Monthly Group Swaps

If you're in the east, especially my area, I hope you're staying home, where it's safe and warm! As I write this we are preparing for the fourth Nor'easter in three weeks! This storm has the potential to dump the most amount of snow yet. I guess Mother Nature doesn't realize it's spring! At least the storm will give me a day off from the renovations we've been doing! Hopefully I can catch up with some of my stamping!

Wow, I've been busy with swaps lately! These swaps are from last month's group swap. The theme was Sale-a-Bration.

For this first card, Debbie Modrowsky made it and she used Happy Wishes. This set is so versatile. There are so many words in this set, the cards you can make are amazing! Her card base was  Rich Razzleberry which she embossed with the Garden Trellis embossing folder. I think she also used Powder Pink that she punched with the Decorative Ribbon. I love this punch, it makes a great border. How do you like the "Happy" in a two tone? You can do this a couple of ways, but an easy way is to ink half in the lighter color then use a sponge dauber to ink the other half. Debbie used Lemon Lime Twist and Rich Razzleberry and topped it all off with a bow from the Ombre Lemon Lime Twist Ribbon then went over the letters with some Wink of Stella

 Mena Green made this next card and used Beautiful Peacock. Her card base is Berry Burst. She also used Fresh Fig card stock and ink. I really like the Berry Burst Metallic Edge ribbon. It's so soft and the metallic edge gives your project a great pop! Her focal point was punched out with the Starburst punch and layered on Fresh Fig card stock that was die cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits and used dimensionals to pop it up.

 Pat Mitello did a tone on tone card with Heartfelt Blooms. Pat also used the Fresh Fig card stock and ink. To go with all this, she used the Fresh Florals DSP. She die cut the sentiment from the Petals and More Thinlits and popped it up with dimensionals. The Fresh Fig Sheer ribbon was tied around the focal image.

I made this last sample for today. I used Lots of Lavender and Petal Palette. I too used Fresh Fig card stock along with Whisper White and Vellum. This was kinda like making a shaker card without the shaker. I first stamped the image on vellum and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. (I used Archival Black and VersaMark) then colored the back side of the embossed image with our new Blends (Rich Razzleberry & Old Olive). I attached the vellum after I colored it in to a piece of Whisper White that I die cut an opening from Lots of Labels then embossed it with the Layered Leaves Dynamic embossing folder. The dynamic means it's a thick folder so you change the sandwich you use. Instead of using dimensionals, I used the Foam Stripes to give it the height it needed.

I hope these cards have jumpstarted your creativity! I'm so glad you stopped by today and look forward to your comments. If you have any questions, or need help with re-creating any of these projects, please contact me.If you don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours? I have a monthly VIP Host Code to earn FREE product and card kits. So when shopping make sure you use this month's VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F.
    

Last Group of Spring Fling Swaps

Hope you had a great weekend. Mine seemed to just fly by! I'm getting real tired of cleaning and renovations! Unfortunately we're not done yet:( Let's move onto something a lot more fun!

Today I'm featuring the last group of Spring Fling swaps! That was a lot of swaps!

Just a quick recap. Our Spring Fling gathering is an annual event and we usually have an organized swap. We had a group of 24 swappers. Everyone choose a stamp set from the Occasions or Sale-a-Bration catalogs.

These first couple of cards actually used the same stamp set, Truly Tailored. Lilly Ruiz made this first card. It's actually a gift card holder. This would be great for a masculine birthday or even Father's Day! The card base is Night of Navy and used the True Gentlemen Designer Series Paper. The scallop circle is Tranquil Tide, which was die cut using the Layering Circles. 

Here is the inside of the gift card holder. I don't think you can see, there's a pocket in the center area for the gift card.

Gina Crotchfelt made this next card. She also used the True Gentlemen Designer Series Paper and the Wood Textures. Gina also used the same colors as Lilly, but how different they both look! Part of this suite and bundled with the stamp set is the Tailored Tag Punch, which Gina also used. Whenever you're in doubt about what colors to use, just pull out some of our DSP and look at what colors are in the pack. It makes it easy to figure out what goes good together!

This next card Pauline VandeVrede went all out! She used Cake Soiree along with several of the other coordinating products from this suite.  This suite has so much to offer. That was part of the reason we highlighted this suite at our event. Pauline also used the Sweet Soiree DSP, Silver Embossing Paste, Sweet Soiree Decorative Masks, Berry Burst Metallic Edge Ribbon, and Scattered Sequins Embossing Folder. There are only a few more things in this suite that she didn't use. On top of all that she also used Powder Pink, Marina Mist, Rich Razzleberry Card Stock and VersaMark & Rich Razzleberry ink. Check back Friday to see more projects made with this product suite.

