Bad Blogger Award ....and 39

I have awarded myself the BAD BLOGGER AWARD.... It's been nearly 2 months since I last blogged....Yes...it's true... Hence the wonderful award I have given myself... I would love to say that I was off on some amazing 2 month sebatical in Italy drinking lots of fine wine.... but uhmmmm...no... not so much... I'm just a HUGE slacker!

So let's see how quickly I can catch all of you up... Well for starters... We took Jake to Washington, DC in October to see all the wonderful sites. He LOVED it! It was truly a great trip... I myself really enjoyed the trip... The architecture on the buildings was incredible. Living in Florida we have absolutely no architecture so being in DC was a pleasure. We did EVERYTHING!!! And I mean everything....we walked for miles and miles and saw everything from the White House to the National Archives. Definitly a trip worth taking. Here are a few pics from our trip.

The White House

The Capitol Building..Which is absolutely AMAZING!!!

Washington Memorial

At the National Museum

Lincoln Memorial

Arlington House at Arlington National Cementary

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

These were just a few of the pics from our trip...I only took about 1500..... :)

So....on to the other goings on in our life...

I went to New York last weekend kinda as a pre-birthday trip with my girl Mimi...Lots of shopping, caffeine and REALLY REALLY good wine!

But let's start with the shoes...for those of you that know me you know that I LOVE shoes....so I fell in love with these shoes at Saks...Yes they are $895.00 Jimmy Choo's... I dreamt of these shoes for weeks...And then....I was reading InStyle Magazine and to my pure SURPRISE/JOY/ELATION...Jimmy Choo made a collection of shoes for H&M for ALOT less...And wouldn't you know that they made the shoes I had been dreaming about in my PRICE RANGE!!! And the collection was going on sale that Saturday morning that we were going to be in New York... So we got up at 5:30 AM on Saturday morning (after going to bed at like 3:00) and stood in the raining, cold, windy weather until 10:15...only at which point they allowed us to enter the store and then we had to wait until 11:45 to be allowed into the actual collection. But patience is definitly a virtue...because I.GOT.MY.SHOES!!!!!!! Very happy...Very Very Happy! :)

And the rest of the New York visit was fabulous!!! The food, wine and sights were AWESOME!!! I absolutely love New York especially this time of the year when the leaves are changing and the weather is chilly...(definitly could have done without the rain...) Great trip! Loved It!

And yes...my bday was this past Friday


and it ROCKED!!!!! Friends...Wine....Hot pair of Jimmy Choo's and



It was P.E.R.F.E.C.T.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and I will definitly not wait so long to Blog...

I am Card Crazy...

Yep...I've been bit by the card making bug...for years I never made a single card...had absolutley NO interest whatsoever...then one day I found Unity Stamps....and they do ALOT of card making with their stamps...then I found Papertrey Ink..need I say anymore...I was sold...I loved them all...everytime I look in galleries I scour them for beautifully stamped cards...now everytime I sit down to work on something I have to make a card...so I guess the question to you all is...i've made like 50 cards...what the heck do I do with all of them...?????

So here are a few more that I made....Enjoy...thanks for stopping by...

Supplies used: Cardstick, pp paper, stamps, ink - Papertrey Ink; punch - EK Success; ink - Unity Stamps; machine stitching

Supplies Used: cardstock, pp paper, stamps - Papertrey Ink; ribbon Maya Road; machine stitching

Supplies used: cardstock, pp paper, saying stamp - Papertrey Ink; pumpkin stamp - Unity Stamps; copiic markers; swiss dots - cuttlebug; spellbinders label die; embossing powder - AC Zing; glitter - Great Impressions

Supplies used: cardstock - Bazzill, Papertrey Ink; pp, stamps -Papertrey Ink; stamps - Inkadinkado; Martha Stuart punch; black glitter embossing poder - AC Zing

Gotta Love...Little Yellow Bicycle

And "UM"

Go Canes!!!!!

Ok...Back to Little Yellow Bicycle.... ;)

I always love everything that they come out with and I love that they have a HUGE variety of embellishments with every line that they make...

I cannot wait to use their new Autumn Bliss line...

Love Love Love all the beautiful fall colors...

