Little Ladybug

Hey-hey it's almost Friday!! {LOL!} Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. My family and I certainly did. Today's card was made for my friend's little girl that turned One. Her theme was ladybugs and let me tell you the decorations at her party were super cute!!

Everything I used was Stampin' Up! except the ribbon and die cut lettering {sizzix smoothie} The ladybug was made using different circle punches. Here's a picture of the inside...

Thanks for stopping by!

Outta' This World

Happy Monday! Boy-oh-boy do I have tons of phone calls to make and errands to run today! I filled out so many forms this past weekend and they were all for my son who will be entering the 8th grade next school year. This packet was horrendous {pinky promise!} Medical forms, athletic forms, Ohana {family} Directory forms, Financial Aid and Tax Info forms...He even got his summer reading assignment in this packet!! Hello, didn't Spring Break just end??





Well, moving on to a funner subject, {I'm not even sure that funner is actually a word}, humm spellcheck says it is. Oki-do-ki then. Today's project is a card I made for my husband's nephew's birthday. Happy Birthday Hanalei!!

I ran a piece of Ballet Blue CS (100613 $5.50) through the Big Shot (113439 $99.95) texturizing it using the diamond shape from the Backgrounds I Texturez Plates (114512 $11.95). Then I took a piece of Basic Black CS (102851 $7.50) and stamped it randomly with the star image from the retired Little Sayings set in Whisper White Craft ink (101731 $7.50). I've been wanting to add some tearing to my projects and adding the "black space" to this card was a perfect opportunity. The Space Shuttle is one of the images from the Pun Fun set (115054 $32.95). I stamped the image in Jet Black StazOn ink (101406 $7.95) on Watercolor Paper (105019 $6.95) and watercolored the image with my Watercolor Pencils (101879 $19.95) and Blender Pen (102845 $9.95). I cut out the image and popped it up on Deminsionals (104430 $3.95) For the Earth I took my 1-3/4" Circle punch (112004 $15.95) and punched the corner of a piece of blue and green scrap, folded over the corner and added a pewter brad from the Vintage brad collection (109109 $8.95) I finished off the front of the card off by adding dots between the stars with my white uni-ball Signo Gel Pen (105021 $3.95). On the inside I printed on the computer "You're Outa' This World!"

I better get started on my phone calls. Till my next post...Toodles!

Polka-Dot Treat

Are you ready for another week? I am! Today's post is of my first try using the Matchbox Bigz XL Die (114890 - $42.95) and coordinating Matchbox Message (113800 - $25.95) stamp set that will be coming out on April 1st in the Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog.

The CS and DSP is from Papertrey Ink, the ribbon is from Ben Franklin Crafts and the candy inside is Nuggets from Hershey's {this is me being a smarty-pants, Tee-Hee!} Here's the inside shot...

I just want to remind everyone that the last day of Sale-A-Bration is March 31, 2009, so don't forget to get your order in to your Stampin' Up! demonstrator so you can score FREE products from the SAB catalog with any order of $50. Till my next post...Toodles!

Pink Pirouette Birthday Pouch

Happy Aloha Friday! Today's post will be short 'cause I have an appointment to be at soon. The project of the day is my tweaked version of the pouch we made at regional. It's my Husband's Aunty's birthday and my son was looking through my stash for a card to give her. {isn't he a sweetheart!} I decided to step it up a bit and create a SWEET gift by adding some Hershey's kisses.







I used Textured Pink Pirouette CS for the pouch, Very Vanilla for the faux ribbon, a piece of dark pink scrap for the flower which I ran through my Big Shot using the Sizzlits Flower Blossom die and popped it onto the ribbon with an antique brad. The Upsy Daisy is stamped in Pink Pirouette and the Birthday Celebrations is a combo of Pink Passion and Close to Cocoa. Here's a side view shot...

And the back view...

I punched the same dark pink scrap and the closure of the pouch with the Eyelet Boarder Punch and staggered the two. So that's all I have time for today. Make sure you put your hand in the candy jar and try out for the Candy that's Up for Grabs in my sidebar. Till my next post...Toodles!

Birthday Cuppie!!

It's Aloha Friday...No work till Monday...Do-Do-Do-Do {LOL!} Today's card I made for my Cousin-IL's baby's, 1st Birthday party which is tomorrow. {Happy Birthday Shaila!} I have been wanting to do a cupcake card for some time now and this was a perfect opportunity.




The brown CS used for the bottom of the cuppie was some left over that I purchased from Island Paperie. All the dark pink CS and DP I used is from Papertrey Ink. A gift I got from a SWEET Friend! {Thanks Jan-Jan!} The other CS is Pink Pirouette and Lovely Lavender. These papers all matched so perfectly with this adorable DP. It has cute little elephants, bunnies and duckies printed on it. Perfect for any little one. I ran the Pink Pirouette CS through my Big Shot with a Flowered Texturz Plate I purchased from Ben Franklin . I used the SU Big Bold Cupcakes Sizzlits Die. The die comes in a 4-pack and is so easy to use. Then I sponged the edges of the cupcake top and the flower textured CS with Pink Pirouette ink. I covered the dot sprinkles and the birthday candle flame with Stickles to add some Bling. No little girl should go without BLING! I sponged the edges of the flower with classic Summer Sun. I ran the bottom of the cuppie through my Crimper and finished by adhering everything together. It actually came out better than what I expected. Here's a close up of the Cupcake and flower.

I'm going to finish by decorating the inside. I just had to wait for little Miss Makena to take her over-due nap. If you have time would love to hear your comments on this card. Well, I told myself I would spend 1 hour a day maximum on the computer so that I have more time to craft and do other things around here. So I'm signing off until tomorrow. Till then have a good one and keep stampin'!

Door Prize Basket

Alright here's a story for you...I was playing around with Photoshop, then I started searching the web for one item which lead to me looking at all kinds of other items which now have turned from "wants" to "needs"...Anywho, I kept telling myself that I should go to bed because it's getting late and now that it's 12:06 am I have realized that I am wide awake and cannot go to sleep. {evil laugh} So I decided what the heck do a quick post! {snickering & more evil laughing!} So good morning! Today's post is another regional project that I used as a door prize for the last hostess workshop that I did. This cute basket was created using the Big Shot die. I'm too delirious right now to remember the name of the die so please forgive me.

I believe the basket is in So Saffron and the tag was made using Bashful Blue and Close to Cocoa. The ribbon is the lovely {in color} Tangerine Tango. I just love those ribbons. I added some Easter grass and a little stamp and gave this sweet prize away to a lucky little girl. Cute huh? Okay, I'm going to keep this one real short and jump into bed before my darling hubby wakes up. Till my next post...keep stamping!

{big smiles!}