Have a Magical Day

Good morning!

Got lots to do before I head out for the day, but I wanted to share this card I made for my sister's birthday.

This is Teen Fairy Mia from Mo's Digital Pencil.  Isn't she fabulous?!  I kept the card simple making Fairy Mia the main focal point.  I love this image and she's perfect for my sister as I think she is fabulous as well.

Here's a close up.  I added clouds behind her, she looks like she's floating.

Okie dokes, time to sign off.  Mahalo for stopping by!

Have a terrific weekend!

Hugs,

Leanne

Calling all Heroes

Hey everyone!!
Today I wanted to share pictures of the birthday party favors and card I made for my Godson's birthday party.  First up is the card.  The theme for the party was Avengers so I was pretty stumped as to what to make for him.  In the end using Spellbinder circles and a star punch I went super CAS and made Captain America's shield with a "twist."   The "twist" is that the shield can rotate clock and counter clockwise.  You'll have to take my word for it as there is no easy way without video to show that.  The inside of the card could be considered for the outside of the card.  I actually did have it as the front of the card, but changed my mind after I made the shield.  Here is the inside of the card that I think turned out really cool...

I found that Avengers image online, cropped it, but saved the original for the tags.  Next I searched different sites for a fun "super boy" and found Super Duper Boy from Mo's Digital Pencil.  He was pretty perfect for this group of super heroes and so keeping with the heroes theme I colored him up with Copics in the colors of Superman. I know he's not part of the Avengers, but doesn't he look natural in this group of heroes?  I this so..

As my contribution to the party I asked my friend Doreen of Treats by Doreen to bake me some of her famous chocolate chip cupcakes with chocolate and peanut butter frosting.  From there I had to think of how to package them for the guest's goody bags.  I stopped by Wal-Mart and found some Avengers paper cups and thought with some shredded paper in the bottom of the cups the cupcakes could go inside the cups.  I also picked up some clear bags to put them in. Now I couldn't leave them without making a tag right?  So using the same image as above but with the words left intact I printed them out, trimmed them, added them to some red cardstock that I cut down to make tags and added some blue and white paper ribbon.  Attached them to the bags and voila!

I didn't want to leave out a little message from the birthday boy so I printed one out for him on some labels and of course I had to give props to Doreen for making the cupcakes.

It rained during the party but we still had fun under the big white tent.  The birthday boy was excited as well as all the kids and adults that were there.  Another birthday in the bag until next year...

Mahalo for stopping by!!!  Two more days til' Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales...  What are you most excited to buy?  Me?  Well I'm not a big fan of Black Friday shopping so I might sleep in.  (hahaha) 
Have a fabulous day!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Lollipop Crafts #83

Hello everyone!

Thank you for hopping along with Lollipop Crafts for the past 4 days.  Hope you were able to get to each blog and comment.  I know I didn't really give you too much of challenge with mine, but most everyone got it correct.  Be sure to check out if you were a winner at the Lollipop Crafts blog.  Today we are back to challenges and for this one we want you to go monochromatic.  Make sure to head on over to the blog and check out what colors the rest of the A-Team chose.  You'll also find out who our sponsor is and all the challenge details.

I'm using a color that I very rarely see used.  It's yellow and I was in the mood for something bright and fun.  What could be more fun and bright then yellow, right?  I also think I have the perfect image to go with my color theme.  She's another adorable little girl from Mo's Digital Pencil and her name is Pineapple Girl.  Well I'm sure she has another name but the digital image is called Pineapple Girl.

Isn't she a cutie?  I could see her running up to me asking, "You like buy one pineapple?"  hahaha...  I'd buy a dozen.  hahaha...  Kept the layout of the card really simple.  Layered it up and see that yellow daisy looking doily?  Found that at the Dollar Tree.  Actually that might have been the deciding factor for me when I chose the color.  Loved the brightness of it, very summery.

Colored her up with several different shades of yellows.  After cutting out the image with a scalloped oval die and while the die was still in I used yellow ink (Colorbox - Canary) to add some pretty color around PG to give her a fun frame.  

Make sure you also get a chance to stop by the blogs of the A-team:
Alanna
Dena
Joanna

Hope you can play a long with us.  Mahalo for stopping by today.  Have a great day!
Hugs,
Leanne

Kalei - Lilo's Fun Friday #34

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Aloooohaaaa!!! Happy Aloha Friday everyone! :)

Before I start I wanted to wish my younger brother, David a Happy Birthday!! Happy Birthday brother!  :)

Today is LFF #34 which happens to be my favorite number.  Don't know why, it just is.  LOL!   For today's share I made a tag for fun.  Using punches and textures; threw in a few of those quilled circles I made with some scrap paper and this adorable keiki named Kalei, from Mo's Digital Pencil. Can you believe I printed her out months ago and only now found time to color her and use her on a project?  I know I so crazy! hahaha!

