Life Is Sweet...

Hello Kitty bag with heart handles

2012-01-22T10:30:00.000-08:00

Hi again! Yesterday, while I was at the store, I saw this older Sizzix XL die called bag with heart handles and decided to make something with it. I used one of the Hello Kitty dies to decorate the bag.I cut the heart handles with shiny silver card stock from Worldwin. It's like a mirror when you look at it.
Well, I'm leaving shortly for my one to one class. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to post one more project before we leave for CHA.

Hello Kitty fan

2012-01-18T19:25:00.000-08:00

It was so hot today that I made myself a Hello Kitty fan so I could fan myself. I haven't used this Cricut cartridge for so long that I actually forgot how to use it. For the size, I cut it at 7 1/2" because it wouldn't let me cut it any bigger. And this size was perfect.If anyone knows how to cut only the eyes, nose and bow out, can you let me know?

Hope the weather cools down tomorrow and blow the vog away.

Anyways, have a great rest of the day!!!

Miss you!

2012-01-17T18:00:00.000-08:00

Hi, I'm back! I finally got around to finishing this card today. I had to keep it simple because I wanted to focus on the glittered cupcake. This is the new line that I was talking about in my last post. The company is called Elizabeth Craft Designs and it's fun because you color all the glitter with your Copic markers. The cupcake is a sticker. The glitter is different from other companies because it is "microfine glitter". And when you run you fingers on the glitter, it doesn't come off or rub off like most glitters do.There are many sticker styles to choose from and tons of colored glitter and also this glitter that I used called warm highlights. This is the glitter color to use if you want to color your own glitter.
The tape that you use to pour the glitter on is called "Be Creative". And you don't have to color the glitter or use glitter in the sticker. You can just color the background without glitter.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great one!!!

Fuzzy Bear #2

2012-01-10T19:35:00.000-08:00

Hi and Happy New Year!!! Boy time sure does fly. Anyways, I made a real simple box that will hold 2 Dandelion Designs medium cling stamp sets. Valentine's Day is coming up and so I used Fuzzy Bear #2 on this box.I love that white round doily that I cut using the basic shapes cartridge for the Eclips machine. It's so handy to be able to cut shapes with the machine and not have to dig into my pile of dies.
I have this new line that I am selling now and I've been playing with some of the products. I'll post it here soon. Wait till you see what I am talking about.

Hope you're having a great Tuesday and thanks for stopping by even though I haven't been posting much lately!!!

Kitty Kat Marci

2011-12-24T21:10:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone!!! As usual, I'm late in posting again. I've had this LaLa Land stamp called Kitty Kat Marci for awhile and decided to make something with it for Valentine's Day. I used another matchbox diecut that my friend Gail sent me awhile back. I cut the clouds with my Eclips machine using the Baby Milestones cartridge. The border of houses is a Tim Holtz edge die.
I notice lately that I have to really squint my eyes to see where I'm coloring and some of it is out of the line. Haha! Guess it's time for a visit to the eye doctor.

Hope you're having a wonderful Christmas and spending time with your families!!!

Ruffles Marci

2011-12-07T19:38:00.000-08:00

Hi, I'm back again! Gosh it's been so hard getting myself back into the groove. I've had this image of Marci stamped and colored a couple weeks now. I went to Ben Franklin Crafts sale last week Friday to do some shopping and I found a bag of pink feathers and thought that would look so pretty on my card. Can you see it?I used the french pastry doily die from Cheery Lynn Designs and I cut it out in silver glitter paper and cream cardstock.
Flowers and leaves are from the Basic Grey sizzlit set.

Hope you're enjoying your holidays. I haven't started my shopping yet because everytime I go to the mall, I end up buying things for myself. Ha!

Well, thanks for stopping by today and hopefully I get my groove back!

House giftcard holder

2011-11-22T22:18:00.001-08:00

Hi! I have another project that I worked on today. I made this in an hour which is pretty quick for me. This is a new Sizzix scoreboard die that was released a couple weeks ago called "house giftcard holder" by Eileen Hull. There was really no assembly to it. I used adhesive to apply the paper over the chipboard before cutting it out.

I stamped Dandelion Designs panda bear and placed him over the door. When you open the door, you will see the giftcard. I tied a ribbon around the house to hold the door shut.

Well, this is the first year that I will actually cook a turkey. Wish me luck! I think I watched enough You Tube videos that I should be able to make it right. Lol!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for stopping by today!!!

Snowman Christmas

2011-11-21T20:40:00.000-08:00

Hi, I'm back!!! It's been a much needed break and I'm finally starting to feel better. Here's a card that I made over the weekend because I didn't want to waste the die cut card. The die will probably be released next year.

I stamped and embossed the background with white on white.
Here is what the inside looks like when you "flip it" (the card).
Stamps are all Hero Arts - Snowman Christmas and Joy to All clear set.

Thanks for always stopping by and leaving your sweet comments! Have a great evening!!!

Merry and bright

2011-10-28T21:02:00.000-07:00

I am finally starting to work on Christmas projects and today I opened a new Sizzix die that I recently bought from the store. There are a total of 10 bigz dies that come with a bonus textured impressions folder and this one is the stocking die. I made mine into a card by first folding the cardstock in half and placing the fold at the top of the stocking. I used the elephant from Dandelion Designs new cling set called "happy hello". The lollipop is from the "so sweet" set. I used glossy accents on the lollipop to give it a shine.

I'll be at the store tomorrow doing a make & take from 10-12 pm. We'll be using a bunch of these stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

The best things in life are friends

2011-10-19T21:52:00.000-07:00

Happy humpday! I thought I'd take a break from making Halloween projects and make an everyday card instead. I bought a bunch of new stamps by Lala Land Crafts from the store last weekend and here's one of the stamps I used on my card today. This one is called "big panda Marci". She's so cute with her Ugg boots.For this card I took out one of my older dies from Sizzix called A2 card and used the window pane movers & shapers die to cut out the window. I'm so glad I still have these dies.
I used a Studio Calico stamp by Hero Arts for the background called "alphabet pattern" and embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Hope you're having a wonderful evening and thanks for stopping by!!!

Supplies:

Lala Land Crafts - Big Panda Marci

Sizzix A-2 card die, window panes movers & shapers

Hero Arts - Studio Calico alphabet background stamp and Things cling set

Friend to friend Halloween

2011-10-13T15:38:00.000-07:00

I picked up a bunch of new items from the store the other day and made a Halloween card using Dandelion Designs Ping from the "friend to friend" set. I wanted to make him look like he was in a costume so I colored him green with copic markers. He's so cute!The purple background is actually white cardstock that I cut out using Spellbinder's "wonky rectangles" nestablities and using Tim Holtz distress inks, I inked the background in dusty concord.
Then I embossed it with Tim Holtz's texture fades Halloween & backgrounds set.
The pumpkins and trick or treat bag is from Dandelion Designs Halloween set.
Here's a picture of the make & take Halloween candy treat holder that I did at J's 2 weeks ago. We used the monster stamp from Dandelion Designs "smile" set.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great week!!!

Sizzix Fresh Vintage Blog Hop - Flower Layers #9

2011-10-05T18:37:00.000-07:00

Hi and welcome to the Sizzix Fresh Vintage blog hop! We are on the 2nd week of the blog hop and for today's project, we were asked to use "flower layers #9" from Eileen Hull's Fresh Vintage collection. Since Halloween is coming up at the end of this month, I decided to make a card using the die.

I used Sizzix album, fanciful XL die for the background of my card. First I stamped "Happy Halloween" from The Stamps of Life clear set, and I used leftover die cut pieces in black and white from a class we did last year and embossed it with the spider textured impressions folder from the spider & spiderweb set.
I cut the label design with my Eclips machine using the basic shapes cartridge. While working on my project, I kept thinking about candy corn which is why I chose the 3 colors for my flower.

And because I love using glitter, I poured chunky white glitter over each flower piece. Here's a close up of the glittered flower.

To visit all the other designers on this week's blog hop, simply click on the navigation bar on the Sizzix Fresh Vintage logo on my sidebar.
Want to win this die? Check out Oh My Crafts for a chance to win this die.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you're having fun and getting lots of inspiration from visiting all the other designers on this blog hop!!!

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Pumpkin punch around the page

2011-09-27T12:52:00.000-07:00

When I first saw this pumpkin punch at the store, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. I like how versatile it is. I decided to make a pumpkin face shaker card to attach to the matchbox pro die that I have. You can punch it out anywhere on your paper. I used Dandelion Designs pumpkin face stamp from last year to give my pumpkin a face. The cute stamp is "pumpkin" from CC Designs.I cut the grass out with my Eclips machine using the Edges cartridge. And the embossed background is a Tim Holtz embossing folder. The pretty orange sheer ribbon is American Crafts which I bought last week from Ben Franklin Crafts.
And because I didn't want to waste the punched out pumpkin, I used it to decorate the inside of my card.
Word stamp is also Dandelion Designs. See, I stamped the face on the pumpkin.
Here is what the punch looks like and the face stamp.

Hope you're having a great Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!!!

Webbed Kiyomi

2011-09-12T20:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday! Ok, I didn't know what to put as my title but did it catch your eye? I just spent half of my day cutting kits for this Saturday's make & take at Ben Franklin Crafts 60th anniversary party at the Paa St. store. We will be using this CD holder die that I used to make this Kiyomi project but using different dies to finish it.

