Wishing you a Happy & Safe New Year!!!!

As the clock starts ticking and the seconds start  flying by it will soon be the New Year!
Ring out the bad and bring in the new - that is my moto!   
2011 was surely a great year for me and I'm sure for alot of you too... Let's be positive now, not negative (LOL)!   I've met so much new friends through blog land and I'm thankful for each and everyone that are my follower's too.   I've learned alot through my journey a dream that I had that is hard to express how much I love what I'm doing and that is crafting..... Thank your first of all to my patient hubby and family in sticking up with me when I had sleepless nights trying to finish up projects that had a set due date to accomplish...they were just so supportive in each and every way....
So as the New Year approaches I just want to succeed in full filling my dreams in crafting and become better in doing so and I can't wait to see each and every one's new creations for 2012!

So from me to you, I wish each and everyone a Safe & Happy New Year!!!!

If you drink - don't drive, please have a designated driver - be safe, not sorry!

Well it's time to get in my kitchen and do some cooking we will be going out into the country and celebrating with the in-laws and family out their.....Lot's of fun time and eating!!!
See ya all in 2012! 

Lot's of hugs to all of you!
From the Big Island  of Hawaii......

Double Dutch Fold & More Note Cards!

2nd posting!
I had my image inked up few days ago and wasn't too sure what to do with her until I saw Split Coast Stampers with this new card fold ( Double Dutch Fold).... So I figured I'll just use all my scraps and see how this works out..It was simple to make but I think I layered  my gate fold on the bottom to thick, for some reason it just wouldn't stay put so I had to use a ribbon to hold it in tack.
Anywho I used the stamp Swiss Pixie (Violet with Key) and she is cute to use as a Valentine's card too since she is holding a heart key.  I used copic, stickles spellbinders (ovals, scallops & hearts), dp papers from Target, ribbon and EK heart border punch.

Here's more of those note card box sets that I've made again, my DD placed an order and wants to give them for Valentine's gifts so I'm working on several more of these right now.  Here's two of those  that's completed so far.  I only got eight more to finish up.. he,he!

Toodles for now!

Have an awesome day/evening!

Hugs~

It's Candy's Birthday Today!!!

It's my blogging friend(Candy's) birthday today and she is celebrating!!!  She's also  giving away this wonderful 3 Birds on Parade cartridge and you have until January 28th.....Check out all the deets here!

Thanks for peeking in!

Owl Always Be Your Friend - Amber Ink!

Hello Everyone~
I designed this card as a farewell; as my end of being a GDT will be ending in a few days.  It was such a privileged to work with such an awesome team...  Thank you Amber & Pam and the rest of the wonderful talented ladies in my team......The sentiment is from Amber Ink, the image is from Hero Arts inked with copic markers, added liquid pearls and spellbinders oval round & scallops, papers from stash.

Thanks for taking a peek!
Hugs~

Happy Mail!

Here's three envelopes I received on Saturday's mail, and I was a bit surprise.... My first was from my  December card swap Mary Bennett, the theme for December was Red/Green/White.
Thanks Mary - they both are very pretty!  Mary doesn't have a blog to share but loves to participate in card swapping alot....

My second card was from Leanne and I was her secret sister for December.... I really like  the card she made, she paper piece the image and done too perfection... Awesome Leanne, and she also added a little token from Jo-ann's and do I love to shop on line from their too.....Much Mahalo!

My last was a RAK that I received from Colleen, she is a sweet blogging friend and has such a great heart in giving, she sent me this bunch of goodies and a family Christmas card.    Thanks so much Colleen!

Have a wonderful Christmas Day!!

Have a Very Merry Christmas!

May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope;

The spirit of Christmas which is peace;

The heart of Christmas which is love;

Have a Very Merry Christmas & a Safe Holiday!!

This goes out to all my blog friends  & families that I met through my journey in blog land......

See ya all back after Christmas!!!!

~LOTS OF CHRISTMAS HUGS TO YOU ALL~

MELE KALIKIMAKA FROM THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII.......

Another Box of Note Cards!

Here's another set of box note cards that I wanted to share this one I'm giving away as a gift to the hostess that  invited us to dinner on Christmas Eve..  Hope she likes it!  For this set I added (6)note cards & (6) envelopes and each with a different saying on it...
Oops on the pics, my digital camera's battery needs  recharging!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs~

Happy Day!

I just can't wait to have Christmas out of the way and begin with the New Year.... How about you!
I worked all morning straightening out my Christmas crafts, sorting out all the odd papers cutting them into 6 x 6 sizes, and boxing them up.....Any who in spite all those fun stuff going on in my craft room I decided to do another simple card.  I bought this digi from here (Sitting Jane) and I wanted the card to symbolize my mood it's a Happy Day!  She was inked up with copic markers, spellbinders laceys, papers from the paper pack (Best Creations) and sentiment from American crafts (Courtyard).

Thanks for taking a peek!
Now it's time to finish up more of those box note card sets...
Toodles....
Many hugs to you all~

Happy!

