My Simple Crafts

Halloween Goodies

2011-11-07T07:32:00.002-10:00

I can't believe how fast this year is flying by! Although I started preparing myself for Halloween back in September, I didn't actually complete anything until a few days before! I swear the last time I had checked, I still had at least a week to get everything done! ANYWAYS, I made some really quick pouches for my kids classes (85 in all) - and of course, I forgot to get pictures of them before they were passed out! Oh well. I did remember to get pictures of a few other goodies I made for my kids teachers and some friends.

I made these for the teachers. Found the template for them here.

Made a few of these for some GF's after seeing it here.

And what a great surprise it was when I saw Mama at our kids school and she stopped by to give me such an adorable "treat"! I absolutely love it and all of the other mom's around me were admiring it as well! :-)

Isn't just adorable? There are 5 lollipops behind each of those pumpkins! I love all the details you added to it Mama! Thank you so much again!!

Oh, and here's the back! My DD was so excited when she saw it because we bought her the 5 Little Pumpkins book a few weeks before Halloween and she had been reading it almost daily since then! She has the words memorized! So of course after she saw the back of Mama's RAK, she began reciting it all the way home from school! :-) Oh, and when we got home, she asked me who gets the lollipops! LOL!!

Well there you have it...Halloween has come and gone and now I'm bracing myself for Thanksgiving, Christmas and then a new year! YIKES! We're already starting week TWO of NOVEMBER!!! Oh boy, I wish I were a kid again and I had the time to truly enjoy the holiday season and all of the joy that comes with it - WITHOUT stress!! I'm trying to remind myself what makes the holiday season so special for me so that I can stay focused on my family and friends and let the rest of it fall into place accordingly! :-) Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're taking time to enjoy the start of the holiday season!

BRAK from Mama

2011-10-26T12:04:00.000-10:00

When this week started, I was definitely feeling the Monday blues. With my DH away for work in Colorado, I have been juggling it all from morning to night (forgot to feed the fishes a few times and almost missed trash day since he usually takes care of that) - YIKES! So it was such a nice surprise when Mama came by to chat and give me this wonderful BRAK while we waited for our kids to get out from school! How sweet is she right? Thank you Mama...I love my goodies and I am truly grateful for your friendship!!

Angry Birds Goodie Bags

2011-10-14T08:31:00.003-10:00

I had 10 goodie bags to make for my DD's birthday party. Angry Birds stuff in the stores are pretty expensive - especially when you have to buy a bunch of them. So I tried to improvise when coming up with things to add to the goodie bags. I decided to make some tags to add to the goodie bags. These tags were super quick to make and I think they added a lot to the Angry Birds theme goodie bags. I printed up the tags on the computer, added a piece of colored CS behind it, and ran them through my laminating machine - EASY!

Since it was a beach party, I picked up some inexpensive beach buckets and scoop nets at Walmart. I placed the coloring books I made in a clear bag and then added a box of crayons, Angry Birds stickers, Angry Birds temporary tattoos, an Angry Birds eraser, slingshot with fuzzy pompom balls, and water balloon bombs to the bag, tied it up with some ribbon, added my tag to it and placed the bag in the bucket. When the kids were ready, they removed the bag from their bucket and ran to the beach with their bucket and net!

Well that's it - another birthday party done. My DD loved her Angry Birds theme party and made sure she let everyone know that she had the best birthday party ever! LOL!! I LOVE my DD's enthusiasm and am so glad she appreciated everything my DH and I did to put her 5th birthday party together! Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great weekend!!

Angry Birds Coloring Books

2011-10-13T08:52:00.002-10:00

Here are the coloring books I made to add to the goodie bags for my DD's 5th birthday party. I used Teri's punch art designs for both the Angry Bird and Pig. It was nice being able to put my BIA to use again since it's been sitting, collecting dust, for quite some time now (I almost forgot how to use it!! LOL).


Inside of the coloring books. I found the coloring book pages online - there were like 6 or 8 different coloring pages and I added some blank pages to these books for the kids to draw/write on and to add some bulk to them

My kids went to town with these books after the party was over - I'm glad they appreciated them! :-) Tomorrow I'll share with you the last of my creations for my DD's Angry Birds party. Thanks for stopping by!

Angry Birds Favors

2011-10-12T08:38:00.001-10:00

As I mentioned in my previous post, I found an easy (and might I add, CUTE) Angry Birds punch art design over at Teri's blog. My DD's favorite Angry bird is the red one so it was absolutely perfect for her birthday party. My DS, on the other hand, prefers the pigs. As luck would have it, as I was browsing through Teri's blog, I came across her King Pig punch art and knew I had to add it to my DD's party (thanks again Teri!!) I had to change the punch sizes for some of the pieces so my pigs aren't quite as cute as hers but the kids still loved them. I used my Fancy Favor Box die for these and placed cookies inside of them and voila!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're enjoying your week. Stop by tomorrow for the little coloring books I made for the goodie bags!

Angry Birds Invite

2011-10-11T08:22:00.002-10:00

My DD recently turned 5 years old. She told me she wanted an Angry Birds beach party...here's the invitation that I made for her party. During my hunt for an easy Angry Birds punch art design, I came across Teri's design. I absolutely loved it and knew it would be the way to go (thanks Teri!). I ended up using her punch art design for some coloring books I put together for the kids goodie bags and for the party favors as well (I'll share those a little later).

Having both my kids in school now has definitely been an adjustment. Since I'm a SAHM and both of them are in school, I thought I'd have more free time on my hands during the week - um, I was definitely WRONG! With all of the homework and afterschool commitments on top of my volunteer work in both of their classrooms, I am finding little time to do much else - especially crafting! But I wouldn't change this time for anything in the world. Being able to be there for my kids in and out of school (while they still LET ME) is something I'll cherish forever!

Happy Mail

2011-10-10T10:21:00.000-10:00

About a month ago I received some happy mail from my GF Brenda (sorry Bren for taking so long to post this!) It was such a great surprise and I absolutely love the photo book that she made me. I have already put it to use!! Thank you again so much Brenda for always remembering and being so thoughtful!

Bridal Shower Slider Gift Card Holder

2011-08-30T06:31:00.005-10:00

Here is a slider gift card holder I made for a bridal shower I attended this past weekend. I went browsing through some blogs when I came across a beautiful card created by Lorri of Confessions of a Stamping Addict. Her card provided me with some much needed inspiration for this card.

I decided on a slider gift card holder after seeing a few of them during my browsing session. Here's a tutorial I found on how to make this type of card - really easy!


Card slides open and close - I placed a gift card inside and it opened and closed with ease!

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you're having a good week!

Birthday Swing Card

2011-08-29T09:30:00.000-10:00

Here is a card I made for my MIL a few weeks ago for her birthday. I used my Mei Lin stamp and some of the other goodies that I won from one of Debi's Sister Stamps blog candy giveaways (thank you again Debi!) to make this swing card.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog. Hope your enjoying your Monday!

Framed Birthday Anya II

2011-08-16T06:33:00.004-10:00

I made this 4x4 card for my cousin who recently celebrated her birthday. I decided to make another folded paper frame card just for fun. I kept this one clean and simple so that the focus remained on Anya! :-)

I did hesitate using the folded paper frame for this because it covered up the image a bit much but once I cut Anya's legs off there was no going back! LOL!

I had fun putting this card together. I was actually working on four different cards at the same time. I started one, got stuck, started another one, got stuck again, etc. etc. I finished my Cupcake Birthday Card first and then this one. I still have the other two sitting on my table. Those are the two that I started like last month and they have been almost in the same spot ever since! YIKES! Oh well, hopefully I'll figure out what to do with them soon!!

