Homemade Gifts!!!

Aloha Everyone,

I wanted to share some inspiration I got from the web on some homemade gifts.

These are etched mugs for my family. I got this idea from Michelle from

scraping with my bug.com. She is awesome and has many great ideas!
These are fluffy socks for the ladies.

My first grader took these to her teachers. Them loved them. I got this idea from the greenbean crafterole.com. She has many great projects!
Have fun with you Holiday projects!

Aloha- Dawnica

Cards!

Aloha Everyone,

I hope everyone is having a great week.

I want to Thank everyone who joined us on the Blog Hop.

I had so much fun making my Advent Calendar and reading all the lovely comments.

Here are a couple easel cards that I made.

The dog is from B is for Boy Cricut Lite Cartridge using Scrappy Mom Stamps found HERE !

This card is from Bloom Cricut Lite Cartridge, using Hero Arts Stamps.

Have a great day!

Aloha- Dawnica

Winner!!!

Aloha Everyone,

I have a winner!

Mad Crafter said...

Such a wonderful calendar! Looks so pretty. Your scarf is beautiful. Whoever wins that is really lucky:)
~Madison www.funkycards.blogspot.com

That winner is you so please email me at islandgurls at hawaii dot rr dot com, with you mailing address.

Advent Calendar Blog Hop!!!

Aloha Everyone,

Yes it's here the Advent Calendar Blog Hop! Are you ready for all the great Christmas inspiration! I can't wait to see everyone's awesome creations. I want to thank Ruthie from September Ninth for having me, and letting me join in on the fun.

I do have BLOG CANDY at the end!!!

Now on to the fun!

Here is my Advent Calendar. I used felt for the back and made cake boxes to hold my advent sayings. I then used velcro to attach it to the felt. I had so much fun making this.

*This is a close up of the jump rings and the glass beads

*This is my list of things to put inside my boxes.

I got this list from Jessica Sprague (she is awesome).

* This is the cake box inked and the velcro attached on the back

*I was going to cut out snowflakes and glitter them, but found these red ones at Walmart instead!


*Material List

1-Felt 21" x 27"

white cardstock

red ribbon

red ink

jump rings

glass beads

velcro rough side only

glue dots

# set of stamps

silver metallic Sakura pen

Walmart glitter snowflakes

*Recipe for the Boxes & Tags

Cricut Cartridge Tags Boxes & More

*Boxes pg. 126

Cut the following cakes boxes as size follows

1- 3 3/4 "

2- 4"

4- 5"

5- 6"

6-7"

7-8"

for a total of 25 cake boxes

*Tags pg.91

Cut the following tags as size follows

1- 1 1/2"

3- 1 3/4"

4- 2"

5- 2 1/4"

6- 2 1/2"

7- 2 3/4"

for a total of 25 tags.

So here is how I put mine together.

1. cut the cake boxes

2.ink the cake boxes

3.put the velcro on the back on the boxes

4. cut the tags

5.stamp the tag #'s

6.ink the edges of the tags

7.doodle with the silver pen

8. make the ribbons bows

9.attach bows with 2 jump rings,

add some glass beads for some bling

10. attach jump rings to the inside middle knot of the bow

11.attach bow with tag to the cake box with glue dots

12.cut the felt sheet

13. place boxes with velcro backing to felt

14. Decorate as you wish

Before I Forget BLOG CANDY!!!!

I am giving away this beautiful handmade scarf with this beautiful handmade felt dahlia flower. It is very soft and I think it would make a great winter addition for yourself or as a gift.

If you would like to win here are the rules:

1. Please become a follower if you are not one.

2. Please leave me some love (a comment) and a way to get a hold of you.

Easy enough:)

I will draw the winner Monday Midnight Hawaii Time, and post on Tuesday's post.

Thanks for visiting and have fun with the rest of the hop!!!

Aloha- Dawnica

Gale- The Happy Stamper

Angelicahttp://handmadebyangelica.com/Dawnicahttp://dawnicakorner.blogspot.com/Gale http://www.thehappystamper.com/Janiehttp://www.typicalscrapbooker.blogspot.com/Joannahttp://scrap-making.blogspot.com/Joyhttp://joyslife.com/Maryhttp://cardztv.blogspot.com/Melissahttp://www.apaperjourney.blogspot.com/Michellehttp://www.mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/Nicolehttp://primpedinpaper.wordpress.com/Ravenhttp://love4stamps.blogspot.com/Theresahttp://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/Tracyhttp://www.craftjunkietoo.com/Yoliehttp://yoliebean.blogspot.com/Denisehttp://cricutmyway.blogspot.com/Ruthie http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Sneak Peak Advent Calendar

Aloha Everyone,

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time. Ate lots, and enjoyed great company.

Here is a sneak peak of my Advent Calendar.

Don't forget it will start tomorrow.

I can't wait.

I won an Award!

I won this Award from the Amazing Gigi from The Cricut Bug.

Mahalo Gigi-

Here are the rules to this award
1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 blogs you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about the award
Here are the awesome bloggers that I chose to pass this wonderful award to

*8 Things About Myself

1. I love to make anything crafty. Not just paper, but anything that I can.

2. I love to sew, but am not very good at it.

3. I have more than one project at a time going on at any given time. At least 3.

I will start one, then have an idea for another one, and keep going. I do finish my projects.

4. Because of #3 you should see my desk. I need more space. I do clean up, when I am done.

5.I spend too much time on my computer admiring all these awesome blogs.

