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Valentine craft projects

2012-01-29T20:21:00.000-08:00

Here are the projects that we made at my craft class this weekend. I tried to stick with the Valentine theme. We had so much fun! As usual it started at 9:30 and ended in the evening around 7:00 pm. Time flies by especially when you're having fun! I hope to do this again in a few months from now.

I used the SU top note die cut for the cute little bag.

This cute little favor for the water bottles. I used a couple Air Heads for the candies instead of the Crystal Light travel packs for the water bottle.

The penguin is from my Silhouette online store and the pink and white polka dot box is similar to the milk carton box but I changed the measurements to make it a little wider.

I thought mailbox was so cute and its a SVG cut file that I downloaded online. I had so much fun putting this together. Although I had to make 16 kits I forgot to cut the bottoms for several of the kits. I must have fallen asleep in between the cutting. lol

I didn't know what to use for the handle to make this cute Hello Kitty fan. I asked my husband what he thought and he suggested the paint stir sticks from Home Depot. I went there to find out that they don't sell them. I didn't mind paying for it but they insisted that they don't sell it. The clerk said they give it out if you buy paint. I was able to say "PLEASE" and he gave me enough to make one for everyone at my craft class. It's really cute. This one here that I made for myself is actually a plastic ruler for the handle because at the time that I made it I didn't have the stir stick. Anyway I love it anyway!

Hello Kitty Fan

2012-01-24T00:05:00.001-08:00

For the hot sunny and humid days I made this hand held Hello Kitty fan. It measures 10-1/2" wide by 7-1/2" tall. I used a 12" plastic ruler for the holder and covered it with pink sheer ribbon. I downloaded the image from the internet and had to make a few adjustments using my Silhouette to cut this image. Normally you'll find her with the bow on her head but I wanted to use the flower instead and used a flower punch and buttons with some glitter to give it some bling. The card stock that I used is not as thick as I wanted it but since I used the "Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive" to glue the pieces together it makes it really hard and stiff. It turned out perfect!! It's really hard to find this glue but I have asked Fisher Hawaii if they can stock this item. They will be checking into it. I know that Target sells it but I checked this past weekend and they were all sold out. I hope they bring it back again. Thanks everyone for stopping by to check out this cute Hello Kitty fan. Have a great week!

Hello Kitty Picture frame

2012-01-18T01:37:00.000-08:00

I created this picture frame using my Silhouette machine. The frame is made of 100# card stock then I covered it with the DP. I also used the same card stock for the back of the frame. I found that it's easier for me to cut the Hello Kitty with the Silhouette instead of using the die cuts. The picture is my 1 year grand daughter with matching hair styles from the little girl from the Monster's Inc movie. This picture frame measure 6-1/2" wide x 6" tall. Now to figure out what to make for boys. It's hump day in 5 minutes!! Have a good day!

Angry Birds

2012-01-17T09:16:00.001-08:00

My last project from this fun filled crafting weekend was creating these "Angry Birds". I have sooo much scrap paper and this was perfect to use it to make these. I created these with my Silhouette machine. There was ALOT of adjusting to be made to create these birds. lol I think I have a couple more of them to make. Well I have a 3 day work week this week and I'll be off on Friday again! Yay! I'll definitely be in my craft room again. Have a Great Week everyone!

More Valentine Goodies

2012-01-16T17:28:00.001-08:00

Here I am again posting the rest of my Valentine creations! These were cut from both my Silhouette machine and Eclips machines. Hello Kitty was also cut from my Silhouette machine. The first creation is a gift card holder and can also be used to put some candy in it. The Hello Kitty box has a flip top cover and measures 3" x 3". The cute little heart garden tool carrier measures 4" wide and 2" deep and can be used to add candies or whatever you want. This is it for now with Valentine stuff! The weather is ugly today and actually gave me more energy to sit in my craft room to work on stuff and to actually put stuff away. It's always a work in progess! Hope you all had a great weekend!!

Valentine goodies

2012-01-16T01:20:00.001-08:00

Wow I can't believe I've been on a roll here this weekend. Here are some Valentine goodies that I put together again today. I used my Silhouette machine to cut these cute little penguins. I've been having so much fun making them. I guess I need to get my butt in gear to start prepping some kits for a craft get together at the end of this month. I have one more day since it's a holiday for me on Monday to do more crafts. If you stopped by earlier to check out my blog, I was having major issues with my blog background. I tried to change the look and I messed it up royal! It took me about 4 hours to get it back to where it is now. This is staying for now until I get tired of it. Anyway thanks again everyone for stopping by to check out these cute little penguin pencils!

Valentine mailbox

2012-01-15T02:05:00.000-08:00

I am on a roll today making Valentine crafts. Here I have a Mailbox that measures 7" tall and 5" wide. It's such a cute idea that I got from a svg cut file. So I finally am making use of my Eclips machine that my husband bought for me. I am so amazed at what I can do with it. I also love my Silhouette machine too. I had fun making this that I totally forgot to turn my paper and realized it afterwards that I cut the front door section the wrong way. That's okay it look fine to me. I will be working on more this weekend so don't forget to come back and check it out. Thanks for checking out my Valentine creations today. Have a Great weekend.

Valentine creations!

2012-01-14T15:37:00.001-08:00

It's been a while since my last post. I finally got the chance to work on my Valentine's creations. Here I am using the "Bigz XL Fancy Favor Bag" from Stampin Up. The handles, heart border and heart flourish was cut from my Silhouette machine that I created. The front of the bag stamp is also from Stampin Up stamps called "Best of Everything". This turned out exactly like I wanted it to and I love it. Guess I'll be using this as my favors. Thanks to everyone who continue to check out my creations. I hope to be posting more. Have a Great 3 day Weekend if you have Monday off.

Christmas cards and tags

2011-12-27T09:19:00.000-08:00

Here's the last of my Christmas cards that I made. I made about 20 of these and about 50 gift tags this year. I realized that I should have start making these earlier instead of waiting so last minute. Oh well maybe next year. As the year comes to an end, I now am going to concentrate this week to clean up my craft mess in my room so I can start fresh for the new year. I know this is an on going project daily but its the thought that counts. lol.... Thanks to everyone who stops by to check out my creations. Until next year 2012 going on to my 4th year of sharing my creations on my blog. Have a Great rest of the year and Be Safe!!!

Gift Tags in the making

2011-12-20T08:37:00.001-08:00

In the process of making my gift tags. Gosh I know I'm so last minute but didn't realize how many tags I needed. I decided to make a boy and girl tag. This is the last of my Christmas crafts for the season. Actually I have a couple more photos that I will be posting in the next few days. Until then, Have a Great Day and Thanks for stopping by.

Christmas projects

2011-12-10T09:59:00.001-08:00

Finally posting my Christmas projects that I had done at my Christmas Craft class last month. We actually worked on 7 different projects. We had alot of fun although at my second class it rained but we still continued to finish up everything. This was the first time that it actually rained the way it did at any of my classes that I had. Again sorry my pictures are blurry because I used my phone again. It's not as clear as I normally like it.

Stay tuned for my next upcoming creations! Valentine's Day crafts being worked on for my January class! OMG December is not even over yet and my crazy brain is already thinking of Valentine's Day. I'm sure other crafters are just as crazy as I am.

I also have another blog called "Paper Trail Friends". There are a bunch of us friends (co-workers and friends) that create cards and tags monthly. I give them a theme and we exchange on the last day of the month. This month we are making 12 cards each to exchange with each other. Check out our creations monthly!

Thanks for stopping by and want to say "Happy Holiday's" to you all and thanks for stopping by to check out my creations.

Gift Card Holders

2011-12-10T09:42:00.000-08:00

I was going thru some of my pictures and forgot to post these gift card holders that I taught for my October Craft class. We made these the same time I did some Halloween projects too.

Sorry my pictures are blurry but I used my phone to take the pics at the time. Thanks for stopping by to check out my creations.

Fall is in the Air.....

2011-11-29T08:56:00.001-08:00

Today I am sharing some cute little "Turkey Pop's"! I know Thanksgiving was just last week but wanted to share this with everyone. I didn't have those moveable eyes so I had to improvise and make my own eyes for them. I think they are so cute!

I created a Fall card and tag for our card swap and this month again, this was done last minute again. It's a good thing that I had alot of different color and size of buttons. I told myself I was not going to do that again but this month went by so quickly that I just did not have the time since I had 2 separate craft classes this month. Sorry that my pictures are blurry being that I used my phone to take the pictures. Anyway hope you all had a fun filled Thanksgiving! In a couple days I will be posting my Christmas creations that we did at my Christmas class last week. Have a Great Day!!

