CATCHING UP

I can't believe I haven't posted on here for a week! I was busy with an order of a dozen cards for a friend, and got another order from another friend for a dozen also! I'll post some of them when I get the chance. In the meantime, have a great weekend!

WINTER FLOWER?

Aloha and Happy Saturday. YEAH, the creative juices are back!! Funny though, they are a bit "off". I did this card this morning and saw the idea in my head, but when it was complete it wasn't quite what I pictured. It looks almost like a Christmas card to me, lol. Oh well, at least it is going much easier today! Also, I discovered a new technique - at least with the darker blue paper. When I was embossing the leaves, I "over cooked" one and the paper started to turn a lighter color. I liked the look and did it on purpose to the rest of them! A lady on the Cricut MB says, "There are no mistakes in card making, only happy discoveries" (or something to that effect!). And boy is she ever right!

BLOG CANDY!

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MONKEY BOQUET

You know those crummy days when you just can't quite seem to get it together - the creative juices just don't seem to flow... Well, today was one of those for me. I did manage to get this one card done, but it was a struggle for a card so simple. Guess it's time to go to the beach and chill out. I need to get my creative karma back!

BIRTHDAY CARDS

Today's cards are ones that I am doing for a friend. She needs a variety of birthday cards to give to friends and family. So, I will be working on those for a while. I really like doing them because they are for all ages and I can choose any colors and designs that I want. Enjoy!

CUTTLEBUG CHALLENGE #42

For this challenge we were to use our favorite CB embossing file. By far my favorite is the "Swiss Dots". It is so versitile and can be used with nearly any design. It's beautiful done with white on white, or any other color. Today I used blue. The flowers are done with some of the new paper I got yesterday at Suzi's. It's a beautiful paisley print - kind of hard to see in the little flowers. But don't worry, I'm going to do another card that will show it off!

WAIMEA DAY

Paid a visit to my favorite scrapbook and card making shop in Waimea today, "Suzi's Scrapbooking Paradise". As always she helped me find just what I was looking for - paper for my Christmas cards. It never ceases to amaze me what a great variety of paper she has and how she knows exactly where to find just what you ask for! Mahalo Suzi!

MY 1st "CHIRP"

WOW! I am excited! The Cricut web site does a new letter every week with lots of great info and promotions. They also spotlight people who have made cards that "catch their attention". The card I did for Paul for his birthday, the "57 Chevy" got noticed! I am really honored - the cards the ladies do on there are fantastic! I am humbled to even be considered in their league! You can check it out - scroll down to the "Cricut Board" section and you will see the cards that are featured. Check them ALL out! Mahalo nui loa Cricut for the notice!

http://www.cricut.com/newsletters/volume.aspx?ID=195

DRAGONFLY & FLOWERS

This card is for my sweet Aunt Ruth in NY. She really loves gettiing cards, so this is made with lots of aloha just for her. The dragonfly is an iron-on from the Dollar Tree, the flowers were on the Walk In My Garden cartridge and the leaf swirl was on the George cartridge.

LEAPN' OVER!

I made this card for my Pop! He's in AZ and really looks forward to getting mail and hearing from me. This card is another done with the adorable Penny Black "Toadily" stamps. The inside of the card read: "To see "warts" up at your pad!"

CHALLENGE #51 - BEACH THEME

A simple design for the Cupcake Challenge. I really like this stamp, it sure is beach themed! Added a little bling and summer looking paper...


http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/

SWEET WATERMELON TIME

This little gal makes me smile! She is so adorable with that big slice of melon. I got the paper that is the main part of the melon when I was on my trip to Hilo last week and was really wanting to use it. I decided to use it more as an accent on this instead of the main background, and I like it. I colored with Prisma's and then added embellishments and called in "pau"!

GOLDEN KIMONO

Here is one more for today. It is a card I made for my sweetie to send to his son & his girlfriend to say thanks for the birthday present they sent him. The Japanese symbol represents "thanks". I know they will really appreciate it because his girlfriend is Japanese.

CHERRY BLOSSOM KIMONOS

Yesterday I was over on the other side of the island in Hilo. We have a NEW Scrapbooking store over there!!! I got so excited because we only have one other type store on our island. This is a BIG thing! The new store has a wonderful variety of supplies! They even have Nestabilities, CB embossing folders, and lots of special things I have been ordering on the internet. I bought this great kimono stamp and some beautiful papers from Japan. So here I go again, off on my Asian designs.

The first one is the stamp gold embossed and mounted on some of the beautiful paper. The second, I did gold embossing of cherry blossoms on peach colored paper and then mounted three of the stamped kimonos on a strip of the Japanese paper.