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Raspberry Suite Color Challenge - Week 4

Hi there......Back with another Raspberry Suite Color Challenge!  Thought maybe you'd like a challenge to keep you busy while we're away on vacation.  :) This week's photo is from Bed, Bath & Beyond....this is their Tivoli Complete Bed Ensemble.  Pretty, huh??  AND, I kept it nice and easy for you.....just 3 colors this week!  Hee!

Can't wait to see what you create, Dearies!  Have fun with it!

Here are the deets:

Create a card or other project, upload a photo of your card to your blog or online gallery & then come back here to post the link to your photo in the Mister Linky box below.  Don't leave your links in the comments section but feel free to leave me a comment after you've posted your link in Mister Linky.  You know I love hearing from you!

Also, be sure that the link you're posting is the direct link to your card!  Please don't leave your blog's url, but rather, the link to your specific post that shows us your card. 

Feel free to use the graphic I've created above, however you DON'T want to copy and paste the image!  Just SAVE the image to your computer and then upload the image to your blog post, as though it is a photo from your own computer.  Make sense?

Don't have a blog but still want to participate??  Don't worry!  You don't have to have a blog!  You are more than welcome to upload your card to an online gallery of your choice (i.e. www.splitcoaststampers.com, www.papertreyink.com,  www.twopeasinabucket.com, etc.) and then use the url for your photo in your gallery as the link that you post in Mister Linky.

Challenge ends Sunday, May 3 at 8pm CST.

Have fun!

Our Day in Kona

Hi-ya!! We're back on the ship after a very relaxing day in Kona on the Big Island. We had to tender ashore again today and once we got on the island, we just walked around soaking up the sights and checking out some of the shops. We had lunch RIGHT on the water at Bubba Gumps. The first photo was our view while we ate....not too shabby, huh?! ;) That's our ship off in the distance and there were even a few surfers to entertain us while we ate. The weather was perfect for eating outside and for taking a leisurely stroll around town.

The second photo is of some of the many flowers on the islands and the last two photos give you a peek inside the tender boats. We were sitting in the middle of the boat. The first photo is looking toward the front where the driver sits and the second one looks toward the back. Each of these tenders get packed with right around 100 people. Hard to believe, huh?

Our ship will be heading out in another hour or so, making our way to Kauai. Tonight, we're planning to have dinner at the sushi restaurant and might take in the show after that.

Aloha!

The Road to Hana

Hi there!

Yesterday, we rented another car and drove the famous Road to Hana. SUCH a beautiful drive!! We've driven it before and knew we wanted to be sure and do it again. The road winds and curves along the coastline for a couple hours. I can't wait to share the pictures I took with the Nikon. :)

We also stopped at Haleakala national park and saw the Pools of O'Heo. They were really pretty....you can see a couple of the small ones in the second photo. The larger ones had quite a few people swimming in them.

Today we're in Kona. See third photo. No major plan....we're winging it. :)

Have a goodie!!

Dinner With the Taplers

Last night, we got to have dinner w/Jen & Joel Tapler and we had such a great time! Jen emailed me when she read that we were coming to Hawaii and said that they live on Maui and would love to meet us so we arranged to have dinner together and I'm so glad we did! Jen was even so sweet as to put together a completely thoughtful basket of Maui goodies for us including chocolate covered macadamia nuts, a local cd, a Maui travel guide, etc. We were so touched by their kindness. Such a great evenig with new friends. Thanks so much, Jen and Joel. Hope we can do it again sometime. :)

Wishing You Sunshine!

Hi Crew!!

Isn't it amazing how a big 'ole butterfly can make a super simple card look like something super FUN!?  :)

I LOVE this butterfly die from Stampin' Up!  I can make 6 butterflies in different shapes by just running the die thru one time with the paper folded in half once.  SO cool!  And then, I can just layer the butterflies any which way and can pair all sorts of fun patterned papers!  In this case, I used the Bitty Dot Basics papers and the new Green Tea Leaves papers!  The sentiment I used is from my Scattered Showers stamp set.  

We're still in Maui today so I'm definitely WISHING YOU SUNSHINE!!  :) 

Have a goodie!