While I was cutting kits, I decided to make a Halloween project using Kiyomi from Sister Stamps. Yes, I tend to do several things at the same time. And I wanted to try coloring her hair like how Jenny mentioned on her Sister Stamps site. The paper that I used to cut the CD holder is an old Making Memories paper that I have been hoarding. You can't really see it but the spider webs are made from velvet material. It's the coolest thing.

The orange piece is a Cheery Lynn Designs die called "inverted scallop circles" which I got from the store.

Well, hope this weather cools down because I still have a lot more to do before this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your sweet comments!!!

For fun

2011-09-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

As I was going through my piles of scrap mess, I found a Sizzix die buried under it all. The die is called zigzag 3-D pop-up by Karen Burniston. It is the easiest pop-up die to put together. And so for fun, I used Dandelion Designs newest cling sets called "Smile" and "Halloween".

Sorry if this picture is kind of bright but I'm still learning how to use my photo program.
I stamped 2 of the same monsters but colored them in different colors.
I love how each character in the new cling sets have that extra hand stamp so you can have them holding something.
Here's what the zigzag 3-D pop-up looks like behind the stamped image. This die is so much fun and so many ways of creating with it.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by today!!!

It's that time of year

2011-09-05T12:52:00.000-07:00

Sometimes while I'm working on a project, my mind goes blank. So I tend to stray away and work on something else. These days that means playing with all the different cartridges for my Eclips machine. While making this witches hat, I decided to use the Halloween and Scaredy Cat cartridge to decorate my hat.
And because I made the witches hat in black, I wanted to make sure that you could see the black spider. So I cut the spider in black and also a taupe color and placed the taupe paper under the black spider to outline it.
That's a new Hero Arts stamp from the "Spooky Halloween" set that I stamped on the orange rectangle piece. The box that I used is an older Sizzix XL die called triangle box.

Hope you're having a fun filled holiday weekend and thanks for popping in and leaving your sweet comments!!!

Sitting Marci

2011-08-22T12:04:00.000-07:00

I am really liking this new die from Cheery Lynn Designs that I picked up from the store over the weekend. The die itself is probably not new but for me it is a new die. It is called "inverted scallop circles" and they are nesting dies. I decided to use "Sitting Marci" from LaLa Land Crafts for my card.

I layered the papers before cutting out the circle in the middle. The patterned paper is from Echo Park which I've been hoarding but I've told myself that it's time to let go and use up the papers.

For the window, I put a piece of clear acetate between the layered papers.
And that cute little "hello" stamp is from Dandelion Designs. We will be using this stamp this coming Saturday at Ben Franklin Crafts Pearl City's paper party. I'll be there from 10-11 am doing a make & take. Sorry, I got sidetracked. Back to my card. Not sure if you can see it but I used a scallop border punch to make the bird border.

On the inside of the card, I covered it with the bird side of the paper and a strip of the houndstooth pattern.

Well, thanks for stopping by today and I hope I get to do some crafting this week!

Happy Thursday

2011-08-11T15:01:00.000-07:00

This is one of those times where I can't think of a title for my post. Have you ever been there too? And this Magnolia image almost went into my trash can over the weekend but I decided to save her and finish it. I had to stamp a bunch of Magnolia images for my husband so he could show his customers what the stamps looked like. This one smeared when I stamped it. But after coloring her, you can't even see it.I'm not sure why I chose the color yellow but it's a happy color.
The white doily was cut from a die from Cheery Lynn called "french pastry". One of my favorite dies to use these days.

On Saturday August 27th from 10-11 am, I will be doing a make & take at the Ben Franklin Crafts Pearl City store for their annual paper party. We'll be making an interactive card and it will be a lot of fun so I hope you can make it!

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a great weekend!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

2011-08-01T14:20:00.000-07:00

Well, today is my gf Teri's birthday and here is the card that I made for her over the weekend. I hope she doesn't see it before I give it to her. I used the Create a Critter cartridge from Cricut for the hedgehog. So cute! Happy birthday stamp is from Dandelion Designs. Embossed card is a Sizzix embossing folder which I can't remember the name right now.
Thanks for stopping by as always and leaving your sweet comments! Have a great and wonderful day.

Just for you

2011-07-28T22:56:00.000-07:00

I was at the store about a month ago and found some clear acetate paper and thought about making something with it using the Eclips machine. I chose this top handle bag style since I knew that there was only one side that needed to be taped to assemble the bag. I was surprised that the Ghirardelli chocolate squares fit perfect in it. I used the hedgehog stamp from Dandelion Designs "hello" set. Oops, I kind of smeared the glitter glue on the flower.
The little white tag is a Martha Stewart punch and the lace border is also a Martha Stewart punch.
Lately, I've been feeling a little uncomfortable where we live. We have a shoe thief that has been stealing our shoes. It's a creepy feeling knowing that it is someone in our neighborhood that is watching us to see when we leave the house. So, we had to put all our everyday shoes and slippers inside the house to stop this thief from stealing them.

Well, I have a bunch of cards to make this weekend and I hope I can finish them and also post them.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your sweet comments! Have a great evening!!!

Wishing you oceans of joy

2011-07-18T22:26:00.000-07:00

It's been over a week that I actually sat down to make something crafty and feeling much better since catching a nasty cold. I found this Lala Land stamp called "Beach Marci" in the store last week and had to have it. She's so cute in her swimsuit. I used a Fiskars border punch for the edge of the orange cardstock. And the stamped words are a clear set from Hero Arts called oceans of joy.

Lately I've been feeling kind of lazy and not really in the crafting mood. So today I attempted to rearrange my craft area hoping that would motivate me to make something. I did find things that I forgot I even had. Some of them are so old that they ended up in the trash.

Well, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!!!

Kiyomi treat bag

2011-07-03T22:15:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July!!! It felt so good to get out of the house today after being sick in bed for several days. We went outlet shopping, the malls, Ross's and all I can say is my husband is out of control! Lol!

Here's a treat bag that I made using one of the new stamps, that was just released on July 1st from a new company called Sister Stamps from the Big Island. This one is called Kiyomi. I put her on a treat bag that is made from a Hero Arts envelope. We made this same treat bag last year for Halloween for a make & take at J's.
I stamped the envelope background with a Hero Arts stamp set called Sweet Threads Labels in pink Memento ink. The top of the bag is closed with a miniature clothespin from 7 Gypsies. I put Kiyomi's butterfly on top of the clothespin. The punched border is a Martha Stewart punch.
Sorry if the picture is dark but I've been having problems taking photos in my kitchen because the light doesn't work. So I've been using flash, which leaves a shadow in the background.

Hope you're all having a really great 4th of July weekend and spending it with your families! Thanks for stopping by today and have a great evening!!!

One fish

2011-06-30T13:28:00.000-07:00

I must of been one of the few people who didn't own a Cricut Create a Critter cartridge until recently. My gf Teri gave me one for my birthday and I've been cutting animal pieces out at night and still need to put them together. I'm so glad this one is much simpler to assemble than the older cartridges that I have. Thanks Teri, I'm enjoying this one!A few things happened prior to using it. First I had to dust my machine off since it's been way over 2 years, then I couldn't find my mat. I spent 15 minutes searching for my mat, so I ended up opening a new package and after I was done cutting, I turned around and right there on my shelf were 3 used mats! Ugh!

Anyways, first I cut the fishbowl out of clear acetate that I bought from the store. Funny thing because over the weekend, I decided to pick up some clear acetate for no reason. I thought about the sticky adhesive getting all over the clear acetate but it actually came off the mat clean. Hope you can see it here. The stamp is a Hero Arts clear stamp from last year.
Thanks for stopping by today and check back soon because I'm working on some other ones to post.

Friends thank you cards

2011-06-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

Happy humpday! I spent part of last weekend making some thank you cards to mail out during the week. I really should make a bunch of them so I always have some on hand. For this card, I used Dandelion Designs new friends stamp. There wasn't much to color because I paper pieced the kimono's on the girls. All the paper used is from a 6x6 Basic Grey paper pad called Sweet Threads which I bought from the store.The thank you stamp is from a Hero Arts set called Florentine Message Border. It is becoming one of my favorite thank you stamps. I used Spellbinders lacey circle die for the girls.
Hope you're having a wonderful day, I think I'm starting to catch my husband's cold. Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Wish you were here

2011-06-20T21:19:00.000-07:00

I started this card off to be simple but then I started punching and die cutting and ended up with a whole background scene. Lol! Actually, I really love this new die called scallop circle 3-D pop-up by Karen Burniston. It is so easy to make a pop-up card with this die. There is nothing to piece together.I used Camera Brigitta from CC Designs. The white border on the card is a border punch from EK Success, the cloud punches are from Fiskars, the sun, banner and words are all cut from the Eclips machine. The grass punch is a MS punch and the red flowers are from an old Hello Kitty die.
I used glossy accents on her glasses and camera lens to give it a shine although you can't really see it in the photo.
I cut the acetate scallop circle pop-up from one of the textured impressions folder package since I didn't have any acetate paper. Now I wish I kept all those packages to recycle. I hope you can see in this photo how it pops up. Also, I used Tombow clear adhesive for vellum to attach the acetate to the card. You can barely see the adhesive through the acetate.
Here's what the Sizzix die looks like.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your week is going well!!!

Simple thank-you cards

2011-06-15T22:51:00.000-07:00

When the new jewelry dies from Sizzix arrived at the store, I went down there to purchase this die called frame & sculpted flower. These dies are actually original dies so you can use them for all your paper crafts.

