Merry Christmas!

I wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and thank you for being so loyal to visit my blog over the past year. So today, I wanted to share our family Christmas card that I designed for this year and our Christmas card photos.














Supplies are all from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Delightful Decorations, Four the Holidays
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Access: Rhinestone Brads, Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Silver Elastic Cord
Tools: Ornament Punch, Scallop Edge Punch
















L to R: Paul, Kelsey (18), Barbara, Bryan (21)
Photo taken at the Pointe Hilton Resort on Kelsey's 18th Birthday















L to R: Bryan, Kelsey
Photo taken just before Kelsey's graduation from high school

I hope you and your family had a joyous Christmas.
Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

Sweets Tree

Here is a peek into my dining room where the Sweets Tree sits in the corner. It mostly has ornaments that are food related, Starbucks, gingerbread houses, gingerbread boys & girls, wooden candy canes, mini kitchen utensils, cookie cutters, you get the idea.........




















Check back soon for more Christmas at our house!!!

Live, Laugh, Love, and STAMP!!!
~Barbara

Dazzling Divas Christmas Party

I can't believe it has been so long since my last post....my laptop totally died and I have been lost without it. Moving on with the desktop and will be posting all the happenings of the past few weeks as I have several things to show you all.

First off, this past Thursday we had our Dazzling Divas downline group Christmas Party. We started the evening off with a delicious dinner at BJ's Restaurant. After dinner we came to my home for a gift exchange and dessert.....Chocolate Cake and Strawberry Cheesecake....yummo!!
Here we are after dinner at my home...Left to right: Anita Hager, Pam Hegarty, Me (Barbara Welch), Grace Bachara, Vicki McClelland
Other members that were not able to attend: Lorri Heiling, Nancy Riley, Melissa Davies, Sharon Hartsman

For the gift exchange, we made a gift for each other...

Pam gave us a set of 4 glass coasters with stamped inserts using the Holiday Lineup Set, you can make new inserts for every holiday and change them out!!! How cool is that!!


















Grace gave us a gift set from Bath & Body Works in this adorable SU! box decorated with SU! accessories















Anita used SU! Rub-ons to decorate this soap/lotion dispenser and decorated this adorable gift bag.


















Gift Bag:


















Vicki's gift is a fold-out scrapbook, she used lots of DSP and the Simply Scrappin' Die-cuts made this so cute!! I can't wait to add some pictures



















Vicki's Gift Open




















Here is the gift I made for everyone.....a gift tote and inside I had a Winter Flu Survival Kit, an ornament and a photo holder.



















Supplies used for gift tote:
Stamps: Delightful Decoration, Christmas Punch
Paper: Merry Moments DSP, Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Garden Green
Access: Ornament Punch, Curly Label Punch, Lg. White Brads, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals



Inside the Winter Flu survival kit:
*Kleenex inside Tissue Pak Wrap
(see my tutorial HERE)
*Chicken Soup Mix
* Anit-Bacterial Hand Gel
*Halls Cough Drops













I made these adorable candy favors to give to our servers at the restaurant and one for each of the ladies at the party. I totally CASEd this idea from Becky Roberts at Inking Idaho.



















Stamps: Christmas Punch, Punch Pals
Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive
Access: Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, Markers, Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon, Peppermint Patties Candy, Double Stick Tape, Wilton Pretzel Bags

If you would like to join my group and be a part of the fun times we share, please contact me for more information. I would love to have you become a Dazzling Diva!!

Thanks for stopping by today and check back for more stamping ideas.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara