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Trip photos of London & Norway


I thought I'd share a few photos of our trip to London and the Norway cruise we just returned from.  The cruise was this year's Incentive trip courtesy of Stampin' Up!  There were over 300 achievers on this trip: I am so proud to be one of them! To stay within direct sales compliance I need to add that this milestone is not typical for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Fewer than 1% of demonstrators actually achieve this extraordinary result.

We spent a few days in London before starting the cruise to Norway.  

The first day we did a food tour in Soho, London. We love doing food tours – besides tasting local favorites we learn a lot about the area from our guide.  I highly recommend doing one when traveling.  

This is Chinatown in London. 

We had a steamed bun filled with barbecue pork inside.  It was really tasty and so unusual!  

Our last stop was for desert.  These are lemon twists from a local patisserie.  The outside is white chocolate. So delicate and yummy. 

Below is a huge tiled wall of the history of Soho where we toured. 

 

The next day we did a personal tour of London where our driver took us anywhere we wanted to go.  My friend Dawn Olchefske and our husbands enjoyed a relaxing drive all over the city.  Below is Big Ben. 


This is our driver, David.  He let me sit in his black cab for a photo.  The steering wheel was on the right! 

One of our favorite things was a gondola ride in Olden, Norway.  

I am not a fan of heights but for some reason this didn't bother me. We traveled up the mountain over 1000 feet in just 5 minutes!  Here's a view of us at the top: 


This was one of the many, many waterfalls we saw while cruising the fjords in Norway.  It was amazingly beautiful! 

We had a wonderful time on this trip – seeing the sights, visiting with our friends & being pampered! We are very glad to be back home.  But we miss the food we didn't have to cook ourselves and the room steward who cleans our room each day!

Back to reality!  

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  • Color Challenge with Seriously the Best with Ornate Frames


    My Flowerbug's Team had a color challenge this past month – to use Black and White with a 'Pop' of color.  Here's the card I made: 

    This card literally took me 5 minutes to make.  Here's the steps:

    1. Cut a White card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"
    2. Cut the See a Silhouette DSP to 4" X 5 1/4".  Adhere to the card
    3. Die-cut two pieces a White 2 1/2" X 4"  stitched rectangle and a Black Ornate Frame.
    4. Stamp the greeting and leaves in Black Memento ink.  Add the flowers in Poppy Parade ink. Adhere to the card.
    5. Stamp the 'I miss you a lot' greeting on a scrap of White. Punch out with the Classic Label punch. Add with mini dimensionals.
    6. Add a few rhinestones. Done! 

    You can see the See a Silhouette stamp set here and the Ornate Frames dies here.  Remember that if you order any Ornate bundle from me in April you get a free 3 cards pre-cut kit!  Details below: 

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  • Stamp with me LIVE every Thursday night!


    Here are the cards we made last Thursday during my weekly 'Stamp with Me' FB live video. Since I cannot meet my stamping peeps in person this is one way we can stamp together.  See it here.

    Join me each Thursday at 8 pm CT here on my FB page. 

    I featured the Perennial Essence designer paper here.  I kept the dimensions of the paper simple so everyone could prep ahead of time and make their cards with me.  It's so fun to see what paper, stamps and ink everyone uses! 

    Details:

    Top left card – Blushing Bride 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" card base, DSP 2" X 5 1/2", Flirty Flamingo 3 1/2" X 2 1/4"
    Top right card – Gorgeous Grape 5 1/2" X 8 1/2", DSP 5 1/2" X 2 1/2", white die-cut strip, 2 3/8" wide Stitched Nested Label, cut off at 3 1/2" wide
    Bottom left card – White 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" card base, 3" X 5 1/2", die-cut White strip

    Other supplies:
    – Die-cut White strips (Ornate Border dies or use a punch), Medium Daisy punch, Leaf punch, Label Me Lovely punch, rhinestones, Faceted gems, sponge, purple Striped ribbon, bone folder, Basket Weave embossing folder
    Inks: Flirty Flamingo, Gorgeous Grape, Old Olive, Blueberry Bushel

    I made a second version with the Noble Peacock specialty designer paper seen here.  One of my favorite papers ever!  It will likely be retiring next week; get it while you can!  Measurements are the same as above. 

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