Sugar, Sugar

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend!  I had a great Saturday--it was a "no alarm clock" day--those are the best!!!  I hadn't had one in forever, so it was great to have a lazy dazy kinda morning!

I've been playing with Kaisercraft's new Sugar, Sugar line and loving the soft pastel colors of this birthday line.  I made one for my upcoming BLOSSOMS & BUTTERFLIES class and then had paper leftover so I made a few extras to have on hand.

Here is the one we will do in my May/June class.

Here are the two extras I made--I'll make sure to bring them to class if anyone wants a closer look.

I'm loving the new Kaisercraft rub-ons--and they go on extra easy!!

This one is using one of the Cuttlebug embossing folders--I really need to use these more often! They are so simple!  (Plus we just got a big restock in the stores now!)

This one also uses the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist on the flower--this color is Watermelon.


Our Clipper Street location in Langley just got a HUGE replenishment of Glimmer Mist today! Yippee!! We have about 60 colors currently in stock including 12 NEW colors!  

Speaking of Glimmer Mist--there are only about 10 spots left in my Apr 25 SUGAR & SPICE card class in Langley--this is the last chance before I retire those cards!   We'll be using three different Glimmer Mists  on our flowers--you can scroll down several posts for the samples. Give the Langley location a call at 604-514-2229

we'll I've run out of steam for the day--
Hope you enjoy the cards!
dee

Time for an update!!

So I've been a little slack in the update department!  So sorry!

This Spring has started out a little on the crazy side!  

Hockey tryouts and rep tournament planning is in full swing again!  We'll be heading down to Portland, Oregon for our first tournament in four weeks--where does the time go?

Work has been a bit crazy, as is usual around submission time!  I've got a full class of 43 in Coquitlam tomorrow morning and I've just completed the finishing touches on my May/June classes.  My next set of card classes are called "BLOSSOMS & BUTTERFLIES" and here is a couple of sneak peeks:

First off... a little pink and black!  

I'm loving all the new products that are finally showing up in the stores--so much yumminess to choose from!  This paper is new from Bo Bunny--it's their "Alissa" line and it's very pretty. We'll be using my new favs from Kaiser Craft--loving the rhinestone lines!!  This card features the black ones, but they also come in clear, pearl and pink.  Here's hoping we see them in all of our fav colors!  I've also got the brand new Kaiser Rub-ons to play with--so many new ones came in and these are PERFECT for our cardmaking!

Here's another closer look--check out the black flowers from Kaiser Craft!

The next card I'm going to share is from the new SEI line, Mimosa.  This is such a fun and summery line--love the bits of glitter and shimmer throughout the papers.  And the rub-ons are amazing!!

Now the fun thing about this card is the variety of rub-ons--there are several different fun COLORED rub-ons so we will have many different versions of the same card!

Aren't they pretty--they make me think of summertime--yaaaa!!

So there's a couple of samples for you!  The dates for the classes are as follows:

Saturday, May 23rd in Coquitlam 

Monday, May 25th in Langley

Thursday, June 18th in Coquitlam

Saturday June 20th in Langley

We just started signups in Langley this past week and our May 25th class in Langley is already over 30 people, so don't delay!  You can give Clipper Street a call at 604-514-2229 for Langley or 604-525-4762 for Coquitlam or you can sign up here.

I'll share a couple more cards soon, but I better get to work now!

Oh--one more thing!!  make sure you check out the Crop and Cruise Blog for your chance to win some Basic Grey goodness!!  Contest closes Apr 15th so give it a try!!!

dee

Where to begin??

What an amazing trip!!!

I honestly don't know where to begin--which is why it has taken me so long to post!  I had the most amazing time on the Crop and Cruise and am overcome with great sadness at how fast it all ended!  Crazy, I know, but this was such an amazing adventure for me and I wanted it to last forever.

so where to begin.........

