I recently had a chance to spend a day stamping with some of my Stampin’ Up ‘sisters’. What a great group of ladies… I have made some of the best friends through Stampin’ Up!
Every time SU demonstrators get together, we swap cards. This is a fun way to get new ideas. This time, we did a shoebox swap. For a shoebox swap, you design a card and make a sample, then put all the supplies for the card into a box and everyone else makes their own. It’s a blast and is my favorite way to swap!
Here are the swaps we made that day. Yes… these pictures were taken with my new camera… no more grainy, off-color pictures! As always, to see larger versions, click on the pictures.
This pretty card is by Amy and is made with the Fresh Cuts stamp set, Summer Sun ink & cardstock. The white background was textured with one of the Big Shot texture plates. Don’t you love the sweet little center of the flower? It’s one of the rhinestone brads.
I hope I never have to use this card! It’s a sympathy card for the death of a dog and is the first one of those that I’ve stamped. In the 9+ years that I’ve been making my own card, I’ve only purchased 2 cards – both were for friends who lost beloved pets…. I was just never able to come up with one on my own. Thanks to Cheryl, I have one I can copy from if I ever need to. This was made using the D is for Dog set and is a neat gate fold card.
Jociel is my upline, the one who convinced me that I should join Stampin’ Up as a demonstrator. She is the sweetest person and a fabulous friend! We used the Eastern Blooms & Well Scripted stamp sets and Designer Paper from this year’s Sale-A-Bration. The flower pot was made with the Ornament Punch from the Holiday mini (did you know you can still buy this??) – how cool! Make sure you look at the full-size version of this – all the flowers have glitter on them.
If it’s possible to be in love with a card, then I am in love with this one! Karen taught us the Black Magic technique to make the main image. So easy… stamp a bold image with white craft ink and let it dry, then color over it with SU’s Watercolor Pencils. You can add accents using a white gel pen. The background paper is the striped pattern from our Bride specialty paper.
I don’t know where to start with this gorgeous card. Laurie started with SU not too long after I did. She’s an amazing demonstrator and a talented cardmaker who I’m proud to call a friend. Can you believe that she let us use the new Presto Pattern specialty paper from the Summer mini? I don’t have any and was thrilled to have a chance to play around with it. We sponged color onto it (the diagonal lined background) which brought out the pattern. After we assembled the card, we sprayed it with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spray. Wish you could see how much it shimmers in real life!
This card by Linda was so fun to make! The daisy is made entirely of cardstock punched with the Large Oval punch, with the exception of the stem, which was cut free-hand. The stitching and the dots on the flower center were made with a white gel pen. Oh.. we shaded the leaves & the petals by swiping them directly on ink pads – quick & easy!
Punch images are so popular right now and Maxine found this cute owl to use on a graduation card – I can’t get enough of it! Love the googly eyes! Let’s see if I can come up with all the punches we used…. Tag, 1 3/4″ circle, 1/2″ circle, Scallop circle, Round Tab, 5-Petal Flower, Boho Blossoms. Jociel had the idea to add the tassels using some string she had.
The top card is the swap I took. I used the King of the Grill set from the Summer Mini and some of this year’s In Colors – Dusty Durango, Burmuda Bay, and Soft Suede. I used the Spotlight technique to pop out part of the image. This is another easy technique… stamp the image on another piece of cardstock, color part of it (I used our pastels & blender pens), punch it out & layer it on colored cardstock. The second version is one I did today using the Motorcycle stamp, also from the Summer mini. I think this version will go to two of my nephews for their birthdays – both love Harleys.
Hope you enjoyed seeing everyone’s swap cards as much as I enjoyed making them!