I had to make some thank-you cards and went with a very simple look. I used Hero Arts solid dot background stamp for the card background.
The thank you stamp is from Hero Arts called florentine message border. This first card is orange with turquoise flowers.
The 2nd card is pink with orange flowers. I stamped the flower with Hero Art's friend definition background stamp.
And the last card is turquoise with pink flowers. I stamped the flower in pink ink and used Hero Art's friend definition background stamp again.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope I'll be able to post another card before the weekend. Have a great evening!!!

Sweetalicious 3-D cupcake card

2011-06-09T14:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Thursday!!! I saw this new Sizzix cupcake die at the store the other day and couldn't wait to make something with it. It's a 3-D cupcake XL die by Karen Burniston who is the queen of pop-up dies. At first I couldn't figure out how to assemble it but I went straight to her blog, and she has a video tutorial on making this pop-up. It's so easy once you make it. She also has some helpful hints on making pop-up cards like using a thicker cardstock for the card base. It works so much better. If you are using a lighter cardstock, it is better to apply a second piece on the inside of the card but cut it in half first before you glue it down. You can see where I cut it in half.The round scallop that I placed under the cupcake is from the Eclips cartridge called "basic shapes". It is not in the stores yet but will be soon.
Here's a closer look at the cupcake.
I used Ice Cream Brigitta from CC Designs. She's so cute and "sweetalicious" was also cut out with the Eclips from the sweetalicious cartridge.

Thanks for looking and hope you're having a wonderful day!!!

Birthday Marci

2011-06-02T21:24:00.000-07:00

Wow! I didn't think the last time I posted was over a week ago. I've been spending more time using my Eclips machine and trying out all the different cartridges that I have. The fancy oval shape was cut using the basic shapes cartridge. The cartridge is not out in the stores yet but will be soon.

Anyways, on to my project. I used the Sizzix caddy bag die once again but this time, I placed the pockets on both sides of the bag. And I cut the bag out using regular cardstock and not chipboard. I saw this cute Lala Land stamp in the store and decided to get it. This one is called Birthday Marci.
I stamped and embossed the bag with Hero Arts daisy background stamp and clear embossing powder.
Here's a photo of the side of the bag so you can see how I made it on both sides.

Well, I hope to get myself back into making more projects so I can post them here.

Have a great evening and thanks for stopping by and leaving me your sweet comments!

Hello friend caddy bag

2011-05-23T18:19:00.000-07:00

I've had my eyes on this new scoreboard die that arrived in the stores last week. And finally was able to get one for myself on Saturday. It is called caddy bag and is a XL size die. I had some leftover pieces from last week's make & take kits and used it to decorate the bag.I filled it with 2 Bath & Body hand sanitizers which fit perfectly in the bag. You can also put different sized treats in it.
Dies used are from the Country Foliage line - accordion fold flowers set, decorative frames set and the swirl is from the edges cartridge for the Eclips machine.

I was a little shaken up this afternoon while crafting downstairs in my craft room. I heard all these really loud and weird noises coming from the hedge in front of my window. When I looked out my screen door, I saw 2 mongooses and I'm not sure if they were fighting or mating. Anyways, I was terrified to leave and I had to get back upstairs. So I got out my wood bat and a big rubbish can hoping to use it as a shield. Can you picture this??? I finally made it upstairs in one piece. LOL!!! If anyone knows how to get rid of mongooses, please let me know.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week!!!

The make & takes

2011-05-21T23:01:00.000-07:00

It's been a hectic week, but a lot of fun spending time with Cheri from Sizzix and getting more training on the Eclips machine. There's so many features that I have yet to explore and shortcuts.We made a milk carton box using the Eclips machine at our last make & take today at J's. We made a fancy cutout in the middle of the box. The box was made to fit on a 12x12 cardstock.I took a picture of my husband with Cheri at the end of the day. We were pooped!
We started our day at Photo Craft this morning and made this box with handles also using the Eclips machine. There was a butterfly that we put on the box but I took this photo before putting the butterfly on it.

The machine cut the center out using an embellishment die cut from another box and used a glue pen to draw around the window and we glittered it. It's so pretty!

We made this card at Flora-Dec using the Big Shot machine. All the dies used were from the Country Foliage line.
Cheri was at Stamps & Memories last week Friday making this box with the Eclips machine. The cutout was an embellishment from the same box cartridge.

I have one more box to post that I need to take a photo of.

Thanks for stopping by today and check back again for the last box. Have a great evening!!!

I'm back and make & take schedule

2011-05-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

I'm back from Vegas and although I don't have anything crafty to post, thought I'd share with you some pictures that my husband took.

We stayed at The Orleans off of the strip. We checked in close to midnight and by the time they brought our luggage up, it was 2:30 am. I was not a happy camper. But the room was huge! The size of a suite.
Just the walk to our room took 160 steps from the elevator. It was at the very end of the long hallway. And another 160 steps from our room back to the elevator.
My husband who is usually the photographer, takes most of the pictures. Except this time, we ended up with a lot of these types of photos. See... very crooked photo. Here's another one.And then when I take the photo, I get facial expressions like this.

Anyways, just wanted to share some photos from our trip.

My girlfriend Cheri from Ellison is back in town this week. So I've been busy prepping kits and making sure we have everything for the make & takes scheduled for this weekend through next weekend. Every project is different.

Here is our schedule:

May 13th - 6-8 pm Stamps & Memories

May 14th - 1-3 pm A Place In Time

May 18th - 5-7 pm Flora-Dec

May 21st - 10-12 pm Photo Craft

May 21st - 1-3 pm J's Knicknacks

Hope to see you at the stores! Have a great day!!!

For mom

2011-04-26T19:20:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago while I was at the store, I decided to buy one of the Magnolia stamps. I'm not too familiar with this line of stamps and I had no idea what I was getting other than it looked oriental. I used a Sizzix pro box called matchbox which my friend Gail sent to me all the way from Georgia. Thanks Gail! And because Mother's Day is coming up, I went with this stamp from Hero Arts because it reminds me that I'm always thinking about my mom. Here's a picture of the box opened and I filled it with a lot of Hershey kisses.
And this is what it looks like without the candy. It's quite big and you could probably fit cookies in there too.
Hope you're having a great week and thanks for stopping by today!!!

My so called "man" card

2011-04-14T14:10:00.000-07:00

Here is what I ended up with while making my "man" card. I struggle with anything male because I end up making it look cute. So I stuck with keeping it simple. My hubby's birthday is tomorrow so this is actually his birthday card. He loves watching AI every week so I decided to go with this theme. I used Tyler from the Greeting Farm creepin set.
This card is actually a trifold which I saw and was inspired by Sue. Go check out her blog to see her cards. I changed the measurements on my card. This one is cut 5" x 11" and scored at 3 1/2" and 7". I used an old SU half circle punch to hold the card shut on the bottom right.

Have you finished your taxes? I'm still working on ours and wish I was done. Hopefully I will be by tonight.

Hope you're having a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!!!

Ballerina Marci

2011-04-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

I forgot about posting this card that I made over a week ago. When I was little, I always wanted to be a ballerina. I used to watch my mom sew everyday because she sewed kids clothes part time for a local manufacturer. So whenever she got off the sewing machine, I would get on the chair and pretend to sew a ballerina outfit. Which led to me breaking her sewing machine a couple times. Bad girl...I had to get this stamp called Ballerina Marci from Lala Land Crafts. It reminded me of those days when I tried to sew one of those outfits.

I used Spellbinders grand nestabilities large scalloped circles to make the base of the card. I'm still loving the gray and pink colors.

Thanks for stopping by today and always leaving me your sweet comments. I know I said I was going to post the card that I made for my hubby but I will do that tomorrow. Have a great day!!!

Happy Boy's Day

2011-04-12T19:17:00.000-07:00

I know that Boy's Day is coming up in 3 weeks and I decided to make a little treat bag. When I was a kid, we never celebrated this day even though I had a little brother because my mom said her parents didn't celebrate this day. I remember seeing all the carps flying at our neighbors homes and thinking how I'd like to do that someday if I had a son. And of course, I did.To make this bag, I used the treat bag die by Lifestyle Crafts. Stamps used are Dandelion Designs. I made it very simple since I have a hard time making boy themed projects.

Thanks for stopping by today and come back tomorrow to see the "man" card that I made for my husband. Have a great evening!!!

Playing with punches

2011-04-05T23:44:00.000-07:00

Last week while putting away my punches, I decided to make a little treat box using one of my older Sizzix dies called box #2. I used a Martha Stewart punch from last year called bunny hop which I found in the yellow tagged marked down bin at the store. There were a couple left when I last looked in the bin. I cut the cover flap part off of the die cut and punched right along the edge.
Here's a picture where you can see the punched edge. I used Dandelion Designs bunny stamp to decorate the front of the box.
Here's another one that I made using all the cherry blossom punches.
The japanese girl is a cling stamp also from Dandelion Designs.
Sorry my posts have been so far apart lately but I am still not feeling that well. My mojo has also been missing since I haven't been crafting as much. I will post the make & take project from the Ben Franklin Crafts paper party last month tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!!

5 minute Easter treat

2011-03-21T22:58:00.000-07:00

I just picked up this new Sizzix die set called decorative frames last week and thought it would look great on this little diaper pouch. I used the bunny from Dandelion Designs to decorate the pouch.It was so quick and easy to make this and took me around 5 minutes. Although I did have the bunny lying on my craft table.
And if you have some time this Saturday the 26th, I'll be at Ben Franklin Crafts Market City doing a make & take from 10-11 am. We'll be using this same bunny but different project which is why I had it lying on my table.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great evening!!!

