four years.

It's really been four years. This blog is in pre-school! Yeah! :) But really, you guys,the process of making cards, and sharing them with you has taught me a lot. Thanks.

Above is one of the first cards I ever shared with y'all. Oh, I remember those days. 

LA Trip

Hey guys!

Sorry I haven't been posting much recently but i promise to post more!

I also just got back from a trip to LA and it was super fun! Here are some photos that I took!

We went to the Hollywood sign, Santa Monica, and most of all, Universal Studios! There were so many rides and shows we went there for two days! {and cause our ticket was a buy-one-day-get-another-free thing}

Have a great day guys and I promise to try and post more!

Iris

In between random stuff.

So right after I posted that post below, I checked in on the computer and turns out that 1) the picture is at the very END of the post and 2) I can't change the color or font like I usually do so that's how you'll be able to tell if it's an ipod touch post! (don't have an iPhone!)

Well, here's a little pic to balance out the words and photos:



It's just the little pile of things on my desk.

Yep. So bye! again!

A Snowman's Winter

Hey everyone! Happy 2012!

      How was the holidays? I enjoyed it at home and doing, you know ... lazy stuff. And, crafting!!

       One of my new years resolutions {or goal at least} is to post every single week! I'll probably be posting on Wednesdays but who knows, right? :)

For this week, this is a card I made before the holidays crept up on me and it's already given. :) 

       The paper is Making Memories and the tag is by Studio 112. The flowers are Recollections. Drew a little snowman guy in that corner, wrote a sentiment, and added some bling! 

And this is entered into these challenges:

Stampin' with the Dragon- Let it snow,Let it snow,Let it snow

See you guys next week!

i'm here! {and with an update}

Hey peeps!

How's it going? It seems a bit quiet around here, no?  :) Here's a little update on what's been happening around here:

So I made a card; yes, I actually did. I took a photo, wrote the post{which was suppose to be posted on World Cardmaking Day} and then I realized that I didn't have the photo up-loader thing that I have to use to get the photo onto this post. humph.

I search the boxes that are still lying around in a spare room. And didn't find it. So today, since I don't have school today {whooooo!} I plan on doing a little research on where it could possibly be. 

And, in school, during the past two weeks, I finished my first ever memoir{which I found out yesterday that there had to be an ellipse or I'd get marked down}, and completed a World Culture project along with a 3-5 minute presentation.  

So, no school days seem to be more and more exciting now. And I hope you all have a wonderful day and I hopefully will be posting a card later{only if I find it, or I'll just leave you to imagine...} And!, and tell me how you like the new blog look!! I changed when I was bored {but that only lasted a few days, the works started shooting at me later.}

plus-I have been thinking about a little challenge sort of thing. It's called " Brighten Someone's Mailbox. Just a thought. 

Hmm...seems to have a lot of of hoping in those days...:)

A Card and My First Day!

Hello guys!

So today, I had my first day of middle school and turns out, there's a lot more walking that I thought there would be! And the lockers, oh they are the most confusing things in the world! But hey, the 7th and 8th graders got it right? :) Also, some people had mixed up schedules so there were people coming in and coming out!  Bu-t, some good thing are that they have a lot of bathrooms, all of my teachers are great, and I see a lot of people I know and don't know!

Anyhoo, I wanna share with you a card that have I made just recently!

Now this card, it's already addressed and sent to one of my cousins that is just starting school! It wouldn't be really a "back to school" card but it still looks 'schooly'! The gems and flower are from Recollections and I used a doily punch from Martha Stewart!

And the challenges to enter in:

Catered Crop-flowers, sentiment, stamping ink, rhinestones/gems, use your own handwriting, 

Pile it on- Anything that starts with B- Banner!

Remember this post? Well, we're moving!! I just got the green light and my parents are signing right now!! I'm so excited! Now my bus stop will hopefully not be 0.7 miles away!!

Hope you have a great rest of your week! :)

Winner + other stuff :)

Hi-ya!

Starting one of the last weeks of summer!! Anyone did anything interesting?{and, if it's not interesting, I'd love to hear about it too!}

So, without further ado, the winner of my blogaversary candy is...

