I hope that all of you are doing well. I have not been to doing much crafting/stamping this week. My voice was very hoarse on Wednesday and Thursday. I am glad that it's back today. I was trying to get some extra rest this week in case I was coming time with some thing. Thankfully even though my voice was hoarse I still felt okay.
On Monday I did make a card and gift for my swap sister. It is the swap that Dawn' had sign ups for. I have taken several of her online classes/turtorials and this is my third time joining her swap. I had a great time making a card and 3D project the past 2 times and loved all the stuff that I received from my swaps sisters so I thought it would be fun to participate in another swap. For this round we were asked to send our swap sister a hand stamped card, hand stamped gift, and a candy treat from our country. All accessories and stamps need to from SU. I made my swap sister Michelle that lives in Australia a card,a
pouch full of little Hershey bars, and included a mint chocolate 3 Musketeer.
Here is a close up picture of what I made.
It was so much fun using my new set from Stampin Up (Patterned Pines) for the corners of my cards that matched perfectly with one of their embossing folders-Petals of Plenty. I could not find a SU Christmas greetings big enough for my card. The greeting I was able to find is not a Christmas one but that was the one I was able to find that went with the size of my card. I thought the saying was fine since I stamped "Merry Christmas" inside. What do you think?
Besides making the goodies for my swap for my swap sister I unfortunately did not make anything else this week. I did however receive several of my ATC swaps in the mail. I sign up for some of the swaps from time to time at stamp-shack.com if anyone is interested in signing up for any. Here are the ones that I received. The first ATC in each set is the one that I made. Arent' they great?
These are my Riley the Moose ATCs.
These are my monogram themed ones.
These are my monkey themed ATCs. Most of the people that participated in the swap as you can see used the Changito Monkey. He is one of my favorite monkeys.
These are my birthday themed swaps.
Besides receiving some of the ATCs swaps in the mail I received some goodies from my friend Teri. She surprises me from time to time with some a cool card that she has made along with some extra goodies. She did give me a bag full of M&Ms but unfortnately they have been eaten already. They are very yummy! I of course shared them with Benson and the kids. Thanks Teri for your RAK.
Here is a close up picture of the shaker card that she made for.
One last thing before I end this post. This has nothing to do with crafting, but I am sure that those of you reading this post will be interested in knowing that I went to Hello Kitty exhibit in Culver City, Calif. this week on Wednesday in honor of her 35th anniversary on my day off from work with a good friend from church. I know how much many out there like Hello Kitty. (Even though my voice was hoarse I still had a good time.) My friend surprised me with these goodies from the store at the exhibit when she went to there for the first time on the weekend. She is always so sweet surprising me with such fun things. She had so much fun that she had to go again. She remembered that my favorite color is purple so she attached a ribbon with Hello Kitty written in purple. If you click on the picture to make it bigger you can take closer look at the Hello Kitty trinket that she got for me.
This is what I surprised her with. She likes Tokidoki like I do so I decided to give her this cup from Yogurtland (No, I did not eat out of the cup.) full of some of her favorite goodies- A My Melody Pez Dispenser, chocolate bars, and some Hawaiian coconut jello mix. I stamped a tag for it that says "YUM YUM."
Here is picture of the two of us in front of Hello Kitty's house at the exhibit.
It was lots of fun looking at all the cool Hello Kitty items and art pieces.
These are two of my favorites.
They also had a store full of items with her on it as well as a cafe with some food shaped like her face.
That's all I have to share for this time. I have some projects that I need to be completing this month so be sure to stop again soon to check out what I have made.
We gave some people these things with a tag that I made with our family on it.
We gave other people these candles and tags that I made. They were lots of fun to make until it got to the wee hours in the early morning and I was not finished. I made a total of 30 candles and tags.
Here is the Thanksgiving card that I sent to some friends as well as for a all my swaps.
These are two great Thanksgiving cards that I received. The first one with the owls is made by my friend Nancy. She put glitter on all the eyes and put matching brads on the center owl. The card is even more spectacular in person. The second one is from my friend Cary. I love the color combination that she used.
Here are two cards that I received from my swap with my friend Susanna on Thanksgiving Sunday. Along with the cute cards she gave me a very cute Hello Kitty towel that expands when you put it in water. She told me that she made two for me because the first one did not meet her approval. Both of the cards are great. I am definitely not sure which one she did not like. The first one is pretty fancy with two pockets. The first pocket has a book marker that she put inside.
This is what I gave to Susanna along with her card. I saw the Hello Kitty bag at a craft faire that I went to and knew that she would like it.
These are from my "Leaves ATC Swap."
The next two are Christmas tag swaps. The first one each person was asked to create a tag with a "snowman" theme.
For the second one each person was assigned a different symbol from Christmas and was asked to come up with a tag. The tags from both swaps are awesome- much too pretty to use.
This is from my swap sister that lives in Australia. She made me a beautiful box with matching cards inside. She also made me some cute tags and a very nice Christmas card.
I have had a secret sister Debbie from Stamp Shack for the past 3 months. This is what I have sent to her. Each month I suprised her with things with the themes "Thanksgiving," "things that have to do with the ocean," and "summer." I stuck to them because they are are favorite. I also added some bling and pop dots since it was on her wishlist. The last package that I sent to her I added 2 packages of my favoarite 100 calorie snacks. She wrote that she is on a diet so if I sent her any snacks to keep it small.
It's very funny my Secret Sister was also assigned to surprise me with gifts for three months. It was extra fun receiving goodies from her too. It was like Christmas for three month. :) Here are the sets of goodies that she sent to me.
These two cards are from my "One Card Swap" partner in Oct.- Anne from Arizona. She sent me two cards because the first one seemed to have gotten lost. It finally made it to my mailbox this month. She was nice enough to send me a second one.
Last but not least is a card from my friend Patty. She did such an awesome job with the build a bear die from Stampin Up. It took lots of time and patience to make the card. Thank you so much Patty for such a super cute card.
I think I am all caught up with what I have made recently and the cards/projects that I have received. I hope that you have been inspired. Happy stamping/crafting. See you again soon!