A little trip...

(A not-so-crafty post, just to share a few several photos!)

My blog has been a little quiet lately because I've been on a fun little trip! I'm actually blogging from my phone right now just to share a few of my favorite pictures. So please excuse any grammar or spelling issues! :)

My sister Stephanie and I just flew from Denver to Portland to surprise our sister Michelle!

(insert happy Michelle picture....) :)

The three of us spent a couple days at Cannon Beach, Oregon. Let me just tell you. This was fabulous! Quiet, cool but not cold. And oh so gorgeous! Here are a few pictures I took with my phone.

Here is the house and it's front yard...

Here is more of the gorgeous view... 

This is the inside of the house.  (I didn't get a picture of the cute Ikea kitchen.)

I had to do one of those "write your name in the sand" pics too, you know! 

I could look at this forever...

Does this rock look familiar to anyone?

Well if it does, you may be a Goonies fan like me!  We were like serious Goonie nerds here.  You can't park by the house, but you can park in the street and walk up the hill.  

Here is a dorky half-face photo of me in front of the Goonie house...and NO.  I did not do the truffle shuffle.  ;)  

And the whole house now....

These guys were chillin down the hill from the Goondocks....

This big bridge we had to drive across, just so we could say we went to Washington too!

Starting the day this way was totally good for the soul.....

And one more picture (my favorite picture from the whole trip...taken by my phone no less...) of the 3 chairs that we sat in, just staring at the ocean. 

Here are 2 more fun panoramic shots of the beach and the row of houses...

Ok, I hope I haven't bored you with all these pictures!  I just had to share what I've been up to!  Hope you are all doing well!  I have had several emails about the dies.  I am going to put my Paypal button back in the sidebar here soon!  Thanks for visiting today!  Have a great weekend!  

Laurie

Avery Elle Blog Hop

This is my second post for the day.  Scroll down to see my Sweet Stamp Shop creations....

I am thrilled to be joining the team over at Avery Elle today.  Jamie has some fun new sets coming up and I have a little sneak peak of one of the sets.  First off, here is my card..

I used one of the new background images to create this fun, modern background.  I stamped it in white ink on a gray base and then added in a sentiment from Framed Fonts on black card stock.  I used the AE cut files to create the frame and the mat for my sentiment.  

Keep hopping and check out these girls and their new Avery Elle creations....

Avery Elle / Jamie

Chunyuan Wu

Nina Yang

Heather Campbell

JJ Bolton

Laurie Willison-that's me!

Kasia Curry

To celebrate our March Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one winner.  You have until midnight Sunday, March 31st to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, April 1st (no foolin') .  All products are now available for purchase in the Avery Elle store!

To increase your chances of winning:

1. Comment on any of the design team's posts and/or on the Avery Elle Blog
2. Tweet the contest (we are @averyellestamps )
3. Share us with your friends on Facebook (we are www.facebook.com/AveryElle ) and make sure they tell us you sent them.
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So glad you stopped by today!  Have a great day!

Sweet!

Hey there!  I have a couple cards today for Sweet Stamp Shop. You can click HERE to see all the new release sets for the month. 

Here is my first card...



I embossed the arrows with white embossing powder and then used my Lyra Watercolor crayons to make the ombre effect.  I added in a fun little sentiment to finish it off.

For the next card, I had to add in a fun little chalkboard...

I love those images.  So cute!  Thanks for stopping in today!  Hope you are having a great day! 

Laurie

Electrician birthday card...

I thought I would stop in right quick and share a card I made back in January.  My husband and I have a friend who is an electrician so I made this for his birthday..

I found an outlet shape and made a cut file out of it.  The little brad I have had forEVER....from back in the scrapbooking days!  :)  I thought this turned out kinda fun!  And Jake loved it!

Hope you are having a happy Thursday!  Thanks for stopping in!

Merci...

It's day 3 of sneaks at CAS-ual Fridays.  Today, Michele has another fun set with some fun sentiments and cool background images.  I did a little embossing on black cardstock for a fun focal point....



I added it to a gray base with a little vellum stamped sentiment.  The sentiment comes from Big Thanks Kinda modern and graphic!  I like it!  :)

Check out the rest of the DT and their samples at the CAS-ual Fridays blog.  So glad you could come by again!  Have great Wednesday!