Swap Card

I was lucky enough to attend Stampin' Up!'s Regional convention this past weekend.  It was my very first Stampin' Up! event.  I even got to see Shellie Gardner, the founder of the company.  It was like seeing a celebrity.  Very exciting!  I'll share some photos and other tidbits from the convention after I recover from a very busy 4 days of non-stop action around here.

This was one of the cards I made to swap with other demonstrators.  Swap means I give someone a card that I have made multiples of, and I get a card back that they have made.  This helps to build a display or sample board for my customers.  Or maybe I can take these cards and get some inspirations.  This particular card was CASE'd from Michelle.  I changed up the colors and added Dazzling Details.

Here is a close-up of the glitter in action.

My Supplies List (all supplies and images by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Stamp Set(s): Snowflake Soiree

Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party

Papers: Island Indigo, Pool Party

Accessories: Northern Flurry embossing folder, Scallop Trim edge border punch, Dazzling Details, Basic Rhinestone

Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop August 2012

Hello and welcome to this month's installment of the Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop.  If you came from Shellie's Creative Electica blog, thank you for visiting me!  This month's theme is Holiday Catalog Favorites.  Have you seen the catalog yet?  Oh my goodness, it's so full of goodness.  And in addition, there's still lots of new and wonderful products from the new Annual Catalog that I haven't shared with you yet.  So I've included some from each.  And please, give my blogpost some love with your kind comments!

This project is inspired by Shelli's demonstration at the Stampin' Up! Convention couple of weeks ago.  Can you believe I can't find an actual downloadable picture to share with you here?  You'll just have to trust me.  It was beautiful and it was framed in a picture frame, with the glass removed.  Thus gave me the idea for my project.  Click on the image to make it bigger.

What was very cool is the new Festival of Prints DSP stack in the Holiday Catalog (my background paper).  The size is 4 1/2" x 6 1/2", which is PERFECT for card making!  And even more perfect for this frame I had sitting on my floor.  Absolutely no cutting was necessary here.  Then, it was also perfect to use the new Faceted Buttons.  Being that these buttons are quite bulky, they're not the easiest to mail. But certainly work fabulously in this project!


Do you recognize the image inside the Blossom punch?  It's one of the snowflakes from the Snowflake Soiree stamp set!  Yup, it fits the punch perfectly.  Yipee!  Love coordinating punch and stamps, don't you?


The next project is a card that I copied out of our Demonstrator monthly.

This card showcases more favorite things from the Holiday Catalog.  The stamp set is called "Perfectly Preserved" and it has a matching framelit set called, "Cannery Set."  AND if you get both, you get 15% off the bundle!  Pretty awesome, right?  The pattern paper is from the Festival of Prints pack again.  I just love using that!


I hope you liked the projects here.  Your next stop is Pam, who has some fabulously creative ways with her favorite things. :)

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Shellie G. of Creative Electica
2. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
3. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
4. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
5. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
6. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
7. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
8. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
9. Heather W. of Stamping with Heather
10. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
11. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
12. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
13. Debra of Mommy Scraps