With a cherry on top...

The early part of last year, my husband came home with this Sizzix die and asked me if I could make something with it. I must of forgotten about it since it was put away with all my other dies and I only found it recently while going through the mess. I decided to put Miss Kiki La Rue on this cupcake since she is holding a cupcake too. By the way, this is an XL die called cupcake card with holder. I ran the cupcake holder part through my Fiskars paper crimper.

Threw on some chunky glitter for the frosting and a Sizzix rub-on for the word. Rub-on's come in handy when you're rushing to finish.Here is what the cupcake holder looks like and the card that goes in the holder.

If you're not busy on Saturday and want to do some crafting, head on over to Ben Franklin Crafts in Kailua for their paper party. I'll be doing a make & take there from 10-12 pm. And when you're done, I'll be giving you some freebies. And to top it off, if you've been wanting a Sizzix Big Shot PRO machine, the store is having a drawing to give one away! Wow!

Thanks for stopping by today and I really appreciate all the sweet comments you leave me. Have a great Thursday and hope to see you on Saturday!!!

Hello Kitty in the garden

It's been awhile since I've taken out my Hello Kitty dies and made something with it. So today while packing up my things for tomorrow, I decided to use the Sizzix carry all box and put Hello Kitty on it. I used the fence die from a couple years ago to decorate the box. And all the papers are scraps from other projects. Lately since I've been cleaning out my craft room, I've been finding stuff that I forgot I even had.
Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great Tuesday!

Mother's Day idea

There are a bunch of new dies that were just released from Sizzix and are in the stores now. This box is a scoreboard die and is called "box with scalloped flap". It is a lot bigger than the business card box. You can probably put a bunch of gift cards in it for your mom for a Mother's Day gift. I cut the roses out of felt from a new die called "3-D flowers". The green label die cut is a cut out piece from the ornate box die. I embossed it with the animal print embossing folder.

Here's a close up of the rose. It was real easy to make the rose. I used a bamboo skewer to make it.Here is the pocket card that we made this past Saturday for the make & take at the store. We used Tim Holtz dies to decorate the card. It's kind of a different look for me but I am liking the vintagy distressed look these days.

Before I forget, I will be at the Ben Franklin Crafts Kailua store this week Saturday, April 24th
from 10-12 pm doing a make & take for their annual paper party celebration. I hope you can come and join us because there will be a lot of make & takes going on throughout the day and prizes too. And everyone who comes to my table will get a free die, actually 2 in the package. But you have to make the project. Hope to see you there!

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

Need a new home...

Edit - The rack went to a brand new home. Thanks everyone!!!
I've been cleaning out my craft/sample room and decided to get rid of my paper tower rack. It is a 12x12 paper rack and has 29 trays. Should be 30 but somewhere down the road it is missing 1 tray. I would like to give this rack a new home. The frame is wood and is an EK Success rack that used to hold all my paper samples. If you are interested, send me an email. You will also have to pick it up. And it is free.
Have a great Thursday!!!

For Mother's Day

I saw this cute Emma stamp in the store over the weekend and bought it even though Easter is over. To cover the eggs that are in the basket, I placed flowers over it. And I love how this pink/green color combination on the paper makes the colors stand out. This card reminded me that Mother's Day is coming up. Even though my mom is no longer here, I still have many fond memories of her.

Initially I stamped "Happy Mother's Day" on the inside of the card but it somehow got messed up. So I decided to cover it up instead of throwing the card away.

Well, hope you're having a great day! I'm still finishing up our taxes. Thanks for stopping by today!!!

A little early for Boy's Day

In between scrapbooking and working on several make & takes, I had some Dandelion stamps sitting on my craft table and decided to make something with the Boy's Day stamps. I used an older Sizzix XL die called bag with scallops. I left the sides of the bag off and just used the main piece. The background stamp is one of my favorites right now from Hero Arts called dots. This was the first time I used my blue memento ink pad.

I stuck a googly eye on the fish and glittered the scales.

