BOO.....Happy Halloween!

Well, I finally got my computer back from the shop this week, but I lost everything! I have an external hard drive, but I couldn't see any of my old stuff, so I am really worried!! Hope my husband is able to find out what's going on with all of this....

Anyway just a quick post.....wanted to share what I designed for my friend at work to make for Halloween (see, I wasn't totally slacking!! LOL). Her sister is a teacher and is always looking for cute treat holders.

Here is Fancy Favor Frankie:


I think he turned out pretty cute even though we were going for scary! But that's not a bad thing since these were for elementary school kids, right? And you're probably wondering if we actually poked the push pins through the side of the favor, and the answer is "no". I asked Michele to ask her husband to cut off the metal part and then sand them down. The push pins could then be adhered with mini glue dots to the bag!

Supplies used (all SU!, unless otherwise specified):
Ink: Garden Green
Paper: Ruby Red CS, Whisper White CS, Raven CS (Bazzill), Green CS (unknown)
Other: Fancy Favor XL die; Black gel ink pen (unknown); mini glue dots, 1" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, 1/4" circle punch, push pins (unknown)

Frankie's hair was done by cutting some strips of black cardstock and laying them across the top of the Fancy Favor die. Then I turned it upside down and adhered it to the top of the green Fancy Favor bag. (Note: I put his hair as high up on the box as I could so that he wouldn't look short and fat) This way I wouldn't have to cut fringe for his hair.

Anyway, hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween! Thanks for dropping by....

What a week.....(venting)....

Hi there! Yes, I'm still around....I was looking for my mojo, but didn't find it! Just a warning---this is a "woe is me" post...no crafting involved, so no hard feelings if ya just wanna skip it entirely! LOL

After coming back from my trip last month, I just couldn't get back into the swing of things and start creating again....but then I thought I was gonna get back into it when I went to two Make-and-Takes at a couple of BF stores this past Saturday. We made such cute projects with Cheryl and Cheri that I was getting antsy to start crafting at home again. Well, it was gonna start with me posting pics of the Hello Kitty Halloween takeout box and Christmas treat bag that we made, but when I woke up Sunday, my computer wouldn't boot up! So I turned my husband's computer on and found that I couldn't get on the internet. So after he finally rolled out of bed, I asked him about his computer and found out that he lost the internet connection on Saturday night. What junk timing, yeah?

Well little did I know that my Sunday was only going to get "better"....after taking my computer in to Best Buy to have it looked at, we got a call that it wasn't just the hard drive, but something more (not sure what, but it didn't sound good), so now I'll be without my computer for about 3 weeks or so since they have to send it to the mainland to be worked on! Those on Facebook know that I have been getting into some of the FB applications, and it really hit home on just how addicting FB has become....I felt so cut off from the world without being able to jump on a computer and check on my farm crops, fish tanks or play with my pet pig, Porky Sue! :D Is that sad, or what?? Luckily, my sister has an extra laptop that she is graciously letting me use while I'm computer-less....BUT I don't wanna load all my stuff on her computer, so my postings and pics might be pretty erratic (yes, more than it has been lately!) during this time...

Happily, I had a pretty good day at work today. Very busy, but little things like the elevator just being there when I push the button and still waiting for me when I was going back to my floor, really perked me up! Doesn't take much, huh?

Anyways, hope your week is going better than mine started off....

Hello Kitty Gift Card Holders

First of all, wanted to apologize that my last post didn't have the picture of my Fifth Avenue card. I was having trouble uploading from my phone, but thought I had it worked out. But I didn't....anyway, click here to see the updated post.

Well, I'm back from Vegas and never thought I would be so happy to return to the weather here. Vegas was HOT, HOT, HOT!! Over 100 degrees during the day and not going below 90 degrees at night. I think the worst was when we tailgated before the UH/UNLV game, and it was 106 degrees!! The game itself was a bummer since we lost a heartbreaker at the end....but we met lots of cool people and ate great local food. And the one bright spot was that I won some money for winning the 3rd quarter pool. But I still came home with much lighter pockets! hahaha Anyways, on to today's real post....

There are lots of people at work who just love Hello Kitty (who doesn't, right? LOL), so we decided to make some HK gift card holders to sell at the mini craft fair. I had to beg Korin to make all the HK faces since she is really great at this kind of detailed stuff (and she's super quick to boot!).

Here are some pics of the different color schemes and themes of the HK gift card holders we made:











These proved to be more popular than we expected, and they sold out in a few minutes! I made over 80 of them and couldn't believe that they were all gone before the official start of the sale. But that's a good thing, right, since it was all for charity?!

Thanks for dropping by!

Fifth Avenue Floral

Sorry I've been MIA. I'm in Vegas right now heading out to the
football game so I hope this posts OK.

Anyway here's a shot of the thank you cards that I made for the craft
fair last week at work:

Supplies used (all SU!):
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Paper: Rose Red CS, Whisper White CS
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red
Other: Scallop Oval punch, Large Oval punch, dimensionals

Just wanted some quick and easy cards since the Hello Kitty gift card
holders took so much time to make (I'll post them next time). I just
love this stamp set.

Hope your weekend is going well...I'm losing all my money up here so
it looks like I won't be able to take an early retirement after
all...LOL!!

Go Warriors!