Friends--wow!!!  I have meet so many amazing people that I truly hope to stay in touch with and hopefully hang with again!   A HUGE thanks to the amazing team of instructors that I had the privilege and pleasure to work with--Trisha, Leica and Jill.  You all made this trip so much fun and I love ya all!  and Allison--you rock!!  you put together a super fun group and I am forever grateful that you chose me to be a part of your "dream team"!

I feel so lucky to have meet so many scrappers from all across Canada--how cool is that!  I loved getting to know each and every one of you and even in some cases your hubbies and kids! It was so much fun to be on the cruise and everywhere you went, you saw one of the group!  I have also decided that going on a trip with scrapbookers is the ONLY way to go--let me tell you how many photos everyone takes!!  LOVE IT!  and no one thinks you're crazy for taking 5 or 6 photos of the same thing!

Classes--so much fun!  This was such a fun opportunity--really, how many people get to teach on a scrapbooking cruise??  It can, as some of us found out, be a little tricky too!  All of our classes were on "Sea" days which typically means that we are riding the waves a bit more.  On the Thursday classes, I finally had to kick off my sandals as I kept falling over!  But the view!  you could not ask for something more spectacular--we even saw whales outside our classroom window during the classes!

And this is the "Flamingo" group just before my class--aren't they cute!

Sponsors--I can't even begin to express my thanks to all the amazing sponsors that believed in our cruise and gave so generously to make this a huge success.  My feature class was with Making Memories and it was a fabulous--so much YUMMY product and perfect for our cruise layouts! And the SLICE machine was a hit of course--two lucky winners even got to take home one each! Crate paper was also super generous and donated a ton of product for the Technique Treasures--what a fun layout to do and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did!  Marvy rocked it out with trimmers for everyone and Clipper Street donated two blades which we all got to play with during my layout class.  So many, many sponsors to name and no donation was too small--every one made this cruise the best it possibly could be!  I'll be getting a complete list together and will post very soon.  

The Ports of Call--these were all so very fun and unique--we had an amazing excursion booked for each one:

Samana, Dominican Republic

Here Geordie and I went kayaking thru the Mangrove forest and then exploring in the caves of the Los Haitises National park.

Then we went into Samana for a walk around--


St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

This is a jewelry shoppers dream island!  tons and tons of jewelry stores!

We went on an island tour and spent a couple of hours at Megans Bay--beautiful beach!

In the afternoon we went to Blackbeard's Castle and then walked around the city before heading back to the ship.

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

This port was probably our favourite--we went to Virgin Gorda and it was absolutely breathtaking!  How I wish that we could have spent several more hours here--we both loved this place.  We arrived at "The Baths" and then took the hike thru the caves to Devil's Bay--

This was such an amazing day--didn't want to leave!

Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas

This was the NCL private island and I had such a fun and relaxing day here!  I had the privilige of taking the photo excursion with Allison--SO MUCH FUN!  I teamed up with Jill and Buffy and we had such a blast taking a bijillion photos!

I'm just going to share a few of my favs for now.  

Allison took this one of the three of us:

One of our "assignments" was to capture "Pure Joy"--I think Kim rocked this one--it is my fav photo of me from the trip--PURE JOY!

and this is one of our entire team at the end of another PERFECT day:

LOVE THIS!

well hopefully you've stayed with me this long! I do have several, several hundreds more photos, but they will have to wait! If you are on facebook, look me up--I have a ton more there!
Again-thanks to all that joined us--I truly hope you had as much fun as I did! For those that didn't get a chance to set sail with us this time, watch the Crop and Cruise Blog for Allison's next cruising destination in the fall of 2010!!

don't forget to say HI!
wow--epic long post!  
dee

p.s. My Mar 23 and Apr 4th classes at Clipper Street are SOLD OUT! There is only one more class available for Sugar and Spice cards (see previous posts for samples) and that is on Apr 25th in Langley!  Hope to see ya there!!

One last thing before I go...

Yes, I'm ready to embark on an adventure of a lifetime!  Who ever would have thought that I would have been chosen to teach on the Crop and Cruise.  Eleven years ago when I started this amazing hobby, who ever would have thought I'd make it my career and my passion?  I look back at the super cool things I've done, companies I've designed with and magazines I've worked with, and think that I have been truly blessed to be doing what I love.