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

May all your wishes come true

This past Saturday, I was over at MunchKins in Mililani Town Center doing a make & take using all Hero Arts stamps and accessories. I precut the project using a Sizzix die and had everyone stamp, color, cut and put it altogether.We used a clear stamp set called "magical castle"and the background stamp is a cling stamp called dots. This was the first time I used the new Hero hues paper and I like how one side is a color and the other side is white. And because it was Easter, I gave the ladies a Hersheys candy to put in their project. If you haven't gone there yet, go and check out MunchKins in Mililani Town Center. One of the ladies that came by on Saturday brought me this really cute Easter basket that she made! Thanks so much Gail, it was so sweet of you!My husband came home with this next basket from Jenny V. I met Jenny at Teri's summer party last year. I love that CC Designs stamp that she used to decorate the egg shaped basket. She filled it with lots of candies and even these really cute flower shaped buttons. They were so cute! Thanks so much Jenny!!! So thoughtful of you!
This next basket was made by Lori. It is so cute and I love all the different embellishments and colors that she used. Thanks so much Lori!!! I want to get the instructions from you for this one.

I have another basket that I wanted to post made by Amy but she didn't want me to post it. But I just want to thank you so much Amy for the cute little basket that you made for me!!!

Thanks everyone! Hope you all had a great Easter!!!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great and wonderful Monday!!!

Simple is best

See the candy holder on the right? I cut that out couple months ago and never used it. It is a Sizzix scoreboard cupcake holder die. Yesterday, I stuck some grass and candies in it and bagged it up and attached a tag. I may use this idea for this weekend's luncheon. I have a ton of scraps lying around on my craft table and ended up making this egg shaped card for Easter. The egg is cut from the Spellbinders egg nesties die.

The other day I found a bag filled with old EK Success punches that were my samples from back in the days and I found a little bunny punch. So I punched out little pink bunnies and stuck one on this card and decorated the inside of the card. Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the card. But the inside says, Happy Easter honey bunny. All stamps are Dandelion Designs.
Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great Tuesday!!!

Quick and easy Easter treat box

This is one of my most favorite Sizzix boxes, box #2. I've used it so many times and in different ways. I cut out an oval shape using a Spellbinders nestie petite oval die. I just got this new punch from the store called daisy chain. It's so cute! By the way, it's on sale this week along with all the other new punches. Bunny stamp and eggs are from Dandelion Designs. Coloring was fast since the stamps are small. I filled the box with M & M's and tied a ribbon on the top.
I'm going to be at MunchKins in Mililani Town Center this Saturday doing a make & take from 10-12 pm. Hope to see you out there!
Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Monday!!!

Happy Easter

Here's what I made using the cut out piece from yesterday's post. I layered pieces of patterned cardstock over the cut out. The stamped background is a Hero Arts cling stamp called flower wallpaper. I used memento pink ink to stamp it and I love the subtle effect.I actually cased this card style from one of the Hero designers here. I tried coloring this CC Design stamp from what I learned last Saturday when Jodie did a copic make & take at the store. Thanks Jodie for all the tips.

I was so thrilled last week when I picked up my gf Teri for lunch. She made me this really cute bunny basket/tote. You should check out her blog because she has a tutorial on how she made this little cutie. Thanks Teri, I really enjoyed all the delicious candies that came with this.Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend!!!

Friends forever

A couple of weeks ago, I was at the Ben Franklin Crafts store in Kailua for a meeting. Well, I walked by the closeout rack and happened to find a couple of my favorite brand punches on closeout and knew I had to grab them. I finally got the Fiskar's "oval and oval again" punches in two different sizes and had to make something with it. I used a Spellbinder's nesties to cut the center of my card and decorated the inside with these girls from Hero Arts called "sweet wonderful you".

I stamped the background of the card with a Hero Arts cling stamp called "flower wallpaper". All inks used were Memento inks from Tsukineko.

Tomorrow, I'll show you what I did with the center piece that I cut out with the nesties die. I didn't want to waste it.
Thanks for stopping by today and I really appreciate all the sweet comments that you leave me.

Have a great Thursday!!!

