Obsession!

Oh wow, where did the week go?  I don't even remember what I did this week!  Seriously, I don't remember!  LOL!  I know a lot of it has to be because of dh's uncle.  BTW, thank you all for the prayers!!!  GOD was really listening and our uncle is progressing slowly but surely!  So BIG THANKS to everyone!!!

Today's post is about a few of the things I am obsessed about!  It's a hodge-podge of stuff. This first pic is an order of my Smash Book goodies!  They forgot to send me my black one (which is on backorder) I'll get that later in June or is it July?  I also got a red one from Paper Source, each book as a different things in it.  I just love this line!  It's so cool!  I ordered extra pens/glue so I can make my own Smash Books.  It's a pretty neat book!

I'm so into mini scrapbooking!  I have yet to finish my Hawaii - California book, I'll get to it soon, but I did create one of our little Road Trip a few weekends ago...check below for some pics!

 

  Still need to finish it up but here are the first few pages.  

Lastly, you know I love me some washi tape.  Got these goodies from the Japanese bookstore from Little Tokyo:

And let us not forget about a card...

Thanks for stopping by, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Weekly post...

Hello!  Before I start on today's post I want to thank everyone for stopping by my poor neglected blog.  Thanks so much for the comments and I hope to be back in full blog-surfing soon so I can  visit everyone's blog!  

Onto my card..  This was made for dh's niece who had her 1st Communion the day before my in-law's 50th Anniversary.  As you can see from past post, I've had celebrations almost every weekend.  So even though it may not look as though I've been crafting, I have.  Just not as much as before but I've done some stuff here and there.  Anyhow, simple, simple card...

 

As usual, thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  

PS - Could I please ask for prayers for my dh's Uncle who's in ICU.  A few months ago he was diagnosed with lung cancer.  They operated and took the tumors our but this weekend he wasn't his normal self and they found a massive tumor in his brain.  I believe in the power or prayer so please if you could add him in your prayers I would truly appreciate it!!!  Thank you and GOD Bless!

Once a week?

That seems to be how often I can post!  Sigh, by the time I'm up and running it'll be the holidays again and bring me back to posting once a month!  LOL!  Anyhow, I'd like to share the anniversary card I made for dh's parent's 50th wedding anniversary two Sunday's ago.  I thought it turned out way better than I had hope.  LOL!  Thanks for stopping by...hope you guys have a wonderful week!

Favors...

Hello! Yes, I know, I rarely post...still busy...what's new!  I have family still here, tons of family parties on the weekends...and no time for crafting or fixing my house..boohooh.  LOL!  So this'll be a quick post, gotta eat brunch and then head out to take my mom to the Commissary and where ever else she needs to go...

Made these favors for my Auntie's 60th bday.  These house Bath and Body's Antibacterial Hand gels.  She had a "Royal" theme...hats and all.  Me and my cousin were lucky BB had a Royal theme also, perfect for the celebration!  Made 85 of these suckers (^_^)  I have to say I had a blast making them, my cousin, mom and sister helped so the production line went super quick!  Thanks for stopping by!!!  Have a great week!

We have a winner!

Thanks to all who entered the Thirty-One Bag giveaway!  For those that did not win, there are great monthly deals at Janet's Thirty-One site!

Congratulations Margarita!!!!  I'll send Janet your mailing address!

Oh and before I end this post, I thought I'd share a simple card I made for my dear friend Robyn.  She's just one of the sweetest people I know!  It's not all that since my mojo hasn't been around lately but I think it's kinda cute and I love the stamps I used!  Thanks for stopping by everyone, have a great week!

Last minute Easter favors

For those that still need to make Easter favors, I've created theses cute Easter baskets that fit a couple of Peppermint Pattie's.  Of course I used Mindy Terasawa's kit to create them and you can purchase them at DD now!

Don't forget that the Thirty One bag giveaway is still up!  You have until the end of the month to comment!  Good luck everyone!

Crafty Bag Giveaway!!!

A big Aloha to everyone!  Yeah, I know my post have been far and few, I'm hoping things slow down but as it looks, that's not going to happen for quite a while.  My family was in town they just left but plan on returning soon.  In-laws have a big anniversary so that means tons of family and friends will be in town.  House is still not 100%, I wanna say 50% done.  It's taken me longer because either M is gone or he gets home late and I don't wanna bother him.  A lot of the stuff I need help is moving the boxes around (too heavy for me.)  Hopefully this coming weekend we can focus on the garage, separate the garage sale items and unpack most of the other boxes.  My studio is slowly getting there.  We're waiting for the glass to go on top of my desk and once that's done I can put everything together (hopefully).  Will post pics as soon as everything is in place.

