LFF #101 on Saturday - A few calendars for 2016

Hello!

Nothing like some rain to make you want to just roll up in a cozy blanket and not do anything!  hahaha!  Yes, much of California is being inundated with rain courtesy of El Nin-yo.  We've also got snow on the mountain so for those who think it doesn't snow here it does just at a higher elevation.

So getting in to today's LFF #101 post on Saturday I wanted to share the only 2016 calendars I made which went to my mom's Monday Coco's group of friends.  She totally wiped out my calendars so I had to buy some from a friend, thanks Kathy for your stash!  I went with CAS, cute and decided to do an Asian theme.   It's the year of the Monkey so a few monkey cards along with the ever cute Maneki Neko were perfect and neutral.

Ai ya sorry this picture is sooo blurrry!!  I took more below, but these are it.  Images, dies & sentiments are from Mama Elephants All Prettied Up, Lunar Animals and Lunar Extras.  I also used one MFT die, Die-namics Stitched Mini Scallop circle, black cardstock, and paper from the Far East stack from DCWV.  Here's a closer look at each calendar/card with the monkey themed card up first...

Hehehe, the little hat is so cute.  I guess I could have lowered it a little bit more on his head, nah looks just right.  Such a sweet combination of images.  The red envelope he's holding is from the Lunar Extra set.  Lots of fun images in that set.  Since these were cards I also did a simple message on the inside:

Here's the Maneki Neko cat card :

Had to look online to see what colors are used to color him/her.  I liked this color combo the best.  The Chinese characters says Happy New Year and a simple message on the inside with some falling sakura flowers...

I made 5 of each and my mom said everyone loved them.  Woo Hoo!!

I placed an order for more calendars because I had a few requests from my co-workers.  Thinkin I can maybe make a few dollars to support my habit, I mean hobby.  (hehehe)

Now on to the winner of last week's LFF 100th post, thank you to Jenny W, Lynn, Denice & Heidi for commenting.  I wish I could give you each something, so guess what?!  I will!  Congratulations ladies!  If you all live in the US you all qualify.  Please email me your snail mail: quikhonu34@yahoo.com and I'll get your goodies in the mail within the next couple weeks.  If I already have it you'll get it sooner.  

Well looks like I'll be doing a little coloring and making stuff for meet ups with some of my crafty friends who are in town for CHA.  No I'm not going to the show but doesn't mean I can't meet up with them outside the arena.  Hope to have some photos to share.  Until then, have a fabulous weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Leanne

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 25 Lilo's Fun Friday #99

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

It's been a fun filled day of food, friends, and family.  I hope you and your family and the company you are with are having a wonderful day celebrating or just hanging out too.  

It's the final day of the 25 days of Christmas challenge with Linda & Kathy and I'm so happy to say we made it!!  Yay!!  For today's Lilo's Fun Friday #99, my last post of this challenge, I decided to share my beginner's Christmas wreath that my sister was teaching me how to make over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Ta-da!!!  I know it's sooo busy!!!  I didn't know what I was getting in to when I picked those colors, but I really wanted to add the black.  I'm going to ask my sister to help me fix it.  It needs her touch.

I can honestly say that this was really tough to make.  It really takes patience, which I thought I had, and an eye for detail, which I don't have.  (LOL)  This took a bit too much of my patience!  (hahaha!)  I think I'll stick to card making.  :D  But I'm happy I got to give this a try.  I might give it a go again, but this time not so many colors.  We'll see.  Here are a couple group pictures from today with our extended families the Ontiveros & Tanjuctos.

Before I sign off I wanted to take this moment to say Thanks to Linda & Kathy for joining me in this fun challenge.  Could not have done it without their support.  Thank you all for stopping by!

From our house to yours, may you all enjoy the time with your families and count your blessings each day.  Merry Christmas!

xoxo,

Lilo

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 24

Hello!

I'm back to share day 24 of the 25 days of Christmas challenge with Linda & Kathy.  I hope you're having a nice time with your family and friends celebrating.  It's still super early (as I write up this post) so everyone is slowly beginning to wake up.

For day 24 I shared the card my mom picked to send to Grandma.  She had her pick of either the one I just shared (scroll down) or this one.  