So bright and early tomorrow morning I'll be heading to Florida!  After a few relaxing days, I'll be meeting up with my team and the croppers to set sail to the Eastern Caribbean!  In true Deanna fashion, I still have a ton of things to do today--I guess I work best under pressure so I'm not really procrastinating, just working with my strengths!

Here's the card I promised--it's the last card of four in the Sugar and Spice card class at Clipper Street.  I'm using the awesome KaiserCraft again and this is BRAND NEW!!  They sent me a sample from Australia to create this card, so we don't even have it yet!  The line is called Spirograph and I'm loving the colors--very tropical, I'd say! 

I used the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist on the flowers again--I love this look and it is so easy to do!  Click on the photo to see the glimmer--yummy!

Well I really must get ready to head off to work--I'm not on vacation yet!
To all the wonderful people coming on the cruise--can't wait to meet you all and thanks for all your emails!
Carole--I'll be thinking of you and wishing you could have come too--maybe next time;)

Bon Voyage!
dee

COUNTDOWN!

yes, the countdown is on and I think I have most things under control--what I CAN control anyway:)  We leave for Miami really early Tuesday and will be traveling most of the day.  The kitting is done, the product is packed (in MANY suitcases) and now I just have to get the clothes organized.  I thought I'd have that done by now, but a few things got in the way (like American Idol and Survivor!  yes I am a reality show junkie!!)  Unfortunately I only have one more day off work before we go so I better get my butt in gear!

I did get some amazing news from Making Memories a couple of days ago!  The two SLICE machines that they gave me to use on the Crop and Cruise will be given away on the last night!!  TWO lucky cruisers will get their very own SLICE machine to take home with them--I like that kind of souvenir!!  We'll be coming up with some fun ideas to give everyone a chance to "adopt" one:)

So I'm going to keep this short and sweet tonight as I've had a full day!  I wanted to share card #3 of my new class "Sugar and Spice"  This card features the AMAZING KaiserCraft product--I'm in love with them!  I've kept this one a bit simpler as the other 3 cards will take a bit more time and I don't want to run over too much:)  

This is such a cool line and I love the technique that I will be sharing with you all--I think that you'll use this one over and over!

Let me know what you think! 

I'll post the final card before I leave--it features BRAND NEW KaiserCraft! (Seems I can't get enough of them lately:)

Spots are feeling up very fast and as of today, they are now posted in both the Langley and Coquitlam Clipper Street stores, so call soon to register!

Also--don't forget to check in on the Crop and Cruise Blog for lots of updates!

Goodnight:)

Suitcase Day!!

So today is the day I'm going to drag out the suitcases and see what will fit for the cruise!!  I have sooooo much stuff to bring and probably 5x more is being shipped directly to Florida (thank goodness!)  I've shipped two boxes off to Allison to bring (thank you so much!!!) and two of my amazing students have offered to bring down some stuff for me too! (thanks Melanie and Carrie--I'll have a little "something something" for you both!!)  Truth be known, I could probably pack 90% of what I am taking now anyway--it is highly unlikely I'll be wearing tank tops and shorts around here in the next two weeks!!!  Maybe I'll throw them in the wash and freshen them up and pack!

Geordie and I will be flying out on the Tuesday the 17th and spending two fabulous days together before hooking up with the Crop and Cruise group.  I am so very excited about this--I love spending time with my best friend and as much as I enjoy "family" trips, I also love having him all to myself with no routines needed!  We are planning on heading down and exploring the Floriday Keys for two days!  Having never been to Florida, this has always been an area that I wanted to go and I'm super excited to be able to squeeze in this pre-cruise road trip!  I was getting really worried a couple of day ago as the hotels in Key West are SOOOOOO expensive!!  We actually thought about reworking our plans--I couldn't find a hotel that rated more then 3 out of 5 for under $350!!  (I'm a tripadvisor junkie and the writeups were NOT comforting!!)  Anyway, we did a bit more research yesterday and found this absolutely amazing deal in a place called MARATHON.  It is dead center in the keys--the Atlantic Ocean on one side of the road on the Gulf of Mexico on the other!!  (I know this picture is an ad--but I likey!)

