good intentions...

I don't know about everyone else, but I am one who always has good intentions, but then I have trouble following through... sigh. Even if I really DO want to do it, I find it hard to see things through till the end. But this time I didn't let that happen. I don't know if you have heard about the card drive that is going on for Kate and her family. You can read all about it here. Once I heard about it, I knew I wanted to send some cards. I told Leah, Rhys and Levi about it and they all wanted to make cards too. They all made lots of cards and origami shapes for them. It was really nice to see. Levi kept saying "Kate might like this. It's pretty." And they are all sealed up and addressed and ready to send out. SO glad I didn't let them stop as just "good intentions" this time. Hopefully the cards we sent can help put a smile on their faces and let them know that there are people praying for them all over the world.

I didn't get any pictures of the cards we sent before I sealed them up :(. But I wanted to share something. This is a card I made for Tomio for Father's day this year. Simple but to the point :)

I always try to let him know just how much we appreciate what he does for us especially on Father's Day:) (Isn't this tree stamp ADORABLE?! It is from Stamping Bella . I use it all the time :) )

Anyway, thanks for stopping by! Try not let those good intentions you have stop there--follow through with something this week!! (if I can, ANYBODY can !) And if you do, leave me a comment and let me know what you did :) I love comments!!

last cute....

I think this is my last card for the Moxie Fab challenges. (I think!!) For some reason, I have been making some long, skinny cards lately :) I loved these little gingerbread people from Quickutz. Aren't they too cute?! I thought kraft was the perfect color for them.

This is another pretty simple card. I like it when a card comes together quickly AND I am happy with the results :)
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more cute

Here is my second "cute" Christmas card :) No good detail shots of this one :( But is pretty simple, so I'm sure you get the idea :) It went together pretty quickly. I really like this K& Co. Christmas paper :)

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supplies:

cardstock: worldwin

patteren paper: K & Co

ribbon: bazzill basics

other: gems

more moxie ~cute~

I got to make some more cards for the Moxie Fab "stretch your style" challenge. Unfortunately, I'm not a good judge of what category my cards should go in...I *think* they would probably all fit into the "cute" category, so that is where I will put them :) This is my first "cute" card:

I really like how it turned out :) No stamping on this card, which is unusual for me. Hope you like it!

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supplies:
cardstock: core'dinations
pattern paper: fancy pants
ribbon: papertrey ink
felt "joy": fancy pants
other: straight pins, fiskars scallop punch, twine

moxie fab

I saw the Moxie Fab challenge go up a few days ago, but I hadn't had any time to create anything. But I really wanted to participate so I finally got some time today while the older kids were out with Nana. There a few different categories or styles they have for you to try. This is the one I did for the stamping category:

I love kraft, as I am sure I have mentioned a few times :) And lately I also like to make Christmas cards with non-traditional colors.
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supplies:
cardstock : papertrey ink drak chocolate, hibiscus burst. kraft from my stash
stamps: snowflakes-stampendous, sentiment-papertrey
ribbon: papertrey
accessories: scallop border, ornament--quickutz

raspberry suite challenge

I was really happy when I saw the colors Dawn chose this week! I LOVE brown and kraft! They are 2 of my all time favorite colors to use for cards and layouts. When I saw the golden-orange color, I immediately thought of bees :) And since I had the new Honey Bees set from Papertrey, I thought it would be perfect. I had a little more trouble than I expected coming up with a design I liked though. In the end I got this from a notebook of sketches I have that I work on while I am out and have ideas. Here it is:

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!!

supplies:
cardstock: papertrey ink dark chocolate, others from stash
stamps: papertryink Honey Bees
other: twine, quickutz scallop border
ink:tsukineko

10 years

So I know my profile says I've been married for ten years, but really it was just 10 years this Monday on August 31st. I can hardly believe that it has actually been 10 years. It certainly doesn't seem that long! Here is what we looked like 10 years ago on our wedding day:)

Boy, we did look young :) 10 years ago we got married in Virginia and then we went to Disney World for a few days for our honeymoon :) Because Tomio could only get so many days off at one time, we then waited till April and went to Europe for 2 weeks:)

I knew Tomio was taking the day off for our anniversary, but I didn't know what he had planned. He surprised me by having reservations at the Sheraton at Disneyland here :) We always like to celebrate our anniversary trips with the kids too so they came too. It was absolutely wonderful. The room was a beautiful oceanview. And it was really fun to think about how much our family had changed since the last time we had stayed at Disney:) We swam in the pool and played in the kiddy area for awhile the first day and then went out to dinner. After dinner, Tomio surprised me by having presents sitting on the bed waiting for me :) There was a card, which he spent over an hour choosing at the store :), and a NICE tripod for my camera:)( I was SO happy to get that--I love how he knows what I want.) AND a HUGE solitaire diamond necklace!! It is gorgeous. I had no idea he was getting it!! (Plus he already got me a pair of shoes and a scrapbook magazine subscription...yes, he does spoil me.)

We spent the whole second day at Disneyland. It was just perfect. I couldn't have asked for a better anniversary :) arigato ne, Tomio :)