Here's another card I just go through finishing off today,  she's a digi I bought from La La Crafts (Sweetheart Marci).   She was inked up with copic markers, added glossy accents to her hair accessory and to her buttons on her dress, sentiment I wrote in, spellbinders wonky rectangles, embossing from Sizzix birthday set and Petaloo flora doodles.

Entering this card in La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday - All White except  image

Thanks for stopping by!
Many hugs~

Notecards!

Here's a quick posting I wanted to share on what I made today, it's a box of note cards /envelopes.  Their was no coloring involved so the project was simple and fast to put together.... I'm working on making  more of these sets and will get them posted up later and with different designs too...
BTW - they do make great last minute gift giving too!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!
Hugs to you all~

TGF - 3rd Annual Customer Blog Hop!

Happy Monday!
Yes their is excitement going on at the TGF they are celebrating their 3rd annual customer blog hop...
Lot of fun excitement and prizes going on, besure to hop on over and check it out....
Here are my two creations that I'm entering in:
1) General
Digi - Chibi (Japan)

2) Holiday

Digi - Chibi (Japan)

now hop on back to TGF and check out the rest of the participants, you will will be surprised to see what they have in stored with this hop.
Have an awesome day....
Just a week less before Christmas!
Happy Holiday's to you all!
Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

Hugs to you all~

SOG - 2nd Annual Customer Holiday Hop!

Happy Monday everyone, yes their is some great excitement going on at Same Odd Girl (SOG) it's their 2nd annual customer blog hop starting today Dec. 19 until Wed. Dec. 21..  Kristy's got some fabulous prizes that she is giving away for four categories.... Hop on over and check it out!
Have fun, I know I am~
Here is my three entries for my hop:

1) Gift
I'm using the digi Big Pressie Tia, inked her up with copic sketch markers, memento markers, stickles,
glossy accents,  gingham ribbon, baker's twine, spellbinders, rectangles scallops & lacey's, Sizzix die (Box, Carry All), and treats.
                                     
2) All White -not including image
Digi - Big Pressie Tia, inked her up with copic sketch markers and memento markers, stickles, glossy accents, sentiment from SOG set, pearls, embossing folder from Darcie,  spellbinders rectangle scallops and white lace.

3) Men's - Create a holiday card for the men's

Digi Big Pressie Tia, inked her up with copic sketch markers and memento markers, glossy accents, papers from stash, ribbon, pearls and spellbinders wonky rectangles.

See ya at the hop!

Have a great day...

Hugs to you~

Snow family!

Here's another card I did today, and yes it's a freebie from Dilly Beans Designer, they have a Snow Family Challenge/giveaway going on and you have until December 19 midnight to enter...
Hop on over and check it out.... It's going to be a fun challenge!  So here's my take for the challenge, clean and simple.

Recipe for my card:

Memento markers: rose bud, Bahama blue and lady bug

Stampin marker: mellow moss

Promarker:  amber and moss

Stickles: turquoise, candy cane and lime green

Ribbon - American crafts

Papers: from stash

Entering the following challenges:
Dilly Beans Designer:  Snow Family Challenge/Giveaway!
Little Scrap Pieces - Winter-Holiday  any card layout or project

Hugs~

Have a Crispy Christmas!

Here's a quick card I did this morning, the digi is from Karen's Doodles this also fit's perfect to give away with my cookie jars I did the day before.... I inked up this cute image with copic and memento markers, added stickles, spellbinder ovals, doily, papers from stash, computer generated sentiment.
And wah la!

Entering my card in this challenges:
Karen's Doodle Challenge - Challenge#93 Clean and Simple
Lollipop Crafts - Challenge#61 - Happy Holidays

Thank you for stopping by and peeking in!
Have a super crafty weekend....
Hugs to you all ~ be back later.....

Mahalo!

2nd posting!
Here's another quick posting, I just go through doing this card and I'm giving this and one of my delish chocolate macnut cookie jar to my hairdresser on Friday.... She's another digi I bought and of course I wanted to challenge coloring her long hair... I inked her up with copic & MS marker's, added stickles to the tip of the flower, glossy accents on the flower, I'm not sure if you can see it on the photo but it really pops it out, spellbinders oval & lacey's, papers from stash, sentiment from IS(Island Scrapbooking( laser cut.

Have an awesome day/evening...
Hugs~

Chocolate Macnut Chip Cookies!

 You  still have time to join in the card swap!

Sign up ends at midnight  12/15/11

Short post - here's what I've been doing all day yesterday until this morning....Baking, baking, baking!!

Did like 6 batches of cookies, delivered half of them this morning..... I got this delish recipe from my blogging buddy Sweet and boy are they yummo!  I've been making them every since and love it because it's crispy and that's how I like my cookies.....I spiked it up with adding some macadamia nuts to it~ delish!.   I also bought this digi image from Cindy's Sraptastic Designs (Christmas Girl with Banner) inked her up with copic & memento markers, stickles and hand written the sentiment.

 Thanks for taking a peek!

Will be back later with another posting....

Hugs~

Mele Kalikimaka from Big Island, Hawaii!

Anything Goes Card Swap

Deadline to sign up is on Dec. 15th midnight!!!!