Here's a card just in time for Easter! Louise DelVecchio made this beauty! I recently got this bundle called Hold on to Hope. It's such a beautiful stamp set and so many great dies as well! In addition to the Cross of Hope dies, she also used the Bloomin' Heart and Stitched Shapes. Louise also used Berry Burst, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Whisper White regular & thick card stock. She got the small heart in the center of the cross from the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed all these swaps. I sure did! I look forward to your comments. All these products are available in my STORE. When shopping make sure you use this month's VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F. If you don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. There are all kinds of benefits for shopping with me. Also check out my Wish List for more details.

Feature Friday

I'm SO glad it's TGIF! I don't know how those commute on a regular basis! I've been so lucky that the years I had to commute it was 30 minutes tops. Having to drive an hour every day is a KILLER! Hopefully I'll only have to deal with this for a few more weeks! Ok, now that I got that out I feel much better!

I made a few more samples and still have samples from my Spring Fling event using this month's Product of the Month. It's such a great suite, I just can't get enough! On top of it all, there are so many products as part of this suite. I just love how well everything coordinates!

 This is just the stamp set and coordinating dies. A new thing Stampin' Up! has started to do is have multiple pieces of the same die! They've done that with this set. There are 2 different leaves and they included 2 dies of each leaf! The same for a couple of the flowers too! So now, when you want say 2 leaves, you can stamp them 2 times and die cut them at the same time! Yippee!

This was a card I made for a display at Spring Fling. I did CASE this card, but don't have the info on who I CASED it from. The hardest part of this card was die cutting the rectangle. I used the Stitched Shapes and made a rectangle using the square die. This is a shaker card. I should have glued a few of the sequins to the card so there's always something there. The cake is form the Sweet Soiree Embellishment Kit. This is such a gorgeous kit. There are several different flower bunches, vellum pieces, velvet ribbon, tassels and a bunch more things. So all I did was cut a piece of DSP and adhered it to the card front, put the window/shaker together and then take a few pieces of the kit, made a bow from the metallic silver edge ribbon and there ya go!

Here's a real simple card. This DSP is just so beautiful you really don't need to do much more! The "best wishes" is from the Petal Palette and I used the Powder Pink Woven Ribbon and a heart from the Metallic Enamel Shapes.

This is like a goodie gift tag. I CASED this from one of our Artisan's for this year. Her name is Jessica Winter and I think she's from Germany since her blog is in German. Once I converted her metric into inches, this was pretty easy too! I used a piece of Whisper White Thick card stock that was 2"x 6 1/2" and scored it at 3 1/8" and 3 3/8" then punched both ends with the Scallop Tag Topper. I used a piece of DSP and die cut the tag image from the bundle, then used the Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit again to decorate the tag. Oh, it's hard to see but I used one of the flower images and stamped one end of the strip of Whisper White card stock. A Ghirardelli fits in here perfectly! I adhered the chocolate inside and used the Silver Metallic Baker's Twine to close it all together. 

I hope you enjoyed today's projects and they've inspired you to create some of your own! I look forward to your comments. If you have any questions or need help, please contact me. If you don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours! I have a monthly VIP Host Code 
T4ED7Z7F and earn FREE product and card kits. You can find all these products in my STORE. 

Spring Fling Swaps Still Coming!

So how did you like the swaps I posted the other day? Hope so, here are some more! They just keep coming!

If you haven't visited my blog  before, we had our Spring Fling event last month and had 24 people participate in the organized swap. So instead of posting all at one time, I thought I'd spread them out so the post wouldn't be so long. I usually list all the products used but because I'm so tight on time this month, I'll be listing the items after each project.

Donna Foster-Fruit Basket
Card Stock-Whisper White, Tutti Frutti DSP
Ink-Real Red, Garden Green
Accesories-Itty Bitty Fruit Punch Pack, Duet Banner punch, Basic Jewel Pearls, dimensionals

Tina Rosenkrans-Flying Home, Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Card Stock-Whisper White, Bsic Black, Peekaboo Peach , Petal Passion DSP
Ink-Memento
Blends-Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party
Accesories-Peekaboo Peach Crinkle ribbon, Layering Circle framelits

Mena Green-Beautifl Day
Card Stock-Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink-Bermuda Bay, Black Memento
Accesories-Petal Passion DSP, Triple Banner Punch, Clear Faceted Gems, dimensionals, black marker

Cyndy, that's me! - Petal Palette
Card Stock-Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, Myths & Magic Glimmer
Ink-Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo, Pear Pizzaz, Archival Black
Accesories-Petals & More Thinlits, Petal Pair embossing folder, Pearls, Flirty Flamingo Baker's Twine, Aqua Painter, dimensionals, glue dots, bleach, paint brush, Big Shop, Magnetic platform

I hope you enjoyed these cards and they've sparked your creativity! You can find all these products in my STORE. While shopping make sure to use this month's VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F. It's also Sale-a-Bration time, so make sure you're earning a Sale-a-Bration item. While you're at it, check out my Wish List for more great reasons to shop with me! If you have any questions or need help with anything, please contact me.

