Cyndy's Creative Corner: December Swaps Are In!!!

Monday, January 15, 2018

December Swaps Are In!!!

Morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. For some their weekend continues, since we are celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday! This is also my mother's birthday. Unfortunately growing up we didn't have this day off until after she passed away. She was a wonderful woman and so talented in many ways. I feel I get my talents from her in a way. When she was a Girl Scout leader, she would have my sister and I make the crafts she wanted the girls to do at the meetings. I guess we were guinea pigs! I loved doing this, so as you can see I've been crafting for a very long time.

Well I got my swaps from December late last week and thought I'd share a few with you each Monday in January.

As a review, I participate in a monthly swap with a group of talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. The swaps are due at the end of each month. The host chooses what the theme. For December the theme was a tricky one! It was a color combo of Smokey Slate and Perfect Plum with any Designer Series paper and to make it a thank you card. The host, Carol, thought this would be a good masculine looking card and thought that's what most of us would do! Well let me tell you, she was wrong! They are all great looking cards but most were not masculine!

So this first card can certainly be masculine and made by our host Carol! She kept it simple and used the Wood Textures Designer Series paper stack. This is really a great paper stack and it looks really like the real thing!

This next card was made by Lilly. She used the same stamp set that Carol did, Daisy Delight. When I first looked at this card, I thought she didn't use any DSP, then I realized she did. Do you see it? It's the center of the flower! Not sure how well you can see it but she also used she also used the Petal Burst Embossing Folder. In real life you can see it and gives a nice texture.

Many of the cards have that grey look to them, but not this card! This DSP really gives it a pop! Debbie made this card and love how it turned out. Only 2 cards didn't use Smokey Slate as it's card base and they are in this post! I like how she made use of the dies from the Eclectic Layers Thinlits.

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