Paper blossoms punch

2011-03-19T12:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a card I made using Leslie from the GF creeper set. I must of been in a purple mood because I usually grab for the pinks first. I wanted to sweeten her up a bit so I made a flower using the paper blossoms punches from McGill. This one is called azalea. You can find the punches at most of the craft stores on the island.
I also added this lace border punch from Martha Stewart. It reminds me of the days that I used to manufacture and sell toddlers and girls white eyelet dresses for spring to Liberty House.
Hope you're having a great Saturday even though the weather seems to be raining off and on. I am planning to work on my taxes and maybe take a break and craft. Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Yipeee!

2011-03-17T19:28:00.000-07:00

Here's a cute box I made yesterday with a stamp from "your next stamp". I used a Sizzix pro die called box with scalloped lid. For some reason as I was looking at these double sided papers from KI Memories, the gray and pink colors stood out so I went with these 2 colors.I took a photo of the box with the lid off so you can see it's quite roomy and can fit a bunch of goodies in it.

Thanks for stopping by today!!! Have a great evening!!!

Happy Easter carrot box

2011-03-16T21:08:00.000-07:00

I've had this Sizzix die like forever and never got a chance to use it when it first came out over a year ago before Christmas, or maybe even longer. This die is called long triangle box and it's shape reminds me of a carrot so I decided to make it into a carrot box to hold Easter treats. I used Dandelion Designs new Easter cling stamp set for the rabbit.The green poof on the top of this box is tissue paper. I used Tim Holtz's tattered florals die to cut the green tissue flowers, squished it up and stuck a green brad in the middle to the box top.
Hope you're having a great evening! I'm getting dinner on the table so we can watch AI tonight.

Thanks for stopping by and check back as I have a couple more projects to share with you.

Harlow

2011-03-03T13:56:00.000-08:00

I recently bought this GF creepin set and while stamping some of the images, I ended up coloring this one called Harlow. It actually took me several days to finish it because after I colored her, I realized that I didn't have any matching dark colored cardstock. So I just used what I had.The card base is cut from a Spellbinders die called Grand Nestabilities Label 1. It's a perfect size for these stamps. Little bigger than the regular nestabilities.
I used glossy accents on her goggles to make it shine like glass. It's kind of hard to see in this photo. And the fence is a Tim Holtz edge die which I embossed with his woodgrain embossing folder and rubbed distress ink over it.
Sorry that my posts have been so spread apart but until I get better, I can only sit for a short period of time. Thanks for stopping by and keep checking back because I do have some other projects to post. Have a great day!!!

2011-02-21T11:53:00.000-08:00

Happy President's Day! Here's another card that I made at the Sizzix booth during the CHA show in LA. I just noticed that this picture of the card is not that great. I hope you can picture what it looks like. The die we used is called card A2 with flap and should be in the stores next month. The background is an embossing folder set called cornflowers and posies. The cute little bird is a sizzlit set called bird set #2.We made a mini booklet for the inside of the card and used an embossing folder set called birds and wreath.
Hope you're keeping busy today. I have more cleaning to do in my craft room. It is endless because everytime I take supplies out to make something, there's always a big mess. And for some reason, you would think that by using up your supplies you end up with less items but it always seems to end up being more. Anyways, thanks for stopping by today and leaving me your sweet comments! Have a great holiday!!!

Yesterday's card and some previews

2011-02-17T11:09:00.000-08:00

Please bear with me as I've been trying to post often but since the CHA show, it's been really hectic. Here's a card that I made yesterday between cleaning out old catalogs and putting away the new ones. This one is called "panda" from LaLa Land Crafts. I used a new nesting die for the background that isn't out yet but will be sometime next month. The bamboo is a McGill punch which I thought would be perfect with the panda.
Here's a card I made at the Sizzix booth using the new pop-up flower die. This is what the flower looks like when it's closed.
When you pull on the stem, the flower blooms open. It's so cute!
I have another one to share with you hopefully by tomorrow. Thanks for always stopping by and hope you're having a fantastic week!!!

Sweet Valentine

2011-02-09T22:09:00.000-08:00

I'm finally back to posting. We just got back from LA on Friday and I'm so glad to be back home and sleeping in my own bed. All I can say is that the hotel we stayed at was very different and I was uncomfortable for the most part. Anyways, on to my card. I put this card together mainly to show one of the new dies that my hubby ordered at the show. It is the white heart shaped doily on this card. I'm not sure when it will be here but it is on my "to buy" list. The stamp is a cling stamp from Dandelion Designs and the pink heart is embossed with Sizzix's Valentine set #4.
Here's one of the make & takes I did on the last day of the show. The stamp is Chef Marci from La-La Land Crafts.
Hope your week is going well and thanks for stopping by! Have a great evening!!!

Be My Valentine

2011-01-25T13:55:00.000-08:00

It seems like we just celebrated the New Year and now Valentine's Day will be here before you know it. Yesterday I ran downstairs to my craft room to tape up a box for mailing and couldn't resist making a card while down there. Here's my 5 minute card. I used another Dandelion Designs image that was colored and cut. I forgot the monkey's name but I thought he would look cute on my card.All the embossing folders are from Sizzix called Valentine set #4.
The border punch is from EK Success and I know you can't see it but the scallops have embossed dots on them.

My silly husband asked me if he could borrow the card to give it to me next month. Ha!

We'll be leaving for CHA in a couple of days so I won't be posting anything until I get back.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a fantastic week!!!

Love Elliot

2011-01-24T23:43:00.000-08:00

I made a couple samples this past weekend using Dandelion Designs stamps. For this project, I used Sizzix's milk carton pro die to make the box. I had colored and precut some of the images last week. The elephant stamp is from the bubbles and smiles cling set and the heart border is from the lots of love cling set.The embossed background is from the Sizzix curlique hearts folder set.
And I punched out the word love from the Martha Stewart alphabet punch set.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!!

Happy wishes

2011-01-20T19:25:00.000-08:00

I must be on a "happy" roll these days being that my last project was a happy thought. This is another one of the new cling stamps that was just released from Dandelion Designs. The card is an acetate card and I stamped the flowers on a regular white card for the background and placed it in between the acetate.I stamped the little japanese girl on Xpress paper for copic markers and made her hair and the first balloon look 3-D. And added glossy accents to all the balloons. If you have never tried the copic paper, I highly recommend it. It is so crisp and clear and the colors don't bleed. I picked some up from the store.
I've been trying to finish up on a lot of things before we leave for CHA next week. I hope to post a few more projects before then.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great week!!!

Happy thoughts

2011-01-13T17:11:00.000-08:00

I've been busy in my craft room the past few days, getting ready for another tv show taping. I usually stamp and color a couple of the same images and I had this one extra mouse image on my table and decided to make something with it. It's from a new cling stamp set called "Happy Thoughts".

I recently bought this new Martha Stewart punch called "rose window" and you can punch anywhere on your paper using this punch. It comes apart in 2 pieces and is magnetic and you place your paper in between the 2 pieces and punch it out.
I used Sizzix's XL popcorn box die and punched the middle of the box using the MS punch. Then embossed the box with the curlique hearts embossing folder. I wasn't planning on making a shaker with this but it ended up being one. The heart punch is also a magnetic punch called "studded heart".
And because I'm such a klutz (always tripping and walking into things), I dropped the box on my slippers at the top of the stairs and the glitter glue on the heart rubbed on my slippers. That is why part of the heart has no glitter on it.

Well, hope you're staying dry and warm today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!

Hope you have a very special birthday

2011-01-06T13:43:00.000-08:00

My daughter's birthday is coming up this weekend, so I told myself that I better start now and make her a birthday card. I just got some new Hero Arts stamps so I decided to use them for the card.I love this new wood stamp called "you rock". It's so perfect for her since she's always listening to music. The background stamp is a cling stamp from the Christmas release called music background. I stamped with VersaMark champagne and poured clear embossing powder over it.
I'm not sure why I chose these colors but I went through my scrap pile and decided to use these scraps up.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a wonderful day!!!

Year of the rabbit

2011-01-03T22:22:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year everyone and I'm so glad that I was able to make something today. I've been having some problems with my neck again and wasn't able to do any crafting since before Christmas. Anyways, since this is the year of the rabbit, I wanted to combine a Valentine's project using an older Hello Kitty die, Kathy bunny for the rabbit.
The picnic basket is a new Sizzix pro die. I embossed the lid with a texture impression set called curlique & hearts set. The red medallion is a Tim Holtz rosette die.

You can put a bunch of goodies in this basket since it holds quite a bit.
I glittered the bunny and used glossy accents on the red heart to make it shiny.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great evening!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 7 - Joy!

2010-12-15T23:30:00.000-08:00

Happy holidays and welcome back to week 7, which is our last week of the Sizzix triple play blog hop. For this week's hop, we are using Eileen Hull's treat bag topper die. Please click on the navigation button on the right side of my blog to get to the next designer's blog. You can hop either forward or backward.

This die can make 3 different sized treat bag toppers. I used the biggest size to make my treat bag and kept it real simple.
I covered the topper with Doodlebug's holiday paper. Then cut out the phrase joy and poured chunky white glitter over it. The reindeer is a stamp from Dandelion Designs.

Supplies:

656774 - Scoreboard XL treat bag toppers die

656727 - Phrase, joy

Doodlebug paper

Dandelion Designs reindeer stamp

Chunky white glitter

Offray ribbon

Peppermint candy

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful holiday and Merry Christmas!!!

