Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2008

Fun Stamping Weekend in Virginia Beach, VA

I drove down to Virginia Beach for about 35 hours of stamping, shopping & fun with a few friends (Karen, Alison, Tammy, Chrissy, & Fairle). It was a "going away" slumber party for Alison. Her husband is about to retire from the Navy and they expect to be moving at the end of June to Pennsylvania.

As a surprise to Alison, we created a 6x6 album in her honor. I provided the album and decorated the cover, and contributed 5 pages. You can click on the pictures to make them larger.

Pink Album (page 68 in catalog): Treasure It stamps T-2747, VersaMagic chalk ink pads - Perfect Plumeria S-954, Pink Petunia S-975, Hint of Pesto S-958, Icicle Stickes F-522 (one of my FAVORITE blings), white cardstock and brown ribbon.

Purple Title Page: Purple 1 cardstock V-127, Gold from Sparkle cardstock Asst V-225, Green 1 cardstock V-98, pink strip is from Bella Flor R-2500, Flourishes stamp set T-2614, All Occasion uppers & lowers T-2112 T-2113, Violete & Noir Palette inks TT-200 TT-220, square gold brads & green ribbon.

Alison & I met December 18, 2003 at our husband's Christmas work party. A few months later, I became an Angel with The Angel Company and Alison was my best customer. By August 2005 - Alison joined me and the Sterling Halos team began. This 2-page spread is from one of the monthly get togethers at Alison's place with Margo & myself.

Items used: Pink 2 cardstock V-92, black cardstock V-215, Garden of life stamps (retired), Assorted Bitty Blossoms D-437, Assorted hardware, pink ribbon, Noir Palette ink and Crystal Blush Opalite ink on black page backgroun (retired). I used the Prismacolor H2O pencils F-12 & a Tombow blending pen F-20 for coloring.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Oh yeah, I have a BLOG?!!

How could I have forgotten, and where has all the time gone?
I got a new computer, after a month the harddrive had to be replaced...and the "favorites" link to my blog went away. I used a link on Alison's blog to locate mine - then couldn't remember my sign-in information. I hope you are laughing WITH me and not at me. ha ha ha
Since my last post...
Late October: Road trip scrapbooking with Crystal (from Florida). We met at my friend's in North Carolina for an extended weekend.
November: Attended Tim's brother's wedding in Pennsylvania. And another long weekend scrapbooking in the other end of Maryland about 5 hours away. It was SO cold!!

December: A couple of craft fairs, made 100+ Christmas cards, and the usual Christmas fun. I also made a last minute road trip to Virginia Beach just before New Year's. I saw Alison (standing next to me) and Tammy & Karen (seated). We had a great time in Karen's new studio stamping and looking at the new TAC catalog.




















January: Had a wonderful visit in Texas with my brother's family for a week, then to San Antonio (a few hours away) to attend TAC's annual retreat. Black & white pic is of Mischelle Smith (owner of TAC) and myself. We all stayed at the Menger Hotel right between the Alamo & the Riverwalk in San Antonio. I love the courtyard - my fantasy yard! And I got to wear my shorts again!!







AND I'm not done. I have a scrapbooking weekend in a few days (thank goodness it's local), and a trip to Orlando on the 1st of February. No wonder my friends are giving me a bad time about never being at home.
Here's a few clipboards I covered for my craft fairs: