LFF #96 - Thanks Vivyenne!

Happy Aloha Friday!!

For today's Lilo's Fun Friday #96, I have a thank you card I made for one of my colleagues who unfortunately is leaving us today. =/  It's always hard to make these types of cards, especially if you really don't want that person to leave.  I made it girly like her and with some bright peachy colors.  Oh yeah and there's that layout again.  Yep can't get enough of it.  (lol)

Ok, so I really love this one!  I guess cause the colors are pretty.  Most of the same elements from the other cards are used here.  The La-La Land dies, MFT dies, Lawn Fawn word die, some pretty flowers from Petaloo and some fun accents from Recollections.  The patterned paper is from another Prima pad, the cardstock is MFT & Recollections and lastly is Anya Strolls from The Greeting Farm.

Instead of coloring her blouse I added some dots to create a fun pattern.  Once I finished coloring her up I fun cut her then glued her down flat instead of popping her up.  The reason for that is because I wanted the "thanks" to look like it was floating.  What I did was add glue to the bottom of the word and attached it to some of the petals, so it looks like it's floating.  I like the effect!

Here's a shot of the inside of the card.  I did a double panel so we could all have enough space to write something other than the normal few words, but my other colleagues crammed what they wanted to say on to one page.  Aiya!  Sometimes they need guidance.  ((lol))  It's funny because normally if I didn't want them to sign on something I'd usually put a post-it, sheesh, you'd think they would know me by now!  ((hahaha, obviously not!))  ((Sigh!!))

We took Vivyenne to lunch today and here are a couple pictures, can you tell which one is Vivyenne?  (She's the one in the middle in the first picture.)  Sure going to miss her, I usually miss all the ones that leave us...  =/

Wishing Vivyenne all the best in her next adventure.  Hopefully when she makes it big she'll remember us.  hahaha!  Well thanks again for stopping by.  This post turned out to be longer than my others, hopefully you weren't too bored. =D  Have a fabulous Friday and a great weekend!  Hope you get to do something fun!!

xoxo,
Lilo

Happy Birthday Erica!

Hello!!

Happy last day of September!  :(  Kinda sad that's it's already over, but looking forward to October.  Before welcoming in October I wanted to share this birthday card I made for my co-worker who is celebrating her bday today!  Here's the card I made for her...

I can't believe I made this card!!  I have to say it's something I would never have come up with if I hadn't just finished making a similar card with a similar layout over the weekend.  I'll share that card tomorrow.  This is one of those cards you just look at and smile.  I smiled a lot when I was done.  

The papers are from Prima Marketing and the solid colored papers are from Neenah & Recollections.  I used dies from La-La Land Crafts & MFT.  Love the dies from these two companies!  The flowers are from Petaloo and were pretty with the colors on the card.  The image is So Hip Anya and she is one  of the SSSC from TGF.  I gave her a little bit of an alteration, but just a tiny one because my friend has short hair not long, so the ponytail has disappeared. 

 I don't normally add an inside but this time I did.  

Pretty and simple.  Well I hope you're all doing well and getting in some crafty time.  I'm so behind on a couple swaps that I'll be burning the midnight oil for a few days.  The hard part is trying to come up with something for my swap partners!!  Wish me luck!  Take care and thanks for stopping by!!

Little Red

Good morning!

So I didn't get a chance to go shopping yesterday even though I left work early, I was too tired.  How about you?  Did you find any good sales?  Share!  (hahaha)

Today I thought I'd finally share this altered fan I sent to another swap partner in October.  I know she's already received it so it's now ok for me to share here.  I made something similar (HERE) but different for another swap buddy using two Sister Stamps, this time I decided to use one of my Gorjuss Girl images and included the fan.

The image is called Little Red.  After I colored her with my Copics, I "fun" (not fussy) cut her out.  Read all about "fun"(not fussy) cutting over on Karen's blog.  It looks like she and I are the only ones who like to do this. hahaha...  The patterned paper is from DCWV and I loved it because Little Red honestly looks like she's tip-toeing through a garden.  I added some white daisy ribbon around the edges, some gems, a mini calendar, a wooden butterfly, that huge fabric flower and more lace trim to cover up the handle.  I also added some leaf stick pins and a Prima zipper pull.  Here are a few close-ups...

