Wow! It's been a while...

I can't believe how long it has been since my last post! So much for "lollipop pic of the week" too! I decided to scratch the "week" part of that and just post a new L-pop pic every month instead.

My dad had knee replacement surgery 2 weeks ago and I've been helping my mom out w/ the cooking, shopping, babysitting, etc. Whew! Talk about a 2-week crash course into what it will be like to take care of a family!! All in all everything went well. Grammie, with her dementia, has been a bit hard to manage and the little nephew and cousins are having one crazy summer! In addition to this, I've been working on the 20-year HS reunion which is coming up in 3 weeks. Gulp! I can't believe it has been that long...and I can't believe how behind we are in the planning!!!

Surprisingly, during all of this, I've managed to get some scrapbooking done. I just completed pages 6 & 7 of my very first scrapbook endeavor. I am working on a book of my Jamaica trip from 8 years ago. It has been fun and I'm really getting into using different techniques and styles to support the images taken during the trip. I plan to post my pages soon. In the meantime, I'll just post another card that I did a while back. This one was for my cousin's birthday. I used the Four Dolls clear stamps from Hero Arts again. I just think they are so adorable, so I try to use them a lot!

For this card I also used the new Die Cuts With A View "Summer Dream" paper (purple floral) and solid textured cardstock in coordinating lavender and purple. The "celebrate your day" stamp was from My Sentiments Exactly! Cupcake B-Day clear stamp set. The glitter flower brads are Oriental Trading company. Hope you like it!

Stephanie

Cake + Magnum = YUM!

This post is a special tribute to a couple of my blog followers, Fran and my Mom. But I hope you will all enjoy...the Magnum P.I.--Tom Selleck--Hairy Birthday CAKE!

Now, I wish that I could claim this as my own masterpiece, but the true artist is alicia policia and I swiped this from her very cool blog because I had to share it with you. I was so excited when I discovered this gem. Alicia is an artist illustrator who carries her talents over to the cake decorating world. I love it!

This post is dedicated to Fran and Mom because they both love Magnum (Tom). Fran, did you ever see the Magnum P.I. series finale? Is this not THE coolest cake you've ever seen? Sigh...jealously pours through my veins...I wish I was the one who created it! Way to go Alicia! Thanks for the eye candy!

Asian Girl Birthday Card

So, I haven't been very good at blogging more than once a week. Mainly because I've been busy making cards for friends and family who have birthdays this month! I have one more birthday and Father's Day to finish for June, but several more to come in July. Here is one that I did for my sister. Her birthday was June 1st, but we haven't celebrated it yet otherwise I would have given it to her by now. My inclination is to just keep the card because I have become very attached to it like it is my own child. I find that I am feeling this way about all of my cards...I take pictures of them so that I can remember them always. I'll probably end up making a scrapbook of pictures of cards I've made. Sad.


For this card I used Hero Arts Four Dolls and Asian Elements clear stamps and Oriental Trading's Build a Cake clear stamps, the paper is Oriental Trading's Far East. I used the Provo Craft Cuttlebug to emboss the moss green paper. The ribbon is also from Oriental Trading's Far East self-adhesive ribbon collection. Then added a little bling using a pink paper flower and jewel.

LOLLIPOP PIC OF THE WEEK...week 4

Two of my favorite things...lollipops and cookies! Genius to combine them! These are Swirly Sparkly Cookie Pops designed by Meaghan Mountford as seen on her blog {the decorated cookie}. This girl is basically living my dream! She's a professional cookie decorator who has her own book, sells cookie kits, and has an extremely informative blog with awesome cookie photos of her own work (such as this one). I have her book "Cookie Sensations: Creative Design for Every Occasion" on my wish list! You can never have too many cookie books. NEVER.