Sympathy card~

A quick post to share a sympathy card that I  made for one of my hubby's cousin who passed away recently.  My hubby chose the images that represents what his cousin loved and that was the bamboo, and seagulls, memories of their childhood days.   Being that this is a touchy subject I won't go into further details.   Thank you for understanding!

Be back soon~

Brown Sugar Challenge#70!

Happy Friday and weekend peeps~
Hope everyone of you are content to the gizzards from your turkey feast,  and also did some crazy shopping whether on-line or fighting the madness where ever you went.    
We went turkey hopping to (4) families started off with breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner.   Of course I was already content when we had brunch.   I started light on breakfast pumpkin pancakes and coffee.   Boy was they good!  Brunch took it all, I had a big turkey Cesar salad and I was content with that.  No room for lunch, and dinner was a small bowl of turkey soup. 
Anyhow it's back to a new challenge over at Brown Sugar Challenge with the theme: Thank You.   For this challenge we are sponsored by:

Here is my card for this challenge:

Supplies used:
Digital image - supplied by sponsor
Spectrum noir markers, glossy accents
tag/sentiment - My Creative Time
Twine, papers from Dovecraft

Thanks for peeking in~

Happy Thanksgiving Blogland!

Wishing all my bloggy friends in blogland a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Gobble gobble until you wobble~  Don't forget to shop until you drop on Black Thursday/Friday.   Keep Safe!

Will catch up with all of you after the holiday~

Are you ready for a cup of tea!

Hello peeps~
Hope your week is going great, soon it will be gobble up time.  Are you prepping for your turkey feast?   For us, this year we are going turkey hopping, LOL!  I mean we are going from one family to the next  and maybe the next.   Lots of different varieties as far as just having one big bird.   
Any who here's another project I had posted over on FB yesterday and wanted to share with you all here.   I made these (4) cups yesterday and they were so quick and simple to make.   They are just the cutest in real and love hove pretty they turned out.   I had made them for my mom to give to her besties that she goes walking with every morning.    They will be filled up with treats and bagged up later.   Ooh another off my check list!

Supplies used:
papers - Stampin Up - Holly Berry Bouquet
doily, Marvy Uchida oval punch
Spellbinders ovals for the handles
Note:  you can make (2) cups out of 1 - 12 x 12 card stock
I laid them on a thick cardstock as a base cut as 4 1/2 x 4 1/2, like the cup is sitting on a saucer plate.
I'm so stoked the way they turned out, hehe!

Non-Traditonal Christmas Colours challenge!

It's another new week for for Creative Craft Challenge and this time around the theme is:
Non-Traditional Christmas colours!   So that means  "no REDS or GREENS please on anywhere on your card or project.  For some inspiration hop back over and check out what the DT have put together for you.    
Here is my card for this challenge - I did a CAS card!

Supplies used:
digital image - Bugaboo
Darice embossing folder, gems, window/label tag (Stampin Up)
Spectrum noir markers, foam dots for dimension


Hope you can join in the fun!

Coaster calendar!

Quick post to share another coaster calendar that I whipped up yesterday... Quick and simple, LOL!

supplies used:
 4 x 4 coaster - bought last year from etsy shop
calendar - Taylored expressions
papers - American Crafts
brads - Cuttle bug embossing folder, magnetic strip
flower punch - EK Tools

Notebook organizer and coaster calendar set!

Hello peeps~
Hope you're weekend is going great- I'm sure everyone is been busy busy catching up with all their crafty projects on their wish list.  I know I still have a bunch more that I need to get done soon or for sure I will be way behind by the time Christmas gets here.  LOL!
Here's another set I just finished up this evening, started working on it this morning than had it on pause and went out to do  some errands with hubby today.  Boy, I couldn't wait until I had gotten back home to get this finished up.   The paper piecing is a bit tedious on this die because of the wee pieces so it becomes a challenge.  And for me since I've made several of them before it gets much easier as I keep doing them. 

supplies used:
papers - Papertrey ink
dies - Memory box, Spellbinders
buttons, floss, pen, post it notes, gems, pop up dots, magnetic strip
calendar - Taylored Expression

Milk Coffee Stamps - Thanksgiving/Thankful/Thank yous challenge!

Hello peeps~
Onto our New Challenge which is THANKFUL, so your creations can be Thanksgiving related, thankful or thank yous.  You should be able to get some great inspiration from the DT projects and don't forget to check out all the wonderful images at MILKCOFFEE SHOP:)  Our AMAZING DT members have offered some great inspiration today using images created by MilkCoffee's wonderful illustrators.   Remember, you can find many adorable images from MILKCOFFEE SHOP, so you are definitely going to want to check those out.   If you have a chance, we're certain all the girls would love a visit to their individual blogs.
Here is my card for this challenge:

Recipe for my card:
Digi image - Pilgrim Girl & Pilgrim Boy (Milk Coffee Stamps)
Spectrum noir, copic markers
tag/sentiment - My Creative Time
Spellbinders, brad, Die-Namics for masking my clouds

Use your paper scraps!

