I am getting ready to leave on my 9th Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip.  This year, we are traveling to Hawaii.  While it isn't a cruise, I am thrilled to be staying on the incredible island of Oahu in the Sheraton Waikiki Resort with an Ocean Front room, I cannot wait!!     
 

I wouldn't have the opportunity to go on these incredible trips without you, my AWESOME customers.  So to say thank you, I would like to offer you a 20% discount on qualifying orders* placed in my Online Store while I am gone using this Hostess Code  QS4PZEY7!!

This special runs Saturday, May 9th - Sunday, May 17th, 2015.  Shop any of our current Catalogs, Retiring Items, Weekly Deals, or from the Clearance Rack.  If you don't have copies of the catalogs you can view them in the left side bar ON MY BLOG or you can go to www.shoppingwithbarb.com and just start shopping.
 
*IMPORTANT-PLEASE READ-In order to qualify for the 20% rebate, your merchandise total MUST be at least $50 and you MUST use this Hostess Code QS4PZEY7.  After you enter your first item number, click to view your shopping bag and you can add the hostess code in the spot shown in the photo below and then click APPLY.  If you choose, you can wait until checkout and you will be prompted to add it.
    *There is no limit to your order, so get out those wish lists and your favorite beverage and have fun picking out all those items you've been needing/wanting, Project Life items (some are on sale for 50% off while supplies last), Mini Treat Bag Thinlit, Flower Patch Bundle, Berry Basket Bigz L Die, Marvelous Marker Set anything!!
    *My Special is valid May 9th - May 17th, 2015 (regular shipping and tax will be applied as this is my personal special not a Stampin' Up! special)  
    *Place your order online through my website HERE and I will send your refund via paypal the week after I return.  If you prefer a check, you must email me and let me know.
    *All orders must be entered online, I will not be available to enter orders for you.
     *You cannot combine this special with any other program I am currently offering and no Bonus Bucks or Hostess Rewards will be given as the order will be discounted.
    *If your order is less than $50, you will still receive a handmade thank you card from me with a FREE surprise enclosed.

ADDITIONAL BONUS - Everyone who places an order with the hostess code will be entered in a drawing for a Brand New Gift Box Punch Board!!  Winner will be drawn and the board will be sent out after I return.

If you have questions, you can Facebook message me, email me, text me or call my cell phone and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Email - barb@barbstamps.com
Cell Phone - 307-752-3037

I will be posting photos of my trip on my Facebook Business page, Facebook - barbstamps

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It's that time of year again!  The retiring list is out and Stampin' Up! has marked down some retiring products up to 50% off.   Order early to get what you want as some items have sold out.

Retiring List: Stamps & Accessories

Some of these lists will be updated daily showing the availability of all retiring products. Download the PDF for a quick reference, or use the Excel file to sort the list by product name, price, page number, discount, availability, or product type.

            Download or Print these Lists

    Retiring List: Stamps & Accessories (PDF) updated daily
    Retiring List: Stamps & Accessories Sortable (Excel File) updated daily
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    Retiring List: Stamps & Accessories Large Print (Excel File) not updated

Shop all retiring products in my store.
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Retiring List MDS

After careful evaluation and consideration, Stampin’ Up! has determined that as of May 31st, they will no longer offer MDS or its associated professional print services.

Click HERE for a My Digital Studio Q & A

Retiring List: MDS - All MDS Products are 30% off

    My Digital Studio (PDF)
    My Digital Studio (Excel File)

Shop all MDS items in my store.

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The perfect gift for Mother's Day, a prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription!  Order one of these options in my store and email or hand deliver this cute certificate to mom with her redemption code.

Choose one of the options below

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6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription - save $1 per month [137860]

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Here are the rest of the Holiday Tags that were on the candy jars in the Holiday Lodge at Founder's Circle. Some really fun and beautiful ideas.  I have created a Pinterest Board for my Founder's Circle Trip, Founder's Circle Pinterest Board.

Thanks for looking, I hope you found some inspiration. :-)

Stamp, Stock and SAVE sale going on through Monday, October 6th.  Receive 15% off Classic ink pads, medium envelopes, select card stock packs and our Fast Fuse Adhesive.  20% off select stamp sets. I am giving away a Good Greetings set to one lucky customer, get the details HERE.

