Amazed and blessed

I am truly amazed at the talent out there in Blogland. I met Kris a while ago and have been blown away by all her wonderful creations. She is such a talented gal! If you haven't checked out her blog, please do so as you won't be disappointed. Kris is a loving wife, and dedicated mother, who works full time and still manages to create and keep her blog current.

I received this gorgeous thank you card from Kris along with all these goodies! Do you think she remembered that my fav color is purple? Heehee! Receiving this card was so unexpected and it definitely made my day.

Thank YOU, Kris, for being in my life! I have truly been blessed!

Sweet RAKs

Happy Sunday everyone! Watch any football games today? Not me. I didn't do anything today. I mean NOTHING. If you haven't noticed, I've been slacking. Not that I haven't wanted to post my RAKs and creations, but I've been LAZY. Isn't that such a terrible thing to admit? Well, there you have it. I've been super lazy these past few weeks ... or has it been months? I'll try to be better. I promise. I want to be sure that all my friends who have given me such great RAKs know that I appreciate everything I've received, and that I'm so sorry for not posting them sooner and acknowledging them. Ready? Here we go!

I received this super cute Halloween RAK from Lynelle, at Teri's GCH class. Isn't it the cutest thing? Thanks, Lynelle, for always sharing your RAKs with Teri's students!

This cutie patootie goodie bag is from my GGF Teri. Another super cute RAK, don't you think? I tell you, these gals are so talented!

I also received some sweet treats from Jenny V. and Janis. Sorry, I didn't have a chance to take pictures of those and those treats are loooong gone. :-)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll visit again. I've got lots more to share with you! Have a great week everyone!

Special things

Hey all! Hope you're doing well. Can I just say THANK YOU GOD for keeping all of us safe during these last few days, as we all waited to see what would become of Hurricane Felicia. As you all know, Felicia was downgraded to a tropical storm, then a tropical depression, and now we are just having lots of rain and wind. It's kinda weird to look outside and see all the gray skies and rain, knowing that it's the middle of summer.

Anyway, on to my post. I was lucky enough to meet two great blogging sisters this past Saturday. I've been "talking" to Joy and Claudette for a while now and it was such a pleasure to finally meet them in person. They are both such sweet gals! Claudette made me this cute HK bag with some yummy goodies inside as a thank you for something I gave her a long time ago. You didn't have to do that, Claudette, but thank you! I also want to say THANK YOU to Joy for the "special" things I got from you too! You gals are too much ...



These next two cards were for some very special people. We celebrated my MIL's birthday this past Saturday night, along with my 25th wedding anniversary, my sister's birthday, and my parents' 58th wedding anniversary. Whew! Did I forget anything? Anyhoo, let me confess something first. I was making my sister's card, but wasn't able to finish it before the America concert. I told her it was coming but she told me never mind, the concert was enough. So I didn't finish it. THEN, I totally forgot to make an anniversary card for my hubby! OMG! I couldn't believe it! He didn't say anything about it, but I'm still planning on making a special one for him too. I'll post both cards when I'm done. I knew that for my MIL's card I wanted to use Geisha Anya and give the card an asian look. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Happy Birthday Mom!



I used this cute Lily & Billy image that I got from Jodi for my parents' anniversary card. They celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary on August 4th, while they were in Las Vegas. I knew that I wanted to use a cute image like this for their card - they are still very healthy and young at heart! Love you Mom and Dad!

I have a few more special things to post, but I'll save that for the next time. Thanks for visiting everyone! Take care and aloha ...

A RAK and some new local bloggers

Janis over at Creative Expressions bought some 7-Eleven coupon books from me and like Joy and Lorna, she couldn't just send the check in the mail. Janis made this cute gatefold/shutter card and included some beautiful bling and clips! Thanks Janis! Janis is new to Blogland, so please visit her when you have a chance and check her out!

Another new blogging sister is Brenda, from Sweet as a Gumdrop. If you haven't visited Brenda, please do so - she does some really cute punch art creations! You won't be disappointed!

I have more RAKs to post (along with some cards I made) so I hope you'll come back and visit again! Until then, take care and Aloha!