My partner should be able to hang this up.  Right above the second leaf pin there is a slot that a hook could fit through.  Once the calendar is done she can remove it and add another mini calendar for next year or a picture.  It's pretty functional.  I definitely enjoyed putting this one together.  The key to this project was having the right patterned paper and enough patience to put it all together.  Once you get started everything sorta flows, it's getting started that's the hard part.  I'm happy my swap partner liked this.

Well that's all for now.  I hope you have an awesome day and if you can, go out and support your local small businesses.  I plan to do some of that myself.  Until next time, thank you for stopping by! 

Birthday cards for my stash

Hey everyone!

Today I have two random birthday cards to share.  One very feminine and one masculine.  Always nice to have these in my stash.  This is going to be a pretty short post as all I have are 4 pictures.

Using some flowers from my stash, the card above has a lot of different fun textures.  Even the flowers are made of different materials.  The card below was simple and quick, love those kinds of cards.

And there you have it!  hahaha!  Short and sweet today.  Happy Thursday friends.  Make it a great one!!

Aloha Friday Challenge #30 - In the Garden

Happy Aloha Friday!!

Today starts a brand new Aloha Friday challenge at Kitty Bee Designs!

CHALLENGE #30

In the Garden

Your project must follow the theme.  This one is definitely easy-peasy.  For more details, head on over to the blog.  This week we're excited to have our challenge sponsored by:

The Bees & I were lucky enough to receive a few images to showcase, please make sure to stop by the challenge blog to see what my teammates came up with.  They are sure to bring a smile to your face and give you tons of inspiration!!  Today I get to show off Sunbell - Precious Wings.  Oh but please be very quiet we don't want to wake her up...

Oh my talk about adorable!!  This image was the perfect one for my card and this challenge theme. This is another baby card and it's exploding with some bright colors!!  I chose yellow, orange, and green as my color palette to go with a summer theme.  The blooms look like she's nestled right in the middle of a garden.  Oh man I stressed about this one for a while.  After much deliberation I ended up taking a bunch more leaves and flowers away.  Now it definitely looks like she's "in the garden".  Here are some pictures...

   

Using a white pen I added polka dots to the orange flowers and buttons.  It was really nice to use up some older Prima flowers for this card. After everything was glued down I added some water dew drops using my transparent pearlen pen.

The banner is part of the TE Party banner cutting plate.  I ran it through my Cuttlebug with some scrap white paper and trimmed off one of the banners.  I handwrote "Sweet" inside and stamped two daisies with MFT lemon drop ink, I also distressed it a little with some orange ink.  Here's a shot of the inside of the card featuring a couple of baby sentiments from AmyR.

Another close up of the adorable Sunbell and you'll see some of the dew drops created using that awesome pearlen pen.

Well folks it's time for you to share your "In the garden" projects with us.  Make sure to follow the directions posted on the blog, we wouldn't want you to be disqualified. Thanks a lot for dropping by to see my latest project.  Hope to see you playing in our challenge.  Have a great Aloha Friday!!

Supplies:

Sunbell - Precious Wings: Lacy Sunshine Digi stamps
Welcome Little One sentiments: AmyR for CC Designs
Flower stamp: Stamps by Judith
White cardstock: Neenah
Yellow & green cardstock: Core'dinations Darice
Limeade cardstock: MFT
Orange floral pattern paper: Basic Grey
Party banner cutting plate: Taylored Expressions
Leafy branch: Taylored Expressions
Open leaf flourish die: LLLC
Floral Frenzy & Grande dots embossing folders: Crafter's Companion
Nesting scallops die (L-CC-005): Lifestyle Crafts
Buttons: Recollections
Flowers: Prima
Pearlen pen transparent: Viva Decor
Lemon Drop ink: MFT
Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink: Tim Holtz for Ranger
Copics:

• Skin: E000, E21, R30, E000, R20
• Hair: E79, E25
• Sleeper: YR65, YR16, white Le Plume pen: Marvy Uchida
• Wings: YR000, YG23, YR16
• Daisy: Y18, Y38, YR65, Y26, YR16, YG21, YG23

LFF #78 - Altered Clip Board

Hello!

Please continue to pray for Hawai'i, they are getting the brunt of the storm right now and it's not getting any weaker.  Please pray that the storm slows down and that everyone stays safe. Mahalo!!

