I'M GETTING THERE...

Mahalo for the well wishes ladies, they are appreciated! Am feeling a bit better, but have a way to go. But what could be better medicine than making a few cards!?!

I received an order for 20 Christmas cards and was anxious to get to them. When I was on the mainland I bought things to do with snowflakes. Just my luck, the customer wants snowmen! Snowflakes and snowmen are a perfect match! This is the 1st card design, there will be 4 in the series, 5 of each design. I embossed the light and dark blue paper with snowflake stamps and "Stardust" emb. powder, also the little snow flakes around the snowman and scalloped edges. (Also added a little blue stamp ink on those edges - the circles were done with my Nestabillities.) I love the snowflake corners - they were made with my new "Martha Stewart" punch set (Also got the side one and will use it later!). Another new goodie I got at the convention in Tucson is the "puffed" looking snow beneath the snowman. It's called Liquid Applique. When you put the heat gun on it, it puffs up and looks just like snow! Too Cool!! Then added some ribbon and the metal snowflake charms - got those at Micheals. All in all, I really like this card, sure hope my customer does too!

SORRY...

Well, I haven't had the energy to post anything new, and I haven't made anything new! I got home all fired up and now am down with a miserable cold. My daughter is here visiting and I sure hope she dosen't catch it. Who would want to come to Hawaii and get sick?!? Hope to be up to snuff soon and posting again.

HOME SWEET HOME!

WOW! It is soooo good to be home! Had a good trip, but always glad to return to the "rock" as we lovingly call our island.

Had a fun trip down to Tucson to my FIRST rubber stamping and scrapbook convention! Saw lots of great products and learned some new techniques. Also got to meet Melissa Forsyth-Sampaga (pictured in pink below), who designed the stamp used on the cover of the September issue of CardMaker Magazine! Bought some goodies from the booth where she was doing demonstrations on coloring with Copics. Boy is she talented! Also went to another scrabook and card convention a week later in Phoenix. So, between the two places, I purchased a lot of new supplies, learned a lot and need to get to work! I hope to have a new card to post soon!

Picutre Of Melissa and Convention In Tucson

ALOHA FOR A WHILE....

Well, sorry to say I won't be making any cards for a while. I am off to Phoenix to visit my Dad for two weeks. So, I say aloha and look forward to getting back and visiting all your great blogs! Take care, aloha nui loa, a hui hou! Joanne HUGS to all!

OUR 23rd ANNIVERSARY!

Hard to believe, but today is Mr. Z's & my 23rd anniversary! I made this card for him. It's simple but sweet I think, he really appreciated it and liked it a lot. Last night we had a great evening out just the two of us, dinner under the stars on a balmy Hawaiian night. Tonight we are celebrating with friends, so it's been a fun party weekend!

COCKTAILS ANYONE?!?!

I have some friends that are really going to like these - they are fun party people! You know who you are..... I really like the glittery paper on these. It gives them real sparkle! It's hard to see, (double click on the picture) but the margarita has moons, stars and bones floating in it, perfect for Halloween!

TRICK OR TREAT

I'm really into the Halloween cards at the moment! I'm doing a lot of them to send to family and friends and it sure is fun!

CANDY APPLES!

I have an Aunt that LOVES candy apples! When I saw this stamp I had to get it and do this card for her. I totally scrap lifted it from a sample card at "Impression Obsessions", but I couldn't help myself! It's just too darn cute and fit perfectly for what I wanted. I did add the ric-rac, but other than that, it's a complete lift!

#1 - ANYTHING HALLOWEEN

This is for a challenge over at GLUE, PAPER, SCISSORS. It will be a lot of fun because it's for anything Halloween! Endless possibilities... I had a lot of fun doing this card. I used SCAL to do the cut outs of the pumpkin, spider, owl and witch. They are from a file called "Spooky Silhouettes". The circle is done with Nestabillities, and then I added the ribbon and the little bat.

MAHALO KAYE!

These two blog awards were sent to me by the sweetest gal who folows my blog. Her name is Kaye and we have met by being fellow bloggers - think that is a proper term, lol. It means a lot to have someone take the time to come and see your creations and leave such nice comments. As she said, "It helps build your confidence". Check out her wonderful blog, and also those of the ladies that I have passed on this award to who are listed below. So much wonderful talent!

Christine

Cheryl

Jackie

Liz

Stephanne

FLUTTER BY WEDNESDAY #72

Grow in your own time in your own way...

I wanted to do a card just for fun today! I was blog hopping and found a wonderful place. It's "Danni's Dreams" and is really great, check it out! They were having a challenge that you had to use a butterfly or a fairy and one of your favorite phrases. Well, I decided to use both the butterfly and fairy with my phrase, and this is what I came up with. I used a cut with SCAL for the butterfly, stamped the fairy and colored with Prisma's and OMS. Popped the phase and fairy with glue dots and added the butterfly and ribbon. I thinks it's cute, but a bit "home made" looking. Oh well, it was fun and what I needed to relax!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN PUP!

Time for some fun Halloween cards! This one is simple and pretty cute I think. The little pup makes me smile!

SCAL - Sure Cuts A Lot

I was blog surfing today looking for some new svg files. They are files that can be cut with my Cricut but you don't have to use their cartridges. I found a great site called "Just For Sharing" that offers some neat free cut files. This card was made with one of the cuts, a very pretty design. I just added the stamped image and background paper behind the cuts to match. I like the lavender colors.

BRIGHT ORANGE!

I scrap lifted this design, and I'm sorry I don't remember where from to give them credit. I loved the simple layout and only two colors. I changed the colors to the light and darker orange and tweaked some of the details a bit. Thanks so much for the inspiration! It's a really fun, but simple card.

AUTUMN TILDA

Another Tilda, this one just for fun. I really like these Fall theme papers!

WEKK 19 - RACH'S SKETCH ATJUST MAGNOLIA

This was the layout sketch for this weeks challenge over at "Just Magnolia". I am a BIG Tilda fan. she's is so adorable. I was in an Autumn mood when I did this one. It's my favorite time of year, and it has been so hot - it got me longing for cool Fall days. (I have to go to the mainland for those...) I bought a great pack of card stock called "Harvest" by "me & my Big ideas". They are beautiful. I was so anxious to use them that I had to get my hands on them for this challenge. I really liked the result I came up with. I altered the stamp a bit. I blocked out the little flowers that were blowing around with the leaves, in order for it to have more of an Autumn feel. Used Prismacolor pencils with Gamsol and added a few embellishments. Hope you like it!

Check out all the great Tilda cards for this challenge at Just Magnolia.

BIRTHDAY SERIES

Two more cards that are being made for orders. The top one is simple and sweet, the second one bold and bright! I love doing things that are SO opposite of each other. That way I don't get bored with the same theme all the time.

BIRTHDAY

Another card - not a real involved one, lol. Just simple and cheerful.

SIMPLE THANK YOU

Another of the cards ordered by my friend. It's a simple card, but I really like the colors.