My Recent Stampin' Up! Order....

Hi Gang!!

This 2nd time around as being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I've recognized that I haven't been doing much with my Stampin' Up! "career"- other than purchasing products and having my girlfriends purchase products along with me, just so I can meet the quarterly goals. I ask myself, Am I really serious about this "career"? No...Not really.... because I have too much fun buying the stuff, and not paying attention to the part of "making money". That really sucks! I really should try and get some projects created so that I can either make money selling the products to make these or, make money selling the creations I make with these products. It's hard, because there's always something else that comes up and takes my attention and focus away from creating. I also find myself buying these products, and then not using them, and then the next thing I know, the promotion is long gone, and then I'm purchasing new products again thinking I am going to make samples for the next promotion coming up, and then the cycle continues!!! Irked!! It's crazy!!! It's like I am Stampin' Up!'s personal "DT", but they have so much "DT's" out there, that it doesn't really matter if I do my job as a "DT" or not, because other "DT's" who actually have the time to create with their products are doing a great job selling the products with their samples. LOL!! I am a dork. I really need to get off of this blog and start creating... I think I am addicted to SHOPPING for craft products, and not creating with them. Stampin' Up! reeks the benefits off of crazies like me. But hey, that's business... so anyways, I just wanted to share with you the latest items that I've purchased from Stampin' Up!... I am hoping that I can create with them before I make my next purchase!!!! Also right now it is "Sell-A-Bration" promotion time. Which means that for every $50 purchase, you can earn FREE products from the "SAB" catalog. Email me for more details, or if you just gotta take advantage of the Stampin' Up! "SAB" promotion, you can shop now!!!

I will go and create something now with these products... maybe give you some ideas!! LOL!!!

Much Aloha,
Jen

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Sunday Video Share - Sunflower by Cecilio and Kapono

Happy Sunday!! Heading out to Sunday services... wanted to share this video with you, before I head out. This song has been in my head for a couple of days now, so thought I'd put it in yours too!! LOL... enjoy...

"Sunflower" - By "C&K"



God Bless... Aloha, Jen

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Lovely As A Tree Cards and Spot Coloring on Photo

Aloha and Happy Saturday!!! Hope your weekend is going well... I'm going to be creating today, but wanted to post my project for the day. I don't have a digi page to share with you! Duh! slacking already. LOL... but I hope I will be able to catch up with my pages later today! if I do, I will post another blog post then.

In the mean time I will share 2 card creations with you. These cards were created using Stampin' Up!'s "Lovely As A Tree" set. Both could pass for masculine cards, and the trees are so lovely - I will probably never let go of this set. Makes great mellow/masculine cards, right??



Here is my photo for today... I was playing with my PSE, and was able to do "Spot Coloring". Super Fun!!! This is a photo of our doggie who passed away about 5 years ago. Super sad..... we miss him so much, cause he was such a sweetheart and he listened so well!!!


We're also heading to my mom's today. Cy will get to pick some Mountain Apples from her tree!! He's looking forward to that. That'll be when I get to Digi-Scrap!!! Hope you all have a blessed day as well!!! Hugs from Hawaii... Aloha, Jen

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Happy Aloha Friday.... Super Late Post in the Day....

Hi Gang!! Sorry this post is LATE in the day. I have been helping my girlfriend plan her wedding, so we're checking out venues of where she could possible hold her ceremony and reception. It is very exciting... and on top of that, another friend of mines who is a wedding coordinator has approached me and asked for my help with her business. What an awesome opportunity this would be for the both of us!! So exciting!! Please help me pray about this, that I am guided in the path that the Lord would want for me. :o)

Here are the projects for today.... my card creation is another masculine card. The image is a digi image from Tiffany Doodles. Love that she has some masculine images, because I have so many "cutesy" images!! Thank U, Tiffany!! :O)


Here is my digital page for the day.... this is a family shot of all of us that attended the mini-high school reunion for my hubby's buddies. Yes, there is a boat in the restaurant. Cy's favorite restaurant, because he gets to play in the boat after eating. Haven't gone there in a while... I didn't really put too much on this page. Wanted to keep it pretty simple.