Oh, doesn't she just make you want to head to the beach or a luau on the beach?  She was really fun to color and I love the bright colors contrasting with her nice tanned skin.  The tag itself measures 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".  The tag was a leftover of a make & take we created for our Carson show.  (Will have those pictures up for you soon).  I thought the branches resembled palm tree fronds and the quilled circles, coconuts.  :)
Lucky me, there is an Anything Goes challenge at DP2 Challenges, so I think I'll play along. :)

Pretty short and sweet today.  Mahalo for visiting me this week.  It's so nice reading everyone's comments, knowing that you have support even when you've been MIBL (Missing In Blog Land).  I think I'm getting back in my groove and back to blogging and crafting.  Still have a ton of projects left on the dining room table that need to be finished, but for now I'm sharing these small projects, hopefully you like. :)  Have a fabulous Aloha Friday and a terrific weekend!

Hugs,
Lilo

For baby...

Good morning!
Hope everyone is doing well today. 
Gonna share a card that I made for a co-worker who is expecting her first baby.  She doesn't know the sex of the baby, she's going old school and waiting for the little him or her to arrive which sorta made it a bit difficult for us when it came time for the baby shower.  We were told to keep everything in the greens, yellows or whites which was pretty easy.  So what did I do?  Well I went with the standard diapers (you can never have too many) and handmade card route.  I also gave her a gift certificate to be redeemed once the baby was born for either a handmade altered frame or handmade altered letters for the baby's name. 
I started this card a while back with her in mind.  I purchased an adorable fairy set called 3 baby Fairies from Mo's Digital Pencil and was so happy that I was finally able to use one of the cuties in the set.  Here is Baby Fairy with Buttercup and her fluttery butterfly friend...

Weeee, isn't he/she adorable?  Love how Mo did the wispy hair and those adorable rosy cheeks.  I guess it is sorta leaning towards a girl, but luckily everyone else could see that it could also be for a boy, including the mama-to-be.  Whew!  hahaha.  How about you?  O my, I just want to squeeze those chubby legs!!  (hahaha)  The paper is from another awesome Simple Stories paper pad called Baby Steps.  I loved pairing up those beautiful papers with the dark brown.  

 

Here is a shot of the inside of the card.  Love that dp!  The quilt pattern was perfect!  I used a sentiment from the baby sentiments stamps set by AmyR, the sentiment on the front of the card is from the same stamp set. 

Well my friends, that's all I have to share for now.  Take care and Mahalo for stopping by.  Hoping everyone has a lovely day!

Hugs, 

Leanne

Baby, Baby, Baby - Lollipop Crafts #77

Happy Monday!!!

This is the first of two posts I have to share with you today.  First up is this week's Lollipop Crafts challenge #77.  This week it's all about babies!  We want you to make a baby CARD.  Boy, girl, twins, anything for a baby.  Now the key word is CARD so make sure if you want to be considered in our top 3 or the winner of this week's prize you must make a BABY CARD.  Head on over to the Lollipop Crafts blog and see what my DT sisters have created.  It will definitely make you want to say awwww, so cute!!  :)

I made this card for two of my friends who were expecting a baby boy.  I found this adorable image called Michael, at Mo's Digital Pencil shop and fell in love!  My card is just the image with a few clouds in the background that was matted onto some cardstock.  I figured the image itself did not need any sort of embellishment.  Hope you like.

Isn't this the cutest image?  He looks like he's in that deep sleep that we all wish we could have.  I need me a cloud!!  (hahaha)  So I colored him up with Copics and the clouds were randomly sponged with Distress ink (tumbled glass).  I matted this onto white cs, gold cs, and then a white card.  I added an embossed frame using my Scorpal to the card to break up that white space.

After coloring his wings and halo with gold tones I used Stickles to give it a bit of a nice sparkle and texture.  I seriously would love to have a cloud to sleep on!  (hahaha)  We hope you play along with us this week.  Our sponsor is Robyn's Fetish and the T-Team will have a sponsor spotlight on Wednesday.

Now if you aren't too busy come back later because I'll be hopping along with the Monday Inspiration team from La-La Land Crafts.  You are all welcomed to join in the fun.  Mahalo for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Supplies not listed above:
White cs (Neenah), Gold cs (Stardream)
Copics: