SOG's Holideer and Santa's List Tia.

Oh, how I've missed making my Christmas cards throughout the year!! :) :) :)

So, you can just bet how glad I was when I saw some of the clear releases for August over at Some Odd Girl! There are two to be showcased today, and I'll be showing you one of them here. Introducing HoliDeer:



Having lived in the Bay Area, which is a part of California that never sees snow, I decided to make a White Winter scene. Used lots of sparkly tape (American Crafts) for that Holiday effect!



Visit the rest of the DT for more inspiration. Trust me, everyone's projects are wonderful!!

Anna Sigga

Vera

Mary Pat

Katie

Mila

Judy

and the SOG blog!

Vera and Judy will be showing you Partridge as well (the other clear stamp being showcased today).

In other news, today is Tuesday so you all know what that means? There are two digital stamp releases as well!

Here's my card for Santa's List Tia:



She was so much fun to color! And I enjoyed digging up my stash for some Christmas-themed paper and stickers!



Check out Mila and Katie's blogs for more views of her!!

Till tomorrow!! Toodles!!

Y&FH Challenge #21.

Happy Sunday!

Welcome to my first Yumi and Fumi Handmade Challenge - #21 Anything Goes for Team Yumi.

Simple enough, right?! You can't get any easer than Anything Goes!! I hope you all get to play along! Here's my card:



I used Yumi with Book, and she's so very fitting right now! One, she's perfect for the Back-to-School season! Two, I get to use this cute 5th and Frolic papers -- so cool for those "To-Do" lists that I've seen all around Instagram (Hello, Filofax lovers!!!). Three, my God-daughter celebrated her 11th birthday and she goes to a Catholic school so Yumi's amazing for this!

I hope you all join us! Next week, you'll be seeing Team Fumi'screations too! But for now, here's some Y&FH inspiration:

Yumi and Fumi Handmade Blog

Rosemary

Lisa T

Cebelica

Olivia

and Leanne.

Make sure you go to the Y&FH blog about the new format and rules of their challenges!! Have a great day, everyone!!

My Time at CHA, Part 3.

Hi all!

 

Here are the rest of my CHA pics.  If you'd like to see Parts I and II, go here and here.  The top part is  from my phone and features lots of crafty friends and scrapbooking celebrities!  The second part are the detailed pics of the SOG booth and behind the scenes depiction. 

 

 

At the Basic Grey booth with Jossie, Theresa, and Kerry!  Such a cute booth!

 

 

With Ann-Marie Morris - I didn't recognize her at first, but I've even bought stamps from her! 

 

 

Here, she's showing our group how to do the BG make-n-takes.

 

 

Lizzy Kartchner - so very sweet!

 

 

Maggie Holmes - she is so darling, and I can't wait to buy her new line!

 

 

 

 

 

Heidi Swapp - such a hardworking woman!!

 

 

Yay for meeting Sparkle!  She's so darling!

 

 

 

My favorite scrapbooking celebrity - Amy Tangerine!

 

 

She's so cute with that belly!

 

 

Hello, Tim Holtz' skeleton! 

 

Goofing around with my Some Odd Girl buddies: 

 

 

With Judy Faye!  My favorite Southern gal.

 

 

The hilarious Katie Perry!! 

 

 

The oh-so-very-cool Leah l'Orange! 

 

 

Ummm, yeah, it was quite embarrassing gushing about Allison Kreft to Allison Kreft without my knowing that 'she' was actually 'her'!!!  LOL!

 

 

Super cute Snap sets from Simple Stories!

 

The workers at the SOG booth:

And here's our uniform, close-up :):

 

As promised, here's a closer look at the Some Odd Girl CHA booth this year.  
And, of course, meeting Kristy Dahlman, was such a wonderful experience!!!










































Thanks so much for visiting!!!

Love,

An Unexpected Forest Critter at the August Sketch Challenge for SOG!

*** If you're looking for my Yumi & Fumi Handmade announcement, please click HERE or scroll down! Thank you! *****

It's August 1st, peeps! And ya know what that means?!

It's time for another wonderful sketch challenge at Some Odd Girl!

Here's my creation for the sketch featuring a future August Clear Stamp release!!



When we had down time at CHA, I played along with our make-n-takes. The main focus of the card is the tag there, and that was our make-n-take. I was super inspired by one of the customers who colored his Holli Deer purple so I tried the same.

Doesn't she look surreal and magical? I paired her up with turquoise as it was the color of our scarf uniform at CHA. I love the unexpected and non-traditional colors of this Holiday card. It's very unique and a bit eye-catching and it may even cause some eyebrows to raise, don't ya think? Haha! What's life without some drama? LOL!



I hope you go to the SOG blog for more DT inspiration! Remember that you have all month to play! We are trying to get fifty participants so pls join in on the fun!!

Kisses to you!!

New DT gig at Yumi & Fumi Handmade!!

Good Thursday morn', all!!

Can you believe it's August already?? I can't! Wasn't it just Christmas a while back? :)

I've got big news here in BlogLand! I've landed a spot on the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Design Team!




I'm on Team Yumi, as the DT is divided into two teams. We'll explain more about that later! But can I just tell you that I'm super excited to be a part of this? You all know how much I love Hawaii, that the islands are my happy place! And the Y&FH stamps remind me so much of that beautiful place and its people.

Being born in the Philippines and coming to the states in my elementary school years were not easy. I struggled to find role models on TV and looked for people who looked like me and who I could relate to. Eventually, I became color blind and less culturally aware. That did not stop me from being proud of my heritage though, and I love how the Y&F stamps kinda look like me -- mostly Filipino, some Chinese, and a little bit of Spanish.

And what I love about these stamps are they are so relatable. At least for me! I wear flip flops almost year round! I wore uniforms to school!

Anyway, enough with the rambling.... here's a list of my Design Team mates on Team Yumi (you'll meet Team Fumi on the Y&FH blog tomorrow!). In the mean time, meet:

Rosie (DT coordinator),

Lisa,

Corinne --- You are here!,

Olivia,

Maja aka Cebelica

and Leanne (Owner/ DT Coordinator), who is stepping in until they can find another DT.

See you folks soon!!