OK, on to some good stuff.  My friend Janet (another Japan friend who's living in HI) has just signed up to be a consultant for Thirty-One.  She's so graciously donated a crafty bag for all my followers.   Let me tell you how much I love this bag!  I take this bag w/me to all my crafty get together, I even take it to my in-laws so I could do some crafty stuff while waiting for laundry to get done.  This bag isn't only useful for craft items.  You can use it as baby bag, for kids goodies, snack, things to do stuff while on the go...the list goes on and on. So you ask, how do I win one?  Well all you have to do is:

1. Leave a comment on my blog.
2. Like Island Girl's Thirty-One Gifts on Facebook and leave another comment (on my blog to count as another entry.  If you already "like" Island Girl's Thirty-One,  just let us know so we can count it as an entry).
3. Ask your friends to "like" Island Girl's Thirty-One Gifts and leave another comment!
4. Tweet and or blog about  Island Girl's Thirty-One Gifts and leave yet another comment on the blog.

Wow, that gives you at least FIVE chances to be entered in the giveaway!  Woohoo!  So what are you waiting for?  Let the commenting begin!  You have until the end of the month (April 30, 2011).  Winners will be announced Good luck everyone and thanks for playing along!

Here's the bag (either you win this bag or a different fabric/design):

Mini Album

It's been a while since I've scrapbook, let alone something for me.  Usually I'm doing an album as a present or Scrapbook For Hire.  But lately I've been itching to do something for me.  Before I left the islands, I wanted to document my last few days up until Jan/Feb timeframe.  So I've decided to do a mini album the traditional way.  I still love doing digi LOs, but miss doing the traditional way.  While living on the island, I realize that the locals are more into card making than scrapbooking.  Of course since I was surrounded by them I focused my skills on card making and pretty much left scrapbooking on the back burner.  But now that I'm back I've been on a mission to scrap.  So this is where I'm at.  It's not my usual scrapping style but I wanted it to be a bit primitive as if I was scrapping it at that moment (I regret not doing it at the time...pretty much didn't have any time those last few days) so I'm trying to recreate the album as if it just happen...whatever supplies I had on hand. It's not the prettiest but it's what was suppose to be in "real time".  The only thing I regret was not saving some memorabilia's and those I've saved I can't seem to find at the moment.  So that's why there are some blank spaces.  I hope to add them in when I find those that I remembered to save.  I hope to do more travel scrapbooks.  I think this is a good jumping off point, as it'll help me determine what I need to pack as far as supplies and what I need to collect for my pages throughout the trips.

Oh, I wanted to share this cool software that I got where I could printout Polaroid pics (the ones showing in the above pics was created using my Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese set).

OK, that's all I have, not much but hey, its something. Sorry for the crappy pics, but I took them using my phone.  Yeah, I'm that lazy to bust out the big ole DSLR(^o^) Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Everything!

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  As usual M and I ran errands all weekend.  It's hard having one car.  I mean there are pro's and con's to it.  Pro, I get to stay home and fix the place  up and not spend. Con, I have to stay home and can't run errands.  LOL! So that means weekends are always busy running around trying to take care of everything I wasn't able to do during the week.  Who knows when we'll get the new car.  We've been on a waiting list forever and I'm just tired of the whole process.  Oh well, there are way more less unfortunate people then me.  It's not that bad. Just an inconvenience. Moving on...

Today's card is featured using Twirl Anya.  I think she's so adorable.  Tryin' to make as many cards as I can so I won't be late for the next bday.  So here's a head start.

Oooh, last Friday I received the new Copic colors! So excited even if I won't have time to color, having them in my hands just makes me so happy! LOL!  It's the small things I tell ya!

Wedding Card

Happy Aloha Friday everyone! I hope you all got to watch the youtube video.  I pray to GOD it doesn't happen but if it does we will all be better prepared.  I still have to finish putting my emergency bag together and buy Roxy some dog food.  I don't normally give her dog food but for emergency cases, dog food would have to do. 

Anyhow, I had to quickly make this Wedding card for dh's Deputy.  I opted to use SU!s Fifth Avenue Flora (this is has to be one of my favorite SU! stamp sets.) because I don't think she would like an Anya based card...I'd save my TGF for close family, friends and nieces...LOL!  This had to be a bit more elegant.  I usually try to go simple when it comes to Wedding and Sympathy cards.  I definitely think less is more.  Anyhow, here's my card.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!  Aloha! 

