Tuesday's card.

Usually I like Mondays alot better than Tuesdays, but this week was opposite.Cooking, school and cleaning seemed to go alot more smoothly today than it did Monday. It was alot sunnier today than it has been, and that always helps put me in a better mood :)

Just a simple little card today. I usually make standard-size cards. But every now and then I'll make something smaller just for fun :)

I stamped some Hawaiian Shores cardstock with the text background in Old paper. I kind of wanted to see what color it would turn out heehee :) Then I stitched it to some Bo Bunny Double dot cardstock. The blue ring was sprayed with glimmer mist. I used Heart Prints in but opted to cut it in a circle rather than use the matching heart punch. Then I added an Orange Zest button threaded with twine to finish it off. Really simple:).

Thanks for popping in! I just got my Creating Keepsakes magazine in the mail, so I'm hoping to have a little relaxing time just reading it tonight :) fun :)

Really?

Is it really November already?! I knew it was coming, but still....I can't believe this is already going to be Emma's second Christmas! I can tell she's grown so much though. She says so much! The other day, Tomio had to leave for work early, and I was getting his breakfast ready. Since it was early, all the big kids were still in bed and Emma was in the kitchen with me. Now normally when I finish cooking and call the kids to eat, Emma will yell out "READY!". So when I was finished getting Tomio's breakfast ready, she said "ready!! CUTIE(that's was she calls Levi)!! Oh...Cutie nai-nais."(which is what she says for sleeping)It was sooooo cute! She actually said "Oh" and you could tell she was thinking and connecting it all in her head. I love it :) And whenever she wants you to giver her something, she'll say "please" and hold out her hand. Secretly I wish I could stop her from getting bigger *sniff*, but since I can't, I'm at least trying to enjoy all these wonderful little moments :)

Sorry, today was just one of those Mondays. You know, just not really any extra time for all that fun stuff, so I don't have any cards to share today. Hopefully tomorrow:) Our "Fall Party" that we do instead of Halloween is this Wednesday, so I'll be sure get some pictures of everyone in their costumes :) Thanks for stopping by!! Is your week starting off well? I hope so :)

a scary story?

I almost thought I wouldn't get to post today. I was having a mini melt down :)I'm not computer savvy. At all. But, I do all the computer stuff at our house (well, I am the one who uses it 90% of the time!). I set it up, connected it to the internet and all that. Well, my itouch is dying. Don't really have any idea what the problem is. And in a last attempt to see what I could do, I had it connected to my computer and was trying to get the internet to connect on  the iTouch. Somehow I totally messed up my internet connection on my computer. I was freaking out getting mad at myself heehee.BUT, in the end, I did manage to get everything back to normal. PHEW :) That's my little scary story for Halloween heehee :)

I don't have a Halloween card though. So how about a Christmas one? I can't wait to start making lots of Christmas cards, so I didn't :) They are my favorite kind of card to make :)

This isn't my typical style of card. A little bit shabby, vintage? Maybe? I *think* I like it lol. I stamped some text on the red. Then I layered on the label and then the tag. I stamped some damasks on thte tag first. I stamped some flourishes on the tree before I wrapped the ribbon around. I stamped some different text on the trunk. Then I finished off with some machine stitching and a sentiment. It was fun trying something a little bit different, though I don't think I'll be making this kind too often :)

Ok. I'm off to bed for the night. Oh, but I *did* get some crafting done today~yay :) Thanks for stopping by!!

more butterflies

It was a very dark, cold rainy day here today. I hear a typhoon's coming through. We stayed in most of the day. We did venture out for some sushi for dinner though :) We take up a whole little booth with our family of 6 now :) Everyone likes sushi and it's always nice since everyone gets to order what they each want.

This picture of Rhys and Emma was just so cute I had to share it:

Rhys ADORES Emma :) She loves him too and they play together well too :)

I loved how the red butterfly card I made the other  day, so I thought I would try one with opposite colors. I think the blue was actually too dark, though. I used mostly the same supplies too. The woodgrain background, butterfly dreams, turning a new leaf, and polka dot basics 2. 

 I colored the butterflies with copics and the pearls to match like before too. I don't love it as much as the red one, but still pretty nice :) I really REALLY hope I get some crafty time tomorrow. We'll see. Do you have crafty plans for the weekend? Or at least something else fun?

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a sunny day!:)

a card and a cut.

First for the card :) I made this awhile ago and didn't get a chance to share it. I made it when I was trying to figure out ways to use my Green Thumb stamp set that I like, but seem to have trouble actually using.

