crafting this and that

Hello there.  Hope everyone had a nice Christmas or holiday.  I'm here with a holiday card, a little late for Christmas, but oh well, I think it makes for a nice thank you card or something.  I figure our Christmas tree is still up, I'm still in a holiday mood (unlike my husband who wanted to recycle the tree as soon as the last present was opened!).  Anyhow, I played along with  The Play Date Cafe Challenge #112 .  And the Deconstructed Sketch #32 . And here's my red card...  I used Yuki from Sister Stamps (thanks Eva!).  She's so cute, the hair on these images always reminds me of my daughter.  Anyhow, I used Papertrey Ink cardstock, stamped a text background and clear embossed it.  Then I was stuck for the longest time because I was looking for my Bow-Easy!  I swear I had put it in my ribbon drawer in this rolling cart under my desk.  So I thought my daughter had lost it because she likes to play with (and unravel...

Hi!  I wanted to play along with TGF's Monday Fun-day #13 Sing a Song .  I decided to go with Baby by Justin Bieber.  My kids loved that song and would watch it on You Tube all the time so for a while they were Beliebers.  But there is a version of that song on You Tube that I like.  If you're interested, click the video. On to my card. I used My Guy Ian for Justin (before he cut all his hair) and Miss Anya Hats Off for the girl in his Baby video.  I used the Spellbinders heart circles (thanks, Cheryl!).  The hearts are so cute!!  I added some flowers too.  Sometimes I forget to use all the flowers that I have.  I added some stickles on them as well. I decided to make a double z-fold card.  The tutorial is HERE .  I found more paper with musical notes and added the lyrics to Baby on it so yet another project with a musical theme. Thanks for reading!

Hi!!  It is actually the last week of TGF's Heart Journaling !  Wow, I can't believe I lasted all 23 weeks and I have a nice journal to show for it too!  This last week, we were to write a letter to ourselves about anything really.  So I kind of just stuck with the music theme and picked a song that I really like cause it's uplifting and encouraging.  The song is Pink's Perfect.  I like it for it's message and it's a catchy tune, isn't it?  I had drawn concentric hearts on the background and colored them but they got kind of lost after I stuck the lyrics on.  I stuck some tiny hearts on too. I had to use TGF's Stella with her love letter in her hands.  I just bought the stamp and I don't know why I waited so long to get her cause her hair is just so cute and sassy.  I am trying to practice more with my Copic coloring and the journal was good for that. We actually made it to the mall today and it was super packed.  Good thing w...

Hi!  Just wanted to share the rest of the things I made for Christmas this year. This isn't anything really new.  It's kind of the same gift set I make every year for my kids' teachers.  But it's simple and I don't have to think too hard about what to make.  I made personalized notecards with envelopes and they are stamped with PTI's Teacher's Apple.  There is also a notepad and a Hello Kitty calendar.  The caddy is Lauren Meader's From the desk of template.  The stamp is Pure Innocence You Make the Grade. All wrapped up to go. Another calendar.  I had already wrapped it in cellophane before remembering to take a photo of it.  The stamp is Pure Innocence Girl Doctor. I added the little heart on her clipboard. Made a couple of Angry Bird calendars too this year. And finally, here's a photo from our trip to see the lights in our city to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Thanks for reading!

Hello.  I made another card for the TGF Farm Fresh Challenge Monday Fun-Day #12  which was to use kraft cardstock, buttons and twine.  And I used the Deconstructed Sketch #31 , although I turned it sideways and moved the center rectangle over. Anyhow, here is the birthday card using Later Skater Ian.  Maybe he's still too young for a 41 year old's birthday card, but oh well.  (Maybe I should have added some gray to his hair).  Used some Tim Holtz paper (I always seem to use this paper pad for boy cards but everything matches so well); Papertrey ink kraft, rustic cream, and enchanted evening cardstock, buttons and sentiment.  The 41 is cut from some sizzix dies.  Tried to make his skin tone a little darker with E13 for some shadows at his hairline, but still can't quite get the hang of blending without going too crazy and coloring out of the lines either. Well, hopefully I can make 2 more Christmas cards before Christmas.  Eva gave me s...

Hi!  It's week 22 of TGF's Heart Journaling .  The theme this week is music and to create a page based on your favorite song/tune.  Um, okay, I had just made one last week on music too so I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with this one.  I started going through You Tube and listing all the songs I love and basically I was going to just make a giant list of my favorite songs.  But then OMD's If You Leave from Pretty in Pink just popped into my head and that was my inspiration for my page.  I love that song and the movie because I was such a crazy Andrew McCarthy fan.  But you know the book that the movie is based on doesn't end the same as in the movie?  Talk about disappointed when I read the book after watching the movie.  Like what the heck?!  Andie doesn't live happily ever after with Blane?  Well, back to my page. I used Miss Anya and My Guy Ian to represent Andie and Blane cause that's the way it should be.  I f...