Earthquake Prediction 2011 Jim Berkland - A Major Earthquake in North America Imminent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQXDt4VdS0E

To everyone in the affected areas, please be safe! Have your emergency bags packed!  Food, water, cash...  I've included an Emergency Checklist! Click on the document to enlarge and then print.

I pray to GOD this doesn't happen, but just in case, be prepared!

Its Been Awhile...

...I'm slowly getting my crafting groove back.  It's been a tough three months. With dh on travel a lot, loss of one car and unpacking by myself...well, crafting has definitely taken a backseat.  Needless to say, all my bday cards are late!  (o_O) 

Tonight I was able to create/finish three cards.  I'll showcase them one day at a time...LOL! Sorry, but if I didn't do that, I wouldn't have any other post after this...haha!  

All right, without further ado, here is today's card:

I used TGF's newest Creepin Creeper Crew Collection 1 set, which you can order at Pineapple Cove.  I love this set, it has a total of 7 Creeper Crew Characters and 8 Saying/Quotes.  I also used Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese set.  I absolutely love this set.  It has an old style Polaroid Camera and Polaroid film.  There are soo many ideas floating in my head on how to use this set.  Oh and I also used TE's Pennant and Pennant die.  I think that's it.  Leave me a comment or email me if you have any questions on any of the products I used.  

Don't forget, if you think My Cute Stamp's Konnichiwa set is adorable (which it is), and want to buy but just haven't had the chance, now is the time.  Remember, My Cute Stamps is donating the whole $7.99 towards the Japan Disaster Relief Fund.  It's a good cause AND you're getting a very cute stamp!  Karber is also donating proceeds from their cute Japanese set (digital stamp).

Thanks for stopping by!

Please Help Japan!

I am so heartbroken over last weeks earthquake and tsunami! I am thankful to GOD each and everyday for allowing me and my family to live in your beautiful country 3/4 of my childhood.  This saddens me deeply and  want you to know that you and your people are in my thoughts and prayers!  

You wanna help Japan?  You can!  My Cute Stamps will donate $7.99 to the Japanese Disaster Relief for each Konnichiwa stamp set that is sold this week.   

Please help raise some money by either purchasing this stamp set or by letting your friends on Twitter & Facebook know. Thank you for your help! *Limited to Quantities in stock.  I just purchased this set (shipping isn't bad) and you're helping out a good cause! 

Just got word that my friend Berernice is also raising fund for Japan, you can also purchase her cute digital stamps here.  

Here's a little insert from the Karber site:

Hi friends! Here in Karber we want to help the people from Japan. We are donating the sales from the digital images: Cute Japanese , Cute Karate Japanese & Cute Onigiri to the Japanese Relief effort. These digital images were created by Karla Barradas. You can find these digis individually or by set HERE. Please help us to raise some money by buying any of these digis. We will appreciate if you spread the word about this donation through your blog, Facebook or twitter. Thank you so much.

Thanks in advance to those that help financially, physically and in prayers!!

Happy Birthday Roxy Girl!

Hey Everyone! If you are in need of a house alarm or have any cellular needs contact my friend Kerstin! (she's actually a friend's niece).  She can get offer you a great deal on ADT, Direct TV/Dish Network and all the major cel carriers! She is also offering Clear services to the Hawaii area. For more info please contact her at 707.246.4579  

She has some really good deals...and no, I gain nothing by advertising.  Just wanted to pass this great deal to all who come across my blog!

Aloha!

Claim Your Prize!

I was informed by ManLe that the prizes were not claimed.  Please claim your prize by next Monday.  If we do not hear from you by then, we will pick new winners.  Instead of two $5 GC, we'll combine them and only pick two winners.  One will win the amazing goodies pictured here

and the other will win $10 GC to shop at PC or PC online store. 

Winner, winner, chicken dinner (^o^)

OK folks, the news you've all been waiting for...LOL!  The winner for the Blog candy (donated by Pineapple Cove) is:

 

The winner of the $5 GCs for Pineapple Cove are:

Diane, Liann and Gill, please send either ManLe or myself an email with your snail mail.  Again, I'd like to thank everyone for their participation on this fun giveaway!  Please check back from time to time, I will be doing other giveaways.  I got a lot of goodies I'm getting rid of and I feel that they will be better suited to those that can use or want them.  Please don't forget to check out Pineapple Cove for all your crafting needs.  PC has tons of great items at their store located at Kahala Mall and at their online store.

Winner Announcement Delayed

Hey Everyone! Sorry, I am out taking my family around as soon as I get the chance (hopefully tonight or tomorrow) I will pick the winner. Thanks you for your patient and for participating on the Birthday Giveaway! Don't forget you can get some really cool craft items from Pineapple Cove. Check out their online store! See ya later!