She picked this one.  This is another combo of some of my favorite companies: Hanko Designs, La-La Land Crafts and Island Scrapbooking.  If you've been following this challenge with me you'll recognize the layout from another card I made using Haruyo from Sister Stamps.  I was planning on making the same card but decided not to.  Instead I used Paper Doll Marci Kimono from La-La Land Crafts.  I colored her up again with Copics and this time I left the dangling baubles.  They're under the gems.  (hahaha)  I loved the way Irina colored Marci's kimono on the packaging so I tried to do the same, yeah turned out better than I had hoped.  (hahaha)  Last but not least is the beautiful Island Scrapbooking laser cut sentiment.  It used to be a pretty light pink, but I colored it black with a Copic marker.  It made more sense to me.  (hahaha)

Thanks again for dropping in today.  I'll be back to share the final day of this challenge.  I just need to choose what I'll share.  Until then have a beautiful day!!

xoxo,
Leanne

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 23

Hello!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

I've been so darned busy these last 3 days that I forgot to post day 23 - 24!  So I will post each one today along with day 25.  So sorry you'll see 3 posts from me, I'll try to keep them short.

For day 23 of the 25 Days of Christmas challenge with Linda & Kathy.  I shared this Asian themed card featuring some beautiful La- La Land dies and image, an Island Scrapbooking laser cut sentiment and a Hanko Designs Tsumugi cardstock & washi paper...

I had some fun with washi paper and the La-La Land lanterns banner.   I used the adorably sweet Paper Doll Marci Kimono.  Colored her with Copics, including her kimono with the pretty details.  I trimmed off her hair baubles because I wanted to keep it CAS. About the card base, I had already punched out the bottom part of this card with an EK success border punch so just dressing up the rest of the card was what it needed.   The lanterns were paper pieced with washi paper from Hanko Designs and I used gold foil for the tassels.  Here is a close-up of the lanterns.

Adding the red gems to the snowflake centers also ties in to the flowers on Marci's kimono,  I love the layout and of course the Asian theme.  This is another one of my favorite cards for this holiday season.

Thank you for stopping by and I do apologize for all the posts today.  Merry Christmas!!  Hope you are spending it with family and friends and enjoying the time together reflecting on this wonderful day.

xoxo,
Leanne

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 22

Hey!!

Yikes only 3 more days left!  Are we ready?!  I really feel like a re-do for the whole month of December.  Here's a fun winter card I made for day 22 of the 25 days of Christmas challenge with Linda & Kathy.

From top to bottom this is one fun CAS card.  I used Krystal from The Greeting Farm SSS.  The reindeer are dies from La-La Land Crafts.  The beautiful border is also from LLLC.  The hills were created with a Mama Elephant die.  I thought the sentiment from AmyR was sweet for this scene.  And the pretty blue snowflake paper was from my many years stash.  I love the color combo here, definitely a winter wonderland scene.

I think this one will be another short post tonight.  Tomorrow is another work day for me and I still need to figure out what I'll share for day 23.  I hope you're all having a nice relaxing evening.  Hopefully I'm not up too late writing that post.  lol..  Thanks for popping in!

xoxo,
Leanne

25 Day of Christmas Challenge - Day 21

Hello!!

Oi!!  This is super late!  I've either been late here or on IG.  hahaha!  Today, I'm late here.  So I'll make it short and sweet for day 21 of the 25 days of Christmas challenge with Linda & Kathy with this sweet onesie Christmas card...

Hehehe,  I love this card!  It's super duper CAS.  I used the MFT baby onesie die for this easy peasy card.  A Santa sticker to go on top with some white stitching and a Ho*Ho*Ho sentiment.   I bought that designer paper from Hobby Lobby and was waiting for just the right time to use it.  This card seemed perfect!  I did something simple with the inside using a new MFT die and a new La-La Land Crafts club kit die.

The sentiment is an older AmyR one and I love how simple it is.  Totally love the simpleness of this card.  I hope you do too.  Hope you're all enjoying the countdown to Christmas.  I certainly am going a little bit wacky, but so loving it.  If only I could be off from work like all the school kids.  That would be perfect!!  hehehe!   Thanks so much for popping in!  See you tomorrow!

xoxo,
Leanne

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 19

Hello!

Today I'm starting off a little bit slower to post.  (hahaha)  I have something different (to me) to share for day 19 of the 25 days of Christmas challenge with Linda & Kathy.

 

This beautiful scrapbook layout features some beautiful dies from La-La Land Crafts and the oh-so pretty, Christmas Molli.  It was designed by the very super talented DTL, Suzanne Kohler  (Hi Sue!).  As is Sue's style, tons of dies were used to create this winter wonderland.  (I will list them below.) Everything is well thought out and so pretty IRL.  The part that took the longest were the hills.  It might look easy, but we actually had to put a puzzle together to get them to look so "natural".

