Several days ago...

I celebrated another birthday. Yikes!!! My friend Teri took me to lunch to help celebrate my special day. We went to California Pizza Kitchen and I was surprised that she had never eaten there before. We had such a great time together, as always and we didn't even allow enough time to shop. We ate half of our lunch to make room for the sweets.

Dessert was just delish! All I know is that it had to be chocolate for the both of us.

Then later in the evening, my hubs came home with this cake for me. Boy, I had enough sweet treats for a week.

I also got some really nice gifts from everyone. Made me feel so special.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes! Truly appreciate it cause my birthday is always a hard day for me since my mom is no longer here to share it with me.

Well, that's it for now.

And so the conversation went like this...

Me: Can you please stir the corn?
Him: How? With what?
Me: What do you mean with what? Get a spoon!
Him: (Stirs it with a fork) Nice.
Me: Well, turn the stove off before it burns.
Him: How?
Me: The knob... you know turn the knob!
Him: Where? Which one?
Me: Brah, you can read? The knob that says "left front".
Him: How do you expect me to do this when you don't tell me what to do.
Me: Um, I hope you can read.
Him: (He walks out of the kitchen cause really, it's all my fault)
Me: Men...

I stamped these cards a couple weeks ago and forgot to post them. I made samples for one of the stores here.

All the cards were made using Hero clear stamps. Have a goodnight everyone!

Scrapped the night away...

I belong to a couple kit clubs and let me tell you, these babies keep piling up. I turn around and another one shows up at my door. But, they're the best things to have because you just use all the goodies in the kit and you can make a ton of pages.
And my husband kept asking me why I had to have a crown on my head but hey, cause I'm the princess das why.

I know, these photos look kind of dark but I took them late last night and was too tired to take them again. Still trying to learn how to use my Canon Rebel XTI and if anyone out there has some tips, please share cause I really need the help.

These were made from 3 different kits. And I got way more stash in these kits to make a ton more. It's like overdosing.
My goal this week is to use up some of these babies to make room for more.
Have a great day everyone and I'll be posting more layouts this week.

The Blue Box

Who would of known, that on our way to dinner Saturday night, there was a blue box with a card under it right by the foot of my seat! I really thought that since he forgot about our anniversary, he also forgot about buying me a card and a gift. Because, I really forgot and didn't buy him anything... But hey, we get to the parking lot and I'm getting out of the car and I see the blue box by my foot. I almost stepped on it but I was also shaking with excitement cause I knew there was a piece of jewelry in that box. He gave me a necklace called the hugging heart. So sweet of him to buy me jewelry. Of course I felt bad because I didn't have a card or a gift for him. So I told him that I would pay for dinner. We went to eat at Macaroni Grill and both ended up eating the same thing.

Heres a picture of the bread and olive oil they bring to your table before your meal. Being that we both love bread, we ate 2 of these. Heres one of our meal. It was a pasta with butter, garlic sauce and chicken and asparagus. We didn't even have room for dessert.
Heres a photo of us after our meal. We went shopping after to walk off the meal.

Have a good night everyone! I'll post some layouts tomorrow.

I stamped again...

I decided to make a card for Teri's blog candy and this is what I came up with. And truthfully, I have never made a Father's Day card before, so this is the first. I did try to stamp the word "dad" in a crooked way but I messed up and thats why I have that red rub-on behind the dog. But it sorta blends in with the dog. Have a great evening!

A quick one...

I stamped all afternoon. I made samples for one of the stores and then ended up playing with these new stamps from a line that I also sell. They came out really cute! I need to practice stamping a little more.

I used leftover scraps for the background paper, Marvy punches and cardstock.

Okay, back to stamping samples. I'll post the rest later.

A couple weeks ago...





I won this Betsey bag from a RAK that Sara posted on her blog. Sorry, forgot to post a picture when I received the goods in the mail. And, she also put a bunch of scrap goodness in the box for me to play with!!! I was
totally thrilled to get all of this. Go check out her site because she has some really rad kits for sale every month.