Here's a card I just finished an hour ago, I bought this cute digi from Mo's Digital Pencil (Pineapple Girl) when I was browsing around and I saw her I said I have to have her and do my version of a Christmas card without using any Santa's, no Snowman's, no Reindeer's, no nothing that was Christmases... LOL!!

I'm just hooked on digi's and can't stop buying them and inking them up.....I just love images with long hair it's a challenge to just color the hair my way....For this image she was inked up with copic sketch markers, and Stampin up markers, spellbinder oval & lacey's, sentiment computer generated, papers from Creative Imaginations.   Just a clean & simple Christmas card.

BTW - for all who doesn't know what Mele Kalikimaka stands for it's "Merry Christmas in Hawaiian...

So here's my cute lil' Hawaiian girl:

Thanks for taking a peek!
Hugs~

More Amber Inklings!

Here's two more of Amber Inks digi's that I had worked on yesterday these are called Elf's on Shelf (kick up your heels & giggles).  They were fun to ink up and just handsome images.... Both were inked up with MS markers, stickles, pearls, buttons & twine, sentiment from Studio G and papers from stash.

Entering my first card in the following challenge:

The Ribbon Carousel Challenge - RCC33 - Tangled Twine with Danielle

Also entering my 2nd card as a GDT at Cupcake Inspirations - Challenge #141

Thanks for hopping over....

Have a great day/evening...

Hugs~

Amber Ink - Be Happy!

It's Amber Inks Project #4 (free choice) so with this in mind I chose from their digi stamps this beautiful flower and bumble bee. I inked up the flower's with Memento & MS markers, and for the bee copic markers,  added glossy accents to the bee to pop them out and they look really cute, used spell binders scallop rectangles, gems, papers from stash and sentiment from Hero Arts.

Be Happy and have a great week!
Hugs to you all~

Checkbook covers!

Here's a couple of checkbook covers I did this afternoon for a few more stocking stuffer's... The first one is Magnolia stamp (Basketball Tilda) she's for a family member that coaches a little girl's basketball team and the second stamp image from TGF (Elena) is also for a family member.....  They both hinted they wanted  new checkbook covers so this is what I created for them....
All the images were inked up with copic / memento markers, glossy accent on the basketball, spellbinder's oval Lacey's, papers from stash....

This is the colors of their uniform purple/black!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs to you all~

Be Mine!

Anything Goes Card Swap

Sign up until Dec. 15th midnight

Yes, it's Christmas what the heck am I doing a Valentine's card... I just needed to focus on other images and breathe from all those Christmas cards and projects that I've been doing for the past month.  I bought this new release digi from ATS (Lula Big Heart) she is just adorable.  I inked her up with copic marker's, added a heart gem, stickles, glossy accents to the buttons, swiss dot buttons, twine, spellbinders lacey circles, papers from stash.

Thanks for taking a peek!
Hugs to you all~

Sending you Sunshine!

Here's a card I did this morning, Magnolia stamp ( Tilda with Bundle).  She was inked up with copic and MS markers.  Sentiment from Hero Arts, button, twine, spellbinders rectangle scallops and  papers from stash.  

Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you all have a crafty weekend~
Hugs to you all~

Hope all is Merry & Bright!



Here's a digi I bought from Lala Land Crafts ( Sweetheart Marci) she was inked up with copic and memento markers, stickles, glossy accents, sentiment from Studio G and dp from American Crafts (Holiday).

Entering this card in the following:

Lala Lands - Customer Gallery December 2011

The Ribbon Carousel Challenge - RCC32 Peppermint Twist with Wendy

Scrappy Moms - Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Christmas

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hugs to you all

Whoooo's the best - Youuuu are!

Here's another card for Amber Inks - project #3, I used the sentiments from Amber Inks and this digi that I bought from Cindy's Scraptastic Designs. The images were inked up with copic and Memento markers, stickles, glossy accents on their buttons and the red heart, spellbinders oval scallops, papers from stash.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenge:
Cindy's Scraptastic Designs - Challenge #5  Create a card with a Snowman or Snowflake

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day~
Hugs to you all!

Amber Ink - Project # 2

Here's Amber Inks - Project #2 - I went with this digi ~ Whoooo's the best?!. 
For this cute owl I inked him up with copic markers, wiggly eyes, stickles, glossy accents to the heart his holding, papers and flower with flower dots from Little Yellow Bicycle, spellbinders oval & scallop rounds and ribbon....

Thanks for stopping by~
Have a beautiful day/evening!
Hugs to you all~

Gift Baskets Galoure!

I was asked on Friday if I could put 180 gift baskets together by Monday Dec. 5th,  a business on the island needed someone to prep their baskets to give out to their customer's... So I was asked and took the offer.... This is where I spent all day Saturday unpacking and putting all these goodies into their container.  Then I had to  cut strips of ribbons, and cellophane wrapping paper.  I've only wrapped so far 60 baskets and got 120 more to work on today..... Then a delivery van will be picking them up first thing tomorrow morning....I hoping to get them done so I can get some cards posted....
So here's one bedroom full of this container's of goodies that I still need to finish up....Yikes!!!
Their on the floor, on the bed and these goodies are all made on the Big Island!