Santa Emma

2010-12-14T10:59:00.000-08:00

The other day while digging through one of my drawers, I found this CC Designs stamp that I forgot I had, and of course never got to use it. This one is Santa Emma and she's a cutie. I had an extra stool colored from my last card so I got to use it with this one.The background I used is another Tim Holtz embossing folder called holiday words. It is in the set with the calendar folder. I used his distress ink called shabby shutters over parts of the embossed words and highlighted parts of the edges of the card with stardust stickles.
The pretty rose on the ribbon was given to me from Joy and I'm not sure what company it is from.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to come back this Thursday for the last Sizzix triple play blog hop project!

Have a great Tuesday!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 6 - Wish Shaker Card

2010-12-08T21:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome back to the Sizzix triple play blog hop week 6! It's been a whole lot of fun and next week will be our last project. For this week's project, we are using a bigz XL die called "album brackets" by Brenda Pinnick. If you click on the Sizzix navigation bar on the right side of my blog, it will take you to the next designer's blog.

For this week's project, I decided to make a shaker card using the die cut pieces that were sent in my packet. I used the smaller label die cut piece to make the shaker part of the card. For the window part, I used Tim Holtz's mover and shaper wish die.
The candy cane is cut out of Sizzix chipboard and I went with a green and white candy cane. I used chunky white glitter on the white parts of the candy cane. The flower is from the flowers 3-D die.
I used a Hero Arts stamp and embossed the words with white embossing powder on the inside of the card.
Supplies:

656053 - Album brackets bigz XL die

656722 - Candy cane #2 die

656545 - Flowers 3-D die

657078 - Wish movers & shapers die

Martha Stewart shaker beads

Hero Arts gemstones

Hero Arts clear stamp

Pink fine tulle

Doodlebug paper

Red cardstock

Pink offray ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

December

2010-12-07T13:27:00.000-08:00

Wow, it's been awhile since I actually used my copics to color a CC Designs image. Here I used Cookie Emma sitting on her stool eating her chocolate chip cookie which is one of my favorite cookies.

The embossing folder is called December calendar by Tim Holtz. I really need to start working on my Christmas cards and do some Christmas shopping.
The snowflake is from this year's snowflake #3 die. I used MS silver glitter on the snowflake. This was a leftover snowflake from one of the make & takes Cheri and I did at Ben Franklin Crafts.
Hey, don't forget to come back on Thursday for the Sizzix triple play blog hop. We are on week #6 and next week will be our last week.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're all having a wonderful day!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 5 - Gingerbread Man Giftcard Holder

2010-12-01T23:52:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome back to week 5 of the Sizzix triple play blog hop. Please click on the navigation bar on the right side of my blog to get to the next designer. You can hop either forward or backward. For this week's project, we are using Karen Burniston's gift card holder, 3-D pop-up die. I have actually made quite a few gift card holders with this die prior to this week's project.

To decorate the front of my card, I used all Hero Arts stamps. For the gingerbread man, I embossed him with white embossing powder and cut around the stamped image and stuck pearl gemstones for his eyes. The stamp is from a set called Christmas trio.
On the green card background, I used a stamp called happy festive background. And the word is from a stamp set called magic of Christmas.
When you open the card, the gift card holder pops up with the phrase "for you". There are many different themes that you can make with this die. I went with a Christmas theme only because this month is Christmas.

Sorry that the photos are kind of bright but taking photos today was a little challenging due to the rainy weather we were having and I tried my best to make it brighter. Hope it's not blinding you.
Supplies:

656740 - Gift card holder, 3-D pop-up

Hero Arts stamps - LP177 Christmas trio, S5446 Happy festive background, CL462 Magic of Christmas

Pearl gemstones

White embossing powder

Offray red ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and visiting today and don't forget to come back next week Thursday for another Sizzix project! Have a great day!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 4 - Bird Frame

2010-11-24T23:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! It is week 4 of the Sizzix triple play blog hop. Please click on the navigation bar on the right side of my blog to go to the next designer's blog. You can hop either forward or backward. For this week's project, we used Eileen Hull's frame & frame back scoreboard pro die. I decided to make my frame into a deco table accent. Most of the materials used are leftover scraps from previous make & take projects throughout the year.I used the Artist Studio bird die and poured chunky white glitter over it. I love glitter!
The black felt and tulle flower is Tim Holtz tattered florals die. And the branch with leaves is from last years release.
Supplies:

656835 - Frame & frame back pro scoreboard die

656551 - Birds

656640 - Tattered florals

656075 - Branch w/ leaves

Sizzix chipboard

Chunky white glitter

Black felt, black tulle

Pearl brad

Silver glitter paper

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families!!!

Wish

2010-11-22T12:13:00.000-08:00

About a week ago, I was at the store and saw the metal base trays that just came in from Sizzix and knew I had to get one for myself. You know how it is, if it catches your eye, you have to buy it. I love the idea of being able to do cut outs on the shaped dies. There were a bunch of these mini mover and shapers dies that can be used on the metal tray. So I got both Tim Holtz winter wonder and wish die and made this snowman. The pillowbox is a Big Shot Pro die. You can make your own gift packaging with this die.
The embossing folder is a Basic Grey set called Sugar and Starry Night.

Hope to see you back this Thursday for this week's Sizzix Triple Play Bloghop. I know it's Thanksgiving but wait till you see this week's project!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me your sweet comments! Have a great day!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 3 - Merry Deer

2010-11-17T23:58:00.000-08:00

Good morning and welcome back to week #3 of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop. For this week's project, we used Brenda Pinnick's beauty bloom flower die. There are several different sized flowers on the die but I decided to use only one of them. I made the flower using Tim Holtz's rose flower technique and glued and poured chunky white glitter over the petals. The box is cut from the Eclips machine.
The cute deer is a new die release that I cut out of chipboard and glittered.
You can visit all the other designers by clicking on the navigation buttons on the upper right side of my blog. It's been so amazing seeing all the different ideas that come out of the chosen die for the week.

Supplies:

655455 - Flower, beauty bloom

656734 - Flourish, holly & mistletoe

657049 - Deer

Sizzix white chipboard

Button, baker's twine and ribbon

Ultra fine glitter - deer

Chunky glitter - flower

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to come back next week Thursday (Thanksgiving) for week #4's project. Have a great day!!!

Christmas candy boxes

2010-11-14T10:29:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, we had a make & take at J's. We made a box cut from the Sizzix Eclips machine and used Dandelion Designs stamps to decorate the cute little box.For the background, we used the snowflake stamp. Everyone picked one of the 4 different animals to use on their box. The stamps are: Ho ho ho, Fuzzy dog w/ wreath, Wrapped with love, and Stocking.
Tag is a Martha Stewart punch and to/from stamp and baker's twine. You can fill the box with mini candies.

Hope you're having a wonderful Sunday and don't forget to stop by this Thursday for week 3 of the Sizzix triple play bloghop!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 2 - Christmas ornament shaker box

2010-11-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

We're on week 2 for the Sizzix triple play blog hop. You can click on the navigation buttons on the right side of my blog to get to all the designer's blogs. For this weeks project, we are using the Sizzix twist cube 3-D (pop-up) die by Karen Burniston.

I decided to make my cube into a Christmas ornament shaker box instead of a pop-up. For the red flowers decorating the box, I used Sizzix flower layers & tis the season die and outlined the edges with a Versa Marker pen. I used Holiday Emma stamp by CC Designs for the image on the box.
The shaker part of the box are from 2 different size circle punches. Word stamp and snowflake background stamps are from Hero Arts. I tied a ribbon to the top of the box so you can hang the ornament on the tree.
Supplies:

656739 Sizzix twist cube 3-D (pop-up) die

656954 Sizzix flower layers & tis the season

CC Designs stamp - Holiday Emma

Hero Arts stamps - Holiday Dolls, Get Merry & Magic of Christmas

EK Success circle punches - 2 1/2", 2 3/4"

Martha Stewart shaker beads & baker's twine

Hero Arts gemstones

Jingle bell

Copic markers

Vera Marker pen & Memento black ink

Thanks for stopping by and hope you are enjoying all the inspiration on the blog hop!

Have a great day!!!

Make & take this Saturday 11/13

2010-11-09T23:15:00.000-08:00

I will be doing a make & take at J's this Saturday, 11/13 from 10 - 12 pm. Please go to the site for the supplies that you will need.

Hope to see you there!!!

Oh deer!

2010-11-09T10:23:00.000-08:00

Hope you enjoyed last week's Sizzix bloghop. Don't forget to come back Thursday for this week's project. For today's post, I've had this Hero Art's baby reindeer image sitting on my craft table waiting to be made into something. I went with another shaker card and a simple card idea. As I colored the antlers, I sort of went out of the lines so I covered it up with some red gemstones. The only problem I found is the little beads get stuck on the adhesive when you shake the card.The snowflake is from last years MS punch line.
The circle border punch is a large punch from EK Success. I thought it matched well with the oval scallops used on the shaker part of the card.

Well, thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to come back on Thursday to see what we made with this week's die pick. Have a wonderful Tuesday!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 1 - Gingerbread and Candy Canes

2010-11-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

Hello and good morning! I am so excited to be a part of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop - week 1. There are 60 designers participating in the hop and you can click on the button on my sidebar to get to the next blog. For this week's post, we were asked to make something using this Sizzix Pro Scoreboard 3-D House die by Eileen Hull. At first, I had no idea what I was going to make with what was in my packet. I went with pink because that is my favorite color and it matches the red and green Christmas colors.For the roof of the house, I used white chunky glitter to give it a snowy effect. Then I glued the edges using a white mini pom pom trim. All the stamps used are Dandelion Designs.
I put a tea light candle on the inside of the house. Here is a close up view of the light.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you are having fun stopping at everyone's blog!!! Don't forget to check back next week Thursday to see what we made with our next project. Have a great day!!!