Remember the make-it, take-it I had this past weekend?
I finally have a chance to post the pictures of the little mini book that the ladies got to make. So heres photos of the 4 inside pages. I forgot to take a photo of the outside cover for the book. All stamps are Hero Arts.
Inks are from Tsukineko and the blings are also Hero Arts.






The weekend was pretty busy and hectic. My neice graduated on Sunday. Here's a shot of the group photo. This was just a few members of the family. She's the one with all the leis. Time sure flies by fast.
Have a good evening everyone!

More Mother's Day...

Okay, so heres what I made my mother-in-law. I scraplifted

the album idea from a make-it take-it I did at Memory Trends 2006, last October. And I can't remember exactly what company offered it. But it was made out of a white portfolio. I used all my leftover scraps from the recipe swap that I made for Jen's recipe swap. I'll post a picture of that later. For the inside of this album, I printed wallet sized photos from her birthday party back in April. The inside is divided in 3 parts and I made cards to stick in there.

Heres what the inside looked like. When you take the cards out, there are pictures at the bottom of each card.

You can't see it in the first picture but on the 2nd picture you can see what it looked like when

you pulled the cards out of the pockets.

She really loved it and so did the rest of the family.

And here is the recipe card that I made for Jen's recipe swap. The leaves look almost black in this

picture but it's actually a nice olive green color.

I will post the little minibook on my next post because this one wore me out putting up all the pictures.

TTFN!

Weekend Recap

As usual, I'm late again in posting highlights of the weekend. Well, hope you all had a nice Mother's Day!!! I did and my daughter surprised me with this... She said she went to Watanabe Florals and picked the flowers and even the pink vase. She knows my fave color is pink. And I found a card tucked under the

comforter on my pillow and was quite surprised as I got ready for bed. The card brought tears to my eyes. It was a Hallmark moment.

My son stopped over on Saturday with a DVD player for my Mother's Day gift. He worked on Sunday so he wanted to see me before then. Both of my kids work on Sundays every year and I never get to spend Mother's Day with them.

My crafty sista Teri came over on Saturday and we spent all afternoon working on this Sizzix class project that my hubs had at his store last month. The Sizzix designer is just awesome and a bunch of ladies made this cute scrapbook album out of envelopes.We did this tutorial so you'll be able to make one for yourself. Check it out in a few days at his blog because I still have to work on the tutorial. You'll be able to buy the supplies from his store to make this project. Here's a couple of pictures of what we made.

And here we are trying to take pictures of ourselves.Can you tell whose holding the camera???
We had so much fun making this project that it took us 4 hours between all the talking, laughing and shooting photos for the tutorial. I was surprised that we even finished it. But we also made other scrappy items too.

And if you remember on one of my back posts, I
made a card for a make-it take-it coming up this weekend. Well, I changed my mind about the card and made this cute little scrapbook for the make-it take-it instead. The whole book was made using Hero Arts clear stamps and a couple of wooden
stamps. I will show the rest of the book on my next post.
Hope you're all having a great Tuesday! I have to get back to work because this post took longer than I expected.

Last Week Sunday

We took our cars back to Tony Honda and left with 2 brand new cars. Our leases had expired so it was time to turn the cars in and get the newbies. I just love the smell of a brand new car. And the riding is so smooth... It was sad to let go of my old car but it's

always nice to get a new one. Heres some photos that I took. See the car on the left, thats my baby. The one on the right is my hub's car.

Now here's Brian driving

up with my new car. See, I

got the same color.

My hubs got the same car but he got it in black.

How crazy is that??? We

have the same cars.

Here's the 2 Brians that sold us the cars. Hey, if you want to get a Honda, go see the 2 Brians. They gave us outstanding service!

Oh, and I did not forget. I

made my hubs pick out the winner for the RAK.
And the winner is......

l8ybug2!!! The correct answer was... my hubs was pumping gas while I waited

in the car. I guess it was a little hard to figure out what he was doing in the rain but I must say that a bunch of you ladies hit it right on the nose. So l8ybug2, please email me with your addy so I can send your package out.

Have a great Saturday everyone cause I gotta get ready before my sista Teri shows up. We scrappin' today and I'll post pictures later. TTFN!

