A Birthday Card for Mom

Hello!

May is a busy month of birthdays for me.  The 1st alone has 3 I needed to come up with.  I shared one of the cards the other day and today I'm going to share the one I made for my mom.  This card was a lot of fun to make.  I used a few supplies that I found at Daiso and the rest was from my stash.

I picked the colors from that beautiful strip of fabric tape behind Yoko. The card itself is a bluish-gray washi paper.  Both of these items I found at Daiso.  The strip of white lace was purchased at Marukai and the kanji Happy Birthday stamp is from Crafter's Companion.  I chose Yoko for obvious reasons, but most of all, she is one of my all time favorites.

I really love the colors on Yoko, will definitely use those again.  Ok, time to sign off.  Thanks for stopping by. Have a great 1/2 way to Fri-day!

^.^

Lilo's Fun Friday #43 - Trick or Treat!

Happy Aloha Friday everyone!!

Ho, I'm really late in posting, but couldn't be helped.  Had to come in to work super early and didn't get a chance to pre-post.  I have a little bit of time right now so this might be a short post!  Anyhoos, I hope you are all having a fantastic Aloha Friday!  For LFF #43 I'd like to share a treat bag tag I made last night. 

My first attempt and although the colors clash I don't think it's too bad.  Especially with Yoko as the image.  That green piece of paper was left over from a project that I finished and was the only one that made Yoko pop.  Yoko is one of the older Sister Stamps and one of my favorites.   I thought it would be fun to show her "fishing" for candy corn! hahaha!!  Well that was the only treat bag theme I had.  Looks like she's caught a big one too! hehehe...Aww, it's too cute to eat! hahaha!!  Yes this was a Copic marker creation.  Used two different markers and a multiliner and added Stickles for fun.   

Here's a close up of the tag.  I fussy cut Yoko after coloring her with Copics.  I sniped off the string and origami crane and replaced it with black floss and my handmade candy corn.  I rounded the corners and distressed the edges of the card.  The sentiment is handwritten with a black Copic marker. 

I'm hoping to send this to my Secret Sister for October just gotta find some good treats to stick inside.  If you were my secret sister what kine candy would you like?  Leave me a comment with what choice of treat you would like if you were my Secret Sister for October and I'll randomly choose someone to get a treat from me.  Nope, that's not a trick. :)  Unfortunately if you don't participate you will not be counted so if you'd like a chance to win play along.  I'll post the winner on Monday.

Have to say I had fun creating this Halloween project with a non-traditional Halloween image.  If you'd like to order Yoko from Sister Stamps click here.  Alrighty my friends old and new, that's all I have for today.  I hope you have a fabulous Aloha Friday and a terrific weekend!!  Mahalo for stopping by!!

;)

Hugs,

Lilo

Having fun with cranes

Hidee Ho!  It's been a couple days since I last posted so thought I'd pop in real quick and share a card I made a while back.  Now normally I would probably share this on Friday, but I have something else scheduled for that day.  This gal has waited long enough I think.  lol...

I made this as one of the sample cards for the last stamp show.  This is Yoko from Sister Stamps.  As you can see I had a bit of fun with her crane.  I consider this a CAS card what do you think?  Used the largest of the reverse wonky rectangle Spellbinder dies for the main image.  Left the die on and stamped Yoko then I used DI brick red and sponged all around her and the original crane. 

Can you tell which one it is?  Just follow the string to the end. (woo hoo interactive post - lol)  Colored her with Copics as well as a couple of the cranes.  The other ones I paper pieced using the same washi paper as you see in the background.  Mounted it onto white cs and then all onto black Tsumugi cs.  The border was from an EK Success border bunch that I punched on both sides.  Sometimes that gets tricky, you have to make sure you don't trim too much of the strip of paper and then you have to remember which side to start your punch on.  O yea, I handwrote that sentiment.  Besides skin color I think I only used 5 different Copic markers here.  Just tried to see if I could get away with not using a lot of markers for this one.

Well, that's all for today.  If you have time stop by tomorrow when I will have not 1, but 2 posts.  One for Flutterby Wednesday challenge #199 and a sponsor spotlight post for Lollipop Crafts.  Mahalo for stopping by today!  Hope you are all having a lovely day/evening.

Challenges:
All That Scraps challenge blog: Anything Goes
Oozak.com blog: Anything Goes

Hugs,
Leanne

Supplies not listed above:
White cs (Neenah), black cs (Recollections)
Copics:
Skin: E50, E51, E01, E11
Hair: 100
Kimono, bow, slippers, crane: R46, R00, C9
Pole: E34

Lilo's Fun Friday #14

Happy Aloha Friday everyone and a big WELCOME to my newest friends!! :)  I'm so glad you're here and I hope you enjoy browsing around.  :)  I wanted to say thank you all for your wonderful comments on my last few posts.   I know sometimes it's hard to read through everything, I have the same problem sometimes, so I really appreciate that you are interested in what I write.  :)  I hope you all get a chance to create some candles too, like I mentioned it's super easy and can be addicting, just please give credit to Lydia Bancroft, she really deserves it for sharing her awesome tutorial.  :)

Now I was trying to decide what to do for today's LFF #14 share and since I'm still in candle fun mode I thought I would do another one with one of the Sister Stamps.  :)  Speaking of Sister Stamps, make sure you stop by the Sister Stamps blog to see the amazingly cute Valentine's day previews and you'll also see who the guest designer is.  She's a favorite of mine and she rocks the Sister Stamp images.  You also have a chance to see Debi's amazing previews, she's been busy helping out Jenny on the Sister Stamps blog as well as her own!  She's awesome!  :)  Lastly Jenny is generously giving away the new releases to some lucky commenters, so head on over here to check out the rules and sign up.