Occasions Open House Displays

We had our Open House on Saturday. Thankfully the weather held out. Parking was tight but everyone squeezed in. I took a few pictures before we began but forgot to pictures during the event. Got a little pre-occupied I guess. We're already planning our Open House for the new Annual Catalog in June!

 This was our table with all our Sale-a-Bration items and samples using the products all available for FREE!

 This is an overall view. That's Tina in the background and her dog Bailey waiting for all the guests to arrive!

This is a short little video of another table with some of the suites from the Occasions catalog.

Want More Spring Fling Swaps?

I'm so glad I have so many swaps to share this month! With all the renovations we have to do, I don't have a lot of extra time, so this is working out great!

In case you missed my previous post I'm sharing the swaps I got at our Spring Fling event. There was 24 swaps all together. That's a lot of swaps! I'm listing all the products used with each swap since I'm really short on time.

Kathryn Roberts did this first swap. She used Picture Perfect Birthday.
card stock - Real Red, Petal Passion DSP
Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Pacific Point, Old Olive, Real Red
Accesories-mini dimensionals, shimmer grey ribbon (sale-a-bration item)

Barbara Dykehouse - Sweet Little Someone
Card Stock-Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Whole Lot of Lovely Dsp, Powder Pink
Ink-Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip
Accesories-1 1/8" & 1 3/8" scallop circle punches, 1 1/4" circle punch, pearls, dimensionals

Vicki Wu-Heart Happiness, Better Together

Card Stock-Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Wood Textures DSP

Ink-Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso

Accesories-Linen Thread, Sweet & Sassy Framelits, Big Shot, Magnetic Plate

Kelly Pena-Charming Cafe
Card Stock-Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Ink-Black Memento
Accesories-Everyday Label Punch, rhinestone, dimensionals, Pink Pirouette marker, Big Shot, Magnetic Plate

I hope you enjoyed these cards and they've sparked your creativity! You can find all these products in my STORE. While shopping make sure to use this month's VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F. It's also Sale-a-Bration time, so make sure you're earning a Sale-a-Bration item. While you're at it, check out my Wish List for more great reasons to shop with me! If you have any questions or need help with anything, please contact me.

Feature Friday!

Happy Saturday! Sorry folks! I forgot I didn't schedule this. I was working on setting up several posts as this month is quite hectic for me and just trying to do too many things at one time! I'm sure you have not idea what I'm talking about! So I guess better late then never right?

Anyway I'm featuring the Cake Soiree this month. If you haven't visited before each Friday (hopefully) I showcase a product all month long. For the month of March it'll be Cake Soiree. I really liked this entire suite in the Occasions but didn't think I really needed it! Well guess what! I'm so glad I got this bundle and the coordinating DSP and embellishments. Besides the packaging you can do for weddings and special occasions, you can dress it down for a more simple birthday, even make a masculine card! I'll show that another week. There are four pages in the Occasions that showcase this suite (pgs 10-13). Besides all that, there are products in the Annual catalog that coordinate with this suite as well.

Enough of all that. Last week and this week feature projects we did at our Spring Fling Retreat. At the event we did some packaging and cards. This first sample is one of the packaging ideas. We used the Striped Treat Bags and gold library clips to embellish this bag. We used the new blends to color in the flowers.

For this next project we used the narrow note cards & envelopes in the Occasions and let the DSP do most of the work here. We also used the new Scallop Circle Punch (1 3/8") and the Petal Palette embellishments. The "celebrate" is from the Sale-a-Bration set Amazing You. The cake on the right card is the DSP and we just punched it out with a circle punch.

For this last project we used the Silver Mini Gable boxes and the Scattered Sequins Dynamic Embossing Folder. They call it Dynamic because it's one of those thick folders and you do the sandwich differently when using it. We die cut one of the largest flowers out of the silver glimmer paper to go behind the detailed flower and also used the new multipurpose adhesive sheets when die cutting the flower. It just made sticking it to the glimmer paper much easier. The adhesive sheets are a great product to use with any detail dies. It puts the adhesive right there for you. It's like making a sticker out of your card stock!

Well that's all for today! I hope you enjoyed these projects and got you thinking about this fabulous suite! To purchase any of these products, you can find them in my STORE. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me, I'd be more then happy to help. Make sure when shopping to use this month's VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F. Also check out my Wish List and why shop with me! Since it's Sale-a-Bration, if you're order is over $100 consider Joining My Team! Then you can earn discounts yourself!