Hope you're having a good week! Thank you for stopping by! :-)

Some Kisses and Roses

2011-08-15T06:22:00.000-10:00

My family and I just went to watch my BF's daughter's (the same one I just made the Cupcake Birthday Card for) dance performance on Friday night. I decided to make her a bouquet of Hershey Kisses roses after I saw a few tutorials on how to make them on YouTube. These were SUPER quick to make!!

Decided to just bunch them all together and tie some ribbon around the "stems" since the floral tape left a kinda sticky feel. I made a quick tag to add to it using some of my SU! supplies. :-)


Can't believe how quick these came together. I made 18 of them in less than an hour!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Cupcake Birthday Card

2011-08-13T08:21:00.001-10:00

Here's a quick little card (literally little - 3x3) that I made for my bestest friend's daughter. These small cards really work for me when I'm in a pinch for time! Sorry for the junky picture...had to use my phone to take it since I couldn't find my camera at the time. Hope you're enjoying your weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Back to School Survival Kits

2011-08-02T09:45:00.002-10:00

Yesterday was my DS's first day of first grade and today is my DD's first day of kindergarten! Their differing personalities was quite obvious in the way they handled their first days - my DS was quiet and nervous and my DD was yaking away, jumping around, and excited! Needless to say, I was quite nervous for the both of them - a little more so for my DD though! I know my DS will adjust well once he gets comfortable in his new classroom but this is my DD's first experience attending school so...hopefully all goes well for her!

To help their teachers get off to a good start this school year, I put together some Back to School Survival Kits for them. These are not very "crafty" but I thought I'd post them here anyways. The only crafting I did was to stamp out the teachers names for their boxes (I made four of them since both of my kids are in double classes), made tags for each kit, and stamped out the "Back to School Survival Kit" on the back of each tag.

Found these cute boxes at Price Busters - they were the perfect size for these kits!

All of the goodies that I included - a box of cereal , a bag of chex mix and a couple of Nature Valley Granola Thins , a bottle of water and a packet of ice tea mix, some Wisps toothbrushes, a pack of Wet Ones, a pack of face and hand wipes, lotion, lint roller, sewing kit, mini first aid kit, manicure set, Shout wipes, antibacterial hand gel, a couple of packets of vitamin C, and some Excedrin!

This is the back of the tag that I stamped out...I had to stamp each letter one at a time because of spacing issues. The front of the tag is a simple To: and From: stamp from SU! I added a rose to the front to pretty it up! :-)

Anyways, there you have it. Since my niece was spending the week with us last week I didn't have any real time to craft. So I had the weekend to try and put together some quick gifts for my kid's teachers and these kits definitely fit the bill. Hopefully their teachers will be able to make use of the items in their kits! :-)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Cruising to a First Birthday

2011-08-01T01:13:00.002-10:00

Here is a birthday card that I made for a special little boy who just turned 1 . I've been so busy that I kept putting off making his card...until I realized that I had to do it since his party was the next morning. As it usually happens, I was up late the night before the party, not feeling in the crafting mood at all, and was trying to figure out where to start. So I sat at the computer, browsing the internet trying to get inspired! When I came across this card here I knew that was the way to go. I altered the car punch art just a bit and decided to try a recessed window card after watching a great video tutorial at SCS.

Used my blue Ink Potion No. 9 mixture for the sky

I thought this SU sentiment was perfect for the inside of the card


A full look of the inside of the card...I would've added more but I was too tired to pull out any more supplies! :-)

Well that's it. My DS started first grade today and my DD will be starting kindergarten tomorrow. YIKES...I can't believe my DH and I have made it to this point where we have both of them in school. Next thing you know, they'll be graduating from high school!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!!

Simple Thank You Cards

2011-07-20T07:12:00.002-10:00

My MIL asked me to make some thank you cards for her last night and she needed them first thing this morning. Since I just made a thank you card for my DD's teacher the day before, I decided to use the same stamp and same simple layout.

Used some scrap DP for these cards!

I love it when I can find ways to use my scraps! These 4x4 cards were the perfect size for the it!


All 8 cards completed by 8am this morning....PHEW!

I'm really liking square cards now. It is a little easier to figure out a layout for them I think. And simple layouts like this makes mass production a lot easier...which is always a good thing! :-)

Thank you once again for taking the time to stop by and check out my creations! I truly appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog! Have a great day!

Busy Bee Thank You

2011-07-19T19:11:00.002-10:00

My DD just completed her last Tiny Tots class on Monday. She has been taking classes every Monday with Miss Linda for about a year or so. DD absolutely loved her Tiny Tots class and her teacher. I must say, I loved Miss Linda too! She is such an excellent teacher, always coming up with creative projects for the children and keeping them engaged along the way.

So I wanted to give Miss Linda a little something from us to show her how much we appreciated her. I made her this tissue box cover (got the instructions here) and a little card for my daughter to write a little "thank you" note in. I added a GC too just for a little something extra.

Used my Create-a-Critter cartridge for this project

All of the images are from the (CAC) bee button selection

I thought all of these images kept the box bright and cheerful

Miss Linda is definitely a Busy Bee...she's always on the go and even makes sure to start each class off with some exercises for the kids!

A quick and simple card to go along with Miss Linda's gift.

I can't believe that my DD will be starting kindergarten in a few weeks (sigh)! Time surely has gone by too quickly! I sure hope she does well and I can adjust well to not having her at home with me! LOL! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Birthday Card for a Princess

2011-07-12T17:04:00.000-10:00

Here's the birthday card I made for a party my family and I will be attending on Saturday. The birthday girl wanted a Princess themed party so I decided to ink up my Princess Anya stamp. I had so much fun making this card since I was able to make use of my Ink Potion supplies again and I also got to use my new SU! border punch.

I actually sprayed Princess Anya all over with my clear shimmer Ink Potion mixture...although you can't really see it in the picture and the border was punched out of white CS and sprayed with my light pink Ink Potion mixture. I used SU! Dazzling Diamonds for her crown and princess wand.

This is the inside of the card...just added some 3D stickers to dress it up a bit. Oh and inked up a few stamps from my new SU! Happiest Birthday Wishes set! :-)

Well thank you again for stopping by. I'm hoping to be able to sneak in a little more crafting time before school starts again but this month has been crazy busy! (fingers crossed!) Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!

Bring on the Cake

2011-07-01T09:03:00.020-10:00

Here is the card that my mom got from my family for her birthday. It's a simple easel card and I had so much fun making it.

A long while back (like a year or two ago), my MIL and I were shopping and were able to catch an Ink Potion No. 9 in-store demo and were amazed by the results! So, being the generous person that she is, my MIL bought me a bunch of stuff so that I could start creating with it at home. Of course, once I got it home, I never got around to using it and slowly but surely it got lost in a sea of crafting stuff. Okay, so I cleaned up and kind of organized my crafting stuff and what do I find? hahaha....yes my Ink Potion No. 9 stuff.

This time I decided to actually put it to use. I mixed and sprayed and mixed some more and had fun making different colors and loving the shimmery effect of the Ink Potion No. 9. In the end, I decided to use the purple that I mixed together since it's my mom's favorite color.

Oops, wasn't quick enough snapping a picture of this card...my kids already signed it! Oh and I used some green distress ink on some white CS before I sprayed my purple mixture over it so there is a subtle hint of green at some of the edges (since I was going to initially use it on the card my dad gave to my mom)!


Made a matching little gift bag (using my SU! Fancy Favor bag die) for my mom's gift. The purple circles are punched from white CS sprayed with my purple Ink Potion No. 9 mixture.

Well, there you have it. I'm hoping to start using this product more because I really do love the results. Thanks for stopping by again! Have a FANTABULOUS holiday weekend!

