Hello Kitty Ornaments for Hale Anuenue

Happy Hump Day! Whew, I'll be glad when this week is over. Moving office is taking a toll on me.

At our last FCE club meeting we decided to once again decorate a HUGE Christmas tree at Hale Anuenue (nursing home) among other things. We chose an Asian theme. I really scored when I went to Island Scrapbooking to find this die on sale. Cha-ching....I had to get it. One of the girls suggested making an ornament using Japanese characters. So with that in mind, I incorporated both along with origami paper and came up with these. Jenny (Crazy for Paper) will think I'm nuts because I had to cut two pieces for each ornament. Jenn, I made 23 ornaments. It was suppose to be 24 but I messed up on one. Whew, that took a long time. In fact, I think I pulled a muscle on my shoulder cranking out so many Hello Kitty's and had to use Tokuhon...stinky stuff. I'm all better now. LOL.

Supplies:

Hello Kitty die by Sizzix

Origami paper

Japanese character stamps

Ribbon

Black glaze pen by Sakura

Happy Birthday Mom

My mom's birthday is coming up next week and I wanted to make a special card for her. I've been wanting to make a card using lace but haven't been out much since I fractured my ankle. Getting around wearing the big and heavy "boot" is quite cumbersome.

Well, I had to go to Wal-Mart yesterday and bought this pretty lace there. Looks pretty elegant yah? I hope mom likes the card.

Supplies:

Flower stamp by Stampin' Up

Happy Birthday stamp by Mari & Me

Spellbinder die from Island Scrapbooking. Michele got new ones in. Check it out.

Lace by Offray

Copic Markers

Pink paper by DCWV - Spring Glitter Stack

Brown paper by DCWV - Garden Party

Pearls by Hero Arts

Tags for Charlotte

My tag partner this month was Charlotte. She received them today and I'm so happy she liked them. She especially loved the Big Scalloped Circle die which I recently got from Island Scrapbooking.

Since we've become partners just a few weeks ago, we've emailed each other several times. Gee, I feel like I've know her all my life now. And what a coincidence that we graduated from the same high school just 3 years apart. How neat is that?

Hey, I just checked Island Scrapbooking's blog and Michele just got in a shipment of new Spellbinder dies. Ohhhhhh WOW!!! :-)




Supplies:
Stamp by Hero Arts
Copic Markers
Spellbinder Dies (Circle and Big Scalloped Circles)
Gold cord

Ying's Birthday Candy

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Have a scrap happy day. :-)

Karen

"Olivia with her Kittens Kiki and Sugar"

I'm a big fan of Sarah Kay stamps. When I see denim jeans, I tend to automatically color them blue. But when I saw a sample of this image with pink, I thought it was so pretty and feminine.

Supplies:

Olivia stamp by Sarah Kay

Copic Markers

Spellbinder die

Birthday staqmp by Hero Arts

Roses by Prima

Pink flowers by Mulberry Bear

Fern punch by Martha Stewart

Pearls by Hero Arts

Black embossing powder

Birthday Mouse

Gee, I need to clean up my stamping desk. I just found this stamp I bought about a year ago....buried treasure. Maybe I'll find more goodies hidden somewhere.


Supplies:
Stamp by Tina Wenke
Copic Markers
Punch by Martha Stewart
Paper by DCWV (Ultimate Stack)
Ribbon by Offray
Button
Embroidery thread

Chirstmas Tags from Charlotte

Awww, look at the cute Xmas tags I got from my partner, Charlotte. They're so sweet.

I'm so happy we were partners because it turns out we graduated from the same high school though 3 years apart. Despite here very, very hectic schedule, she managed to make these tags and mail them to me so quickly. I started and hope to mail them to her soon.

Thanks Charlotte. :)

And More Cards for Hospice

Do you believe in "blessings in disguise?" I sure do. After fracturing my ankle when our pooch, Buddy knocked me off my feet, I was fortunate enough to work from home. Now it'll be a permanent thing. YEAAAHHH. Once I can get rid of the cumbersome"boot" I'm wearing, I plan to buy him a HUGE munchy bone as his "reward." LOL. I'll be spending the weekend cleaning up to make space for my new desk. Yippee!!!

Here are the final 3 cards our club will be making to donate to Hospice.

Supplies for 1st card:

Bamboo stamp - sorry no brand name was on the stamp

Sympathy stamp by Inkadinkado

Ribbon by Offray

Card #2:

Happy Birthday stamp by Hero Arts

Spellbinder die

Flower die by Stampin' Up

Rhinestone

Ribbon by Max Imports

Card #3:

Stamp by Stampendous

Spellbinder die

Ribbon by Max Imports

Paper by DCWV

More cards for Hospice

Hope you're all enjoying the nice L-O-N-G weekend. We just returned from Oahu last night after attending my niece's wedding. It was a very short trip. The wedding was held at the Pearl Country Club and the food was soooooo YUMMY. That's the best Prime Rib I had in a years. In fact, my hubby and son HAD TO go for seconds. By the end of the evening they were hurting from eating so much. LOL. I should've taken a picture of the painful look on their faces. :-)

I can't walk long distances with my "boot" as I'm still recovering from my fractured ankle. It's a good thing I requested a wheelchair at both airports. I was quite reluctant as I don't like to be "in the spotlight" but very glad I did.

Here are another couple of cards our club will be making to donate to Hospice.
Supplies:
Banboo stamp by JUudi-Kins
Think of You stamp (???)
Corner punch by EK Success
Spellbinder dies
Ribbon

Floral stamp by Viva Las Vegastamps
Sympathy stamp by Hero Arts
Spellbinder dies
Texturz background by Sizzix for Stampin' Up
Gold embossing powder
Yellow marker

Preview of Cards for Hospice

Every year our FCE (Family and Community Education) club do a couple of service projects. One of our projects for this year will be making cards to donate to Hospice. It's sad to make sympathy cards but I hope the receiving families like the cards. I cut out kits from the girls in our club to assemble at our next meeting.


Supplies:
Grass and sympathy stamps by Stampin' Up
Spellbinder dies
Butterfly punch by Marvy Uchida
Pearls by Hero Arts


Here's a more cheerful card to celebrate one's birthday. The green background is embossed.

Supplies:
Bamboo stamp by Hero Arts
Birthday stamp by Hero Arts
Spellbinder dies
Gold embossing powder
Texturz Background by Sizzix for Stampin' Up

MORE TO COME LATER. Have a scrap happy day. :-)