Kooky exchange

Hey all-

I'm still here. Busy as a bee....on fb. Lol. Anyhoo, I participated in a Kooky exchange at work where we have to make 30 items to exchange.  I was invited to a small Twilight gathering at Jamee's.  Cami did a great make & take using strips of scrap paper and turned it into a wonderful basket.  I loved it so much, I asked the ladies to assist me in making the 30 baskets. The rest of the ladies there were Denise, Joni, and Linda. Here is the basket:

 

Without the plastic wrapping:

We used 8 strips of 3/4" by 6 1/2" dsp, then for the belly band, we used SU Bermuda blue (3/4" by 7 1/2") and the same for Barely banana. For the handle, we did a 3/4" by 7 1/2" Bermuda blue again held together with 2 brads after we used the crop-a-dile. It was a really fun project. We finished making it in an hour.
Have a beautiful weekend & Happy Halloween!!!

Some Make & Takes

Happy aloha Friday to all~
I have been trying to work on my followers disappearance.  I finally deleted that post which everyone's sidebar had been stuck on. It was dated July 12th so some think that I haven't posted since then. Lol. I don't post a lot but that was funny.

Anyhoo, here are some make 'n takes that I learned last weekend.
From Michelle, a cute HK tote with 2 containers for Halloween:

From the outside:

Here's a cute one by my gff, Linda. I think that I drove her insane because I kept asking her to repeat the measurements.  I kept telling her that I couldn't hear. She was a good sport and repeated it until I got it down. But then, I wasn't watching the direction of the paper and did the bag upsidedown. Lol.

Thanks for visiting.  Although I stopped half of my fb games, I still can't give up farming.  It's definitely cutting into my creative time.  Gotta start my holiday crafting soon.  Please let me know if you are starting to get my updates.

Hugs,

Janis

A Halloween gathering

Claudette hosted a fun-filled Halloween gathering this weekend. Before I dive into all of my RAKs, I must remember my manners and thank a few people, here goes:

From left to right:

Linda (Himawari baby-thanks for the great m&t); Kyoko-the latest featured aloha blogger at Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii; and Jodi Lee's jack o' lantern with with an assortment of surprises.

Michelle, who did a fabulous m&t; Janet, a cute box filled with paper and Halloween goodies;  and Joy, who generously helped me with a m&t, again.

Linda (with the cellophane Himawari bag); Teri's fabulous spider box (my fabulous upline); Joy's slider chocolate; Claudette (our wonderful hostess) using her fabulous new tool; and Jenny, who makes the yummiest creations.

These ladies are some of the most innovative crafters that I've seen with the biggest hearts.  I am truly grateful to have been able to have spent such a fun day with these talented ladies.  I'll be posting my creations in the near future. I'm tweaking out another calendar creation.  I think that I went right past the upcoming holidays, right into next year. Wonder what that means???

Thank you for spending some time with me. Have a great week.

Sympathy card

For my dear, sweet friends, the Nibling family, I tried to make a simple card since I tend to overdo sometimes.  I used the SU Bermuda Blue cardstock along with the Thoughts & Prayers stamps.

Till we meet again, please tell your loved ones how much they mean to you.

Happy Halloween box

Hi all~
Finally seem to be slowly off of fb and back to a normal life.  I tried to create something for Halloween based on this template from Laureen Meader.  I modified it a bit to suit my needs for candy.  I used SU's pumpkin pie cardstock and stamps from the Pumpkin Patch set.  To change things up a bit and show the image, I used Dusty Durango ink to stamp.

It opens up into a wonderful tab design with double pockets to hold lots of goodies. Yum!

 

Stay tuned for more creations now that I've got my mojo back. Thanks for visiting and be safe this Halloween!

My September OCS from Liann

Happy Aloha Friday all-
Took the day off to finally recooperate since my resistance has been low from too much fb! Anyhoo, I wanted to share this lovely card that I received from my September OCS partner Liann. I was so shocked at the beautiful creation and all of the goodies that came along with it.

Thanks again for visiting and have a beautiful weekend.