Picking Up the Pieces Monday Vol. 19: Happy Birthday to my Mom!

My mom's birthday marks the start of 3 generations of birthdays celebrated in one week!  My mom is an AMAZING seamstress and has been a little down in the dumps since her Bernina sewing machine broke down.  Apparently it needs a new mother board (some fancy way of saying it's gonna be expensive...lol). Our family pulled together and we're finally going to be able to fix it for her.  She was super excited when she found it!

Mom's birthday 3/30, Jubilee's birthday 4/4 and Me 4/5!  Poor hubby...lol

I put together this fun little card...

Doodlbebug Design Take Note Pattern Paper, Doodlebug/Hampton Arts Nifty Notions Stamp and Dies, 

Doodlebug Design twine, Lawn Fawn Riley's ABCs

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketches

Mahalo for stopping by!!

Picking Up the Pieces Vol. 16 My Lifesaver

So my weekend oncall for work was pretty demanding which left me with very little time to craft...BOOOOO!  I was determined though because my OLW for the year is BALANCE and I pretty much worked my bum off and needed some crafting time to unwind.

Today's card is dedicated to my hubby that ALWAYS makes sure I don't have to worry about the kids, cooking or cleaning while I'm at work.  Being an oncall nurse is pretty demanding at times (I do love my job), and I know I wouldn't be the nurse I am without the hubby's support.  He is my LIFESAVER!

So here it is following this week's Freshly Made Sketch...

Lawn Fawn Float My Boat, Lawn Fawn Critters in the Snow, Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card, Lawn Fawn Stitched Scallops, Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine paper pad, Hero Hues India Ink Black and Unicorn ink, Memento Lady Bug ink

So I paper pieced the cute little seal and then did a little "surgery" with the lifesaver to get it on the seal.  The waves were created using the stitched scallops left over pieces...and there ya have it!

Here's the sketch...

Mahalo for stopping by! 

Encouragement with an Oldie but Goodie

Hello there!  I'm back with another card for the next Lawnscaping Challenge: Dust 'em Off.  I recently adopted this cute little set...

And as you all know I love paper piecing!  Another fun tidbit (because I couldn't find the right shade of yellow twine) was to take Lawn Trimmings in natural and color it up with copics.  I literally just zipped the hemp cord using the chisel side of the copic marker, and within seconds had the perfect shade I needed!  Now I need to buy more natural colored Lawn Trimmings!  I played around and also colored a rainbow one...

             SWEET RIGHT?!








I'm gonna have to find a project to put that on soon!
Ok back to my card using this week's Freshly Made Sketches...

Ta da...

Lawn Fawn Make Lemonade, Lawn Trimmings, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Studio Calico Snippets Paper Pad, copics

Sometimes my patients don't need a get well card, but more of an encouragement card...I thought something like this would be perfect.

That's it for me!   I hope you're all having a fabulous week!  Mahalo for stopping by!!!

I like mine...crispy!

A quick mahalo to everyone that has been hopping along and leaving sweet comments for our first ever Kitty Bee Designs Blog Hop!  If you haven't had the chance yet, go check it out...I guarantee it'll have you smiling!

A little tidbit about myself...I'm a huge breakfast fan.  I could eat breakfast items for lunch and dinner and be totally happy and content.  Of course my favorite breakfast item...bacon!  I prefer my bacon crispy and when I started to ink up this fun Paper Smooches set I had a ton of fun mixing and matching ink colors and paper to create the perfect bacon for my card...one with crisp edges...hehe

Ta da....

Paper Smooches Calorie Free, Lawn Trimmings, Lawn Cuts Circle Dies, Sizzix embossing folder, Darice Notebook paper embossing folder, Memento Inks in Peanut Brittle, Rich Cocoa and Lady Bug, My Clever Creations homemade button

 I followed this week's Freshly Made Sketches

And since I used twine it will also be entered in Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge: Use Twine

Off to go prep for the big game tomorrow... GO BRONCOS!!

"If God's not a Broncos fan why did he make sunsets Blue and Orange?"

 Seriously I'm not that big into football, but feel a little obligated since Colorado is my second home ;-)
Have a great weekend!

