Leadership Make & Takes

On Wednesday we did our Make & Takes and I was able to finish all of the projects.

Sara and I doing our Make & Takes















Lorri and I during Make & Takes















Our Make & Take table....Desiree, Allison, Lorri, Corinne, Me :), Sara















Make & Take projects using the With All My Heart Set and the NEW Large Flower Punch.















Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

Lealdership 2010 - Check-In Day

This brings us to Wednesday, the first official day of Leadership...check-in and get your bag which has stamping goodies inside. I was number three in line to get my bag!!



















Then it is off to Memento Mall, so many cute things to buy.......














Adorable Shopping Bags



















Decor Elements for the back windshield of your car



















Card Tree that hold 18 card samples and has the SU! logo at the top














Pink Flamingo Beach Towel and Flip Flops


















So many more items that I didn't take a picture of....antibacterial spray, black cardigan sweater, ribbon watch, addons for the punch template, and the ribbon sampler, small SU! logo decor elements.

Here is one of my downline, Lorri, waiting to check out with her Memento Mall purchases.



















We had such a great time shopping.

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

Arrival Day for Leadership

I checked in to the Wyndham on Tuesday, late in the afternoon, and waited the arrival of my roommates and friends. Even though I live in Phoenix, I didn't want to make that commute each day, so I decided to stay downtown and I am so glad that I did. I had two of the most awesome roommates, Sara and Laurie. We had so much fun and enjoyed sharing stories, I don't know when I have laughed so much.

This was our suite, we were on the 17th Floor and the views were incredible.










































Once everyone arrived, we went to dinner and took this picture in the restaurant.














L to R: Laurie, Lysssa, me :), Staci, Shelley

That was a great way to start the week!!

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

Stampin' Up! Leadership 2010 - Swap Cards

Hello everyone....I had planned on posting while I was away at the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference, however, It didn't happen.....I had so much fun and was too tired every night to upload pictures and do all that it takes to post....so thank you for being patient with me. I arrived home on Sunday evening, spent Monday editing and downloading 1000+ photos that I had taken over the 5 days that I was away.

So today I first want to show you the cards I designed and made for swapping while at Leadership.

My card for GWTW Junkie's SCS organized swap













I made 12 of these for the swap.
Stamps: Garden from the Heart, Well Scripted
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Creamy Caramel
Access: Big Shot, NEW Perfect Polka Dots Folder, Aqua Painter, Silver Brads, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, Dimensionals, Paper Pieircing Tool and Mat Set


General Swap Card


















Stamps: Something Sweet
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black
Access: Gold Brads, Window Sheets, Modern Label Punch, Designer Label Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool and Mat Set


General Swap Card


















Stamps: For All You Do, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Bordering Blue, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink: Not Quite Navy, bordering Blue, Always Artichoke
Access: Big Shot, Circle #2 Die, Scallop Edge Punch, Circle Scissor, Word Window Punch, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Gold Brads, Paper Piercing Tool and Mat Set, Paper Snips


General Swap Card













Stamps: Medallion, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Night of Navy, Almost Amethyst, Cameo Coral, Whisper White
Ink: Night of Navy, Almost Amethyst
Access: Large Oval and Scallop Oval Punches, Circle Scissor, White Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals


General Swap Card













Stamps: Medallion, On Your Birthday
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black
Access: Eyelet Border Punch, White Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by and come back tomorrow for more details from Leadership.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!!
~Barbara

Stampin' Addicts Blog Tour - Stop #4

Welcome to Stampin' Addicts Occasions Mini Catalog Blog Tour. It all begins at Noon on Friday, January 1st, 2010 and ends on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at midnight.

This Blog Tour has 23 stops and features a sneak peak of the different stamp sets and accessories included in the Occasions Mini Catalog. There are 43 pages in the Occasions Mini Catalog offering many stamp sets and accessories sure to suit any of your creative needs! The first day to order from the NEW Occasions Mini Catalog is January 5th!

I am stop No. 4 on the tour and I am featuring the I {Love} Love jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel and Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper.

This Designer Series paper is so beautiful....I hope you can see the details...glitter, heavy weight cardstock, great designs....that is how I described it to a customer the other day.

The first projects I am sharing with you today is created using the NEW Milk Carton Big Shot Die and a matching card for that special love in your life.













Stamps: Jumbo Wheel - I {Love} Love
Paper: Sending Love Specialty DSP, Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink
Access: Jumbo Handle, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Clear Rhinestone Brad, 1/2" Chocolate Chip Library Clip, Big Shot, Milk Carton Die, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip

Close up of Milk Carton...this adorable little Milk Carton Box, measures 3-1/4" tall and 1-5/8" square at the base, I put 3 Hershey's Kisses inside.



















