Blog Hop Friends - Celebrating Summer blog hop!

Welcome to another Blog Hop Friends - Celebrating Summer blog hop! Thanks to Taylor, she created this wonderful and super fun blog hop. So, grab a glass of lemonade or your favorite beverage and hop away. If you are arrive from Wendy, you are on the right track. If not, you can start at Taylor's blog.

And here is the order:

Taylor

Cyndi

Lynn

Patricia

Alison

Berenice

Erica

Mary

Janelle

Erin

Maria

Jennifer D

Pam

Angelique

Sandie

Wendy P

Suzi

Kathy

Beth

Wendy J

--> Kerry <--

Louise

Liz

Laura

Lee

Jennifer I

Krissy

Sunghee

Here is my card, the image is from Karber, Millie is totally ready for the July 4th parade! Since, it's all about celebration, we need a cake, right? So, I took advantage with the Cricut and create a 'cake' card.

And what's a blog hop without PRIZES, right? There are total of 13 prizes!!!

And Chi Chi Memories is one of them! One lucky winner will win a stamp set of his/her choice.

And here are a few cards related to summer and celebration using Chi Chi Memories' digi's.

Plus, 12 more wonderful prizes:

Stampendous - 3 prizes (a Cling Jumbo Tulip set, a Cling Jumbo Tiger Lily set, and a Cling Jumbo Dogwood set. Each set will come with a Jumbo Perfectly Clear Handle)

Pixie Dust Studio - 2 digi images of winner's choice (1 winner)

Dreamweaver's Stencils -- prize pack to 1 winner

Karber Digital Studio - 2 digi images of winner's choice (1 winner)

Maria Levine - Ippity Kit (1 winner)

Skipping Stones Design - 1 clear stamp set of SSD's choosing (1 winner)

Cindy Coutts/Christian Paper Crafts - one SU stamp set - Fast & Fabulous -- US resident only (1 winner)

Sunghee Chon - 1 a muse studio catalog + 1 stamp set of choice (Value equal or less than $12.99) for US resident only.

Sunghee Chon - $20 gift certificates to Little Potato House template shop for US or non-US resident.

Karen from Your Next Stamp - a stamp called Ellie loves The Beach

Isn't it amazing? So, join us and hop along with us. The more you comment, the more chances you have to win! Don't forget you will have until Tuesday, July 5th at 6pm EST to finish the hop. All the winner will be pick from random.org and announce on Friday! Can't you just FEEL all the summertime and 4th July happiness??

Your next stop is Louise!

Karber Royal Easter Blog Hop

Woohoo, it's finally here!!!

Today is the day for the Royal Digi Easter Blog Hop. I'm super super excited!!! Big thank you to Theresa, the Scrapbooking Queen for organizing this blog hop. So, if you are arriving from the very sweet Berenice's blog, you are on the right track. If not, you can start from the beginning at Theresa's blog.

Here is the order:

Theresa www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Maria http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com/

Carley http://the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/

Andrea http://andreascoffeetime.blogspot.com/

Heather http://princesspaperprojects.blogspot.com/

Sharon http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/

Gina www.scrapnyamma.blogspot.com

Michelle http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/

Candace www.papercraftsbycandace.blogspot.com/

Brynn http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Sandra www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com

Berenice http://karbers.blogspot.com/

and me!

So, on to my projects... It's not Easter without candies, right? I used this adorable Easter Bunny from Karber, I made a box to hold my yummy chocolate. I covered the easter eggs with glitter and I also used fun flock for the easter bunny.

*front view*
So sorry, the glitter don't show up too well.

*inside*More candies? I went to my local scrapbooking store and saw this cool "tube" container, so fun. I used Happy Millie.

I hope you like it and yes, this is the last stop for the blog hop.

But wait, what's a blog hop without prizes? Karber is giving out a GRAND PRIZE to one lucky winner of 3 digi images and a pack of glitter pens, here is what you have to do:

• Become a follower of everyone's blog on the hop
• Comment on everyone's post
• Go to Karber Digital Images Store and tell us what is your favorite Digi

Good luck and thanks for stopping by!

Super cute stamps and a great cause!

Hello and happy Wednesday to you. I have a very simple card for you today. It's way passed midnight and I'm suppose to be in bed. But I can't help it... I have to create something with this adorable little Japanese girl from Karber, this image is called Cute Japanese. She is super super cute and the best part, the sale for this stamp, Karber will donate it to help Japan.

For more information, hop over to Karber's blog. Cute Japanese is available as a single stamp or available as a set.
Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Cute Japanese

Copics: C3, C4, C5, C7, C9, E000, E00, E01, R29, RV91, RV93, V99, 110

Others: TH distressing ink in pumice stone and spun sugar, Cuttlebug embossing folder, stickles in stardust, Viva pearl pen in ice white

Karber Customer's Blog Hop.