Two Emma's

The new CC Designs stamps are so cute that I've been stamping and coloring at night while watching tv. Although I do have a harder time coloring inside the lines at night. This first card is Cherry Emma. I used a Sizzix die for the frame called frame #2. The last time I used this die was for a tv shoot on The Joy of Crafting show where I made this into a gift card holder. The stamped background is a Hero Arts cling stamp called friends background and the white card is embossed from a Sizzix TI folder called winter set.This next card is Lil' Bug Emma. I used an XL die from Sizzix called layered elegant card. Sorry that this picture is at an angle but I was having a hard time taking it because of the lighting in my kitchen. The bottom piece is embossed with a Sizzix TI called dots and the top layered piece is embossed with a new TI folder called birds, flowers and branches. I met the artist at the CHA show and she gave me this set to play with.
Well, I'm so glad the weekend is here and I can play with some new craft toys that I picked up last week. Thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday!!!

Spring Emma

Couple weeks ago while I was in the store, I saw these new egg nestabilities from Spellbinders and knew that I wanted to make something with it. I thought Spring Emma would be so cute sitting on one of the eggs. For the card background, I used a Quickutz embossing folder that I bought from Stamps & Memories. The embossed oval die is from the Hello Kitty spring set. For some reason, her cheeks came out looking splotchy.
This next picture is a purse favor that I made using a Sizzix XL die called purse with ornate flap.
I used a Sizzix embossing folder for the dots background and made the flowers from the flower layers sizzlit set.
Well, I'm on my way out to some appointments this morning and grab myself a Starbucks coffee. Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great Tuesday morning!

Easy treat holder

I totally forgot that I had this stamped image sitting on my craft table for weeks now. This is from the GF's cheeky collection called cheeky glamour. When my girlfriend Cheri was here last September, she left me this Sizzix die called "layered elegant card". I didn't want to make a card so I changed it into a treat holder using the fold technique. Here's a side view of the treat holder and I stuck a package of rice crackers in there and it fit perfect.

The embossed white background is from the Hello Kitty spring set and I also used Spellbinders large scallop ovals in both large and small sizes. Glitter paper is from Trimcraft.

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

Have a magical day!

Yesterday in the late afternoon, I spent several hours cleaning my sample room aka craft room. Everytime there is a new release of sales catalogs, I have to purge out the old. So after 6 trips up and down 25 stairs, I took a break. Starbucks coffee break... and dessert break... and craft break...
I made this bag called "peek a boo bag" using a Sizzix 12x12 pro die. It was one of the simplest bags I ever made. It takes 1 sheet of 12x12 paper and you fold on the crease lines and that's it. No glue or adhesive! You can fill it with goodies and close the top of the bag with a ribbon.
Stamps used are from Hero Arts called "magical castle". To make the grass, I used the Martha Stewart fringe scissors.

Here's a side view of the bag. I tried to get a good photo but sometimes what I see through the camera isn't exactly the angle that I am trying to get. Anyways, the side is a triangle and the top of the bag flaps over.

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

Polka dots or stripes

Yesterday, I did a make & take at the store. This was actually planned for last Saturday, but the store was closed in the morning because of the tsunami watch. We used the Sizzix Big Shot Pro machine to make this pocket card holder. It is a 12x12 die and I thought it would be nice to let everyone try out this new machine. The scallop circle is on one of the A6 card dies but you can also buy it separate. It is one of the movers and shapers die. I couldn't decide which Pebbles paper to use so I gave everyone a choice of polka dots or stripes. And polka dots was the favored paper to use.

We used Quincy from Dandelion Designs for the stamped image. He's such a cutie! And instead of putting a card in the pocket, I gave everyone nori rice crackers to put in the pocket.

Well, I'm off to craft with some ladies today and hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Back to school

When my husband gave me this stamp back in January, the first thing I thought of was my daughter who recently went back to college to take a couple of classes this year.I used the Sizzix gatefold card die to make the card. Stamp is from TGF. Background stamp is raindots background from Hero Arts. Spellbinders nestabilities Label 3 and paper is white core from DCWV.

The inside says, "hang in there". LOL! So far she has been and I don't know how she works full time at a nursing home, part time at a kid's store and goes to school 5 days a week.