Happy weekend everyone~
It's already mid November - yikes!   Soon will all be gobbling up those fixings for Turkey day.    
Anyhow it's another new challenge over at Lia Stampz - Challenge#53 with the theme "Use your paper scraps"!
Here is my card for this challenge:
I kept my colors a bit on the non- traditional shades.

Digi image - Haley (Lia Stampz) which can be found at Whimsy Stamps here.
Spectrum noir markers
papers - scraps from last years Christmas
sentiment - hand written
Snow tex for my snow on the sign - love the look of it....

Have a wonderful & crafty weekend....

Entering this card in the following challenge:
Bearly -Mine Challenges - Christmas in Pink

Aloha Friday - Mid Inspiration Challenge #12 - Fall Colors!

Happy Aloha Friday peeps~
It's Kitty Bee Designs mid-inspiration for challenge #12 "Fall Colors" so you have another week to join in the fun.   For some inspiration if you haven't been by to check it out yet, the DT have put together another awesome showcasing so be sure to hop back here .
I also wanted to express to all of you if you haven't been to Kitty Bee Designs etsy store please stop by here, Ruth is one amazing illustrator I just can't get enough of her amazing talents and the cuteness of each and every digital or rubber stamps she creates.
For this mid inspiration I decided to do another shadowbox card.   I hope the recipient will like it too!  LOL!

Supplies used for my project:
Digi image - provided by KBD
paper - DCWV
ribbon, buttons, gems, glossy assents
tag - My Creative Time
sentiment - computer generated
Spectrum noir and shinhan twin markers
Spellbinders
1 - 12 x 12 solid cardstock to make the frame... easy peasy!

Thanks for peeking in~
Enjoy your wonderful day and crafty weekend!

Brown Sugar - Challenge #68!

It's another new week for Team B over at Brown Sugar Challenge and it's challenge#68 with the theme: Thanksgiving!  For this challenge we are sponsored by Bugaboo stamps.

Here is my card for this challenge:

digi image - provided by Bugaboo

Copics and Spectrum noir makers

papers - Crate paper

tag/sentiment - My Creative Time

border punch - Martha Stewart

raffia, white gel pen, foam dimensions

Apple die - C.C. Designs

Thanks for stopping by!

Card set with matching box holder!

Here's a gift that I made for a special someone!  Love my owls and I'm so happy to own my owl punch from Stampin' Up.   Because I added lots of foam dimensions I only could fit (3) cards and (3) envelopes in my card box.   They are super cute in real, I showed it to someone else and now I have a request to make another set but in a different color, LOL!

Supplies for my project:

papers - Papertrey ink, Stampin Up

Dies - Memory box, Spellbinders ovals & scallops, My Creative Time

Punches - Stampin Up, Martha Stewart

sentiments: My Creative Time, Stampin Up, Hero Arts

My card box - takes (1) 8 1/2 x 11 paper 

A Recipe for You!

Hello peeps~
It's another new challenge over at Creative Craft Challenge 2 with the theme: A Recipe for You!  We are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish.

We have a recipe for you this week.  We would like you to include on your project:

1 image

2 patterned papers

3 flowers

You may include other embellishments, but these items must be on your project.

For more inspiration hop back over and check out what the ladies of the DT have put together.

Here's my card for this challenge:

Supplies used:

digi image - Whimsie Doodles

dies - Memory box & Spellbinders

papers - My Mind's Eye

Spectrum noir and copic markers

stickles, pop up foam dots

Thanks for stopping by~

Glowing candles!

Loving another new awesome die here for my Christmas card, love the gold tone paper against the red & green card stock.  My background is embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss dots, and the sentiment is from ISB here on the island. I've punched out a few more of them but got them aside for now,  working on some other commitments that are due soon. 
Thanks for peeking through, it's always a pleasure when I hear from my devoted followers.      

Enjoy your crafty day~

Working on my Christmas cards!

Here's another quick and simple Christmas card I did this morning.. Just had to wait until my stickles were completely  dry before I took my pics.   Loving this new die, lots of possibilities with it.   I just wanted to share what I've got going on today!
Be back soon - enjoy your wonderful day~

KBD-Aloha Friday Challenge #12 - Fall Colors!

Happy Aloha Friday peeps~
It's that time again for Kitty Bee Designs, and Team Bees Challenge!  This time for challenge #12 it's all about "Fall Colors".   Although we don't experience the change in our leaves changing here in Hawaii I'm sure in real in must be a beauty to see.  My brother who resides in Portland always tells me it's not like experiencing the Four Seasons.  It's such a beauty to see when the weather turns in every season.   I'm crossing fingers that one day we can save some money and travel to somewhere during the fall and see it all.
Any who back to the challenge and my card!  Simple but yet cute~

Here's what I used on my card:
Digi image - KBD (Hanging around bear)
Spectrum noir markers, glossy accents
Spellbinders, sentiment (Stampin Up) lace ribbon.

