A basket and a shaker

A while ago I was invited to a couple of craft parties and decided to do the same M&T for both. Here is another easy project from Stamp TV. Gina K. designed this basket to use as a Mother's Day gift to hold some fresh flowers. Her basket was beautiful! I filled my basket with some bottles of Stickles so you can get a feel for the size of the basket. It can hold quite a bit of goodies!

While I am no longer on the Tamiko's Creative Team, this card was made for one of her challenges; it was to make a shaker card. Well, I had just about finished the card when I realized that I didn't make Lily into a shaker piece! What to do, what to do?!? The only thing I could think of was to make the "Fun in the Sun" sentiment into a shaker. Can you tell I got carried away pouring those micro beads out? Hahahaha! Oh well, it works.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all are enjoying some FUN IN THE SUN! Take care ...

Great graduation cards

I've met some great gals through this wonderful crafting/blogging journey of mine. They are the sweetest, kindest people you could ever hope to meet and I'm glad to call them my friends. Here are some awesome graduation cards they gave my son when he graduated from high school in May.

From Teri & family ...

From Joni & family ...

From Jodi & family ...

From Denise & family ...

Thank you so much ladies, for remembering Ryan on his special day!

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #1

Another post? But of course! I promised I would be posting more and crafting more, didn't I? Well, I made this card for the Lollipop Crafts Challenge #1, which ends today in about three hours! Since this was Lollipop's first challenge, it was an "Anything Goes" theme. I knew I wanted to use pink and brown but that's about it. Anyhoo, this is what I came up with ...

The image is from MelJen Designs, who is sponsoring Lollipop's 1st challenge. So cute yeah? I used Coordinations paper, embossed it with my Houndstooth Cuttlebug folder, and sanded the color off so the pink would show through. It's a simple layout and sassy too! Matches the name of my blog! Heehee! Thanks for stopping by and hope you're enjoying your weekend!

A Fun Day

Hey everyone! It's finally the weekend and I've made a decision about my blog. As you all know, I've been MIA off and on for a while now, and its because of an addiction I've been trying to fight. Some of you may have heard of it ... FACEBOOK! I've decided that I've been wasting too much time on that dreaded website and need to get back to creating and blogging. Thanks for all sticking by me during my absense.

Now, on to some posting! On July 4th, I had some friends over for a fun day of crafting. I chose this day because my friend Jenny (from Hilo) was gonna be in town and I wanted to get together and craft with her. She taught us how to make the side step card, which I'd been wanting to try and make for a while. She made it so simple and her instructions were very easy to follow! Thanks for the M&T Jenny! I'll definitely be making more of this type of card.

Since I was the "hostess", I figured I'd better do a M&T too. I found this easy to make box on Stamp TV. I totally love Gina K. and her videos. She has very easy to understand instructions and she's a great teacher!

Of course what would a crafting day be without some ono (delicious) food? Here's a sampling of what we had - Red, White & Blue manapua (since it was the Fourth of July), healthy veggies & dip, macaroni salad, chili and hotdogs, fried chicken and of course dessert, the most important part of the meal! We had some chocolate and apple Napples, vanilla ice cream and chocolate & peanut butter pie!!! Just delish!!!

Here are the girls busy working on their M&Ts and of course eating. I wish I took a picture of all the jewelry that Denise made! Check out her blog to see what she's been up to. OR, if you're on Facebook, she has an entire album full of her jewelry pictures!

A fun day was had by all! Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend everyone! More creations to come ... I promise!

Players for the August OCS

Hey ladies! Happy Aloha Monday! I'm so glad to finally be feeling better - stomach flu is gone and the pinched nerve pain comes and goes but its manageable. Thanks so much for all your well wishes! I'm sending out the pairs tonight for the August OCS and wanted to be sure I didn't miss anyone. If there's a (P) next to your name, that means you're on the Perpetual Players List and will automatically be signed up for each month until you notify me otherwise. If you don't see your name below, please e-mail me ASAP to be added to the list of players for August and/or the Perpetual Players List:

Kyoko (P)

Teri (P)

Joy D. (P)

Michelle U. (P)

Joy U. (P)

Janice M. (P)

Grace W. (P)

Kelli B. (P)

Teresa M. (P)

Brenda B. (P)

Gail W. (P)

McCine (P)

Cindy A. (P)

Myra

Cyndi K.

