Stampin Addicts 2010 Holiday Mini Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin' Addicts - 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog Blog Hop. The hop will run from noon EST on Friday, August 27 and will end at midnight PST on Sunday, August 29. I hope you will enjoy getting a sneak peek into all the awesome products from Stampin' Up! that will be available to order on Sept. 1st. when the Holiday Mini Catalog goes live.

If you are following the blog hop in order, then you have probably arrived from Jennifer's Blog, Stampin' on the Fly. She is featuring the set "Rejoicing in Christmas".

I am stop #17, featuring the set "A Cute Christmas" and the Candy Cane Christmas Specialty DSP, I loved this set when I first saw it. I hope you like the cards and candy favor box that I created using this set.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the tour. You can continue through all the stops by following the links at the bottom of this post. There are 22 stops in all.



Stamps: A Cute Christmas
Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas DSP
Ink: Basic Black; Markers: Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake
Access: Subtles & Brights Buttons, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Crop-A-Dile, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Big Shot, Top Note Die, Square Lattice Impressions Folder, Dimensionals



Stamps: A Cute Christmas
Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas DSP
Ink: Basic Black; Markers: Garden Green, Real Red, Daffodil Delight
Access: Rhinestones, Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals



Stamps: A Cute Christmas, Curly Cute
Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas DSP
Ink: Basic Black, Garden Green; Markers: Baja Breeze, Real Red, Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery
Access: Whisper White 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, Circle & Ex. Lg. Scallop Punches, Brights Glimmer Brads, Sponge Dauber



Stamps: A Cute Christmas
Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas DSP
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red; Markers: Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Blushing Bride
Access: Brights Glimmer Brads, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Small & Large Oval Punches, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip
For Candy Tote: Big Shot, Box #2 XL Die, Top Note Die, Square Lattice Impressions Folder, Large Oval Punch, Peppermint Candies

That's all I have to show you, I hope you enjoyed visiting my blog on the blog hop today. I love to read your comments, what you liked and which one is your favorite.

The next stop on the blog tour is Holly's Blog, InkPaperStamps, where she is featuring the Northern Frost Decorative Strip Die for the Big Shot.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

Dazzling Divas Swap Cards

Here are the cards I received at our group swap - wow!! I have a great group of talented stampers!! Don't you agree?

Vicki's Card


Pam's Card


Linda's Card


Jane's Card


Grace's Card


Diane's Card


Anita's Card


My swap card can be seen in the blog post here

I hope you are feeling inspired with all these awesome cards. See you tomorrow for the blog hop.

I will be featuring the stamp set "A Cute Christmas" and the Candy Cane Christmas Specialty DSP from the Holiday Mini Catalog.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

Dazzling Divas August Get Together

I wanted to share with you today about this awesome group of ladies. We meet the second Thursday of each month, enjoy delicious food, share ideas and most of all STAMP!!

This month we were at the home of Grace Bachara. She was a wonderful hostess and provided not one, but two 3-D make & takes and a gift for each of us. Vicki provided the card make & take that we each made. We had so much fun stamping together and creating these beautiful projects.

I hope you will enjoy and get inspiration from our projects:
Make & Take card

Make & Take Project #1

Make & Take Project #2

Gift from Grace

My Swap Card

Stamps: Aviary, Tiny Teacup Paper: Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist Access: Oval Punches, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Black Brads, Dimensionals, Poppy Parade 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon

Check back tomorrow to see the swap cards from the other ladies. You will love them too!!

Also remember coming on Friday at noon EST the Stampin' Addicts Blog Hop begins!!! You won't want to miss out on that.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

Aviary Color Challenge

This week for the Color Challenge Wednesday on Stampin' Connection I decided to feature one of my new favorite color combinations - Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise and Wild Wasabi.
Here is the card I designed for the challenge:

Stamps: Aviary
Paper: Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi, Regal Rose
Access: Early Espresso 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today. I want to remind you that this weekend is the Stampin' Addicts Blog Hop and I am so happy to be participating. All stops will feature a different stamp set from the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog!!

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!

~~Barbara

Color Challenge

I am trying to catch up with life after being away for a few days. Here is the card I created for yesterday's color challenge on Stampin' Connection.
The colors for the challenge are Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Old Olive.

Stamps: Printed Petals, Curly Cute, Itty Bitty Bits
Paper: Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Whisper White, Old Olive DSP Prints
Ink: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink
Access: Itty Bitty Punches, Itty Bitty Buttons, Circle punches, Rhinestones, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

I am so glad you stopped by today.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

Color Confections - Orange and Yellow

I loved seeing all the ideas using our products while feeling like I was in a candy store or bakery.......here are some more of the awesome ideas:




I am so glad you stopped by today and check back tomorrow for some more ideas.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

Stampin' Up! has FABRIC!!

While attending convention, the new fabric that will be available in the Holiday Mini Catalog was on display as only Stampin' Up! can do. There are two combos available and each packet has 3 pieces (fat quarters) of coordinating fabric. Stampin' Up! fabric is larger than the normal "fat quarters" by 6 inches. I was so awesome to see the fabric, touch the fabric and view samples of things made using the fabric too.

Here are some of the samples that were on display using the fabric:






You can make a purse, napkins, placemats, hot pads, coasters, and use it on cards too!
I hope you enjoyed seeing these ideas for ways to use our fabric. The Holiday Mini Catalog goes live for ordering on Sept. 1st. Contact me if you have not received your copy in the mail.

Thanks for stopping by.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

Color Confections - Pink and Purple

Today I want to share with you more of the colors that were shown at convention in the "Sweet Shoppe".











I hope you enjoyed seeing these adorable ideas.

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

Color Confections - Halloween

I know that Halloween is not everyone's favorite holiday but I have to show you the fabulous ideas from the Color Confections Halloween Display at Convention. This part of the "Sweet Shoppe" shows something that everyone will want to do for Halloween.


Milk Carton Die and the Bitty Bat Punch


Love the cupcake holders made out of DSP


Great ideas for using the Decor Elements


Trays of goodies for your Halloween Party


I hope this inspires a little creativity for the Halloween season. Check back for more creative ideas tomorrow.......until then, have a great weekend!!

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara