10 Year Aruban Anniversary!

So my hubby and I just returned from our Aruban Anniversary trip - it's been 10 years that we've been married, which just doesn't seem possible....it seems like just yesterday!  As some of you know, Glen and I were married during the East Coast Black out of 2003.  As if getting married isn't stressful enough, we got married with NO POWER!  Can you say crazy?!

Well, we had a WONDERFUL time - relaxing, sand, sun, surf (and adult cocktails on the beach) - it was the PERFECT anniversary trip!  And POWER was included! :)

So, because I have very few projects together for this week since we've been done for nearly 2 weeks and it's been a month since I've been in my studio, I thought I'd share with you a few photos from our Aruban Paradise  :)

Ready for the Caribbean Sunshine?

 This was our view every morning when we had breakfast - pretty breath taking, huh?

Our Feet in the Sand Photo (we have one of these from EVERY vacation we've taken since we've been Married)

Dinner at the Ginger an Asian Fusion restaurant - YUMMO!

 On our last day on vacation, my hubby had to take a pic of his breakfast plate.
Needless to say after nearly 2 weeks of breakfasts like these, he's given up bacon, sausage & eggs for a bit.  :)

Gorgeous Beach view from our balcony - Every morning over coffee!

One of Glen's many scaly lizardly friends.

 Another view from our balcony at a different angle

Dinner at The Red Parrot - FABULOUS Beef Tenderloin!  YUMMO squared!

Twilight on the beach one evening

Yep, so those are a few of the crazy amount of the photos we've taken.
They make me smile just looking at them.  Can't wait to get them printed and start putting them in the scrapbook.

Oh and before I forget, I MUST share a funny shirt we picked up.
The FRONT of the shirt says "Chill..."
And the BACK of the shirt....

Yep, welcome back to reality! :)

Hugs & Happy Tropical Days!

Shelly's Images New Release - Seahorse

You know how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE the beach, so I'm SO happy to share the newest Shelly's Images digi stamp with all of you.  I hope you like ournew 

Seahorse digi stamp!  Click here to visit the store link for this digi stamp.

This digi stamp is done in a "pencil" sketch format.  We have tested the digi on multiple printers but we understand that all printers are a little different.  Adjustments can easily be made by emailing Shelly at shelly@shellysimages.com if you find that the digi prints too lightly on your printer.

Visit The Shelly's Images Store and get your Seahorse!

Hugs & Happy Days (and TGIF!!!)

Day Late, Dollar Short....

But STILL lots of time to join the Beachy Fun!!!

So, SOMEHOW or another I missed my post for Shelly's Images BEACH FUN challenge yesterday.....

I'm not sure if I can blame it on blogger and the typical shanninigans, or if I just had my head somewhere where it didn't below.....(had a FEW of those days this week).....

In any case, Shelly's Images Blog has a great BEACH FUN challenge going on this week, with an AWESOME Beach Sign image that the entire design team is using!!!  =)

And you know how much we love the beach in our family......yep, we'd live ON the beach (if I had a place to plug in my crafty devices & computer =) so this new image from Shelly's Images is RIGHT UP MY ALLEY!!!

Image - Shelly's Images Beach Sign

Papers - Miscellaneous from my Beachy stash

Coloring - Copics

Tools - EK Success Border Punch

Extra STUFF - Miscellaneous flowers from my stash, Brad (which I haven't used in FOREVER), Dimensionals, Candi and Stickles

Makes me really look forward to our Aruba trip (they have a sign much like this in the lobby of the resort :)

Head on over to the Shelly's Images Blog and JOIN THE FUN!!!

We'd love to have you and see your BEACHY inspiration!!!

Hugs & Happy Days!

CDAC Progressive Challenge - WAVE COOL DUDE!

Whew - what a Week - so glad it's Friday.

With this crazy weather, seems we've got a little late summer/early fall bug in our house.  =(

Perfect reason to stay inside and do some crafting (since I haven't been in my studio in what seems like FOREVER!!!)

So, I don't usually enter into progressive challenges - half the time I miss the date, or can't get it together to get the project done. 

However, I thought this was a super cute image and figured I'd give the CDAC progressive challenge a try. =)

Kind of cute, huh??

Image - Tiffany Doodles

Papers - From my Scrappy bin

Coloring - Copics

Tools - EK Success Border Punch, Cuttlebug and Nesties

Extra STUFF - Studio G stamps, Stazon Jet Black Ink, Color Box & Dew Drop Ink, Homemade 'sand', Stickles, Bling and Dimensionals.

So, if you're looking for a new challenge, head on over to the CDAC progressive challenge group and play along with us (there's a REALLY CUTE Halloween cat image up next!! =)

And be INSPIRED too - there are some really great projects people have created!!

YUP, totally inspired! =)

Hugs & Happy Days!