Miss Snow Anya Has Chicken Pox

I bought this Miss Anya set awhile ago and haven't played with it much. Now that its chilly outside, I thought about this stamp and thought it would go perfectly with my new Martha Stewart snowflake border punch! I decided to try embossing the "snow" all over the image as I've seen others do... here's how it turned out. I liked it... until my husband said it looked like she had chicken pox! He totally ruined it for me! Oh well, at least my coloring is improving. I tried to use more subtle colors for Miss Anya this time instead of bright bold colors that I normally use.

So do you think she looks like she has chicken pox?

Supplies:

Miss Anya- TGF

Markers- Copics

Swiss dots embossing folder- Cuttlebug

Snowflake and snowflake border punch- Martha Stewart

Cardstock- Bazzil

Peace love and joy stamp- Hero Arts

Christmas Cupcakes

Who doesn't want cupcakes at Christmas? Especially when they look as cute as these! These three cupcake stamps are new from Two Scoops Rice. I think my favorite is Santa.. no wait the reindeer... wait, its frosty... I don't know! I like them all! I guess that's why I put them all on one card. These stamps are good sized, so I had to use a 5x7 card instead of my normal A2 size.

For some reason, I just love how this Doodlebug paper matches with the Two Scoops Rice stamps. I guess they have the same cutsie feel to them, which is what I live for.

Well, I'm off to Honolulu this weekend! Yahoo! Feels like forever since I've been home! Can't wait to do some Christmas shopping and sneak in some craft shopping as well. Maybe I'll see you there?

Supplies used:

Cupcake stamps- Two Scoops Rice

DP- Doodlebug designs

Cardstock- Bazzil

Eyelet border punch- Martha Stewart

Markers- Copics

Stickles

More Birthday RAKs

My dear friends from my former life at Mauna Loa Macadamia took me out for a nice b-day lunch of tempura udon. Perfect food for our gloomy weather! My friend K.I. always spoils us with goodies- even if we are not the birthday girl! So sweet yah? So, she recently bought a big shot and has not looked back ever since. Love the Hello Kitty bag she made for me! As if the bag itself wasn't enough, she filled it with Hello Kitty post it notes from Las Vegas! If you ever come in to my office at work, you would know that I am a big post its fan. Everything is on post its- I don't think I would be able to survive without them. I'm really torn because these post its are so cute, I don't think I want to use them! Thank you KI!

Here's the goodies she made for "favors" and the card she made for me. Cute yah? I just love that 2 scoops rice fairies set! K.I.- Hurry up and start your blog already! :)

Frosty the Ice Cream Cone

Hope your Monday is better than mine... I've been sick today- the kind no one wants to get. Anyway, to cheer myself up, I thought I'd post this card I made using a Two Scoops Rice image. I think this snowman ice cream cone is the cutest! I made this card over the weekend when I was feeling better.

Here's a close up.. I used the Sizzix embossing folder because it reminded me of an ice cream cone pattern.

For dimension, I decided to use these mini pom poms that were in Christmas colors. So cute yah?

Supplies:

Snowman ice cream stamp- Two Scoops Rice

DP- Doodlebug Designs

Cardstock- Bazzil

Embossing folder- Sizzix

Merry Christmas stamp- Hero Arts

Mini pom poms

Ribbon

Stickles

Hope you have a great week- or at least better than mine!

Birthday Blog Candy Winner!!

OK- I know you guys aren't going to believe this... but I can honestly say that my little Akemi pulled the following name for the Birthday Blog Candy Winner.... Laura! In case you aren't aware, Laura is my cousin and if you look back at all the followers on my blog, I believe she is the first one to sign up! How appropriate yah? There was no special treatment because she's family either! Promise!! Congrats Laura! I'll send it to you soon. BTW- just a bit of funny info, when my blog was initially started it was called "Like Scrap?" because my DH thought that would be sooooo funny... So I did it, and my dear cousin Laura pointed out to me that since the blog address at the time was likescrap.blogspot.com, it also looked like "Likes Crap"....LOL! So, I quickly changed everything and the rest is history. Thought you would enjoy that one! Have a great Sunday!

Princess Ava or Snow White?

Princess Ava is another of the new Twinkle Tots line by TGF. I think I like her because she looks a lot like Snow White! Her clothes is a fancier version of the Disney version, but overall its the same look. Even her hair is the same. The only thing that doesn't match is that Snow White didn't kiss the frog. I don't think the frog minds.

Since they are kissing, I decided to use my red flocked paper (leftover from a failed Santa card experiment) and make a gatefold heart card. I mounted the card on a white scallop heart to make it look a little fancier. I guess you could also use this for valentine's day.

