Woof!

I made a little doggie ornament the other day between cutting kits for today's make & take at Ben Franklin Crafts Pearl City store. Got a little distracted after finding this cute die in my stash. I used the Sizzix dog die with paw from the baby line and cut it out of chipboard.
This next card came about as I was playing with Tim Holtz distress embossing powder which I got from the store. It's kind of hard to see in the picture but I used 2 different colors of embossing powder for the stamped background. This embossing powder is different from regular embossing powder as it looks and feels like sand. But it gives your stamped image a more textured look. I used some scraps to finish the card. The background stamp is a Hero Arts stamp and the cute little girl and word are Dandelion Design stamps.I made another card before making this one but I used different colors on the first card. You can't really see it well but I spritzed the pink shapeability die with a new product from Tsukineko called Ink Potion #9. I added Memento Rosebud reinker and Vegas gold metallic ink to the Ink Potion #9 bottle to get the sparkly gold effect on the paper.

This photo is closer and you can see some of the sparkly on the paper.

Well, I have to get ready for the paper party and I hope to see you there today.

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

Special friends

Last week I received a bunch of surprises from some special people. I mean, I look forward to getting new samples and catalogs in the mail everyday but when I got my invoices from Jean, I was thrilled to see this card in the envelope too. And with it was a See's GC, my favorite candy store! Yummy! Thank you so much Jean for being so thoughtful!!! You are so sweet!!! It definately sweetened my day. This next one is a Hello Kitty collage frame that Michelle gave me last Friday at the tv shoot. OMG people, it is just so beautiful and jaw dropping!!! Thank you so much Michelle!!! You are so sweet and kind and I totally love this Hello Kitty frame!!! This last one is from one of my dearest, closest girlfriend Cheri from Sizzix. My own Sizzix Build a Bear. He is so soft, cuddly and cute! Thank you so much Cheri and it was so sweet of you to send it to me!!!
I'm excited to see her next month and we're going to be doing our marathon make & takes once again. One of the new releases coming out is our Build a Bear dies.Thanks for stopping by today and I'll be posting some new projects that I've been working on.
And before I forget, I'll be at the Ben Franklin Crafts Pearl City store this Saturday for their annual paper party doing a make & take. It is a super cute Halloween project! Have a great Wednesday!!!

The Joy of Crafting

This past Friday was another taping of the "Joy of Crafting" tv show. This was a little different because Joy wanted to tape a show on some of the Hawaii crafty bloggers. And so I was able to get both Jen and Michelle to come on the tv show and talk about crafting and blogging.We had so much fun!!! And these 2 are not shy at all. LOL!

Here's a photo that Jen took of us and cute little Amara, Michelle's daughter.
Now here's Brad and Ikaika (he likes to eat), the 2 dudes that film the show.

I didn't realize the walls were that green until I looked at these photos.Here's the 2 girlies getting their mikes. They both look so pretty!Here's Michelle and Jen with the show host, Joy. The show airs in October on OC 16. And thanks Joy!!! We all had a great time!!!

As Joy would say, Happy Crafting!!!

Chunky glitter

I finally got a chance to sit down and play with my little bottles of chunky glitter from Doodlebug.
This stuff is easier to work with than ultra fine glitter which gets all over the place. I picked up this new Dovecraft daisy punch from the store over the weekend and punched away. This card started off being a flower card but I ended up turning this into a thank you card.The orange frame is a new Sizzix die called scallop frame die. This card was actually quite easy to put together because the thank you part was a leftover from another project and the asian doll was a reject sitting in my reject pile. Do you keep your rejects or throw them out? Just wondering what everyone else does with their stuff.
Anyways, Janis I hope you are reading this because I haven't heard from you and I would like to send you your stamp set.
This morning as we were leaving the house to go to the park, I noticed my husband forgot the rubbish bag at the top of the stairs. And he's been doing this a lot lately. So I picked up the bag and threw it down the 25 stairs hoping it would land at the bottom and it did with a thud. Then I heard a sudden burst of laughter coming from the garage. Thank goodness he thought it was funny. Ha!
Well, thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great Tuesday and keeping cool!

Winner and a pink cat

The winner for the Hero clear Ocassions stamp set is "Janis". I don't have your email Janis so can you email me your address? I'll get this in the mail to you sometime this week. Thanks for playing everyone and leaving your sweet comments!!! I appreciate all of you stopping by my blog.I was at Stamps & Memories last week and they got in a shipment of Halloween dies from QK. I picked up this cat die which was actually a black cat for Halloween but I changed the color to pink. This one reminds me of a siamese cat. It looks like the one my step mom has although hers isn't siamese. The card is a Sizzix XL scallop card die and word stamp is from Hero Arts.
Yesterday was so hot and humid and we were out for most of the day trying to keep cool in the air conditioned stores. After we got home, I ended up having to cut 60 kits and I am halfway there. It was uncomfortable but hopefully can finish cutting them this week. Thank goodness for the BSE machine.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great Monday!!!

