Blog Candy Alert!

Hey friends! Quick post: Just wanted to alert everyone to Tammy's blog candy giveaway! She's giving away some super cute stamps, from The Greeting Farm! Hop on over to Tammy's blog and show her some love! Thanks for your generosity Tammy, and keep those cutie patootie creations coming!!!

Graduation

I had no creativity tonight. I needed to make two graduation cards - here's what I did:

Very clean and simple. Gotta get some sleep now. Until next time, take care of yourselves, be kind to each other, tell your loved ones you love them, and stay safe. Aloha ...

P.S. to my friend in Maine - hope you're having a good time! Miss you!

RAK from a little girl

Last but certainly not least, is this super cute RAK from my GF Teri. She also stamped a whole bunch of images for me, but there were so many, they didn't fit in this cute little bag she made! Hahah!

Here's a close up of "Sake", one of the new Ketto images from Stamping Bella. Since Teri knows my fav color is purple, she colored Sake wearing a purple dress to match the purple bag! So cute I can't stand it!!! Thanks so much, Teri! Your kindness and generosity have touched my heart! I'm so blessed to have you in my life!

Friend

Take a look at this next RAK. This RAK came from a very sweet gal named Gracie. Let me tell you, it was such a lovely surprise to receive this in the mail! It's an image folder that Gracie made and check out ALL these wonderful images she sent me!

Thank you so much, Gracie, from the bottom of my heart! Your thoughtfulness shows the kind of person you are - Kae is lucky to have you as her Mommy! Looks like I'll need to start coloring these images and make some cards soon ...

Overdue thanks

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend! By the time some of you read this, it'll already be June 1st! Can you believe it? Really, where is the time going? Well, before the time gets away from me, I wanted to post some RAKs I recently received. I'll do several posts so each one will be dedicated to the specific person who gave it to me.

This first one is from Jen. She gave this to her students at her Cricut Basics class a few weeks ago. I really liked this little bag, so of course I had to get the cartridge that made it! Jen is an excellent teacher and I learned a lot from her during this class. Thanks for this cute bag and the super embellishments, Jen!

In case you're new to Blogland, please check out Jen's blog. She has some awesome ideas to share and some really great stories too! She's a super lady and I'm very thankful that I got to meet such a wonderful person.

"New Moon" Trailer

So I feel like a giddy teenage girl again, ok? I just saw the trailer to "New Moon" on the MTV Movie Awards. I can't wait until the movie comes out!!! If you're a "Twilight" fan and missed the trailer, check it out here. Woo hoo! Enjoy!

For Twilight Fans

Ok gang, if you're as obsessed with Twilight as I am, hurry and check out Lauren's blog here. OMG - I can't wait for the MTV Movie Awards this weekend for the full trailer of New Moon!!! Enjoy!

Monkey see, monkey do ...

Hi everyone! It's almost Friday! Yay - we made it through another week! I made this card before work today, to give to my BFF. Here's the story behind the card: A while back, Kyoko told me that I should do "something", but I said no, I shouldn't. Anyhow, Kyoko and I were discussing "something" the other day and I admitted that she was RIGHT. Boy was that a mistake! Hahahaha! All day, this is what I heard: See? I told you! Just admit it! I was right! Haha - I was right! I can't believe you finally admitted it! Hahaha! Ever have a BFF like her? So irritating, yeah? Nah, just joking, Sis! So, anyway, I decided that I was gonna have to make a card to mark this momentus occasion (because she knows I'm never ever gonna admit she was right about ANYTHING again).

I knew exactly which stamp I was gonna use for my card. I wasn't gonna make a mushy card, because we're not really mushy gals. We're squishy (haha!), but not mushy. I think I finished this card in five minutes. Funny how sometimes you just know exactly how you want a card to look and it turns out perfectly. Well, here it is:

Yup, that's us! The two monkeys "sticking tongue" and blowing spit balls at each other. Ok, Kyoks, you were RIGHT. Enjoy it while you can, Sis, because I don't know when I'll be saying that again. LOL!!!

May OCS

Hi everyone ~ hope you all had a nice Memorial Day holiday. It was a beautiful day today in Hawaii! A great day to remember all our service men and women in all branches of the military. I am so grateful to all of them and their families for serving and protecting our country.

My OCS is late this month. It was due last Wednesday, but my partner and I had communicated with each other and we both agreed that it would be ok if we were late. Anyhoo, I wanted to do something very different for my partner. This month, I was paired up with Jodi of Inked Inspirations. OMG, talk about pressure!!!

I decided to make a Tri-Shutter Card. I got the idea from Bonnie over at The Craftiblog. Her instructions were super simple to follow! I would encourage everyone to give it a try. Here is the front of my card:

This is how the card opens up:

And this is how the card looks standing up:

This card was definitely a challenge for me, but I'm very pleased with the way it turned out! I sure hope Jodi likes it ~ hope you guys like it too! Until next time, Aloha ...

Card for Mom

Last night we celebrated my Mom's birthday (and my son's since my folks were on the mainland on his bday). Sorry, foodies, no food to show. We ordered chinese food and had a homemade birthday cake. Everything was so delicious!

Remember my attempts at coloring black hair? Well I decided to use this image on my Mom's birthday card. I didn't realize how handy it was to have an image ready and waiting to be used!!! I may have to do more coloring of various images just to have them on hand. The card base is a printed card from a DCWV box card set, used my Nesties scallop to frame the image, and added All Natural Accents flowers. Simple card, but I think it turned out pretty nice.

Here's the inside:

My family is always joking around about stuff so I thought for the inside of the card I'd write something funny instead of mushy. Everyone laughed when they saw what I wrote. Especially my Sister!

Ok, friends - hope everyone is having a nice weekend and let's not forget all our military men and women of the past, present and future. Let's pray for all of them and their families and thank them for giving their lives for our freedom.