A Vacation

I have been missing in action BECAUSE I actually took a real vacation! Yes, it has been many years since I took a real vacation. My daughter and her family are military, which means it is easier for me to go visit them than packing up four children for a visit to grandma's house. Usually I fly to wherever they are stationed, stay a week and come home.

Well, they are stationed in Italy and the cost of airfare was staggering. A friend found an amazing deal on a transatlantic cruise and thus was born my idea of a vacation and a family visit. My friend, Beth, who I met in Pennsylvania at a Scrap It Southern Style event, was my travel buddy. Beth is a pro at cruising and I learned a lot from her. Another reason I love what I do, the people I meet are so WONDERFUL!

I spent fourteen days on the Royal Caribbean ship, Jewel of the Sea! It was the MOST fun ever. This is only the second cruise I have ever been on, the FIRST being an incentive trip I earned with Close To My Heart.

Each day Beth and I would do the stairs from level three to eleven (a good way to keep in shape while being able to indulge in all the good food offered) to spend some quiet time at our favorite spot at the back (aft) of the ship.

There was good friends

great food

fun surprises

and amazing shows

I have my album ready and have decided to use Fresh Air, June's paper collection, for this adventure. There will be layouts shared as soon as I return home. 

Thank you for your continued support of my blog!

Shirley

Scrappy Cards

Are you looking for ways to use up your scraps? The one thing I love about the Workshop Your Ways, how few scraps are left over. These cards are created using scraps from retired products HOWEVER I am using the NEW Seasonal Expression 2 Fresh Air Scrapbook Workshop Your Way bonus card recipes!

Here are the original Fresh Air bonus cards! Yes, you can get three layouts and TWO of each of these FOUR designs from one Workshop Your Way kit!!

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Beautiful Friendship

The paper collection featured for May is one of the NEW Seasonal Expression 2 collections, Beautiful Friendship. There are blues, yellows, grays and pinks, something for everyone and every memory.

In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, I will be sharing layouts, new and old as we need to be sharing our stories with our families and for future generations. Share the who, what, when and even more, the why! What makes this photo or group of photos so special.

My first project, a layout, shares the beautiful friendship between a dog and his people or in this case my grandchildren.

Comet has been a part of their family before they were born and has welcomed each one. I have two more photos of two more grandchildren with Comet and this layout is ready for their family book. And yes, I shared my handwriting in this one. I added just a few embellishments, the blue flags to pop the color in two of the photos and the plaid border. I added a border of gray hearts with paw prints. I kept it simple, as simple as the love of a child and his pet.

Postcard Perfect!

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Here is a layout created with leftovers after creating several cards.

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