Double Easel Birthday Card

2011-06-30T08:41:00.002-10:00

I made this card about a week ago when I was still amped up on crafting! Soon afterward, things began to get hectic around my house and I never got around to taking a picture of it and posting it. Well yesterday was my mom's birthday and my dad needed a card for her. Okay, let me be "real" now. He would have been perfectly fine not having a card and handing her present to her in the shopping bag that her gift was placed in when he bought it...but how sad is that?? I have two young children and so I try to make these things a bit more exciting for them you know?! hahaha!! ANYWAYS, here is the card that I made for my dad to give to my mom.

Made this flower using my Fun Flower Bigz die (finally)

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you're having a great week!

Hitched Wedding Card

2011-06-10T05:49:00.008-10:00

My family and I will be attending a wedding soon and since my DS is on summer vacation I actually had some time to work on the card....ahead of time....not the day of which is my usual M.O.! :-) I realized I only have one real wedding stamp which is kinda funny/sad since I have so many stamps at this point. I think it's probably because I didn't really get into crafting until after I made it through the "wedding phase" of my life. You know the phase when all of your friends and other people in your life all seem to be getting married one after another?? Well, there haven't been much wedding for us to attend for the past few years and now this year we have 2.

ANYWAYS, I colored this image up using my color pencils and added some stickles on the brides dress and veil. Oh, and used my Copic Atyou Spica pens to add some sparkle here and there on the groom as well. This is a super quick image to color up which is probably why it's the only wedding stamp I have...I like quick! :-)

Added little touches of bright pink since the wedding invitation we received was bright pink and orange

Decided on a gatefold style card with a pocket on the inside for our "gift"


I forgot how much I love using Stickles to bling up images! :-)

Well, that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by once again. Thinking that maybe I should use this time to get a jump start on some crafting. I'm starting to realize how fast this year is going by and thinking about all of the crafting that will be in my near future since both of my kiddies will be in school now and the holidays are quickly approaching! YIKES....okay, okay, getting ahead of myself...breathe - just gotta take it one day at a time, one day at a time! LOL! :-) Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!!

Hello Kitty Duct Tape Wallet

2011-06-09T05:16:00.002-10:00

Yesterday I posted the Hello Kitty duct tape coin pouch that I made. Well here is the wallet that I put together. I kinda watched a few tutorials and then decided to wing it...seemed easy enough. I decided to add a magnetic closure to my wallet to help keep it closed.

Wallet closed

Inside of wallet....I would probably omit the silver duct tape on the bottom of the ID pocket if I were to make this again

All the pockets that I added. The majority of the wallet is made with the regular silver duct tape and I placed the Hello Kitty duct tape over it.

My DH seemed to like this creation. He wanted me to try and sell it. But I still can't wrap my head around this duct tape stuff. I need more convincing that it's the "in thing" I guess. LOL! Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation!

Hello Kitty Duct Tape Coin Pouch

2011-06-08T04:43:00.003-10:00

Okay, a few months ago while shopping at Target I found a roll of Hello Kitty duct tape. Well since it was HELLO KITTY duct tape I just had to have it...not knowing what in the world I was going to do with it. Now I don't know about you but I had NO CLUE how big duct tape is now. I was browsing the internet and came across many different duct tape crafting tutorials...I told my DH how interesting and kinda funny it was that there are so many people that are into duct tape stuff now. Then my DH showed me the Think Geek website that he likes to buy gifts from every so often and they were selling duct tape wallets! I just thought it was so strange but he convinced me to try and make something with my Hello Kitty duct tape. Decided to start of easy (I wanted to conserve my tape since it was the last roll when I went) and made this coin pouch (found a tutorial for this on YouTube).

Pouch opened up...about 2" tall and wide

Folding coin pouch close

Flattening it out


Pouch closed

I had to place this under a book for a little while to make sure the creases in the closure of the pouch stayed down and now it stays closed pretty well. Interesting the things people come up with. After my DH saw this he told me to try and make a wallet. I'll post that tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gatefold Birthday Card

2011-06-07T06:10:00.021-10:00

One of my bestest friends will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow. This is the birthday card I made for her from me and a few of my other friends. I decided on a gatefold card since it left plenty of room on the inside for each of us to write a little something to our friend since she is in Spain now and we NEVER get to talk to her anymore. I chose to finally ink up my Fleur Anya stamp since the flowers in her hair reminded me of a haku lei. I dusted off my Copics to color her with since I've been using my color pencils a lot lately....and I've been admiring the shading effects on so many awesome blogs. I just gotta keep practicing! :-)

Anyways, thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great week!

Perpetual Folding Birthday Card

2011-06-06T06:31:00.009-10:00

Here's the front of my dad's card

My dad celebrated his birthday last week. Here is the card I made for him. I love to make more challenging cards for him because it's always fun for everyone to watch him try to figure out how to open it (last year I made him this card). So when I got my Stampin' Success in the mail a few months ago and it featured this perpetual folding card, I knew it would be perfect for my dad!

First fold

Second fold (my son decided he wanted to sign it)

And here's the last fold...my kids drew pictures for their Papa

This card did take me a couple of tries to perfect. The paper needs to be cut just right for all of the folds to "work". And then the task of embellishing all of the different folds took me some time since it's like trying to create 4 cards in one. But it was all worth it. I wish I had taken some pictures of my dad trying to figure it out...it was pretty funny. (hehehe!) We all got a good laugh at the confused expression on his face! :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great week!

Gorjuss Girl Birthday Card

2011-06-03T09:43:00.001-10:00

I made this card for my cousin who just turned 18 on Monday. She and her parents lived with my parents for a while before buying a house of their own so I was able to watch her grow from the time that she was born! I can't believe that she is 18 now, just graduating from high school, and starting college! Amazing how old that makes me feel! LOL!!! Now that I have kids of my own, I truly understand what it means when people say "they grow up so fast!"

Money Holder Graduation Cards

2011-06-02T09:03:00.002-10:00

Quick post...I had two graduations to attend last month. One of my cousins graduated from UH and the other cousin graduated from high school. Here are the money holder cards I made for them...super simple and fast!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're enjoying you week!

Baby Shower Diaper Cake

2011-06-01T18:37:00.001-10:00

Here is another diaper "cake" I made for another one of my DH's coworkers. This one is a car. I had actually started this cake around the same time as the diaper cake bike I made a few months ago but got side tracked...my DH actually had to remind me about it. (oops!) SO, since my DS is on summer vacation now, I decided to finish it up. Glad I got it done in time! :-)

Don't mind the junk (and my DS) in the background...he's enjoying his summer vacation!! :-)

Here is the tag I made to add to this cake...used some left over stuff from my SIL's baby shower that we had a while back.

Mother's Day RAK

2011-05-26T10:29:00.001-10:00

After a long day, I came home to some happy mail! :-) My GF Brenda sent me this awesome Mother's Day RAK filled with some chocolate goodness. Yes, I had to stash it so that my kids wouldn't get it...it's mines all mines! hehe! Brenda is such a wonderful and thoughtful friend and I'm so grateful to have her in my life! Thanks again Brenda!!

ETA: Not sure what happened. I had this scheduled to post a while ago and only now realized it didn't. So sorry Bren!

End of the School Year Teacher's Gift

2011-05-26T08:14:00.002-10:00

My DS's last day of school was yesterday. He will be moving on to first grade next school year and his little sister will be joining him at school as a kindergartener! :-) Life will sure be different with both of them at school and mommy at home able to sit in front of the t.v. with some bon bons all day...LOL - YEAH RIGHT! A mother's job is NEVER done and I know I will easily fill my days with things that need to get done!

ANYWAYS, here is what I made for his teachers. He had two very awesome teacher's this year. My DH and I loved them both and hope that our DD will be in their class next school year. Unfortunately I didn't have too much time to dedicate to their gifts since we've been busy with graduations and other family events but I think these thank you cards will come in handy for them.