Surprise in a Box

2011-11-21T01:28:00.000-08:00

Here is a box that I created today that I call "Surprise in a Box". I was playing around with some scrap paper and wanted to make a box that I could cover from the top. I used a 2" ribbon for the bow which is a little too big but I used it anyway. I also used the "top note" die from SU for the top layer for the box cover. You can also use the box to include note cards which I will try it out next. Anyway I had a good time this weekend at my Christmas craft class. Everyone had fun making all the Christmas goodies. Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Thanksgiving week!!

Christmas Surprise Box

2011-11-14T09:36:00.001-08:00

Finally finished this project. I've been working on this for a couple of weeks. Its a "Surprise Box" that I started to make but was not sure how to decorate it. I'm giving this away as a gift with some goodies in them but was stuck for a few days because I had to make sure I only use SU supplies. It turned out really great and now I am happy with it. Now I'm really into the Christmas Holiday spirit! Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Week!

Animal Cracker Box

2011-11-13T20:25:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I last posted something creative. I've been trying to make something I made a while back and could not find my instructions so I re-created again. I was thinking of the Animal Cracker box. I don't even know if they still sell them. It took me several tries to get the exact measurement that I wanted and finally came out to this. I wanted the top to be see thru so I used my Nesties Labels eight. It actually fits perfect for the top and a small bit on the sides. The DP is from SU "Specialty Holly Berry Bouquet". I also used the Victoria crochet trim to layer the handle and Antique Brad for the center of the flower from SU. I'm still trying to reorganize my craft dungeon again!! I have too many craft things and seriously need to go through it all and see if I really want it or need it. My room is getting just too cluttered! Every time I clean it up it gets messy again when I start creating something. Its never ending!! Sounds familiar anyone? Anyway thanks for stopping by my blog today and Have a Great Week!

October swap and goodies....

2011-10-28T01:28:00.000-07:00

Wow haven't been on my blog for a while. I finally finished my Halloween card swaps but now in the process of finishing my Halloween centerpieces. I have this weekend to finish up and 11 more to go. Isn't this first card cute? I used the marvy halloween ghost and bat punch that I bought from Fisher Hawaii for both cards. I also colored Kiyomi from Sister Stamps for my second card. Yay it's finally the end of the week and hope you all have a great weekend and a fun Halloween! Thanks for stopping by to check out my creations!!

This next picture is some halloween goodies that include anti-bacterial hand gel. I used Trevor and Swiss Pixie from CC Designs and colored them on Adobe Photoshop instead of coloring it individually.

Here are the centerpieces that I am currently working on and are filled to the top with candies. I originally saw a picture of a really small version about 3" tall and decided to see if I could make it bigger for a centerpiece. Its about 7" tall and the rim of the hat is 6.5" wide. The black hat is removable and can be used as a cover when the candies are taken out.

September CATS

2011-10-05T01:06:00.000-07:00

So I decided to make another vintage card but made this one simple. My partner for the month of September was Joni. Check out her creations here! I used Chloe from Pink Gem Designs. I think the theme for the month of September was to use flowers in our card and tag creation. I made the lace flower and added a pearl in the center. I was still in the vintage card mode so I created this simple card. Well it's simple to me considering the previous one that I did. I wanted to keep the card but actually swapped it with a co-worker who loved it too. I'm glad she picked my name. Thanks for stopping by again to check my creations. Have a Great Week!

Vintage Card

2011-10-02T02:23:00.001-07:00

Sorry this is a long post...I've always wanted to try and make a vintage card but never got the chance until this weekend. I came across another card but can't remember which site it was. I made it sort of similar to it but it wasn't a vintage card like I wanted so I had to change the colors from whatever colors that I had and create something of my own. It wasn't easy coloring the image "Pink Gem Designs" (Chloe) as I tried it twice and trashed the first image because I didn't like the colors. I used Tim Holt distress ink - "Tattered Rose"- and Stampin Up - "Soft Suede" colors for the edges of the whole card. The DP is from K&Company thatI picked up in Las Vegas. I made most of the roses from ribbon except the smaller ones. The bows are "Very Vanilla" seam binding from Stampin Up. The butterflies are Martha Stewart and CherryLyn Designs dies that I ordered online. I also used liquid pearls "white opal" on the butterflies. Thiscard turned out really special that I want to keep it for myself. Unfortunately, I can't because we have a card swap for a bunch (12) of my co-workers and on Monday 10/3 is when we are going to swap cards by picking names. If I pick my own name YAY!!! I get to keep it....lol!! I hope whomever gets it will like this card. Thank you all for stopping by to check out my creations. Your support is very much appreciated! Have a Great Week!!

Handmade Flowers

2011-09-23T15:26:00.000-07:00

Talk about last minute. I have been so busy and procrastinated in making my flowers. I took 1 day vacation today and came up with this. Hopefully next time I'll put more thought into it but it was fun anyway. I made the rose with "Very Vanilla" seam binding, placed a pearl in the center and sprayed some Tsukneko Sheer gold shimmer spritz on the whole flower. I also used some crystal stickles on the rose. I hope this is okay...Sorry one of the pics is blurry but was rushing to take it so I can mail it out today.

I was thinking of making these flowers but changed my mind so I made just this one. I think its pretty anyway. I'm thinking pink ones would look nice too!

Louis Vuitton Bag

2011-09-16T15:38:00.001-07:00

Now you can own your very special affordable handmade Louis Vuitton bag! Made this for a friend who is so into LV bags. She has not seen this yet and is leaving to go to Las Vegas today. The measurements are 8"tall x 7-1/2 wide x 2-1/2" deep. What a perfect gift bag to use! I'm thinking of doing this in my next craft class. Hope she likes it....lol Have a Great Weekend and thanks for stopping by today!

Note cards

2011-09-08T01:52:00.000-07:00

I am sharing a box of note cards today that I created this week. The note cards measure 3-1/2" square. There are 5 note cards in the box but the envelopes do not fit in them. I had to keep them separate since it doesn't fit in the box. It turned out pretty good and will be making more to give away as gifts. I will probably be making them a little larger than this box.

Birthday card and CATS card

2011-09-05T12:03:00.001-07:00

I am sharing a card that I made for our grand daughters 4th birthday. It was kinda last minute as we weren't sure what to get for her this time, so we decided to give her money instead so she can get whatever she wanted. So I made a pocket on the inside of the card for the money. I used Chloe from Pink Gems Designs and crocheted the white flower. I had the whole day to make the card as I've been doing alot of things at last minute!

My next card is from Teri who was my CATS partner for August. She also included some goodies too! Thanks Teri.... I love pink so this is really nice.

Birthday Card

2011-09-02T10:14:00.000-07:00

Just want to post a quick one today. Yesterday I created a birthday card for a friend. Her favorite color is purple so I tried to color coordinate it with the back side of the DP. I used the GF Cheeky Beach image for the inside and can't remember the DP. Anyway I hope she likes it! Have a Great Holiday Weekend and Thanks for stopping by today.

Halloween Table Centerpiece

2011-08-30T10:34:00.000-07:00

I'm getting ahead of myself and made this Halloween Table centerpiece. I saw another version of this but it was much smaller than this one so I had to re-create it with my own dimensions. I drew a triangle, added tabs to the sides and bottom so I could attach them together. There are 3 pieces total for the triangle then made another 3 triangles for the top black part. The bottom of it is 6" wide and I used my Silhouette machine to cut the circle and scallop bottom. In order to take the candies out, you will need to cut off the top under the black piece to get the candies.The bottom of the triangle measures about 4-1/4" wide. It stands about 6" tall. The DP is from K & Company which I had left from last Halloween. Lastly, I added hershey kisses inside which is the best part of it. It turned out the way I wanted it to and I'm happy. Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Week!!

August CATS

2011-08-27T03:52:00.000-07:00

Talk about procrastinating....I've been busy with trying to organize my craft room and only finished my CATS for August today. My partner this month is Teri and this month we are supposed to create a card and tag using ribbons. I used Chloe from Pink Gem Designs and really had no clue what I was going to do. I didn't want to make a complicating card and forgot to take a picture of the inside of the card. It's actually the same DP as the tag. It turned out cute I think. Anyway I hope she likes this card and tag. Thanks for stopping by to check out my creations and TGIF!!

Sunset on the North Shore

2011-08-22T10:46:00.000-07:00

No craft photos today but actually went on a long walk on the North Shore on the weekend and took some pictures of the sunset. It was a really nice day for the walk and even better evening watching the sunset and taking pictures of the turtles.

