Off to Cullen County...

Finally!! I get to visit Forks and do the Twilight Tour!! I am SO excited!

My fellow twi-hards, Elizabeth, Carmen and Dolly will be joining me :) It's a little less than 4 hours away, including Ferry, and it'll all be worth it :) We even have reservations at Bella Italia!! Mushroom Ravioli here we come!!

To mark the occasion, i've made these simple souvenirs for my travel buddies. WalMart is selling these Twilight inspired Sweethearts - (literally) How Yummy!

Thanks for stopping by :) Have a great weekend!

For my brother's GF

My brother's GF's bday is on Halloween... and i'm sure she's heard all the jokes associated with it... so i thought i'd send her a girly-girl card to remind her that it's HER special day...
Hope she likes it :)

FALL FALL FALL... How do i love thee?

What a beautiful time of year!! My favorite season by far!
Just wanted to share a few pictures...
Dont you just want to grab some hot cocoa and light the fire place?!

Halloween Treats

23 more days til Halloween!! We're so excited!

Here's what i've been working on...

1st picture is the back side of the kiddie treats

2nd picture is the front side (these are for Nina's class)

3rd - what's inside - stickers and candy corn :)

4th - Teacher treats

5th - Teacher and Bus Driver treats

19 down, 41 more to go!

Hope you're all having a great day! Thanks for stopping by :)

DOMO ARIGATO!!

Ohayo Gozaimasu! It's another gorgeous day here in the Evergreen state!

Fall is definitely in the air! My favorite season!!

Been busy preparing the kids treats for their classmates for Halloween. This year i have to make 60! Wish i had all the time in the world, but lately, Nina and JJ have been sick... and oh so demanding :( Motherhood...

So anyway, i just wanted to thank my rockstar gf Claudette for the cutie blogwear!! AND the birthday gift she sent me :) It was on my wishlist! Yipee! There were cookies and Japanese kitkat, but that's long gone now! DOMO ARIGATO GOZAIMASU!! Oishi ne!

Just like Mommy

Ohayo everyone!

Just a few pictures of Nina crafting with me :) She's making a Get Well card for one of her swim buddies who has been diagnosed with Leukemia :( She's just finished chemotherapy and is waiting to see if a bone marrow transplant is needed. Please keep her (KYRA DIAZ) is your prayers.

Thank you aunty Claud for the cute images and bag!!

mini sets, RAK and a shaker!

So it's been 23 days since my last post - PATHETIC, i know. I was SUPER busy over the summer that i barely had time to even catch my breath! And now that the visitors have all left, i get to bust out all my stuff and do some serious crafting!

So here it is:

The box is from KiyomiKrafts with Islander Girls measurements :) Domo! In this box you're able to fit 3x3 cards and envelopes - perfect for those quick gifts!

The copics you see in the one picture is from Claud - all the new colors :) LOVE IT! A rememberance from her trip back to the motherland of copics! Lucky Ducky!

The shaker card was a trial for Nina's buddy Elyse. She turned 5 last weekend and it was a BEAUTIFUL garden Party!! Kudos to Mommy Caroline and Daddy Chad! Great Job!

Thanks for stopping by :) Have a wonderful day :)

Blog Candy in July!

Try your luck on Jodi's blog (http://inkedinspirations.blogspot.com/) for a chance to win these super cute stamps! Good Luck!

had a little time..

finally had a little time to craft... :) Yipee! thanks for stopping by :)

Mother's Day cards

Another card set made for DD's kindergarten Teacher. I'm on the "card set" mode as you'll notice on these new posts! Thanks for stopping by :)

Cards for Teacher Chris

Today was Nina's last day of Kindermusik for the semester. Her teacher, Chris Floyd, has been absolutely amazing!! We're looking forward to the Fall semester and the new instruments to be learned :) Here is a simple card set i had made for her to say thank you for all she has done!

Nina's Invitations

Here are the invitations i made for my dd's 6th birthday :) It will be at BAB so this was the closest i could find on my HK cartridge :) Please excuse the mess and poor quality picture! i can't seem to open up my photo editing software! arrrrrgh!!

TFL!

Happy Birthday Debbie blog candy!

Here's another chance to win some blog candy from Debbie (http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/) as she celebrates her birthday! Check out all the yummy stuff! Hop on over to her blog and drop your greetings and a chance to win :) Good luck!!

More Blog Candy!

Hi everyone! Looks like a lot of our blogger sisters are celebrating special occasions and are very generous! Here's another chance to win, check out Gracie's blog at: http://www.createdbygracie.blogspot.com/

Her Daughter will be celebrating her first communion! How wonderful!

Good Luck all!

Try Your luck!!

Check out this blog candy! Holy Guacamole!!Whew! All i saw were the COPICS! LOL!! So generous!

To try your luck, check out Debbie's Blog at http://www.passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/

Good Luck to us all!!

lovin the HK cartridge!

So i'm a little addicted to the cricut HK Cartridge these days!! So much fun!

Just a few projects to share.

Last card...

And here is the last card for the day... just using up my scraps of CS and ribbon :) Thanks for stopping by :)

Coloring around with Copics

My fave stamps- Magnolia's Tilda and Edwin :) Just a few practice runs with the Copics.

My First Shaker Card =)

My first attempt at a shaker card. Thanks for the great tutorial Maria Bell!!

March Copic Class

Hi all! Sorry for the lack of posts! Good thing it was a cold gloomy day today, was finally able to craft a bit and catch up! Thanks for the award again Claud!

Here is the card we made in Copic class last month. We used watercolor paper, blender fluid and copics for a water color effect. Liann did a better job with her card :) We also used color pencils over the copics for highlights. TFL!

Sewing Projects

Haven't had much time to craft lately because of my sewing projects, but thankfully.. I'm done!
Valances for the kids rooms, and gift bags for Jonah's birthday party!!
As if to add to my happiness, my backordered Tilda stamp came in! Hooray!! I really need to start coloring again - I miss my copics!

Thanks for stopping by!





Nina's Room


Gift bags



Jonah's room

busy busy busy

Gosh... it's been ages since i've crafted! My craft Buddy Liann has been sick, poor thing... and i've been busy preparing for my son's bday... and making valances for the kids rooms. I think i'm getting the hang of this sewing thing. No bloody fingers yet...
I'll post pictures of my projects soon.
Thanks for checking :)
BTW, hope everyone stays safe today - Friday the 13th!

COPIC CLASS 2.22.09

This was the card we made in Copic class today. Fun time!

I also learned today that you can use color pencils over Copics. In this case, i used Lemon Yellow for the highlights in the flower and stem.

TFL :)

For our HEROES

Thank you to Marie from TGF for the free stamp set!! Awesome!

Craft Time with Liann

Happy Tuesday! Here are some cards made during our Craft time :) Always nice to stamp and talk story!! I lifted the bag thingy from SCS techniques section - Thank you to the creator of this! so cute! This ScorPal is amazing! Luv it!!

Vday Gift

Just a little something i made for Jon so he wont regret buying me the cricut ;)

More Cards and a Candy Bar

i just love that Tilda image from Liann - DOMO!!