Join my team in October and you will receive a FREE pack of DSP for six months, click HERE for all the details.

My 12 Weeks of Christmas emails will start this week, are you ON MY NEWSLETTER LIST to receive them.

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Check out all the fun I am having here at Founder's Circle, lots of pictures on my FACEBOOK PAGE.

There are candy jars everywhere in the Holiday Lodge and each one is decorated with a Christmas Tag.

Gorgeous silver sparkle with the Gift Bow Die and the Wonderful Wreath Framelits. 

Fun Christmas Tree in the window.  The front of the tag is created with the Under the Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Catalog.  This paper is a thicker almost card like paper, Garden Green, Early Espresso or Cherry Cobblerr on one side and Kraft on the other.  The gold star clip is from the Basics Hodgepodge Clips in the Annual Catalog

More images from the Festival of Trees stamp set paired with the Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper Stack, both in the Holiday Catalog.

Love this cut out window using the Window Frames Collection Framelits and a clothespin from the Underr the Tree Tag a Bag Accessory Kit.

How about this cute Santa! He is from the Santa Stache stamp set in the Holiday Catalog and the Mustache Framelit in the Annual Catalog.

Last days to receive this cute Curvy Keepsakes Pumpkin Kit.  Orders of $40 or more placed with me at www.shopingwithbarb.com that use this Hostess Code ZVGEF4MP will receive a FREE Kit when I get home.

Yippee!!  Figured out how to get some of these pics uploaded!  Thank you so much to my wonderful customers and downline members, because of you, I am here. :-)

Fruit baskets on the bottom, giant ribbon candy in the top basket.

The most delicious cookies I have ever eaten!!

Team Snow Flakes Gingerbread House, we rocked it!!

Team Snow Flakes - Jo, Shelley, Connie, Jeannette, Me and Dawn. :-)  Tina was napping.

Dinner table, the cute box has some yummy chocolates in it!!

Team Snow Flakes after dinner - Me, Jeannette, Dawn, Tina, Shelley, Jo and Connie.

Pillow gift on my bed, cannot show you what's in it as it has Brand New Product!!  I love new product.

Speaking of new product, Stampin' Up! is releasing a Holiday Supplement next month so be on the lookout for that.

Having a ball, got up early to figure out my photo posting problem so now I am off for a walk to try to compensate for all the yummy treats and food I will be eating today.  Be sure to check out my FACEBOOK PAGE to keep up with me throughout the day. 

To celebrate my seven year blogging anniversary and my trip to Founder's Circle, I am offering a FREE Kit with orders of $40 or more, details HERE, place your orders at www.shoppingwithbarb.com

I am having trouble uploading pictures to my blog but I was successful in getting them loaded to my Facebok Page.  If you want to see some pics of the day, head over to my Facebook Page.

Greetings!!  While attending the Founder's Circle Retreat last week, a few demonstrators brought some items to share.  Here are a couple of cards using the Six Sided Sampler Bundle.

You can order the Six Sided Sampler stamp set and the Hexagon Punch separately but why would you?  If you order them together, you save 15%. 
Order the Six Sided Sampler in Clear #132724 or Wood #132725 

Both cards use the same basic layout but they are both so different.  Check out the supply list below.

I had a blast in St. George and I have all of my customers and wonderful downline to thank for it. 

Place your orders in my Online Store at www.shoppingwithbarb.com 

Supplies:
Stamps: Six Sided Sampler, Happy Day
Ink: Basic Gray, Coastal Cabana, Jet Black StazOn
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White
Accessories: Hexagon Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch Pack, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Linen Thread, 7/16" Natural Trim, 1/8" Mini Silver Brads

New Photopolymer Halloween stamp set called Bite Me #134622, too much fun!

What a fun day!  I had a great time gathering up my team mates (each year Stampin' Up! groups us into teams for some of the fun events they have planned), we are called the Red Hots!  Each group this year is named after candy!  Here we are after claiming our prize for rounding the team.

I am also posting some updates and pics on my FACEBOOK PAGE, so check that out and like me while you are there.