This next picture is taken from Kiaka Park. We parked at Alii Beach Park then walked all the way to Haleiwa Beach Park, around the park and back to Alii Beach Park then all the way to Kiaka Park then back to Alii Beach Park. Wow that was so much walking in one day. Earlier in the morning we went to the Made In Hawaii Expo at the Blaisdell and walked around on both sides to see everything. We then went to Ala Moana shopping center to walk around and had lunch at Bubba Gump. Then my husband decided he wanted to go to the North Shore to do more walking. Whew........that sure was alot of walking in one day. I think we walked enough for the whole week.

The bag lady strikes again!

2011-08-16T11:03:00.000-07:00

Wow it's been a while since I've created a bag! I used the Spellbinders Labels eight to cut out the top of the bag. It's almost like a animal cracker box. As for the flower, I put it together a long time ago but never used. I think it did not match the creation that I was working on at the time so I just stuck it back in the box. Wouldn't you know it, the color matched perfect with this DP. This bag measures 4"wide x 3" tall x 1-1/2" deep. I really like it and will probably do it again! Anyway thanks everyone for stopping by to check out my creations and Have a Great Day!

Flowers Galore

2011-08-12T03:10:00.000-07:00

Taking a break today from finishing the treasure chests. Although I do need to finish them by next Saturday. I started crocheting flowers again yesterday and also decided to make some ribbon roses and lace flowers too. I used satin ribbons, twill ribbons, lace and crochet threads to make them all. I'm actually thinking of making a bunch and selling them and also to use them on my cards. Anyway just wanted to show you all my project that I am working on this week and hope you all enjoyed seeing them. It's finally Friday Yay!! Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Pirates of the Caribbean Treasure Chest

2011-08-10T03:20:00.001-07:00

No cards to share but a project that I am working on for our company picnic in a couple weeks. The theme for the picnic is "Pirates of the Caribbean" so I thought that i could make these treasure chests to put on the tables for the centerpieces. I saw a pinata at Price Busters and it gave me an idea to make the centerpieces. I used a card board box and cut the rolls of crepe paper to cover the boxes. After making one I thought it was a great idea but of course got carried away decorating it. I'm actually making 15 of them and hopefully I'll be able to finish it by next week. I thought I could finish in time but with my granddaughters birthday party I had to finish hers first. I'm happy that one of my co-worker and her husband is helping with them. Whew.....These boxes measure about 8-1/2" d x 11" w x 12" h. It's a pretty good size and looks like I got to get alot of goodies to make it full. Hopefully this is my last project for a while. It's really taking a toll on me... Want to get back into make my cards again... Hope you all have a Great Day and thanks for stopping by to check out my creations!

Mickey Mouse goodies

2011-08-04T11:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry this is a long post! Finally done with everything I think. I've been quite busy the past couple of weeks! Can you tell? Made all of this for my youngest granddaughter who just turned 1 year old. Her party is this weekend so I had to hurry up and finish everything. Posted her invitations earlier and the tablets that I did to include in their goodie bags.

Decided to make these little favors at last minute but only did 50 since thats all the red paper I had on hand and it took some time to make. She loves Mickey Mouse so luckily I found the punch a while back and wanted to make something so I could use it. Turned out really cute!

These are the centerpieces for the tables. Had to cover the labels on the containers which I almost forgot about it. Found a cute picture of her on her moms facebook photo album and used it for the label. Love it!

Last but not least all the goodie bags for the kids. I sewed 55 of these bags for the little boys and girls. I could not find Mickey or Minnie mouse fabric to make the bags and they decided to go with this print which I think is cute. I chose the pink for the girls and the brown for the boys. As I sewed them I took them to work so I could use my lunch time to insert the drawstrings in them. My friends at work also helped me after we ate lunch. I'm so thankful that they love doing these things too and helped me out. There is 1 more thing that I totally forgot and need to think of something quick. The envelope box! My son asked me if I could make it and I said yes but with everything else on my mind I forgot. Well it will have to be something simple since I am running out of time. Thank you all for stopping by to check out my creations! Your support and comments sure mean alot and keeps me going. Thanks again!

Still working on my craft room renovations and hopefully I will be able to post some pictures when its done. Have a Great Day!

Sympathy Card and Image folders

2011-07-30T00:58:00.001-07:00

I have several creations to share today. My husband kept forgetting to get a Sympathy card for today so I told him that I will make one for him and when he gets up it'll be ready on the kitchen table to take with him. I told him I will make a fast and simple card. He was okay with it and was surprised when he saw it in the morning. I added the butterflies to it at last minute because I thought it was missing something on it. It turned out pretty good I think. What drove me crazy was this crazy MS butterfly punch that I got and does not work the way it supposed to. Too bad I threw the packaging away for it and not sure if I have the receipt but it does not punch all the way. I have to use my scissors to cut it off. I still like it anyway.

This next photo is a 3 x 3 post it note holder. I made it for my partner at work that we did the card exchange for. I must have been tired but I tried several times to cut the card stock to make this but kept cutting it wrong. On top of that I scored it wrong several times too. I saw several different versions and dimensions for it but none of them came out the way it should. I decided to just measure it out myself and it finally fit.

I was thinking of baking cupcakes for today since this was our first card exchange but I got home last night and decided to make these image folders instead. I know I'm crazy but sometimes I get carried away when I'm in the crafting mood. Sorry my post is a long one but wanted to include everything. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Red, White & Blue

2011-07-27T11:31:00.000-07:00

I previously posted one of the cards but did not make the matching tag then. As I mentioned in my other post I had to make 2 sets of Red,White & Blue card and tag sets this month. Some of my co-workers and I are also swapping cards and tags for this month and the theme was also Red,White and Blue. Not too sure how this is going to work out or how long it will last since some are getting stressed out with it. Anyway its been hectic for myself this month too with sewing all those goodie bags for 2 different parties. I didn't really put too much thought into making my cards since the parties are on my mind to be completed for August but knew I had to create something for both sets. As I was thinking of what to do for the tag, I punched stars out of Red and Blue paper and glued them together. I then put a flower on top of it and after it was glued down it looked like a Poinsetta flower. Something I could do for Christmas I guess. I hope they both like their cards anyway. This first set is for my CATS partner Karen. Have a Happy Hump Day and Thanks for stopping by!

This next set is for my co-worker. Love this stamp since I just bought a camera and still learning to use it.

Hello Kitty Drawstring bags

2011-07-24T19:11:00.001-07:00

Since I am sewing bags for my grand daughters birthday party, I decided to sew some Hello Kitty drawstring bags too. Sorry my pictures are a little blurry but I used my cell phone to take the pic. I know crazy me just bought a new camera but still using my cell phone. I guess it was easier to use than to take everything out of the bag. Sewing is my other passion from doing paper crafts and beading. Hope you all have a Great weekend!

Birthday Card and favor bags

2011-07-23T01:25:00.000-07:00

Of course this is last minute for me again in making this birthday card. I didn't get the chance to make a birthday card or go to the store and buy one so I decided to make a quick one for the party we were going to. I had only 1 hour so I had to think fast. I wanted to make it really simple and since I rushed my coloring wasn't too great either. You can't really see it since I shrunk the pictures. Love the cupcake border and finally got the chance to use it for this card.

This next picture is a bunch of favor bags for a group of crafters that I will be spending my Saturday morning with. This of course was also last minute too, so I started and finished last night. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to make but came up with this quick one and was able to finish it in time. Thanks for stopping by today and Have a Great Weekend!

July C.A.T.S.

2011-07-19T09:28:00.000-07:00

I finally got to take pictures of my July CATS from Karen Inouye. Her card is so awesome and detailed with cute little buttons and she also tied some string through it. This card is so sweet and not sure that I'll use it for now. I took some close up pictures to show you. She also sent some rub on stickers and jewels. I have not yet sent my card but will before the end of the month. I thought I was going to be able to finish it early but so many things came up, then I had an emergency for myself and ended up in the hospital so there was no crafting for me. I'm trying to get back on track and hope to finish it soon.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a Great Day!

Mickey Mouse Invitations

2011-07-09T02:15:00.000-07:00

Finally finished my grand daughter's 1st birthday invitations. I used my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter to cut all the circles for the invitations. It sure makes alot of noise while cutting so I had to cut them during the day since it's soooo noisy. I was thinking I was going to cut all the buttons from paper but decided to use real buttons instead for the invitations. It looked much better! For the tablets, the Silhouette cutter joins the circles together so I did not need to cut it separate and that saved ALOT of time to cut all the heads. I found some DP with the Disney characters and they were just the right size to fit across the tablets. I will be adding this into their goodie bags along with some other goodies. Hope you all have a Great Weekend and Thanks for stopping by to check out my creations!