Hi!  After finishing up these 2 projects for TGF's Blog Hop , I've come to realize that I am kind of addicted to stamps, especially TGF stamps.  Hehe.  Okay, I will not babble on too much since there are lots of other blogs to check out as well.  I made something for both categories, Holiday and General. First up is my Holiday card. I recently acquired Hippie Anya!  She inspired me to make a "peace" card for the holidays. But then I had to add Fleur Anya for "love" ... and 80s Anya for "joy."  So great that these stamps could be turned into something Christmas-y. My General project has been swimming in my mind ever since I made that counting book a while back with TGF stamps as well.  I thought I could make an ABC book too.  But I didn't make this into a book.  More like flashcards, I suppose.  My youngest has a hard time recognizing lower case letters so I thought this would be fun for him.  All stamps are TGF.  I ...

Hello, I'm squeezing my Farm Fresh Friday Spy Day #11 in here before Eva's TGF blog hop post tomorrow.  This is actually a non-holiday card as we're going to be celebrating 3 birthdays over 4 days this year.  I'm thinking I will buy a bunch of cupcakes so at least each birthday person will have their own individual cake to blow candles for but yet we won't all be stuck eating 3 cakes for weeks on end. I used Birthday Anya 2 that I won from a previous challenge.  I wanted to thank Marie and Jessica for their generosity in sending this to me as there was initially some confusion regarding the stamp I requested. Anyhow, colored the skin with copics, the rest with colored pencils.  Added stickles to the cupcake frosting.  The patterned paper is from Echo Park, Victoria Gardens, used Papertrey ink green cardstocks and Bazzill gray cardstock.  The flower is a Beautiful Blooms die. Bye!  Off to make another card, hopefully I can get the other 2 done i...

Hi!  What do Angry Birds have to do with Christmas??  I have no idea but they are everywhere, aren't they?  Just stick a Santa hat on them and they are perfect for the holiday season.  My kids and lots of other kids seem to like them a lot so I decided to make tons of Angry Birds!  I had first seen this post HERE on Jenny's blog about some Angry Birds she had made and she provides the link to the original source.  I just had to find my own way of making them with the dies/punches that I have. So here's a photo of 47 Angry Birds made from just thin cardstock.  I chose thin cardstock so I could cut more than one sheet at a time and so it would move faster.  I used Spellbinders circle nestabilities for the bodies.  The beak is a cat/bat ear from PTI's Halloween sweet treats dies set.  The feathers on the head is from My Favorite Things daisy die.  The eyes are punches and the eyebrows are hand cut.  Yes, that was the most painf...

Hi!  This will be a quick post because I still have to make something for my kids' classmates!  Between the 3 kids there are so many Christmas programs and parties to go to.  I think it will be a late night tonight! Anyway, the theme for this week's TGF Heart Journaling (I can't believe we're on 21!) is to create a page on something or someone you love.  So I made this page for my hubby.  I took Stamping Anya's head and bottom and Birthday Ian's hands and banner to create this fun and cute image.  I drew in the heart on her shirt too to match the love theme.  The background hearts are also from TGF and the letters are PTI's alphabet dies.  I wrote the lyrics to our song from our wedding.  We both love this song.  We both like "old" music or I should say music from a different generation. I have to say I love this page.  I love the colors and the hearts and the song lyrics and the cute image.  I might try to recreate this...

Hi!  Anybody else scrambling to get Xmas gifts done?  Geez, I feel so rushed this year.  I think I procrastinated too much with blog hopping and Lego and not to mention some late nights fighting with my youngest.  This is the last week of school before Xmas break!  Where did the time go??  Anyway, I came across some cute Hello Kitty calendars on Jenny's (Sister Stamps) blog HERE .  I love that they were simple to put together cause I wanted to give some calendars out to the teachers but didn't want to make it too complicated since I was short on time.  And I had Sunghee's 2012 calendar template too which is pretty easy to use and so economical.  Yup, I pretty much stuck with the same design except my calendars are a bit taller.  I used PTI's coaster board and wrapped it with some washi paper.  I haven't used my Hello Kitty sizzlits in a while so at least I got some use of it.  Then just added a small magnetic strip on the ...