Tower of the Americas, San Antonio, TX

  On our visit to San Antonio for the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference, I wanted to go up the 750 foot tall Tower of the Americas.  Gloria and I went to the top in the super fast elevator and enjoyed taking photos of the surrounding area. What a fun experience!   I know one thing …

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Stampin’ Up! Leadership 2012 – sightseeing in beautiful San Antonio

Kits & Tutorials available from Patty Bennett Shop online for Stampin' Up! Supplies 24/7  Occasions Mini Accessory share ——————— Wow.. after many full days here in San Antonio for the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference, I just had to share a sampling of the 1500 photos I took.. yes, 1500 in 4 days.  🙂 We spent …

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Blue Angels in San Francisco – 2009

We were really lucky to go see the Blue Angels in San Francisco on Friday… we heard that the show was cut very short on Saturday due to fog… so we were extra excited that we got to see the whole show!  It is so cool to see them flying over the bay with Alcatraz in …

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San Francisco Visit – long post! :)

We got the chance to play tourist in San Francisco TWICE this weekend.. too fun!!  We live about 25 miles from downtown and try to go a few times a year, but twice in a weekend was TOO fun!  We went over the 3 main bridges today that connect us to SF.  (usually we just …

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Scalloped Corners

On one of my email groups we were discussing ways to get scalloped corners on our projects.. I played with my Scallop Edge punch and my Eyelet Border punch and came up with this…. if you snip off a corner of your cardstock, and slip that into either of the above punches, you can get …

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Cruise to Bermuda – NYC Sail Away

The day we left NYC was a gorgeous day.. chilly but beautiful and sunny.  We love sitting in the Crow’s Nest to relax, snack, drink, take photos, socialize, etc., and this “sail away” was no exception.  It is amazing to realize that only 1% of all Stampin’ Up! demonstrators earn the Incentive trips!!  I have …

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Cruise – NYC

Well, no, we didn’t cruise TO NYC, but we flew there before our Stampin’ Up! cruise to Bermuda.  The Cruise ship left out of NYC, so we spent a day and a half+ in NYC before the Cruise. It was awesome and made it like 2 vacations in one! Here are some sights from our …

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Bermuda Cruise – dinners, food, fun, friends

The title says it all… dinners, food, fun, friends…. the best parts of the annual Stampin’ Up! Cruise!  This year we had a great time dining each night with the McClurgs and Wakelands (Janice & Paul… we MISSED YOU!). Here are a few photos of our wonderful dinner experiences. Yummmmmmm the best shrimp cocktail around! …

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Bermuda Cruise – Fantasy Caves

While in Bermuda in 2002, we visited the Crystal Caves, which were wonderful! So this time, we decided to visit the neighboring Fantasy Caves.  They are really so very interesting, and beautiful inside.  They are 88 steps down to sea level under this piece of property.  (of course, that means 88 steps back up!)  Here …

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Bermuda Cruise – the Unfinished Church

While on our cruise to Bermuda, we ventured to the other end of the island to St. Georges and walked up a little hill to the "Unfinished Church".  It was really a neat place… I could have taken 100 photos in there.  I hope you enjoy these. L to R: Eric, Jason, Jim and Doug …

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Bermuda Cruise – calendar gift – new papers

One of the gifts we received on the Stampin’ Up! Bermuda cruise was this cute CD holder Calendar.  It goes from April 2008 to April 2009 – (from cruise to the Hawaii Incentive trip).  What I loved about it was the designs on the calendar pages and all the fun (NEW!?) designer papers on the …

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Bermuda Cruise – Stampin’ Relay Race

On the last day of the Stampin’ Up! cruise, we had an "at sea day" travelling from Bermuda to NYC across the Atlantic Ocean… the boat was "a rockin’ " at times… but not nearly as bad as in 2002 when we did the same cruise with Stampin’ Up!.  Anyway.. Stampin’ Up! organized a "Relay …

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