This is the first project I did at the La-La Land Palooza craft retreat.  Luckily I did because I don't think I would have finished it at all.  (Scrapbook pages are not my thing, hahaha)  But I'm glad I finished, I do love how it turned out.  I didn't have a picture to put in the box, I haven't printed pictures in ages!  So I'll have to find a good one to fill the space.  Here's a close-up of Christmas Molli colored with Copics.

Dies used: Double stitched border, fancy doily border, postage stamp, reindeer 1, reindeer 2, Santa sleigh, snowflake banner, snowglobe (the stars), stitched zigzags, heart snowflakes, & Christmas tree.

Well I have to get back to the Christmas craziness happening at my desk.  I hope you're having a great day.  Thank you so much for stopping by!  I'll be back tomorrow with another special share for day 20 of this super fun challenge.  Until then have a wonderful rest of your day!!

xoxo,

Leanne

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 18, Lilo's Fun Friday #98

Happy Aloha Friday everyone!

Wow just one more week and Christmas will finally be here!!  I bet you're all already done with the shopping and sending out Christmas cards right?!  Not me, I'm always late.  (hahaha)

For Lilo's Fun Friday (#98)  I wanted to share another baby's 1st Christmas card for the 25 days of Christmas challenge with Linda & Kathy.  I hope it makes you smile...

This cutie shaking his bootie is Po from Sister Stamps.  I colored a onesie around him and gave him a cute little Santa hat.  The layout is just as CAS as yesterday's card.  Love those hanging snowflakes from my newest La-La Land Crafts club kit.  Also used the MFT bib die and a Crafter's companion snowflake embossing folder.  The papers are all from my stash and might look familiar as I'm trying to use them up!

Hope you all enjoy the last weekend before Christmas!!  Have a happy Aloha Friday and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Lilo

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 16

Hey everyone!!

I'm still rolling with the 25 days of Christmas challenge with Linda & Kathy and having fun with it.  Today I thought I'd share the card that Linda designed for our get-together with Kathy, Belia & Donna.  Here is it...

A sweet 4x4 card combining some La-La Land dies and a sweet Secret Santa Anya.  The igloo, sentiment and sea lion are from one of the La-La Land Club kits.  The clouds were made with a stencil and some Distress inks.  Adding the sequins in the sky for touches of sparkle.  The igloo is spectacular with it's glittery shield.  I chose some bold colors for SS Anya and subtle tones for the sea lion.  One of the cutest cards I've done so far.  Thanks Linda for the sweet design!

Hope you're all having a nice week.  Thanks so much for dropping by!

xoxo,
Leanne

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 14

Hello!

It's day 14 of this 25 days of Christmas challenge I've joined with Linda & Kathy.  For today I thought I'd start the week off with a fun shaker card I made with my current favorite color combo of green/red/black with some white.  Today's featured images are some sweet winter friends from 2 Cute Ink...

Hehehe,  I love this card!  It was so much fun to put together.  Inside the paper made snow globe are Playtime Winter Penguin & Little Reindeer in a snowy scene.  There are also some cute pinkish-white snowflakes from a RAK from my crafty friend Eva, (Hi Eva!)  Visit her Etsy store to find these and some other cute stuff.   I used a lot of my old paper stash for this one.  It seems I'm having a hard time cutting in to the new paper pads!  (hahaha! oh dear)  To create the globe was a little bit tricky, but in the end I got it to work. I might do a video on it if I attempt to do it again.  Below is a side view of it.

I used a few MFT dies to make the snow globe which I will list below.  Because the snowflakes were delicate I doubled them up to make them sturdier; adding some WOS and a sequin for some sparkle finished them off.  The AmyR sentiment was heat embossed with white and seemed like the perfect one to use here.  Below is a different view of the snow globe.

I think I will attempt to make this globe again so that you can actually see what it looks like.  It does look really cool IRL!  (hahaha!)  Anyhoos, you can see the fun layers of paper I used.  Love the combo!  I had some time to decorate the inside so I did something fun and simple with some extra bits and bobs...

Definitely loving the inside too.  The sentiment is from MFT and I loved using the bright colored inks from MFT to transfer this to the paper.  All-in-all one of my favorite cards, inside and out.

Snow globe: Stitched circle, radial stitched circle, Tabs (I guess the dies are discontinued, but I used the larger version of this one.)