You should be able to click on the above picture and see where Marathon is in the keys!

Anyway, back to my lodging crisis!!  Someone was looking over us because we found this absolutely beautiful place to stay!  I hadn't checked it out before because tripadvisor and expedia said the average price per night was $550!  I went to their website, and found out the have a "spring special" and we got it for only $199!!  It is a whole house!!  You have to check out these pictures--they are so cute and it looks like a little piece of heaven!  Follow this link to Coral Lagoon and click on resort pictures on the right--how darling!   Not only that, but we have total access to their sister property, Tranquility Bay, which is less then 5 minutes away. 

So needless to say, I'm thrilled:)

I'll be teaching the last class of "Dee-lightful Designs" this Saturday in our Langley store--can't wait!  We have 48 people signed up and we are going to have a blast!! Signups for my new card classes in March and April having been doing great!  I'll have the samples up in the store in the  next few days, and here is the second sneak peek that I promised!

This card features the brand new My Mind's Eye and I love the color scheme--especially the little journal card--how adorable!

Well I better get off the computer and get organizing--before I go though, I need to announce the winner of my little contest from my previous post!!  I drew the name this morning and....

Tina-Marie you are the winner!!! I'll be in touch over the next couple of days and will be sending your goodie bag to the Coquitlam Clipper Street store for you to pick up! Thanks to everyone for playing along--that was fun and we'll have to do that again:)
thanks everyone and we'll chat soon!!

dee

Three weeks today!!!

Yuppers--I'll be setting sail for the beautiful Caribbean with all the wonderful croppers on the Crop and Cruise!!  Time has really flown by and we are getting down to the wire in all the last minute preparations!  The cruise has been kinda like a wedding for me--you set the date, buy your dress and secure all the important "people" early and then....you wait.  A few details here and there, but you wait with huge excitement building. THEN---wham!!  tons of details to sort out and finishing touches to put on in the last few weeks!  and then---the honeymoon!!! 

This has been such an incredible journey for me and it is in huge to the amazing team I have had the opportunity to work with--Allison Orthner (boss extraordinaire!), Trisha Ladouceur, Leica Forrest and Jill Hildebrand!  Thanks for all your support and making this experience so much fun--now lets Honeymoon!!  

(I'll try and get some sneak peeks of the projects up soon!)  

oh--an there is still 2 spots left:)  ya know ya wanna!!

So I taught an awesome class today is Coquitlam--It's so nice to see everyone and you all rocked it out today!!  I had so much fun!  

For those not in the class, I showed a sneak peek of my new class (mar/apr schedule) at Clipper Street.  I'll be teaching this class in Coquitlam on Apr 4 and in the Langley store on Mar 23 and Apr 25.  These dates have NOT been posted yet, but you can register now and get in before the rush--all my classes in Jan and Feb have sold out, so don't miss out!  Here's one of the cards (I'll post the other one soon)

This class is called "SUGAR AND SPICE"  and everything nice, that's what these cards are made of!!  This card features BRAND NEW My Minds Eye papers from their Bloom and Grow line!!  Aren't they yummy!

We are also going to be using the gorgeous Glimmer Mists on our Prima flowers--isn't it beautiful! This one is Tiger Lily!  (click on the picture to see a close up of the glimmer!)

Now I promised my students that were in my class today a little giveaway! Leave a comment and answer the question and I'll do a random draw for a special little goody bag for one lucky winner.  I can either send it to the Coquitlam store or the Langley store for you to pickup! I'll draw on Wednesday evening from all comments left--don't forget to leave your name:)  Check back then to see if you are a winner!

Here's the question--What is MY favourite Ice Cream??

Thanks all--I look forward to hearing from you and Good Luck!

dee