6.I wish I could make money from crafting. I spend all my spare time doing it.

7.I have a big family and my house is ALWAYS noisy. But, I love it.

8.I love bright bold colors.

*These are my 8 blogs that I have recently discovered in no particular order.

These ladies have some great talent. So please go check them out.

1. Greenbean: Greenbean's crafterole

2.Ashley: A New Design

3.Cindy: Skip to My Lou

4. Jessica Sprague: Jessica Sprague.com

5.Melanie: Scrappy Mel

6. Ruthie: September Ninth

7. Stephanie: Under the Table Dreaming

8. Melissa: Honey Scrap

Advent Calendar Blog Hop

Aloha Everyone,

Have you heard of this wonderful Advent Calendar Blog Hop happening on Saturday November 27, 2010.

Come and join us and be inspired by 15 very talented ladies.

There will be lots of Blog Candy. Whoo Hoo!!!!

Aloha- Dawnica

Operation Write Home

How adorable are these cards!
I had a group of girls make these cards for the Operation Write Home project!
I let them have these adorable cricut cuts from a card swap that I participated in.
Then we used the Scrappy Moms Stamp set Everyday Greetings & For the Boys.
We want to say Thank You for the Donation.
We love their stamps, they are AWESOME!

Aloha-
Dawnica

Congratulations Baby Card

Aloha Everyone,
Here is an Easel card that I made for a new baby.
*Cricut cartridge Gypsy wanderings
*Scrappy Moms Stamps in Everyday Greeting
love all their stamps check them out at http://scrappymoms-stamps.blogspot.com/
Have a great day!!

Halloween pictures!!!

Aloha Everyone,
Yes I know this is late but I wanted to show off my Halloweenies!!!
My little one really got the whole trick or treating down.
He would say trick or tweat, they when he got candy he would yell Thank You!!
He was so cute.
They all had a blast.

Crop Chocolate

TWO Day Crop!!!
All day crops. I LOVE them! Go create! Enter the online crop! The best part? You don’t have to do anything or go anywhere!! When you have the chance, you sit down, log in, and enter a challenge or two. It’s completely free and you can win prizes!!

My favorite scrap deal website is hosting a TWO DAY crop this coming weekend, Nov. 6 and 7. 48 hours of challenges, games, prizes, and chat! Come join the fun!!!

www.cropchocolate.com

All you need to participate in the Online Crop and to be eligible for the prizes is to have an active CC account with a valid e-mail address. It will be part shopping, part crafting, part challenges, and completely fun! Come play to win some prizes, complete some projects (layouts, cards, altered items--you know finally use up some of you stash), and have some fun! There will also be some fun mini-games and activities going on under the Sweet Talk section of the website throughout the weekend, so make sure to stop by Sweet Talk and check them out too.

Can't make it for the whole weekend? No worries! The main challenges will be posted beginning on Saturday November 6th at 11:00 AM (CST) on the main page and it will alternate a challenge, then a SWEET deal, then another challenge, etc. If you miss a challenge on the main page they are always accessible under the "past deals" section of the website. The deadline for the submission of projects to be considered for prizes for the challenges is MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 2010 11:59 PM MST unless an earlier deadline is stated. That is approximately 24 hours after the crop ends. The challenges will be posted between 11:00 AM and 11:00 PM (cst) on Saturday Nov 6th and 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM (cst) on Sunday Nov 7th.

Hope to see you there!!

Card for Madison

Aloha My Friends,
I made an easel card for Madison.
I used Cricut Create a Critter, and Scrappy Mom Stamps
They are awesome!

http://www.techniquesbytrish.blogspot.com/
Stop by trish's blog and check out what a awesome person she is gathering all these card for a little 6 year old that has cancer.

I Won!!!

I didn't post about my prize that I won from Charity Hassel from http://meaningfulmenagerie.blogspot.com/.
I won a Gypsy. I just received it today!
What a great prize to win.
Thanks Charity!!!

I got my Cricut Back!!!

I finally got my Cricut back. It took almost one month to get it back.
I am O.K. with that because the lovely people over at Provo Craft sent me a Pink Expression for a replacement.
Woo Hoo!!! Yah, Yah !!!! Can you hear me screaming now.
I love it and love Provo Craft!!!
O.K. so I did get my new expression a week or so ago, and have not had any time to play with it :(.
Life has been busy.
I am kind of addicted to checking out everyone blogs (since I didn't have my cricut) and wasting time away and not crafting myself.
I will start posting projects soon.

Sympathy Card

Aloha Everyone,
This is a Sympathy Card that I made for my Hula Teacher's Mother-In-Law that just passed. She was a lovely lady and will be missed dearly.
This card is made from Cricut Wild Card Cartridge.

No Cricut

I am waiting for my cricut to be shipped back to me. Provo Craft is replacing it and even upgrading it to a pink one. They are so awesome. I don't know how long I can last without it. I'm having cricut withdrawls!!!

My Pink Stamper Winter Challenge

Aloha Everyone,
Here is my project for Robyn's Winter Challenge.
Recipe
*Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge Skunk cut at 3 3/4
*Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge Santa Hat cut at 4 inches
*Celebrate with Flourishes Cricut Lite Cartridge Christmas Tree cut at 5 inches
*Core'dinations paper
*Kraft paper
*Sakura White Gelly Roll pen
* Bling