Now let summer vacation begin! Both my babies will be home with me for the summer so I have been trying to line up some fun stuff for us to do. Snooze at the Zoo, camping, beach days, and park days have all been added to the list. I can't wait to start getting my house back in order too! :-)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Mother's Day Cards

2011-05-09T22:13:00.001-10:00

Here are some Mother's Day cards that I made for my MIL and DM. I used the sliding pop-up card tutorial on SCS for these cards....so super quick and easy to put together...which is just my speed especially since I didn't start putting these together until I woke up on Mother's Day. (YIKES!)

This is the card I made for my MIL. My DH and my SIL decided to give her a joint gift. She loved both her gift and card!

This is the card I made for my DM. I used the same stamp set for both cards because both my MIL and my DM have similar hair styles to this image. :-)

I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Teacher's Appreciation Day Gifts

2011-05-03T19:47:00.002-10:00

My DS's teachers work so hard managing 42 children 5 days a week that I wanted to make sure that my he game them a little something for Teacher's Appreciation Day today. I didn't have much time to put something together since I had a paper due for my class and with the busy weekend we had I wasn't able to work on it until last night! (YIKES...talk about procrastination). Luckily I had picked up some extra supplies to put these magnetic boards together...these came together in minutes! If I had had more time, I probably would have dressed them up a bit more....but I think they're cute enough even without the added embellishments. :-)

Here's the little note my son wrote for his teacher...I made the magnets with matching cherries paper - so super fast!

Thank you for taking time to stop by my blog! Hope you had a great day!

Birthday at the Zoo

2011-05-02T09:23:00.001-10:00

My son was invited to a birthday party at the zoo this weekend...it was a night time, Twilight Tour party. My DH accompanied him and said that it was a really good tour. They were able to see lots of animals and the kids all had such a great time. Anyways, here is the card I made for the birthday boy.

First Birthday Card

2011-05-01T20:51:00.006-10:00

My family and I attended a first birthday party this weekend...unfortunately I COMPLETELY forgot that I needed a card for it. So I had to throw something together before we left for the party that morning. Good thing I already had this Hello Kitty cut out and assembled...made putting this card together so much more faster!
Hope you had a great weekend...thanks for stopping by!

Baby Shower Gift

2011-04-26T05:46:00.001-10:00

My husband needed a baby shower gift for some co-workers...both mom & dad to be work with him. Actually, I am so behind on posting that they actually had their baby boy already!! Anyways, this is what I came up with...

Here's the card I made for them...quick and simple

...and this is the gift I put together. It's supposed to be a diaper cake bike but not too sure if you can tell from the pictures

Thank you so much for stopping by. Sorry for my junkie pictures! I'm so behind on my projects that I'm always having to take pictures with my phone's camera right before they are being delivered to their recipients! YIKES!

Easter RAKs

2011-04-25T05:09:00.001-10:00

Here are some Easter RAK's I got from a couple of awesome sweet friends.

This adorable box was made by Mama! Thank you so much for thinking of me Mama...I love it!

And this adorable Easter basket is from Brenda! It's always such a treat when I receive happy mail like this!! Thank you so much Brenda...you are always so thoughtful!

I actually ended up seeing Brenda in the afternoon on Easter and she gave me these boxes for my son and daughter. Aren't they adorable? She said her daughters helped her make them that morning! Amazing...they are as talented as their mom! :-)

Look what was inside...ADORABLE Easter cupcakes!

Thank you again so very much Mama and Brenda for your thoughtfulness and especially for your friendship!

Happy Easter

2011-04-24T16:26:00.007-10:00

This is about 65 bunnies that I cut out for Easter goodies for both my son's and daughter's classes, their teachers, and a few good friends.

This is what I put together for my kid's classmates...homemade sidewalk chalk paint! :-)

Super fast bag toppers...used my top note die, watermark stamped eggs on it, added the Happy Easter greeting, and finished off by adhering the cute little bunny!

Here's what I gave to their teachers and a few special friends. I used the pattern that came with the stamp set for the box and finally got to use my embossing borders that I've had for so long but never used!

I hope you had a wonder Easter! Thank you for stopping by!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T07:53:00.001-10:00

Well I was browsing the internet for some St. Patrick's Day inspiration and came across some cute little leprechaun pillow boxes! I immediately started digging through my paper and punches for the supplies. I only had to make 12 of these boxes for my daughter's Tiny Tots class but they came together so quickly that I made a few extra for some family members. I picked up some gold foil covered chocolate coins to fill these cute little boxes with and voila! :-)
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you remembered to wear green today! ;-) Happy St. Patrick's day!!

Happy Girl's Day

2011-03-03T16:53:00.005-10:00

Here are some super quick and simple Girl's Day gifts I put together today (yes last minute) for my kid's teachers and a few family members. I actually baked the chi chi dango (mochi) with my kids yesterday and had them help me cut it up and roll it in the katakuriko (potato starch) last night. It was definitely a fun and messy evening in our house last night. And on top of that, my kids LOVE chi chi dango so it was quite a challenge getting through the process without them trying to sneak some pieces into their mouths!! :-)

Anyways, this morning I decided to try to dress up the containers that I placed some of the chi chi dango in. I saw this bookmark on SCS and thought it would be the perfect (and quick) little "something" to add to these containers. They came together really fast and surprisingly I had all of the supplies I needed to put these girls together.
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you are enjoying your Girl's Day!!

Housewarming Card

2011-03-02T11:03:00.001-10:00

Here is the housewarming card that went along with the Home Made box that I made for my husband. Super quick and easy card to throw together...and it gave me the opportunity to ink up a stamp set that I had never used before...gotta love that!!

Home Made Box

2011-03-01T11:19:00.001-10:00

My DH came home from work one day early last week and let me know that he needed a housewarming gift by the end of the week. Well I instantly thought about the haunted houses that Mama made for Halloween! I went to order the template and then found out that the coordinating stamp set for it would not reach me in time for the housewarming party at the end of the week! Well, luckily for me Mama is such a sweet and generous person...she let me borrow her stamp set so that I could finish putting together this little house! I wasn't quite sure how it would turn out since I was rushing to put it all together but my DH was happy with it which was the main thing for me! Thanks again so much Mama for lending me your stamp set...I truly appreciate it! :-)

Yet Another Three Tiered Card

2011-02-28T19:12:00.001-10:00

Okay, this is the last three tiered card I'll be posting...for now! :-) Actually, I started working on this one before the other two I posted...but the recipient of this one had not received it yet so I wanted to hold off on posting it.

My initial thought for this card was to make it look like one of those lopsided three tiered cakes that were so popular. But since it was my first try at this card let's just say, I missed some opportunities to add the little details that I had envisioned in my mind. So it is crooked on purpose! LOL!! I'm just super bad with altering measurements!!

Anyways, I hope you had a great weekend! I can't believe that it's the last day of February already! YIKES!

Another Triple Tier Slider Card

2011-02-27T11:05:00.001-10:00

Here is another triple tier birthday slider card that I made...kept it similar to the purple one I posted yesterday since the recipients would be opening their gifts together. This one came together much quicker since by this time I had a better understanding of how it all went together!! :-)

Thank you for stopping by!!

Triple Tiered Birthday Card

2011-02-26T22:31:00.006-10:00

After running across a tutorial for this triple layered slider card, I knew I had to try and make one. Well I ended up making a few of them. This went to one of my girlfriends who recently celebrated her birthday!
It took me a few tries to get the technique down but once I understood how it all went together, it was pretty easy and fun to put together. Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Valentine's Day RAK

2011-02-22T19:09:00.005-10:00

Here is a most "luv"ly Valentine's Day RAK that I received from the super sweet Mama! Thank you so much for the goodies and for thinking of me!! The chocolate is long gone and I am very excited to start using the dyed seam binding!!! :-)

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-14T21:40:00.004-10:00

Happy Valentine's Day! Quick post...here are some goodies I made for my kids teachers this year. A while ago I was surfing the web and found this cute little origami box tutorial and thought I wanted to give it a try. Well I finally got around to trying it out and I must say they were really quick and easy to put together. I used my favorite Create a Critter Cricut cartridge for these...I love that cartridge! Anyways, hope your heart day was full of love and happiness! :-)

Late Christmas Post

2011-01-25T10:12:00.008-10:00

These are a few Christmas goodies I received from some very sweet ladies! I can't believe I forgot to post these pictures...I'm so sorry ladies! I honestly and truly appreciate your thoughtfulness, kindness, generosity, and your friendship!!

