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

Erin Lee Creative's Halloween Challenge

Aloha Everyone,
Erin Lee from http://www.erinleecreative.com/ is having a Halloween Challenge.
Here is my project.
I made a 12 x 12 layout of Halloween from 2008.
Recipe
*All cuts from Happy Haunting Cricut Cartridge and Lacy Labels Cricut Lite Cartridges used with my Gypsy
*Haunted House cut at 11.75
*Frame inside haunted house was from Lacy Labels 2.63
*Willy Rot tombstone cut at 3.00
*Other tombstone cut at 3.00
*Graveyard cut at 5.00
*Bats cut at .5 and 1.00
*Tree cut at 5.00
*Phrase cut at 2.00
*Sakura White Gelly Roll pen

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #24

Aloha Everyone,
Here is my project for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge. The theme was "Tropical".

Recipe
*Life's A Beach Cricut Cartridge used to cut the Hibicus flowers at 3 1/2, 2 1/2, & 1 1/2 inches.
*Core'dinations Cardstock used for all the colors
*Blue mat cut at 4 x 5 1/4
*Kraft Cardstock cut at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
*Aloha Stamps
*Raffia
* Corner rounder used on all corners
*Sakura White gelly roll pen

Crop Chocolate #4

Aloha Everyone,
Another Card for Crop Chocolate.
* Card base Making Memories Cardstock in Grapevine cut @ 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
*Mat in Making Memories Sophia Harlequin cut @ 4 x 5 1/4
*Owl from Hoot 'n' Holler Cricut Lite Cartridge cut @ 3 3/4
* Ribbon in Lemongrass
*Thank You stamp from My Pink Stamper Family & Friends
*Sakura Gelly Roll Pen in White
*Black Ink for inking the edges

Crop Chocolate #3

Aloha Everyone,
Here is another card that I designed using my crop chocolate stash.
*Card base is Making Memories Cardstock in Grapevine cut @ 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
*Mat is Making Memories Cardstock in Plum cut @ 4 x 5 1/4
* I then embossed the Plum cardstock with swirls
* Tree was cut from the Bloom Cricut Lite Cartridge @ 3 1/4 with the Making Memories Sophia Harequin cardstock
* Tree shadow was the Making Memories Sophia Geofloral
* Tree inked with Tsukineko pearlescent in beige
*Sakura Gelly Roll Pen in purple star
*purple ribbon
*Thank You Stamp from My Pink Stamper Family & Friends

Crop Chocolate #2

Aloha Everyone,
I am a Crop Chocolate Chocolatier! That means I get to design for CropChocolate.com. Check it out, it is a great discount scrapbook website.
Here is my #2 project.
*Black cardstock for the card base cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
*Making Memories cardstock in Sophia Foiled Stripe cut at 4 x 5 1/4
*Paisley cricut cartridge for the paisley cut at 3 inches
*Thank You stamp from My Pink Stamper Family & Friends Set
* Sakura gelly roll pen in white for the stitching.