Red, White & Blue

2011-07-05T02:52:00.001-07:00

Hope you all had a fun filled 4th of July. Thank goodness the air was clear and my asthma didn't act up from any fireworks. It sure was a HOT weekend but was nice and sunny too. I am working on 2 different Red, White & Blue cards to swap this month but haven't decided who I'm going to give it to. One of the cards is for the C.A.T.S. that Joy coordinates monthly and hopefully this month I'll be able to finish before the month ends! The other card is a swap with my co-workers that are in to paper crafts. I can't remember the name of this stamp but got it from ATS and I think its called Camera Birgitta. I took the pictures with my ipad and used the Diptic APP to put the photos together. It's so much easier to get alot of pictures together. Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Week!

Cards and Tags partners creations!

2011-07-02T01:42:00.001-07:00

This first set of card and tag was created by Brenda who was my C.A.T.S. partner for the month June. It is just so adorable and I just love this set. She also made a 3 x 3 post it note holder that matched the card and tag. The tent card is awesome and hopefully I will try to make it someday.

This second set of card and tag was created by Grace Winchester who was my partner for the month of May. She also included with this set a clear stamp that I forgot to take a picture of. What a neat idea for the glass filled with the fruits like a lemonade. Love them both! It's awesome to see all the different creations monthly.

If you want to join this fun & creative C.A.T.S. monthly, jump on over to JOY's blog to check out the details and also to see all her creations. Thanks for stopping by today and hope you all have a nice holiday weekend!

My June CAT's

2011-06-29T10:11:00.000-07:00

Here's my June CAT's set that I made for "Brenda"! I had a late start but was able to finish it and will be sending it out today. This month we had to use "Butterflies" on our card. It took me a while to figure out what to do but hope she'll like what I have made for her. I think when I'm stressed is when I am best at finishing what ever I am working on. I can't remember what stamp this is called but I kinda messed up with the coloring of the butterfly on her head so I had to improvise and put a ribbon on instead. Anyway I hope she likes it and Thanks for stopping by. Have a Great Day!

Flower Power

2011-06-25T15:52:00.000-07:00

Wow time goes by so quickly when you're having fun! This is a past due card that I finally finished. When you're not in the mood it takes a heck of a time to get back into it. I finally had some time and finished. I got carried away a bit since I actually sewed the 2 panels on the left and right side. You can't really see it and I forgot to take a close up of it. In between sewing 70 bags for kids for our company Summer Picnic, hemming my husbands shirts and sewing grocery bags for myself I actually found some time to finish this card. Just love the colors (pink) on this card! Oh yea I forgot also that I need to clean the house in between all of that too! Ok now for my next project I hope to finish this weekend too. Thanks for stopping by to check out my blog and Have a Great Weekend!

"Thank you Pocket" card

2011-06-22T02:45:00.001-07:00

I've been so busy with other things and haven't been able to create anything for quite sometime. Tonight I was able to make this little pocket "Thank You" card. I used the 3-1/2" scallop square. Trying to figure out the color combination was the hardest part trying to match it all up.

I received a box today from my sister and in the box there was this packet with "Kreate-a-lope". It's templates to make several different size envelopes. What a perfect time for this especially that I now need to create an envelope for this card. What great timing!!

Anyway Thanks for stopping by my blog today and Have a Great Hump Day tomorrow.

Koala giraffe Milk carton favors

2011-05-28T11:06:00.000-07:00

Here is another version of the milk carton favors. Since my niece likes giraffes she chose this Koala Giraffe instead. It turned out really cute and it matches some stuff that she had already gotten from her first baby shower. Ok now to get started in making the rest. Hopefully I'll only need to make about 60 this time. At least this one is a bit easier than the booties.

I wanted to show you the picture of the bin she received that I wanted to try and match it. It turned out pretty good I think. Hope you all have a nice weekend and Have a Great Day!

Baby Booties

2011-05-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

I was able to get a picture of the booties that I made for my nieces baby shower from a friend who still had it on her desk. She didn't open it yet so I was lucky that she let me take the picture. The pattern is actually a girls bootie with the front opening and a strap to go over the foot. I had to alter the pattern to make it for a boy so he could have shoe laces. Since my niece likes stars and giraffes I also added the star to the front of the bootie and the giraffe on the label. I thought I was going to only make about 30 in the beginning and as the week went by and everyone RSVP'd it turned out being about 85 co-workers. Wow that was alot of work! It was fun though and so worth it. I now am working on another one for her for a June shower. She'll be overwhelmed with baby stuff. Great!
My next challenge is favors for my granddaughter who will be making 1 year old at the end of July. I better get on the ball thinking of something. I know her theme will be Disney - Mickey Mouse so it shouldnt be too bad. But knowing me it will probably be last minute and I'll stress on it. Anyway Thanks for stopping by today and Have a Great Memorial Day weekend!!

Baby shower favors

2011-05-24T16:58:00.001-07:00

Working on some baby shower favors for my niece. Just got done making 85 boy booties and guess what I forgot to take a picture. Anyway this is for another shower and not as time consuming as the booties. Hope she likes them... I have not done much paper crafting lately but hope to keep up again... Thanks for stopping to check it out and Have A Great Day!

Hello Kitty Wall Clocks

2011-05-05T01:53:00.001-07:00

I know I've been away from blogging and paper crafting for quite some time. I really want to start creating and crafting again soon but have been tremendously busy and just not enough time to do much. Here I made 2 quick Hello Kitty Wall Clocks with stickers and a Hello Kitty cut out that I've cut with my Cricut some time ago. I took this wall clock apart many months ago and never did anything with it. I know I should have made it another color but it turned out okay. I still continue to surf blogs whenever I get the chance. Thank you for stopping by to check out my creations!!

Easter card and Tag

2011-04-21T19:50:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile and finally finished my Easter card and tag for this month. Had fun putting this together. I have not done a card in a while and managed to think of something. Since I was having trigger finger surgery today and know I needed to finish my card since I might be in pain from it. Although you can't see the tulip on her lap I thought it was such a cute image for this card. I decided to cut up some decorated eggs to hide in the grass too. I hope she'll like it. I hope to get back in track after my hand heals up. Thanks for stopping by.

Have a Great Day!!

2011-03-09T02:07:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to post something to say that I'm still here but in the process of reorganizing my craft room mess again. It sure gets messy really quick when doing paper crafts.....grrrrr!!! I have not been able to do any crafts lately because of my mess and trying to make room for new furniture again. Hopefully real soon I'll be back to posting my creations again!! Until then stay tuned!!!

Valentine's Day Cake

2011-02-18T10:35:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile since my last post. I just got back from LV yesterday but made this Valentine's Day cake before we left but didn't get to post it. OMG I ended up buying alot of paper again from JoAnn's. At least it wasn't 50 lbs again but it I did pick up alot. Anyway here I made this cake and added some candy inside. These were made for some friends at work. I was kinda rushing when making this and didn't have enough time to make something for the middle of the cake and just added a bunch of flowers in the middle. It sure was fun making it, but it took me about a week to finish. I used the Valentines DP doodlebug design paper and the Dessert Box die cut from Lifestlye crafts.

Heart goodie bags

2011-01-18T01:43:00.000-08:00

I still have not had the chance to check other creations but I've had a chance to work on some crafts this weekend. I found a heart shaped goody bag with some candy that was for Valentine's day from Walmart and decided to copy it and make my own. I had some DP stashed away that I brought back from JoAnn's in Las Vegas a while ago so I decided to use them for this project. This bag measures 6-1/2" wide and 6" tall. The top closes with a flap over to the back side and I used a velcro for the closure.

Sorry my pictures are a little blurry. I forgot to charge my battery for my camera so again I used my phone camera. Thanks for stopping by my blog today and Have a Great Day!

Key to my heart

2011-01-15T02:59:00.000-08:00

Don't you just love this image. I do anyway! I have been super duper busy since my last creation and have not had the chance to create anything. I'm still here doing other things but not anything to do with paper crafts. I hope to be back real soon to create something for Valentines Day. I've just been SUPER busy at work and been getting home late the past couple of weeks since the holidays and NO time whatsoever for crafts! I hope to check out other blogs this 3 day weekend! Have a nice weekend everybody!!

2011 Calendar

2011-01-03T00:22:00.000-08:00

So here's my 2nd creation of the beginning of the year. I'm using "Sweet Heart Birgitta". This calendar measures 8-1/2" tall x 5-1/2" wide. I created the calendars in excel using DJ inkers images and fonts. I also used "The Cinch" to bind the calendar together. I added pockets on the inside of the front and back covers. Hopefully I'll be able to create more while I'm still reorganizing my craft room. It's a never ending story with my craft room. I'm going through some craft things that I want to get rid of but it sure takes a lot of time to go through everything. Anyway thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Week!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2010-12-30T01:45:00.000-08:00

OMG Christmas came and left so quickly!! Before I forget to post something I wanted to be sure that I say that I hope this up coming year 2011 will be better than this year!!

May the dawn of the New Year bring promises of new joys for you....

May your each day be blessed, with Peace, Prosperity and Happiness too!!

Thank you all who stopped by my blog to check out my creations the past couple of years. I hope to still be able to create more after the holiday season. I enjoy surfing other blogs although I must be honest and have not been able to do so lately at all. I will make it a point next year to create more and check out your creations on your blogs!

2011 Calendar and Note holder

2010-12-22T02:48:00.000-08:00

Sorry I've been MIA for a while! I'm sure you all know how hectic it's been during the Holiday season!! I started creating my new calendars for 2011 several months ago and finally finished it this past weekend. I had fun making these calendars and wish that I started earlier this year instead of rushing this. I also wanted to make a simple note holder and ended up making the "Box in a bag" for the note paper and pen. I made these for some friends and hope they will like them. I ran out of blank coasters and could not find them anywhere on this island. I guess you can say because of the holiday season they were all sold out. I decided that I will be ordering it bulk from the mainland and I'll never run out. I bought some a while back when I went to a craft fair in Mililani. Hope to get back into the swing of paper crafting soon. Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Hump Day!!

Gift card holder

2010-11-24T01:06:00.000-08:00

I'm slowly getting my mojo back to create again. I got the energy today to create a gift card holder. The measurements are 3-1/2" wide, 1" deep and 4-1/2" tall. I cut a couple flowers with felt from the Hello Kitty daisies die cuts. I also used a red flower button to embellish the daisies. I embossed the front and back bottom of the holder then added the DP to the top on both sides. I love how this turned out and will probably make several of these for the holiday season to put the gift cards in them.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a Great Thanksgiving!!

Holiday Card

2010-11-23T01:01:00.000-08:00

It's taking me some time to get back into crafting again. I have been so busy that I am so behind in my OCS card and tags for November. So I decided to get moving and finish this card so I can send it out already tomorrow. Believe it or not but this is actually my first easel card that I decided to make. I've seen it so many times but never made one until today. The printed paper is (cupcake paper) from Tiddly Inks and the solid card stock is a Worldwin Cascata Cardstock. Not sure if you can see it but I added some bling to the dots and her wings to brighten the card. Hope you all have a Great Thanksgiving and thank you for stopping by my blog!

Halloween Card, Tags and Invitations!

2010-10-28T22:48:00.001-07:00

This is kinda a long post. I haven't had the chance to get on my blog lately but will post what I can now. The days have been going by so quickly! This first card is a Halloween card that I made for the monthly OCS that Linda does monthly. Hopefully my partner will get it before Halloween. I was so last minute in making the card, but was able to send it the beginning of the week. I wanted to use my Himawari babies that I still have so I included them on the card. I used my Silhouette machine to cut out the pumpkins. Still having fun with it.

This next pic is some Halloween tags that I cut out also from my Silhouette machine. As you can see I didn't color the images but colored them from Photo Shop. I'm putting together some kits for some friends to make some Christmas tags for gifts. I added some glitter to each tag to have some bling on them but you can't see them in the pics. I think it's the lighting that blocks it out. They are so cute.

These next two tags is from Joy and Michelle. I didn't get to post them when I received them the past two months. I love them, they are just so darn cute!

These next few photos are the invitations that I was working on for work. We finally were able to finish them! Thanks to all who helped me! I used my living room floor to layout the invites to dry the glitter. My husband happened to come into the house and said "WOW" new style carpet! That was just half of the invites when he came in, the first half was dried so we put the second half down. They were all passed out this week and everyone loved it. All 198 of them.

Halloween Treat Bags

2010-10-21T02:35:00.000-07:00

I finally got the chance to really work with my Silhouette machine that I've had for almost 2 years. Since I changed my computer and got a Mac the Silhouette machine was not compatible with it so I had to put it on the side. They finally came out with a program for Mac computers. Yay!!! I'm so happy because I can now do alot more with the new program. I got the chance to cut these cute and simple Halloween Treat bags. I just added a foam spider to the bag to add some color to it. Made these cute bags for some of my friends. Thanks for stopping by to check out my goodies!! Have a Great Day!

2010 Calendar Holder

2010-10-18T01:41:00.000-07:00

Can't believe the weekend went by so quickly! I didn't get to craft much but posting something that I've been working on this past week in between re-organizing my craft room.

I've created a calendar case for my 2011 calendar. The calendars shown is actually from previous years as I am in the process of creating my 2011 calendars. Here I used Miss Anya Lounge for the front cover. The calendars are created from the DJ Inkers clipart.

To open the cover you need to untie the bow at the bottom then flip it over.

There is another bow already on the inside that is tied from the inside of the box.

Then you need to tie a bow after you flip the cover over to create the stand to hold the holder up.

Hope you all have a great week and thanks for stopping by to check out my creation.

Boss's Day Card and Bag

2010-10-13T18:27:00.000-07:00

This Friday is Boss's Day, so I was able to sneak in some time to make this bag and card for my friends that ordered this for their boss. They will be putting a gift card inside of it. My boss is a male so I definitely would not make this for him. I used the same "Box in a Bag" instructions posted in the link a couple days ago. I just made it a little shorter and wider and made a matching card. I actually didn't have enough left over paper of the same print so I did the best I could. I still didn't get to finish my craft room but wanted to sneak in some time of crafting for a little bit. Anyway have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Craft room hideaway!

2010-10-12T11:13:00.000-07:00

I forgot to take pictures of my craft room before I took everything out. Well here is the picture of what I took out from the room and is sitting on my living room floor. I guess you can say that I am a craft hoarder. My problem is that I do all kinds of crafts not just paper crafts but sewing, beading, crocheting you name I have it. I am slowly going through everything and trying to get rid of stuff. I also used to collect tons of bears of all kinds but got rid of most of it. You will see that I still kept some that I have on my shelf. When I get tired of it I will depart with them. It's a mess here in this picture but most of it is gone and put a way somewhat.

Here is the koa laminate desk that I helped my husband put together for my craft space. This was sooooo heavy to move and put together and hopefully this won't move for awhile. I wanted a desk where I could do my crafting and be able to place my sewing machine and serger on.

Here's the other corner where I installed some shelves for my Korean movie collection, books and Cricut and Silhouette machine and I also installed the rack for my punches. The counter and drawers also provides more space. I still need to get rid of the Iris drawers shown in the picture but I need to empty it first.

Below is my other wall of craft storage. I decided to put my things in see through containers so I know where things are. The right side are shoe boxes that I covered with assorted pink fabric a while back. I still got more to cover but will do them later when I have time. My craft room is still in it's transformation stage but I wanted to show you what I am working on right now. No crafting maybe for the next week. I am still in the process of trying to finish up the 190 explosion box invitations for my work. I need to have it done by the end of this month but still got lots to do.

I hope I didn't bore you with my craft room hideaway! I'm still trying to put things away and going through everything to see if I can get rid of things. Now that you have seen what my craft space looks like, how is your craft space? I was kinda embarrassed to show pictures of the mess but I'm trying to get organized here so it can be easily accessible. Thank you for stopping by and Have a Great rest of the week!

Birthday Bag

2010-10-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

Another bag to share with you today. If you come to my blog often you'll know that I love to make bags! Well here's another that I made for a birthday gift bag. I love the DP from KI Memories called "paisley parade" because it's colorful and colors that I love to work with. This bag is the same instructions as the "Box in a Bag" found at SCS but I shortened it and made it wider and just embellished it. Have fun creating!

Yay!! It is Thursday today and hope to have the day off on Friday for a 4 day weekend. More crafting this weekend to finish up the 190 invitations that we are working on for work. Pics to come later when we are done. Have a Great Day!!

Addicted to crafts.....

