Farewell Sue...

I volunteered to make a farewell card for a co-worker who is leaving to be a full time grandma! Since I just started at my new job, I didn't know what she liked or didn't like, so I asked around and found out she really likes Halloween and K-drama. Unfortunately, I couldn't find some of my Halloween dies and nothing on K-drama, so I decided to be safe and stick with an asian theme. Here's the inside of the card- you can't see but I stamped some kanji on the right side and covered it with gold mica powder. Hope she likes it!

Ballet Birthday

Not only was this weekend the big performance, but it was also Akemi's 7th Birthday! Hard to believe its been 7 years already. I can't believe how grown up she is now! After the performance, we went to Grandma's house for some B&R ice cream cake. Akemi picked strawberry ice cream/white cake. Yum! I love this photo of her. Here's the card I made for her. Sorry- blurred out what was on the flags- it was her name, but you get the jist right? I had a vision of doing this awhile ago and finally bought the Lawn Fawn set with the tiny flags I love it! I was also able to get the Harold's ABC's set by Lawn Fawn, which fit perfectly in the flags. I'll try to make another sample un-blurred so you can see it. All stamps used on this card is by Lawn Fawn except the b-day stamp, which is by Dandelion Designs. Akemi still loves her Daba, which is why I used bunnies on the card. She loved it! I can't remember a time when she hugged me so long after getting something from me. I'm glad she liked it so much. Happy Birthday Akemi! You will always be Mommy and Daddy's Daba.

Babes In Toyland- IDA 2011

Every other year, Island Dance Academy puts on a huge production for all the dancers. This year, Akemi was one of the Old Lady who lived in the shoe kids (what a mouthful yah?) and was the first year she danced tap in the performance. Everyone did a great job! Here she is after opening night... On the 2nd night, we brought goodies for the other girls in her group. Made these flowers using the candy stick bags again and filling them with M&Ms. Someone behind me asked me about them. These bags are surely getting noticed in Hilo! As you can see, I forgot to take a photo before we got there, so this was taken while we were waiting for the show to start. Grandma Kat and Papa Steve came to watch Akemi too... And here's Akemi with Miss Suen, who runs IDA. And here's our happy family with our little shoe girl. Do you like her paper flower bouquet I made for her? Did it in about an hour before we left to drop her off. Why do I always wait till the last minute? Anyway, I'll try to get a better photo of them and re-post. Akemi really enjoyed this year's performance! I guess she'll be continuing on with dance for now... I think DH was getting a little worried when she spotted "hip hop" on the class schedule and asked to take that class too! Sticking with ballet and tap for now.

Happy Birthday Michele!

We had a night of fun at Michele's not so surprise party last weekend. You can read more about it here... Just wanted to share what I made for Michele. After I made this frame, I thought Michele would like it, so instead of selling it at one of the craft fairs I did last month, I decided to give it to her. This then triggered the butterfly theme used for the rest of the stuff I made, including this matching card. Now, whenever we all get together- which is pretty rare, we can't make a poor showing in the crafty department right? I mean, what do you make for someone who owns a craft store? Gotta do something new, or complex, right? Well, I ran out of time to do complex, so I settled for something new. Saw this triple easel card on youtube and thought it was pretty cool. Of course, measurements were in metric, so I altered it a bit and came up with this... There are several versions out there, so you can check them out all over blogland. Then comes the wrap, which is JUST as important as the gift to all of us crafters.. right? Well, I can't take credit for the bag itself, but I did decorate it. Hope that counts for something. Anyway, whipped this up pretty quickly and slapped on a butterfly so that it all matches. Yay! at least I wasn't shame to give Michele something in a used plastic shopping bag! Happy Birthday Michele! Had so much fun with everyone. Oh- and I'm still waiting to hear when the next party is and who's teaching??!! ha ha ha ha ha!

Have A Whale of A Time!

I promised you another class sample for my upcoming Copic class right? Well, I decided to keep the card really simple as you can see. The focus is on coloring and blending, so didn't want to much detail and complicated layouts. All stamps featured here are from the Lawn Fawn Critter's in the Sea set. Isn't this whale so cute? I just love how they have the coordinating sentiments in the set. The waves are also a stamp from the set that I stamped on patterned paper (My Mind's Eye). Here's a close up of the whale... Hope you have a great weekend!

If Friends Were Flowers...

I've been meaning to work on my class samples for my upcoming Copic class at Island Scrapbooking, but didn't get around to it until this week. I normally include a card with a person in it so they can practice coloring hair, clothes, etc. Greeting Farm images work really well since they are pretty large and easier to color and shade than smaller stamps. Decided to go out of my comfort zone and pair up yellow with brown. This Lawn Fawn sentiment is so cute and matched the background paper so nicely. Here's a close up of Flirty Anya... Well, today's another Furlough Friday for me! I am gonna miss these if we have to give them up. I have another class sample to share with you tomorrow- talk to you soon!

May CATS

So I haven't even started on my CATS swap for May, but I already received it from my partner, Berenice! Yikes- better get cracking! Anyway, wanted to share her card and goodies she sent with it. Thanks Berenice! Go check her and all her creations here.

April CATS

I guess you can tell how busy I've been since I got this card a few weeks ago and only took the photo last night! This card is from Elena (Bearasaurs) for the April Card and Tag Swap (CATS) hosted by Joy. Our theme this month was to make an Easter card and tag... here's what Elena sent me (along with the goodies). Such a cute card! And I love that cocoa packet holder! Thanks Elena!

Bye Bye DPW!

As you can tell from lack of posts, I've been extremely busy over the past few weeks.. Not only did I have 2 craft fairs, Easter, Mother's Day and a bunch of classes, I also started a new job! Which means leaving my old one at Public Works. It was sad to say goodbye (even though I'm still in the same building), but I'm ready to move on to new things. At DPW, there were a few of us crafters that would often share our projects with each other for ideas and inspiration. Diane made this farewell card for me and did a fabulous job! She said she was so stressed out making a card for me- funny yah? Not sure why she was stressed out about it- I love it! Check out the waterfall mechanism she included.... And here's the creator of that awesome card! Thanks Diane! And here's me with my team.. Thanks Michelle and Naomi! Miss you guys! OK- don't laugh when you see the cake... some people know that I like Hello Kitty, so they ordered me a Hello Kitty cake! Looks more like a birthday cake yah? Ha ha ha. I'll be back with more to share. Gotta go get ready to watch Akemi's May Day!

More Hello Kitty Frames

Well, I think I might be finally recovered from this weekend's activities. Had to wake up bright and early on Saturday to finish up some craft fair stuff and drop some of it off at the FCE fair before heading to the Children's Fair at the Japanese Cultural Center. Here's one of the frames I left with the Hoaloha Club... I really wasn't sure how these frames would sell, but they sold really well at the Japanese Cultural Center fair. Happy Wednesday to you!