cruise exclusive

Many of the advantages of a Paper Crafts Magazine cruise are:

• You get the best of both worlds: travel and crafting
  Meeting new friends from around the world
  Delicious food (and no dishes to do)
  Awesome goodie bags
  Instruction from really nice teachers <grin>
  Exclusive stamp set from Technique Tuesday
  Card Swap with 40 new friends
  Tons of laughs and good times

Need some proof?

(We didn't have really great lighting for photographs and I hate using the flash=some blurry shots - sorry).

Our cute door banners made by Events Specialist Brooke!

Formal Night dinner - Beth and Susan looked beautiful!

Special Guest Jaclyn and her hubster Toby.

My roomie and I dressed up for dinner, too.

P.S. Teri=awesome roommate! I puffy heart her.

So, we had a Card Swap the last evening on board. Everyone brought 40 cards and we swapped like crazy. Okay, a few gals didn't bring cards, but we were easily bribed with chocolate for swapping, too. Above are my "mostly finished" cards. Heh.

Swapping in action. (See what I mean about the lighting). Serious amounts of fun happening, though!

So, what did you think about having a GIVEAWAY? I just so happen to have three cards leftover from the Card Swap! How about giving those away and throwing in one of the awesome-tastic stamp sets that Technique Tuesday made especially for us?

And, just to get you more excited - here are cards that Teri and I made for the class we taught on the cruise.

Teri's card.

And mine (which says "A very big hello"). Hee.

So, leave me a comment sometime this weekend telling me about your ideal vacation (cruise or otherwise) and I will enter you to win the cards and the stamp set.

Giveaway open until Sunday evening - Nov. 20th, midnight PST.
Good luck!
Later.

Comments

[Pam Spradlin]

My idea of a great vacation...going anywhere with my husband where he can relax and not worry about getting back to work. I hate those vacations where I can tell he has something else on his mind.

[Sherry Cartwright]

I would love going on a vacation to the mountains or beach or anywhere in between. Our family loves the beach! And if it were an ideal vacation, we'd be disconnected from the world wide web while there, build huge sandcastles and just enjoy the beauty of the beach.

[{vicki}]

I've always wanted to cruise to Alaska
but ideally the beach is where we end up on vacation

[jen shears]

looks like you had a ton of fun!!! love the cards!!
my ideal vacation would be laying on a warm, sandy beach (I'm dreaming of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands as I type) with a book & a cool beverage.... :)

[cassie d'ambrosio]

OMG- the cruise looks like SO much fun! I wish I could have gone.
My ideal vacation would be to go to Italy and Greece to see where my family came from.

[Melinda T]

Hawaii, the Carribbeans, Fiji?!? Not really sure where, but I'd love to go somewhere tropical! I'd want to do nothing and be lazy but yet, also go on some kind of an adventure and forget about work!

[conniemelancon]

A cruise would be a great vacation but I would love to go to Hawaii!

[Miriam Prantner]

My ideal vacation would be staying home, but having someone come cook, clean, and watch the kids. I would have the TV/remote to myself, would be able to relax, shop, watch my shows, and craft all day, and still get to spend some time with the family in the afternoon/evenings. This way, I wouldn't have some crazy travel via car/airport to deal with, no time changes to mess with the kids' sleep schedules, and no laundry to do when I got home (plus my house would be pristine since someone is cleaning up after us all).

Thanks for the chance to win some great stuff! I puffy heart it!

[Jingle]

Officially jealous! My ideal vacation involves a beach and a lot of great restaurants!

[Kristen]

My ideal vacation is actually a cruise. Loved the one we've taken-perfect mixture of relaxing days at sea and fun days exploring new places.

[brianna byman]

ideal vacation: somewhere on east coast wi th out kids :-) was thinking to do that next year when babys older(im ok with being preg. ha.) but now am joining alot of family on a cruise in january so that got put on hold..

[Yvonne C]

Kim, your pictures are great and really make me want to try a cruise! My ideal vacation is happening in February. My hubby and I are going to Maui. I've never been there so I am very excited to go!

[JoAnn H.]

Yellowstone or Glacier with the family. We love the outdoors, wildlife and waterfalls!

JoAnn

[Amber L]

My ideal vacation would be to go somewhere south = really warm. Living in Alaska when we leave it's usually always to see family = flat country and corn. :) But have to admit we are pretty spoiled with the beauty around us.

[Ashley N Newell]

I would love to take a tropical cruise! However, the Disney cruise sounds amazing too especially since I have little people. I've NEVER been on a cruise and it's on my bucket list.

[SueB of Blondin Blogs]

a cruise would be nice ... but so would returning to Jamaica to the place where we honeymooned ... or ... taking the family to the Grand Canyon ... or ... pretty much anywhere! thanx for the blog candy opp!