Ok, so I have been searching high n' lo for digital printing, because I wanna start printing my pages. I checked out Costco $2.99/page, and Sam's size not avail, well they have a larger size, which you will have to cut down yourself, but I didn't want to go that route. For Costco, if I picked up at the store, for 10 prints, I would pay $31, if shipped $34. I thought that was still a little steep - thinking I'd print at least 20 pages per month, that'll be $60/month I'd have to dish out. Anyways, the Lord heard my prayers!!!! I finally came across Scrapbooks to Share - which charges only $1.50/page, shipping of $6, still coming out to only $21 for 10 pages!!! Yay!!! I think I am going to go with them. Not sure of the quality, but I will be sure to let ya all know how I like it after my 1st order. :O)


I also wanted to start posting all these photos I have been taking with my cameras.... man so many things, so little time!! Was going to start reposting to my photo blog, but bleh... just gonna keep it all here!! It is a photo of Ali's n' my car!! YES... it is IDENTICAL!!! Heee heee.... isn't it awesome?? Ali loved my car so much, she decided to get one herself. We both LOVE our cars.... Thanks to our hubbies!!!


Well, hope your weekend is a blessed one!!! Have fun and enjoy your family!!

Aloha,
Jen

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Masculine Birthday Card and Daily Digi Page: A Brother is a Forever Friend!

Aloha and Welcome!!! I was so tired last night, I didn't even have the time to post my project. I did however complete it, so here they are...

I made a masculine birthday card, which I need to make more of!! This image is a KLM Designs digi stamp. I don't think the company is in business anymore, because I can't find a link to their site!! :o( I colored it with my copics....


Here is my digital scrapbook page for today... continuing with the pics from my hubby's reunion with some of his buddies from high school. It was such a fun evening, seeing him have fun with the guys.

Thanks for stopping by... I hope your week is going well!!

God Bless,
Jen

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Shaker Card and Digi Page

Aloha and Happy Wednesday, Gang!! Today I have a card that my 7 year old (6 at the time he created it) practically made all on his own. It is a shaker card that he asked me to show him how to make, so that he could give to his lil' cousin on her birthday. It turned out soooo cute!! I just loved watching him work with all my supplies {{with very close guidance tho'!}}... he was just having a blast creating with what he had. I helped him with the tying of the ribbon. :o)


Here is my daily digital page... I was going back n' forth about posting them on 2 different posts, or keeping them on the same post, and then I just figured, just put them on 1 post, so that if someone comments, they can comment on 1 post easily. So here's today's digi page:


These guys have been buddies since high school, and back in 2009, we had a dinner at Sam Choy's, and these are a couple of pics that we took that night. I have several more to create pages of.

Thanks for popping.... it's a challenge to stay on top of these digi pages, but I am happy that I am following through. It's only January, so I should talk too soon! I was soooo sleepy tonight (I'm pre-posting this the night before), and I thought I was going to skip the digi creation. But I did it!! Praise the Lord! :o)

Have a blessed Wednesday today!!!
Aloha,
Jen

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Happily Ever After

Hey there... hope your week has started off on a great start so far! Well, here is what I have to share with you today. You should've already seen my digitally created page that was previously posted. I am quite pleased with myself, so far, to be able to keep up with my daily digi scrapbooking pages. So much fun!! Well, here is a card that I created. Image is a Greeting Farm image. Heart n' Heart Scallop are Cricut cuts. I am thinking that the sentiment is also a TGF stamp, but I am not sure about that. This card was fun to create.


Sorry, pic is kinda blurry... oh well, you get the idea.

Anyways, hope you're having a blessed Tuesday. ...

