Proud Mama

A quick post to explain where I've been the last few days!  My oldest was in the Aristocats Musical for their summer program and of course she placed her order for an Aristocats themed party favor.  I didn't know where to begin so of course I did some research on a ton of Aristocats images and their main characters and loved their little collars.  I've been busy making 70 favors...with my daughter's help of course!

Just wanted to share a few pics as a proud mama!

They had 2 showings for the evening and she had the part of Slick Cat!  The kids are just soooo adorable!

And for the party favors...

I'm off to getting back on track with entering more challenges!  Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Still Time to Enter Kitty Bee Designs Red, White and Blue Challenge

I am loving all the entries for Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #2 Red, White and Blue !  If you haven't entered, you still have one more week and I guarantee if you hop on over you'll be inspired by our cute little design team.  Here's my little sneaky peek...

Kitty Bee Designs Kitty Digi, Doodlebug Washi Tapes, Plastic Packaging, stapler, copic markers, Lawn Fawn A Birdie Told Me and matching Lawn Cuts

I'd be honored if you took the time to go check out the full project.  It's a super fun way to package a little gift...especially for 4th of July!  I think my kids will enjoy it and I hope you will too!!!  HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY!!!

Making the Best of It

It's day 5 of the hubby being away which means not much time to craft, but let me tell you when the kids are finally in bed I WILL make the best of the little time I have to myself!  The next Runway Inspired Challenge had beautiful colors that I would have never thought paired well together.  My challenge was to get it right on the card.  I used this week's CAS(E) this Sketch to help in the design department.

Hero Arts You and Me, Sizzix Embossing Folder, American Crafts Twine, My Clever Creations button, pearl, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, White and gray CS

Here's the sketch...

I used the words to represent the 3 flowers.
And the model...

The color combination comes from RIC and so does the patterns.  I had the perfect button in the perfect shade to represent the model's handbag!  That's it for me...I'm back oncall again so this may be the last post from me til Friday...*sigh.  Hope everyone's week is off to a great start and as always MAHALO for stopping by!

 

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #2: Red, White and Blue

Wow what a turnout for our first super fun Kitty Bee Designs Challenge!  I'm back again for our second challenge of the month and hope you'll be inspired to join in with ANY project that is red, white and blue themed.  Here's my sneak peek...

Kitty Bee Design Panda Digi, AC Soho Garden paper pad, AC twine, Stamps of Life minitags2cut, Copic Markers, Lawn Fawn Say Cheese, Copic Markers

I would LOVE it if you stopped by Kitty Bee Designs to check it out!  I promise it'll make you smile!  HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY!!!

Oh Happy Day!

Oh Happy Day it's Friday!  I survived the first night with the hubby out of town and the kids did pretty well.  Thank goodness for my dad and allowing them to burn some energy right before dinner in the yard.  They were knocked out by 9p which made me one HAPPY mama!!!  Oh the possibilities of playing with my new Avery Elle goodies!  I was recently introduced to Avery Elle stamps and have fallen in love with the Funky Monkey set. 

I wanted to join their latest challenge following their sketch.  Here's my take...

Avery Elle Funky Monkey, AE Oh Happy Day, Avery Elle-ments Tags, Amy Tangerine Yes, Please paper pad, Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, My Clever Creations button, raffia, copic markers

I had soooo much fun stamping and fussy cutting everything!  The leaves were from the branch included just colored in and carefully fussy cut and glued to be dimensional.  Isn't that cute little button ADORABLE?!?  I bought them from a fellow bloggy friend that sells handmade buttons and frames and almost didn't use it because I prefer to hoard them!  I finally convinced myself to use just one...hehehe.  You can check out her cute stuff here!

Here's the sketch...

I will also be entering this in CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: Over the Edge as the monkey and banana clusters are "over the edge." And since I'm loving the tag dies from Avery Elle I'll also be entering A Blog Named Hero's Challenge: Tags

P.S.-  I also made these simple cards using AE Oh Happy Day sentiment.  Can you tell AEI{heart}U?!?
They were easy to reproduce in mass quantities as I had an order to fill.  As you can see I like to make all my parts of the card first and then assemble while watching a DVD with the kiddos.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and as always MAHALO for stopping by! 

Dimension with Lawn Fawn

Happy Wednesday!  I've got a ton of things on my plate with my hubby going out of town and me turning into a single mom for a week!  Aaaaaah, praying I keep my sanity with work, the kids and many projects that deadlines are fast approaching.

Anywho...I wanted to share a card that I submitted for Paper Crafts Magazine.  Sadly it did not get chosen, but maybe for the next Lawnscaping Challenge: Dimension

 Lawn Fawn Critters on the Savannah, LF Sharp Backdrops, LF So Much to Say (sentiment), Matching Lawn Cuts, LF Pink Lemonade paper, LF Fa-la-la paper Jute Ribbon, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Memento Bamboo Leaves Ink, Kraft CS and Ivory CS

Here's the closeup to show the dimension!  It was so much fun to layer pattern paper to really pop up the lion head.  The lion was stamped 3 times to achieve this and popped up!

I loved this jute ribbon I had in my stash but the width was too small so I ended up doubling the width simply by taping them side by side with the sentiment to hide the seam.  I thought it turned out pretty cool what do ya think?

**Sidenote: There's still time to enter Kitty Bee Designs: Aloha Friday Challenge 
where any project can be submitted with a Masculine/Father's Day theme.

MAHALO for stopping by!

Flying by

Happy Sunday friends!  Feeling pretty productive this weekend with being oncall and getting some crafting time in thanks to the hubby.  I'm loving this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: Mapquest and wanted to add in the theme over at A Blog Named Hero: Tags.  Here's my card incorporating both themes!

Lawn Fawn Flying By with matching Lawn Cuts, Studio Calico Here and There paper pad, Avery Elle-ments Tag die, Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, Aqua twine, pumpkin CS, foam tape

I love to travel and my two favorite states are Colorado (went to college there) and Nevada (because Las Vegas is the 9th Hawaiian Island).  I let the pattern paper kinda do the talkin' and voila!  I hope it appears like the tags are flying in the wind.  That's it for me this weekend, hope y'all had a crafty weekend as well!  As always MAHALO for stopping by!!