More candles? Bigger the wish!

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Today I have a fun card to share.

My mom requested a birthday card for a special birthday.  Her & my dad just started going to our local Coco's for breakfast every Monday to hang out with some of the seniors who my dad used to bowl with.  From what I hear there's a good number of them that show up and they stay there for a few hours, eat, and talk story.  They are all retired or semi-retired so they have the time to hang out. When she asked for a card for a guy who was turning 87 I wracked my brain.  I searched some of my go to stamp companies for a digi, but found none.  I found this free image on the internet via Pinterest.  It was perfect!!  I also found the perfect sentiment to go with it.  I've been loving the blues so I kept it blues and golds here.  That patterned paper is actually washi paper from Hanko Designs which worked out perfectly.  Definitely had fun here.

Well that's all for now.  I hope you all have a great Wednesday!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Girl's Day!

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Popping in for a quick post.

Happy Girl's Day!

I almost missed making something for today!

This is a quick tag I made today that can be used for any occasion, but for today it's perfect for Girl's Day.  I just happened to have that beautiful background (older Kodomo stamp from Hanko Designs) already stamped & colored up (score!).  I was planning to use it for a recent project but it didn't work out.  But it worked out today!  I now needed an image to add to it.  Flipping through my stamps I thought tiny Mitsuyo from Sister Stamps was perfect!  I quickly stamped, colored and fun-cut her and popped her on to the panel.  The rest came together quickly.

The cherry blossoms on the edge are from a MS border punch.  I have the larger version of it and when I found out there was a smaller version of it I had to track it down.  Lucky for me I found it at my local scrapbook store!  I love that the flowers are tiny and can be used for a project as tiny as this tag.  It just adds a nice touch.  I also used a new embossing folder on the white cardstock as I thought leaving it plain was just too plain.  (lol)  Of course I also added some Wink of Stella to Mitsuyo's kimono and hair ribbon.  You'll just have to imagine how sparkly it is.  (hahaha!)

Mitsuyo with Crane from Sister Stamps

Have a great day and for all the ladies and little girls out there Happy Girl's Day!!  Thanks for stopping by! 

KBD Spotlight for March

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Today is the first Monday of March and I'm spotlighting this card over at the Kitty Bee Designs blog:

Isn't it cute?!  I made this for a friend who's been talking about going to have sushi.  Thought this made the perfect invitation to seal the deal.  How can she say no?  The images are all from the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy store with a few free hand cut elements, a handwritten sentiment and a cool Asian embossed background.  All were colored with Copics.  This turned out better than I had anticipated.

Card recipe:
Stamps: Sushi buddies, Shoyu & Wasabi buddies (minus the kawaii faces)
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Plates, chopsticks and sentiment were all free hand cut or written.

Hope my share made you smile.  Don't forget to join our current challenge for a chance to win a really cool prize.  Stop by the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday page for more details.  Mahalo for stopping by.

Shave Ice calendar

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I'm back to share another mini calendar, I loved reading your calendar comments.  I might be inheriting more from my cousin, so I guess I'll be up to my ears in calendars for a while.  Yay! Today's calendar shows me using more scraps of paper and two adorable images from Sister Stamps this time.  This one makes me smile:

This scene looks so sad, yet funny, yea?.  A big Awww comes to mind when I see it.  Not sure if it's an "Awww so cute!" or an "Awww what a bummer!"  I guess it's a little of both.  The images are both from Sister Stamps release #24.  Ekahi is on the left trying to slurp down his shave ice so he doesn't have to share with Leilani who unfortunately had an accident.  I wonder if he had a brain freeze?!  Owie!!  hahaha!   I had an extra panel of patterned paper leftover from my 2015 calendar (the one I used for September) project.  Both kids fit perfectly in the little space.  Gave them both summery colored clothes and bright shave ice colors.  Awww I really want to hug Leilani!!

BTW, did you see the new release previews on the Sister Stamps blog?!!  OMG, I'm excited for this release as it's more Hawaii local kids.  Chee Hoo!!  They are both adorable!  I was lucky enough to win Anuhea from release #24, during the previews and purchased Ekahi & Leilani from Hanko Designs just recently.  If you head on over to the Sister Stamps blog you might have a chance to win one of the two stamps: Pua or Kaleo.  You'll also get to see some amazing projects from Jenny who is always coming up with fantastik ideas.  She sees something and puts her own spin on it.  Here's the link to the first day's preview.  Hope you still have some time to enter!!  I already put in my order with Hanko Designs so hoping to get these two soon!!

Okie dokes, have a great crafty day and an awesome Sunday!  Tomorrow I'll have my spotlight post for the month of March over on the Kitty Bee Designs blog.  And no it's NOT a calendar.  hahaha! Thanks for stopping by!

Day Off Anya calendar

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I don't know what I was thinking when I bought those mini calendars from Taylored Expressions.  I didn't make nearly enough with what I bought and now I've got about 20 that need to be used up before the end of the year.  Looks like the next couple of posts will be calendar related.  Who wants one, or two, maybe three?  hahaha!  Doh!  I'll have to plan better for 2016!

The nice thing about making these mini calendars is that I'm using up some scrap patterned papers!  I'm also using some of my forgotten punches and dies that I've purchased over the years which is another plus in my crafty-use-what-I-have book.  LOL!  Here's a sassy fun mini calendar featuring Day Off Anya from The Greeting Farm.

Look at all that hair!!!  I thought SSSC - Tress had a lot of hair, my goodness Day Off Anya gives her a run for her money.  (hahaha)  I had a lot of fun coloring her up and then putting the layout together. The sentiment on top is from Dollie with Hearts set and the one on the bottom I wrote myself.   The doily behind DO Anya was cut with a Prima doily die  and some Martha Stewart lace patterned paper.  The yellow cardstock was edged with Prima ink and a Recollections punch.  I think I'll enter this in to the FFF Ribbon & Lace challenge.  Hopefully my lace patterned paper qualifies.  ^.^  I'm also going to link up at Anya Oddies & Others.  What a fun new site find.  It's all about sharing your love of stamping, be sure to stop by and link up on all of their different pages.

This turned out to be a pretty nice sized calendar and now to find her a home.  I'll have another calendar to share tomorrow.  Until then, enjoy your Saturday!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Other challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenge
Sweet Stampin' Challenge