Supplies:

656836 - Scoreboard House 3-D

657030 - On The Fence

656286 - Season's Greeting Set

Chunky white glitter

Dandelion Designs stamps

Hero Arts red gemstones

Stardust Stickles

Tea Light

White mini pom pom trim

Here Kitty

2010-10-28T21:42:00.000-07:00

Today I made a couple of last minute treat boxes for Halloween. The first one is the Big Shot Pro milk carton box. I used CC Designs "kitty" stamp. The punch is a Martha Stewart punch around the page called cracks that I bought from J's. It reminded me of an animal print which is why I got it.The spooky fence die is from Sizzix.

The 2nd treat box is also a Big Shot Pro die called coffin with lid. I used CC Designs "witch" stamp. I found both of the stamps in the yellow tagged marked down bin at the store. This box can hold quite a bit of candy or treats in it. And I finally got to use this new Spellbinder's die called crown circles. This is really a nice die and it looks much better than the picture on the package.

Thanks for stopping by today and I really appreciate all your sweet comments! Have a great Halloween!!!

Eclips Halloween card

2010-10-21T13:43:00.000-07:00

Hello and hope your Thursday is off to a great start. Well, yesterday I took out my Eclips machine and thought I'd try out some of the features that I haven't used yet. Which is the reason I chose to cut this haunted house. I like the fact that I can pick and choose which embellishment I want to cut and not have to waste any paper. It was so easy and everything fit perfectly as I put the colored pieces on the house.It made a big difference as you can see in this next photo. I wanted it to look dimensional, and not flat.
The haunted house and bats were cut from the Holiday cartridge.
The yellow background paper is embossed using the Tim Holtz Halloween night & poison folder set. The fence is also a Tim Holtz edge die called "on the fence". And the border punch is by EK Success and I can't remember the name.

Sorry if the photos look dark but I took them in my kitchen and today there is no sun.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Couple treat ideas

2010-10-18T12:22:00.000-07:00

This is the project that we made at J's this past Saturday. We made the bag out of a Hero Arts envelope. I have tons of colored envelopes that I kept to use for something...someday. We used Hero Arts cling spiderweb stamp for the background, Dandelion Designs Count Baxter and give me something good to eat stamps. The punch is a MS punch called graveyard which I found in the yellow tagged marked down bin at the store. And this bag can hold quite a bit of candy too.Here is something I cut out with the Eclips machine which in my last post, I said I would show you. This is the the same "hanging bag" for the Big Shot Pro machine but now there is a cartridge that has all the same boxes and bags that you can cut out in different sizes. The cute spider and witch hat is from another cartridge called Holiday. I'm having fun going through all the different cartridges and cutting shapes out with my Eclips machine.
Keep checking back as I make different projects with the Eclips machine.

Also, if you noticed the Sizzix blinkie on the top right side of my sidebar, there will be 60 designers doing a Sizzix bloghop beginning November for 7 weeks. I feel so honored that they asked me to join them. It is so exciting and will be keeping me very busy too!

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great Monday!!!

Let's go shopping

2010-10-12T14:44:00.000-07:00

Lately, I've been taking out my Sizzix Eclips machine and trying to learn all the different features that this machine comes with. I am starting to get used to it but I have such a bad memory that I tend to forget how to get to where I want to go.

The machine is so amazing when it cuts that I couldn't believe how smooth and quick I was able to cut this ornate gate out. If you have this machine, this is on the holiday cartridge.
I used CC Designs "shopping" girl stamp since I do love to go shopping.
The border punch is a Martha Stewart punch called pinking scallops which I bought from the store.

I finally got around to making the pop-up bat. I decided to put it on this box (box #2) instead of inside a card. I glittered his wings with Doodlebug fine glitter.
Box #2 is a discontinued die but I'm sure some of the stores still have it.
And lastly, I decided to make a full bat to hang from the ceiling. You just have to cut out more circles to make a full bat.
Thanks for stopping by today and I know I haven't been posting much but check back here again to see the boxes that I cut out with the Eclips machine. Have a great day!!!

Boo!

2010-10-06T12:01:00.000-07:00

My craft table has a lot of bits and pieces of scraps and punched out pieces laying on it. Some of these are from testing defective punches or dies. And while I was staring at the punched out bat and fence diecut, I picked up some other scraps and put them together to make this card. Very easy.
I embossed the background piece with a Sizzix batty folder and used Coordinations whitewash paper. Have you tried the Tim Holtz distress tool? It's great for distressing the edges of your paper.
I stuck googlie eyes on the bat which I found at Ben Franklin Crafts. The "boo!" is a new clear stamp from Hero Arts.

Hope you're having a great humpday! Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Trick or treat

2010-10-04T12:33:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday I went to J's to do a make & take. We made this cute little Halloween treat box using an older Sizzix die called petal card. First we stamped the box using Hero Arts magical background cling stamp. Then we used the little monsters stamp from Dandelion Designs and everyone colored with copic markers. The trick or treat is a new Hero clear stamp. We used Memento inks for stamping. I love the smell of the inks. It has this sweet smell to it.
And lastly, we put stardust stickles on the monsters.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a wonderful Monday!!!

Fiona

2010-09-30T13:55:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend while going through some packages, I came across CC Designs Fiona. Forgot that I had her but she was too cute to put away.

I started this off as a bag but ended up turning it into a card. For me, using printed paper is sort of out of my comfort zone. Especially plaid designs. This is BG's Olivia paper which I picked up from Stamps & Memories.
The label die is one of the new dies coming out soon from Sizzix. I used glossy accents on the cherries on Fiona's top but you can't really see it in this photo.

I'll be at J's this Saturday from 10-12 pm doing a make & take. We'll be making a Halloween treat box using Dandelion stamps. Hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by today and see you on Saturday!

Cat girl gift card holder

2010-09-20T21:32:00.000-07:00

Sizzix has a new pop-up gift card holder die that was just released to the stores. At first I thought it looked a little complicated but, it turned out quite easy to assemble. The card base is a regular A2 card size. I decided to use CC Designs cat girl stamp for the cover of my card. The background spiders is a new Sizzix embossing folder set. And can you believe that the one color copic marker that I do not have is black? So I went with a purple cat instead.Here is what the inside looks like when you open the card. The gift card pops up.
I used the same stamp for the inside but stamped the image in purple.
The "Happy Halloween" is a new clear stamp from Hero Arts.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a great evening!!!

Pumpkin

2010-09-15T11:59:00.000-07:00

I am finally getting myself back into the swing of things. So yesterday while I was downstairs cleaning my craftroom (it really was a mess), I took out my copics and colored Pumpkin from CC Designs. And since I had the pumpkin nesties out, I decided to use the largest size to make another shaker card.Love the Coordinations whitewash papers that my husband just got in the store. I used Tim Holtz fades folder - retro dots for the background and highlighted it with stardust stickles.
There is something exciting in the works but I can't share until later. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great humpday!!!

The make and takes

2010-09-07T23:04:00.000-07:00

We had a busy weekend of Sizzix make & takes at several of the stores. This first project is a Christmas ornament using the new snowflakes dies that the stores just received. The blue pleated piece in the center is a new Tim Holtz die that isn't out yet but will be shortly. We did this project at the Ben Franklin Mapunapuna store for their renovation party. And there was glitter everywhere.The 2nd project was this Halloween card for Photo Craft. It was crazy there and we actually ran out of kits.
And lastly, this bright butterfly card was at Stamps & Memories. There were so many pretty details that just added to the card. The butterfly was cut out of fabric. It is another new die release from Artist Studio.
Anywhoo just wanted to share all the projects from this past weekend. Sorry I haven't been posting but I was busy cutting kits everyday after being out on appointments all day. I've also been in training for our new electronic machine called the Eclips. I'm so excited to have one. The cutting on this machine is awesome! I've never seen a machine cut so fast.

Have a great evening!!!

Give me something good to eat

2010-08-30T11:22:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been awhile since my last post. I've been busy cutting kits for all the make & takes that we've been doing. In the midst of all that, I made this shaker box using the Sizzix XL die called ornate box.I had a really hard time finding Halloween paper in August so I made my own using Hero Arts dot cling stamp which is one of my favorites. All the stamps used are Dandelion Designs. The glittered candy corn is a new Sizzix die that was just released and these were extras from cutting kits.
This past Saturday we did 2 make & takes and the first one was for Ben Franklin Crafts Pearl City's paper party. We made a candy holder using the scoreboard cupcake holder die and a new tombstone die that was also just released. And I can't believe that I forgot to bring the die so the ladies could cut out the letters.
The 2nd make & take was at J's. We made a Halloween scrapbook using a new die called fanciful album. The cover is actually black fabric and if you look closely, you can see the design on the material. We also used a new embossing folder with spiders.
It really added to the background. We used chunky white glitter on the candy corns which gave it a different look instead of using 3 different colors of glitter.
Still cutting kits for this weekend's make & takes. Thanks for hanging in there while reading this long post. Have a great week and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again this weekend!

Hooty

2010-08-17T23:58:00.000-07:00

Here's another shaker card that I made over the weekend also using the new Dandelion stamps.