Much Hugs n' Aloha,
Jen

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My Daily Digital Scrapbook Page: Hanging With Aunty Bern

The boy's God Parents came down for a visit, and here are some of the pics created in a layout. Elements are from Just So Scrappy Too!

Thanks for peeking...
Aloha,
Jen

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Happy New Baby

Aloha! Happy Monday!! How was your weekend? Mines was a lot quieter than last week's bought of stomach virus. The fam-bam is back in tack and back on track. Praise The Lord. It was pretty tough to go through that stuff, but what else can you do? You can only let the virus take it's course, and get the yuckies out of our tummies, right? Well, so happy that it is soooo over!!

Here is today's project. It is a baby card that I created for a card order. The punch that I used for the sentiment is from Stampin' Up!. This punch is a punch that Ali is trying to decide to get. Ali, get it! LOL.... It has so much diversities... and I am sure so much easier n' quicker to use. Once she has it, she'll be happy she made that choice of purchasing it, right? Hee hee...

The image on this card is a Whipper Snapper image, which I colored with my Copics. Speaking of Copics, I have been using them recently, coloring some images for a Sexy Blog Hop we will have in February. I've been having so much fun with my Copics lately, it reminded me of how much I love this hobby!!

Anyways, I have added another "creative goal" to my list of things I want to accomplish this year. I have decided that I want to start reposting photos to my "Hawaii Photos By Jen" blog. I will post a daily photo, and if you have a chance to check it out - please stop on by. Thanks again for your support in my crazy creativity activities. I really appreciate it!!

God Bless...
Jen

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My Daily Digital Scrapbook Page: Shave Ice

Today's digital scrapbook page. Elements are from Just So Scrappy Too, "Sweet Treats" kit.

I'm off to create some birthday cards... have an awesome day in the Lord!!!

Blessings,
Jen

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Sending You Lots of Hugs

Aloha, and Happy Sunday!! Hope your weekend is going well, so far!! My project today seemed like a baby card, and then I thought that it really could be for anything. I guess it looked like a baby card, because of the color combo that I used.... The image is a Greeting Farm image, which I colored with my Copics.




Have a blessed Sunday!!!

Aloha,
Jen

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My Daily Digital Scrapbook Page: My Silly Face

Something sweet n' simple today of my silly face pookie-bear. He's such a cutie!! I {heart} him....

These elements are from Just So Scrappy Too.

Thanks for peeking!!

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My Daily Digital Scrapbook Page: Squirm The Butterfly

Here is my digital scrapbook page of the day. Pics of the 1st caterpillar that Cy got to observe. The digital elements that I've used are from Stampin' Up!'s "My Digital Studio". For more info on this program or to purchase these elements, you can check out my Stampin' Up! website located here. Aloha! Jen

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Birthday RAK

Happy Aloha Friday!!! It's the beginning of a new year, and I have all these ideas of what I want to do creatively.... One of them is to focus on getting the Birthday RAK going again. I've had it for several years now, but haven't paid much attention to it all last year. I really want to focus more attention on that, because I don't want to have to have to put an end to it. I'm going to try and send out a card to each birthday participant. If you are a member of the birthday RAK club, you can easily access the calendar by clicking on the calendar located on the side bar. If you would like more information on the birthday RAK club, you may click on the link that is right about the birthday calendar. I hope you will join in on the fun of creating birthday cards, and RAKing those that are celebrating their special day. I've already missed a couple of birthdays earlier this month, but I still plan on sending them a card to make up for the missed days. :o) In light of the birthday RAK club announcement, here are a couple of birthday cards I created a few months back, but didn't have the chance to post, til' now:






Thanks for looking!!! This is my 2nd post of the day... I wanted to put my digital scrapbook pages on a separate post, so please scroll down and check it out! Have a blessed weekend!!

