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The summer mini catty starts tomorrow! Yay. I love so many sets in this exciting new release. Here's a sample of one of the cards using the Fabulous Florets stamp set.
Stay tuned for more samples coming up....I played with this set all day yesterday.
Have a good weekend everyone. I think we're gonna get some sun here in my corner of the world.
Mother's day is next week so I thought I should make a Mother's Day card! Here's what I made.
This card uses the Build a Blossom stamp set and the matching Blossom Petals Punch featured in the Occasions mini catalogue. See pics of these items below. Remember that this catalogue ends this Friday, April 30 so if you want anything from this catalogue, don't delay! Starting May 1, the Summer mini catalogue starts.
Item #'s for the above are as follows:
Build a Blossom Stamp set (set of 12stamps)
Wood mount #121923 $31.95
Cling mount #121994 $22.95
Blossom Petlas Punch, #121808 $23.95
Email me at inkfinity@gmail.com if you need any more info.
Now for some Easter pics! We had a nice family lunch at my sister's place as we do every Easter.
Yummy Easter baskets filled with chocolate and jelly brans with licorice handles!
Emma and Marcus, the 2 youngest family members had the best time eating all the chocolates and treats. Hope you all had a great Easter!
It's Easter weekend! That means a day off today (Good Friday) and of course, our family gathering on Sunday for Easter lunch and an egg hunt. I already have some Easter chocolate stashed away in the house to bring to my sister's on Sunday for the hunt, although we did start eating some of it....(evil grin!)
My all day stamping event last weekend was so much fun. I had originally thought I would be exhausted at the end of the day, having to teach 3 back to back classes, but I wasn't. The ladies were so much fun and I did have one of them (Celina, my helper extraordinaire!) help me out by helping to teach the middle class, so I could clean up the first class and get the last class organized. Everyone had an awesome day. Here are some of the pics that I took during lunch break.
This I Deb & I at the mini book class. This class was a hit!
This is Deb & Vienna, also at the mini book class. All my mini book kits sold that day!
And this is Bibi & Dawn....enjoying the empty table space as the other ladies in their table left to grab lunch! The tables were huge, round ones that sat 8 and I limited each table to 4 people to give them room to work on their double page layouts. It worked very well.
Now it's time to get back to work and design more projects. I have quite a few sets from the new summer mini release and I will be working on those and showing you the new classes as I get them done. Stay tuned, but in the meantime, here's the last card from my Frames & Petals class coming up. Email me for info if you live in Metro Vancouver and would like to attend my classes.
Have a good Easter. Hope the Easter Bunny brings you some really good, expensive chocoalte!
Here is another sample of a card using the Four Frames stamp set.
I used a lot of white space in this one....sometimes I do that. I love white space. Here is a close up.
It's beautiful and sunny here in Vancouver! It is a perfect day to go out for a walk/jog, so I think today instead of going to the gym I'm going to run outside. Get some good old liquid Vitamin D while I'm at it.
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Four Frames
This is a fabulous new stamp set that will be unveiled in the upcoming 2011-2012 catalogue in July. However, right now if you purchase just $25 of any Stampin Up products you become eligible to purchase both the Four Frames stamp set and the Paisley Petals paper.
Here are a couple of cards I have made this morning using this absolutely beautiful paper and stamp set.
I will be teaching a class featuring these cards plus 2 more (total of 4 cards) next weekend as follows:
Frames & Petals Class $20
Monday, April 25 (Easter Monday) 4 - 6 PM
Saturday, April 30 9 - 11 AM
Friday, April 29 7 - 9 PM
All classes are held in my studio in Richmond, B.C. If you live in Metro Vancouver and would like more info on location and class scheduling, email me at inkfinity@gmail.com
Easter
This is next weekend. As always, we are having an Easter family lunch and egg hunt at my sister's place in Richmond. This is always so much fun. Most of our kids are older now, but no one is ever too old to join in an egg hunt. In fact, it's more exciting as they get older because they run faster, push harder (all in fun!) and scream louder. We do have some little ones still in the family, so the rule is always this: the little ones get a bit of a head start into the yard to hunt, then the older kids and adults can join in after. Then it's just a madhouse. See pics from the egg hunt from a couple of year ago here.
Hockey
It's hockey playoff season here in Vancouver. And that means on game nights, the street are practically empty. Everyone is either at the arena watching the game, at home watching the game, or at a pub or restaurant watching the game! We love our Canucks! We are hoping this year is the year they take the cup. Cross our fingers!
The new Stampin' Up Summer Mini catalogue will be here soon! Purchasing from this fabulous new mini catalogue starts on May 1 and goes till August 31. I will have lots of wonderful new classes using some of the new sets. Here is a sneek peak of one of the sets, called "Summer Fun".
