Fairy Tales and Faves

I thought this was so cool on Amy's blog. You plug in your name and find out your fairy name AND a little description!! Here's mine-

Corinne Mercado:
Your fairy is called Thorn Rainbowfly.
She is a fortune bringer.
She lives in brambles and blackberry bushes.
She is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.
She wears purple and green like berries and leaves. She has multicoloured wings like a butterfly.

I was making this card & decided to fashion the cutie bit after my fairy. I thought she'd look wonderful as a redhead :). The dandelion rub-on was kind of messed up on the right, but it looks like someone is blowing the little stems away, carrying their wishes. When I make cards or scrap, it never looks perfect anyway but I prefer it that way. I think imperfection gives my creations character. Anyway, I can't wait to make a birthday card for my friend, Jules, who just LOVES fairies (she even has a tattoo of one!).

Supplies:
CS- Bazzill
PP- Reminisce, unknown
Rub-On- Me & My Big Ideas
Flowers- Maya Road
Sticker- Hambly
Brads- Basic Grey
Stamp- Anya, The Greeting Farm
Ink- Memento
Markers- Copic

So, one of my ultimate favorite blogs is Elsie's. She features pictures of what inspires her, and I think I'll be doing the same :). See below for two of my faves.

1) Today, on facebook, Kristina Contes (talk about INSPIRATION!) said she wanted to marry the current Anthropologie catalogue!! Ha ha! Thought that was cute and funny... then I received mine in the mail. And I, too, SWOONED!! The catalogue featured real people as models. So wonderful. And THIS is so sah-weet!



2) It's bittersweet that one of my favorite TV shows is ending its latest season. My time has totally been turned upside down with my baby. But don't get me wrong, it is worth it! still.. if there is one show on TV that I somehow never missed (of course, many thanks to my hubby), it's So You Think You Can Dance. I don't really have a favorite this season, but I must admit that I like all but Evan (sorry). Go Kayla, Brandon, and Jeanine! I wonder who will win...



Thanks for visiting, peeps!

Loving and Living Life

I think that when someone is sick, a bright and cheerful card should make them feel better right? So I picked yellow, polka dots and stripes. And I think it came out puurrrrrr-fectttt, don't you? And anything by Love, Elsie just makes me happy inside!

Supplies:
CS- Bazzill.
PP- Doodlebug Design Inc, unknown.
Buttons- "
Sticker- Love, Elsie.
Ink- Memento.
Stamp- Anya, The Greeting Farm.
Markers- Copic.
Ribbon- Unknown.
Pen- Uniball.

Just saw this movie and I LOVED IT!! It is freaking hilarious and I can't wait to see it again with my husband, who I know, will love it too! I want to be able to quote all the jokes..LOL! Yes, I am a big movie dork!



Saw this on Angie's blog and decided to do my own-- 99 Things. There's an X for the ones that I've done. i've done a total of only 44 things. But a lot of them will be on my bucket list. There's so much more I'd love to do and places I'd dream of seeing!!

1. Started your own blog X
2. Slept under the stars X
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii X
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity X
7. Been to Disneyland/world/Disneyland Paris X
8. Climbed a mountain X
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo X
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch X
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty X
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight X
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill X
24. Made a Snow Angel X
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse X
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset X
31. Stood in the rim of the Grand Canyon X
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an erupting volcano in person X
36. Taught yourself a new language X
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied X
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing X
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke X
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant X
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight X
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling
52. Kissed in the rain X
53. Played in the mud X
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre X
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class X
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Cookies for charity X
62. Gone whale watching X
63. Been given flowers for no reason X
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check X
68. Flown in a helicopter X
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy X
70. Visited Buckinham Palace
71. Eaten Caviar X
72. Pieced a quilt or blanket
73. Stood in Times Square X
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone X
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Been to the top of the Empier State Building X
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car X
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox X
89. Saved someone’s life X
90. Sat on a jury X
91. Met someone famous X
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one X
94. Had a baby X
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone X
99. Been stung by a bee

Why don't you try this list and see what you'd score?

Continuing on the looove..

I entered The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday Challenge this week. The object is to make a card according to a certain sketch. Here's my take on it:

I had extra fun doing this because I found old patterned papers in my closet! If I didn't know what to do with them as far as scrapping back then, well they are perfect for making cards now :).

Supplies:
Cardstock- Bazzill
Patterned paper-
Brads- Basic Grey
Flowers- Unknown
Ink- Memento
Markers- Copic
Stamp- HG, The Greeting Farm
Braided Rikrak- Makana's Hawaiian Crafts


Baby boy's two month check up was today. He is now a whopping 12 lbs and 22 3/4 inches! That sounded like a LOT compared to what he was last time. But he is actually only on the 50th percentile compared to other babies his age, which is still good!



The check-up also meant shots :(. Today was the first time he received a set of them, and it broke my heart. I know that part of MY job is to give life-saving shots, but when it happens to your own it's different. I know I'll remember this day forever the next time I have to administer shots to my patients. Matthew did pretty well. Took more naps and was a lil bit more clingy. We had Tylenol on board and video rentals, we had extra cuddle time on the couch! :) This movie was actually pretty good.



And Penelope Cruz was really good here (though a little disturbing):



Toooot-a-Looooo!!!