Mandy!

Please write me an email with your address and I'll send it out to you ASAP!! 

And while we're on the topic of blogaversarys, Patti's is coming up soon so go give her a virtual congrats!!

Have a great week!

{p.s} Did you all hear about Blogger Scribe? Just click on the blue pencil when you writing a post and see how amazing it is!

Mix-Media Canvas

Hey everyone!

I'm guessing that your wondering where I've been or maybe not, but I'll tell you anyways! School starts in about two weeks and there are some important things going on that I'm not guaranteed the outcome but when I'm sure, I'll definitely tell you!! 

And, on another note, are any of you finding any trouble with view the blog? Cause I feel like something's wrong but I don't know what it is!

Anyway, today I want to share with you a canvas I made!

I painted it, decoupaged it {if that's even possible}, and stamped it! Can you guess what the important thing is?! :)

As usual, entering in Catered Crop- gold/yellow and brown, sentiment, stamping,acrylic paint,  mix-media, collage,markers 

Hope you all have a great day!

My trip to Victoria! {photo heavy!}

Hey everybody!

Remember when I told you I went to Victoria for awhile? {nod your heads:)} Well here are some photos of the awesome city!

Victoria is on Vancouver Island so there are harbors and beaches, and lots of water!

And that's the little ferry we road in around the harbor!

In the pic above, they have buskers there that do amazing things! And here's one picture of a very funny show right above the harbor:

One of the funnest part was going to Miniature world!  Everything is super tiny yet very realistic too!

And, oh my, the Buchart gardens! Amazing flowers from all over the world! I'll stop talking{typing} and let you see for your self!

 ANT!

 This flower reminds me so much of the resin flower Kelly Marie made!

Have a great day!

Random time!

 Totally random post here! Just trying out my new signature! What do you think? Scroll down to see the posts!
                 

Some News...

How's everyone doing?! It's been rainy and cloudy over here but the sun peeks out now and again!!

Next week is my spring break so hopefully I get some crafting in!

I am taking writing classes and today I got back one of my personal narratives from about two weeks ago!! My teacher loved it and showed it to one of the other teacher that I don't know! I wanted to share it with you since my writing rarely is really good to the teacher! Our topic was to write about a time when we made an important discovery! Tell me what you think about it!

Grapefruit

    I scanned the aisle again. There were bananas, apples, and grapes. I was to pick which I wanted for my snack next week. I decided to see which I would enjoy the most throughout the week. It was a tough competition between the apples and bananas, so I took the sack of grapes.

    As I headed for our shopping cart, I noticed my mom holding a bag of "oranges". I soon read the label and knew it was grapefruit. My mom insisted that grapefruit was tasty and good for my health. I had never tried grapefruit, so I loaded it into our cart and kept on shopping.

    This fruit seemed oddly peculiar. It did not look like a grape, but it was still a fruit! It also was shaped and colored very similar to an orange. I guessed that it would be in the orange "family" because it looked similar, but I also thought it might taste similar too!

    When we arrived home, the first thing my mother did was open the pack of grapefruit. She took out a knife and started to cut slices of grapefruit. Then, when she offered me a slice, I was shocked! Inside, the fruit wasn't orange like I predicted, but pink! It seemed very mysterious, so I took an enormous bite out of my slice. A sour taste flooded my mouth. No matter how hard I tried, the sourness was still unwilling to leave my taste-buds! I sat down, not taking another bite. "Doesn't this taste great?" asked my mom after she ate a few slices.

    I tried to register her opinion but I couldn't get myself to agree. Then, surprisingly, a tiny bit of sweetness appeared in my mouth but as fast as it came, it went. Now, I have a new food to my list of foods I don't like. I had made an important discovery; I don't like grapefruit!

Have a great weekend!

An Update!!

I'm super excited about our 3-day weekend!! I hope to get crafty this weekend but I think I'll have to push it to Monday!! There have been so many things going on that I haven't had time to update my lonely blog!! 

The DT and I have been working to get you those challenges although it's going a bit slow with word from our sponsors! Those challenges will start at January 31st.

