Happy Birthday Card

Hooray, one more work day, then it's a LONG weekend. Can't wait!!!

Super quick post as I need to "attack" the pile of clothes waiting to be ironed. Blah. Here's a card I made for my friend / co-worker.

Supplies: Emma by CC Designs, DP by Stampin' Up, Spellbinder Dies, Copic markers, Happy Birthday stamp by Hero Arts, Medallion Punch by Martha Stewart, Leaf punch by EK, Flower by Prima, and Brad.

Kimono Girls

Happy Sunday!!! Hope you all had a great weekend.

Can you believe we had snow on Mauna Kea yesterday.....in June???? What's happening????

I want to share a card I made for Kris using much of the goodies I won from Jenny's candy. I'm really loving the washi paper. I've never used it till recently. Thanks Jenny....and for telling me I can iron them. :-)

Here are the "ingredients" for this card:
Washi paper
Images by My Little Shoe Box
Cherry Blossom and stamen punch by Punch Bunch
Spellbinder dies
Word window punch by Stampin' Up
Leaf punch by EK
Copic markers
Pearls by Kaiser Craft

Enjoy your evening and hope you all have a fabulous week!!! :-)

"Inspired by Song" Challenge

After realizing what the next theme was for the Lollipop Crafts Challenge would be, I thought, OMG, what in the world can I create? Well, it was the Memorial Day weekend and the song, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" came to mind....then the "lightbulb" went on. LOL.

It's about a soldier who sent a letter to his sweetheart telling her he's coming home but he's unsure if she still wants him. If she does, he asked her to tie a yellow ribbon around the ole oak tree.

Here's part of the lyrics......
...If you still want me,
Oh, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
It's been three long years, do you still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree, I'll stay on the bus,
forget about us, put the blame on me,
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.

He then asked the bus driver to look for him as he can't bear to see what he might see, then the whole bus starts cheering because there were 100 yellow ribbons on the oak tree.

With that in mind, I came up with this card.....

Would you like to enter the challenge? If so, hop over to Lollipop Crafts for the deets. Have fun!! BTW, this challenge ends on 6/29/11 and the DT is taking a much deserved break. Thanks DT for the fun challenges. I'm having a blast.

Ingredients:
Tree and hedgehog stamp by Penny Black
Sun and "Happy Day" stamp by Hero Arts
Daisy stamp by Imaginations
Copic markers
Paper by Stampin' Up
Spellbinder dies
Fence and grass punches by Martha Stewart
Distress Ink
Stickers by Sticko

As mentioned in my previous post, if you'd like to support our troops overseas in a fun and creative way, please check out Operation Write Home for details.

Cards for OPERATION WRITE HOME (OWH)

Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you're all enjoying your weekend.

Recently, I've been searching for an organization that accepts handmade cards to send to our troops overseas so they can send cards home to their loved ones. Coincidentally, I discovered Operations Write Home (OWH) on Cyndi's blog a few days ago. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. OWH is obviously very well established and they already sent out their 1,000,000th card (yes, 1 million). How amazing is that?

If you'd like to support our troops in a fun and creative way, click here for details. Need ideas? Click on the "Get Involved" tab, then click on "resources." They list a bunch of ideas and tutorials. Before you start making your cards, please be sure to read the guidelines thoroughly. I think this is also an excellent way to maximize the use of your rubber stamps. Plus, you can make cards at your convenience and pace, then mail them directly to the "shipper" closest to your state. Let's get creative, make a difference, and put a smile on someone's face. Our cards will certainly touch the recipient's heart.

For starters, here are a few cards I finished this morning....

Recipe:

Bouquet Birgitta by CC Designs

Copic markers

Punches by Martha Stewart

"You Are Special" stamp by Hooks, Lines & Inkers (an olidie but goodie)

"Sending You a Great Big Hug" stamp by Stampendous

"Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday" stamp by Viva Las Vegasstamps

"Thinking of You" stamp by Close to My Heart

Let's also take a moment this Memorial Day weekend to remember our fallen heros who served our nation.

Thanks for stopping by and have a FABULOUS weekend.

Hello Kitty Vegas Shaker Card

Following the fun Shaker Card class I took this past Saturday from Debi and Island Scrapbooking, I was so eager make a card.

With two things in mind, I came up with this Hello Kitty Vegas Shaker card. First, this is my entry from this week's Lollipop Challenge. The theme is Bling so I added some pearls to the shaker. I'm really enjoying the weekly challenges A LOT!!! Hop over to their blog for the deets.
You could get lucky like I did. I won last week.

Second, I'm sending the card to my friend who's going to Vegas in a few weeks. I'm gonna surprise her and I hope she likes it.

The shaker is filled with micro beads that I won from Jenny's candy. The multi-colored beads matched so perfectly with the Colorbox DP. I also added some gold and heart sequins, and a little plastic $100 bill. Love that "Good Luck in Vegas" stamp too. I'm not too crazy about frogs but this one is kinda cute. LOL. Oh, don't mind the upside down $100 bill. I tried to get it to turn around but couldn't. Oh well, maybe while it's enroute thru the mail, it'll turn around. Ha-ha.

Take a peek inside the card. I made a little envelope using DP by Martha Stewart.

When my friend opens the envelope, she'll find a gold Good Luck frog. Hope I can rub off some good luck onto her as I've been quite lucky recently. Hope she hits the BIG ONE....cha-CHING!!!

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Scrap Happy Day.

Oriental Shaker Card

I've been wanting to learn how to make the Shaker Card. When Island Scrapbooking posted the class several weeks ago for a session this past Saturday I couldn't sign up since I didn't know what time my son would be coming back from Oahu.....had to pick him up at the airport. Well, by the time we booked his reservation, I thought the class was definitely full so didn't call.

Oh joy, I got lucky. When I stopped by that morning to buy a few things, Debi said there was a cancellation so I happily hopped in. Thanks again Debi for such a FUN class.

Yesterday, I started making another card and will post it within the next couple of days.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a "scrap happy" day. :-)

BRAK from Jenny

Oh boy, today was a GRRRREAT day!!! I received some totally awesome b/d goodies from Jenny. Come check 'em out.

Isn't this the sweetest card?
Here's the gift bag Jenny made. The flower on the bag is made with the same DP as the card.....NICE!!!

Got some pretty blue and pink pearls, and pink rhinestones, colors that I didn't have, so these are great!!! Also, a cute cupcake stamp set.

I've been dying to get my hands on these cherry blossom flowers. When I saw them, my eyes popped and I was like, 'OH WOW, WOW, WOW' !!!!

Thanks a million Jenny for making my b/d so special.