Feeling loopy and a RAK

I was so excited when I got my hands on this new border punch from Martha Stewart. You can use it in so many different ways too. The only thing about this punch, is you have to make sure the paper is cut to the correct measurements in order for all the loops to fit.

The kitty stamp is a wood stamp from last years Hero Arts catalog. But it is in a clear stamp set in this years catalog called "I love my cat". The words came off a clear stamp set called occasions.

There are lots of words on that set.

I have an extra "Occasions" clear stamp set that I'd like to give to someone. Leave me a comment and tell me what's your favorite holiday. I'll pick someone Friday evening to send this stamp set to.

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

Sweet birthday card

This past Saturday was my GF Teri's birthday and so on Monday, I took her to lunch. We went to On-On Chinese Restaurant and had a real nice time and went shopping at the store after lunch. Here's the card that I made her. She actually gave me this stamped image the week before but I wanted to use it on her card. The card is actually a lighter pink but the photo came out quite dark. This is a GF image and I don't know the name of the girl but it is such a cute one.

This was actually the first image that I colored but I kept going out of the lines so I ended up cutting the image out and didn't want to waste it. I made this luggage tag for my Sizzix bag.

I haven't been posting much lately. I am working on some make & takes that are coming up this month and next month and also new projects for another tv show taping.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're enjoying your Wednesday! I need to head out for some Starbucks to give me some energy so I can stamp.

Keeping it simple

I've been meaning to play with some of my new punches that I bought from Ben Franklin Crafts last month. These Ek Success punches are the best when it comes to storage since they fold up flat and are stackable.I had some leftover Dandelion stamped images from last Saturday's make & take. The girl and boy stamps are so cute and easy to use on just about anything.

I have a birthday card to post but you have to check back on Monday since I want to be sure that Teri sees it first before I post it. Today is her birthday and if you get a chance, stop by her blog and wish her a happy birthday and I think she has a birthday rak too.
Supplies:

Dandelion Designs stamps, Hero Arts word stamps, and Ek Success punches.

Hope you had a super Saturday! I sure did. Went shopping and bought a bunch of stuff from Ala Moana.

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

You're special

This is the make & take we did last Saturday at J's. It was great to see everyone and some new faces too. My last make & take was back in April.We made a box using a Sizzix bigz die like the ones I posted during this past Easter. This is the girl box and there was a boy box too but I forgot to take a picture of that one. I love that cute little scallop punch that I bought from Ben Franklin Crafts. It's so easy to stamp little words in it.
Next month is the paper party at Ben Franklin Crafts in Pearl City and that is one of the projects that I have to work on next.
Supplies:
Sizzix bigz envelope die, Spellbinders classic small circle, Dandelion Designs stamp, Hero Arts ink 'n stamp, acetate for window, Ek Success scallop punch, Worldwin doublemates cs, American Crafts ribbon and Copics.

Before I forget...

I'll be at J's tomorrow, Saturday July 24th from 10-12 pm doing a make & take. Hope you can join us, it will be a lot of fun! We'll be making a cute peek-a-boo box.
See you tomorrow!!!

Envelope box

I've been cleaning my craft room to make room for all the samples and catalogs that have been arriving lately. I came across this bigz envelope die which I didn't even know that I had. I like it because it's plain and you can decorate it with punches. I bought these EK Success punches from Ben Franklin Crafts the beginning of this month. All four sides of the box has a different animal.

I used a bunch of scraps again. The stamps are from Hero Arts called Cute Critters ink n' stamp set.I colored all the animals with Copics. Still learning how to use these pens.
This die makes a pretty good sized box that you can put packaged gifts in it.

Supplies:

Sizzix bigz square envelope die, Hero Arts cute critters ink n' stamp set, and EK Success punches

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

Short post today

I didn't forget about sending a special someone a package of felt flowers. But, I did ask my husband to pick a number and he said number 4. So Charlene, you will be getting a package of felt flowers and I need your address. Please send me an email with your info.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!

Scrappies and a rak

Yesterday, after cleaning up my crafty mess and packing all my supplies for tomorrow's tv show taping, I ended up using the leftover scraps to make this card. I used Hero Arts woodgrain stamp to emboss the background on the card. The chinese girl's clothes was leftover from another stamped background. I've been wanting to use these felt flowers from Hero Arts and it matched the card so well. These are self adhesive so it's real easy to stick it wherever you want it. The word stamp is from Stampin Up.I have an extra package of flower felts to send to someone so leave me a comment, something funny, and I'll pick someone to send this to. I'll pick a winner on Saturday.

Speaking of funny, this was once my favorite teak chair until yesterday.While I was downstairs packing my projects for tomorrow's tv show taping, I heard a loud crash and then some moaning. Actually, this chair wasn't real safe to sit on. As long as you didn't lean back on it, it was okay to sit on. But if you leaned back on the chair, it would fall apart. Well, my daughter was eating her dinner and must of leaned back and then the chair crashed. It's not repairable either since the wood cracked apart by the legs. Well, my husband comes home and sees my chair in pieces and tells me that he should of brought the glue home and if I want, he can glue it back for me. Uh...yeah sure.
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave me a funny comment to win a package of Hero Arts felt flowers.