Thanks for popping by, and we hope you can join in the fun and play along with this challenge.   Enjoy your wonderful crafty moments!

Coaster calendars!

Here's one set of my coaster calendars for 2014~.   I'm skipping and doing a bunch of projects just so I can get caught up and that way I know I have to finish what I'm starting. LOL!   These are 4 x 4 coasters that I bought on etsy last year, the papers are Basic Grey(Konnichiwa), calendars are from Taylored Expression I have them matted on Spellbinders rectangle scallops, added a wee rhinestone on each owls  flower on the dress, added foam tapes to give them some dimension. The owl punch is from Stampin Up!   I may say they are so darn cute in real. Will post the other's as I get them completed.  

Be back soon~

It's a Fairy Tales Challenge~

It's another new challenge over at Milk Coffee Stamps - with the theme called Fairy Tales! Our AMAZING DT members have offered some great inspiration today using images created by MilkCoffee's wonderful illustrators.   Remember, you can find many adorable images from MILKCOFFEE SHOP, so you are definitely going to want to check those out.   If you have a chance, we're certain all the girls would love a visit to their individual blogs.

Here's my card for this challenge:

Supplies for my card:

digi image - Girl with rose hair clip (Milk Coffee Stamps)

papers - Dovecraft (Garden Party) paper pieced her dress and hair clip!

Spellbinders - Floral Corner

Brad- Stampin Up, doily, stickles

Spectrum noir markers

Thanks for stopping by - 

Gift card purses!

I finally got to finish off these purses, yeh!  The birthday girl will be having  10 of her besties over for her birthday dinner coming up soon.   These were the request the mom wanted me to make.  She will be enclosing  M/C gift cards in each one for them to go on a shopping spree in a private party she has coordinated for her daughter.  How precious is that!   This is what I called been spoiled, hehe!
I'm happy this is checked off my list, now back to more holiday projects that I'm completing.

Supplies used:

papers from: 3 Bugs in a Rug, Pebbles, K&Company

buttons, Velcro closures, gross grain ribbons, heavy duty 2 way tapes

Spellbinders labels

Enjoy your crafty moments~ be back soon!

Made for You!

It soon will be gobble gobble time and I've got another cute digital image from Chi Chi Memories that was offered as a freebie for October.   Thanksgiving is one of my faves to prep for the holiday, love prepping my bird the local style and enjoying it with our families. We normally have everyone in the family pick their favorite dish for the feast and enjoy each other's laughter and good times.    So onto my card, love the cuteness and these are my favorite fall colors to .

Recipe used:

paper from Crate paper

Spectrum noir markers

sentiment from Die-Namics

Entering this card in the following challenge
Chi Chi Memories - October Challenge

Mochi - Yum yum!

Mochi, who doesn't love eating them here on the islands.  Although we don't pound ours we do the modern way either microwave or using the mochiko flour.    Just as yummy and a favorite in the family.   Mieko is one the newest stamps from Sister Stamps, LLC  quick and simple to be colored and it didn't take me long to get this card together.   Added some washi tapes,  pearls, stickles, laser cherry blossoms from Island Scrapbooking, Copic and memento  markers, sentiment from Die-Namics and wah lah!.  

Time to do some cleaning in my craft room and get down to some heavy crafting later.  
Thanks for taking the time to peek in, and hope I got you inspired.    

BSC - Challenge #66 - Things with Wings!

Hello peeps~
Hope your Friday is going great, weekend will soon be here again and whoa it's November.  That means lots of planning for the upcoming holidays that are just right around the corner.    
Anyhow it's that time again for Team B's new challenge over at Brown Sugar Challenge!

This week our theme is: Things with Wings

Here is my card for this challenge - I chose to go with Dragonfly's.

Supplies used:

Dotted paper - Basics

Spectrum noir markers

stickles, lots of foam dots,

Dies - Spellbinders & Elizabeth's Crafts

Enjoy your happy day and crafty weekend!

Upcycle or Recyle Something!

It's a new challenge over at Lia Stampz with the theme: Upcycle or Recycle Something!
For this fun challenge I used a recycle container that I had gotten for Girl's Day this past March.  I was using it for some odd and ends that I had in it and decided to give this container to our neighbors son who will be turning 1 this coming November.  The image is actually called Christmas bunny but I reversed it and made it look like a baby birthday theme.   I will get him a boy's Tee and a GC to put in here and have it packaged.  They are laid back people and wouldn't mind receiving anything out of the ordinary.  LOL!   
Don't forget and hop back over and check out what some of the DT have for their showcasing.

Supples I used:
Recycled container -just needs to be cleaned up a little
Spectrum noir markers,
CC Designs die
Spellbinders scallop ovals