November Christmas Cards

Here are my Christmas cards for Lynne's Christmas Card Challenge over at R-C-S. I am so glad I participated. I haven't counted up the number of cards I have but I know it is more than enough. Now to just finish (yes, I said finish...as in I have already started) my shopping.

This is another card I made for my co-workers this year. It is flat so nothing fancy. I used my Stampendous Santa Tree image and my NEW Elzybells sentiment which reads, When you stop believing in Santa Claus, you get underwear for Christmas. Isn't that cute!?! I colored the image in with markers and set aside. I will be doing a large batch of these.

Card #2. I used TLC cardstock with Making Memories Green Polka-dotted paper. My stamp is one of the cutest Elzybells images I have seen. I matted it and catty-cornered it on the card front then added a cute red gross-grain ribbon. The sentiment on the inside reads, Wishing you a Christmas filled with angel wishes and reindeer kisses! Everyone with me...Awwww!

Here is #3. I used Beate's Weekend Sketch as the layout. I thought it turned out very cute. The polka-dotted paper is from Making Memories. I rounded opposite corners of the image before coloring it in. To finish if off I added faux stitching around the outside and cute ribbon to fill space in the right corner. I love Beate's sketches; I just never seem to have time to play along.

Card #4 if fairly simple. I rounded opposite corners of the card than added this cute snowflake paper, also from MM. I stamped the Santa Tree image and mounted it on green cardstock. To bring more green into the card, I colored a few of the snowflakes in.

Last, but not least, this is cute card disguised as a gift. I added this yummy candy stripe paper from MM on green cardstock. I added a green strip across the middle and distressed the edges. The sentiment on the tag is the same Reindeer kisses sentiment used on a previous card.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope ya'll had a great weekend!

I Heart Spring Colors

Hey everyone. This weekend brought another great sketch from BEATE. I wanted to do a happy card for my boss since I will be leaving work in a couple of weeks. I owe her a lot of gratitude for being a great mentor so I hope she enjoys the card.



The SKETCH was fairly simple and let a lot of room for creativity. Just the way I like it :) The base is 4 1/2 inche square piece of basic black. (Can you tell I am using my stash? Almost all of my cards have had black bases.) The polka dotted paper came from a kit paper pack, although I am not sure what kit is was. It was a gift. I just love it! The strip of squares is actually a sticker adhered to basic black and comes from the same kit. I stamped these great flowers on white cardstock then stamped the hello sentiment from Stampendous below. After coloring those in I mounted it in pink cardstock then adhered it to the card. For some space filler, I stamped 'Just a Note' from Studio G in the top corner and added a ribbon at the main image.

I just love these bright colors and I hope you do to. Mahalo for stopping by!

Hey Friend

Aloha ladies and gents! I hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start. I have a Beate sketch to show you but I am not quite sure which weekend this was for. Everything just runs together as school starts to wind down.



I just love how this turned out. The card base is 4 1/2 inch square of basic black with a 4 inch square of this great American Traditions flower paper. Very Hawaiian =) I scalloped the edges of a piece of Bazzil green and added it to the left side. My main image is a kitty from Studio G stamped on white then layered on black. The words "you're purrrfect" are beside the image, also from Studio G. I stamped 'my friend' from Stampendous on the bazzil green and added a piece of wild ribbon around the card. I finished the card off by adding doodles on the scallops and the main image, which I am not sure you can actually see.

Mahalo for stopping by!

My Monkey Friend

Aloha everyone! I have a simple card to show you today. Just something I put together using scraps. Since I am moving I am trying very hard to use up all of my paper stash so I don't have to ship it.



I just love this monkey. It was given to me by a fellow sistah. I kept with a green theme but I honestly couldn't tell you the brand of papers except there are two pieces of Bazzil cardstock - the black and middle green piece. The monkey stamp is by Mindy Terasawa and the sentiment is from Stampendous. I colored the monkey image with plain ole Bic markers.

Well, I have exactly 1 month until graduation. I just purchased my cap, gown, and hood for the ceremony yesterday and I am so super excited! I will be moving from Hawaii back to the mainland to begin my second life as a career gal. I have been working on finding job leads and it is a tough market out there right now.

Mahalo for stopping by!

Happy Easter Weekend

Aloha everyone. Happy Easter and Good Friday! I hope everyone has awesome plans for the weekend. I know that I can't wait for some R&R! Before I head off on my much needed vacation I thought I would share the second of 3 Christmas cards for my March Christmas Card challenge.



My card is a 4 1/4" square (one day I will be something besides a square) piece of red Bazzil cardstock. I then added a 4" square of green paper from American Traditions. The center imagr from Stampendous is stamped on basic white cardstock, then matted on red bazzil then matted on a larger basic white circle. I used Bic Coloring markers to color in my image and added a dotted border around the larger white circle. I added a huge piece of peppermint ribbon to the bottom to finish off the card.

I really like how this card turned out...so I made a couple of them. :D To see the first card for my March challenge, see THIS POST.

Mahalo for stopping by!

A Little Early...

but that's alright. In a previous post I told ya'll about a Christmas card challenge that I am working on with an online group I am a part of. Well, I have been busy! I got three Christmas cards done yesterday. My goal every month is five which should give me plenty of cards for Christmas time and I won't have to rush in.

This first card was created using Beate's Weekend Sketch. She is such a talented lady. I haven't been able to play with any of her sketches in a while so I was excited to have time for this card. The accomplishment: All these cards were make with my stash! woo-hoo! The base is a 4 1/4" x 9" piece of Bazzil red folded in half. The polka-dotted paper is from My Mind's Eye and the brads were left-over from last year's Ebay binge. I'm not sure what brand that ribbon is; I got it is a huge mass of ribbon in a gift this past Christmas. The Christmas tree stamp is from Stampendous and was colored with Bic Markers.

This second card was inspired by a fellow sistahs February sketch challenge. Lynn had a great sketch so I decided to play along. This card is the same size as the previous one and uses the same Stampendous stamp. I started with Bazzil green as a base and then used last year's left-over star paper by My Mind's Eye. The ribbon you see is from American Crafts and coordinated perfectly with the colors in the paper. I used a present stamp from Hero Arts to put under the tree and popped it up with pop-dots. Lastly I used a glitter gel pen to doodle along the edges of the layers.

Last but not least is a card I am especially proud of. I took this 4 1/2" x 9" piece of Bazzil green and layered it under a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" piece of basic white. I then used my Bic Markers to hand-draw this tree and limbs along with the 'Christmas lights' around the branches. I added heart die-cuts as ornaments. One of the added challenges was to find a way to incorporate hearts into a Christmas card since it is February. I think I did pretty well getting those hearts in there. The largest ones are popped up with pop-dots. I'm not sure why I am so proud of this one. I think it is because I drew it myself and didn't rely on stamps to make the image. Anywho, I hope you like it just as much as I do. This is going to be one I mass-produce for people, but without the hearts I think.

Mahalo for stopping by! Sorry about the long post!