Woohoo!!! Today is the day... Welcome to the Karber Customers' Blog Hop. If you are arriving from Kelly's blog, you are on the right track, if not, you can start at Karber blog.

Here is the order:

Andrea

Carol

Jaime

Kelly

Kerry <-me

Laurel S

Laurel B

Melissa

Nanea

Sharon

Tanya J

Tanya R

Karber

Since spring and Easter are on the way, time for some happy colors and flowers. Why not, to use one of my many favorite images. I chose Chicky Millie, she is just cute, cute, CUTE!

Hope you like it. Your next stop is Laurel S., have fun!

Karber Forget me not!

Happy happy Monday, how are you? Today is bittersweet, it's my last Karber's card as their DT. I can't believed 3 months has gone by so quickly. I had so much fun being on the Karber weekly challenge team. Thank you very much for the opportunity. But don't worry, it's certainly not the last time I play with these digi's. So, stay tune! :)

Back to this Karber weekly challenge, the theme is FORGET ME NOT. Use a tool or something that you haven't use for a longgggg time! So, I pulled out my Koh-i-Noh color pencil, Prismacolor pencils, and gamsol. I colored Jude with them. No Copics involved or harmed during the creation of this card. LOL! Plus, I even added Flower Soft (I love this stuff, honestly I like to collect all the colors, but seriously I don't use them enough)

Goodies that I used:

Stamp: Karber Jude Love

Paper: Bo Bunny crazy love collection

Others: Koh-i-Noor color pencils, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, flower soft, MS border punch, nesties, TH distressing ink, white gel pen, ribbon, and bling

Karber Mondays.

Hello and I hope you had a great weekend. Since, it's Monday... Time for another Karber weekly challenge, this week's theme is DOTS and STRIPS. I have seen a lots of beautiful cards with black, white, and an extra color in blog land, so I decided to give it a try. I hope you like it.

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Best Friend and Amuse love block

Paper: DCWV La Creme matstock

Copics: W2, W4, W6, RV69, 110

Others: washi paper tape, Epiphany crafts flower buttons, bling

Karber Mondays.

Hello and happy Monday to you. Here is a card that I made for the Karber Weekly Challenge #21, the theme is RIBBON. And, since ribbons is the star this week, I used a few ribbons. The valentine ribbon, those super cute hearts, and of course... have to have some ribbons on the tag, right? The sketch from Sketch Saturday.

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Lollipop Heart Leslie, sentiment from Amuse dessert first

Paper: Bo Bunny Crush Collection

Copics: C1, C3, C4, C5, C7, E00, E11, E21, R20, R29, R37, RV11, RV32, RV34

Others: Nesties, SU corner punch, ribbons, glaze pens, TH distressing ink in spun sugar

Love those PEARLS...

Two posts today, please scroll down to see the 2 news Baby Buds below!

Click HERE!

Welcome back, today is also Karber Weekly Challenge too, and this week's theme is to use PEARLS!!! My first card, I picked up this gorgeous paper on clearance, what a deal! I kept the colors soft.

Goodies that I used:

Stamp: Karber Outlandish Girl Balloons, sentiment from Amuse

Paper: Memory box card, SEI, Shabby Green Door on the wings of a dream dp

Copics: E000, E00, E42, E55, E70, E71, RV000, RV91

Others: Pearls, white gel pen, glaze pen

For my second card, I can't help it... Since Valentine Day is coming... I have to use some hearts and pink. Sweetheart Leslie is so so cute and she is sending you some kisses. :)

Goodies that I used:

Stamp: Karber sweetheart Leslie

Paper: SEI

Copics: C00, C4, C5, C7, E000, E00, E02, R46, R81, R83, R85, 110

Others: 'red' fun flock, pearls, washi paper tape, nesties

Check out the Karber's blog for more details about this week's challenge!

Amore!

Hello and happy Monday! How was your New Year? Hope it was great for you. Karber Monday Challenge is back! And this week's challenge theme is FLOWERS!

Here is my project. I decorated a wooden frame and for the FLOWERS challenge, I added the flower ribbon and I used Tim Holtz tissue paper to create paper flowers.

Goodies that I used:

Stamp: Karber Edward Scissorshand

Paper: My Mind's Eye Be Loved

Copics: BV 25, C1, C3, C4, C5, E50, E51, E53, 110

Others: Tim Holtz tissue tapes and distressing ink pads (tea dye, antique linen, and vintage photo), bling, ribbon, chipboard letters, Epiphany crafts punch and bubble caps, and Spica pens in silver.

I hope you like it. Click HERE for details to play along.

My TOP TEN 2010 Blog Hop!

Hello, welcome to My TOP TEN 2010 Blog Hop!!! Thanks to Suzi from The Manic World of Mrs. Weyremaster created this super cool blog hop!!! Big thank you!!! What a wicked awesome idea!