Love Mail

Hello there!  We're midway through the month of January...can you believe it?  Soon Valentine's Day will be here, so that means I have to get in gear for some "love" cards for my stash.

Today's card is for 3 challenges!  First a sketch...I know, I know...it's just how I almost always start a card...hehe.  This is for Freshly Made Sketches

And the card...

Lawn Fawn You've Got Mail and My Silly Valentine, Crate Paper DIY Shop paper pad, Sizzix Love Set Embossing Folder, Hero Arts India Black Ink, Amercian Crafts Light Kraft cardstock

This week's theme for Curtain Call is Love Letter 

  

 and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is Embossing! 

That's it for me folks!  Hope everyone is enjoying their week...it's almost over.  Can ya tell I'm looking forward to the weekend already?!?  As always MAHALO for stopping by!!!

Blest...

I've come down with some kind of cold because my kids always say "sharing is caring" and they decided to share their lovely cold with me...so sweet of them eh?!  I can't complain though because I was still able to craft and join this week's Freshly Made Sketches.  I've been feeling truly blest (I'll have to explain more when I can post some pics) the last couple of days so I wanted my card to show just that!

Kitty Bee Design Lady Frogs, Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic PP, Darice Embossing Folder, Distress Markers

Here's the sketch...

 

 It's been a true blessing to work with Kitty Bee Designs and love the fact that the owner asked for me to make some sample projects to be displayed at all of the Ben Franklin stores on Oahu!  What an honor!  I'll definitely have to post some pics once the display is up or if you're on Oahu you can see it in person at your nearest Ben Franklin store in the next couple of weeks.

I've also incorporated some dots and will enter this in Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge: Dotty 

That's it for me.  Gonna try to rest up!  Have a great day and mahalo for stopping by!!

A Doodlebug Thank You

I went to my first crop ever at Scrapfest and had the pleasure of meeting Cynthea owner of Doodlebug!  Their latest release Happy Harvest is just so darn adorable.  I always have a hard time using Doodlebug papers because I can't bring myself to cut them, but this time I played it smart.  I bought 2 pads...one to hoard...lol!

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch for inspiration.

Don't you just love the colors and cutesy patterns?!  Their cardstock stickers are so fab too and since the theme fits I will also enter this in CAS-ual Fridays challenge as well.

Here's the sketch I followed...

That's it for me!  Have a great weekend!!!

Hello Monday

Anyone else going to Scrapfest 2013 at the Mall of America?  I've never been and can't even contain my excitement!!!!  A little nervous about leaving the kiddos behind, but I know my parents and brother will take good care of them and it's just for the weekend so I'll keep praying everything goes smoothly.  I soooo want to enjoy my vacation time, especially after the few weeks of having to work late and weekends.

Have I mentioned sunflowers are my favorite?  They really are and I can't stop playing with this set and the stitched journaling card die.  It just so happens that the next Curtain Call Challenge is inspired by sunflowers.  Here is my card following this week's Freshly Made Sketches...

 Lawn Fawn Our Friendship Grows, LF Stitched Journaling Card die, LF Cole's ABCs die, copic markers, My Clever Creations Handmade Butterflies, Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa

Here's the sketch...

Thanks for stopping by! 

My favorite thing

There are quite a lot of things I love and adore...rainbows (an obvious one), peacocks for their self-confidence (which I lack sometimes) and SUNFLOWERS!  I've loved them from when I was little, something about them makes me smile and think of everything happy.  When Lawn Fawn came out with Our Friendship Grows set with matching dies I squealed with joy!!!

Are they not the most gorgeous sunflowers..the stamps, not my coloring (o; ?!  I'm having a blast playing with all my goodies.  The hubby had the grand idea to embed the die cut sunflowers in the stitched journaling card.  I took it a step further and used LFs Cole's ABCs die to create the sentiment.  Everything in the card is my most favorite things from Lawn Fawn: sunflowers, twine, stitched journaling card die, pattern paper and sequins!  Which is perfect for the next Lawnscaping Challenge

I followed this week's Freshly Made Sketches

Another one of my favorite things...to follow a sketch...definitely makes the creative process go a little quicker! Mahalo for stopping by, I so appreciate it!!!