Horsing around

I recently bought this Spellbinder's nestablilities star die and really didn't know what to do with it. So I challenged myself to see what I could come up with. I didn't use all the sizes as it would of been overkill. The first one is cut out of acetate and the rest are cut from cardstock. I only embossed the red and blue star and used the Cuttlebug swiss dots to emboss the orange star. That cute horse die is a new one from Sizzix. Stamp is Hero Arts.

You're probably wondering why there are 3 photos but I wanted to show you the card in different angles.
I am busy cleaning out my house today even though it is a holiday weekend. I can't believe how much stuff I've accumulated in the past year. And while I was outside getting my laundry, I saw a mouse running under my washer (I think it's a mouse). Yuk! I hate those little critters. So now there is sticky traps going around my washer.

Well, back to cleaning and hope you're all having a wonderful holiday weekend!

Some crafty time

I actually spent some time in my craft room today making this card. The frog is a new Sizzix release which I ended up buying because I thought I'd try it out. This is my 2nd card using this die. I made the first one with a green frog and embossed with a texture plate but my husband said it looked kind of gross. And the card was actually going horizontal with a different stamped image but I ended up liking this version a lot better. LOL
It's been so hot lately that I can't stay downstairs very long. So glad that the vog we've been having is gone for now.

Have a great evening!

Be back soon...

I haven't completely disappeared, just been very busy the last couple of weeks. I've also been downstairs in my craft room preparing for some scheduled make-it take-its that are coming up. And, I have made some samples but haven't had the chance to take photos and post them. They are all at the store. I'll be at Ben Franklin Crafts-Market City this Saturday, May 17th from 10-11 am. We'll be making a card. And on June 7th, I'll be at TAJ Clubhouse at Ward Warehouse from 12-2 pm. Hope to see you this weekend!

Here's to the 25th of every month

Scrap your day - another scrappy online class that I decided to do every month for a year by Shimelle. I haven't scrapped in awhile and this helps to motivate me and get me back in the groove. I started the day off right taking the photos but, I messed up on dinner and bedtime. Here's a couple photos that I took. The clock is wrong because I did wake up at 6:30 but remembered to take the photo a half hour later.
Here's my breakfast. Notice I look at Spongebob while I'm drinking my tea and eating my crackers.

Here's a photo looking right out my screen window.

We live in an older neighborhood.

Yesterday was such a hot, voggy, humid day. Notice the air looks grey. That's all the vog from the volcano on the Big Island.

This is the view from my living room.

It kind of looks like that today again. Hopefully the winds will come back and blow the vog away.

I spent my morning between loads of laundry making this pink elephant card. It's a new Sizzix die that we'll be using for one of the make-it take-its. It was quite easy and fast to make.

Well, I have quite a bit of photos to print for yesterday's prompt. So, I'm going back downstairs to finish my scrapbook.

Sizzix Make-it Take-it Schedule

Here is the schedule for the Sizzix make-it take-its that we'll be doing for the next 2 weeks. The projects are different for each store.
1) May 1st - A Place In Time 11-1 pm - Card using the new XL dies
2) May 2nd - Photo Craft 11-1 pm - Take-out box project
3) May 3rd - Ben Franklin Crafts Market City 10-12 pm - Card using the new XL dies
4) May 3rd - J's Knicknacks 1-3 pm - Mini acetate scrapbook (class is full but you may call the store to see if there are any openings)
5) May 5th - Ben Franklin Crafts Paa St. 11-1 pm - Favor box project
6) May 7th - Flora-Dec 5:30-7:30 pm - Favor box project
7) May 9th - Stamps & Memories 6-8 pm - Card using the new XL dies
8) May 10th - Ben Franklin Crafts Kailua 10-11 am - Favor box project
9) May 10th - Ben Franklin Crafts Pearl City 12-1 pm - Favor box project
Please contact the stores if you have any questions.

Party chick

I bought a bunch of the new Penny Black stamps the other day and this stamp is one of my favorites.

Here's the deets:

Sizzix Bigz XL scallop card (new size)

Spellbinders megabilities small scallop rectangle and small classic rectangle,

Stickles icicle, Palette canvas ink, and Hero Arts gemstones. The flowers on the background is from the clear Spring set. I just love this white ink from Palette. It is one of the best white inks I have used. So crisp and clear. And many thanks to Jen who gave it to me! It is by far one of my favorites now.

Well, I need to get to bed since I'll be very busy tomorrow. G'night!

Almost forgot...

I'm actually doing a 2nd post today. I just wanted to let you all know that on Saturday, April 19th, I'll be doing a make-it take-it at Ben Franklin Crafts in Kailua from 11 - 12 pm. Hope to see you there!

I know, it's been awhile

I didn't realize it's been awhile since I last posted. I'm also the one posting on my husband's blog too. Today I was in a rush to make him a birthday card and funny how when you are trying to get it done fast, it never happens. I must of spent over an hour trying to finish it. Anyways, here's the deets:
Stamps are $1 stamps from Hampton Art, paper is Autumn Leaves, circles are Spellbinders nestabilitites in small and large size, white cardstock is Hero Arts, and sheer black ribbon from Ben Franklin Crafts. Hope you're having a great Tuesday!!!

That schmuck!

Well, we had a rude awakening this morning at around 3:15 am. And yes, it was the police ringing our doorbell. Guess they tried calling on the
phone but no one heard it. Some rat out there stole my car (the one my daughter drives), and crashed it down the hill because - duh! you can't turn the steering wheel when there is a locked bar going across of it. So we spent almost 2 hours waiting, filing a claim, waiting for the tow truck, calling the insurance company and basically waiting. We could of drove the car home except, it was stuck on this big rock in someone's front lawn. Which we are thankful that the guy was still up watching t.v. and heard the crash but couldn't get the thief as he ran down the street. Hmmph! So today, I will spend my day dealing with the claims adjuster on getting everything fixed on the car again. The ignition is hanging down the left side of the steering wheel and when you start the car, the water is shooting out of the windshield and nothing works. We get to find out today what damage was done under the car.
Ok, glad I got this off my chest. Hope you're having a great Thursday!

