Happy Friday. It's another INSPO challenge across at Festive Friday this week and it's just in time to encourage you to make some Valentine's/Galentine's Day. I decided to create a simple mini-slimline card using a die that I got as a freebie from Spellbinders. Here's a sneak peek: Here's our INSPO list for this week: As always, you don't need to folow the them for the challenge, all you need to do is incorporate three of the elements from our INSPO list into your creation. Mine was easy - a couple of panels using the mini slimline stitched rectangles from... Read more →
Happy Tuesday. Yesterday we spent in the day in Tenerife. Although I have been to Spain several times before, this was my first trip to the Canary Islands. It was a pretty cloudy day when we docked at Santa Cruz de Tenerife and stayed that way for much of the day. However, the temperature was a blamy 20C, 68F. Which, I might add, was much better than the -35F that Lou was experiencing at home:-). Before we go into the things I learned and my personal perspective, I have to say that it was a far more interesting port than... Read more →
Happy Monday. (full disclosure, I had to look at my online calendar to work out which day it was!!!) I'm busy prepping a couple of posts - one about Lucy Ada and one about our stop today. But, I just had to pop in and share a couple of photos with you. Last night I was sitting in my cabin getting ready for dinner and I realized the sky was going pink and I thought...mmm.. might be a decent sunset tonight. So, I took a photo - I kept the lifeboats in for a little added interest :-) I waited... Read more →
Happy Sunday. it's the fabulous Anne Marie's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and it's color week. The challenge inspired me to ink up a new set that I bought on clearance from Pinkfresh Studio called Celebrate in Style. I also decided to use a color I hardly every use - especially outside of fall - ORANGE!!! Here's a sneak peek: Oh... and here's Anne Marie's challenge: Well, now I think you know why I chose orange - I always think of it as a bold color and it was the first color that came into my... Read more →
Happy Wednesday and greetings from a beautifully sunny (mostly!) day. We are currently on the final leg of our sail to Southampton and expect to reach there early tomorrow morning. Thankfully, the seas have been much calmer and the nights more restful. We are currently somewhere off the coast of Cornwall. Although I have been on this ship since the 21 December, our sail away from Southampton tomorrow evening that truly begins our round the world trip. When I began doing my genealogy back in the very early 2000s, I was looking to find out more about my grandparents and... Read more →