Happy Birthday, DD1!

Happy Birthday, DD1!

Boy, they sure grow up fast!  It seemed like yesterday we were taking her home from the hospital.

The image was originally colored by DD2 and I just went over the face & hair to make it look a wee bit better.  DD2 & I decided together what to put onto the card, so it's kind of kapakahi (mixed up).

We had a weekend full of activites for the birthday girl. We even threw in a dead car battery for fun!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Aloha no,

Crafty Lil' Hands

There is no doubt that DD1 has all the artistic talent in our family.  I can sit for hours trying to figure out layouts, etc and here she goes and makes a card in an hour or less.  The thing that gets me is that she uses scraps!  sheesh!  When I use scraps, I get crap...hence that name "sCRAPs!


Hope you're all enjoying your week!  The weekend is almost here.
Aloha no,

Some Easter Cards

 

 A couple of cards created by the DD team.  DD1 created her own grass and tiny eggs.  Here's a close up:

DD2 did the same for her card (grass & eggs), but, she had written all over it so it looks like a war zone instead of a Easter Egg hunt.  Trying to keep you safe by not showing it to you!  But, her coloring is very creative!

Love these long weekends.  The air is cool and crisp, it's refreshing.
Happy Saturday!

More Stuff By DD1

So, DD1 continues to create.  Got her to use some of SU! pastel chalks.  Darn it if she isn't better at it than I am!

 

 

DD2 helped put together these Valentine goody bags for her class.  Gotta bite my tongue when she colors!  LOL!  No worries about her taking over my crafting stuff.......yet.....

Happy Aloha Friday!
Love and aloha,

Feburary Birthdays!

DD2 celebrates her birthday this month!  yippee!!  "Momma, I don't feel older, but, I feel taller!" says DD2.  Big brother bought her 2 balloons:  Hello Kitty and Kung Fu Panda.  Guess which one she took to school with her....nope, not HK!  DD2 loves Kung Fu Panda, Spongebob and Mater...go figure...."Hello Kitty is okay," says she.

1luvnmama had a great musubi project, here and since DD2 loves musubi, DD1 made this card for her:

 And I made these as mini pizza box favors for the grandparents filled with Green Tea bags and Ochazuke nori).  I scanned a TSRD musubi image, enlarged it and voila!

 Musubi and red are DD2's favorites.  Thanks, Mama for the great idea!

Full of Love

Happy Valentine's Day!  Cards from the kids, for mom:

 

And for dad:

 

  

 Kung Hee Fat Choy (Happy Chinese New Years)!

Hope everyone has a great day!
Aloha no,

Stuff Day 3

Day 3.  Our story left off with me deciding what to do about letting DD1 use my precious Copic markers.  Well, I started off with me doing the face & hair.  I like to practice doing those two, so I have a bunch of partial colored images.  DD1 could color the rest.

Then, uber talented Jodi offered some tips IRL! (can't get any better than that).  The key, feather like strokes.
AHA!  So, DD1 asked to color in these Changito Monkeys.  These are her very first stamps that she got from Teri.  Thanks, Teri!
Here's a close up - DD1 even used SU! chalks to shade in the sky.  sheesh!  she thinks of everything.  even made her own layout.

Stuff Day 2

DD1 is an artist at heart.  In preschool, she would bring home wonderful drawings and I'll have to admit, they were pretty good for a 3-4 year old!  I'll have to dig some of them up and share them with you.
She recently discovered my TGF stamps and Copics.  BUT, I wouldn't let her near my precious Copics.  Not yet.  KWIM?!  Here's a close up - she's got the glitter and shading thing going on!

So, DD1 uses my Prisma pencils with a blending pencil (which were my first love).  Had her make my SIL a birthday card.  Here's the result....oh, and DD1 uses my scraps too.

She's pretty darn good.  She's asking to use my Copics....what to do?  To be continued....

Lil' Crafter

DD1 is definitely on a roll. She worked on some cards over the Christmas break and she used whatever scraps she found. She definitely has a good eye for color. Darn, guess I'll have to make room and share more of my stuff. Maybe I'll charge a nominal fee for use of supplies! LOL!I'm catching up on my pictures and hope to post a few more over the next few days. Enjoy your week!