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

Sweet girl day wishes

Girl's day is coming up next week and I thought I'd make something using Dandelion's new stamps and I wanted to use up these scraps that I had lying on my table. Can you tell that I love the color pink? This paper is by Pebbles and it's 2 sided. I came across it while fixing the paper rack at the store last Saturday.
Anyways, we are using some of this paper tomorrow for the make & take at the store. Hope to see you there! Have a great weekend!!!

Baby bunny

While I was at the store over the weekend, I saw this Sizzix baby bunny die which I never used before and thought it would be perfect to make something for Easter. I made a Christmas treat holder back here in 2008 exactly like this.The eggs are from last years Hello Kitty spring release.And instead of using the MS fence punch, I decided to use this new MS punch instead. I used the Hero Arts dot cling stamp for the background. It is one of my favorite background stamps and I love dots! I actually had the regular m & m's in the bag at first but it somehow didn't match with the colors. So I found a bag of these pink and white m & m's and it looks so much better.
Hope you're having a great week so far. I can't believe how quickly the month has gone by. Thanks for stopping by today!!!

The gigantic pillowbox

Seriously, this pillowbox is huge! This pillowbox is a 12x12 die for the Big Shot Pro machine. You can fit a lot of stuff in here or even a tee shirt too. The finished box is 8" x 5". I actually had to look twice when I first saw the size of this box. LOL! Once again, all stamps used are Hero Arts. The lace border punch is a Martha Stewart punch.

I stamped the polka dots on the background with the dotted cling background stamp.

Hope you're all keeping warm today. I had to get a new battery for my car this morning. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend!!!

Hey birthday girl

I have no idea why I made a birthday card since none of my gf's birthdays are in February. But, I had this image already stamped and colored and I found the birthday wishes scrap on my table so I was able to finish this quite fast. I have been wanting to make an easel card for awhile and thought this would be perfect for it.

There are a couple of new things here that I just bought from the store. First, I had to try out this new glitter embossing powder from American Crafts. It is so pretty and embosses well. I used it on the flourish background on this card. Secondly, I just love these new large scallop oval nestabilities from Spellbinders. I bought the ovals and also the square and rectangles. All the stamps used here are from Hero Arts. I found the easel card instructions on Splitcoasters.

Well, thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful rest of the day!!!

Kathy bunny I need help...

Last night my husband said that I'm sick and need help for my shoe addiction. He's probably right. After all, I only bought 3 pairs of boots and they were all on sale. Ha!I've had this Hello Kitty die since it was first released and never used it. I thought it would be perfect with this box. It is called the round top box and is one of the Sizzix Pro dies, a 12x12 size die. The top flaps right over and tucks into the box. I like the fact that you can now use 1 piece of paper to make the boxes and bags and not have to cut 2 or 3 pieces like some of the XL dies require.

This was our make and take for this past Saturday at the store. We made a matchbook candy favor using Hero Arts dots cling stamp for the background and Dandelion stamps for the cover.
This is what the inside looked like with the lifesaver candy stapled into the matchbook. So cute and simple.This is a picture of the cute candy bag that my sweet gf Teri made for me for Valentine's Day! It is the cutest thing with a candy cup in the front of the bag filled with dew drops. She used all Stampin Up supplies to make this favor bag. As you can see, all the chocolate treats are gone because I ate them right after she gave it to me last week.

Hope you all had a nice Presiden't Day yesterday! I spent my day shopping and did quite a bit of damage besides buying all the boots. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Tuesday!!!

I'm back!!!

I'm back, finally. I tried to post something last week but I spent most of my days catching up and working on orders. And I guess I got a little lazy myself and didn't get a chance to post these.
Then I got a bad stomach bug over the weekend and I'm feeling much better now. This bird cage is a soon to be released Tim Holtz Sizzix die. My husband got this from taking the Sizzix class at CHA. And the cute bird is a leftover from my last make & take at the store. The glitter paper is from Trimcraft.

This next box is an XL box from Sizzix called heart box with key. I poured chunky white glitter over the key. This box actually holds quite a bit of chocolate kisses. One of my husband's customers was so sweet and made us these cute tic tac holders. Not sure what company the frog stamp is from but it's really cute!

I tried to post from the show but for some reason I couldn't get my phone to upload the pictures.

Well, thanks for stopping by today and I hope to get myself back into the groove.