It's so hard to pick... from my favorite stamp companies, my favorite colors, my hobby, the craft goodies that I love to use...

Without further adieu, here are my Top 10 creations of 2010:

Enjoy and hope you like them as much as I do.

Trying out the new punch :)

Happy Monday, how are you today? I know... it's Monday, no Karber weekly challenge today (no worries, they will be back in January!). So, I'm super excited, I finally brought this MS butterflies border punch, I have been eye-ing it for a long time. LOVE it, it's so pretty... I figured the fairy (from Karber) will match well with the butterflies.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Karber weekly Challenge

Happy Monday, hope you had a fabulous weekend. And I did had a wonderful weekend off, I spent a day with my good friends and a day with my wonderful husband and did some crafting. I'm a happy girl! :)

Enough talking about me. On to business, it's Karber weekly challenge day, it's the last challenge until January, 2011.

The theme is anything goes! And here are my projects:

Since Christmas is just 2 weeks away, time to go crazy creating last minutes gifts. I dressed up this $1 glass container from the dollar store. I used Alice from the Outlandish collection. I thought of the Queen of heart from the movie, I figured that the MS heart border is perfect! And I also inked the edges for a distressed look.

Goodies that I used:

Stamp: Karber Alice

Paper: 7 gypsies paddington, MS cardstock

Copics: B00, BG09, E000, E00, E40, E41, E55, Y21, YR21

Others: TH distressing ink and marvy scalloped punches, MS border punch, ribbon

My second project... I don't want red, and green, so I replaced the green with black and grey. And I also added a hint of gold. I also sooooo loving the gift border punch.

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Elf Gift and sentiment from Amuse do not open

Papers: Graphic 45 le's romantique collection, Canson irridescent paper, bazzill

Copics: E000, E00, R20, R29, R46, W000, W00, W2, W4, 110

Others: Friskers gift border punch, washi paper tape, CM round punches, stardust and spica pens, MS glitter, dew drop, and smooch in gold lame

I hope you like them and please check out the Karber blog for the challenge!

Wizards and Witches!

Oh my gosh!!! I'm such a Harry Potter fan... I love everything Harry Potter. I was jumping up and down when I saw Karber has Harry as a digi!!! And this week's challenge is FANTASY (Angels, vampires, fairies, etc...)

I wanted to do something different for Harry Potter... so, I went a little crazy!!!! I pull out everything around me

• All the Tim Holtz goodness: BigZ diesCaged Bird, grungeboard, embossing folder, and the tissue tape
• Tattered Angels: Glimmer mist in caramel apple and sugar maple, glimmer glam is hay ride, rustic, and chandlier, mask, and can't forget the super cool frame
• Plus the usual... nesties, blings, pearls, smooch, and copic markers (E47, E49, E55, E74, E77, E79, RV69, W2, W4, W6, YR23, 110)

And here is a card which a little less crazy... I used Witch Costume Millie. I'm soooo loving the Tattered Angels frame. The pretty spooky paper is from My Minds Eyes Haunted.

Thanks for stopping by and please visit the Karber Weekly Challenge blog for more details!

LOVE my Glitter!!!

Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!! Gosh, I anything related to glitter and sparkle! I'm soooo excited that this week's Karber weekly challenge is SPARKLE! So, I grab everything that blings and shines and went bananas, HAHA!!! I hope you can join us and glitter away. Here is the details.

Challenge that I entered:

Karber weekly challenge- Sparkle!

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Fussy & Fancy Friday - Xmas without red and green

Cute Card Thursday #140 - Blast from the past (Challenge #38 - Snowflakes)

Crafty HO's - New photo inspiration

Digital Tuesday - Let it snow (plus digi)

A Spoonful of Sugar #131 - Anything goes

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Christmas Jenny, sentiment from Amuse hoilday greeating

Paper: My Minds Eyes Christmas paper (with glitter), MS cardstock, vellum, glitter paper

Copics: B000, B00, B41, BG10, E000, E00, E11, E30, E31, E33, E44, E55, E57, R20

Others: lots of glitter, stickles in crystal and frosted lace, snowflakes punches, nesties, distressing ink, pearls and blings

Have a fabulous day from the glitter/sparkle fool!

Introducing Deny...

Hello and happy Monday to you. It's time once again for Karber's Mondays weekly challenge. For this week, the challenge is to use 2 or more pattern papers! And I have the honor to use one of the new image from Karber. Allow me to introduce our gorgeous beauty queen Cocktel Deny! Isn't she amazing??? Okay, if having a cocktail is not your thing... How about Coffee Deny, Reader Deny, or Pet Deny?

Plus, since this week is Thanksgiving week. Karber is have a SPECIAL! Starting today until Friday the 26th, all orders of $10.00 or more will recieve a free digital image of your choice. Please visit the Karber blog for more details.