[Chunyuan]

A papercrafting cruise sounds a lot fun and ideal vacation for me. For a family vacation, I always pick Hawaii.

[Patricia E Murray]

I would love to be on a papercrafting cruise, or any cruise!!

[CINDY CURRY]

My dream trip is to travel to Vienna, Prague and Istanbul. It would be so old world and romantic. By the way, the cruise looked fun!

[Kim Boken]

My ideal vacation would be anywhere with my hubby..just the two of us..something we haven't done in 10 yrs since our honeymoon!!

[carol in seattle :)]

Laying on a beach in the Caribbean...lots of sun, sand, and surf!

OR

Having my husband take the kids to a hotel for a weekend and I have the house to myself and can craft away with no distractions!

[Sue in Grapevine]

My ideal vacation includes some historical sites, some shopping, some "how things are made" stops, & lots of eating @ places we've seen on Food Network/Travel Channel.

[Michele J]

Wow! Looks like everyone had an awesome time. Of course, paper crafting on a cruise, so how could it not be good???!?!?

Grand Caymans rule it for me. Some of the friendliest people I've ever met.

[Heidi]

My ideal vacation would be somewhere quiet and without interuptions (can you tell what kind of day I've had?!)

[Patty W]

Hmmmmm my ideal vacation right now would be to visit my husband overseas - he is there working and he has been away from the family for 8 months now. We really miss him! The stamp set is super duper cute - thanks for a chance to win!

[Tanja S.]

Hi Kim, I am loving the cruise photos. I would love to cruise anywhere, but particularly Canada or the Mediterranean Sea.

[tanya Perrin]

Oh thank you for sharing all those photos! (green with envy) The cards look amazing and I adore that cute little stamp set!

Ideal vacation....hmmmm....I am not sure I would like a cruise, so I am going to go with attending another scrapbook convention. How about the giant one at Mall of America!? (oh...and a preloaded visa card for the shopping would be a nice touch too! lol) Can't hurt to dream!

[cc]

The Paper Craft Cruise looks like so much fun! Would love to join you sometime. My dream vacation would be Australia and New Zealand. Sun, sand and mountains!

[Jocelyn Olson]

Your pictures are awesome! It looks like you had a blast. My dream vacation would be cruising around Cape Horn and hiking/seeing the Patagonia. But right now I'd settle for an entire day by a pool by myself (no hubby, no kids, no work, no phones).

[amy c/p]

love your pix of the cards ...my dream vacation would be to cruse around new zealand with my dear hubby who is from there ....the crafting and cruising sounds like a good time too will def have to do that one year :)

[Rowena B.]

My ideal vacation would be traveling around the world with family!! and not having to worry about money or time!

[Jayne]

Looks like fun. Was that a brave hubby in the pics?!

[Tiina W]

Would loike to go on a cruise someday with couples.

[April W]

Oh how awesome!! My ideal vacation would be a cruise...to anywhere! It just looks like so much fun. ;)
- April W

[trudy curtis]

Would love to know when another scrapbooking cruise is scheduled. Would love to be able to participate. Nothing better than cruising and scrapbooking at the same time,.

[Jeanette Hebden]

Going on a 12 day stamp cruise this January touring the sth Pacific. I'm sooo... looking forward to this as I am getting the best of both worlds. Crafting with great friends and exotic places to visit. Can't beat it.

[kathy]

So we just had our best vacation in Key West for our 25th anniversary absoulutely loved it. Will go back again.

[TIffany M.]

My favorite vacation would be to visit my SoCal friends that I just moved away from a year ago and head to Disneyland for a few days. I miss them and Disneyland! Still can't decide if the trip would be better with our without my kids. :) Thanks for the chance to win such a great stamp set! I would be SO excited to win!

[Jill W.]

Thanks for sharing the fun! You look like you had a grand time! How wonderful!
Hey, wanted to let you know I just made some pumpkin cupcakes and used your frosting recipe you posted on your blog some time ago. I copied it and put it in my cookbook. This is a keeper....it is awesome!!!

[Melissa R.]

I'm not much of a cruise person but I have heard amazing things about the Disney cruise to Alaska...even in you don't have kids! So, I'd be game to give it a try! BUT a cruise with crafts would be amazing!! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Cathy E.]

Rocky Point, Mexico is my "heaven-on-earth". Rented condo that opens directly to the beach/ocean. No crowds, just calming walks along the beach to collect shells, then make mini-albums with my AWESOME sister-in-law!! I need to go back!

[Isha]

I want to go to Egypt and Rome as its my daughters choice too. Anyhow, I love vacation where we all are together...so when kids are happy we are happy too:)