A quick one

I made this card for a make-it take-it a couple weeks ago. I used Tsumugi paper for the card and Hero Arts stamps. And the button is not really a button, its a Quickutz die.

This card is another make-it take-it for next weekend. I used Tsumugi paper again and Hero Arts clear stamps.The solid circle background is a Hero wooden stamp. And I took out my scallop scissors to add an edge to the piece of scrap I used for a border. I may change the color for the flowers. Not quite sure yet. And it's not that bright as it looks.

Sorry these pictures are dark and bright but I'm still learning how to use my Canon Rebel XTI.

I made these tags a couple months ago. I was playing around and used Hero wooden and clear stamps. The bird is an Autumn leaves clear stamp. Tags are from scraps of Tsumugi paper. Ribbons are from various companies.

And tonight, I will hopefully have time to start on

Jen's recipe swap. My first time doing a swap and

I have to make 10 of the same thing. Whoa...

Gosh, this turned out to be kinda long. Just wanted to share a few things.

Have a great Monday everyone!!!

"It's RAK Time"

So, because today is National Scrapbook Day, I feel like giving a RAK. I have this book from Autumn Leaves called "Perfectly Clear" and it has some great ideas using clear stamps. And how many of us love idea books???

Well, all you have to do to win this book is tell me what my hubs is doing in this photo. I took this photo on a rainy day. Guess the correct answer, and you will win this book! (Hint) I was dry.

Okay, so don't be a lurker because I want to meet everyone who reads this blog and tell your friends too. No be shame cause I may add extra goodies in with this book. So post a comment with the correct answer and I'll have him pull a winner in a week.

Happy NSD!!!

Busy today

I actually played with my Big Shot today. I wanted to try all the different techniques with the machine. I made this frame and textured it. And added some foof around the frame and blings. And I didn't forget to put the cute handbag cause we love shopping for handbags.

And I also practiced making this. It turned out really cute.

Lots of pinks and blacks. Needed to try one for a show taping.

Okay, I guess thats it for now. I'm working on something

else.

Have a good evening!

Wow! Has it been 2 weeks???

Doesn't seem like it's been that long, but 2 weeks since my last post??? Geez Louise. I've been sorta busy. Last week was all about finishing our taxes. I spent most of my weekend, working on our taxes. What a relief that we finished it on Sunday! My poor hubs birthday is also on the 15th. But we ended the day having a nice dinner at Macaroni Grill to celebrate his special day. Dinner was great and as usual, I didn't finish my meal. There was so much food. The servings they give you is worth the price.
Then, all of last week up until yesterday, I had a mainland regional in town. We had appointments everyday and scheduled classes and make-it, take-its over the weekend. I'll post the photos on my next post here. We both had a great time and it was sad to see her leave. But, I will be seeing her again in a couple months at the CHA summer show.
Today, the hubs and I had a relaxing day. We ran in the morning, went out for lunch and pretty much spent the day going to various stores to pick up items we needed at home. I then went down to my craft room to work on a project for a make-it, take-it next weekend. It was easy peasy. Heres what I came up with. I used Hero Arts
clear stamps and also a wood stamp for the quote.
I also put a bling in the center of the flower but I don't think you can see it. Well, hope you all had a great
Sunday! I need to get back to work.
TTFN!

The Long Wait...

We were rushing out the door to meet the family for mother in law's birthday dinner, suddenly my hubby realizes that we are going to be really early. So, (light bulb moment) rather than waiting, he decides to do some shopping at Goodwill Pearlridge. Hence, the long wait...

I took a photo of this can that I made to give to his mama. It was quite easy and I got the idea from Teri http://bigideasfromalittlegirl.blogspot.com . Can you tell that the can is sitting on the dashboard? It was the only place I could think of to take the photo. So, we get to the restaurant on time, and we end up waiting another long hour to be seated. Found out later that they don't take reservations. Duh!

Here's a photo of us while we're waiting.

We finally get seated and of course, it's another hour before you actually get your meal. Two hours later (yah!) we are eating dinner. Although the food was good, I wouldn't recommend the service.

Well, hope you're all having a great Easter Sunday!

Go Here

To the new http://heroarts.com website. It's finally up and the wait was worth it.