Asian Artistry

Happy Wednesday! Just wanted to share another of the sympathy cards that I made for the craft fair at work....yes, it's very similar to the card that was made with the Garden Silhouettes stamp set, but when doing sympathy cards, I think simple is better. I just loved this image from the Asian Artistry set, and finally got a chance to ink it up.



Supplies used (all SU!):
Stamps: Asian Artistry, Close As A Memory
Paper: Basic Gray CS, Whisper White CS
Ink: Basic Gray

I did make another sympathy card, but it's a repeat of one I posted a couple of months ago, so I won't re-post the picture. All in all, I'm pretty happy with how the cards turned out especially since I didn't start on 'em until Sunday afternoon.

Thanks for dropping by!

A Card for Mini Craft Fair

The last couple of weeks I've been busy planning and working on a bake sale and mini craft fair that we were putting on at work to raise money for the AUW. Monday was D-Day and boy was it crazy! We were lucky to have many people donate beautiful handmade items for us to sell at the craft fair which enabled us to raise more money than we expected. Of course as one of the "party" planners, I had to contribute something....I had several specific requests for sympathy cards because as morbid as it may be, we all need them. Here's one of the sympathy cards that I made....



Supplies used (all SU!):
Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Brighter Tomorrow
Paper: Basic Gray CS, Whisper White CS
Ink: Basic Gray

And I want to give a shout out to Linda and Kyoko who wanted to drop by our bake sale/craft fair to show their support, but unfortunately this was only open to employees. Thank you anyway, ladies! We appreciate your support!!

Hope you're all having a nice week so far!

Blogaversary Winner is....

Happy Sunday! Thank you to everyone who left such sweet comments on my recent blogaversary. Anyways, I'm sure you wanna know who won the blog candy. I used Random.org and got:

Here are your random numbers:

9

Timestamp: 2009-09-14 00:02:56 UTC

Berenice said...

Happy Blog Anniversary! So nice blog candy. I found your blog through Teri's blog and my dreaming vacation: Visit Hawaii again some day :)
Thank you for the chance, I'm already a follower. Here is my link

Congratulations, Berenice! Please email your address to me at: fay349{at}gmail{dot}com by Tuesday, and I'll get your goodies out to you right away!

Be back later with pics of the cards, etc. that I've been busy making for our workplace mini craft fair to benefit AUW.

Happy Blogaversary To Me!

Wow....can't believe it's been one year since I first posted! Time sure flies....anyway, it's been awhile since I did blog candy, so I figured no time like the present! :D

Here's what I'm giving away as a thank you for your support:



Included are:
Aloha Hello Kitty die
Mimmy with Purse die
Labels embossing folders (4 in the pack)
Diamonds and Dots embossing folder
Drippy Goo border punch
Crystal Fine glitter
Magnetic snaps
Dark Green self-adhesive square bling
Dark Blue self-adhesive square bling
Lilac self-adhesive flower bling
Clear self-adhesive round bling
White self-adhesive pearls
Silver self-adhesive round stickers
Dark Blue self-adhesive round bling
Yellow self-adhesive pearls
Grey self-adhesive square bling
Pink round gem brads

To win all of this, you will need to:
1. Become a follower (if you're not already one);
2. Link back to his blog post on your blog and then leave a comment here (if you don't have a blog, let me know when you comment);
3. Tell me how your found my blog; and
4. Tell me your what/where your dream vacation would be and why (for me, I'd like to travel all over Europe to experience cultures/foods that are so different from Hawaii).

Not too hard, right? You have until midnight (HST) Saturday, September 12th, to enter. I'll pick a winner and post the name next Sunday. Good luck!!

Thanks for dropping by....

Sings

I've been meaning to make cards with all the cute TGF stamps I've bought over the last few months, but often don't get past coloring 'em....the layout of this card was done using the SC244 sketch.



I don't know....it feels like something is missing on the bottom half of the card. I think I should have added some bling or pearls to the it to "finish" it. I had to cut the mat layer since the next size up in Labels Six left too big a border around the white layer, so don't look too close, OK? :D

Here's a close-up view of the flower in her hair that was "popped" up for added dimension:



Supplies used:
Stamps: HG-Sing (TGF)
Paper: Printed DSP (Doodlebug); Elegant Eggplant CS, Lavendar Lace CS, Whisper White CS (SU!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic markers
Other: Labels Six Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); foam tape

Have a great Wednesday!!

Fun Day!

Yesterday was the Paper Party at the PC Ben Franklin....it was a fun day filled with different Make & Takes that we could do for a small fee or just watch demos on different topics relating to crafting. Here is the MnT we did with Cheryl, using Sizzix diecuts....



Don't you think it's too cute to open up? It was super quick and easy to make, especially since Cheryl spoiled us all and had everything precut. Thanks, Cheryl!

Jean from Dandelion Designs was also there, and we made a cute little favor that held cute candies!



Elliot is the cutest thing around, don't you agree? This was also a quick and fun project to make.

We also made projects with Joy and some talented members of the PC Ben Franklin staff. After we left, Jo took me to Scrapbook Heaven where they were having a sale on patterned paper (yah, can't have too much of that!) and other things. Sale is until Monday, so you still have a chance to get in on the savings!

Hope you all had a great weekend...thanks for dropping by!