I've been following Bugaboo, a digi shop and, as many of you already know, they are turning 1!!! They also have a fabulous blog hop going on for the week!! They have challenges everyday with amazing prizes!!! 

I went a head and made some little inchies for their challenges! I found inchies and I've been making them with all my scraps!! Since they have only one day or so to enter and they gave the challenges out already, I will schedule a post for the days my little inches can qualify for. I also have some other standard sized cards to share with you!! 

Just wanted to share an update on things!

Have a great day!

p.s. Here's a great animated video!! Sorta catchy and the end is funny!!

Sponsors!

 Well, thanks to Stef(!!), this post will stay at the top so please comment and scroll down for newer posts!

Well, I'll (hopefully) soon be sharing some new cards I made with my new {and old} supplies I got for Christmas!! But I still got to take a picture so I'll share this with you now! On this post, in the comments, I would like all of you to tell us...

Who YOU want to see be a sponsor here!

I will try be best to contact them so they will sponsor!! Please comment with your favorite places!!!!! 

And also, anyone know how to keep this post on the top? I want to let everyone see it but still share new things!

Gettin' ready for the new year! 

Have a fab fab fab day!!

Oh, and this will last until Jan. 31st which is the first challenge with our new DT!!

The New Year and {finally} Some Cards!!

                            Hope you had a fabulous day or stating one!

     Well this is a bit late but Happy New Year!! I hope you had a fun time and a great 2011!! I can't believe all the wonderful people out there who support me so much!! You all are fabulous!!! Now, here are two cards I made a while back but haven't posted yet:

This one I made the day after Christmas! I drew the image and colored it with colored pencils and matted it on some brown cardstock and the whole base is white. I used some left over patterned paper. You see something missing?? Well, I haven't thought of the sentiment yet so I left it there. Any ideas? Would love to hear them!! Oh, and here is the challenge that both are entered in:
 Catch the Bug- Anything Goes.

This next one also is drawn by {me} and matted on brown cardstock, also on white too. So these two are almost the same but I switched some stuff around! That paper is the same left over from before. I'm thinking of not putting a sentiment but still thinking..... This is also the Catch the Bug challenge but I don't think that Inklinkz will let me do it with the same post so......

Also, a little share of a Christmas tag I made for a few of the gifts:

Super simple and that flower is made from paper out of and magazine! Yep, great place to find patterns, especially those home decor ones!

So, I wish you all a fantabulous year filled with all the great stuff you can think of!!

Have a great day {or night!}!!!!

New winners!

Hope you all had a fabulous holiday! My mom will soon be out with her friends to go shopping for some after-Christmas deals! She might me taking me along too but I'm not that into shopping for clothes. :)

With DT time coming up, I still need contact from my winners but they haven't yet so I will draw new ones! So, here again, the new winner is........

Denise at KC242 Design!

And a random DT member drawn by random.org is....

Sammibug!!

Have a fabulous day!

Hello?

Hey guys! 

I hope you've finished getting ready for the holidays to just relax! My dad and I got back from some last minute shopping for some friends! We also got a tennis racket for me! I'm hoping to learn soon! 

On another note, though I don't have anything to share with you :(, the winners from CHALLENGE 11 need to email me soooooooon! If not by the 26th, I will chose/draw another winner! 

By the way, I found this blog and I love it! Here's a link to a fun recipe that I hope my mom will make!!

Happy Holidays!

Look over there! What is that I see?

Scroll down for the winner and new DT members!!

I just found out a while ago that I received this award! This is my first so I'm super duper excited!! The wonderful Debra from Twisted Monkey Scraps chose me and I hope you hop over there and give her a visit! From her blog, I got these rules!:

1. Thanks and link to the wonderful blogger who gave you this award! Thanks Debra!

2. Share 8 things about you!

3. Give the award to 8 fellow bloggers that you have just discovered!

4. Contact them and tell them about their award!

So, the 8 things about me:

1. I like to play soccer! I'm on a girl's soccer team and it's absolutely fun fun fun!!  The tournament is starting soon and I'm super excited!!

2.  I am the type of person who needs to see it to use it! When ever I have my supplies out, I craft alot more! When I organize them and put them away, I rarely do much. But now, I got a vintage looking tin and I put my must supplies in there and it getting better. Sorta. I found it in a garage sale near us for 75 cents!! I'm gonna get a pic soon!