Card #2















Stamps: Jumbo Wheel - I {Love} Love
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Sending Love Specialty DSP, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Access: Jumbo Handle, Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals

Card #3



















Stamps: Jumbo Wheel - I {Love} Love, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Sending Love Specialty DSP, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Real Red
Ink: Real Red
Access: Jumbo Handle, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by. If you like what you saw, become a follower or subscribe to my blog. I love to read your comments, so please take a moment and let me know what you think.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!!
~Barbara

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

Ornament Tag Box

I am so glad you stopped by today....I have an Ornament Tag Box to show you. I made this adorable box following the pizza box template on SCS and decorated it with the Holiday Lounge DSP and Delightful Decorations Stamp Set and Ornament Punch, available from the Holiday Mini Catalog.















Here are the tags that I made for inside the box...this is going to make a nice hostess gift.



















Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Christmas Punch
Paper: Holiday Lounge DSP, Sahara Sand, Ruby Red, Taken With Teal, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Ruby Red, Taken with Teal
Access: DMC Embroidery Thread, SU! punches, silver eyelets, Crop-a-Dile, Dimensionals

I hope you liked todays project, have a wonderful creative day.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

Happy Thanksgiving!

From my home to yours....I wish each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving.
This has always been one of my favorite holidays....a time to be thankful for all the blessings we have in our life. Family and Friends, near and far, I am so thankful for each of you.

I am preparing the full turkey dinner, and we will gather to eat, laugh and share what we are thankful for most...each other! The table is all set and ready for dinner.....














I want to also share a very cute card that I totally CASEd from a swap that I received...not sure from who as there is no name on the back, so I can't give credit where credit is due. This adorable turkey is made using punches.



















Stamps: Falling Leaves
Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Basic Black, Autumn Traditions DSP
Ink: Basic Brown
Access: Paper Piercing Tool and Mat, Dimensionals, Black Marker
Tools: Punches: Scallop Circle, 1-1/4" Square, 1-3/8" Circle, 7/8" Circle

Thanks for stopping by today, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!!
~~Barbara

Easel Card for weSTAMP swap

Thanks for stopping by and visiting today, I am so glad you did.
I am going to catch up on posting all the things I wanted to post over the past few weeks....so today I am showing you my swap for the weSTAMP October meeting. I did an easel card using the stamp set "The More the Merrier"
I used Taken with Teal and the Holiday Lounge DSP, (Sorry the color seems off a bit). The finished size is 4" square.
All products are from Stampin' Up!



















Stamps: The More the Merrier, Serene Snowflakes
Paper: Holiday Lounge DSP, Sahara Sand, Taken with Teal, Whisper White
Ink: Sahara Sand, Basic Black
Markers: Ruby Red, Taken with Teal, Basic Gray
Access: Kraft Corduroy Buttons, Large Oval and Scallop Oval Punches, Scallop Circle, Circle Dies, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Two Way Glue Pen, Bermuda Bay Grosgrain Ribbon

Have a great day and check back tomorrow for more creative ideas.
Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

Certified in My Digital Studio

What does this mean? I completed all the necessary steps required by Stampin' Up! to be certified in My Digital Studio, a new software program to digitally produce scrapbook pages, make books, calendars, and cards.

Here is the card I created using the software and it was also my submission as the final step toward the certification.



















Now that I have found my camera, please check back for more of my stamping creations. I have so much to share I don't know where to start!!

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!!
~Barbara

Dazzling Divas Shoebox Swaps

I am so behind on posting the cards we made at the last Dazzling Divas Downline Meeting in October. I wanted to share with you the awesome talent of my group.

We opted to do a shoebox swap making a full card using anything from the Holiday Mini Catalog. Each designed a card and provided enough supplies for everyone to make their card.

Vicki's card......Pumpkin Patch

















Pam's card....Sweet Centers



















Inside of Pam's card



















Anita's ....(her card didn't work out the way she wanted so she did an ornament using the Delightful Decorations)



















Grace's card...Serene Snowflakes
















My card....Beary Best Friends & Beary Nice Wishes



















Stamps: Beary Best Friends, Beary Nice Wishes
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pawsitively Prints DSP
Ink: Basic Black; Markers: Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron
Access: Eyelet Border Punch, Flower Brads, 1/16" Hole Punch, 5/8" Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbons, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today. Would you like to be a part of this awesome group? Contact me for more details on signing up to become a demonstrator.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP
~Barbara