Off to dinner with the same wonderful gals, it was yummy!

Aftger dinner I went back to my room and found my first pillow gift.  A burlap bag of new goodies!  I cannot show you the goodies per Stampin' Up! policy but we will be using the goodies on some projects today.

Here is a close up of the cute tag made with my Digital Studio.  In case you cannot read it, it says, "do what you love and do it often" :-)

Don't forget that everyone who orders at www.shoppingwithbarb.com this week will be entered in the drawing for two Envelope Punch Boards, check out the box I made with it HERE.

I also have a video showing you how to make a Washi Tape Shaker Card, scroll down to see that one.

See you later!

Here is a sneak peak at the little flowers that are going on my Founder's Circle Swaps.

Each swapper will be making 120. This is my sixth year attending Founder's Circle and while 120 may seem like alot, I can hardly wait to see the swaps I will receive. :-)

I used the 7/8 Scallop Circle Punch for the flower and the small circle punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack for the flower middles. 

If you look closely, I added little white dots to all the flower middles with our NEW White Stampin' Chalk Marker shown in the Holiday Catalog.

To give the flower a bit more of a 3D look, I used my Paper Snips to snip in between each scallop towards the center and the small circle covers up the mess in the middle....LOL!

I will be sharing my completed swap cards soon.

 Supplies:
#129404 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch  
#118309 Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack  
#132133 White Sampin' Chalk Marker 
#103579 Paper Snips

FREE Envelope Punch Board!!!  I will be giving away at least one maybe two Envelope Punch Boards for orders received while I am on the Founder's Circle Retreat next week so get your order together and go to www.shoppingwithbarb.com  You have from Monday, September 16th through Sunday September 22nd to place your minimum $35 orders to be entered.  Everyone who places an order of $35 or more will be entered in the drawing. 

I am so excited to be attending my sixth Founder's Circle Retreat next week in St. George, Utah.  I have made so many friends through Stampin' Up! and am looking forward to chattin' and relaxin' with them. :-)

My travel documents arrived last week and I love the presentation.

The large card board envelope was wrapped with a large piece of cotton lace and our yummy 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Triim Ribbon in Crisp Cantaloupe,

Inside was this folder made from our In Color Designer Series Paper Stack with our travel documents, luggage tags and other information.

I leave next Tuesday but I will schedule some projects to post while I am gone and hopefully if the internet at the hotel cooperates, I will be posting some updates from the trip.

FREE Envelope Punch Board!!!  I will be giving away at least one maybe two Envelope Punch Boards for orders received while I am gone so get your order together and go to www.shoppingwithbarb.com  You have from Monday, September 16th through Sunday September 22nd to place your minimum $35 orders to be entered.  Everyone who places an order of $35 or more will be entered in the drawing. 

Saturday was a relaxing day for me, I did alot of visiting with friends and I did eat some chocolate!

Here are some fun card swaps that Bonnie was turning into full cards.

a beautiful card using the Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper.  Love the red flocking on the window sheet.

Some of the Decor Elements Stampin' Up! puts up around the hotel for us.  One of the hotel employees told me that they keep it up for the whole year!!

My other twin Jodi and I in our matching shirts!

Penny, Nancy, Connie and I all went to a super fun boutique shop in St. Geoege called Krumpets.  We had the best time wandering around drooling over all the incredible displays!!!

Had dinner at the Olive Garden with Kelly, Pam, Brenda K, Jenn, Nancy, Brenda M, and Susan Elise.  We had great food and some really fun conversation.  Thanks girls!!!

Then it was off to the Tuacahn Outdoor Ampitheatre for Hairspray!!!  It was hilarious and I had the best time!!

We got back to the hotel around midnight and I had to pack.  I got to bed at 2:00am and got up at 4:00am to be on the 4:45am bus!!  It was brutal.  I flew to Salt Lake City and Billings, MT and then drove the two hours home to Sheridan.  I was pooped.  My kiddos had this greeting waiting for me when I walked in.

A big HUGE thank you to all my wonderful customers, friends and downline members.  Without all of you, I would not have been able to take ths trip.  You all ROCK!!!!