Alrighty, since Valentine's Day is coming up I decided to try my hand at my first Valentine's Day project.  I was fortunte to receive a very awesome set of water colored pencils (special delivery from Switzerland) for Christmas.  Big thanks to Renate, Zach, The Winters (Renate's parents who brought them back from Switzerland), Darnell, Kat & Char!  So now that I had my coloring medium I had to choose a stamp.  I picked Yoko because she had the best accessory with her fishing pole.  How fun would it be to wipe away the crane she usually comes with and add a heart to the end?  Pretty cute. 

Here's the heart I added by wiping away the crane :)

It turned out a little bit lighter than I expected but still cute!  I don't know if you can tell, but I did use a Copic marker here.  After I finished heat setting her, I didn't like how her hair turned out so I experimented with coloring with a Copic marker on wax.  It turned out a lot better and now you and I both know that you CAN color on wax with Copic markers.  Although I wouldn't try to do it like you would on paper, the ink might transfer from one marker to another especially if you are using a light and dark combo.  I think I'll experiment with coloring with markers next.   I kept the back blank in case I wanted to either add another image or sentiment, so I just decorated the bottom with a really pretty pp (Brambleberry blossoms - Imaginisce) and some white rafia.

See the  glass stand the candle is on?  Well I got it for a $1 at the Dollar Tree!  Score!  It makes a really nice stand and when turned over it would probably make a really nice bowl.  Alrighty, I'm gonna finish up a card I am making for the Tiddly Inks blog hop tomorrow.  If you have time, here are the details, it should be a lot of fun!  Have a good evening and if you made any candles please leave me a comment and link to your direct post.

Mahalo for stopping by! Have a fantastic Friday!

Hugs,

Lilo

Supplies not listed above:

Copic marker: 100

Memento Tuxedo black ink

White tissue paper

Candle (Joann's)

A very sweet surprise!

Hello I'm popping in again for an unexpected post.  I had to share this awesome frame I got just before lunch from my crafty buddy, Kathy, of Pixie Boutique.  Yes, we happen to be co-workers and lunch buddies.  She is so funny & sneaky!  She left a white paper bag on my desk while I was talking to one of our managers on the phone and of course snuck away before I could ask what it was!  So after I hung up I read the card then I opened the gift and this beautiful set of frames was inside featuring some Sister Stamps images and beautiful origami papers.  Totally love all the details on each frame, especially the embossed backdrop for each little girl.  The embossing folders are all from the Cuttlebug Asian set.  Love this set, and of course I have them all.  :)

Here's Miyono, Ayako & Yoko

Here is a close up of each frame.  Check out all the details she did to create these cute, cute frames..  I have the perfect spot at work to put it.  ;)

Miyono, lantern stamp from Hero Arts. 
Love how she added the lantern inside Miyono's hand

Ayako, I love the papers and love that bridge from the Pagoda Cricut Cartridge.
I'm gonna make a card like this one.  Love how the embossed sakuras
blend with the pretty paper.  :)

Yoko, the bamboo on the left side is also from the Pagoda Cricut cartridge.
Lovin' the embossed white background she looks like she fishing.  :)

She's got me wanting to leave work to make something!! hahaha!  Here's the card that came with the gift, it's not handmade, but still pretty and so matches the theme of the gift:

I also have to share that she got me some sentiments from AmyR with the frames.  She is so sweet, she didn't have to give me any more, but I so am not giving this back. 

Here's the adorable card featuring Anya (Xmas Sweeties) from TGF that she gave to me on Christmas day along with the new Some Odd Girl, In Stitches Tia...

Aw, this girl spoils me too much I tell ya!  hahaha!  I told her I had to post this up so everyone could see it.  She laughed and said she couldn't post it because then I would see and spoil the surprise.  I so appreciate all the creativity, details and time it took her to make the frame and the card.  She's a keeper.  This is the perfect way to end my rough week at work.  ;)  hahaha!

Okie dokie, gotta get back to work.  She not only left this awesome gift on my desk, but some work for me to do too!!  I think she was trying to butter me up!  hahaha!!  Well worth it tho!  Happy Aloha Friday everyone!! 

Hugs,

Leanne

Yoko

Thank you everyone for your wonderful messages from yesterday's FBW blog hop.  I am really excited to be on the FBW team and I hope you all get a chance to play in this week's challenge.  :)

Today I wanted to share one of my finished Thank you cards featuring one of the Sister Stamps images.  This card features Yoko.  She was so much fun to color and I had fun paper piecing her kimono and bow.  If you can believe it, this is a one-layered card!  Well it's mostly a one-layered card.  (hehe)  Tried making something different this time.

I know I need tons more work on the dots around her, but for now I'm ok with how it turned out.  Baby steps for me.  The colors on her hair were fun too.   I wish I could remember what they were.  I actually finished this card a few months back.   I used different levels of sakura punches for the flowers on the other side to balance it out.  The origami paper was purchased from Hanko Designs and one of my favorites.  The sentiment is from a retired sentiment set from The Greeting Farm.

Yoko from Sister Stamps

Mahalo for stopping by today and if you have some time, stop by tomorrow for my Fun Friday post.  Happy Thursday!

Hugs,

Leanne