Part 2 Very Vintage Card Swap

Today I want to share with you another group of cards from the Very Vintage Card Swap.

My card for Group 2

 Stamps:  Hello, Lovely
Colors:  Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Pool Party

All cards for Group 2

Thanks for stopping by today.

Live, Laugh, Love & STAMP!
~Barbara

Very Vintage Card Swap at Leadership 2014

Thanks for stopping by today to see more of my swap cards from Leadership.  Today is Group 1 from the Very Vintage Card Swap I organized and hosted this year during the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference.

My Card for Group 1

Stamps:  Follow My Heart, Loving Thoughts, Delicate Doilies
Colors:  Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz

  All cards for Group 1

Thanks to everyone that participated in this swap.  The cards are gorgeous.

Live, Laugh, Love & STAMP!
~Barbara

3 x 3 Love Notes Swap at Leadership 2014

As I continue to post my swaps from Leadership, I hope you are being inspired by all the wonderful ideas.  Today I want to share with you the cards from the 3 x 3 Love Notes Swap that I organized and hosted.

My 3 x 3 Love Note Swap:

 Stamps:  Another Great Year
Colors:  Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White

All 3 x 3 Love Notes:

So glad you stopped by today!  For more inspiration check back, next up is the Very Vintage Swap Cards.

Live, Laugh, Love & STAMP!
~Barbara

Valentine Swap at Leadership 2014

One of the highlights of any Stampin' Up! event for me is swapping.  Each event brings the opportunity for my friend, Laura Fernsler and I to host organized swaps. Today I am going to share with you the cards I received in her swap.  There were two groups and I participated in both groups.
My Group 1 card:

Stamps: Language of Love, Gorgeous Grunge
Colors:  Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

All Cards from Group 1

My Group 2 Card:

Stamps:  Love You to the Moon
Colors:  Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

All Cards from Group 2:

Everyone did an awesome job on creating their cards and made this swap very successful!

Live, Laugh, Love & STAMP!
~Barbara

January Paper Pumpkin Projects

When you get something new, do you follow the directions included or go off on your own to assemble it?  I took off on my own to see what I could do with all the pieces included in the kit.  Today I am going to show you my cards I created using the items that came in the Paper Pumpkin kit for January, plus I added a few more things I had in my studio.

I made 8 cards instead of 4 and added a stamp set, some ribbons, rhinestones, DSP and cardstock.

If you would like to subscribe to My Paper Pumpkin, a monthly kit that arrives at your door, I am in a contest to get at least 2 people to subscribe.  Each month the kit is different.  Please contact me for more information.

Live, Laugh, Love & STAMP!
~Barbara

January Paper Pumpkin is in the house

Look what arrived in the mailbox today!  I will be creating in the studio today.  Would you like to receive a monthly kit in the mail?  Sign up at https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/get-it/ today and choose me as your demonstrator.  Each month features a different project.

Off to my studio to be creative, I will post the finished projects a little later.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

Dazzling Divas Team Swaps

Today I am showing you the other gals swaps from the team meeting.  Our swap theme was Valentine's Day.
Card by Diane Dechaine

Card by Linda Rodenberg

Card by Jane Rappleyea

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

Dazzling Divas Team Meeting

Our January meeting was held later this month due to me being out of town for Leadership. Our swap theme was Valentine's Day.  Linda Rodenberg was in charge of providing the Make & Take project this month. 
Here is the card we made:

Do you want to attend our monthly meeting?  Join my team now and you can attend Convention 2014 in Salt Lake City for FREE. Contact me for more information.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

January Dazzling Divas Swap Card

The theme for our swap at the January Dazzling Divas team meeting was Valentine's Day, I love Valentine's Day and it is the perfect time to send a card to someone you love!

Here is the card I designed for our swap:

Stamps:  Follow My Heart, Gorgeous Grunge
Paper:  Fresh Prints DSP, Real Red, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink:  Real Red & Crumb Cake Classic Ink, Whisper White Craft Ink
Accessories:  Tea Lace Paper Doillies, 1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon, Itty Bitty Shapes, 2-1/2" Circle & Small Heart Punches, Dimensionals, Rhinestones

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

GoDivas's Amazing Swappers

Robin hosted a mail in swap for the GoDiva's swap group prior to Leadership.  Here is my card that I created for the Occasions Catalog Swap.

Stamps:  Another Great Year
Paper:  Soft Suede, Rose Red, Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink:  Soft Suede Classic Ink; Rose Red, Pool Party, Soft Suede Markers
Accessories:  Big Shot, Top Note Die, Chevron Embossing Folder, 1" Circle Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Sponge Dauber

Glad you stopped by today. 

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

Paper Pumpkin Offer

Who likes to get something for FREE? Everyone does. Sign up through February 10th at Love freebies? Of course you do! Get free markers in your welcome kit when you sign up for Paper Pumpkin by February 10. https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/get-it/ choose me as your demonstrator and you will have a creative box arrive at your door monthly. The kits have been enhanced, I saw a sneak peek of the next three kits while I was at Leadership and they are fabulous.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
Barbara

Daily Deals for January 14

Check out these items on sale for this week, order at my online store or contact me directly to place an order.

