My Blog-a-versary & B-day Candy Give-a-way

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a good Sunday. It's a beautiful day in sunny California and not soo hot. Looking forward to a short week and hoping it goes by really fast.
I finally figured out what candy I wanted to share with one of you in honor of my birthday and blog-a-versary. Since Halloween is coming up, I decided that I would give away a Halloween themed candy. You don't have to post this on your blog to win, but I wouldn't be upset if you did. :)
The candy consists of:
1 - The Greeting Farm's newest couple: Sweet & Toxic stamp set
8 - 6x6 sheets of Halloween double sided dp from Basic Grey, Graphic 45 and We R Memory Keepers (I cut these down to size myself from 12x12 full sheets)
Halloween ribbon
10 sheets of black Recollections cardstock
2 sheets each - 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 glitter cs in orange and black
Not shown: Panda Express gift card

All you have to do is become a follower, if you aren't already, and answer this question: What is your favorite Halloween memory?
You have until October 1st for a chance to win. I will post the winner on Monday, October 4th. GOOD LUCK!!!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, have a good week, and as always... MAHALO for stopping by!!

Summer Flowers for Kate

Hi! A real quick post for Thursday. Hope everyone is doing well. It's almost Friday, yay!
I made this card for my boss. Wednesday was her birthday. I used a sentiment stamp from Inkadinkado, ribbon, cool pretty dp from K&Company, flower & stamen punches and glitter cs. I layered the flowers to look 3-dimensional and then gemmed it with a yellow gem. Love how this turned out. I was so bummed, I actually got blocked and couldn't think of what to make! I'm so happy with the result.
Hoping you have a good Thursday. Mahalo for stopping by.
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Supplies:
Papers: White & brown cs-Neenah; yellow/peach dp-K&Company Eloise stack; glitter matstack-DCWV spring glitter stack.
Brown sheet ribbon-Joann's
Sentiment-Inkadinkado,Thoughts for the day
Ink: Rich cocoa-Memento
Punches: large 5-petal flower-Marvy Uchida, stamen punch-Marvy Uchida

Nadys 1st

Made this sign for my supervisor's neice's 1st birthday. The theme was fairies and the colors were lavendar, cuttlebug green (just check out the color of the green cuttlebug machine), hot and pale pink. I chose to use the 3 fairies from TGF for this project. Luckily they were small enough to fit in without getting lost. I used wooden letters from Michael's and cut out the 1st with my Cricut. I have to say, it turned out better than I thought it would. The colors were perfect for a little girl and the fairies just added the whimsical touch I was going for.
Here are some close-ups
I had so much fun making this. The best parts were the colors and the fairies and the awesome dp I used. I especially loved working with the fairies from TGF. I can't remember their names, but these three are the cutest!!! I hope to use them again some day. Here they are in their individual spotlights


I also used a couple other clear stamps from Studio G that I found in the dollar section at Michael's. They added a nice touch as images for the stamped dp I used.
I apologize that I don't have a detailed accounting of what was used. I can only let you know the source of them. Sorry!!
Mahalo for stopping by!
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Supplies:
Stamps: Fairies - TGF; fairy, mushrooms and sentiment-G studio
Papers: Bazzil, Recollections, Neenah, Basic Grey
Copics-various
Cuttlebug embossing folders
Black Tuxedo ink-Memento
White gel pen-Sakura
EK butterfly border punch
Mod Podge-gloss lustre

Friends in the Spotlight

Hello! Happy Sunday. Hope you all have been having a great weekend. Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes. It's been a great birthday, but also been a busy few days as well. I haven't posted anything in a few days, but I made it a point to visit your blogs. I have a few posts to catch up on but first I'd like to post the cards, both handmade and store bought that I received for my birthday.
First up are the store bought cards. I always love cards no matter if they are handmade or store bought. These were all very funny cards and one very sentimental one. Love em!
These next cards are all handmade and very cute. The first up is from my friend Jen, It's so cute, the colors are perfect for summer. The next card is from my friend Kathy. She used Cupcake Anya and personalized the tag herself. She did such a great job. The next photo is taken of my present from my friend Elise. She made me a frame with my name and used cute Spotlight Anya. She also customized the bag. The other item she also made was the cute purse. This girl is super talented. She makes cards, sews and bakes!!
Lastly, but definitely not least, is the pretty card I received from my friends at work. My friend Jenny made the card and showed off her talents. She's a jeweler at heart, but she can make a pretty card at the drop of a hat. Annnndd... I can't forget about the fabulous cake made by my talented friend Doreen. I call her the queen of yummies, because she's always making the best desserts on this side of town. I call it the pineapple dream cake, but it's actually called, "Better than sex cake" yup that's what it's called. All I can say, is it's yum all the way!! Aren't my friends super talented? We always joke about all of us going in to business when we leave our jobs, but it's just a dream. Mahalo for stopping by, look for my next posts and hopefully my blog candy...

A Surprise Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday! This is my 2nd post and it will be a short one. Just wanted to let you all know that Tamiko's is having a surprise blog hop to not only showcase the new TGF releases, but it is also a surprise BIRTHDAY blog hop for the fabulous Cami who's birthday is Sept. 7th. Be sure to hop over to Tamiko's to start the hop.
Hope you have a wonderful day!! I plan to.
Hugs,