Have a great Tusday!! I will be posting April's class projects hopefully tomorrow. Somehow, the window of time to get on the computer is shrinking! What's up with that?? Nolan is attending practice for honor band 3 days this week which means I leave work early to get him and get back to town from 4 - 6 p.m. Hope I can find a craft store still open. Ha!
Thanks for those of you who played in my "Just Two" contest. I enjoyed looking at the blogs you all recommended and surprising enough alot of them are already on my google reader!! But I selected the two winners who recommended inspiring blogs that were not on my reader (but will not be added on!). The winners are ANGIE and ERICKA M. Congratulations ladies!! Please email me with your mailing address so I can mail out this stamp to you. I made about 30 cards yesterday afternnon using this stamp. I'll post that tonight! Have a great Monday everyone!!
One more thing, I've posted the schedule for Cheryl's make & take sessions to do FREE sizzix projects using the new XL dies on my Island Girls Shop Gossip column. Join the fun! Stop by and say hello to Cheryl and Cheri!
Here's a page of my first day in San Fran visiting cousin Pam and her dear friends, The Wongs. Lorraine does crafts with Pam when she has time.
Made this card with some of my leftover pocketnote cards, just right for little thank you's. I colored with my copic pens except for the birdie...for some reason, it doesn't matter what black ink I use to stamp the image (including Staz On), the yellow always bleeds! Anyone knows something I don't?? Would appreciate a tip! I ran the top part of the card through my Big Shot machine and the paisley CB embossing folder and then added some Close to Cocoa ink to bring out the design. Finishing touches, a rhinestone in the middle of the flower and some light blue gingham ribbon by SU.
The other night, I ran all over the house looking for my baby girl. She really had me going! Guess she found a new hiding spot. Behind Grandpa's recliner in a snuggly spot...can you imagine? She must've been wondering why I was going back 'n forth calling her and that little sneak didn't even bother making any noise! Thanks for peeking in today. I am anxious to be inspired by some awesome ideas so link up the blogs to win!!
When I got home, I was surprised to find some happy mail! These cute notepads came from one of my DL gals and another faithful blog reader, Charlotte. Thank you! I love them. I told Charlotte that I'm always looking for paper to make lists and take notes, so these will definately be put to good use. This was a thank you for the blog candy I recently sent to her :)
My other happy mail came from my good friend, Judie. Judie has been a faithful customer back in my teaching at Ben Franklin. Sometimes, she would be my only student, but she came faithfully every week!! Judie sends this card as a thank you for the blog candy too. How sweet. I love the kitty image!! Judie owns two beautiful cats! 
Sorry, no creation to post today, but hopefully I will have one tomorrow. I'm just about finished with the kits, so they will be ready to send as soon as I get my chocolate chip cardstock!!! I also can't wait to finish my cards for the blogaversary goodies that I'm patiently waiting to send out. Sorry girls...you won't be disappointed when you get your goodies. Happy Wednesday, yay! The middle of the week!! Thanks for dropping by today!
The view from Pablo and Amrei's apartment...
An insane coin operated kinetic sculpture.
Pablo and Javier of Belio Magazine.
Pablo has a really badass lowrider...
Shot of a crazy installation...
Marco, director of Intoxicated Demons Gallery, framing up the pieces.
Marco installing the show.
A photo at the launch. I did three interviews right before this... One was with Vice, you can check it out here,but it's in German. The second was with a guy who runs a magazine about comics and illustrative fine arts... It will be in print in September. The third was for an internet TV station, I was really nervous because I'm shy around video cameras, and the girl who was interviewing me was really pretty... I think it went ok in the end though...
My friend Christa D'Angelo's studio... We've talked back and fourth on the internet for about a year and a half now, and we got to meet while in Berlin... She's an awesome artist and we get along like peas and carrots, so it was great to meet...
Another shot of Christa's studio...
Pablo of Belio and his girlfriend Amrie... Amrie is amazing, she's sort of a smart ass in the best possible way, I wish she lived closer so we could cut each other up more often...
German rap is weird...
Posters around the city featuring the evil seal mutilating Canadians...
A gumball machine with little knives in it... I put all my dimes in it, but just got gum...
I forget what this building was, but Marco and I drank beer on a tour boat, it was awesome...
Because I was so sick, I spent A LOT of time in this bed... It was really comfortable...
I just love this Enjoy every moment stamp set! Good for cards as well as scrapbooks.
My posts doesn't seem complete without an appearance from Ms. Mochiko. This is her favorite ducky cuz it has catnip in it :) We call it her chicken - get it? Mochiko's chicken - hahaha!! Have a great Tuesday all. We're going out to a lunch today in honor of Secretaries Day. More on that tomorrow. Thanks for dropping by!
Here's a RAK I received from Denise N. Love this! So sweet and in my favorite color too! Pink! Thanks Denise! Denise has some really nice creations, stop on over and give her some love.
I've been missing for a few days because I just had to stay away! "Step away from the computer", my son suggests to me. Well, I guess that it's for my own good because I really needed to get my kits together and ready to roll for tonight's demonstrator class and dinner and tomorrow's customer class. I keep thinking that I'll just go online to check my email and then one thing would lead to another and before I know it, I'm in blogland and OMG, back to the point of NO RETURN! I'd be on the computer for hours! Am I the only one?? 
This project is a Mother's Day gift and I got this really neat idea from my GF Cheryl. She called it a pizza box. In my gift box are five 3X3 cards (all different) and envelopes. Each card is a work of art (sorry, just had to give myself a toot since I took so darn long to create) - but seriously, each card is decorated and have a little dimension to them. I really love the way they turned out. Here is one of the five cards:
We will be using the DS paper, Afternoon Tea. I love the look of this paper! Also lots of different embellishments. In this card, I used the pearl from the Pretties kit. So pretty! We will also be making a really neat graduation card with pocket. There are still a few kits left for my customer class which is happening on Sunday, April 20 and again on Sunday, April 27. If you are interested, please email me for the details.
If you posted a comment on my penguin giveaway post, I randomly selected a winner from all of the entrants. Actually, I was able to find more penguin stamps so instead of just one winner, I have seven (7)!! Lucky seven! Here are the winners:Malieta, Bunny B, Denise, Charlotte, Cheryl (Sheree), Gina and Corie. So girls, email me your mailing addresses (tjaysuzuki@gmail.com) so I can get these stamps out to you. Congrats!
I made a couple of more cards using my penguin friends, what do you think?
Thanks for playing everyone! I'll be having another giveaway soon. Can you tell I'm having fun? 
See the cute calendar? I love the way she used the coaster as the base for this calendar and with my fave color, pink!! Here's a closer look:
Finally, here is a post-it note holder. Isn't this stamp too cute? Looks so local with the haku lei on her head. Thank you Joy! I miss seeing you when I go to the CU...
This card was sent to me by a new friend, Joni. Joni is a local gal who found me through blogland and she has attended two of my classes! I love this card! It was so coincidental that we used this exact stamp for the class last month. I love this card Joni!
I forgot if I posted this beautiful card from Irene. The color combo is perfect! Can't wait for you to join us for our get togethers Irene! Miss you!
And last, but really, never the least, I want to thank my spice angel friend, Jen for making me this sweet signature for my blog. That's the latest rage in blogland. She surprised me the other day by creating one for me. She even had to help me set it up cuz I'm not so techie...(is that a word???) But, Jen IS the Queen of tech so she knew what I did wrong! Thank you so much sister, I appreciate your help and I absolutely LOVE it!!