It's a pretty CAS card, but I like how it turned out. I don't use alot of black well, anything really, but I think it helped to make everything else pop :) The verse is from Verve. I added a pearl to the center of each flower.

Now for the cut. I'm sure you probably noticed from the pictures I post of my cuties that Rhys and Levi have rather different haircuts.Rhys's is quite short, with a soft mohawk in the middle. This is done by Tomio. Once upon a time it was done by me, but after a few comments I received, it will forever be done by Tomio....Levi's hair is quite a bit longer. We tried doing it shorter (we meaning me trying AND Tomio trying), but he has a huge cowlick in the back which sticks up when it is short and will only lay flat if it has alot of extra length. So after that, it has basically just been left to grow out since it was buzzed last fall. Here is what it looked like: 

We decided to take him to Tomio's "hair place" and have them cut it and go from there. But to be honest, (and this from a person who always said they didn't like longer hair on boys), I like it longer on him. I do. And Tomio knew that when he took him in. So this is what he came back looking like:

Sorry, I know thes aren't the best pictures. It was late at night, but I wanted to go ahead and get some pictures. That and Levi informed me I hadn't gotten the "after" picture to go with the "befores" :) I'll try to get more pictures of the back too if I can. Tomio said that after much discussion, he would either end up with quite short, a bowl cut(!) or what he ended up getting. So there you have it. :)

Thanks for stopping by!! Tomio has a long weekend, so hopefully we'll be doing some fun things :)

a unity card :)

I was working on layout today, and I discovered a few things.
1) Choosing which pattern papers to use takes just about as long as everything else put together
2)There are about 62 different shades of pink, 38 of which I own in some form, and none of which match the color pink in my photos
3)The time you get your 1 year old down for her nap and sit at your desk, is the time your caring husband will offer to help you do that_____ you've been asking for, so you'll just have to stand up again

4) When you finally DO choose said pattern papers, you'll end up not using the ones you like best, just in case you find the *perfect* layout for them later

I suppose these could all just apply to me, but I'm pretty sure they are universal :) So I haven't finished my layout yet, but I do have a "Unity" card to share. I just LOVE these stamps!!

So many of my current favorites on this card :) I started with a Hero Arts layering paper in Carnation, which is just the perfect shade to use Spun Sugar distress ink on. So that is what I stamped the woodgrain background in. This is my favorite PTI background stamp by the way, because it is definitely the easiest to use, and hardest to mess up :) After I cut out the Quickutz label, I stamped it with Damask Designs in Old Paper distress ink. I inked the edges too. Then I stamped this adorable Unity chair and cut it  out. After that I decided it should have a pattern to it, and I stamped this on top. I stamped the lamp on Hibiscus burst cardstock and paper pieced it on. I also used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the placement of the my sentiment and the lampstand just right. That's really handy little tool :) I think I'm going to be using it alot more. I finished off with some machine stitching down the side of the label before adhering it to the base.

Thanks so much for popping in!! It has suddenly gotten quite cold here, so I'm off to dig out everyone's heavier coats. I did already get everyone's clothes switched from summer-y to winter-y, so I'm not too far behind :) Have a wonderful. crafty day :)

too soon!

Ok I suddenly realized just how soon everything is!! lol :) Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas...seriously, all of them are just around the corner. Aahh! But really that's a happy "aahh" :) I love all the wonderful things that we have around the end of the year. Lots and lots of fun. We actually put up our tree and decorations around the beginning of November(!), and I LOVE that. LOVE having Christmas decorations up. And as an added bonus, we are rearraning our living room this year before we put up the decorations. I suppose that might not be something fun for everyone, but I always loved rearranging furniture and changing things up. Kind of feels like you moved to a new house lol. (Tomio and I both seem to like changing around where we live, since we are now living in our 4th house since we've been married....) Anyway, I'm excited.

Sorry I don't have a card today, I was actually looking through my layouts seeing which ones I have shared, and I couldn't remember about lots of them. How sad is that?! Trying to come up with a system that helps me remember which ones I've shared and not. (any ideas? :)) But when I was looking through my files, I saw these super cute pictures of Levi from his 4th birthday, so I thought I should share those :)

Seriously, could he be any cuter?! (yes, I'm a big Friends fan. have all the dvds heehee)

 This is Tomio's garage, byt the way. You can cool "Mini car", but his motorcycle is behind it. I don't know if you can tell, but in the back on the right you can kind of see the coke fridge I may mentioned a few times :)

Alright, off for a day of  school...well, teaching, not attending. Thankfully :) Hope you are having a super fun week so far! Thanks for stopping in!