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Cocktel Deny, sentiment from Just Rite

Paper: Memory Box cardstock, SEI Moonrise

Copics: BG0000, C00, C1, C3, C4, C5, C7, E0000, E000, E00, R11, Y0000, Y00

Others: Flowers in black and white (glimmer mist with olive), spica pens (clear, silver, mint), stardust pen, a very cool shimmer ribbon, pearls, Epiphany crafts bubble caps

Karber Weekly Challenge

Happy happy Monday and how are you? Time for another Karber weekly challenge, the theme is FAMILY. So, create a card/project for a family member (mom, sister, etc.) First thing to my mind, of course... my super cool MOTHER, her birthday is coming up soon. Plus, we both love desert! Hehe!!!

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Cupcake Leslie, sentiment from Amuse cupcake set

Paper: SEI, DCWV, SEI happy day

Copics: B000, C1, C5, C7, E25, E55, E57, E59, R00, RV11, RV14, YR18

Others: K&Company adhesive paper ribbon, ribbon, pearls, stardust pen, spica pen, shimmer chalks and nesites

My second project, I was zone-ing out, sitting at my craft space last night... then I see a YORK dark chocolate peppermint pattie calling my name. So, I made a holder for it. :) And yes, I'm eating it right now as I'm writing this post. Oh well, I quess I have to buy another pattie to put inside, hehe!

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Santa and sentiment from Amuse do not open

Paper: Bazzill, Amuse

Copics: E40, R000, R00, R11, R20, R29, R46, W00, 110

Others: Ribbon, stardust pen, viva decor pearl pen ice white

Hey, chica!

Hey hey chicas and happy Monday! So what's crackling today? Well, I have a little something for you. Just a simple anything but a card project for the Karber Weekly Challenge#13, the theme is animals! I found this wonderful tutorial from SCS, you can find it here. Plus, I got this Tim Holtz sizzix die caged bird a while back and I have been wanting to use it on something. Viola!

Goodies that I used:

Stamp: Karber Chicky Millie, sentiment from MFT hey chica

Papers: Bazzill and AMuse

Copics: E000, E00, E 43, E44, E55, R20, Y04, Y11, Y13, Y38, YR12

Others: Tim Holtz sizzix dies caged bird, grungeboard, distressing inks, crackle paint, distress stickles, pearls and ribbon

I hope you can play along this week, check out the details at the Karber's blog.

Rain, rain, RAIN.

Hello and happy Monday to you. It's time for another Karber's weekly challenge. We had a few rainy days last week. So, I figured why not make a card with this adorable Leslie Umbrella for this week's challenge, the theme is Go Digital with Karber. Isn't she darling??? Plus, during my shopping trip with my crafty friends over the weekend... I found this cute umbrella paper from Prima. It's just perfect!

Goodies that I used:

Stamp: Karber Umbrella Leslie

Paper: Prima umbrella collection, MS cardstock

Copics: B0000, B91, E55, E57, E59, R20, R22, R24, Y13, Y15, YR000, YR00

Others: Nesties

A little bird told me that something is going on over at Karber's, check it out HERE or go to http://karberschallenges.blogspot.com/

October love.

Helloooo and happy Monday to you. Since I was away for the past few weeks, thanks goodness for auto posting... Hehe! I haven't has a chance to do something for Breast Cancer Awareness month. So, here it's. It's my turn to spread the word and do my part... Better yet, this week's Karber challenge, and the theme is LOVE.

I decided to use both pink and red which represent breast cancer awareness and love. Plus, I have been wanting to use my new nesties... the wonky squares. What a fun set! :)

I hope you like it. Please hop over to Karber weekly challenge for more inspirations and details.

P.S. you don't have to use Karber image for the challenge, but it'll certainly a bonus if you do. ;)

All About the kids!

Happy Monday!!! That's right... this week over at Karber weekly challenge, it's all about the kids!!! Woohoo! So, I couldn't help using Ballerina Leslie. Isn't she cute? I remember when I was a little girl, I took ballet lessons... and we did a show, I was all dolled up! Good times, good times! Hehe!

I made a post it note holder, you can find the tutorial HERE.

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Ballerina Leslie

Paper: Amuse

Copics: C3, C4, C7, C9, 110, E000, E00, E40, R11, R20

Others: blings, washi paper tape

I can't forget the boys... Video Game Jude is just adorable too. I wonder which game is his favorite???

Goodies that I used:

Stamps: Karber Video Game Jude

Paper: Bazzill, DCWV the generation tech

Copics: B0000, B000, B45, B91, BG93, E000, E00, E11, E40, E57, R00, YG0000, YG03

Others: EK border punch, marvy punches, star

Soooo... Go on! Hop over to Karber to play along for a chance to win free digi.