25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 1

Hello!!

Happy December everyone!  Can you believe in just 24 days we'll be celebrating the best day ever?!  lol!  I thought it would be fun to share some projects I've been working on for the next 25 days.  This was something Linda (Hi Linda!) did last year and she's planning to do this again this year, but I think she's only sharing on IG & FB.  I thought it this was a fun idea and I have some finished projects which includes cards and non-card projects that I can spread throughout the next 25 days.  Today I'm starting off with this calendar page I made last year...

The original was designed by my friend Angie (Hi Angie!) and I put this one together.  Used the adorable Holiday Anya 4 from The Greeting Farm, calendar page from Taylored Expressions,and snowflakes from a MS punch.  Colored HA4 with Copics and popped her on to the red panel.

Something sweet and simple for the first day.  I'll be back for the next 25 days with other Christmas crafts and if you'd like to share too just leave a comment and I'll be sure to come visit.  Thank you so much for popping in!!

Happy Holidays!
Leanne

Spotlight @ Kitty Bee Designs

Hello!

Happy Labor Day everyone!

It's the 1st Monday of September which means it's time for a spotlight post from me.  I'm sharing this card over at the Kitty Bee Designs blog.

September is shaping up to be one of those months where tons of birthdays are happening.  There seemed to be a lull for me, but now and until the end of December, I'll be busy making some birthday cards in between Christmas and some calendars.  Lucky for me I stocked up on a few Kitty Bee Designs images to help me with the birthday card process, including this oldie but goodie, Pleasantly Surprised Bear.  This card also features some older DCWV papers, an AmyR sentiment and the layout was created using several dies from MFTs Blueprint #24.  I love this set a lot and how fun that I can create my own sequins using two sets of dies from the same set.

I sent this off last week to my crafty friend, Angie who celebrated her birthday on the 2nd.  1 down lots more to go.  With that I'll sign off with a have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

A cupcake in the oven

Hiya!

It's really nice to be back to blogging again.  If it's only for a few days time at least it's something.  I do have my regular Kitty Bee Designs DT projects, but it's nice to create for fun.  That's what this past Sunday was all about.  Creating for fun, or with a purpose as this project was something we all wanted to do, but it was also a time for us to bond with new friends and laugh our butts off!  I can seriously say I haven't laughed so much for quite some time.  It was really nice to be able to do that.

Let's get on to the project cause it is sooo darn cute!!

Designed by Angie Huey-Young

On our last craft session, Belia had talked about a cupcake oven treat box she saw on Pinterest and wondered if any of us knew how to make one.  When it comes to 3-D projects we always ask Angie, she's the 3-D project guru of our group and lo-and-behold she actually did know how to make it.  Lucky for us she made these boxes (100!) for a friend's baby shower!!  Yikes, you go girl!!

We used buttons & gems brads for the stove top, colored paper for the oven base, acetate for the window and yes a sneak peek inside the oven shows a cupcake in the baking process.  hahaha...   Here's a top view of the oven...

Designed by Angie Huey-Yung

This is a better version of the box.  I love this project but could not see myself making 100 of these.  Possibly 5 but no more..  hahaha!  A great start to a fun day full of projects.  Can't wait to share the rest of the cards designed by the rest of the group.  Until next time, have a great day!!

Hello!

Hello!

I've been so busy at work that it messed with my mojo; which means I've neglected not only my blog but you. =/  I'll slowly make my way around and try to catch up.  Happy to say I found a little bit of it this weekend and will space out some projects I worked on with some helpful inspiration from some crafty friends.  Looking forward to sharing those projects here.  (Yay!)

For today I wanted to share a CAS card I made for a crafty get-together last Sunday.  My mojo was sorely missing so I re-created a card I sent to my swap buddy from May (SSS) thinking it was the perfect 5-minute card.  Plus it's a great way to get back in to the swing of things...

I used the following dies: MFT Dienamics Blueprints 20 & Lawn Fawn Scripty hello and the rest is from my stash.  I really wish I had taken a picture of everyone's card so you can see the different creativity that was flowing that day.  So much fun!!  I'll be sharing the rest of our projects, a total of 6 in all!!  And that translates to 5 more days of just posting.  Yay!!  hahaha!  I had a blast re-creating the projects everyone made which definitely jump-started my mojo, but most of all I got to share some fun and laughs with these wonderful ladies.  That's what Sunday was all about. =)

Before I sign off here's a fun picture of all of us at Kathy's house.  Thanks so much for hosting all of us crazies Kathy!! 