Berrylicious

Here's another new favor box from Sizzix and it is called "favor box". I used the strawberry sizzlit die to hang over the box.Seeing all those strawberry projects that Lori made this past weekend inspired me to finally use this die. Can't believe it was sitting on my table unopened since last year.

Supplies:

Sizzix XL favor box die, stawberry sizzlit, Doodlebug glitter dot paper, CB swiss dots folder, Stickles gg, Offray ribbon, pipe cleaner and bakers twine.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!!!

Got lucky today

Thanks Lori, had a great time today and I used the animal print paper you gave me. There were so many crafty projects today and everyone made something different. I should of taken pictures. As soon as I got home, I went downstairs to my craft room and took out my new Sizzix die from the store.
This is the new XL suitcase, bag die that the store received during the week. It's actually quite big and can fit a bag of candies or cookies in it.

I took the photo this evening so it's quite dark. The handle on the bag is gold foil. I wanted to jazz it up a bit. The kitty is smaller and from one of the deco strip dies.

I had no idea that my husband sells these animal print papers in the store and now I'll have to go check it out and see what's left.
Supplies:

Sizzix XL suitcase, bag die, Hello Kitty w/ Kathy & flowers deco strip die, DCWV animal print paper, and Stickles gg.

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

Oh dear...

10 days later... I've been working on some projects all week and feel satisfied that it all turned out well. I made this card yesterday for a friend who I met in blogland and need to thank her for all the goodies that she sent me.All stamps are Hero Arts. Love this deer stamp, he's so cute!
Supplies:
Hero Arts deer, clouds background and clear thank you stamp
Spellbinders label 4 nesties
Stickles glitter glue and American Crafts ribbon
Copic markers
Well, I'm off to meet with a bunch of ladies who invited me to their stamp group party today. Have a great Saturday and thanks for stopping by today!!!

Couple days late

I meant to post this on Sunday but I didn't get to finish it in time to post it. This was the complementary colors last Thursday for the Hero Arts blog. I had a hard time working with yellow and purple and it's probably because these colors remind me of Easter. Once again I used the woodgrain stamp for the card background and the screen shadow stamp for the purple piece. The word stamp and snail are both from the Ink 'n Stamps sets.I have to share this with you because I have never seen anything like it before. My daughter just came back from a trip to Japan and she bought some packages of Hello Kitty shaped nori. It's the cutest thing! You make your musubi and put the Hello Kitty nori face on it. There are all kinds of shapes but she just bought a couple different ones.

And these little plastic things here are for your condiments when you make your bento lunch.
These were the best because she brought me back all these Hello Kitty fabrics. They're so cute that I don't even want to cut them up. I'll probably end up making some quilts with them. She did request a tote bag for herself.Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great week!!!

Blue & orange

I wasn't able to post yesterday so here I am today with Tuesday's complementary colors from the Hero Arts blog. Once again I used the houndstooth stamp for my background. Not sure why this picture came out so grainy. Sorry but it didn't look like that when I fixed it. All the other stamps are from the Ink & Stamp sets, Cute Critters and Original Mix. Scallop border is a Hello Kitty border die set.I love that thought bubble punch! I think I'm getting carried away using it. Come back tomorrow and I'll have Wednesday's colors which are purple and yellow.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

Black & white

On the Hero Arts blog this week, they are going over complementary colors from the color wheel. Monday's color was black and white. I have never tried anything like this before but thought I'd give it a shot. I actually had this card and the trimmings tossed on the side because I was planning to use it for something else but I decided to use this to make my card.

I used the screen shadow stamp for the circle, houndstooth stamp for the border, word stamp is from the Ink & Stamp party set and the cute little puppy in the present is from an older stamp set I saw at the store. This was actually fun and there was no coloring involved.

Supplies:

Hero Arts screen shadow, houndstooth, Ink & stamp party set, puppy stamp, circle & circle scallop nesties, swiss dots folder, Fiskars upper crest punch, Offray ribbon and Stickles gg.

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

Say hello to Max

Here's the other half of the card from yesterday's post. These are 2 of the new Dandelion stamps that were just released. Max is holding a card and I figured that the word stamp just went with the Max stamp. I stamped the card with that Hero Arts woodgrain background stamp again. I love that stamp!!! I embossed with clear embossing powder just to give it a sutle effect. The tag is a new die from Sizzix called tag #2 and I stamped the tag with Hero Arts dots and flowers background stamp.

As I was coloring Max, he started to get darker and darker and was not turning out to be the color that I wanted. But I didn't want to stamp, color and cut another image.

I'm finally starting to scrapbook again. I have so many photos to scrap and it's another thing piling up in my craftroom.

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