3. I love miniature things!It can be anything! I just think they are super super cute!

4.  I'm not sure what to call it but I love all things that takes notes! Either a notebook or a post-it! I saw at JCPenny, a notepad that was super cool! It has a list like "DO TODAY" and at the bottom there would be a a check list that said " Completed,  Kinda did, and Maybe Tomorrow". I think they are super fun!

5. I enjoy technology. I like finding programs like Blogger and playing around with them! A lot of times there is a help area and I usually go there if I don't know how to do something. When we got a Macbook, there were lots of fun programs like Garage Band that are super fun to use!

6.  I love to draw as you might of known! It lead me to crafting and all sorts so I'm definitely not stopping!

7. I love living here in Seattle! The weathers great ( in my opinion, especially the snow!) and it rains a lot but it's never too much until it floods and it hasn't since I was here!  I just love the area where I live and there is a park right across the street! Fun fun fun!

8.  Another ' I love' is vintage! I just recently discovered how much I love vintage after finding a way to make anything (almost) vintage looking and since I love to look at old photos and such, it makes me happy to make say brand new white cardstock into a 30 year old looking paper! Love it!

Can you tell that I'm using the word " super" a lot?  I just noticed that.


Now to choose the eight people. I know lots of you out there who would deserve this award but here are the first 8 out of the top of my head:

1.  Liz of Crafts by Liz!
Liz is a 9 year old girl and her blog is fantastic!! Go check it out!

2. Anita of Just A Pigment of My Imagination!
Amazing creations bu Anita and a new blog I discovered too!

3. Theresa of CRAFT'S/FRIENDS/ANGELS!
Also amazing creations from South Africa!

4. Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge!
A new challenge blog that I am yet to enter one of their amazing challenges once it starts! Excited!

5.  Chris of Creating with Chrissy!
A recently found blog that is super fun! There might be a candy too! Go take a look!

6. Cheryl of She stamps!
Amazing creations with a special touch just by the Cheryl!

7. Jackie of Paper Moments!
Love her work and amazing take on everything!

8. Top Tip Tuesday! 
Loving their challenges!

Thanks again Deb and sorry I posted this way after but I still appreciate it!

Winner of Challenge 11!

Hey guys! I know I haven't been posting just a "post" in a while so I'll try to get crafty these two weeks as I have them off as my winter break! But before I start my first week,  let me announce the winners!!

Amazing projects as always and also another though choice as always!

The winner is.....

Linda of Lovely Linda's Craft Central!    

Yay! Now please email me {iriszhou1{at}gmail{dot}com}for the prize and the deets about being on the Iris's Spot design team!

Since there were so many entries, we decided to pick another player with random.org to also be on the team! Now random.org chose....

     Anita!!

Thanks everyone for joining us! Since with the new DT, challenges will resume starting  January! 

Merry Christmas and if you don't, Happy Holidays!!

Pencils of Promise

People can do amazing things right?

Well this is one of them!

I found Pencils of Promise online and thought it was amazing!!

I wanted to donate my voice to the world about it by telling all of you! I don't have Facebook but I do have my blog with my wonderful readers!!

Pencils for Promise is a group if people who are building schools for children is many countries! Before they built schools, they gave each child a pencil! That made the talk of education grow and that soon turned into schools!

Go and read their amazing story and donate your voice too!

Have a great day!

P.S. Challenge 8 ends on November 1st so hurry!

A tutorial...

 Well hello everyone!!!

I'm busy with school work and all but I got this in! It's not a card exactly but it's still something!!

Top Tip Tuesday isn't a new challenge blog but it is to me! Head on over to see their latest challenge!

My tutorial is for a newspaper flower!

1. Get some newspaper!! Tear and rip the paper till you've got a shape you like! You can also layer them like I did.

2. Add some color!! Pick any color for your flower and cover it! Or you could cover each piece before you attach them together.

3. Cover the flower with a coat of glue. I used some normal glue for this but Glossy Accents would work better!! Let it dry.

There you have it!!

Have a great day!