Place your orders in my Online Store!!  If you spend $40, choose your FREE roll of Satin Stitched Ribbon.

Sorry for the lack of posting, I had very spotty internet at the hotel and it became frustrating to say the least.

I am back from my trip and I had such a wonderful time!  Here are some highlights from our third day.  We boarded the buses at 6:50am on our way to Kanab, UT where the manufacturing plant is located.  Here is a pic out the bus window of the sun rising.

All the employees come out and greet us with high fives and signs.

We headed over to the rock to have our pictures taken on it.

After a Q&A with some of the management we had a tour of the facility.  I have had this tour before but we saw some wonderful new things!!  We received a sneak peak stamp set and a stamp pad.  The Rich Regals stamp pads are put together by hand in Kanab and we got to see the whole process. 

After that, we were treated to a wonderful lunch catered by the Rocking V Cafe in Kanab.  It was so yummy

Then it was back on the bus to our secret destination.  We traveled to the Glen Canyon Dam and boarded river boats to float the Colorado River to Lee's Landing.  Getting down to the rafts required the use of a hard hat in case of falling rocks!!

The trip also included a stop.  You could take a short hike to view the petroglyphs left by Ancestral Puebloan peoples.

To give you an idea of how large the canyon is, I have an arrow on this photo pointing to a fishing boat on the water ahead of us.

We ended the 3 1/2 hour trip at Lee's Landing where we had our dinner waiting for us.  They were packaged in fabulous insulated bags.

We ate our meals on the bus back to St. George and watched a movie.  We arrived about 9:30 so we had a long day.  It was WONDERFUL!!  On my bed was this beautiful framed photo of Horseshoe Bend, a section of our trip.

It's "Back to Spool" time.  Get a FREE roll of Stitched Satin Ribbon with any $40 order in September!

I spent the whole day visiting and eating treats!!

The Ice Cream Treat Freezer!!!  Isn't Jennifer cute. :-)

Playing Plinko for prizes, I won the Fan Fare DSP!

My lunch, it was cheese and crackers...love the sticker on the container!

Cute Halloween Treat made by Jill Olsen

Card made with our new stamp set and a super cute kit!

Susan Elise and I getting ready for the Share Night and Swap!

Cinnamon Almonds made right in the room, it smelled sooooo good!!

Kimberly hammin' it up!

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Swapping!!

Some of the swaps I received

Shelli and Sara's



Thanks so much for stopping by, I have to get ready for our trip to Kanab and the suprise event.

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Join Stampin' Up! in October and get a FREE Big Shot Machine or your choice of $100 in merchandise, click HERE to join now!!

This is the swap I made for my recent Founder's Circle Trip.  I decided to make two different colors as I needed some variety. 

I stamped the leafy image from My Friend in Black StazOn onto Glossy White card stock.  It went throught the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and resembles plastic.  Pretty cool!!

I added a strip of the 1 1/4 Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (get your share of this ribbon) over the top and my greeting is punched with the Jewelry Tag Punch and layered on the stocking top from the Stocking Builder Punch and then onto two of the muffin cups from the Cupcake Builder Punch.  It is a pretty easy card to make if you are making one but it took a bit of time to crank out 125 of these babies!! 

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Today is my last day at Founder's.  I will be leaving at the crack of dawn (sorry Dawn!!) Sunday morning.  I had the best time and this was by far the best Founder's yet!!!

I had a relaxing morning, I ate breakfast and then went to the mall with Jane.  She found some super cute clothes to wear to the Main Event tonight and she looked HOT!!!

We checked out the Gathering Place and found the treat of the day!!

 
 
We chatted most of the afternon until it was time to get ready for the suprise event.  We boarded the buses and headed out.  We arrived at the Coral Canyon Golf Course and I was instantly afraid!  I don't golf, I don't thnk I have ever even touched a golf club.  Thankfully, we didn't really have to golf so that was a relief.  We got into golf carts with our team members and went out to "play" our nine holes.

 

We had to stop at nine holes and there was a golfing or stamping challenge at each one.  The first was the Marshmallow Drive and we had to drive a marshmallow as far as we could.

Here I am getting ready to drive that sucker, unfortunately with my Frozen Shoulders, I had to use a pinch golfer and Mary stepped in for me.