Birthday Giveaway

There's still time!!!!  Simply leave a comment on  Pineapple Cove's blog by Monday, February 7 at 9:00 PM (PST). Increase your chances of winning by posting about this giveaway via twitter or your blog. Be sure to  go back to Pineapple Cove's blog and post a link in the comments section (please post as a new comment each time). 

OUR PRAYERS HAS BEEN ANSWERED!

Rex has been found!  Thanks to everyone who spread the word out about him!!!!  GOD is good!

PLEASE HELP!

I'm posting  in hopes that one of my HI friends can help!

OAHU Friends, please be on the look out for our friends dog, Rex. He went missing on Saturday and lives in the Aiea/Pearl City area. He's only 4 years old, weighs about 65 pounds, and is reddish/brown and black (looks like a german shepherd with a Rottie head), real friendly n' loves people. Last seen around the Waimano Home Road area. Please contact 927-4114 if you happen to see him.

Belated Happy New Years Everyone!

Hi all! It's been a while!  Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and that your New Year started off with a big bang! Lots of stuff going around at the Islander Girl  household.  One of which is our household location has relocated...LOL! We are slowly settling back to life here and I have been s-l-o-w-l-y unpacking. I say slowly as the dh is away for a month.  Which of course means unpacking is obviously resting solely on my shoulders (until he gets back).  Other than movin there had been a couple of obstacles (no worries, I will not go into details...).  Crafting has definitely been on the back burner.  I don't know quite when I will be able to craft, all my craft supplies are still in boxes waiting for my studio to be built next month (to say I'm excited is a bit of an understatement). 

Anyhow, I wanted to stop by and do a Birthday Giveaway.  My birthday was Saturday and I wanted to give a little something to all my loyal followers... all 3 of you...haha! I've been meaning to blog about this a few weeks ago but of course I wasn't able to.  So without further ado, here's what one lucky commenter will win:

All of these goodies have been graciously donated by Pineapple Cove.  
I will also be adding to this stash as I slowly unpack.  
Two other commenter will receive something small.

You wanna know how to win?  Easy!  Simply leave a comment on  Pineapple Cove's blog by Monday, February 7 at 9:00 PM (PST). Increase your chances of winning by posting about this giveaway via twitter or your blog. Be sure to  go back to Pineapple Cove's blog and post a link in the comments section (please post as a new comment each time). 

Bernice and Jenny V...

...please send me an email.  I'm on my laptop and don't have your email address on it.  This is in regards to your prizes.

Thanks!!

And the Winners are...

Here's a preview of all who entered:

 

Congratulations, Bernice, Leslie and Jenny V!!!  Please send me your snail mail address.  Please note, the stamps have not come in yet, as soon as we receive them we'll send them out to you!

For all those who participated in voting, please send me your snail mail address as I have a little thank you gift for everyone. 

Hey All!  Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! Ours was quiet.  M was tired from his trip and being 6 hours ahead so to say he has jetlag is a total understatement.  Any who, I've been busy (yeah, yeah...I know everyone is just as busy as me...but really I have been really busy...lol).  I'm tryin' to fit everything in.  I am horrible when it comes to time management so please bear with me.  I will (hopefully) write everyone's name down and do a drawing tonight (I say hopefully because we have two appointments today) so I hope to have time to do it, if not tonight hopefully (I'm using that word a lot) tomorrow.  Please check back to see if you're one of the lucky winners!  Thanks again for all the support!

More info on Giveaway and Still time to vote for Roxy!

There's still time to vote for Roxy. The contest ends Oct 30. Please remember you need to LEAVE A COMMENT on the Hawaii Pet Network in order for the vote to count. You can vote every day until the contest closes. I know it's a pain to log in but we really appreciate the support from everyone!

Please vote HERE.

On the last post I mentioned a giveaway (for helping Roxy)...well to help entice you, I'll be giving away some TGF stamps (Sponsored by Pineapple Cove...thanks ManLe and Victor) particularly the new Beanie Anya which will be release on the Nov 1 and some hybrid goodies (sponsored by Mindy and me). I will take the names off the Pet Network site since some of you are forgetting to leave a comment here. The more you vote the more chances you have to win. Good luck everyone and thanks so much for your support!

There are a few people that voted for Roxy on the Hawaii Pet Network who I don't know.  If you are a crafter and have voted for Roxy, please leave me a comment or send me email so I know you are interested in the giveaway.  If you do not notify me by either means, I will assume you are not a crafter and not interested in the giveaway.  

