Let’s Party!

Posted on February 7, 2015 by mauistamper

One can never have enough birthday cards!

Stamps: Big Day (SAB 2015) and Cheerful Critters
Color Palette: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Whisper White
Accessories: White Jute RIbbon, Regals Candy Dots, Blendabilities, Best Day Ever DSP (SAB 2015)

I LOVE coloring with Blendabilities. I’m sure I wouldn’t be the star pupil in art class, but I don’t really care – I enjoy the process and the end result!

In my family, no one needs to be told to do this. I think it’s kind of hilarious.

Do you have a birthday soon? Celebrate with cake!!

I like your face

Posted on January 31, 2015 by mauistamper

I like your face…You know the friend for whom that expression is meant.

I guess I’m a pretty lucky girl, because there were two friends that came to mind IMMEDIATELY when I saw that stamp, and naturally I had to make two cards.

Stamps: Cheerful Critters
Color Palette: Basic Black, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Wisteria Wonder
Accessories: Blendabilities, Bakers’ Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestones, Polka Dot TIEF, Tiny Triangles TIEF

I used the narrow end of the Blendabilities to color in random squares.

Same card, different layout. The Polka Dot TIEF circles are 3/4″ circles, so you can punch a template in a scrap and place it over the embossed circle so that you can add color with a dauber.

I hand-wrote the “Hey Chick” part. I mean, honestly. What else could I say?

Speaking of liking faces, I had the tremendous pleasure of meeting one of my blog readers. Annette and her husband have been regular Maui visitors for a number of years, and she contacted me late last year to say she would be here. We had breakfast and talked long enough that our server hinted broadly that they needed our table 🙂 We weren’t done, so we took a long walk up and down South Kihei Road. Thanks so much, Annette, for sharing your holiday with me!

Critter Smitten

Posted on January 17, 2015 by mauistamper

I’m kinda smitten with all these Stampin’ Up! Critters!

Stamps: Cheerful Critters, You Plus Me, Best Day Ever 2015 SAB
Color Palette: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede
Accessories: Hello Honey Satin Ribbon, Crushed Curry and Coastal Cabana Blendabilities, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Best Year Ever DSP 2015 SAB

Crystal and I stamped together last week in her new studio. She’s gonna kill me for this…

She’s been stamping in her garage since the arrival of The Littles (her twins) last April. (They came a month early, and she was supposed to be off that month, and We Had Plans for that time. Oh well. I digress.) We had a great set-up out in the garage, but it was chilly by Maui standards and we had to bundle up.

But back to the Critters – we were cracking up over the images and the sentiments. She kept saying “I LIKE YOUR FACE” in one of those all-caps kind of voices. It’s not a sentiment you’d send to your great-aunt, unless you are very fortunate to have That Sort of great-aunt.

I used a Stampin’ Write marker on just the words from the You Plus Me set. Can’t you just see this little guy standing on the side of the road holding this sign? I am truly smitten.

Be sure and stop back on Monday. I’ve been invited to be part of a Creative Blog hop, and in addition to sharing a project I’ll be sharing a little about how and why I craft. I was invited by the talented Lisa Young, who is absolutely one of the dearest, sweetest people you could ever hope to meet. See you on Monday!