{Wishing You Sunshine supplies}

Paper: pure poppy, bitty dot basics, green tea leaves

Stamps: Scattered Showers

Ink: dark chocolate

Other: dark chocolate vintage button, hemp twine, SU! butterfly die

Lunch at Mama's

Wow!! We had lunch at Mama's Fish House and it was sooooo good!! The open air restaurant is right on the beach and our table looked right out at the ocean. The weather is perfect and we even got to watch some surfers while we ate. The inside of the restaurant is sooo cool too. Vintage Hawaiian. Love it. I had the Bouilliabase which you can see in the photo....an amazing seafood soup. (you know me and soup!) :)

Mama's isn't cheap but it was totally worth it. I could have stayed there all afternoon. Happy sigh.

Tonight, we're meeting Jen & Joel Tapler for dinner. Heading into Maui Ocean Center for a bit first.

Aloha!

2009 Stamping Idea Book

 

Have you seen this fabulous idea book yet??  This is the 2009 Stamping Idea Book that Scrapbook Trends has put out and that little card on the cover is mine!  SO exciting!  I've been blessed to have quite a few cards published in various Northridge Media publications (CARDS Magazine, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends) but I've never had a card on one of their covers so I was thrilled when they contacted me!  (Thank you, Pam!)

This card has lots of Papertrey goodness on it!  Be sure and look for this "all about stamping" issue in your neck of the woods!

Volcano Helicopter Tour

Good morning!! Today we're in Hilo on the Big Island and we just got done taking a helicopter ride over active volcanos!! Crazy but sooooo cool to see up close like that!! Sooo much lava! Next, I think we'll wander around town for a bit. It's just 10:30am so we've got a bit of time before lunch.

Smooches!
D

A Get Well Wish

Hi there!  

For today, I thought I'd share a super cheery, get well card that I made using the Tea For Two stamp set and a FABBY color combo!  I LOVE these colors together.....Papertrey's raspberry fizz, dark chocolate & summer sunrise.  So pretty, don't you think??

I punched out the scalloped square using my Giga scalloped square punch and hand cut the tea pot.  I can't seem to stamp these teapots without cutting them out and popping them up with foam adhesive!  They're so darned adorable!

For the bottom of the bitty dot paper, I rounded the corners with my corner rounder punch and then put a whole row of pink gemstones from Hero Arts.  I LOVE Hero's gemstones.....they have such great colors and usually I can find them in the $1.99 section at Archivers!

That's all for now, Peeps.....hope you're doing well!

{Get Well supplies}

Paper: dark chocolate, raspberry fizz, stamper's select white, bitty dot basics

Stamps: Tea For Two

Ink: dark chocolate, summer sunrise

Other: summer sunrise classic grosgrain ribbon, giga scalloped square punch, SU! corner rounder punch, Hero Arts gemstones

Aloha!

Photo: Wikipedia

Hi there!!  I am so excited to report that we are off to beautiful Hawaii tomorrow!!!  We're going on a cruise so, we'll be flying to Hawaii and will get on the ship over there, and then the ship will just island hop for the week!  We'll visit Oahu, the big island, Maui & Kauai.  SUCH a fun way to see several different islands without having to pack and unpack every other day!  ;)  We did a cruise like this one a couple years ago and are very excited to get to go back again.  We earned this cruise with our credit card points, so going on a basically free cruise this year will allow us to save the money in our travel fund for next year.  Maybe Europe again??  ;)

So here's the fun part!!  I've been told that my iPhone should work perfectly thruout most of Hawaii with a few exceptions where there isn't any coverage.  What that means is that I'll be able to do quickie blog posts from my phone when we're off the ship and out on the islands!  Plus I can post Tweets on Twitter so you can follow along on our trip and see a few sites with us!  :)  We've got some fun things planned like helicopter rides (including one that flies over what you see in the photo above - we did this one before and it's AMAAAAAZING!) and a drive on the Road to Hana.  Of course, the iPhone photos I post won't be great quality but at least you'll get a peek at what we're up to during the week!  And rest assured that I'll be taking lots and lots of photos with the Nikon and I'll share those once we get home. 

And don't worry....I won't be blogging the entire trip!  Haha!  I promise to get plenty of R&R!!  (I can hear some of you already, reminding me to forget the blog and have FUN!  *wink!*)  I do have some posts scheduled to pop up while we're gone (including another color challenge!!) but I just thought that if we were gonna get to do some pretty fun stuff during the week, you might enjoy sort of being along for the ride!  So.....have a great week and I'll report in from Hawaii!  (Well, technically, if you follow me on Twitter, (see right hand side bar) I'll probably check in from the airport before we even leave!  LOL!)

Aloha!