I used last years pumpkin nestie which was a limited edition die to make the shaker part. I didn't want to throw away the small cut out piece so I placed it behind the fence.
Love the spooky fence punch that I picked up recently.
Here's a closer look at the shaker part. I used chunky glitter again and MS purple micro beads.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!!

Star angel

2010-08-16T23:42:00.000-07:00

Hi there! Guess I've been neglecting my blog lately. I'm working on some make and takes that are coming up and will probably be quite busy until everything is finished. In the meantime, I made a card over the weekend using new Dandelion stamps. Star angel is actually a Christmas release but you can use it for everyday cards too. I ended up making a shaker card. I actually made several shaker cards that I'll post later this week.
I bought a bunch of these new Bo Bunny double sided papers from Ben Franklin Crafts Market City store. Love the colors in this release.
I used chunky glitter and MS tiny beads for the shaker part. Hope you're having a great evening and thanks for stopping by!

Hi princess

2010-08-06T11:55:00.000-07:00

Today is Friday but this is creepy Tuesday from TGF. She is one of my favorites from this line. I tried so hard not to color her clothes pink so I chose my second favorite color which is turquoise. I wanted to give this card that distressed look so I used my Tim Holtz distressing tool and distressed around the edges of the yellow paper. The background is a TH fades folder called "Rays". It looks better when you use white core paper and sand the embossed parts of the design.I pop dotted everything on this card to give it dimension. Sorry for the darker photos but there was no sun in my kitchen while I was taking the pictures.
I even made that corsage pin. I was in Walmart the other day and was so excited that I found a box of corsage pins and then I headed to their bead isle and bought some swavorski (sp) crystals and pearls and matching beads. I made a bunch of them in other colors.
I can't believe the weekend is already here. Seems like just yesterday was the beginning of the work week.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend!!!

Another crayon box

2010-08-04T12:30:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was my girlfriend Teri's birthday and what started off as a card, ended up becoming a gift card holder. I know I'm confusing you but I usually know in my mind what I'm making and sometimes I end up doing a total opposite. I started off with coloring this cute girl image from Hero Arts "sending smiles" stamp set but decided that I didn't want to make a card.
Instead, I made this crayon box and punched the happy birthday along the top edge of the box and took out a bunch of different star stamps and stamped the background. I used VersaMark champagne ink because I like sutle backgrounds. This is the same box that I made a couple posts below. The cupcake is a Dandelion Designs stamp. It fit perfect in her hand.
And because we both like pink, everything had to be pink. I recycled the pink tissue from one of my purchases at Aunt Vickies. Can you tell???

Hope your day is going great. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful humpday!

You're so special

2010-08-02T10:54:00.000-07:00

Well, hello and good morning. For today's card, I haven't made one of these in awhile which is a card on a card. I cut the smaller card out with a Sizzix die called kit #2. I used Maria from TGF stamps roll call.
This card actually started off with the MS ladybug border punch. I was testing the punch and the next thing you know, I picked up Maria who I just colored a week ago and took it from there. The grass piece was a leftover from another card.
Can you tell what my favorite color is? I try so hard not to use pink all the time but for some reason, I am always drawn to take pink cardstock out from my drawer. Lol!
Here's the inside of the top card and I used the rest of the ladybug punched piece to decorate it.

You can also write something in the base card too.

Hope your day is going well. I have to get ready for a phone conference call. Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!!!

Tweet treats

2010-07-29T14:27:00.000-07:00

While I was at the store last Saturday, I picked up this Sizzix birdhouse die. I've been drawn to it for awhile now but everytime I get distracted, I end up putting the die back. I made it into a treat holder using the fold method. Can you see all the green lifesavers through the peephole?

Notice that the scraps look familiar? Sometimes I get so lazy but need to run paper through the Xyron machine so I just go through my drawer of Xyron scraps.
By the way, that bird and vine is a punch that my gf Teri gave me awhile back and I finally pulled it out from my punch drawer. I have so many punches stacked on each other that I tend to forget what punches I have. The red rose is from the Sizzix 3-D flowers die.
Here's a closer look at how I made the treat house. It's folded at the bottom and attaches at the top with a glue dot.

Sorry I haven't been posting as often but lately it's been really hot downstairs in my craft room and I feel less inspired when I'm hot and sweaty.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're have a terrific Thursday!

Odette

2010-07-26T14:00:00.000-07:00

Well hello and how was your weekend? I got a little sunburned on my face yesterday and wished I had worn my visor at the birthday party that we attended. Nothing worst than having sunglass tan lines on your face!

I thought I'd try something different as I was assembling this box on Saturday. I had to make some happy birthday boxes and decided to use my Martha Stewart happy birthday punch to punch out around the top of the box. It fit perfectly around the box. I used Odette from TGF's roll call stamp set since I colored her last week. The star punches are Fiskars punches that I bought from Ben Franklin Crafts awhile ago.This box is the size of a Crayola crayon box and if you look really good, I didn't have tissue paper to stick inside the box so I found some kleenex tissue to use instead. Lol! But you can't really tell.
Thanks for all the congratulations on the award that I received last week! So thoughtful of all of you!

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your Monday is going great!!!

Top blog award

2010-07-23T15:03:00.000-07:00

Wow! I just found out that I got this award on to the right side of my blog. See it? How exciting news today!!! Click on it and it will take you to all the other blogs that won this award. Anyways, hope your day is going great. I am working my tail off on show orders for the upcoming CHA summer show. Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Hello Summer

2010-07-20T21:25:00.000-07:00

Summer is one of the stamps from TGF's roll call set and I thought she would be perfect to use on this Sizzix gatefold card. The circle frame she is on is a Hello Kitty frame die. The large scallop circle is a Spellbinders nestie. Once again, everything is made from extra die cut scrap pieces that I had in my drawer.The flowers on the card is a Hello Kitty sizzlit die. I outlined the flowers with Tsukineko's watermark pen.

Dotted texture on the white circle is from the Sizzix X-mas embossing folder set.

I stamped the inside of the card using Hero Arts clear stamp.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!!

Jade

2010-07-16T00:04:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting to use this Tim Holtz embossing folder for some time now and finally got around to it. I used Coordinations white wash cardstock and I really like how it turned out after I sanded the embossed image. Stamp used is Jade from TGF roll call set.
Lately I've been using a lot of pinks and oranges which remind me of summer colors.
I recently bought this Tim Holtz die called styled labels and decided to decorate the inside of the card. The die comes with 2 different label shapes and is a magnetic die that you can use with different magnetic pieces.
Word stamp is also on the same set from TGF. Border punch is Fiskars and just arrived in the store.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

Monday again

2010-07-15T00:04:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had one of those crafty days when nothing seemed to come out right? This one was a disaster from the start. Although you probably can't see it, there is a rip in the paper on the left side of the white background. After I made the shaker part of this box, I realized that I didn't put enough beads in it because when you looked at it, you couldn't see any beads. So, me being the perfectionist that I am, I pulled the box apart, shaker beads and all. While doing that, I ripped the paper. Oops! Then after putting the box together again, while I was tying down the flap, the beads started falling out of the box. Oh my! Half of it is in my carpet.
So after putting the box together again for the 3rd time, I ended up punching the holes on the flap towards the left of the box. It should of been centered but it is what it is.

Here's a side view of the box.
Stamp is "Monday" from TGF. Box is a Sizzix pro die called tall box with scallop flap. Shaker beads and butterfly punch are Martha Stewart. Oval and scallop ovals are Spellbinders nesties.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

Recycle it

2010-07-14T15:21:00.000-07:00

Here's a cute Sizzix project to make. Before you throw out that clear acetate box that you were saving in your closet, consider making it into a candy box. Cover it with cardstock on both ends of the box, run it through an embossing folder and fill it with some candy coated almonds.Tie it with a pretty ribbon and you're done. Here's a side view of the box.
Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great humpday!

Creepy Wednesday

2010-07-08T22:58:00.000-07:00

Another quick one today. It's Wednesday from the Greeting Farm. She's up against a brick wall.All dies are Tim Holtz, bricked texture impression folder and scallop edge die. Red cardstock is DCWV white core. Quote punch is EK Success and Hero Arts gemstones.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

It's Monday

2010-07-05T21:07:00.000-07:00

I've had this pillow box lying on my craft table for months now. I can't even remember why I put it together in the first place. But after I colored and cut Monday out, she fit perfect on the box. She's one of the new stamps from the Greeting Farm.I used a Sizzix XL die called pillow box. I cut the flower out of chipboard. The flower is a new die called flower with leaves and stem. I embossed the box with the birds, flowers and branches embossing folder set from Sizzix. And did you know that pink is my favorite color?

My husband and I had a little embarrassing moment this morning during our walk to the beach. He got stopped by a policeman while running through the "don't walk" light. We tend to run through the crosswalk if there are no cars even though the light signal says don't walk. Well, the policeman told him that the fine for that is $130 but he was letting him go and not to do it again. I actually stopped myself before running alongside with him since I saw the police car coming with blue lights flashing and I didn't want to get in trouble. Whew! We were lucky he didn't fine us.

Anyways, hope you had a great holiday weekend. Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful evening!

Happy 4th!!!

2010-07-01T23:34:00.001-07:00

When I saw this on Eileen's blog the other day, I knew I had to make one. These make cute guest towel holders for your bathroom. And because the 4th of July is this weekend, I decided to go with the red, white and blue theme. The cupcake holder is a Sizzix scoreboard die.And speaking of Eileen, I found this picture of the both of us taken this year at CHA winter at the Sizzix booth. She is the designer of all the scoreboard dies.
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!!!

