Happy Birthday David!

Hello!

Sunday was my younger brother's birthday.  I usually give him a card with something to do with basketball, I ran out of ideas then thought about giving him a card with something that he loves.  His shoes!!  hahaha!!  Yep, he loves his collection of basketball shoes.  He's always sporting new ones sometimes stalking the sites to make sure he gets the newest ones, usually Jordan's, before anyone else can get them.  Needless to say my dad has benefitted when he doesn't want them anymore.  Darn I wish we wore the same size.  hahaha... So I went online to look for a digital image and found a cool one from Yes Coloring.  Here's what I came up with...

Now I don't normally get giddy for birthday cards, but I really couldn't wait to see my brother's face when he opened the envelope.  His smile was huge!!  hahaha!  I don't think he was expecting it.  hehehe!  Yes, it's hard to pull one over on him.  The only thing he objected to was the red on the sole of the shoe.  Eh!  Oh well, I think there could be a Jordan with a red sole somewhere...  If not, he'll have the only one.  hahaha!

Another birthday in the can, hopefully I can think of something cool for next year.  Maybe two shoes instead of one?  lol!  We'll see how it goes.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Supplies:
Jordan AJ F3 digi - Yes Coloring
Black, white, silver cardstock - Neenah
Red cardstock - Recollections
Happy Birthday embossing folder
Black soot - Distress ink TH by Ranger
Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen
Transparent liquid pen - Viva Decor
Copics:
N4, R37, N1, N8

KBD - 1st Monday Spotlight

Hello!

It's the first Monday of the month and that means I've got a spotlight post over at the Kitty Bee Designs blog. I cannot believe how fast July just flew by!!  I remember it being hot and I worked a lot of long hours.  I do remember some fun things I did.  Going to see my niece play club volleyball and hanging out with my cousins; going to San Diego with my mom & co-worker Doreen for a bank seminar but getting to hang out with my mom's bestie; celebrating my friend Lisa's 40th birthday party and hanging out with her & Jackie and of course attending Anime Expo with my bud Jesse. Looking forward to August which is choc-full of birthdays, and that means someone's going to be busy making cards!  Well let's get on to my card...  I chose to spotlight another adorable panda from the Etsy store.

This is Flying Kite Panda and I created a scene using Copic markers & Distress inks.  I decide to keep it really simple so I made it in to a shaped card.  For some fun texture I added black & white twine for the string.

I hope I was able to put a smile on your face and get your Monday on the right path.  For more fun images to purchase for your crafting needs head on over to the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy store.  Don't forget to join our current Aloha Friday challenge which ends next Friday.  Click HERE for all the details.

Mahalo for stopping by!  Have a terrific week!

Supplies used:

• Flying Kite Panda
• Black & white cardstock - Neenah from Kelly Paper
• Stitched circle die - MFT
• Scallop circle QuicKutz die - Lifestyle Crafts
• Beetle black Doodle twine - Doodle Bug via CC Designs
• Sentiments Big Bold You & The Big, the Bold and the Happy - Winnie & Walter
• Onyx Black Versafine ink - Tsukineko
• Tumbled glass Distress ink - Tim Holtz for Ranger
• White pen - Le Plume pigment ink pen
• Copics:
• Kite - YG17, Y18, R29, B26
• Panda - BG0000, N10
• Grass - YG17, YG13, YG11

Tress

Morning!

Catching up on some projects I don't think I posted.  This is a card I made for a swap.  The theme was birthday...  I used Tress from the Greeting Farm.

Boy oh boy does she have a lot of hair!  I went with my usual dark brown with a lighter brown hair color and went a little bit girly here.  It's bright and summery, so not what it's like outside right now. (hahaha)

The pretty flowers on the card are from an older RAK from my crafty friend Karen, thanks Karen! You should definitely stop by her blog and check out the cutest scenes using dies, stamps and flowers that she creates with such ease.  The pearls are from my stash.

Next time I think I'll go a little lighter on the hair so you can see all the details.  That's all for today.  Have a good one and as always, thanks for stopping by!!

Oops one last 2014 Calendar!

Hey!!

