely walk, so it might be another week or 2 before they release her...

okie dokie... Ciao, for now... =D

Hellooooo 2010!!!

Wow! it's the 1st Saturday of the new year... and my very 1st post for 2010.... wow wow!!! been a little MIA yesterday, as i still can't believe it's a NEW year... time to start off fresh, new beginnings, new adventures, new creations... well, you get the "new" point right?!?

Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's Day... gatherings with family and friends are the priceless moments in life... and i'm so happy i've got to spend it with mine... got together with some of my close friends on New Year's Eve and we rocked my street with LOTS of fireworks... we literally had a blast... hey, we even called some of our neighbors over to join us... we all stayed up until 3am New Year's day... caught some shut eye for about 2 1/2 hours and then was up and about shopping and cooking for the day... even got to hit up the NEW Club Anya and Friends blog to write down some challenges... i hope i can finish some of them...

but on the hooray side of today, i finally finished ALL the TGF 12 days of sketches... woohooo.... so today i bring you sketches 9, 10, 11 and 12... sit back, relax as this may just be a looooong post... =D 3 out of the 4 sketches are Valentine's inspired... yesterday, while on my short trip to the craft store, i picked up some yummy sweet valentine's paper... couldn't resist waiting to play with them... and can you believe Walmart already has v-day decorations and candies out... OMGosh, it's only January... LOL... but anyway, let's get started...
first up is sketch 9... my first completed v-day card... the DP on this one is actually last year's stash, but it still did this card justice... Miss Anya is so sweet rockin' her v-day colors... who wouldn't want to wish her a Happy Valentine's Day?!?! hmm, after coloring her up, i rushed onto the comp to look at Coach.com... LOL, seeing her with her bag just made me want to get one for myself...

another Miss Anya is sweetly walking in her garden with sketch 10... umm, i flipped the sketch for this one which came out not that bad... =D with a color combo of blue, green, brownn and beige, i played with some beautiful Bo Bunny DP... found those blue flower rhinestones underneath my stash of bling and decided to add it on for some shine...

sketch 11 is another v-day inspired card... did some paper piecinge too! haven't done that in a looong time... Madelyn is extra sweet in her v-day colors... used some heart punches to make some embellies... the layered hearts have mini rhinestone middles... DP is from American Crafts new valentine line...

lastly, Bree is sending some love letters with sketch 12... paper pieced her hat with some pink heart paper... all the DP is also from American Crafts new valentine line... again, punched some hearts that i glittered up with stickles... added some ruby red rhinestones to the card too... after seeing the heart envelope DP from this new line, Bree was the perfect image for this creation....

Wow! did you guys have fun reading this?!?!? LOL.... sorry so long... just wanted to finish up my show and tell... had super super fun with the 12 days of sketches... and i hope you were able to play along with the TGF and CA&F DT too... next big project i'm working on, the TGF and CA&F BIG New Year's Bash Challenges.... didn't do an all nighter last night, in fact, i hit the pillows earlier than normal... but it may be one tonight... =D we'll see.... okay, i'm done... LOL... Have a beautiful Saturday and have fun crafting...