I look forward to hearing from you.  Remember these deals are only for this week!

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours, may you have a blessed day enjoying time with friends and family.

Our Christmas Card

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!

~Barbara

Gift Card Holder Make & Take Project

Who doesn't enjoy getting a gift card for Christmas?  Especially if it is handmade and as adorable as these.  I want to share with you the ones that I created for a Make & Take project for our Dazzling Divas Christmas Party.  They had a choice of Old Olive or Cherry Cobbler.

Here are the instructions if you want to make your own:

Cut base color card stock:  7 3/4" x 5"; Score on the long side at 2 1/2" & 6"
Cut DSP layers:  Top (I used Polka Dot) 2 1/4" x 4 3/4"
                          Bottom (I used Striped) 1 1/2" x 4 3/4"
White Card Stock on top inside:  2 1/4" x 4 3/4"
Cut DSP strip:  3/8" x 4 3/4"
Belly Band: 1" x 8 1/2"
Punches:  Decorative Label, Label Bracket and 2" Circle Framelit
Stamp Set:  Tags 4 You

Cut all pieces. Score and fold the largest piece.  Adhere DSP to outside of holder. Apply sticky strip to the inside edges of the smallest panel. (This is where the gift card will go). Adhere the white panel to the inside upper panel, then Stamp the "to" "from" and adhere the DSP strip to the bottom edge of the white panel.  Wrap the belly band around the holder and use sticky strip to close. Adhere stamped medallion to the belly band with Stampin' Dimensionals. Embellish with rhinestones and chalk marker.

Hope you enjoyed seeing our Make & Take project.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
Barbara

Merry Christmas from the Dazzling Divas

At the end of the night, everyone was almost out the door and we remembered to get a group picture by the Christmas tree in my living room. Everybody ready say STAMP!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  More team creativity coming in 2014!

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
Barbara

Dazzling Divas Christmas Gift Exchange

Oh what fun it is to...
have a gift exchange.  Our annual Christmas party would not be complete without the gift exchange.  We all bring one gift and then using the left/right Christmas story the gifts are passed around until the story ends...the gift you have in your hand is yours to keep!

I received this beautiful Stationery Set made by Diane

Diane received a beautiful Stamped Art Shadow Box made by Linda

Jane received the JOY banner that I made

Pam received the gift from Kelsey, Snowman Candle and Peppermint Hand Soap

Kelsey received the gift from Pam, a huge basket with Wine, Cookies and Candy

Linda received this beautiful Wreath made by Jane

That's all for today, now to keep stamping Christmas cards.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
Barbara

Dazzling Divas Christmas Card Exchange

I have some amazing cards to show you today that I received from the ladies last night.  We had our annual team Christmas Dinner Party, Card Exchange and Gift Exchange.

Card by Kelsey Welch

Card by Diane Dechaine

Card by Jane Rappleyea

Card by Linda Rodenberg

Card by Pam Hegarty

Inside of Pam's card

I hope you enjoyed seeing the cards and all the creativity from our group.  My card can be seen in this post HERE.

Check back tomorrow and I will show the gifts we exchanged at the party.

Live, Love, Laugh and STAMP!
Barbara

My Christmas Card and Gift for the Gift Exchange

Today is our team Christmas dinner party, Christmas card exchange and gift exchange.  I love these ladies so much and we always have a great time we we gather.  I am sure tonight will be no exception.

Here is the card I created for this year's Christmas card:

Stamps:  Merry Little Christmas
Paper:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Access:  Big Shot, Chalk Talk Framelits, Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon,Season of Style Washi Tape, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder (retired)

I made this "JOY" banner for the gift exchange:

I used the Retired Holiday Stocking Big Shot Die for the stocking shapes. 

Paper: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Silver Glitter Paper

Ink:  Smoky Slate (for sponging the edges)

Thanks for stopping by and tomorrow I will share the cards from the party.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!

Barbara

Happy Thanksgiving

What are you thankful for?  Friends? Happiness? Family? the list goes on.  Today we had a relaxing day at home, football on the TV, and a delicious dinner.  It was a small gathering for us, Bryan and Allison are now living in Red Wing, Minnesota. 
Here is a card I created which says it all.  I love this stamp set, Gently Falling and the NEW Expressions Thinlits Dies.

My daughter, Kelsey and I.




















I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Time now to start on the Christmas card making, house decorating and shopping.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
Barbara

Cardmaking for Fall

I wanted to share the cards from a fun evening of stamping.  I had a fall cardmaking class and  each attendee made 2 of each card with envelopes. 

If you missed this class and want to attend a future class, please send me an email or comment below and I will add you to the invite list. You can also see upcoming events on my facebook page.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
Barbara