From my incredibly talented GF, Brenda! LOVE the cute little bag (with her adorable punch art gingerbread man) and Hello Kitty cake stencils!! And I will definitely make use of the tags and flower brads! Thank you so much Brenda!!

And from the awesomely talented Mama!! I can't believe how much time she must of had to put into these adorable calendar sets...while expecting too!! I totally LUV it Mama...thank you so much!!!

For some reason I've been having a really hard time juggling all that is on my plate right now which is why I haven't been crafting or posting much lately! I am hoping to be able to start getting things in order soon so that I can start visiting everyone's blogs and crafting again! Thanks again ladies for your thinking of me during the holidays!! :-)

Christmas Goodies

2010-12-21T09:03:00.008-10:00

I had 60 little ones to make goodies for this Christmas. I decided to make some snowman soup for them....fast and simple! I used my SU! watercolor pencils to color the cute snowman...so much fun and it made the process super quick.

I got this poem off the internet and printed it up on labels for quick assembly! :-)

I was trying to come up with something to give to one of my daughter's teachers when my GF Brenda posted her hot cocoa holders! Such PERFECT timing since I already had lots of hot cocoa for the snowman soup I was making. I completely CASEd hers since they were just too perfect!! Thanks Brenda for the measurements and inspiration!! :-)

I can't believe Christmas is just a few days away...AAAHHH!!! I'm usually busy trying to get things done up until then. I never really get to just relax and enjoy the holiday season with my family. But I'm hoping I budgeted my time better this year and I'll be able to have some down time before the big day so I can t spend some quality time with them.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are able to take some time for yourself and enjoy the holidays with your family as well! :-)

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Christmas Gift Tags

2010-12-20T11:05:00.003-10:00

Yikes! I am so behind on everything. But at least I'm posting this before Christmas! (Hehe!) Here are some tags I made for Christmas this year. Really quick and easy since one of my non-crafty friends wanted to make them. :-) We used my Two Tags SU! Bigz die and we were able to kick out a whole bunch of these in no time!

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Quick Christmas Gifts

2010-12-05T07:10:00.002-10:00

I am getting together with some of my high school friends for our annual Christmas party today. It's amazing that we are still holding strong to our tradition some 20 years after we all graduated. Although our group size has gotten smaller with people moving away and such, our overall size has grown with the many blessings that we have created. It's nice when we get together and are able to catch up like old times and now watch all of our children play together.

Anyways these are what I made for my girlfirends this year...quick little notebooks that I made from file folders. I made 8 of these in no time using the tutorials on SCS and Craft Project Centrals. I used my Cricut to cut out the letters and Hello Kitty's. They're cut from vinyl which made adhering them to the notebooks quick and easy. I must say that I love working with vinyl!

I hope you are having a fun weekend! Thank you for stopping by!

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A Quick Birthday Card

2010-11-27T22:45:00.002-10:00

A few weeks ago my family attended a birthday party for one of my son's old preschool classmates. It's nice that even though our kids have moved on to different schools, that we are still able to get together to catch up on things. Anyways, since easel cards seem to come together so quickly for me, and as usual I had lost track of the days and found myself trying to put together a card the night before the party, I decided easel was the way to go! :-) I didn't really have time to sit and "bling" it up plus since the birthday girl was turning 5, I figured she would appreciate her card with or without the extra bling! hehe! This was a fun card to put together! I enjoy making cards for kids since there isn't as much pressure for it to look perfect! LOL!!

Thanks for stopping by! :-) Hope you're enjoying the weekend!

A Zig Zag Birthday Card

2010-11-26T22:35:00.006-10:00

After seeing Joni's Zig Zag card I knew I had to give it a try. So since my GF Brenda's birthday was coming up, I decided to make one for her! It took me a few tries to get the measurements just right but once I got the hang of it, I had fun putting it all together! Thank you Joni for the inspiration!!

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed the excitement of Black Friday!! Me? I decided to SLEEP IN this year and avoid the crowds!! :-)

Halloween Goodies

2010-10-29T08:25:00.002-10:00

I have been busy making small Halloween goodies for both my son and daughter. I needed about 60 Halloween treats for both of them to give out to their classes so I knew I wanted to make some quick and easy. Well, after seeing these cute little treat pouches over at Dawn's Stamping Studio I immediately knew that was what I wanted to make. Instead of the candy though, I decided to fill my pouches with glow sticks and Teddy Grahams. And here are the little milk carton houses I made for my son's teachers. I started working on them a while ago but stopped mid way to start working on some Halloween goodies that my daughter needed a bit earlier than expected. By the time I was able to start working on these houses again, I wasn't sure if it was what I wanted to create anymore.

I decided to tie the houses close so that they could get to their treats without having to tear them open.

My son is part of a shared class at his school, which means there are two classes in one room with the two teacher's team teaching. I know these teachers both work very hard...especially since they have to deal with 40 kids on a daily basis!! So I wanted to make sure they got something from my son that let them know how much they are appreciated! Well, my son just so happens to be in the same class as a certain "Mama's" son and so you can just imagine how intimidating that can be for me from a crafting standpoint! I "luv" her and am so glad to have met her in person...she is the nicest most sweetest person!! But man, I know anything I create will be nothing compared to what she creates. So my little houses are like the appetizers before her FANTABULOUS main course! If you haven't seen what Mama made for them you gotta go check it out now...................YIKES right?!? Well that's why I had to stop and think if I really wanted to give them what I was planning on making. In the end, since it's supposed to be from my son, I had him decide what he wanted to give to his teachers. He said he wanted to give them the "little house things you made" instead of picking something else out at the store! "Mama" you are freakin' amazing so I don't mind looking like an amateur in comparison to you! ;-) hehehe!!

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog. I know I'm not a frequent poster so I truly do appreciate those of you who stop by and leave me such sweet comments! I hope you have a great weekend and a "spooktakular" Halloween! :-)

Snuggle Birthday Card

2010-10-18T09:28:00.003-10:00

Here's a quick card I put together for a birthday party my family and I went to this weekend. I sat and sat trying to figure out what to do. Since my creative juices were just not flowing, I ended up using the birthday invitation as my inspiration for the color choices and layout. Once I decided to follow the invite everything came together quickly! I wish I was just naturally creative so I wouldn't waste hours sitting around trying to figure out what to do. :-)

I hope your week is off to a good a start!

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A Great Surprise

2010-09-20T16:39:00.003-10:00

I came home to such a great surprise today! My GF Brenda sent me some happy mail for my birthday. I was so surprised! Look at the goodies she sent...unreal! I absolutely LOVE it all! I will definitely make use of everything! Thank you so much Brenda! You are just the sweetest person and I am so lucky to have you as my friend!

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Baby Shower

2010-09-19T16:28:00.002-10:00

Today was the baby shower my DH and I were planning for my SIL, her DH, and their DD. My SIL actually started feeling contractions from last month. Then last week she had some contractions that were so bad that she thought she was in labor! Luckily it wasn't the "real thing" and she was able to hold the baby in long enough to make it to the shower. :-) hehe!

Anyways, these are some of the things I made for the shower. I made a card and gift tag to go on the gifts we gave them. And then the pillow boxes are the favors I made. I posted a picture of the invites I made earlier. All in all it turned out to be a nice family shower! Hopefully we were able to help them get stocked up on some of the baby necessities they'll need!

I hope you had a nice weekend!

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Birthday Party Invitations

2010-09-12T18:57:00.007-10:00

These are the invitations I made a few weeks ago for by DD's 4th birthday party that's coming up at the end of this month. She chose her party theme this year and I was so happy that she chose (WITHOUT any persuasion from me what so ever) Hello Kitty...since I love HK too!! ;-) I decided to make these pocket card invites since they come together so quickly...and they matched the M&M's favors that I had already started putting together (see below). :-)I hope you had a great weekend!! It went by way too fast for me! :-(

A Quick Card for my Niece

2010-09-07T18:39:00.001-10:00

On Sunday, my family & I headed to Hawaii Kai for a pool party at my MIL's house. Our niece turned 4 that day (exactly 3 weeks before my DD) and luckily it was a long weekend so we didn't have to rush home to get ready for work and school the next day. We actually got to my MIL's house around 10:30 a.m. and ended up staying there until around 7:30 p.m.!! It was so nice just hanging out and talking with my SIL & her DH that we completely lost track of time!! They're expecting baby #2 in about a month and so we had to take advantage of their"leisurely" time now!! hehehe :-)

Anyways, this is the quick card that I put together for our niece. It was a nice, relaxing day and the kids had a blast!! Our, by then, very grouchy DD knocked out within the first 5 minutes of our drive home...ah, wishes really do come true sometimes!! :-)

Simple Birthday Card

2010-09-06T18:04:00.007-10:00

My family and I had a pretty fun Labor Day weekend. Our daughter started her first Tiny Tots class on Saturday and then we had a birthday party to go to right afterwards. This is the card I made for that party. The party was actually for one of the girls that was in my son's preschool class last school year. A handful of us moms had been getting together for dinners during the school year and we were so sad when the kids graduated from preschool this year. This was the first time we all got together since the kids all went their separate ways to start kindergarten. It was so fun seeing how excited all of the kids got when they were all together...and it was nice catching up with the other moms and finding out how kindergarten has been for them at their new schools. It's amazing how fast time flies by...especially when you have kids!!!

Hoping you had a fun weekend too!! :-)

A Ketto Birthday Card

2010-09-02T20:57:00.001-10:00

Here's a quick card I made for my cousin who recently turned 21....ah, to be 21 again! Anyways, I've been wanting to use this stamp for a while now but kept forgetting I had it. Since my cousin is into Asian things, and I had just gone through my stamps, I was able to use it for her card (yippee)! I had to kind of throw this one together because I was trying to get it to her before she left to move in to her dorm...and I had once again lost track of my days (ugh)!

I hope you are getting ready for the long weekend...I know I am!! :-)

Birthday Shaker Card

2010-09-01T20:44:00.003-10:00

Here's the birthday card I made for my MIL recently. I so suck at making shakers but I knew my MIL would appreciate my effort. I definitely need more practice making these. This card took me way too long to make and I almost scrapped it all together but in the end, I was able to salvage it! Joy (aka the shaker queen), you are my idol!! :-)

Baby Shower Invites

2010-08-31T18:14:00.004-10:00

hehehe...okay, I know I threw a few of you off with my last post title! I'm just that behind on things!! Hopefully I'll be able to get caught up on everything. I even had to go out and buy a birthday card this past weekend (GASP)! I just haven't quite got my schedule down yet since my son started kindergarten! Ugh, I hate feeling so disorganized!!

Anyways, moving on, my DH and I are planning a sorta baby shower for his sister and her DH and DD. It's going to be more like a family get together since my DH wants to throw a shower for them BUT does not want any of the games included! So here are the invites I quickly put together last week. Again, like everything else in my life right now, these were late since the party is in less than a month! Oh well, better late than never is my new motto!! heehee!!

Thank you for your sweet comments and for continuing to visit my blog...especially since I post so infrequently!! :-) I appreciate all of you!!

Father's Day 2010

2010-08-30T21:03:00.005-10:00

This is a SUPER late post! I completely forgot to post the the pictures of the Father's Day gift I made for my DH. Sorry for the bad pictures...took them with my phone. Thanks for stopping by!!

Patchwork Pals Birthday Card

2010-08-01T10:35:00.004-10:00

Here's another birthday card I recently made. I used Bonnie from the Billy and Bonnie Patchwork Pals set that my MIL bought for me a while ago. These die cut sets are so cute! If you haven't seen these, check out the Kanban website. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're having a great weekend!!

M&M's Favor Tutorial

2010-07-27T08:50:00.011-10:00

I was feeling a bit ambitious when I woke up this morning and thought I'd put together a quick tutorial for something I've been working on. I've been trying to think of favors for my daughters upcoming birthday and came up with a holder that fits the fun size M & M's pouches perfectly. I needed something easy and quick since I have to make about 50 of them. This is my first tutorial so I apologize if it doesn't "flow" the way it should. Here we go...

Take a 3 3/4" x 10 1/2" piece of paper and...

...score it at 1 1/4", 5", 5 1/2", & 9 1/4"

Punch each end of the paper using a scallop edge punch
It should look like this
Fold back the scalloped edges...
...and fold in on the middle score lines
It should look like this now
Using a horizontal slot punch, punch one end of the holder then...
...using the punched side, mark the opposite side of the holder so that the slots line up
Punch out the marked area

Apply adhesive in the creased areas on both ends of the holder

Fold the flaps down

It should look like this...the slots line up perfectly
On the "back" side of the holder, punch slits to hold the M&M's pouch in place
The M&M's bag should fit nicely between the slits
Tie a ribbon through the horizontal slots...
...and embellish
Ta da!!

I hope this tutorial made sense. I love how quick these favors came together once I figured out how I wanted them to look. Thanks for stopping by!

Elmo Easel Card

2010-07-20T09:29:00.004-10:00

Here's one more easel card that I made for our cousin's baby who is celebrating his first birthday on Saturday. I've been wanting to try and make one of those round Elmo cards that I kept seeing around for a while now but ended up turning it into an easel card instead. I like how he is on display now and seems to be saying Happy Birthday to the birthday boy! Such a fun card!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week is off to a good start!

Skater Ian Easel Card

2010-07-16T05:00:00.001-10:00

I needed a card for another birthday party we're supposed to go to this weekend. With another little boy birthday, it gave me a chance to ink up this Skater Ian stamp that I've had for a while but never used! I love making easel cards because they come together so quickly and yet have some "wow" power.

Thanks for stopping by. I truly appreciate all of your kind comments! Have a great day!!

Monster Easel Card

2010-07-15T07:00:00.002-10:00

Here is the birthday card I made for my husband's co-worker's son. His first birthday party is on Saturday and I will finally get to see how all of those suitcases that I made held up after she packaged them up with the little monsters she had made. I used the new SU! stamp set "Make a Monster" for this card. I was trying to make this little monster look like ones she is using for her theme and tried to keep it with her color scheme. This was a fun card to put together and it was quick and simple too!

Double Side Step Card

2010-07-14T08:58:00.001-10:00

I recently got some new "goodies" in the mail and immediately got to crafting!! I needed a birthday card for one of my GF's and this is what I came up with. I used the new SU! Kimono Kids set that I instantly fell in love with when I saw it in the new catalog. After seeing Jenny's adorable monkey card a few weeks ago, I knew I had to give this double side step card a try and thought this stamp set would work well because I wanted to be able to hang the lanterns from one side of the card to the other. Thanks Jenny for the inspiration!! :-)

Jodi's Birthday Candy

2010-07-12T05:57:00.006-10:00

Jodi recently celebrated her birthday and is offering up some awesome, I mean AWESOME, candy to share her special day with all of us!! You need to go check it out now while you still have a chance to win!! Jodi is super talented so if you haven't checked out her blog, while you're there signing up for your chance to win her unbelievably generous birthday candy, check out her awesome creations!