2010-10-07T01:54:00.000-07:00

No paper crafts today but decided to show you what I was trying to figure out. I ironed on this to my t-shirt that I use for my daily walks. I wasn't sure what I wanted it to say but in actuality I realize I really am "Addicted to Crafts" so there it is. I've had my "Silhoutte" machine for almost 2 years but haven't used it much since it was not compatible to MAC computers, so I had to leave it sitting on the shelf for a while. They finally came out with a program last week for MAC users and I was soooo "Happy"! I can now finally use it again! I figured out how to create an iron-on image and I'm hoping to work more on the program to figure out how to use it to cut out stuff for my paper projects.

Have a Great rest of the week!!

More Halloween treats

2010-10-05T10:26:00.001-07:00

I am sharing with you a couple more Halloween treat bags that I made last night. Halloween is really not one of my favorite days as I don't care to watch scary movies but I don't mind making these little favor pieces to give a little something for Halloween. I am working on a couple more Halloween treat bags and will post them as soon as I am done. Thanks for checking out my creations and Have a Great Week!

Halloween treats / Post it and paper clip holder

2010-10-03T15:28:00.000-07:00

It's an ugly day today and it's pouring here in Wahiawa!! Anyway, I came across a blog @ Mega Stampin Studio where you can get the instructions. You could actually give this as a small gift or use it to put a gift card and some goodies to someone. I made a mistake when punching the holes for the handles and put it on the front instead of the top but you really can't see it as I covered it up with the brown flowers. I used the jumbo size paper clips and added the circles and flowers on the top of it and also included 2 each 1-1/2" x 2" post its and covered and decorated it. I think this is going to be my next project for my craft class that I do once a month.

Thanks for checking out my blog to check out my creations and Have a Great Sunday!

I also created some Halloween stuff too and made a "Pop up" card with the hand. I drew my own hand to make the template so you can tell it looks so feminine. I think I need to draw someone else's hand to make it again. The Frankenstein is a candy holder to give to the kids. Saw them making this at the scrapbook store so I had to improvise and create my own because it was for the kids. I thought it turned out really cute!!

Halloween Pop up and goodie bags

2010-10-01T01:58:00.000-07:00

I offered to help my friend make these goodie bags for a family party for this weekend. She wanted Hawaiian print DP but since I couldn't find something that she would like I decided to use wrapping paper from Island Heritage to cover the front and back of the bag. The guests are from Mexico so she wanted it to have a Hawaiian theme. I though it turned out pretty good! I hope she'll like it.

I am sharing with you all a couple "Pop Up" cards that my sister made to give to her friends. I am in the process to make one of these too and hopefully it comes out as nice as hers. Its such a neat card!

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Friday!!! who hoooo the weekend is almost here!!

Cupcake Box and Red Velvet cupcakes

2010-09-30T02:46:00.000-07:00

Here's another cupcake box that I made. I also baked "Red Velvet" cupcakes to put in the box. I was in the mood again for them but unfortunately not all for myself. Not a good idea. I used the instructions from "Confessions of A Ribbon Addict" to make this cupcake box. Sorry if this is a double post of the same thing but I had fun making it.

Have a Great Week!

Another Cupcake box and favors bags

2010-09-28T02:29:00.000-07:00

Here's another cupcake box I decided to make. Trying to use up my scraps and actually making good use with them too. This box is actually bigger than I wanted but that's okay I'll just have to make bigger cupcakes. I will probably make the box smaller but this box is a 4" square and is about 3.25" tall. I made some red velvet and yellow cupcakes this past weekend and they turned out pretty good that everyone loved it. I didn't get a good picture of the cupcake but its in there. I also used the SU butterfly punch for the top of the box. I actually had fun making the cupcakes and practicing with decorating the frosting on top of it.

Ok here are the favor boxes that I mentioned yesterday that I was going to post. I made several different favor bags to fit some door prizes in them that I was giving out at my craft class this past weekend. It was fun making them and yes you might say that I got carried away. Some of the pictures may be blurry as it was getting late and I was probably rushing when I took them. Sorry that I don't have any dimensions for any of the favors. I was cutting and scoring them according to the prizes that I had and did not even measure them after it was done.

I know this is a long post but Thanks for checking out my posts today and hope you all "Have a Great Week".

Lil' Gift bag

2010-09-27T03:12:00.001-07:00

A couple weeks ago I helped my friend make 25 cupcake boxes for her daughter's birthday to give to her friends. Her birthday is in a couple weeks from today and she wanted to use Hello Kitty and her friends images to put in front of the boxes. I made these for her cupcake boxes and decided to make a little gift bag to put them in it. They were fun to make! I made some other little gift bags for door prizes for some friends that came over this weekend. I will post them sometime this week. Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Week!!

Laying Nora "Flat box" and Lesa

2010-09-17T13:26:00.000-07:00

Here's a fun gift box that I figured out last night. I was looking at boxes online and found something that you could purchase from China. I thought that I could figure this out on my own and here it is. You could actually fit a gift card in the box for a gift but since I didn't have one on hand I just added some candy until I can get a card. I'm using CC Designs Laying Nora which fits perfect on the box. This box measures are 3-1/2" wide x 2-1/4" D x 1" high. This box can actually lay totally flat but I didn't get a picture of that. I used a velcro to close the flap. Hope you all have a Great Weekend!!

Here's another card using CC Designs Lesa. I really didn't know what I was creating since I was just in the mood of coloring images but decided to make this Z fold card. It turned out pretty good I think. I used up most of my cards that I created in the past and wanted to add more to my box for when I need them, this is the reason I just left it blank for now. I always get requests for blank cards so this will be added to my stash. It's not really my kind of colors but it turned out okay I guess.

Cupcake box "Tutorial"

2010-09-15T02:28:00.000-07:00

I promised that I was going to do a tutorial so I finally took some pictures to attempt to do so for this box that I created. I really do have a hard time creating tutorials but I tried my best to do this one. I hope you are able to understand it.

First of all I made another one today, but ate the cupcake earlier and didn't have another to insert in the box to take a picture. I used the Nesting Flowers Cookie Cutter dies to cut the pink scallop and the Nestabilities standard circles to cut the image. Have fun trying this out and hope you are able to follow this.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my creations and hope you all are able to follow the instructions. Have a Great Hump Day tomorrow!!

You need to start with a 9" x 12" cardstock and scor according to the measurements on the 9" side

On the 12" side scor according to the measurements

Cut as shown

Tape on the opposite side of cardstock

Place together as shown

Tape side tabs to the sides

Tape the top of box

Finished box

Cut a 5" square and scor 1" all around to make the holder and cut a circle for the cupcake.

Side view of cupcake box

Yummy Cupcakes

2010-09-13T01:05:00.000-07:00

It was a spur of a moment thing that I wanted to bake cupcakes this weekend. I decided to make a box for it and came up with this. So I used a 12"x 9" cardstock and started to create it. The box is a 3" square and a fold over cover. I used "AmpleeTude" from Stamping Bella and Nesting Flowers Cookie cutter Dies to place her on it. I was planning on making several of these but it sure does take a lot of time so I may have to re-think it. I baked a yellow cake with chocolate fudge frosting for the cupcakes. It was sooo yummy for dessert! Well back work tomorrow and hope you all have a Great Week!

Tote All Package

2010-09-10T00:40:00.001-07:00

The weekend is almost here!! More time for crafting and creating. I can't wait for the Hawaii Woman Expo this weekend. I'm hoping to find something good there....

I actually told myself I need to stop for a bit and concentrate on finishing up the invitations that I'm working on for work. We're half way there but wanted to do something different for a change and decided to make this Tote All Package. I got the template from My Time Made Easy. I cheated this time, although I know I could have made it myself I thought this package was really cute and wanted to make it. The DP that I am using is actually something that I downloaded and printed from shutterstock.com. I love pink and green together. The bag measures 6-1/2" wide, 6" tall and 1-3/4" deep. Pretty big to add some goodies!!

*Life is not measured by how many breaths we take...but by the moments that take our breath away!! Have a Great weekend!

Christmas Tags, Birthday card and Paper trash bag

2010-09-08T02:25:00.001-07:00

Since I had a 3 day weekend I decided to start working on my Christmas tags. I wanted to start it early and not want to be late in sending it to my partner. I joined in the challenge from Kyoko's blog this month and thought it was a great idea and I better not be late!! Anyway, my partner this month is Joy and hopefully she'll like the tags I made for her. For some reason when I take the pictures at night the lighting is really bad so please excuse the bad photos.

My next photo is of a fabric trash bag for paper that I created on the weekend. I wanted to make something that will hang at the edge of my craft table where I can throw the bits and pieces of paper trash while I'm crafting. I previously made one earlier for my sewing machine to catch all the thread and small fabric pieces that I cut and wanted to make another for paper.