Honey

2010-06-26T11:11:00.001-07:00

Sugar...oh honey, honey... remember this song by the Archies? It was the first thing that popped in my mind when I saw the name of the stamp.

It's a little hard to tell in the photo but this box is a CD holder box die for the Sizzix Pro machine. I tried to get a better photo of the box. The sample will be at the store.
I normally wouldn't use colors like these but somehow they all came together. The background and word stamp are from Hero Arts. Punch is Fiskars and American Crafts ribbon.
I used glossy accents on her sunglasses. If you look closely, you can see it.

Well, I'm off to Sam's and hope you're having a fantastic Saturday!

Leopard cake

2010-06-24T22:54:00.000-07:00

I wanted to try something different today so I found this leopard print scrap paper in my stash and made another cake box. I was thinking that I could throw some of my costume jewelry in here. Flowers were made with the Sizzix 3-D die and different colored felt.
I have been hoarding this glittered tulle that my friend Lori gave me. I don't know why but if I really like something, I tend not to use it when I really should use it. I used a needle and thread to gather it into a ruffle.
Here is what the inside of the box looks like.
Last Sunday I made a pulley slider card on the Joy of Crafting tv show and I had a request from one of the Ben Franklin Crafts store for the instructions to make the card. Anyways, that is how I met Gail who wanted to make the pulley slider card and here is the card that she made for me.
She did such a fabulous job on this card and I love it! You have to see it IRL. Plus, I got a bag of yummy, homemade chocolate chip cookies. Thanks so much Gail!!! I have to hide the bag of cookies from my hubby because he loves sweets too. Lol!
So glad that tomorrow is Friday and I get to craft a little over the weekend. Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend!!!

You're sweet!

2010-06-23T11:32:00.000-07:00

I've been having fun playing with Sizzix's new scoreboard dies. Yesterday I opened up the rectangle box die. It's another quick and easy box to make. I like how the top cover flaps over and you can add a little decoration to it. I went with Dandelion Design stamps this time.I used a piece of velcro to hold the flap down. That stuff really works!
I used a cherries stamp for the first box. And I put glossy accents over the cherries to make it shiny. The scalloped circle is the large scalloped nestie. I used ric rac instead of ribbon to decorate the boxes. I tried all sorts of adhesive on the ric rac and the best one that I liked is the ribbon adhesive by Glue Arts. It worked!
This is how the box looks on the inside. It's another good sized box to hold trinkets or goodies. Great for gift giving.
I wanted the middle box to have a saying so I used the "you're sweet" stamp for this one.
And lastly, I love the cute little ladybug stamp. I colored her pink instead of the usual red. You can tie all 3 boxes together with a ribbon and give it to someone as a gift. It's a real cute set!

Thanks for stopping by today and leaving me comments. I really appreciate it and it makes me feel good to know that someone is reading it. Have a wonderful Wednesday!!! I'm off to meet a friend for coffee.

Chocolate cake

2010-06-22T13:57:00.001-07:00

I haven't been around much lately because I'm still trying to catch up on my scrapbooking. Still working on 2008. I made this cake box couple weeks ago and went through different colors of cake but as always, ended up making it chocolate which is what I initially wanted. This is a Sizzix scoreboard die called cake box. It was real easy to make. You have to cover your chipboard with paper first before you die cut the pieces out. I ran all the paper through my Xyron Creatopia machine. I bought the tealight candles from Ben Franklin Crafts. You get 4 tealights in the package. I used the Sizzix 3-D flower die to decorate around the tealight. When you take the cover off, the inside looks like this. Its quite big and can hold a bunch of goodies in it.
I made the border with the Martha Stewart loopy punch. You cut a strip of paper 3/4" wide. I discovered the size of this when I dug out a scrap from my stash and started punching along both sides.
First, using the loopy punch, you punch along one side of your strip of paper.
Then turn your paper strip over to the other side and punch along the strip.
You end up with this cute loopy border.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a wonderful Tuesday!

Fun filled birthday lunch

2010-06-14T14:01:00.000-07:00

This past Friday, my gf Teri took me to lunch at Macaroni Grill to celebrate my birthday which is actually today. So nice to sit back and relax and talk and laugh with a girlfriend. We had a great waiter who was able to take a picture of us this year, unlike past years. Lol!To top it off, they send someone to your table to sing happy birthday to you in Italian. This guy was really good.
This photo is funny because that is actually Teri's piece of cake that they put the birthday candle on. I ordered the sorbet that is off to the side.
And here is the birthday card that Teri made for me. It is so darling! You have to see it IRL. It is a shaker card and she even decorated the inside of the card. This is a new GF stamp but it is so cute that she colored her hair pink. I got a bunch of gifts from her too. Thanks so much Teri for the best birthday lunch! If you get a chance, go check out her blog. She has so many creative ideas.
And I got a surprise treat from my gf Joy. She made this mini gable box for me with Fluer Anya from the GF and filled it with these beautiful flowers like the one she used on her hair.
Here's the card that Joy made for me using a stamp called popcorn bear and the inside had a treat for me from one of my favorite places I go to everyday. Go check out Joy's blog too because she's on a design team and she has so much creative energy! Thanks so much Joy for thinking of me on my birthday!
My daughter gave me this book along with a bunch of gifts this morning. I was caught by surprise when I opened the box because she sees me reading this blog every morning and I have been wanting to get this book. This woman, Pikko (Crystal) comes up with all these creative ideas on making bentos for lunch. I don't think I could even eat it after all the work she puts into making it.
Well, thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed reading this long post. Have a wonderful Monday!!!

Let's Chill

2010-06-11T10:39:00.000-07:00

Hero Arts recently released new stamps for summer. I was able to get my hands on a couple of them. This cute girl is from the "Sending Smiles" clear set and "Let's Chill" is another new clear set. I actually planned for the colors on this card to be more pinks and blues but as it turned out, I ended up using yellow and red.

I used a Sizzix XL die to cut the card. It is called A2 card with circle 1 7/8". Paper is Hero Hues called Punch and my favorite background stamp called cling dots which I stamped with Memento Red. The punch is from EK Success called scallop daisy and lots of red gemstones.

Today is King Kam day in Hawaii and I hope you're all having a relaxing day. I'm meeting my GF Teri for some lunch and after that - shopping!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

Swiss Pixies Spring

2010-06-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

When I first saw this stamp, I knew I had to get it. It reminded me of my younger days growing up on the windward side when my girlfriends and I would lay in the grass fields and giggle and talk. Back in the days, that's all it was in Kahaluu.
The stamps are from CC Designs. I paper pieced the dress and stamped the dress from a Hero Arts older background stamp.
The card background is embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder set called "floral flourishes and vines set". Border punch is from EK Success called daisy border.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great evening!!!

Sorbet

2010-06-01T15:02:00.000-07:00

I didn't get to do anything crafty this past weekend but I made this box last Friday. I was thinking of sorbet ice cream and decided to use those colors to make this heart box. I don't have a photo program yet so I used the one on my computer and the colors turned out quite bright. It is really a lot softer IRL. This Sizzix die is called "heart box and key" and it is an XL die. I embossed the heart with one of the new birthday embossing folders set.
And since I had this kitty lying around, I decided to put her on the box. The rose is also a leftover from the last paper party. I usually will keep my scraps but I do have my cleaning moments and end up throwing things out.

Hope your day is going great and thanks for stopping by today!!!

Meeting Kris

2010-05-26T09:58:00.000-07:00

Last week Friday, I finally got to meet in person, Kris from Maui and her hubby. She's the sweetest thing!!! I met her through blogland and she's got so many creative ideas on her blog. Go check her out. Plus she's on several design teams. She has 2 beautiful daughters and another baby on the way. She even brought me some delicious cookies from Maui. Thanks Kris!!!I made her a little goodie bag to take back home. I put some stamps in this bag but I couldn't fit the rest of the items in it.
This die is a Sizzix pro die called tall bag. I've used it so many times for different things. The stamp is from CC Designs called Little Bug Emma. She looks a little crooked but she isn't. It must of been the way I took the picture. I lost my photo editing program on my old computer so I'm using the one that comes with this computer.

Well, thanks for stopping by today! I'm getting ready to do another tv shoot today for the Joy of Crafting show. Have a great Wednesday!!!

Stinky day

2010-05-25T10:45:00.000-07:00

This was me the day my computer crashed. Lol! Actually, I made this card the day before and I was all ready to post it and I couldn't get my computer to turn on.I used Dandelion Design stamps and now I can't remember the name of the skunk. I cut the scalloped edge card piece with the new Tim Holtz edge die. Grass punch is a Martha Stewart punch.

Sorry for such a short post today but I have a long day ahead. Have a great Tuesday!!!

I'm back

2010-05-21T21:20:00.000-07:00

After 14 years of windows pc's, I switched to a Mac. And I totally love it!!! I still have lots to learn since it is a little different from what I am used to but it is so worth it.

I actually made this card a couple weeks ago along with some other cards but haven't been able to post it since my computer crashed. I found this stamped image on my piles of scrap and decided to use her. It is from the Hero Arts clear set called "sweet wonderful you".
The punched flower on the card is a Martha Stewart punch called "pop-up water lilly" and comes in 2 sizes.
Here's a closer view on the flower and how it looks popped up.

Thanks for stopping by today and I know it's been awhile since I posted anything crafty but I hope to get back into the groove now that I have my new computer. Have a wonderful day!!!