Spring for you!

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It's Wednesday! it's Wednesday!! LOL... okay, i guess you know that right.. =D time for DDSC #33 here at Whimiscal Wednesdays ~ The Diedrich Dare... last challenge for the month of April... wow! time flies when you're having fun right?! i'm the featured stamper this week over on the Dare blog, so be sure to check out the goodies there... a HUGE Thank you to Marie, owner of The Greeting Farm for being April's sponsor at the Dare!! i LOVE TGF stamps and had fun playing with them all month (and other months too, LOL)... i know many of you are friends of the Farm and i hope you enjoyed all the inspirations by my fellow Daredevilin' sisters...

well, time for the challenge right?! Madelynn is challenging you to get "springy" at the Dare for DDSC #33... what does that mean??? She wants you to create a spring card! whatever spring means to you... how about a little inspiration from me...

here i used one of the girls from the Miss Anya Love set available at TGF.... i thought she was perfect to use for my spring card... the sentiment is also from another TGF set... used nesties, ribbon, rhinestones and flowers and created this soft, burst of spring card... hehe! you like?! this adorable girly is another one that i'll be donating to the TGF Cares Card Drive....

Hey, be sure to hop on over to rest of the Daredevils blogs and see what spring inspirations they'll be bringing you this week... here's a list of players:

Andrea Murdock~Cassie Larson~Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer~Jessica Diedrich~Kim Ross
Kris Palakiko (me)~Krista Vantol

Randi Wall~Rebecca Ednie
**Sara will be back next week**

stop by, say hi and show them the LOVE... =D

once they've inspired you to get creative, head on back to the Dare blog and link your creation to Mr. Linky... if uploading to SCS/PCP, please use keyword DDSC33 so we can "spring" on to your creation... Thanks so much for visiting today, and i'm wishing you a wonderful spring filled day!!!

Simply Butterflies...

Back again for another round of flutterings!!! Happy Wednesday!! Time to get flying with Flutter by Wednesday #107... before we head on to the challenge this week, wanted to make an announcement...

Please help me send a warm "Best of Luck" to 2 of our flutter by girls... Chris and Shana will part from the Flutter by team this week... sad to se these 2 talents go, but we do hope they'll play along when they can, and come to visit often... Hugs to you 2 lovely ladies!!! BEST wishes on your new journies...

Debby is challenging you all to a CLEAN and SIMPLE FBW #107.... please be sure to have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation and leave a direct link with InLinkz on the FBW blog... not sure what clean and simple is??? check out the details on the FBW blog.... if uploading to SCS/PCP, please use keyword FBW107 so we can find your creation... here's my take on the challenge... may i add that i had a HARD time with this challenge... =D
i couldn't get any simplier than this... a little bit of color, with a whole lot of simplicity... told yah i had a hard time... the sentiment is from the Butterfly Wishes set available at TGF... and some punched butterflies kept this simple, clean and yet something i would definitely give to someone...

check out the rest of the Flutter by girls and see their takes on this CAS challenge... links to their blogs are on my side bar... Hope you'll flutter with us this week!!! Have a happy fluttering day!!

Sharing is Caring!!

OMGosh!! i can't believe i've been MIA since last wednesday!! wow, where did all my time go??? i guess with the stress of ALL the last minute clean up of the office and my mounds of paperwork for my leaving took almost the best of my energy... well, today starts my vacation!!! hooray!! about 7-8 months of vacation... and i'm excited yet worried on how much of it i can really take... LOL... but the house needs good cleaning attention, and crafting is waiting a piece of me too... so i think this mini vacay will be both relaxing and productive...

i haven't been so MIA from crafting the last few days, and i have some cards to share with you today... these were made for the TGF Cares Card Drive... it ends this week if you want to show some love and make some cards for kids at the Ronald McDonald house... all the deets are on the TGF blog....

i got to color some images while waiting around in the office for the equipment to be picked up... and during the nights, i've been putting the cards together...

well, DD#1 has waiver day today, which means no school for her... so we are doing one of our daily chores and cleaning her room!!! OMGoodness, the mess in there... LOL... i think my craft room is waaay messier though... hehe... Thanks for stopping by today!! hope you like what you see and come back to visit again!! take care until then!! HUGS!!!!