TGIF!  Another long week at work comes to an end, hooray!!  I'm planning on enjoying the time off. Now I don't have any new projects to share, but I do have one that I know I haven't shared. This was from a swap I participated in back in June, I think.  (haha sorry can't remember)  It was an anything goes theme so I wanted to do something out of the ordinary.  This is definitely out of the ordinary for me...  Here's my Lilo's Fun Friday #78 share.. An altered clipboard...

This is an altered clipboard from the $1 section at Target.  I think I could have sold this for more than a $1 right? lol...  Darn I wish I had taken a picture of the clipboard before I altered it so you could see the big transformation.  It was yellow & gray with geometric designs on it and the clip part was also gray.  I used a bunch of Prima, Recollections, Echo Park, Bo Bunny & Viva Decor products here and all were from my supplies.  Well except for the Julie Nutting doll, that was a new purchase at the time.  How about some pictures?

I covered the clip part with Viva Decor 3D Stamp paint in Walnut Brown metallic, which looks so much better than the light gray.  Here you can see some flowers and the pretty black and cream bow.

A close up of the other side featuring more Prima, Recollection and Bo Bunny products, and a peek at Mindy.  How about a closer look at Mindy?

  

Had a bit of fun coloring her hair with black first and then going in with a dark reddish brown to give her some reddish hair.  Paper pieced her outfit and hairband and used some gray markers to add some shadows. Her skirt was layered with 3-D dots to make it look poofy.  This paper is from Echo Park. 

Here's a shot of the picture frame and other goodies from Prima, Recollections and Bo Bunny.  I used a Sizzix polaroid die for the picture frame with some Prima paper.  Before popping up the frame with 3-D dots I added a clear plastic bag with the open slit on the side in case she wanted to add a picture she could or leave it as is.

A close up of the random flowers and wooden embellishment from Prima & Recollections.  Glad I was able to use up some of these older pieces that I had been hoarding!  (hahaha)

Going to the flip side of the clipboard, I used another piece of Prima cardstock to cover the back and then using the same 3D walnut paint I tried to give it a distressed look.  I went with the more is more concept here... lol!  oh, well at least it's metallic paint so it's nice and shiney. lol

This was actually one of those projects that drains ya... hahaha!  Do any of you have that kind of drain after a stressful project?  Please share!  I stress out with the flower placement and other vintage/shabby chic things.  I'm so not that type of crafter, but I have to say I am super happy with how this turned out and I know that the recipient loved it.  It was really hard to let this one go, but I knew it was going to a nice home.  Okie dokes folks, hope you all have a wonderful Friday and a terrific weekend.  Thanks a lot for stopping by!

Happy Day - Festival Lily

Hello!

Hope you're having a nice weekend.  Thanks to Alyce from Kit and Clowder I got to play with a lovely free digital image created by the very talented Wendy Burns, owner of All Dressed Up.  Her name is Festival Lily and if you're a part of the Kit and Clowder Facebook community you'll have already received and participated in the coloring contest using this beautiful image.  

Here's the card I made, love how girly it turned out.

Had a bit of fun with a new photo editor, Pixlr which created this very cool glamour shot.  I must say it makes my card look very professional...  (lol)  I love how soft & kawaii it makes everything look. Sorta whimsical just like this image.  Here's my coloring before the glamour shot in case you wanted to see the flaws, I mean the difference. lol...

That's all I have for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend and as always, Mahalo for stopping by!

Supplies used:

• Festival Lily digi - All Dressed Up
• Essential backgrounds Text style clear stamps Product # LVB297 - Whiff of Joy
• Patterned papers Lyric & Fairy Rhymes, flowers Lucille Song Bird #555597 - Prima Marketing
• White Neenah cardstock
• Die-namics Mini Album Squares, Dainty Dots border  - MFT 
• Designer Mini Tags, leafy branch, burlap twine natural - Taylored Expressions
• Sentiment, sequins - Winnie & Walter 
• Open leaf flourish die - LLLC
• Laser cut wood butterfly - Recollections
• Handicraft lace - Daiso Japan
• Distress inks: Tumbled glass, walnut stain, stickles - Tim Holtz by Ranger
• Versafine Vintage sepia - Tsukineko
• Magic Perlen Pens: transparent blue & transparent - Viva Decor
• Copics:
• Skin: E000, E21, E00, R30
• Hair: N7, N4, B24
• Dress/butterflies: G0000, G000, G00, G02, YR00, E30, E31, N3, N1, E11, YR82
• Outline: G000

Welcome little one - Spotlight time at KBD

Hello!

