Pink Stamper challenge!

Here is my submission for The Pink Stamper's winter challenge!  These pictures are from the Lights of Winter display at Epcot from December 2008 which is now unfortunately retired.  I hope they reconsider this decision and bring them back at some point and time.  It's my favorite thing about the holidays at the Epcot park!  This was a super simple LO, but the pictures and the holographic silver paper I used for the cuts were flashy enough that I didn't think the page needed much else. 

Donald Duck's Christmas Tree Lot

One of the best parts about going during the holiday season is getting to see Scrooge McDuck!  He is one of those rare characters that is hard to find!  ...and of course we always love a chance to pose for pictures with Donald in one of his many outfits! 

I had found these little adhesive stud embellishments a couple years back at WalMart.  I believe they were Martha Stewart and thought they would be great on a Christmas LO for bulbs or lights.  The Santa hat on Donald was cut from the Winnie the Pooh cartridge.  Thanks so much for taking the time to look!  When I look at these pictures I can't believe this was only a little over a year and a half ago!  My boys have grown so much!  Where does the time go??? 

This is another one of those 2 page LO's that is more easily viewed if you click on it to make it larger. 

Mermaid Birthday Party

I just have to share a link to my friend Sherry's blog.  She does the most amazing parties for her girls!  Her youngest daughter Katie just turned 4 and Sherry certainly made it a happy one!  How can you not smile when looking at the pictures she posted!?  Please stop by and show Sherry some love  Party Pops ! She took her love for crafting and her family and has turned this into an online business.  Way to go Sherry and Happy Birthday Katie!

OMGoodness! I'm a preliminary winner in the Limited Edition Scrapbox giveaway!!!

What a wonderful way to start the day!  I received a message from Nikki that I was the preliminary winner on her blog Scrappin Navy Wife (be sure to click on the link and check out her blog)!  Look what I won! 

Now I am entered into the grand prize drawing for the Limited Edition Scrapbox and I will have a ONE IN ELEVEN chance of winning!!!!!  OMGoodness!  I cannot tell you how excited I would be to win one of those!  It would be the absolute perfect thing for me and my very limited scrapping space!!!  Everyone, please keep your fingers and toes crossed for me!!!!  The drawing for the grand prize winner is on August 27th!

Thank you Nikki for seriously making my day magical!!!!! 

Kali River Rapids...dry is NOT an option!

My boys and husband absolutely LOVE this ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom!  This is always our last stop of the day...usually about an hour and a half before the park closes.  The three of them will ride it over and over and over again while I stand on the bridge and take pictures and then I will pack everything up in the jumbo Ziploc storage bag and climb on with them for the last 2 or 3 rides of the day!  We always end up with a few new AK beach towels on our way out of the park! 

This is a 2 page LO from our December 2008 trip.  You can click on the photo to view in larger size.  Thanks for taking the time to stop by and leave a comment! 

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster!

As a tribute to Steven Tyler (hopefully...crossing fingers!) joining American Idol here is a LO I did for Parker's first time ever riding Rock 'n' Roller Coaster back in December of 2008, which just happens to be one of my favorite two rides at Walt Disney World!  I had been trying to talk him into riding this for almost a year and a half... once he hit the 48 inch height requirement mark!  He was soooooooo scared, but once he road it he LOVED it and now it's a must do each and every time we are in Hollywood Studios! 

The only bad thing that happened was that the ride broke down!  It broke down literally within feet of where we needed to disembark the ride so it didn't interfere with the enjoyment of the ride, it's just that they ended up having to manually unlock people from the ride cars and walk them out.  We were the closest to the end, BUT they start from the FRONT of the ride and then you have to walk back through the ride to the entrance!  Yes...even though we could see the normal exit to the ride they made us go all the way back through!  The two guys sitting in the seats in front of us were horrible.  They were screaming and freaking out (being drama queens basically).  I had to keep reassuring Parker that everything was going to be okay (he was only 8 years old at this time).  We probably sat in those big locked down restraints for about 20 minutes before they got to us which wasn't pleasant, but we survived!  I will say that it was cool to walk through the ride and be able to see the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster track WITH THE LIGHTS ON!!!!  They must have said at least ten times when they approached our car that there were to be absolutely no pictures taken and al cell phones must be in our pockets.

It is a two page LO, you can click on it to view it larger if you would like.  The title and embellishments are cut in matte silver metallic paper, so it didn't photograph too good, sorry for that.

Steven Tyler on American Idol?!?!?!

Oh pleasssssssssssssse let the reports be true!  A few of the entertainment shows are claiming tonight that Steven Tyler has signed on the dotted line and will be a judge for the upcoming season of American Idol!!!!!  I am one of those people who love Simon Cowell and think he will really be missed, but if they need to replace judges on the show I'm SUPER EXCITED that they are talking about one of them being Steven Tyler!  Oh how I love me some Aerosmith and Steven Tyler!!!!!!  No clue what he'll be like as a judge, but I can't wait to hear his voice and see him at the judges table each and every Idol night!!!! 

Bring on Steve Tyler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!