A Sketch-ful Flutter By...

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Hey, Hey!!! are you ready for another fun-tastic Flutter by Wednesday Challenge?!? sure hope so... it's time for Flutter by Wednesday #106... yippee!! and i know there'll be some fluttering greatness going on...

we bring you FBW #106 with this fantastic sketch by Mercy Kerin... you all know Mercy for her fun sketches right?!? if you don't, i suggest heading over to her blog and checking her out... she's done a few sketched for FBW and was a Guest Designer too... and look what she has you sketchin' to this week....
incorporating the above sketch with the challenge this week, you MUST use a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation too....
playing with some scraps this week, i used Angel Anya from TGF... in a blue and brown combo i created this cutie... i flipped the sketch a little, which came out okay... i wish you could actually see the glitter i have on her wings... the weather wasn't all that great when i took the picture today... sorry... isn't she precious?! i'm donating this card to the TGF Cares Card Drive too.... this should bring some sweet blessings to someone...

don't forget to visit the Flutter by girls... their links are on my side bar... and when you're done, head on back to the FBW blog and play along with us... please leave a DIRECT link to your creation with the linky on the blog and if uploading to SCS/PCP, please use keyword FBW106... now go get fluttering and have a sketch-ful day!!! =D

Surfin' colors with the Dare!

Surf's up all!! it's time for another Dare challenge and you know what that means.... it's midweek!! wooohoooo!! how this week is surfin' by... =D

Whimisical Wednesday - The Diedrich Dare #32 is one colorful challenge that got me wishing summer will arrive soon!! and i believe you might feel the same way... especially since Hawaii is suppose to be about sun and beaches... ha! the past few weeks have been cold and windy and got us in jackets while trying to enjoy the beautiful beaches... and here i thought we were in Spring... hehe!

So, have you been having fun with the Dare?!? i'm surely loving all the creations by my fellow team members and the awesome players that support us weekly... Thank you again and again for joining us in the Dare challenges!! the whole month of April, we are sponsored by The Greeting Farm, and you know i certainly LOVE the stamps available there... so go and check out our featured stamper this week, Kim Ross, on the Dare blog, and see what sweetness she's bringing this week!! catch up on all the deets on this week's color challenge and play along with DDSC#32...

ooh, can't wait to see what you make out of this color challenge... here's my surfin' summery take on this week's challenge!!

non-other than Surfer Ian from TGF surfin' to make someone smile... these Bo Bunny papers were perfect to use with this week's color challenge... i'm so glad i saved them up... had some big flower buttons that i haven't used up so i stacked a round button on top to replica the sun... i also used Mary's sketch from Farm Fresh Friday... you can find it over on the TGF blog... oh isn't he such a cutie?!?! i'm also donating this cutie to the TGF Cares Card Drive... hoping this will bring some cheer to a child's face.. =D

Please surf on over and check out what the Daredevils have been creating for you this week... you're definitely in for some inspiration... here's the players this week...

Andrea Murdock~Cassie Larson~Heather Schlatter

Jacquie Peifer~Jessica Diedrich~Kim Ross

Kris Palakiko (me)~Krista Vantol~Randi Wall

Rebecca Ednie~Sara Henton

so get creative and join us... anything goes right?! hope to see you playing at the Dare!!!

a little sweetness!