I Love Me Some Aloha

I've been stamping a great deal lately and had SOO much fun at The Greeting Farm's blog hop. I've never had THAT many comments before and it so very encouraging! It was also so nice to see and visit everyone else's blog. Hope people come back and visit once in a while! :)

To continue with the celebration, I entered this lay-out for the "My Favorite Things" Challenge. The goal is to create a card or lay-out featuring your favorite memory of a birthday. I chose my 31st birthday, which happened to land just two days after our wedding and smack dab in the beginning of our honeymoon! It was a splendid birthday indeed...we had just landed in Maui and for dinner, we ate at Mama's Fish House. It became one of my favorite restaurants and it is nestled in its own private beach! The food was delish and the atmosphere was so romantic for my husband and I. While blowing out that candle,I wished for a happy marriage but also reminisced about the wonderful wedding. I was excited for the honeymoon and many more blissful memories to come!

I didn't win but it was very fun scrapping this page. I haven't scrapped in a while and it was nice to incorporate my new stamping addiction. I must admit that the Hula Anya stamp was perfect for this!

Even more FUN...

The San Francisco Aloha Fest was this weekend! I love everything Hawaiian and so I couldn't wait to come and taste the food, watch the festivities, and listen to that mellow music! My hubby was concerned about bringing Mattie, being just two months old and all. So I went by myself and met up with a couple of friends.

I missed my baby and hubby, but was glad I came. I got Matthew a couple of souvenirs here at the My Little Buddha stand. Their onesies are so freaking cute! I also got him a book.


This stand featured a lot of cutesy items that I like. Had to stop myself from buying...I wanted to save for Mattie's souvenirs and of course, more stamps and scrapbooking supplies! :)

So I traveled about 45 minutes to the Aloha Fest and where do I line up for food?? He, he! At the Filipino Food Stand!! :) And my friend, Melissa, was laughing at me-- she got a plate of Lau Lau (truly authentic Hawaiian food) while I got me some Spam Musubi! LOL!!!

Here's a pic of all the goodness that I bought: Mattie's onesies and book, the yummy Spam Musubi, and some Ling Hing Mui (hope I wrote that correctly) kettle popcorn. That popcorn is THE BOMB!!! It's so ADDICTING..but it turned my fingers, lips, AND teeth red! Had to stop by a store on the way home and that was kind of embarrassing! Should've taken a pic of what I looked like to show you all! He he! :)

But I cannot wait for next year's Aloha Fest!

Ok, well, it's time for this new mama to go to sleep before the next round of feeding comes! I'll have to edit this and add my supply list later. In the meantime, thanks for visiting....MAHALO and ALOHA!!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock- Bazzill
Patterned paper- My Little Shoebox, Island Paperie
Stickers- EK Success (Jolee's), Stamping Station, American Crafts
Braided Rikrak- Makana's Hawaiian Crafts
Flowers- Unknown
Stamp- The Greeting Farm, Anya
Markers- Copic
Ink- Memento
Pen- Uniball

Birthday cards galore!

It's time to PARTAY... Happy ANYAversary!!


I have tons of close friends (including a brother and sis-STAR-in-law) who will be celebrating a birthday in August. It's a month full of parties and so far, I have these cards done (*supply list below). Just in time, too, for my new favorite stamps are celebrating THEIR own birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday, The Greeting Farm! To celebrate, there is a HUGE blog fest!! So, I'd just like to welcome everyone who is visiting my blog for the first time! I am pretty new to The Greeting Farm world but I am absolutely in AWE of the products AND the work. I am so grateful to my BFF for referring me to these cuties!! I'd LOVE a comment from YOU, and I CANNOT wait to see your creations as well. I'm sure I'm going to be soooo inspired! It would also be so nice to meet new people who are "addicted" to TGF :).

What else is going on in my life?

So, I left my 8-week-old son with my mom for a two-day class I had to take for work. Yes, I know...why am I taking classes on my maternity leave?? A certification was due in July, and I guess I could've taken it sooner but what's done is done. Anyway, it was hard leaving Mattie at first. I have been there practically every moment since his birth, and then I had to part with him for 16 hours (moms, you feel my pain right?). I kept thinking about him during that time, but I have to admit that in the end, it was nice to have a "break." To be able to get back into the routine of things while knowing he'll be there at home. It was surreal at first, but I soon got into the groove talking about work and laughing it up with my friends and co-workers. During those two days though, I could've sworn his cries became different, sorta deeper...So, then I became sad again :(. I couldn't wait to hold him and hug him and give him kisses when I got back. I guess I got a taste of what's to come when I go back to work in October :(.

*Supplies:
Card one-
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Three Bugs in a Rug (the plaid one), unknown for others
Stamp: Edward, The Greeting Farm
Ink: Memento
Markers: Copic
Brads: Basic Grey
Rub-on: Maya Road

Card two-
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned paper: unknown
Stamp: Dahlia, The Greeting Farm
Ink: Memento
Ribbon: unknown
Rub-on: Rhonda Farrer
Markers: Copic

Card three-
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned paper: Scenic Route, Three bugs in a Rug, unknown
Stamp: Edward, The Greeting Farm
Ink: Memento
Ribbon: Unknown
Markers: Copic