Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Photos of Paradise...

Hello Peeps ~ I feel like it's been ages since I've talked to you! I know you probably don't feel that way since I had posts go up each day. Since I blog daily, I have to say that it was nice to have the break from posting.

Today I thought I would share a few photos from our few days of our trip. We cruised on the beautiful Royal Caribbean ship Serenade of the Seas from San Juan, Purto Rico. Since the kids had Good Friday off, we left for San Juan a day early so we could enjoy a bit of sun and surf before we were welcomed aboard the ship.

When we arrived in San Juan, we stayed at a Courtyard Resort right on the beach ~ it was absolutely GORGEOUS!


I've never stayed at a resort quite like this ~ cabana boys, a private pool and hammocks to relax in! What more could you ask for?

We also made a new friend! Lizards of every size and this HUGE iguana just crawled across the grounds and entertained (or freaked out) the crowds.

You may have noticed that Megan didn't get all that close ~ but then again, I didn't either.

Yes ~ he was HUGE & yes, I was one of those who was slightly freaked out (but not so freaked out that I couldn't snap a few pictures).

On Saturday, before we arrived at the ship, we took a city tour of Old San Juan. I love that part of the city but would have loved to walk the tour rather than drive. This fantastic photo of an Old San Juan ally, was taken by Megan.

This is one of the forts on the island. It was a perfectly windy day for flying kites and there were hundrends in the sky.


Early on Easter Sunday, we arrived in St. Thomas. The weather could not have been more perfect! This was the view we woke up to from the balcony in our stateroom ~ I could get used to that!

After we rubbed the sleep out of our eyes, we took a Catamaran boat tour over to the beautiful island of St. John. The water was about 20 shades of blue and green ~ AMAZING!

The tour included snorkeling, swimming and spending time on the beach at Honeymoon Bay. It was fantastic!

After about an hour or so on the beach, we got back on the boat and enjoyed the ride back to St. Thomas.


Probably the only photo you will EVER see of me in a bathing suit ~ but I liked how everyone looked in the photo.

The next day, we arrived in St. Croix. I wasn't all that excited about this port when I heard we would be stopping here; however, I LOVED it. Our ship could only dock on the western (less populated) side of the island & it was wonderful. This is a place we will go back and stay!

This great character greeted us when we got off the ship.

Here is a view of our ship in the St. Croix harbor ~ just lovely!

Once again, a gazillion shades of blue and green off the shores of St. Croix.


Here is the spot where Megan and I sat to enjoy the view for a while. Megan took this fantastic picture.


You won't even believe what we did on our afternoon in St. Croix, but you'll have to tune in tomorrow to see. Any guesses????? Plus I have so much more to share with you from out trip.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Shopping anyone?

Hey ~ it always sounds good to me to go shopping!

Not very chatty lately because we have been on vacation and all of these posts were done before I left. I'll have lots of pictures and fun things to share with you about our trip very soon.

Supplies from i{heart}papers: Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Happy Shopping); Pattern Paper ~ My Minds Eye; Nestabilties ~ Labels 8; Ink ~ Palette, Copics; Sparkly Fluff ~ Applitini Green.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Just a Little Note...

Today I used a fun stamp from the new Lizzie Anne Designs Monthly Mix for April. The Mix is called It's Good to be Queen, but it has the this great 4" music border stamp. I repeated the image down the entire card and then added this sentiment from the October Monthly Mix (A Harvest of Memories).

Friday, April 9, 2010

OCL Sketch Challenge #8

It's Friday and that means that it's time for the OCL Sketch Challenge! My husband needed a Thank You card for a guy so I used the set called Big Thanks along with Vintage Swirls as an accent on the card base and the oval. To really make it look like a card for a guy, I love using brown and olive green, so I used this fantastic new paper from My Mind Eye. But one of my favorite parts about this card is the fun shaped dies from Nestabilities (Labels 10).

Go check out the sketch and don't forget to play along. Once you have added your project to your blog or a gallery, add your link to the OCL Blog so you can have a chance to win a free set.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Springtime Sketches

Ahhh...remember last week when I told you about the store samples I made. Well here are the rest of the cards I made. This time using Spring Sketches and Fancy Fringe.