I got to use their new Halloween line which is alot of fun....

Supplies Used: PP, Embellishments - LYB; CB Letters - Pink Paislee; Cardstock - Bazzill; Machine Stitching

Supplies Used: Carstock - Bazzill; PP and embellishment - LYB; Cats Ete Chalk; Machine Stitching

Supplies Used: Cardstock - Bazzill; PP - LYB; Brads - Creative Imaginations; CB Letters - Pink Paislee; Stickles; Machine Stitching

And a quick card using Papertrey Ink....

Supplies Used: Cardstock - Bazzill; PP, Stamps - Papertry Ink; Bling - Basic Grey; Machine Stitching; Archival Ink, Cats Eye Chalk

Thanks for stopping by...Have a great weekend!

Nice long weekend...and a little scrappin'

Hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing day off on Monday for the Labor Day Holiday....

Mine started with laundry and cleaning up the house...

so not relaxing in the beginning...

But it ended nicely went out to a nice dinner with hubby and

Jake to the Melting Pot...

Love that place...

then I was able to actually get some scrapping done...Hurrayyyyy!!!

I know..it's been too long! :)

This week has been a little hectic I am still struggling with all the homework and projects that Jake has to do in 4th grade!!!

It's unbelievable!

We don't get much downtime either...

I race home from work and then we dive into homework for at least 1 1/2 hours...

then dinner..bath...reading before bed and then bed...

the nights just seem to FLY by so fast with all this homework and stuff...

Is summer here yet ;)

Here are a few things that I was able to complete

on this nice long weekend that just passed...

ENJOY!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Unity - Le Chic Vintage...and a few cards

Ok...

Got my new Unity Le Chic Vintage kit today and all I can say WOWIE!!!

It's awesome...

I love all the fabulous stamps, plus the paper and the awesome new Unity ink!

I am seriously going to have some fun with this kit....

Here are a few more cards that I did tonight...

I did two of each and will be putting them together as a set for a gift...

Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by and have a WONDERFUL holiday weekend! :)

I am SOOOO in love with...

PAPERTREY INK!!!!!!!!

If you have had the pleasure of using their products

then you know exactly what I mean!

I have been stalking their website for months...thanks to Betsy Veldman....

But I held back because I am a touchy feely kinda girl...

I need to hold products in my hand and buy it right then...LOL

So I waited...

and to my surprise Papertrey Ink was the booth next to ours

at the CHA Consumer Show :)

Can we say OH SO HAPPY!!!!

I bought ALOT of stuff from them...I was a happy little girl!

So with that being said... YOU HAVE TO TRY THEIR STUFF!!

It rocks!

Their papers are OUTSTANDING...

their stamps are AMAZING...

the ribbon just BEAUTIFUL...

and the colors are to DIE for!!!

Not to mention the girls that own it are FABULOUS!

So if I haven't possibly gotten through to you at this point!

CHECK OUT PAPERTREY INK...

You won't be sorry!

http://www.papertreyink.com/

This is a card I did for my boss' bday this coming week.
A total scraplift from Julie Cameron.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock - Raspberry Fizz, Patterned Paper - Raspberry Fizz, Stamp - Floral Fusion: PaperTrey Ink

Cardstock: Bazzill

Cuttlebug, Martha Stewart Punch, Fiskars Punch, DewDrops, Machine Sewing

Supplies Used:

Cardstock - Ripe Avocado, Patterned Paper - Autumn Abundance, Stamp - Autumn Abundance: Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Bazzill

Buttons CI, Ribbon Michaels, Copic Markers, Stickles, Machine Stitching

And a couple of layouts - the first one is from Jake's first day of school.

Supplies used:

Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye; Cardstock - Bazzill; CB Letters - American Crafts Thickers; Labels - Jenny Bowlin; CB Accent - Little Davis; Sheers - Maya Road; Machine Stitching

This next layout I used Basic Grey's lemonade collection...

Love love love all the colors in this collection.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock - Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Chipboard Letters and Shapes - Basic Grey

Pearls- Kaiser; Cats Eye Chalk; Machine Stitching

Thanks for stopping by! Have a WONDERFUL weekend!