Hey it's Friday!!! hoooooooray!! i have so much mixed emotions today... today is the official last day the company has me in business... at 4pm, i unplug my comp and all the phones and most of my systems go down... it's really sad and i haven't thought of it much this week since it was super busy getting out all the pending stuff and shipping piles of boxes to the other office in Oahu... i'm really going to feel it today, since i'm the only one left... the last advisor resigned as of yesterday and now it's only little ol' me... since most of the clean up is already done, next week should fly right by... i'm on the clock up until next Friday before i finally say Aloha to the office... but on top of it all, i'm really looking forward to the time off... and thank you all for your wonderful words of encouragement and support on my last post about this... you can only look at the brighter side of the path, somethings can just never change... but like i've said, it's for the better, never for the worst... and i truly believe that... so thanks for sticking with me through the ups and downs of life and hope that i'll be back more often with creations since i'll have a little more time...

speaking of creations.... look at this beautiful card i received in the mail....
this is created by Denise... my OCS partner for the month of April.... didn't she do a wonderful job on this beauty?!?! her LO is wonderful and i LOVE the embellies on here... the coloring is gorgeous too... Thank you Denise for sending this sweetness my way!!!

Teri is the hostess of this OCS fun!!! and she has done such a fabulous job prepping partners and helping with new friendships... these things take lots of time to prep and with her joyful soul, she has put mountains of time into it... well, Teri has decided to step down from this responsibility as of this last OCS... she will now be a player versus the hostess!! Teri, i wish you all the best in your new adventures and thank you deeply for all your effort and love you put into this success!! visit her blog to read up on this anouncement and to see who will reign in her seat... i'm sure you'll recognize the faces and i hope you will still support and be a part of the OCS... go now as May sign ups are well underway....

alright.... time for me to get moving... i really wanna curl up in bed and go back to sleep... maybe i can do that over the weekend!! hehe!! thanks for visiting today!! it means a lot when i can share with you... check back soon for more creations i need to share... and as always, have a wonderful day!!!

DDSC31 ~ Strawberry Rain?!

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Yup! it's Rain alright... with a capital R... LOL... you'll see why... Welcome back for another week with Whimsical Wednesdays - the Diedrich Dare... did you all LOVE the creations by the Daredevils last week??? omgosh the girls ROCKED the farm... well be prepared to see more farmin' around here....

BIG BIG Thank yous to Marie and Jessica, of The Greeting Farm, for sponsoring the Dare this month... be sure to check out the Dare blog for the official deets on this month's sponsor and see who won last week's inspirational challenge... Wow, the entries were marvelous, loved seeing them.... Jacquie is our featured stamper this week on the Dare blog and i know she will have something spectacular to share with you... so go and check it out and leave her some LOVE...

on to this week's challenge... DDSC31 is brought to you by our wonderful Jack!! and he's got a fantastic sketch for you this week... i've been loving it so much, i've actually used it for a few other cards... =D i'm know you'll love it too... take a look...
what'd i tell yah... it's pretty simple to follow right?!? i love it... it is great to show off some of the different papers i've been using.... Thanks Jack for another A+ sketch....

see... i told yah it was Rain-ing.... hehehe... coincidently, it is really raining here right now... not as sweet as this Rain... i finshed this card before i even knew it was going to rain... LOL, oops, did i bring the rain?! haha! anyway, this cutie is WS Rain Rain, a digi from TGF... i couldn't wait to play with her... she is soooo CUTE... at first, i looked at her and thought blues and yellows... but then, i wnated to donate this card to the TGF Cares Card Drive and had to think of something else... then i saw this strawberry DP in my stash and knew this is what i was going to create... voila! it's raining sweetness all around her... i used rhinestones for her coat buttons too... then i punched out some hearts and some flowers... cut the flowers in half and glued it on to the hearts to make it look like strawberries... with a little dab of stickles, i added the little seeds to the berries too... do you like???

go and show some love to the Daredevils and see what inspirations they have for you... here's a list of team players this week.....

Andrea Murdock
Cassie Larson
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica
Kim Ross
Kris Palakiko (me)
Krista Vantol
Randi Wall
Rebecca Ednie
Sara Henton

Get creative and come and join us this week... please link up with Mr. Linky on the Dare blog and if uploading to an online gallery, use keyword DDSC31... Hope to see you hoppin' your creativity at the DARE!!! Have a Whimiscal day!!!