Thank you for stopping by today!  Have a great Scorpion Monday!

xoxo,
Leanne

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 10

On the 10th day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

Ten embossed snowflakes, two chubby penguins and a sparkly shiny Christmas treeeee...

hehehe, couldn't resist...  Been listening to the Hawaiian radio station that currently has Christmas music and there are about 3 different versions of the 12 days of Christmas song.  The Hawaiian and Filipino version are hilarious!

Hey everyone!  Hope you're all doing well on day 10 of my 25 days of Christmas challenge.  Today's card is #2 from my Christmas card swap get-together with Kathy, Linda, Belia & Donna.  This adorable penguin card was designed by Donna.  The cute penguin stamp is from Stampendous and it's called Penguin Snow.  Love how cute and chubby they are!  The white panel on top of the fun gingerbread patterned paper is embossed with some dainty snowflakes.  The Christmas tree was glitzed up with some sparkly green glitter.

I wanted to try to give each of their beanies some texture, definitely a work in progress, but I'm happy with how it turned out.  Well I believe I'll stop here and wish you all a very happy Thursday!!

Thanks again for stopping by!
xoxo,
Leanne

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 2

Hello!

Before I start I just wanted to say that I am so happy Fixer Upper is finally back!!  Woo Hoo!  They did not disappoint on the first episode either.  Looking forward to more antics from Chip and more gorgeous reveals designed by Joanna.

For day 2 I thought I would share the cards from my November Secret Sister Swap.  We were asked to make 4 cards (either the same or different) that would be sent to four swap sisters and in return we would receive 4 different cards from everyone who participated.  This helps add to our stash and also spread some Christmas joy.  I will share my card(s) first then the ones from my swap partners.  For my four cards I used a lot of dies and layers of papers.  I also added some charcoal gray and black, I'm really liking how they accent everything.

I used MFT & La-La Land dies, some patterned paper, gems, a doily, charcoal gray colored felt and Petaloo flowers.  I created two of the same concept interchanging the reds and greens.  Here are the four cards together before I sent them off to their new homes...

Here are the four sweet Christmas cards I got in return.  Starting off with this adorably sweet card from Cyndi Kim... 

From Cyndi Kim

Love this adorable image and the pretty snowflake paper.  Next up is this super sweet card from Annie!

From Annie

How sweet is that gingerbread man?  And the fun snowflake stamped and embossed background? This next one is from the very super talented queen of scenes, Karen from Have a Scrap Happy Day!  Hi Karen!!

From Karen!  Hi Karen!!

Love it!  This is the absolutely adorable!  And this last gorgeous card is either from Jayne or Mare Benne:

The sparkle on Santa is sooo cool, it's really stunning IRL.  Aren't they all wonderful?  And they are definitely going in my Christmas card stash to send to some special family and friends.  I really loved this swap idea.  Thanks Kathy!!

Thanks for stopping by for day 2!  I'll be back to share another completed craft project tomorrow.  Happy Hump day!

Hugs,
Leanne

TBT - Hello October 2015

Hello!!

I forgot to change my 2015 desk calendar to the new month, so in honor of that change & TBT I thought I'd share it again.  Featuring the sweet Hallo Bean and her sidekick, here is my too cute to spook October page...

This was designed by Kathy, and we all colored and put the details together ourselves.  I just realized that I cut the paper to show off the sentiment on the bottom, cool!.  ((hahaha))  Oh the Beans are cute in just about anything, right?!  hahaha!

Alrighty, I'll end it short and sweet.  Hope you're having a great day!!  Thanks for peeking in! 

Have a sweet day Kathy!

Hello!

Hope you're all having a great Sunday.  It's another hot day in LA so I think I'll stay in and play with some stamps and paper.  Hope you're doing something fun as well.

Here's a card I made for Kathy who celebrated her birthday last week.  (Yay to September babies!)

The main image I used is Dollie with Cupcake and the cupcake from The Greeting Farm which is part of the Dollie with Cupcake set.  I had thought to just do a simple plain white background, but as I started to stamp the cupcakes I just kept going.  I used small hearts & some blueprint dies from MFT, ribbon/twine from my stash and that sweet sentiment from AmyR.  The colors are some of Kathy's favorites, mine too, so I was really please with how it turned out.

In this shot you can see that I sprayed on some shimmer mist, makes the image and paper shimmer in light.  I also used my Wink of Stella pen on a few of the cupcakes for even more glittery fun which you can see better IRL.

I stamped something on the inside, it's always fun to add something fun to the inside too.

Dollie with Cupcake

Can't say too much more about this card so I'll sign off for now.  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and thank you so much for stopping by!