crafting this and that

Hello!  We woke up this morning to a power outage.  It was about 5 in the morning when I could hear my kiddies giggling and playing in their room.  Yes, I have super hearing even in my sleep and even though their room is way on the other side of the house and down some stairs.  I thought I was dreaming of course because who wakes up at 5 am on a Sunday morning?  I went down to the room and found my daughter was awake too and all 3 of them were talking story in the dark.  I scolded them to go back to bed!  My boys woke up because their night light went out and it was dark!  Very similar to me.  I woke up cause it was unusually dark in my bedroom too.  We keep a night light too in case our youngest wanders into our room which he occasionally does.  But I realized today that I would much rather sleep in complete darkness.  I am taking that night light out and my youngest can stumble in the dark to our room if he has to.  Than...

Hello!  Are you cold out there?  It's freezing here.  Not like mainland freezing but pretty cold for Hawaii folks.  Yesterday morning it was 64 degrees!  That's cold for us.  Still could wear shorts but had my jacket on and I even slept with my cozy socks.  It's cold this morning too and I wore shorts to drop off my boys but then regretted it cause it was chilly. Today is my post for Chi Chi Memories . I colored up these two from the Winter Sports digi set.  They are all matchy like a cute couple.  I don't really know any couples that would actually wear matching clothes like this but thought it would be cute.  The sentiment and snowflakes are from CC Designs.  I added some sequins too!  I finally got some Lawn Fawn sequins that I've been wanting. I am actually typing while wearing gloves and I'm pretty proud of myself for not making too many typos.  My hands always get super cold when it's cold outside. Thanks s...

Hello!  It's Friday and I have my latest Chi Chi Memories card to share today. This little guy is from the Winter Sports digi set.  He looks like he's having a lot fun.  The sentiment and snowflake is from CC Designs. Though I've seen and played in snow before, I've never been snowboarding or skiing.  I'm not the most coordinated person.  I always think I'll fall on my butt getting off the ski lift and hold up the line.  My hubby says that is very embarrassing as he has done it before.  My youngest asks me to take him on a trip to see snow all the time.  I don't know if I really want to endure the cold or even travel during winter but I guess it is on my list of places to take the kiddies one day. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Hello!  As I sat around this morning visiting my usual blogs and stalking others on FB, I realized I forgot to post my latest Chi Chi Memories project.  Oops!  I was just so happy that Friday is finally here and I completely forgot. Here is my latest card using Chi Chi Memories Winter Sports.  I went with lots of pink and purple.  The sentiment keeps reminding me to get up and exercise so I try not to look at it too much.  Still trying to ignore it but it's a new year and isn't that the time every one vows to exercise and lose weight?  I guess I will get off my lazy butt and start ... next week. Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend!  

Hello!  I am back to share my latest Chi Chi Memories creations.  This first card features images from A Joyful Season digi set.  I think the girl looks like she's saying, "Yay, more presents for me!"  Though maybe she should be saying thanks for all the Christmas gifts. This is my second card and features an image from their new January release called Winter Sports.  Hmmm, I know nothing about winter sports!  But this doggy image is cute on skis! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hi everyone!  Hope you all had a wonderful holiday.  I think I am starting to feel a bit lazy and just want to recover from all the food eating and present opening.  It's bad to eat chocolates and desserts for breakfast and well, all throughout the day.  Anyway, here is my card featuring Chi Chi Memories A Joyful Season digi image.  I kept this one pretty simple since it's such a busy time of the year.  I did get to play around with some of my new embossing enamel and some glitters.  I tried hard not to get my crafty area too messy. Here is a close up of the image and the embossing and glitter. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hello!  So I just completed my huge project for my youngest one's Kindergarten class.  I will share that on another day.  I have a few more things to complete tonight so I will make this a short post.  I have another Chi Chi Memories project to share today.  This digi is available in the A Joyful Season set.  Such a cute bear!  I decided to try a recessed window card and the tutorial I more or less followed can be found HERE .  It looks complicated but it's not too bad once you get all the measurements straight. Here is a close up of the image.  I've added lots of stickles and some pearl accents too. Here is a different angle so you can see the recessed window part. This is a close up of the sentiment which is from CC Designs.  Another winter birthday card.  Love these pierced tag dies from MFT. Alright, I gotta go and finish up some calendars.  I hope I have time to get them down tonight! Thanks so much fo...

Hello!  Here I am again to share another Chi Chi Memories project using one of their newly released December images called A Joyful Season.  It's available now HERE . I've made a little gift card box following the tutorial HERE over at Splitcoast Stampers.  I've been using a lot of their tutorials lately.  They have a lot of great ones.  My daughter's friend is celebrating a winter birthday so we got her a gift card and I thought this image would be totally cute for it.  And the sentiment from CC Designs was just a perfect fit. Here's another view. Close up of the image. Here's how it opens.  Pretty neat, huh?  I like that little cut out to insert the gift card and it's not that hard to do. There was even a little skinny place in the box to add this cute little beaded charm.  My daughter thought her friend would like this little birdie since it's blue and that's her friend's favorite color.  You can find these cute...

Hi everyone!  I have the wonderful opportunity to guest design for Chi Chi Memories for the months of December and January.  If you haven't seen their digi images yet, check them out!  They are very cute!  They even offer freebies!  Check their blog HERE for freebies and challenge info.  Click HERE for their online store.  For my first project I used this cute guy from their new December release called A Joyful Season .  He can be purchased as a set with other cute winter images or as a single.  I made this treat holder following a SCS tutorial HERE . Here is another angle of the holder.  I already made a tag to fill in once I decide who to give this to. Here is a close up of the image. All his presents remind me of my goal to mail out my Xmas gifts and cards this Saturday.  I hope I make it! Thanks so much for reading!