Super cute card

I received this super cute card from my DF Teri as a "thank you" for her birthday lunch and present. Unless you're new to Blogland, you already know who Teri is. What you may not know is that she's as sweet and generous in real life, as she is on her blog. She is always sharing her ideas with friends, as well as those in blogland. She's a giver. She gives from her heart and never asks for anything in return. Teri is a wonderfully talented gal, who is very humble. This card is one of Teri's humble creations. When I say this is Teri's creation, I'm talking about the image. Yes, she drew this cute little girl and I was one of the lucky ones to receive her. I have been blessed to have met Teri and am glad to call her my friend.

THANKS, TERI, MY FRIEND, FOR BEING IN MY LIFE.

Halloween treats

Happy Aloha Friday! Hope everyone had a great week and that you're ready for the weekend! I know I am! A couple of weeks ago I was invited to a get together with some crafting friends to share ideas for Halloween goodie bags. I decided to make these, which I cased from Maria Bell. You can check out her tutorial here. They are super simple to make and come together really fast. What I like about it is the size and you can use any kind of handle or topper for the bag. Hope you try it out!

I also wanted to share the lot of Himawari Babies that I received from Cristina Visi, so I made a simple tag which I attached to a Halloween gift bag I bought from Heiko.

These were simple treat bags to make and I hope the ladies enjoyed receiving them. I know I enjoyed receiving all of their wonderful creations! I'll be posting those soon! Thanks for stopping by and have a safe weekend everyone! Take care and Aloha ...

Special cards

Here are some cards that I made for some very special people. This card was for my sweet friend, Jodi. She gave me this cute Kiki La Rue stamp so I inked her up and put this quick card together. I hope she liked it.


This next card is actually a gift card holder which I gave to my dear friend Teri. I learned the technique for the GCH from Teri's class! I'll be making quite a few of these GCHs this year to give away.

Thanks for stopping by today and for always taking the time out to leave comments for me! I really appreciate it! Until next time, take care and be safe. Aloha ...

Quick BIA calendar

I still haven't finished the BIA calendar project from our last gathering or the one from Claudie's gathering. But, I did manage to make this quicky calendar using the Smirk line of DP, two coasters and a mini 2010 calendar. Maybe I'll give this particular calendar to my BFF! Heehee! What do you think?



I'll be posting more creations in the days ahead. Hope you'll come back and visit! Thanks for stopping by!

What? A new craft store? Where?

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful crafting weekend! I wanted to share some info I recently found regarding a new craft store opening soon on Oahu! The name of the store is "Stampin Munchkins" and they are located in the Mililani Town Center. You can check out Cyn's blog here. I live quite a bit away from Mililani, but I'll definitely be checking out this new store when they open in mid November! Good luck, Cyn, and see you soon!

RAKs!

Hi all! I just wanted to share these super cute RAKs I recently received from two super talented Big Island girls. This first one is from Jenny of Hilo. Along with this really cute card came TGF's Hugh stamp! Thank you so much for thinking of me Jenny! I really appreciate it! By the way, the coloring on your card is awesome! Your shading is to die for! I finally started to eat the cookies from your Halloween RAK. OMG - they are so delicious! I may need to take you up on your offer to send me more! LOL!

This next RAK is from Enjoli, also from the Big Island of Hawaii. She is, in my opinion, the Hello Kitty Queen! If you haven't checked out her blog yet, you need to get over there right away! She makes the cutest things! Thanks so much for all the goodies, Enjoli! Hopefully the next time you're in town we can all get together for lunch (no crafting necessary)!

Hope you all had a great day today! Thanks for taking the time out from your busy schedules to visit me. Until next time, take care!

Ugly card

Ok. I know this isn't the best card I've ever made. It's ugly. I'm not even telling you who I gave it to. I'm gonna send her another one to replace this one. You know who you are, so please don't post my card on your blog! I really wanted to use my new Spellbinders die when I made this card. I was also kind of rushing when I made it, so that's why it turned out so bad. I can't believe I actually gave this card to someone! Eeewww! What's worse is that I'm actually showing it to all of you!!! Well, it's the thought that counts, right? My heart was really in the right place, but I don't know where my head or creativity was.

Can anyone give me tips or comments on how to use this particular Spellbinders die? I've watched some of the videos on You Tube, so hopefully my next card using this die will turn out much better than this first one. Thanks for visiting!

Himawari Babies Creations

Here are the RAKs I made for lunch at a friend's house last month. I used the Himawari Babies ("HB") Frankiestein and Pumpkin on the Sizzix french fry box. Super easy to make!




After lunch, I decided that I better make something because whenever we get together to craft, I never make anything! We're always so busy talking story and eating, and we never really get to CRAFT! Heehee! Anyway, I made a bunch of 3x3 note cards using the HB images I had recently received from Cristina Visi. They came together pretty quickly and all I need to do is package them up to give as RAKs or to sell them.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you all had a wonderful day and will visit me again soon! Thanks to all of you who always take the time out to leave me such sweet and encouraging comments. I really appreciate you!

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!

I'm still here ...

Happy Aloha Friday! So I haven't been blogging for a while ... but I do have projects to post. I have been so exhausted when I get home at night that all I do is shower and veg out. Haven't even been watching all the new shows that are coming out. Oh! But I saw on the morning news an interview with Alex O'Loughlin of the now canceled "Moonlight" (I loved that show!) and soon to premiere "Three Rivers" (Sunday night on CBS). Looks like a good show - I'll definitely be checking that one out. I'll be back soon ~ I promise! Thanks for stopping by and have a "Rob-licious" weekend!