Supplies: Twinkle Tots Princess Ava: TGF Stickles Markers- Copics

Twinkle Tots Lottie

Hope you are having a nice and relaxing weekend! I decided to make another sample using the new Twinkle Tots Lottie stamp from TGF. I must admit that I didn't think she was that cute at first, but she's definitely growing on me.

I decided to practice coloring hair again... I feel like don't have a grip on where to shadow and highlight, but I think this one came out OK.

Since she was sitting down, I decided to make her sit on a fence. I used my Martha Stewart fence punch for it, though I don't think it would be comfortable to sit on in real life! LOL!

Supplies:

Twinkle Tots Lottie- TGF

Markers- Copics

Fence punch- Martha Stewart

DP- Doodlebug

Cardstock- Bazzil

Stickles

Cirlce and scallop circle punch- Marvy

Brrrrr!

TGIF! I don't know about you but its been pretty darn cold here in Hilo! Winter is definitely here- I think there's snow on the mountain!

What a weird week for me... I had to take off on Tuesday for my daughter's wavier day and Wednesday was a holiday, so I ended up working 3 days but all broken up. I'm all messed up! Anyway, hopefully I'll get my internal clock bakc on track soon.

This week Island Scrapbooking got in the new Twinkle Tots line from TGF. I decided to make a sample for the store using the new Bo Bunny paper that just arrived. I love this paper! The color combo is to die for!

Madelynn is my favorite from the Twinkle Tots collection. She is very sweet and all ready for warm weather. I had fun coloring her scarf and flower.

Well, off to pack my stuff for class tomorrow! Hope you have a great weekend! Don't forget to enter into my blog candy giveaway!

Supplies:

Twinkle Tots Madelynn- TGF

Markers- Copics

Labels die- Spellbinders

DP- Bo Bunny

Cardstock- Bazzil

Dew Drops

Crystals- Hero Arts

Oh My Goodness!!!

Well, its official... I'm another year older. Normally, my b-days are celebrated intimately with my family, but somehow this year the girls at Island Scrapbooking found out when my b-day was (how the heck did they figure it out?) and threw a surprise party for me. They are so cute- we had fun hanging out after Craft Night. Here's all the cute cards I got from the girls... The card featured above was by (drum roll please....) Michele! I hear Tracy contributed to the card too. Thanks girls! I feel so special having my name custom made! The next card was made by Donna.... I think she wanted to make me a Two Scoops Rice card since I'm now on the DT. Cute yah? She made popcorn and mochi crunch for me! This last card was from Debi... She knows how much I love Hello Kitty and made this cute card... Just love how she made the party hat for her! See this HK charm? Debi said she saw it a long time ago and bought it for me for my b-day. So sweet yah? I'm not using it- I love it on the card! I promise to take it out and look at it often. Thanks Debi! Here's some of the goodies they gave me... Gee, how did they know what I wanted??? Thanks girls... you really surprised me and made my day! I just love hanging out with all of you! So now that I've celebrated my b-day, I thought I'd share some birthday blog candy with you! Leave me a post and become a follower and you'll be entered into a random drawing to win all of this!

• Mahalo and Aloha Island Scrapbooking Custom Laser Cuts
• Hello Kitty Ribbon, Princess Ribbon and Christmas Ribbon
• Stampin Up Flower Blossom Sizzlit
• Hearts Sizzlit Set
• Sizzix Little Sizzles Paper Pack
• Cuttlebug Embossing folder w/die set
• In Stitchez Flourish template
• Princess Anya Stamp
• Astronaut Ian Stamp
• Stampin Bella Ketto Stamp
• Dew Drops
• Clear Stamps Set (Cupcake set)

Just wanted to say thank you to all of you who visit my blog and leave me nice comments. Its amazing how many new friends I've made through my blog and how much I've learned! All I can say is Craft Bloggers are AWESOME! Oh yah, blog candy will close on Saturday night (11/14) 11:59pm HST, so don't forget to leave me a comment and become a follower if you haven't already!

Just Swinging By...

Happy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend. I have been a kit making machine lately. Didn't realize I had 2 classes scheduled for this week! Had to re-work one of the projects since the paper I needed didn't come in yet... It worked out though- I think it looks just as good.

So inbetween cutting kits, I managed to make this monkey card. Isn't he cute? He's from Your Next Stamp. Akemi's a monkey, so I thought I could always use it. I totally had a mission in mind when I bought him... I had to make him swing somehow!

So I used the same technique as I did with the Pink Cat swinging Lilly fairy stamp. I just cut out the monkey and used a brad to secure him to the card- which also allows the swinging motion. See how he swings from right to left?

Oops- forgot to show you the senitment inside... it says "Hi". Sorry!

Supplies:

Monkey stamp- YNS

Just Swinging By sentiment- printed from computer

DP- Bo Bunny

Cardstock- Bazzil

Markers- Copics

Brad- Doodlebug

oval and scallop oval dies- Spellbinders

Have a great week!