L-R: Belia, Angie, me, Kathy, Donna, Linda, Jenny

Well this is as good a time as any to sign off.  I hope you're all doing well.  The few blogs I stopped by yesterday were truly inspirational, can't wait to visit more!!  Take care!!

2015 Calendar (May, Aug - Dec)

Hello!

Today I finally get to share the rest of the 2015 calendar I worked on a few weekends ago with the Stamp Camp group.  If you'll remember May was not available, but I finally got it.  It was definitely worth the wait...

Designed by Annie

Designed by Jenny

Designed by Me

Designed by Kathy

Designed by Angie

Designed by Angie

Totally fun yeah?  Loved everyone's ideas for their calendar month(s) and using stickers gave some of those spaces a nice fill in.  My gals did a great job, but I think we all agreed that next time we need to start early!  hahaha!  Another big shout out to Kathy, Linda, Angie, Jenny & Annie for all their hard work!!  Until next time have a great day!

2015 Calendar (Jan - July)

(Scroll down to July to see my entry for the FFF challenge)

Hello!

Thank you for the heartwarming welcome back!  You're all so sweet for the wonderful comments you left.  It's really nice to be back if only for a couple days out of the week.  I do have a few projects that I've finished and hope to share as soon as I transfer them from my phone to the computer.

Last weekend I met up with my stamp camp friends.  We decided to work on our 2015 calendar.  We each had a couple months to work on and then we were supposed to make up the packs for everyone so that all of our calendars were fairly the same.  We picked a day to craft away and by the end of the session we were all a bit frazzled from the coloring and cutting, but super happy with what we accomplished.  All the months were fun and unique to our own personalities and style.  It was awesome!!

Designed by Jenny Chen

Designed by Linda Tan

Designed by Kathy Dinh

Designed by Kathy Dinh

The month of May is missing so once I receive it I will share.  I've seen the preview and it's adorable!

Designed by Kathy Dinh

Gonna enter this next one in the TGF - FFF, Boys only! challenge at The Greeting Farm.

Designed by me

We all did a lot of coloring & fun-cutting going that day, especially for June!  The calendars used are from Taylored Expressions.  We used some of our favorite new and older stamps from Stampin' Up, Sister Stamps and The Greeting Farm.  As you can see we each have our own different styles, but it totally works.  Angie got us all a cool clear case to display the calendar and now it's sitting on my desk at work.

I want to give a big shout out to the Stamp Camp ladies, Kathy Dinh for organizing, Linda Tan for hosting, and Angie and Jenny for making it a fun filled day.  Hoping to share the rest of the calendar as soon as I receive May.  Until then, hope you're all having a great day!!  Mahalo for stopping by!

Dinner with Stamp Camp Friends

Good morning!

Last night a few friends from our disbanded stamp camp group got together for dinner.  We met up in Rowland Heights at a popular spot called MJ Café where we dined on lots of good Taiwanese/Chinese food and huge café style drinks.  We had not seen each other since right before our friend, Angie's second son was born.  He's now 6 months so it's been quite some time!  We picked up right where we left off having a good time and chatting away.  Angie's birthday was on September 2nd, so we had much to celebrate.  Here are some pictures of the food and the drinks...

^ That's Kathy up in the corner and
a shot of our food and some of the drinks

Here's my drink and I put it next to the
small bowl so you can see how big it was!!

Green Tea, salted caramel iced tea...
It was yum!

You might recognize a couple of people in the next two pictures...

Friends from stamp camp

On the left is Linda of Life of a Girlie Girl blog, behind her is Angie, me, across from me is Jen, next to her is Jenny from Sesame Bijoux on Etsy and next to her is Kathy from Pixie Boutique blog.  Sorry the picture is so blurry! Boo!!  Anyhoos, as you can see we pretty much demolished the food and our drinks.  hahaha!   Now remember I told you we were also celebrating Angie's birthday?  Well I made her a quick card featuring one of Glisten Bean from TGF. 

Happy... Bean-day!

I had so much fun coloring her blue hair!!  I kept the rest of the card super CAS.  On the inside of the card it says "...Birthday!"  For some subtle accents I added two butterflies and some black gems.  Love this one!

Glisten Bean - TGF (retired)

Stop by Linda's and Kathy's blogs to see what they've been up to and if you're in the market for some pretty sparklies head on over to Jenny's Etsy store.  Thank you for dropping by today!

Hugs,
Leanne

Challenges:
TGF GVT - Blue Raspberry
DTC CH #20 ATG