Hole #2 was Stampin' Trivia, we had to answer questions about the company one of which was how much rubber does Stampin' Up! use in a year.  We thought we were donig really good and at the end of the 18 questions, we got ZERO right, that's right ZERO!!!  They were hard questions. :-)

Hole #3 was a challenge, a member of our team had to eat a HUGE marshmallow.  Mary offered to do ths challenge before she knew what it was, after she saw the marshmallow, I thought she was gonna pass out.  Since she had pinched golfed for me, I thought it was only fair to return the favor.  We had to eat the marshmallow as fast as we could and I wolfed that thing down in 30 seconds!!!

 
Hole #4 was another stamping challenge.  A member of our team had to stamp images in squares as fast as she could.  We chose Laurie for this task and she rocked it!!

 
Hole #5 was Hit it to Win it.  We had to putt a golf ball and hit Stampin' Up! products.  If we hit it we won it and if we could do it in one shot our team got 10 points.  It took me two tries to win the Winter Wishes Stitched Felt so our team did NOT get 10 points from me!!

 
 
Hole #6 was the Hole in One.  We had to put a ball and if we got it in the hole in one shot we got 100 points.  I did not get a hole in one but Cindy did...WOO HOO!!!

 
At Hole #7 we had to guess the number of stamps in the vase.  There were 118 in the vase and we guessed 144. 

 
 
 
Hole #8 was Blind Stampin'.  Allana offerd to do this task and Christina gave the instructions.  It was hilarious!!  When we were done with this, Lyssa graciously took a picture of our group up on the rock. 

 

The final hole was the Marshmallow Relay.  Shelli demonstrated what we had to do.  We had to put a marshmallow on a golf club and run around the flag without dropping it.  If we dropped it, we had to pick it up and keep going.  This was a speed race and I think we did pretty good!

 
 
After we finished all nine holes, we headed back to the clubhouse to find our table.  We had a wonderful buffet dinner and then the prizes were given out.  There were 17 teams and we took 2nd place!!!  We were so exctied to receive the Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin' Kit.  Look for a scrapbook class coming soon!!

 
 
When we returned to the hotel, we found our last pillow gift.  It was packaged in our Blossom Box cut with the Big Shot.  Inside was a beautiful fob made from our Simply Adorned Baubles - Clear Crystal - Pink Crystal, Vanilla Pearl and our Trinket Crowns.

 
 
 
 
 
Thank you to my incredible customers and downline for making this trip possible.  I appreciate each and every one of you!!!

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Day two started out with a lovely breakfast and some chit chat.  Then it was off to the Gathering Place to do our make & takes.  There is candy everywhere in this room and it was really hard not to eat a ton of it. :-)

Then it was over to the yummy treat case to see what the treat of the day was.  I was thrilled to find that it was yogurt parfaits and eclairs.  I love both of these yummies!

Each day we got to Plinko for a prize from the basket so I came home with a lot of loot!!

 
I hooked up with Kelly, Dawn, Jane, Lisa and Lynette to do our make & take projects.  The projects were fun and we got to use the new stamp set and sizzlit die we received in our pillow gift box the night before.

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Later in the afternoon we went across the street to Iggy's for a late lunch and then back to the hotel to get ready for the Swap & Share.  Here we are, the four musketeers, on our couch - Me, Kelly (my twin), Dawn (her royal highness..wink) and Jane.

We had lots of yummy cake to choose from for our late night snack and I chose the Red Velvet.  It was so good, I seriously contemplated having a second piece!!

 
 
 
Then it was time for the business share, at the end, Jan got up to say a few words and mentioned that Shelli was having a milestone birthday next month.  We all had cards for her and little signs that spelled out happy Birthday.  I am holding the "D" in Birthday.  Shelli was just co cute in her handmade crown.

 
 
Then it was time to swap so all 123 of us went out into the hall and started.  I got a ton of cards and I can hardly wait to show them to you!!

 
Too much fun, day 3 will be coming soon so come back!!

You too can enjoy super fun trips like this, just join my team of demonstrators and I will work with you to help you achieve your goals!!  Find more info here.
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