This card was one that was featured on a display board at the Vancouver Regionals this past Feburary. I love the summery shades used to colour in the popsicles. Stampin' Up's markers and reinkers coordinate with all the cardstock and ribbon, so adding colour to any projects is a snap!
Stay tuned for more information on upcoming classes. This weekend is my all day Spring Stamping event. If you live in Metro Vancouver and haven't yet registered, there's still time! Just email me and I'll make sure there's a spot for you!
So while on cruise Doug bought me this!
A 12 X 12 scrapbook bearing the ship's name as well as a photo of the ship. I love it! So now, I am busy scrapbooking our pics from our wonderful vacation.
I am looking forward to creating many pages that will forever hold our memories of a wonderful time at sea. We loved being on the Norwegian Sky, the staff was awesome and everyone on board loved to party and indeed it was night after night of partying. So much fun!
This is such a great promotion! When you order $25 or more you can order a Sneak Peak stamp set and gorgeous matching Designer Papers too as part of the Spring is Blossoming Promo. This set is called Four Framesand matches the Designer Label Punch perfectly. If you don't already own this punch, now would be the perfect time to purchase it as $23.95 and brings you just about $2 shy of the $25 you need to qualify you to preorder this set from the upcoming 2011-2012 catalogue! The Paisley Petals DP is so beautiful - you will be able to create the most wonderful stamping and srapbooking projects with this paper! The set and paper will be available in the new catalogue due out on July 1st but during April you can purchase them as a Sneak Peak item!
To order, you can shop on your won via my website here, or you can email me and I can order it for you.
I apologize for my lack of posts. Getting back to reality after a week of sun, fun and cruising is difficult! I had lots to do, classes to design, emails to return and lots of messages on my desk. But all seems to have been brought up to speed ....(I hope, anyway!) and this morning I actually have some time to post some pics, and tell you about our wonderful week at sea.
First, a quick card. This is one of the cards featured in my card class for my April 17th Spring stamping event -- email me for the details if you live in the lower mainland (Vancouver) and would like to attend.
This card is oh so cute! It uses the Sweetheart Stamp set as well as the designer buttons. I think it turned out just wonderfully!
Now, let me tell you about our cruise. First of all, I have to start by saying that we had such an awesome time that while on the ship, Doug put in a deposit for our next cruise. See, if you do that, they give you a $100 shipboard credit toward your current shipboard account. So it was a smart thing to do! Now, some pics.
The pool deck after we boarded. We boarded at noon and the ship did not sail till 5 PM, so we were still in port when I took this. After guests board, they are free to roam the ship, eat at any of the dining areas (and I mean E.A.T.! ) --- food was plentiful and abundant, it seemed wherever you looked people were eating, and food was on display. Our staterooms were not ready till 2 PM, but we looked around the ship, had some lunch, found the gym, played some golf on deck and then enjoyed the sun.
Did I forget to mention that everywhere you looked, there was food? It never went away. For Doug & Alyssa, this was a dream come true.....seeing as I don't really like to cook at home, and it's usually pizza, or noodles....or something real quick. They both thought they had died and gone to food heaven.
Our balcony stateroom. Let me say, that having an outside cabin with a balcony is a must. I couldn't stay in a cabin with no windows or fresh air. We had 2 cabins, Alyssa had her own which was in inside cabin and she didn't mind it, but I couldn't have stayed there. At night while at sea, we slept with the door open and the ocean breeze made for the best night's sleep ever.
There was lots to do while on the ship. We played golf, basketball, shuffleboard, watched movies, played Nintendo Wii, table tennis, danced the night away every night, as well as watched the many shows offered in the theatres. There was a Broadway musical type show one night, the funniest magician/comedy performance one night (The comedian was Rich Purpurra and he had us in stitches....) and we also played a lot of games with audience participation. Doug & I joined the Family Fued game and we won a t-shirt and a keychain.
We docked in Freeport, Bahamas on the first day. We took a cab into town and explored the straw markets and the beach. The buildings in the Bahamas are so colourful!
The next day, we docked in Nassau where we spent the day at Atlantis in Paradise Island. The waterpark is awesome!
The lazy river at Aquaventure in Atlantis. Don't let the name fool you....some parts of this river have rapids that toss you around as you travel along the strong current. We had such a fun time here and we rode the lazy river many times.
The Leap of Faith -- this is the slide that NONE of us went on. First, the lines were long and second and the only thing that mattered to me: IT'S SCARY!
Every night was a themed party. This was the White Hot Party on the 3rd night. We all wore white. Alyssa stayed and partied with us till around 11:30, then we brought her back to her stateroom as she was tired.....then Doug & I danced till 2 AM. What did we do after that? We went to the dining room and had chicken wings and pizza. Nice.
Flying home, I snapped this picture of the Rockies. We had a wonderful vacation, but coming home is always a treat. Having said that, we can't wait till our next cruise!
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