Lastly, I had to make a RUSH birthday card for a guy who turned 20 on the weekend! I don't normally make boy cards for some reason and this time I had to make something blue. It turned out pretty good I think.

Trash bag for paper!!

Birthday card

Favor purse!

2010-09-04T10:56:00.000-07:00

Still another purse again....I'm being obsessed with making purses this week. This is a really cute purse that can be used as a favor. The size of this is 4" w x 3" h. This is a long weekend to look forward to more crafting and creating! Thanks for stopping by and Have a nice long weekend!!

Cupcakes and earrings

2010-09-03T01:45:00.000-07:00

Ok so no paper crafts today but made a crystal beaded cupcake instead. My friend asked if I knew how to make a beaded cupcake. It definitely was a challenge to make it but it turned out okay I think. Of course I really needed a pair of magnified glasses but I managed with out it. I tried to take better pictures but because of the reflection I was seriously having problems. I also made some earrings while I was at it. Sorry the pictures are a little blurry.... I may have to go outdoors to take the pictures since the lighting in the house doesn't do any justice.

Anyway TGF tomorrow!! Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Weekend!

Favor bags!!

2010-09-02T02:23:00.000-07:00

I'm on a roll this week!! Worked on a couple projects this week and continue to keep the mojo going. Made this favor bag as a sample to show for ideas for a party. I'm also working on another project making 215 invitations for a Year End Party at work. Thank goodness we have a team of crafty helpers putting this all together! The theme is "Mardi Gras" so the colors are fabulous! I will post pics of them when they are all done. We got at least 2-1/2" months to be done with it.

The measurements for this bag is 3-1/2" wide, 4-1/2" tall and 2" deep.

Happy Hump Day!!

Notecard Purse

2010-09-01T03:16:00.001-07:00

So I couldn't pass this up in making another purse! Yes, the bag lady is back!! I miss making these purses and this time I made this into a notecard purse. Inside I included 5 blank notecards. Again sorry the picture is not as clear since I used my phone again. I didn't get the chance to charge the battery for my camera. The DP that I used is "pitterpatter" by Making Memories. The flowers on the purse has glitter on all the flowers but you really can't see it because the picture quality is not that great. The purse measures 7" wide by 4" tall. The notecards measurements are 4-1/4" x 5". I used different pink buttons on all 5 notecards.

Birthday Card

2010-08-31T03:14:00.000-07:00

Here I am again with another post for the 3rd day in a row. I'm slowly getting back into the swing of card making again and created another card. I wanted to make a simple birthday card and was thinking that I could include a gift card on the inside. I haven't decided yet but wanted to make a bunch of cards for those days when you need one right now. Not one of my usual girly pink cards but wanted to try something new and make a blue card instead with no image.... Sorry my picture is not as clear but used my phone to take the picture since my battery needs to be charged on my camera.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away"

Thanks for stopping by my blog and Have a Great Day!!

I finally finished it......

2010-08-30T03:15:00.001-07:00

This is actually my second post in 1 day. I've been so bad in not finishing my OCS for my partner Jenny. I'm not sure what month it was but I promised her that I didn't forget and was going to create something even though the months have passed. It's just that I was in a bad funk and have not created in months and have been wanting to get back into it. It's finally coming back slowly.....I finally got the Anya stamp to make this card. I've been looking for it for a while and noticed it was sold out on GF. I finally ordered it from Stampin Munchkins. The pretty pink flower & stripes DP is Doodlebug. Since I took so long to send her the card I am also sending her a crafting canvas bag that I had printed. Have a Great Day!

Favor bags

2010-08-29T19:56:00.000-07:00

I know its been a while since I posted something but it's been really busy for me and I finally got to create something. I made these bags really quick for a friend who asked if I had anything made for a gathering and she needed only 11 bags for a family get together the next day. It's a good thing that I had the right color card stock that she needed. I had to think of something quick to make and this is what I came up with. It turned out really nice especially with the embossing on the card stock. I also used the butterfly punch from SU that belongs to my sister who forgot that I have it. Have a Great Day!!

Pads, pads and more pads

2010-08-09T10:20:00.001-07:00

Here's some of the pads that will given to all the kids at our company summer picnic in a couple weeks. The critters are from the "Create a Critter" Cricut cartridge. I had to cut all the critters, printed paper for the top and the cover to make about 100 note pads. My sisters, niece, nephew and myself put all of this together this past weekend. It sure took a whole lot of time cutting the critters and the pieces of all different colors. Sorry the lighting is not the greatest in the picture. There were actually 15 different critters that I cut but forgot the take the picture of everything before we put them all in the different goody bags. Hopefully all the kids will like them. We all had fun making them.... Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Week...

Baby Stezia and Thank you Gifts!

2010-08-02T02:01:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic of my newest grand daughter that was just born on July 31st and she's such a cutie! Yes, believe it or not she is my 7th grandchild (3 grandsons, 3 granddaughters and 1 step granddaughter) We just had a Hello Kitty baby shower for her the weekend before she was born and just made it in time for her arrival. I decided to make some "Thank You" gifts for all the baby baby gifts that my son and daughter in law received at their baby shower. Since it was a Hello Kitty theme I decided to coordinate the gifts the same way.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Week!

Design Tote Bag

2010-07-29T03:14:00.001-07:00

Since I stopped playing games on FB I now have more time to make stuff. I was neglecting my crafting because I was addicted to playing too much games. I'm now back hopefully in full force and looking forward to surf everyone's blog to see the new creations.

I was looking for something to make tonight to teach at my craft class for some friends next month. I decided to make this tote bag as usual in my favorite colors pink and green. I love how this turned out! The bottom of the bag is 4-1/2" x 1-1/2", opening is 5-1/2" x 1-1/2" and the height is 5-1/4" tall. I found the buttons that I bought sometime ago and decided to use them. The butterfly is from a punch that I borrowed from my sister purchased from SU and the DP is from Tapestry. For some reason the green color in the top picture looks different from the bottom picture probably because of my lighting in the room.

Anyway Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Hello Kitty Baby Shower gifts

2010-07-25T23:18:00.001-07:00

I've been busy making ALOT of Hello Kitty heads this past week for a baby shower for my daughter-in-law that was today. Her due date is August 1 so I had to hurry up and do something just incase she was to give birth sooner. She loves Hello Kitty and since I only planned it last week I didn't have enough time to make boxes or bags and decided to use pink bags and attach the heads to the each bag for all the game prizes that we played.

My youngest sister made such a beautiful diaper cake. I Love it!! if you lift the middle layer you can see that there is receiving blankets in the bottom layer inside the middle rolled around then diapers wrapped separately in tissue paper. The middle layer itself has a container for powered milk then diapers wrapped around it again. The cup cake holder are filled with socks, bibs and onesies. There are other onesies around the cake with ribbon hair pins too. What a cute gift to give.

I made this bouquet of roses for her with baby clothes, bibs and socks wrapped like roses. I also wrapped the bouquet in a fleece blanket too.

Here are the bags that I made all the assorted Hello Kitty heads for. What fun it was but sure was alot of work making the heads.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Week!!

Hello Kitty Purse

2010-07-20T01:03:00.000-07:00

Tried something new today again and made a Hello Kitty purse. Yes another bag again!! The purse measurements are 5" wide, 3.25" high and 1.5" in depth. I had fun creating this but wasn't really sure what I really wanted to create. Does anyone keep any samples that you create? I always tend to give everything away and when I see it, I always wish that I kept 1 for myself too because it turned out so nice. I was actually supposed to make HK favors but got carried away and made this purse first. I think I like the embossed purse better than the the solid one. Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Animal Cracker Box

2010-07-18T10:14:00.000-07:00

So I was able to craft again this weekend!! Yippee!! I made this box almost the size of a animal cracker box so thats what I decided to call it. I made this box of goodies for Denise who I met at the Town Center this weekend to drop off a Cricut cartridge to her. Had fun creating this yesterday and hope to make more. My sisters and I are working on making 60 HELLO KITTY explosion boxes for a 1 year old birthday party. Hopefully we won't EVER have to make this again!! It takes toooo long and alot of WORK. What were she thinking??? It's fun though but too much work involved. I will take some pics of them after we are done. We hope to finish with it real soon!! Have a Great Day!!

Create a Critter Notepads

2010-07-15T02:42:00.000-07:00

So I've finally got the chance to play around in my craft room! It's been a long time since I've created something and decided to try to get back into it again. I recently got the "Create a Critter" cartridge and thought this would be a great idea to make some notepad covers with the critters. I used 5 x 7 notepads for this but still need to figure the sizes of the critters to fit on the pad. I'm having a little fun with it and can't wait until the weekend. I will be making about 50 of these for the kids for our company picnic and adding some crayons with some other goodies for them. I hope the kids will like these and Thanks for stopping by! Have a Great rest of the week!

Purses, Purses, Purses

2010-05-10T11:26:00.001-07:00

I am so sorry if my pictures are not as clear since I seem to have misplaced my camera charger somewhere in my craft room. I rearranged and cleaned up and can't find it. Hopefully it'll show up so in the mean time I am using my cell phone to take the pics. Anyway, I made a couple more purses for Mother's Day. I also made this accordian purse that I saw on Maria's blog. It was a fun all day craft day for me on Mother's Day so I ended up sewing a Dora dress for my granddaughter and made these purses. I will definitely do a tutorial for the smaller purse as soon as I can locate my camera charger because the battery is dead at the moment. Thank you for stopping by today and have a Great Week! Hope all you moms had a great day!

Mother's Day boxes for the girls

2010-05-07T18:52:00.001-07:00

Since Mother's Day is on Sunday I made a few purses for my friends at work. Included in the boxes were some "Hello Kitty" Jelly Bellies in a box that I got from Price Busters and some chocolate macadamia hershey kisses. I also forgot to take a picture of them at home so I had to gather them back again at work so I could take a pic of it. I will try to do a tutorial of this. I am not really good at it but I'll try to do it this weekend. The measurements are 3-1/2" w x 3" h x 1-1/2" d. I measured it according to the jelly belly box so it could fit inside with the other candies. They turned out really cute and they loved it. Have a great rest of the day and to all mother's I hope you all have a "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY" on Sunday.

Butterfly Bags and Hello Kitty Bag

2010-05-03T11:19:00.001-07:00

Here is the Hello Kitty" bag that I sewed that I mentioned in a previous posting. Hello Kitty fabric is not the easiest to find these days but I was lucky to have found this print online and ordered it. I will be including this for the winners of my Blogaversary! I hope they like it.

Yesterday I went to a brunch at the Bird of Paradise at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club in Ewa with my family. All my sisters, brother, our spouses and our kids are all invited to join us and we try to a have a monthly get together and go to a different Sunday brunch every month. It's been really fun to see who has the best Sunday brunch. So far I like the Pagoda Sunday Brunch the best. Anyway I made these butterfly bags for all the mothers for Mothers day and filled them with chocolate macadamia hersheys. We end our day with going shopping after brunch all day!

Winners

2010-05-01T18:18:00.001-07:00

Sorry for not posting the winners on Friday. I got home from work at 10:45 pm and was very exhausted from a long day at work. I didn't even get to turn my computer on and instead went to bed after taking a shower. I want to "Thank you" all for participating and coming by to check out my blog.

So here are the 2 winners!!!

1) #2 JOY

2) #5 MICHELE

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Please email me your address so I can mail the items to you!

Thank you!!

ANNIVERSARY BLOG CANDY

2010-04-26T09:25:00.000-07:00

I just realized that starting next month May I will reach my 1 year BLOG anniversary. OMG how time flies by us so quickly when you're having fun crafting. I also noticed that I reached over 20,000 which doubled when I wanted to post a blog candy for all who come to view my blog. I am actually giving away 2 blog candies! The second one is a bag that I had printed for some friends that are also "Craftaholics" and since I had a few extra's I thought of giving one away. I also want to say "THANK YOU" to all who come to check out my blog whenever you can. Have a Great Day and good luck. I will post the winner this Friday evening! I will also be including a "Hello Kitty" makeup bag that I sewed and have not yet taken a pic of.

If you would like a chance to win this blog candies you must do the following:

Be a follower of my blog if you're not already
Have already posted a comment on my blog in the past
Tell me what you like to look for when you check out in blogs
Post a link on your blog about this blog candy...
And lastly, yesterday I wanted to have some ice cream because it was so hot. What flavor do you like and what flavor do you think I like to eat?

Here's the 2nd blog candy that I am also giving away. The size of this bag is a pretty good size. It measures 13"w x 12"h x 4-1/2"d.

"Professional Administrative Assistant's Day" Purse Card

2010-04-22T10:10:00.001-07:00

Wow another post for the second time this week. I know that "Professional Assistant's Day" was on the 21st which was yesterday but today is when the card had to be done because she comes back to work today. So last minute that I am did it late last night. I wanted to do something really simple but I saw this while surfing the blogs and wanted to try it myself. I need to make another again so I can have a template for myself and maybe make a few changes. I hope she likes it.... Have a Great Day today!!

Tissue holder and card

2010-04-21T10:29:00.001-07:00

Sorry I've been MIA for sometime now. I know I posted earlier that I will be sending a blog candy out soon. I accidently deleted the post rather than editing it. It's coming soon..I just need to finish a few things like finish reorganizing my craft room then I will post it real soon. I'm finally getting it done and had to take a day off from work to do this last Friday.

Anyway, I made this quick card for a friend who moved to the mainland and is still doing cards and wanted to share some images with her. I haven't done cards for awhile since getting distracted making other paper crafts and also sewing. My stash of birthday cards, thank you cards & just because cards is getting really low so I need to replenish it soon. Secretary's day is this week and I need to make it tonight for tomorrow! Thank you all for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

I wanted to also show you this really cute Hello Kitty tissue holder that I got online. It's giving me an idea to make of fabric tonite too! What do you think? Sorry about the background, kinda distracting but I took the picture in front of my computer and didn't realize the icons were going to show up.

The bag lady is back again!

2010-04-11T02:30:00.001-07:00

I guess I can definitely be called the bag lady. Here I am again making bags! This time its not made of paper. I guess you can use it for almost anything like make up, coins, toothbrush & toothpaste or anything you want. I have a lot of fabric that I decided to make use of and made these trinket bags with a zipper and zipper pull. I initially wanted to make a pencil case but I measured it too short so I guess I can't put pencils in it and maybe just pens. Anyway Thanks for stopping by today and Have a Great Weekend!

Downy Touch of Comfort

2010-04-08T02:49:00.001-07:00

This is not a paper craft project but I wanted to share something with everyone that comes to visit my blog. Along with doing paper crafts, beading & all sorts of other crafts I also sew. This project that I am happy to be donating my time for is for "Quilts for Kids" an organization of caring volunteer quilters to help donate 10,000 homemade quilts to children in hospitals. Downy is a supporter of Quilts for Kids. The fabric is sent to you and all you need to do is sew the quilt together and send it back to them within 6 weeks. It's for a good cause and I am happy to be helping children in hospitals all over the United States.

This 1st picture is when I cut the pieces and joined them in squares and created the pattern.

This next picture is when I sewed the pieces all together.

This last picture I sewed all the borders together so you can see what the top of the quilt looks like. The inside has quilt batting and the back of the quilt is the same fabric that is around the borders. I just ironed everything down to flatten it and now all I have to do is quilt all the pieces together. I should be done by this week and can finally send it back to "Quilt for Kids, Inc." after I wash and dry the completed quilt. I will be happy to know that I will make a child happy to have his or her very own quilt. If anyone is interested in donating their time for children in hospitals you can check out the website. (www.quiltsforkids.org) Thank you all for stopping by to check out this post. Have a Great Day!!

Clutch purse and wedding card

2010-04-03T12:46:00.001-07:00

Here's a clutch purse that I decided to make for a wedding shower that I am going to. It's for both the bride and groom to be. I wanted to be different and decided to put the card in this clutch purse. They will be getting married in Las Vegas in a couple weeks and we won't be able to be there for the wedding. It would probably be more for her and not him since most guys are not into paper crafts.

This is the card I made for them. I had no idea what to create so I used her colors and also used the Quikutz cake for this card. I hope she likes it!

Have a Great weekend!!

Purse Tote

2010-04-02T02:43:00.000-07:00

I went to a craft class today to learn how to make this "purse tote". We actually made 2 different purse's and this was one of them. This is such an awesome purse and measures "6 tall x 9" wide. The colors were just perfect since I like these 2 colors. I will probably be making more of these since it's great to give as a RAK with lots of goodies. The mega size paper clip was just added by me to show you that the sides are pockets that you can put something in it too. I just love this purse tote..... Anyway Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Mini Easter basket

2010-03-31T10:39:00.001-07:00

Made a quick and easy mini easter basket last night and remembered to take a picture of it. I used my left over scraps for this. Just imagine Easter is just around the corner and hope you all have a Great Easter Sunday! Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!