Suitcases Galore

2010-07-01T08:00:00.006-10:00

I finally finished the 30 suitcases for my DH's co-worker (although I forgot to take a picture of the first 6 I gave her a while ago). I mentioned in a previous post she needed some help with centerpiece ideas and I thought these suitcases would go great with her son's Monster One-derland themed party. Again, I got the tutorial for these great suitcases from Becky Roberts (Inking Idaho).

Here's a picture of all of the little monsters she had knitted for the centerpieces...too, too CUTE!

Thank you for stopping by! I can't believe it's July already!!! Have a great day!

Graduation Cap Card

2010-06-13T18:31:00.004-10:00

We recently celebrated our cousin's high school graduation. I always find it so challenging to make cards for guys...and this was no exception. Luckily, I visited Eunice's blog and saw the graduation cards she had made and became inspired. Mines is definitely a lot more plain than hers since I didn't have much time to work on it, but it served its purpose. This was such a fun card to make and I know I'll be making it again! Thank you Eunice for the inspiration!!

Simple Sympathy Cards

2010-06-07T20:46:00.005-10:00

I needed a sympathy cards for a funeral this weekend on Kauai. I decided to make a couple of them-one for me and one for my parents. These actually came together rather quick since I knew exactly which stamp set I was going to use.Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week!

Another Birthday Card

2010-06-02T22:00:00.004-10:00

Just a quick post...here's a birthday card I made for my cousin who recently turned 17!! Ah, to be 17 again!!!

Hope you're all having a great week!

Secret Message Card

2010-05-29T13:52:00.005-10:00

I watched a video tutorial on this type of secret message card on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts and just had to make one. Since my dad's birthday is next week and he gets a kick out of the interactive cards I make for him, I decided this would be perfect for him. I decided to use stickers to embellish his card since I found this super cute sticker set and thought it would be perfect for my dad's card since he loves fishing and camping! Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are enjoying this long weekend!

End of the School Year Gifts

2010-05-17T19:56:00.006-10:00

I got my "Create a Critter" Cricuit cartridge around the same time that I was trying to figure out what to make for end of the school year gifts for my son's preschool teachers. I just fell in love with that cartridge from the time I started seeing sneak previews of this cartridge on other blogs. So of course when I finally got it, I just had to start using it!! I decided to make a set of cards for my son's teachers. And then I was trying to figure out how to wrap them up when I stumbled across Joy's Mother's Day gift post and my problem was instantly solved...thanks Joy!! :-)

I decided to add a laminated tag to the totes to add a personalized touch to their gifts

Each of the totes contained 6 (simple) thank you cards and envelopes

The inside of the totes were plain, since I used one sided DP, so I decided to use DP for the the pockets

I can't believe my son is graduating from preschool already...he's going to be starting kindergarten soon!!! (sniff, sniff) Man, they really do grow up SO fast!!

Thank you for stopping by! I hope your week is off to a good start!!

Thank You Elena

2010-05-11T23:13:00.003-10:00

I recently won one of Elena's blogaversary giveaways!! I was so excited when it came in the mail the other day! I absolutely love the little Hello Kitty bag that Elena sewed...it even has a plastic liner! My DH thought the "Craftaholics Anonymous" was quite appropriate and started chuckling when I showed it to him. Elena is so talented...if you haven't visited her blog yet, please go check it out now. You'll be glad that you did!

Below is the thank you card I made for Elena. Thank you again Elena...I LOVE my bags!!

Mother's Day Cards

2010-05-07T23:27:00.003-10:00

Here are the cards I made for my mom and MIL for Mother's Day. I really like making these waterfall cards especially when the cards are for more than one occasion which just so happens to be the case for my mom! :-)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope all you mom's out there have a wonderful Mother's day!

First Communion Card

2010-04-24T22:31:00.004-10:00

I finally dusted off my Cricut to make a card for my niece who will be receiving her First Communion next weekend on Kauai. I decided to make an easel card for her since I really enjoy making them.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Cupcake Thank You Card

2010-04-23T16:25:00.001-10:00

Here's a card I made for my cupcake loving friend, Dawne. She recently sent me an apron I ordered from her along with a few other things. I'm truly grateful that this gave me the chance to make another sweet and generous blogging friend! Thank you again Dawne...I love my apron!!

Baby Shower

2010-04-18T16:39:00.007-10:00

First off, I just wanted to post a few pictures of the Hello Kitty cakes that I recently bought at the Sanrio Cafe in Pearlridge. The one my daughter is holding is their Strawberry flavor and the brown one is Banana. They were so YUMMY and almost too cute (for me) to eat...my daughter on the other hand, had no problem just digging HK's eye out and eating it!

Okay, now on to the "Baby Shower" portion of my post! :-) Today was the baby shower I have been planning for one of the mom's from my son's preschool class. I decided on a pink/white/brown, baby carriage/Hello Kitty themed shower...LOL! As you may know, from one of my earlier posts, I had already put together the little baby carriage favors using a pink, white, and brown color combo (hence the color/baby carriage theme). But I had originally planned on just bagging up some candy to put in them, that is, until my visit to the Sanrio Cafe!! Since the cafe is part of the store, I OF COURSE, had to take a walk through the store! LOL! As soon as I saw the cute little HK wind up toys I knew I had to get them for the shower so I decided to put them in the baby carriage favors instead of the candy...which created the Hello Kitty co-theme! hehe! I couldn't find any Hello Kitty baby things so I decided to add a HK doll to my baby carriage diaper cake.

Here's the baby carriage "diaper cake" that I put together. Actually, the only diapers you could see were the wheels...the rest lined the inside of the carriage. Included in this baby carriage were a wicker basket, 1 pack of 40 size 1 diapers, 2 blankets, 3 burp cloths, 1 bib set, 2 baby gowns, 1 book, 1 beenie/mittens/bootie set, 1 baby rattle, 1 baby wash/baby bubble bath set, 1 tube of diaper rash ointment, and 1 Hello Kitty doll.Here are the completed favors
And lastly, the card I put together for her gift

We had a great time eating breakfast, playing a few games, and just talking. I always have a great time with this bunch of ladies...I hope we are able to stay in touch even after our children graduate from preschool next month!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Quick Smirk Card

2010-04-15T20:14:00.005-10:00

Yesterday I had a fun shopping day with my wonderful MIL. I love that she's into crafting too and that we both get so excited whenever we get the chance to go shopping for more "supplies" together! :-) While we were shopping, she picked up a few of the new Smirk stamps for me...how sweet is that?! Well she told me to hurry and make something with it so I put this quick card together for her before she stopped by tonight.

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Quick Thank You Card

2010-04-13T08:17:00.002-10:00

Needed a thank you card for my aunty...here's what I came up with. My mom was sending her a box of goodies and was ready to seal up the box and take it to the post office so I needed to put something together quickly. It's a good thing I had the flower already premade. I used my scraps and just adhered everything together in a few minutes...WHEW! :-)

I hope you are all having a good week! Thanks for stopping by.

Spring Hello Kitty Card

2010-04-12T08:28:00.003-10:00

My family and I attended a birthday party for my GF Brenda's daughter yesterday. She had a Hello Kitty themed party and it was great fun! It was such a cute, girly party with lots of Hello Kitty decorations! Everything Brenda does is fabulous so of course her parties would be too! My kids had a great time and were still talking about it this morning!! :-)

Here's the birthday card I made for Brielle. Happy birthday again Brielle! Thank you for making our day so much fun!

Sweet Card

2010-04-12T08:24:00.003-10:00

Just wanted to post this sweet thank you card that I received from my GF Michelle. I love shaker cards and she filled this one with glitter and hearts...so sweet!!

I hope you are all having a good day!