Many thanks to everyone who voted and voted several times!!!

Still time to vote for Roxy!

Ok Folks, bear with me on this post as I am composing it on my phone. You still have time to vote for Roxy. The contest ends Oct 30. Please remember you need to LEAVE A COMMENT on the Hawaii Pet Network in order for the vote to count. You can vote every day until the contest closes. I know it's a pain to log in but we really appreciate the support from everyone!

Please vote HERE.

On the last post I mentioned a giveaway (for helping Roxy)...well to help entice you, I'll be giving away some TGF stamps particularly the new Beanie Anya which will be release on the Nov 1 and some hybrid goodies. I will take the names off the Pet Network site since some of you are forgetting to leave a comment here. The more you vote the more chances you have to win. Good luck everyone and thanks so much for your support!

And the winner for the Cutesy Critter Treat Topper( from this post) is:

Congrats Jen!!  I'll send you the file in a bit! 

Favor Please

Hi all!  This is a non-craft related post.  I'm asking all of you if you could please vote for Roxy to be on the cover of Hawaiian Pet Magazine.  What a fitting souvenir for Roxy to have of her birthplace (you all know it's really for me to keep and scrap right? LOL)  Anyhow, could you please take the time to vote for Roxy.  Please leave a comment on the Hawaii Pet Network site in order for the vote to count.  Looks like you can vote everyday but only once a day.  We really appreciate the vote!!!!  

Please vote HERE.

If you vote, please return here and comment you've voted and I'll be giving away some goodies!!  It'll be a mix btwn stamps and digital-hybrid goodies!  Woohoo!

 

(you can also click on the pic to take you to her site...bit mahalo!)

PS check back Wed as I will be announcing the winner to the Treat Toppers.

Mindy's Latest...

Hi all!  Just wanted to share Mindy's latest Kit.

Look how adorable this kit is!

 

Here's another Halloween favor for those that don't have time to make anything fancy.  All you do is print, cut and add to a 4x6 baggie (you can resize it to fit whatever baggie you have...beauty of digital).

 All of which you can purchase here.  Stay tune as I may be giving one lucky commenter a copy of the  treat toppers!

I got a few minutes to spare and thought I'd upload a card I made for Pineapple Cove a few weeks ago.  I used TGF's latest Miss Anya.  Here's the card, sorry not much to say but I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed w/things to do...aren't we all! (can you hear the violins playin'? (^o*) wink*wink)  Have a great week and hope everyone is doing well!  Aloha!

BTW, the Cutesy Treat Box I made for Mindy is now available for purchase at DD.

Thank You!

Made this card for my tenants who take such great care of my house on the mainland.  I wished they'd get stationed here so they can rent this house after we leave.  But unfortunately they got orders elsewhere.  Boohoo!  LOL!  Anyhow, I made this card for them as a thank you for taking card of the house and whatever issues it has.  I'm using the leftover dp from the Kaiser Craft from Pineapple Cove.  It may look like a card I made before, but it's not.

  As always thanks for stopping by.  Hope everyone is having a great week so far!  Aloha!

Another Bday Card!

This time its for my girl Les!  She's been such a great friend and so glad to have met her and gotten close to her!  Les is a shabby chic kinda chick and well, I don't do shabby chic.  So I decided to make her a card that was more me so she can remember me when I finally leave the island.  So here's the card I made for her...

(sorry for the blurry photo...hand shook and didn't have time to take another)

TFL!!!  Have a great week!  Aloha!

Happy Birthday Maggie!

LOL! It was my girl Margarita's bday on the 12th and I didn't want to post this card up until she got her package.  Sorry for the short post but I got a few things to do...  Happy Thursday everyone!

Cutesy Critter Halloween favor boxes

Wow, blogging two days in a row! Wanted to get these done early for Mindy cause I know I won't have that much time come Halloween.  I'm exhausted and I don't really want to write too much.  I am the worst writer ever and when I'm tired it's even worse (if you can imagine).  So without further ado, here are two of the three boxes I made.  I may make one or two more. 

I created these favor boxes where you can either insert a photo or cut out a window.  I know the candies doesn't go well with the Halloween theme but I am NOT buying any Halloween candies yet!  I was tempted since Target has all the Halloween stuff out already!  But I was good and I resisted (^o^)☺

If you have any questions regarding these favor boxes, leave a comment or shoot me an email.  I'm not sure if/when Mindy will have them up at the store, but as soon as I find out I'll let ya'll know! 

Before I forget, I had a couple of comments and emails regarding my Pumpkin Anya.  She is an altered Anya.

Wishing everyone a great week!