Eva

Tia

Chris D. (P)

Claudia (need your contact info please)

Jovita

North Shore Craft Girl (P)

Dori T. (P)

Shani Kulani (P)

Sharon B. (P)

Sherri M. (P)

Janis K. (P)

Jayne C. (P)

Mary B. (P)

Jodi (P)

Cami

Jamee (P)

Denise (P)

Colleen K. (P)

Jenny S. (P)

Thanks for playing ladies! And by the way, this month's challenge is to make an asian-themed card! I made this one for a co-worker. Can't wait to see all your creations!

AUGUST ONE CARD SWAP - SIGN UP

What a month it's been. Still recovering from a pinched nerve in my neck and I'm battling the stomach flu as I write this. I'll list the perpetual players in another post (you know who you are). Please leave a comment on this post if you would like to play for August. Thanks and take care.

Tamiko's Challenge #5

I'm back! Yes, I'm alive and well. For the most part. I had some x-rays taken yesterday to confirm a pinched nerve in my neck, which is causing my left arm and hand to feel kinda weak. It's a pretty weird feeling. ANYHOO, it's time for Tamiko's Challenge #5! Take a look at my card ... can you tell what the challenge is? If you guessed FLOWERS, you're correct! The challenge this month is to create a card or 3D project incorporating flowers!

Head on over to Tamiko's blog here for the deets! The deadline to enter is Sunday, July 25, 2010. Can't wait to see all your wonderful creations! Good luck!

May OCS cards

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I wanted to share the special card I received from my May OCS partner, Mary B.! She used so many different elements on her card, inside and out! Thanks for putting so much work into my card Mary! I really appreciate it!





This is the card I sent to Mary ...

I'm still working on my June cards for Kelli B. and Gail ... I have until June 30th, right?

IT'S TIME! SIGN UP FOR THE JULY OCS!

• Summer is here and it sure has been hot here in the islands. The weather is beautiful and I hope wherever you live, the weather is gorgeous for you too! I can't believe how fast this year is going by and that it's almost July!

• So, before the month gets away from me (again), let's do the sign up for the monthly OCS! Please comment on this post and let me know if you're playing. This month I decided to name the "perpetual players". If you see your name below, you are already signed up and do not need to comment, unless you are UNABLE to play in July. If you would like to be added to the "perpetual players" list, let me know and I'll add you. If you're a new player, comment on this post and send me a private e-mail with your full name, mailing address, e-mail address, and blog name (if you have one).

• Now, shall we do a challenge? Well, it's not really a challenge as much as it's a suggestion for your cards. I notice that a lot of cards are being made by using a colored in "people or animal" image. For July, how about you make your card using "words" as your main focal point. I'm interested to see what kind of cards you come up with! The birthday cards in my last post is an example of using words as a focal point.

Here are the perpetual players:

Mary B.

Jayne C.

Brenda B.

Janis

Jodi

Teresa M.

Kelli B.

Dena

Sherri M.

Dori T.

Sharon B.

Janice M.

Joni

Joy U.

Michelle U.

Joy D.

Teri

Kyoko

Gail W.

Denise N.

Jamee N.

• Again, if your name is listed above and you're playing for July, you don't need to comment. (Unless you wanna say HI to me or something. Hahahah!) If you want to play for July, please post a comment here and also let me know if you'd like to be added to the perpetual players list. If you're new, I hope you decide to play and become a permanent part of the monthly OCS! The deadline to sign up is JUNE 30, 2010. Thanks everyone and have an awesome week!
  
  
• By the way, does anyone know how to insert spaces between paragraphs in your posts? That's the only reason I have these "bullets" before my paragraphs. Otherwise, this would've been one looooong post! Heehee! See you later, alligator!

O.M.G. - Can you believe I'm posting?!?

Good thing the dates are on the pictures so at least you know I created them months ago and just never posted them. So, here we go: I tried, again, to use that Nestie that I thought was really cute. But yet again, the card came out ugly. Like I said, I "tried". I'm gonna try again - I'm not gonna give up until I can make a pretty card with this Nestie!!!

Valentine's treats for some gals that were at a card class I went to. Simple treat holder I found on Chic 'n Scratch.

Birthday cards I made for some friends - same layout, different colors. How lazy can I be?

It's 12:55 a.m. Better get to bed soon. I'm re-reading ECLIPSE (3rd time) before the movie comes out on the 30th. CAN'T WAIT! Happy Aloha Friday everyone!