Easter Gift

2010-03-30T08:47:00.003-10:00

Here is the awesome Easter gift that my GF Brenda gave me yesterday. She is truly the Punch Art Queen!! I absolutely love this matching bag and note cards and will probably end up not using them for anything because they're just too, too cute!! :-) Thanks Brenda for this wonderful gift and for your friendship!

Easter Bag

2010-03-29T21:28:00.004-10:00

I knew I would be seeing my GF Brenda so I made her a little Easter bag and filled it with some goodies. It was the first time I inked up this TSRD stamp that I bought almost a year ago!! LOL...I almost forgot I had it!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all had a good Monday!

Mini Purse and Note Cards

2010-03-26T19:33:00.003-10:00

I just love the projects over at Craft Project Central! Here is my version of the mini purse and note cards that is featured on CPC. Looking at the pictures now though makes me realize that I need to dress it up a bit more. The instructions actually use the SU! Beautiful Wings Embosslit (and is very pretty) but mines is on backorder so I decided to go with a flower theme instead. Anyways, for now, it is what it is...until I can figure out what more I want to do to it. :-)Thank you for taking the time to stop by and for leaving such nice comments. It's so encouraging to receive such sweet feedback from you! Have a great weekend!!

Stationary Box Set

2010-03-25T10:37:00.002-10:00

I made this stationary box set for my GF that I'll be seeing this weekend. I got the instructions for this from Craft Project Central! If you haven't checked out Craft Project Central yet, you need to right away! All of the projects on that site are just awesome and the instructions are so easy to follow.

As always, thank you for stopping by. I truly appreciate all of your sweet comments and always look forward to hearing from you! :-)

Quick Cards

2010-03-24T22:19:00.003-10:00

I've been feeling the urge to craft lately but not on the big projects that I really should be working on! Anyways, I needed a few cards for some special people so I decided to put together these quick 3x3 cards. Now if I can only start focusing on the bigger projects that I need to get done!!

Mini Milk Carton Gift

2010-03-23T21:59:00.006-10:00

Just a quick post...I'm meeting one of my GF's for breakfast this weekend so I put this mini milk carton set together tonight for her DD. These were so fun to make and so fun to fill too!! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a good week!

Thank You Card

2010-03-19T07:00:00.001-10:00

Here's a card I put together for 1 sweet Mama who I recently won some candy from. I used the Cupcake Rosie stamp that I won from her along with the pearls and flowers that she added to my package. Thank you again so much Mama for your sweet and generous candy!

Monster One-derland

2010-03-17T07:38:00.006-10:00

I saw these suitcases on Becky Roberts's Inking Idaho blog a while ago. I thought they were so adorable but never got around to trying to make them. Well my DH's co-worker is planning her son's first birthday party and she chose a monster theme for his party. She is having some monsters knitted for her but she needed to figure out how to work the little monsters into a centerpiece. She is even naming each monster and making little birth certificates and adoption certificates for each of the 30 monsters she's making...so adorable huh?! Anyways, she asked me if I could help her come up with some centerpiece ideas. I thought it would be really cute if each monster came with it's own suitcase so that the lucky party guests who get to take home the centerpiece, can take home their new adoptee in it's own suitcase. I made these suitcases just to be able to play with the size and be able to visualize it better. My DH's co-worker loved them...now she's trying to decide if she wants to have a couple of different sized suitcases stacked on top of each other so that it stands out more as a centerpiece. Thanks for stopping by again. I hope you're having a great St. Patrick's Day! :-)

Baby Shower Favor

2010-03-16T10:39:00.005-10:00

One of the mom's in my son's class is expecting a baby girl next month. Our sons hit it off from the very start during the screening process for the school a few years ago. So I thought it would be nice to throw her a little baby shower since a few of us mom's get together for dinner every so many months. Here is the favor that I'm making for the shower. I found this on Tammy's (Fun Paper Candy Demo's) website. This actually came together quicker than I thought it would. I just think it's so cute! Now I'm trying to put together a baby carriage diaper cake to go along with her favors! :-)

Simple Wedding Card

2010-03-12T09:47:00.001-10:00

I put together this really quick card this morning for a wedding my DH and I are attending tomorrow night. I CASEd this from the SCS gallery. I really liked the simplicity of it. I added a small pocket to the inside where I'll include our gift.

My DH is taking me on a weekend getaway in Waikiki since all of his recent business travel has earned him a few free nights at the Hyatt. Since our anniversary is coming up this week and the wedding we are attending is in Waikiki, we decided it would be the perfect time for a little staycation...minus the kiddies who will be spending some QT with Grandma and Papa! I can't believe we've been together for 19 years!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Monkeying Around

2010-03-10T09:38:00.001-10:00

I made this birthday card last week but I just wasn't happy with it. So I ended up holding onto it instead of giving it out this past weekend like I had intended. I think it needs a little more work. I decided to post it just because I think that little monkey is just so cute and I love how this spinner card has him tumbling towards the tree.

I've Been a Lucky Girl

2010-03-09T07:58:00.008-10:00

I've been dealing with a house full of sick people (myself included) for the past few weeks and have just started trying to get our lives back on our routine. During those weeks however, I did receive a few packages that really brightened up my germ filled days!

This first bunch of sweet stuff, I won from Angie of My Boat back in January. Angie is in Italy so it took a while to get to me...and boy did the anticipation build up. I was so excited when my post man brought this package to my door. When I got the package open, I was so happy to find that Angie had included a few of her creations in my box-an adorable candy slider, a wonderful pocket calendar, and one of her awesome cards. Thank you so much Angie!!!
During this time, I also won 1LuvnMama's Cupcake Rosie candy and received my goodies! I was so surprised that I won because I really never win anything and I entered right before her deadline. She even included a few extra goodies that got me even more excited once I got her package open. Thank you so much Mama!

I still can't believe that I won these awesome prizes! I can't wait to start creating stuff with all of these goodies. I feel so lucky and thankful to Angie and Mama for their extreme generosity! Thank you both so very much!!!

Tsunami Day Project

2010-02-28T21:01:00.003-10:00

Since we had a tsunami warning here on Saturday, my husband was called into work at like 3:30 a.m. That left me at home alone with the kids. The kids were keeping busy by watching cartoons and playing together while I tried to stay informed to the status of the tsunami by watching the news. It's never a good feeling when you don't have your entire family together during times like these. Anyways, since the kids were being "good", it gave me the opportunity to do a little crafting. I found the tutorial for this luminary here and just added a cover to it. I was actually going to add a handle to it but then decided to put a cover on it instead. And I just so happened to have some flameless tealights at home so I was able to light this up right away. This was such a fun project to work on and it came together really fast!

Yet Another One

2010-02-24T09:09:00.004-10:00

I know, I know, not another one...LOL! Sorry, I really love making these easel boxes and I actually pre-made a few of the box part of these..I just needed to decorate them. I made this one for my mom for Valentine's Day. Her favorite color is purple so it worked out perfect since I already had a pre-made purple box! I was able to throw this together in no time! :-)

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Another Easel Box

2010-02-21T10:40:00.001-10:00

I made this easel box for a family friend who is visiting from Japan. She and her husband come to Hawaii at least twice a year and stay for months each time they are here. They are very sweet and generous people who even send goodies to my family throughout the year. She really liked the easel box that I just made for my MIL so I thought I'd make one for her too. I hope she likes it.

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Birthday Cards

2010-02-20T00:28:00.006-10:00

A few of my GF's just had birthdays. Their birthdays are actually like a week and a half apart. Since I've been trying to get back into my crafting, I decided to make them cards. I had to come up with these quick as we were getting together for breakfast to celebrate their birthdays and I was making these at like midnight the night before! They are very simple....I would have added more "bling" to them but honestly, I was just too tired! *YAWN*

Thanks for stopping by. I hope your weekend is off to a good start!