http://stampinbythesea.com Kimberly Van Diepen, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:54:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good morning ladies, Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes!  I made it safely and have been busy chattin' it up.  So exciting to be here. Only have a quick minute, but I thought I would share these beauties with you.  The catalog is AMAZING.  YOU may pee yourself when ... http://stampinbythesea.com/sneak-peak I'm sitting in the Phoenix Airport twiddling my thumbs as I wait to board the next jumbo jet headed for sunny Florida!  I have a quick card to share with you this morning.  It's a card using the Love You Much Bundle.  :)                                               Okay, now to some REALLY important FUN stuff!  ... http://stampinbythesea.com/flying-high-today-and-a-little-blog-candy Good morning sunshines!  It was a cold snowy day yesterday here in Colorado.  Today, it's still cold but the sun is shining BRIGHT.  While I should of been packing last night, I couldn't help but STAMP!  I think you will enjoy this little treat holder.  I plan on doing one of ... http://stampinbythesea.com/a-little-valentines-treat I worked on swaps all day and after I did all the designing of the cards they seemed to get a few face lifts along the way. You may remember this card the other day:                         I gave it a little face lift tonight:                         Not much difference, however the butterfly now has Iridescent Ice ... http://stampinbythesea.com/cards-with-a-face-lift I spent the better part of my day today packing up all the Christmas decorations and pulling out my Valentines decorations.  Once again I have successfully confused my children as I was pulling out the Valentines items out of the closet.  Alexis told me at least 5 times that it ... http://stampinbythesea.com/the-start-of-a-new-holiday We made it home yesterday from Florida and it was bittersweet.  I always hate leaving Florida and as you can imagine I was just a MESS coming home.  I despise the goodbyes.  Being a Navy wife, I seem to do them more than I would like.  While I hated to ... http://stampinbythesea.com/how-kimberly-gets-her-groove-on You will have to excuse me for a day or two as I post a little inside scoop of our trip here in Florida.  Today was just the day I wanted to see.  Bright, sunshine and warm.  We took a little trip to the beautiful white sand beach this afternoon.  ... http://stampinbythesea.com/a-day-at-the-beach I hope each of you had a VERY Merry Christmas.  We had a wonderful day and spent it with my brother, SIL and their kids as well as my parents.  It has been a while that all of us have been together. The kids were occupied with new toys and just quiet ... http://stampinbythesea.com/a-very-merry-christmas Drama! As usual Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without DRAMA.   My brother is stuck in a Seattle Airport!  My sister in law got in a fender bender this afternoon and then there is ME!  Vacation just wouldn't be vacation without a trip to the ER.  I have a terrible sinus infection that decided ... http://stampinbythesea.com/three-strikes-and-we-are-out Good morning from Florida! What  a GREAT feeling to leave 16 degree weather and arrive in 72 degrees.  We had great flights and made it in on time.  The kids, although very tired were very excited to see their Nene and PawPaw.  Here you can see!                                               We had lots of hugs and kisses ... http://stampinbythesea.com/we-made-it