Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are a few cards I made for this occassion. Nothing really fancy... but all made with a lot of love.


This one was my favorite. I used the stamps that I won from Dandelion Designs giveaway. Thanks Jean! These little matching birds are just adorable.

Two Scoops Rice - Challenge

I was visiting Enjoli's blog (Stamping Under the Sun) and saw that she has just completed this sketch challenge at Two Scoops Rice. I just bought the Kakimochi & Popcorn set, so decided to play along. If you want to play along too, visit Two Scoops Rice for all the details. Here's the sketch. You have until 1/29/10 to enter.

Here's what I came up with. I tried to give the design some dimension by puffing up the images and using foam tape...but you can't see it too well in the picture. Also curved the sentiment on the acrylic block so that it would fit in the oval punch.

Just realized that this is my first post for 2010! So a Happy New Year is in order! Have a Wonderful 2010!!!

Goodbye Caleb!

Caleb, gone but not forgotten. My friend in Colorado let me know that she had to put her kitty cat to sleep the other week. Caleb lived a long life and in his latter years he ended up having a lot of problems. He's in a better place now.

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I hadn't participated in Papercraft Plant's Sketch Saturday for a long time, so I decided to try it. The image is Elliot from Dandelion Designs. The sentiment is from Penny Back. This card turned out a little better than I expected. It looks like a present! Here's a picture of the sketch in case you want to play along.

Eek! A mouse...

I was so excited to pick up some new Dandelion Designs stamps at J's Knicknacks several weeks ago. My favorite this year was this cute little mouse sitting on an ornament. For this card I wanted to try this simple technique to try to make the card a little more interesting. I found this on Split Coast Stampers, here, it was called a spiral pop-up card.

Is it Christmas already?

Surf's Up!

I had to put something together quick to wrap a grab bag. My other half is an avid surfer and he was invited to a Christmas Party held by a group of regulars at Court's (Ala Moana Beach Park). These die hard surfers get up and get into the water before the sun comes up, surf for a few hours, and then go to work. Amazing!!!

This box measures 4 x 4 x 1 and fit a gift card and a bar of surfboard wax. To decorate the box, I used my Stampin' Up roller wheel. Surfer Ian was a perfect fit!

Happy Birthday Shaye!

I made this card for Shaye for her birthday. Her favorite color is blue and she loves to be shiny...I came across this pretty blue glitter paper in my stash, so I tried to incorporate it into Hello Kitty's clothing. I think she likes it : )