You may wonder what to do with the Fancy Fring set, but I'll tell ya, it's such a handy set for backgrounds ~ I love it.





Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Sweet Baby Elephant...

Isn't this the cutest little image? I just love baby elephants. It reminds me of one I saw a few years ago at the San Diego Zoo ~ oh my word ~ beyond sweet.

Anyway, this sweet little image is from the April Monthly Mix ~ It's Good to be Queen by Lizzie Anne Designs.




Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Monday, April 5, 2010

Pretty Felt Flowers

I had a little bit of fun last week with some new products from i{heart}papers ~ and I didn't even stamp (well not much anyway). It was fun to make these very quick cards with the pretty little felt Woolies and matching 6x6 paper by Basic Grey which is part of the Kioshi line.

I have to say, I really enjoyed doing these cards. It was fun to just slap together these easy peasy cards.


Supplies from i{heart}papers: Stamps ~ Hero Arts (Thinking of You Messages, Sending Happy Thoughts, Happy Day Animals, Everyday Sayings); Ink ~ Palette Ink; Pattern Paper ~ Basic Grey (Kioshi); Felt Woolies (Basic Grey).


Saturday, April 3, 2010

Scrapbook Page Redo

Several months ago, I was asked to come up with some project ideas for a class Our Craft Lounge was teaching at CHA. So this is one of the ideas I came up with & cut about 60 kits for the class. I used the adorable Easter basket from the Hippity Hoppity set.

So after the class we had several kits left over & one of the girls wanted to use the leftover kits for another class. However, the class was too close to Easter so she needed me to revise my original idea with a new stamp set. I pulled out my Thankful Flourishes set and added touches all over the page with Vintage Swirls ~ which is a great background set! Voila ~


Have a fantastic day!







Friday, April 2, 2010

OCL Sketch Challenge #7


Today's sketch challenge for OCL is actually based on the froggy card I posted the other day. Play along and don't forget to post your creation on the OCL Blog for your chance to win.

Supplies from i{heart}papers: Stamps ~Our Craft Lounge (EiEi Hello, Barnyard Banter); Sparkly Fluff ~ Our Craft Lounge (Cotton Candy, Coffee Bean Brown, Appletini Green); Ink ~ Palette, Copic Sketch Markers (E25, E43, E33, E31, R81, R83, YR23, YG03, R27); Spica Glitter Pens; Embossing Folder ~ Quickuts; Nestabilities ~ Circle, Big Scallop Circles; Pattern Paper ~ Cosmo Cricket ~ Garden Variety.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

New Lizzie Anne Single

YOU WILL LOVE THIS ONE!!! I adore this new stamp called Happy Mother's Day from Lizzie Anne Designs & it is available starting today! I paired this great image with this fun paper from My Little Shoebox which I found at my local scrapbook store.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Tons of Store Display Samples...

Ahhhh...as I mentioned the other day, I have been working hard on store display samples for Our Craft Lounge. Well here is the first batch of cards I made ~ 30 of each! Yes, you read that right ~ ACK!!!!

On this first card I used the set called Spin Cycle ~ it's a cute little set with some fun images and sentiments.


On this card, I used the set called Hot Betty ~ cute little number huh?


And on my final card today, I used both sets ~ Hot Betty & Spin Cycle together. The images and sentiments work perfectly together because they are all in the same style, scale and font.


Supplies from i{heart}papers:

Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Hot Betty, Spin Cycle); Pattern Paper ~ My Mind Eye (Little Man Kit, Be Happy Kit, How Sweet It Is kit); Ink ~ Copic Markers Card #1) YG63, YG95, YG13, YG11, E25, E29, BG78, BG72, B00, C3; Card #2) E25, E37, E00, E21, E31, E33, C3, C1, G00, R29, Y21, YR31; Card #3) YG13, YG11, E25, E29, E00, E21, G14. atyou Spica Glitter Pens; Nestabilities ~ Labels 10; Rectangle; Scallop Rectangle; Scallop Square; Circles. Embossing Folder ~ Quickuts

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