Rusty Bottle Rockets Red Glare

Aloha mai! Whoa, it's been a while since I last blogged!  Summer is so packed full of things to do!  Our neighbor has a beautiful cherry tree that we have been eating off of and their Raspberries have come into fruit too.  Kai's corn is growing and we even have some tomatoes so far!  

Among all the other things I've been doing, I finished an album today for the Rusty Pickle July Blog Challenge.  It might not count because it's supposed to be an altered item using their patriotic paper lines.  My original idea fizzled (pun intended), so I decided to alter two pieces of chipboard into an album, added envelopes and a tag, and also altered two pieces of MM metal tags (the ones with the holes around the perimeters into charms for the album.  

Even if it doesn't count, I had fun using the new Bottle Rockets paper! 

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ScrapFriends July Bash Update

There are still two more weeks for you to create and post your entry into my "Alter a White Elephant" and "Crazy Insert Journal" challenges.  I hope you'll check them out! 

Mario Bros.

photo by Marianne Oelund

Last but not least, look who came to visit Olympic View Ice Skating Arena!  Mario and Luigi!  Aka my own Ikaika and his good friend Cameron!  They were the hit of the show!   Congratulations to all the skaters. 

Hey don't forget to check out my Etsy Store.  I'll be re-stocking real soon! 

Take care and have an awesome weekend! 

a hui hou!

July Bash @ Scrapfriends.us

Aloha Mai! 

Happy Fourth of July! Even with gas prices skyrocketing and all that has been happening.  I am so thankful for the good old USA.  Happy Birthday America!

Hey, have you heard yet?  There is a month long Crop over Scrapfriends full of excellent challenges to get your mojo flowing! 

But wait, there's more!  Each challenge has an excellent prize... paper collections, peekaboo albums and tons more! 

And...each challenge you complete will give you points towards the a super grand prize!  

You can read all about it here.

Check it out!  Some challenges last all month, some last a week.  

I have a couple of month long challenges I hope you will check out: 

Alter a White Elephant and Create a Crazy Insert Journal

Follow the links here in my blog, but if you get lost, just go to the Game Room>Scrapfriend's Contests>July Bash.  

Be sure to come back an visit me soon because the fun doesn't stop there! 

a hui hou!

Happy First Birthday Paper Trunk!

Aloha mai! 

My all time favorite "local" paper company just turned one today and are having a totally cool Birthday Bash!  Take a look at the Paper Trunk Blog. Man, the prizes are totally awesome!!! 

Hauoli La Hanau!  (Happy Birthday in Hawai'ian) to Carrie and Paper Trunk! 

Best wishes for many more! 

Whoo hoo!  

more tomorrow, I've got challenges galore this month!  I'll update you all soon!

a hui hou!