Aloha,
Jen

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My Daily Digital Scrapbook Page: Lil' Ceasar Kickin' Back

Here is my daily digital scrapbook page for today. My lil' Ceasar's birthday was actually yesterday (he turned 4 years old!!). So, here's a page I made of him. I am trying to get into the feel of how to make *great* digital pages, so I am casing when I see something I like. I loved how the elements were used by the original creator of this page. I CASED this page from here.

Thanks for looking!
Hugs,
Jen

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Projects For My Grand-Niece and 1st Digi Scrapped Page of the Year

Good Day, Peeps!! How is your new year coming along so far??? Well, I've gotta tell ya, for us, we had a stomach sickening start. My eldest son, CY4 caught the stomach virus from my brother on Christmas day. He was sick, sick, sick... poor boy! Throwing up and just not feeling well all around. Then right before New Year's Eve, my lil' one caught the bug. He too threw up and wasn't feeling well for at least 2 days. Then it was my turn... ugh!! I just hate throwing up!! I can handle all the other types of sickness, but the stomach sickness sucks!!! It just takes all the energy out of you, and oh boy, I was sore all over!! I caught it the morning of New Year's day!! I remember getting up at 3:45 am, then feeling queasy, and I kept thinking to myself, "no, no, no, don't throw up!"... but that didn't work, because soon enough, I was running to the bathroom and letting it out. Oh boy! My body was just not in control of what was going on. Now, it is my hubby's turn to have it. I know that he is suffering thru all that pain, and I feel bad because I want to do something to make him feel better, but I know that I can't really do anything that'll make him feel better - and that he has just got to ride it out. Praying that it goes quickly though.

The kids are back in school, and I am trying to get my house back in order. It is always hard to get back on track in a timely manner, right after vacay. I will be helping a girlfriend of mines with her wedding plans, so I gotta make sure that I can juggling all my chores, and pleasures equally. This year, I also wanted to set a goal of creating a 12x12 Digi Scrapbook Page daily. LOL!! Yes, you heard right, I did say DAILY!! I hope I can pull through... I am starting with the digital pictures that I took back in 2009. So hopefully I will be able to FINALLY start some kinda 12x12 album of mines that is all digitally scrapped. I'll post a page daily, along with the other projects I've created.

Today's projects were created for my grand-niece's birthday, back in October. I have been so crazy busy, haven't had the chance to post these, so finally I am getting around to it. :o)

The tags shown above are individual tags that I created for the center piece that my niece was giving to the VIP's of the party. I cut the tags on my Cricut, sorry I can't remember what cartridge it came from. But there are so many carts out there that come with tags, that you could really chose any tag cut that you want to. The frill came from "Cindy Loo" cartridge. I then highlighted with white pen, and then added dew drops, and flowers from Prima. Names were handwritten by me.

Here is the birthday card I created for my grand-niece. I used the "CTMH Art Philosophy" cartridge to cut out the card, and the frame. Also the sentiment is from the set that I purchased when I got the cartridge. The cartridge is only available thru a CTMH rep, which I found on eBay. I have more to play with using this set, so hopefully I will get around to it before time goes by!!! The frill on this card was also cut out using "Cindy Loo". The flowers are from All Natural Accents, and I used my White Pen to draw stitches. Pearls are from J's Knicknacks. Here's a closer look...

Now for my digitally scrapped page... one of my boys at Aloha Tower Marketplace. I know we were waiting for our table to be ready, but I am not sure where we were going to eat. But as we waited, they were so sweet to pose for a few photo shots. :o) BTW, this is officially the 1st project I created this year. :o)


Thanks for stopping by!! Have a blessed day!!

Aloha,
Jen

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Christmas Cards by Ali for ATP Hawaii Ministry

Aloha Friends!! Thanks for returning!! Yesterday I shared with you the cards that I created for the ATP Hawaii Ministry. Today, I am sharing with you the cards that Ali and her DD created. They created a whole bunch too... like I said in the post from yesterday, those Locked up Lambs were truly blessed!!!

















Thanks for peeking! Have a blessed week in the Lord!!

With Aloha,
Jen

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