Thanks everyone for all the wonderful comments you've been leaving.  I read them as soon as I get to work because I need a little happy reading before starting the day.  Big hugs to you all!!

I have one last calendar for 2014 to share.  I made this for one of the temps who's last day was Friday. When I hear someone is leaving the company, especially in our department, I try to give them a good luck/best wishes card.  Lately I've been trying to incorporate something useful.  So adding a calendar to the front was perfect.  I found an extra 2014 calendar so I parred it down to August and added the 2015 calendar below it.  I made it into a tent card so that if he wanted to put it on his desk at his new job he could.

In case you didn't recognize the image I used Shin-Shin from Sister Stamps and had a bit of fun coloring with a few Copics I had at work.  Definitely not your traditional coloring right?  hahaha!  I had a blast coloring him up including his glowing bamboo stick.  I have about 5 Copics markers that I leave at work and they are not the traditional bunch.  But I had fun anyways and I think it turned out pretty cool, especially with the cool washi paper in the background.  As you can see I used the same Tim Holtz postage stamp die again and I mounted it on to chipboard and then on to the white card.  After fussy cutting Shin-Shin I popped him above the calendar and added the Best Wishes laser die cut sentiment right next to him.  You can't really tell but I added Stickles to the glowing bamboo stick, and all of Shin-Shin's patches.  It looks pretty cool IRL.

Here's a close-up, pretty fun yea?  I might need to leave a couple more colors at work, just in case.  Well I hope you liked today's share, it was a lot of fun to make.  This weekend I have a future commission for some fun birthday decorations, wish me luck!  Hopefully I'll have time to stop in at Alyce's Kit & Clowder 3000 members weekend party.  So many fun things happening there.  Like a crayon coloring contest!  Wuuutt?!!

Have a great Saturday and as always...  Mahalo for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Shin-Shin - Sister Stamps
• White cardstock - Neenah
• Chipboard - Kelly Paper Co
• Washi paper - Hanko Designs
• Tim Holtz postage stamp die - Sizzix
• Laser cut sentiment - Island Scrapbooking
• Pop dots - Fiskars
• Stickles
• Copics used:
• Panda: B04, B05, YR02, YR04, white gel pen
• Bamboo: B04, Y15

LFF #77: A 2015 Mini Calendar - The 1st of many

Happy Aloha Friday!

TGIF!! What a week!  So happy the weekend is finally here who else is with me?!! Common!!  I know I'm not the only one who's feeling the same way.  (lol!)  It's also August 1st today!  Where o' where did July go?!  I feel like I blinked and poof there went July.  Need to savor the next few months as December will come all to quickly.  On Wednesday I shared my last mini calendar for 2014, so today for my Lilo's Fun Friday #77 share...  My first 2015 calendar...

It's another version of the calendar I finished the other day (scroll down to last post for details).  I had left over dp (I actually have a few more pieces of that dp that I plan to use so don't be surprised if you see it pop up elsewhere) and chipboard so I used the same Tim Holtz postage stamp die just added a different colored laser cut sentiment and right below it I added the pink hibiscus flower.  I went off of those colors to color up Anuhea from Sister Stamps.  Yes her slippas are different colors and that's on purpose.  If you know why then you'll know this is something that's pretty normal.  Gave her some soft colors for her shave ice and added a touch of sparkle that looks really pretty IRL.

Can't wait to make more calendars to send out to friends and family towards the end of the year.  Hope you have a great Friday and a fantastik weekend!  Mahalo for stopping by!

Lilo

Supplies used:

• Anuhea rubber stamp - Sister Stamps
• Tim Holtz Postage stamp die - Sizzix
• Patterned paper - Colorbok
• Hibiscus & Aloha sentiment laser die cuts - Island Scrapbooking
• Pop dot adhesives - Daiso Japan
• 2015 calendar - Taylored Expressions
• Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
• Copics:
• Hair - E79, E57
• Skin - E000, E21, R30, E00, E31, R20
• Top - RV21
• Board shorts - B28, B26, white gel pen
• Slippahs - RV21, B26, N2
• Flower - RV21, YR31
• Shave ice/Cup/Spoon - B91, YG11, YR000, YR82, BV00, E31