Spotlight for Donna

Happy Thursday! Hope you've have been having a fantastic week. We've had some crazy weather here in So Cal. Yesterday there was lighting and thunder with some rain in the mountains and a gorgeous sunset. Reminds me of the sunsets at Sunset beach on the North Shore of Oahu. Miss those gorgeous sunsets. Other than that, my week has been pretty busy with work and softball practice. I did find time to make a couple cards though.
The first card I have to share was made for my co-worker Donna. Today is her birthday and I thought Spotlight Anya would be perfect for her card. I used Kim Yu's awesome layout for my card. I am so digging this layout and have used it for another card which I will post in a bit. I used dp from the same K&Company paper pad from my last post, so love this paper pad. It's the same sheet and it's double sided, so had to showcase both sides. I used some glittered card stock as a border and used the same Recollections border punch. I lightly sponged the border with some rocket red gold brilliance ink for some subtle pop. It adds a little something to the kraft paper. If you can't see the sentiment on the top it says "SURPRISE!" which I wrote free-hand. Here's Donna with the card. Isn't she cute?
I just noticed that my card has all the elements that the DT from Tamiko's is using for today's Thursday Teasers Buttons, Bling and Brads! Too funny!
This is such a bright and fun card, I hope it makes her smile.
I'll be back later today with another post for another friend's birthday which also happens to be today. Mahalo for stopping by. TTFN! ;)

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Supplies will be updated at a later time.

Quietly waiting

Happy Tuesday! I made this card for the CA&F Mystery Monday case of Kim Yu's card. Isn't Kim's card fabulous? She is so creative with her projects, sigh, so much talent, she's so lucky and we are lucky that we get to drool over them, yea? hehehe...
Well I thought I would play along, trying to get back in the groove of participating in some challenges. I used one of the Dressy Anya's for this card. She is the quiet Miss sitting and waiting patiently for something wonderful to happen to her. Um, like being showcased on a card?! haha. Can you believe I've never inked her up? I thought she needed to be showcased and this setting was perfect. I used some awesome dp from K&Company and used my newest border punch from Recollections. Yes, they now have a line of cool border punches at Michael's. Believe me I know, lol..
I used some raffia for the ribbon and for the button I pulled one out of the cute flower buttons in red that I received from Jenny V.
I glittered the pretty bow on her hat & her shoes and used some green gems on the flowers and the corners of the card. I believe this also qualifies for the Lollipop Craft's Glitter, Sparkle, Gems challenge #9. I have to confess that I love how this turned out. Especially with the red border for the cool dp. Sigh, sometimes I surprise myself. Must be Kim's inspirational card. I'm planning to mail this out to one of my dearest friends for her birthday. Hope she likes it. Hope you all get to play along with either or both challenges. Have a wonderful day and as always, MAHALO for stopping by.
(10/1) I actually made this card for my good friend and fellow crafter Kathy, but didn't want her to know about it via my post. I surprised her with it today, which is her actual birthday. She was cracking up when I gave it to her, but I think very happily surprised.
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I will update the supplies later.

Batty for You

I'm back for another card to share. I just finished this one for the CA&F Saturday Sketch #36 challenge issued by Pam. It feels like it's been a long time since I've participated in a challenge, so I wanted to jump back in using Pam's great sketch. Unfortunately this will be her last sketch for CA&F since her term is up. Wow that went by pretty fast. I'm sad to see her go as I've come to think of her as the Saturday sketch master. Thankfully we can all still see what she's been up to and visit her daily at her blog.
For my card I used the newest Creeper boy from the Toxic & Sweet set. I'm still not sure which is which, but for this one I'll consider him the sweet one. I think he is my new favorite. I colored him up with purple hair, reminding me of some of the anime characters I love. They are masculine looking even with purple hair.. lol. Instead of a ribbon I used the MS fence border punch in black and substituted one of the bats from the dp for the bow. I actually love this card. And I think the saying is appropriate for the background dp.
Hope you get to play along with the Saturday sketch. Mahalo for stopping by.
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Supplies:
Papers: Black cs-Recollections; white cs-Neenah; orange dp-DCWV; purple cs-Bazzil; bat dp-Halloween(Tim Coffey)-K&Company
Stamp: Sweet & Toxic boy- The Greeting Farm
Inks: Black tuxedo-Memento; black pen-Copic multi-liner
Spellbinders: Circles
Fence border punch-Martha Stewart
Copics: various

Tag Team Bday card

Happy Monday! Hope you are all having a good day. Today I decided to take the day off from a hectic week. The weekend wasn't long enough for me. It's been super hot here, almost high 90's-100's in some areas. Trying to stay cool by being indoors with the fans on. Haven't resorted to turning the a/c on yet. Doesn't look like the weather is going to change any time soon.
For my share today, I have a card that I call a tag-team bday card. I started it and my younger brother finished it. I altered Rain Anya by adding glasses to her face. Stamped the kitty from WS-Reeta against her leg. I colored only her hair and skin, my brother colored her outfit and the kitty. Above is the before and after.
On the inside I used one of the kittens from TGF's Ginger Bell set. Again I stamped it and my brother colored it in. I used a simple layout and once my brother colored in the rest he glued everything down to my specifications. This was supposed to be made into an easel card for my brother's gf's aunt. She loved the card and was really impressed, however she made it into a wall hanging instead of an easel card. I guess she wanted to show it off as a piece of wall art instead. Okay by me. :) Mahalo for stopping by today. Enjoy the rest of your Monday, I plan to savor the last remaining hours until I go back to work tomorrow. So for now, have a great evening!!
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Supplies:
Papers: Dark brown & white cs-Neenah; dp Eloise-K&Company
Stamps: Rain Anya, cat from WS-Reeta & Ginger Bell-The Greeting Farm
Inks: Black tuxedo & rich cocoa-Memento
Copics: Various
Spellbinders: Original and scalloped ovals
Border punch: Floral-Recollections
3D crystal lacquer on her glasses

Michael Asher

Good evening, I have one last post for today. It's a set of letters for my co-worker who will be having a little boy in a few weeks. She asked me to make her son's name, Michael Asher, and wanted it all boy. I had a blast making this one. I chose 3 patterned paper designs and stuck in some brown and blue cs which I embossed. I used quite a few of the TGF boy stamps to decorate the letters, love all these little boys. Hoping it's what she was looking for as she didn't give me any specific colors or theme except all boy. I think I nailed it down.
Good nite for now. I'll try to stop by your blogs tomorrow to see what you've been up to. Mahalo for stopping by today. Have a blessed evening.
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Update: At the last minute I decided to enter this post in a challenge over at Lollipop Crafts. The challenge was an All Boy theme. I'm so stoked to share that I won. Super stoked!
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Supplies:
Wooden letters: Michael's
Papers: 3 different dp-various; brown and blue cs-Bazzil; white cs-Neenah
Stamps: Various boy stamps- The Greeting Farm
Inks: Black tuxedo-Memento
Various embossing folders-Sizzix, Tim Holtz and Cuttlebug
Copics: Various colors used
Blue & brown ribbon
Mod Podge - Matte finish