Dazzling Divas September Meet & Share

Over the next few days I will be back-tracking in an effort to catch up on all the events and things I want to show you.

On September 9th, I hosted an awesome group of ladies in my home for our monthly Dazzling Divas Gathering. I really don't think calling it a meeting is worthy, so I will call it a Meet & Share. We did meet at my home, had a delicious dinner, we did two make & takes and then started right in on our shoebox swaps. Each person brought a card that they created and enough supplies for each of us to make the card. We had so much fun laughing, talking, and stamping.

I created and provided this card for our first Make & Take:

Stamps: Paisley Prints, Grateful Greetings Paper: Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White Ink: Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Soft Suede Markers: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke Access: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Scallop Oval and Large Oval Punches, 1/8" Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals

Here is the second Make & Take designed and provided by Pam Hegarty:
Haunted House

This is made using the Big Shot Milk Carton Die (isn't this just the cutest thing ever) and she used a flickering battery operated tealight in the bottom. So cute, thanks Pam!

Here are all the cards that we made:

Credits:
Top center by Pam;
second row: Left by Anita; Center by Linda, Right by Jane;
third row: Left by Grace, Center by Diane, Right by Barbara (see post HERE for more details);
Bottom center by Vicki

I hope you enjoyed seeing all the awesome talent that these ladies have shared. If you would like to join my team, please contact me for more information.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

I'm Back and a Color Challenge to Share

Thank you for your patience......
So very sorry for the long absence in posting here on my blog. Life has been a bit crazy and to add to that, I lost the cord for my memory card reader so I couldn't get any pictures off my camera to upload. I have a new cord and now am back to posting.

For today, I want to share the Stampin' Connection Color Challenge card with you, which was also the card I designed for Sept. Dazzling Divas Shoebox swap.


Stamps: Wicked Cool
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White, Brights DSP Prints
Ink: Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry; Marker: Old Olive
Access: Big Shot, Spider Web Embossing Folder, Black Brads, Bitty Bat Punch, Raven Lace, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, 1"& 1-1/4" Circle Punches

Thanks for stopping by today and check back tomorrow for another project from the Sept. Dazzling Divas Meeting.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~Barbara

Awash with Flowers for the Color Challenge

Hello and thanks so much for stopping by. I want to share with the card I made for this week's color challenge that I host on Stampin' Connection.

The colors this week are Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, and Certainly Celery.

Stamps: Awash with Flowers, Curly Cute
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Certainly Celery
Access: Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, 1/8" Hole Punch

If you would like to play along, leave a comment with the link to your card so we can see what you design.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

weSTAMP Baby Shower for Pam

BOY OH BOY!!!
It is so fun to celebrate the upcoming birth of a baby and Pam Wood, a weSTAMPer and special friend, is just that special mom-to-be. We gave her a surprise baby shower on Tuesday night during the weSTAMP meeting. Complete with a baby themed make & take and swap.
Today I wanted to share with you what I created for the shower......

The Diaper Cake.....

Side view of Diaper Cake

Recipe for Diaper Cake:
Stampin' Up! supplies: Delicate Dots DSP (retired SAB 2009), Bashful Blue Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Certainly Celery 12 x 12 CS, Marina Mist (letters), Big Shot, Serif Essentials Alphabet Dies, Perfect Polka Dot Impressions Folder, Scallop Circle Die, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals
Other non-SU! - Baby themed ribbons, rubberbands, 72 Diapers, 4 Baby Toys, 4 Burp Cloths, 4 Flannel Receiving Blankets, 5 pairs of socks, 4 Terry Washclothes, Lg. Bottle of Baby Powder and NUK baby bottle (these are in the center), Newborn Baby Booties as the cake topper. All Baby Items are from Carter's.

So as you can see it is a beautiful centerpiece and also a wonderful gift for the new mom-to-be.

Thanks for stopping by, tomorrow I will be sharing with you some of the other items we made for the shower.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

weSTAMP Baby Swap

This month we changed things up a bit for our weSTAMP meeting. Lorri wanted to have a baby shower for Pam without her knowing. So she decided that it would be the best time to do it on the same night that we have our weSTAMP meetings. Several of us got together and did the decorations, gifts, games and food for this wonderful evening for Pam and her baby boy that is expected on or before November 1st.

The swap theme was Baby cards, here is the card I designed for the swap and also for this week's color challenge over at Stampin' Connection. I hope you like it!

Stamps: Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Bashful Blue
Markers: Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Certainly Celery
Access: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Word Window Punch, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Impressions Folder, Silver Brads, Dimensionals, Sponge Dauber (to create the polka dots on the bashful blue card base)

Thanks for stopping by today and tomorrow be sure to come back, I will show you the adorable Diaper Cake that I made for Pam.

Live, Laugh, Love and STAMP!
~~Barbara

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