Baby mode

Our niece had a baby boy right before Easter so I told my husband that I would make the card for them instead of buying a card. Duh! I still buy Hallmark cards. Haha!

Hopefully we'll be able to see the little guy soon.

And since I was making baby cards, I played around with this new die that I bought and made another one. I cut this out of chipboard. I wanted to see if it would cut since it was a much smaller die than the usual original size or bigz and it worked.
Well, tomorrow is hump day and I'm so glad the week is half over. Have a good one!

Many thanks!

I just want to say thank you to all the ladies who showed up today for Ben Franklin Crafts "paper party"! It was so nice to see everyone again and especially seeing that you were all having a great time making the 2 projects that we had today. As requested, from now on, I will be posting when and where the next make-it take-it will be. At least I know that you guys are peeking in on my blog. Have a great Easter Sunday!!!

Easter inchies

I've been seeing cards made with stamped little pieces of cardstock so I thought I would give it a try. It was a challenge for me being that when you put it on a card, there is a lot of white space. So I ended up cutting the cardstock down to fit the little inchies. Here's the deets:

Dandelion Design stamps, Spellbinders square scalloped and square classic dies (the little ones), Memory Box cardstock, Worldwin cardstock, Making Memories paper, VersaColor ink, tulle, and Stickles glitter glue. You probably can't see the glitter too well but it's glittery IRL.

Have a wonderful Easter!!!

Just for fun

I stamped all morning on Saturday between loads of laundry and cleaning my craft space. By the afternoon, I was pooped. But here's one of the cards that I made using the Martha punch that I bought from Scrapbook Heaven. I've been looking all over for this punch and finally found it. Here's the deets:
Memory Box card in yellow
Orange cardstock from DCWV
Music Notes embossing folder from Cuttlebug
Hero background stamp on butterflies
Stickles glitter flue
Stampendous stamp
Martha butterfly punch
And the reason behind these colors for the butterflies, is they are from scraps that I used to make another card and scrapbook layout. I'll post them later.

I feel complete

It's finished! Thanks so much to a really special friend Jen, (tons of hugs to you) who offered to help me get a header up on this ole blog. I just love my new banner and I'm so glad that I didn't have to start up a new one. Please stop over to visit at her blog and say hi. She's got tons of eye candy going on and tutorials to the max. Thank you sista!

Playing around

Yesterday, I spent some time practicing a project for a t.v. show that I'm taping this week. I sort of finished it but got distracted after looking at a new embossing folder that I just bought. So, I stamped these cute animal stamps from Hero Arts and came out with this card.
I still have to finish the t.v. show project so I'm heading back to my craft room once again and hopefully I won't get distracted.

Make-it take-it

Hi peeps! I will at Scrapbook Heaven tomorrow, Saturday at 11-12 pm doing a cute little make-it take-it. Plus, I'll have the brand new black and pink Sizzix machine with me so you can all try it out. Hope to see you there!

New Do...

Since we came back from our trip, all I could think about was my upcoming hair color appointment. Well, when I walked in the door for my appointment, my hair stylist took one look at me and next thing I knew it, Edward Scissorhand was at work. Here's a self photo of me from the bathroom mirror. My hubs said I looked very young again. I guess it was a good compliment.
I wasn't able to post my little mini Valentine's book that I made for him since we were still on the mainland. Here's a photo of the cover.
I stamped a piece of white cardstock using Hero Arts Manuscript background stamp. Then I cut the heart out with the Spellbinders classic heart die and the red heart is the scalloped heart die. The stamped word is a $1 stamp that I got from Ben Franklin Crafts. I also used red stickles
on the tiny heart over the letter i.
I'll start posting the projects that I made at the show in another email. I'm running out the door in a few minutes for an appointment. Happy Thursday!!!

Where is it???

I don't know what happened to my blog header. Help! Anyone out there who can help me???

Well, we are back from CHA. I worked all 4 days of the show so I hardly made any projects at the booths. There are so many new products coming out and I can hardly wait to see all of it as it starts popping up in the stores. We stayed a couple extra days to do some sightseeing and had a real great time. It feels good to be back and soak up the sunshine here. It was sooo cold in Anaheim that we had the heater going everynight.

Here's a card that I made couple weeks before we left for CHA. I used the Minnie Cuttlebug embossing folder and Spellbinders scalloped circle and classic circle dies and a stamp that I just bought online.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and if you know about blog headers, please let me know.

Sneaky

My hubs can be such a sneak at times. I bought him an iPhone for Christmas and this is the first time since we've been married that I actually catch him playing with something all the time. Like yesterday, we were out shopping and he went to the men's dept while I went straight to the women's floor. So, he caught me playing dress up. Although, I did end up buying that cute sweater.
I haven't been posting much being that this is the time of the year when all the new products are shipping to the stores and I'm busy on the road. Life of a rep...
Here's a photo of a project that I did for The Joy of Crafting show. It will air the month of March for Easter. This was made using the new bunny die from Sizzix.

Don't forget to watch the shows on Sundays on OC16.

I won't be posting once again as we head out to Anaheim for the CHA show this weekend.

Hope you're all having a great Monday evening!

Go check it out

Today, the heart card that I made below is being featured on Angie's site. You have to go through her site. It's full of blogs sites to visit and she has lots of eye candy!