Hope you all had a wonderful long weekend spent with family, friends, food and some fireworks.  I spent the weekend going to Anime Expo, watched fireworks in my neighborhood, and got in some good food with friends & family.  So all the bases were covered. :)  I got in some craft time too. Made a few cards for fun and for my DT responsibilities. Today is the 1st Monday of the month and I have the spotlight at the Kitty Bee Designs blog...

Here's my version of baby shabby chic.  I used one of my favorite KBD images, Balloon Flying Panda, for today's spotlight.  There seems to be a lot of ladies at work that are expecting so I need to make sure I have enough cards to give out.  This image is perfect for any baby theme.  I love that I can color it up using neutral, boy or girly tones.  Here I used more girly tones.  I'm glad I was able to use a lot of my tools and supplies. Especially my newer dies.

Here's a close up of some of the dies used.  The first is the Lovely view die by Spellbinders for Little Darlings.  Love this die, it's really pretty.  I first used kraft cardstock to cut it, embossed it with a Swiss dots folder and using corduroy ink with a sponge I went all the way around it to give it that cool rustic color.  I did the same to most of this card trying not to go overboard.  The banner and corner dies are from La-La Land Crafts.  I'm slowly building up my LLLC and MFT die collection and am hoping to be able to use them all real soon.  The other die I used was a leaf die from LLLC that is right under the giant Prima flower.  The sentiment is one from my computer generated stash that I cut in to a banner and distressed.

Glad I can add this card to my stash, it'll just be really hard to let it go.  LOL!  Anyone else have that problem? hehe... Anyhoos, stop by the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy store to pick up some adorable images and then come join our current challenge, click HERE for more details.  And last before I sign off I'd like to share that the new members of our design team have been announced, click HERE to find out who they are. Make sure to stop by and welcome them to the team.

Mahalo for stopping by today, have a great week and I hope you get in some crafty time.

Leanne
Team Bees for Kitty Bee Designs

From me to you

Hi!

Today I wanted to share a card featuring another of the images from this beautiful stamp set from Crafter's Companion.  The first card I shared had bright and bold colors. This card is showing some of the opposite. More softer girly colors, it goes so well with this image.

Isn't she gorgeous?  Love how elegant and beautiful she is. The washi paper is one of my favorites from Hanko Designs, the embossing folder in the background is also from Hanko Designs.  Love how the oval frames her beautifully.  I added 3 pink Prima flowers, lace trim from Daiso and the sentiment is computer generated.  I masked her and used one of the other background stamps to stamp right behind her. 

The last touch was adding sparkle to her kimono and the 3 flowers on top of her umbrella. So happy with how it turned out.  Thank you so much for stopping by, appreciate it a lot. Take care!

For Lani & Chris

Morning!
Happy Hump day!

Over the weekend my family and I spent some time in Pismo Beach, CA to celebrate my cousin's wedding.  It was a beautiful day and a lovely event.  The setting was over looking the beach, everyone was dressed to impress, the bridesmaids looked so pretty, the groomsmen looked very cool, the groom looked very handsome, but the bride took the spotlight.  She was beautiful!!  We partied til late and went home tired but it was a good tired knowing that the celebration was to honor the happy couple.  Since the wedding was an outdoor affair I made a card that reflected that using no image, but summery papers and pretty flowers.  I think I achieved what I wanted to do.

The flowers are a blend of Petaloo, Prima and Recollections.  I loved the textures on the Petaloo flowers, they somehow reminded me of the sea.  My cousin's favorite color is turquoise, so the aqua was the closest I could get and adding the peaches and oranges really worked out beautifully.  Here's a close-up of the flower arrangements.  Now I'm no expert like my cousin, but I love how it turned out.  First up is the aqua flower...

And here's a close-up of the orangey-peach flower.  I love the difference in the textures of the flower with the soft colors.  I'm going to have to buy more of these.

The papers are a combination of Hanko, Neenah, DCWV and K&Co.  I added a pretty white crotched border and framed out their names with an MFT die.

The inside was what my mom wanted so I printed it out on cardstock from DCWV.  Sorry I don't know where she found it.

Here are a couple pictures (courtesy of my cousin & FB) of Lani & Chris and as you can see it was a beautiful day for a wonderful celebration of love and commitment...

To the happy couple, may you both be as happy as you are here forever and ever.  Love you guys!!

Well I better get moving, hope you all have a wonderful day!  Mahalo for stopping by!