More Swaps!

Hi there!  I'm sharing some more swaps that were received at the Fall "Regional" held on September 28th.  The above card was made by Mary Ellen Cope using the Joyful Christmas set.  She embossed the petals with gold, and cut out the flower.  That took some time!  It's a good TV watching project.  lol

The same poinsettia stamp was used by Nancy Gloriod.  She really must be a glutton for punishment since she layered her flower petals - so double the amount of cutting for each flower!  Nancy paired the poinsettia with a Baked Brown Sugar background, which is embossed with the new Stylish Stripes embossing folder.  This card has a vintage feel.  Isn't it amazing how color can change the feel/mood of a project?

Love the Northern Lights technique used on this card by Cindy Williams!  She did a demonstration at the Fall Regional.  Can't wait to try this technique!  The stamp set she used is the ever popular, Lovely as a Tree.

Deana Schultz made this clean and simple card using the new Gift Bow Bigz L die and Expression Thinlits found in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog.  Love the clean lines of her card!

Must sign off for now but I'll have more swaps tomorrow.  Thank you for stopping in for a visit today!

Last of the Swaps!

Hi there!  Well, today I have the remaining shoebox swaps from our Demo weekend at Pam D'Urso's home May 30 - Jun 2.  What a great weekend it was!  The above card was our hostess with the mostess' swap.  Love the understated simplicity and elegance of Pam's cards.  The flower from the Love and Sympathy set was colored with Calypso Coral and Old Olive markers.  The sentiment is stamped in black.

Next up is Mary Ellen Cope's card using some new products from the 2013-14 Annual Stampin' Up! catalog. 

A strip of Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) was layered on the strip of Strawberry Slush Core'dinations cardstock.  The Daffodil Delight butterflies were cut from the Beautiful Wings Embosslet die. The sentiment is a new set called Label Love, which was stamped in Island Indigo ink.  There is a coordinating punch for this set.

The final card is mine.

I chose the Summer Silhouettes and Label Love stamp sets for this card.  The ink colors are the new In Colors: Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, and Pistachio Pudding.  (Are you hungry yet?)  My embellishment was made with the new Artisan punch.

That completes the line-up of shoebox swaps from Pam's retreat.  She has already sent out the date for the next retreat in September!  Can't wait!  Love spending time with these girls!  And to think I never would have met these ladies had I not become a Stampin' Up! Deomonstrator! 

Tuesday evening our granddaughter spent the night.  It was a spur of the moment thing.  She brought along the scrapbook that her other grandma gave her and some photos that mom provided.  Miss M completed her scrapbook yesterday and did a really nice job for an almost 6 year old.  I was so busy helping her that I didn't even think about snapping some pics of the process.  Miss M also wanted to make Carla Spradling a gift, whom she never met.  We were meeting Carla later that afternoon at Lion's Choice for an early dinner.  (Carla and I meet there before her Card Buffets and my DIL was stopping in after work to pick up Miss M.)  I was busy pulling out supplies so that Miss M could make Carla's gift.  She's so sweet like that - always wanting to make people gifts.  But what a little task master!  lol   Unfortunately, Carla got stuck in traffic and didn't make it to the restaurant until after Miss M left.  Carla did receive her "gift" of a bunch of decorated hearts and graciously told me that she'll hang them on her board at home.  She's such a sweetie!  (I'll post photos later of the Buffet cards I made)

Time to tackle some chores.  Hope your day is going well and thank you so much for coming by today!

A Note For You

Hey there and happy Monday to you!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Mine was a busy and fun one.  First thing Saturday morning I met a couple of friends for breakfast before my Stamp Camp.  We had a full house at Camp!  Thanks ladies for being so supportive and fun!  Right after Camp hubby and I attended our nephew's graduation party.  Then Sunday afternoon Mary Ellen Cope and I met at Jayne Singleton's to discuss our upcoming Christmas Card Workshop prior to our monthly Pieces of Heart Stampers team meeting.  Our up-line and sweet friend, Pam D'Urso, who now lives in Illinois flew into St Louis and was able to attend the meeting - along with her chauffeur (hubby)!  She is so thoughtful - she had goodies for each of us from Momento Mall.  We love Pam.  She is such a wonderful friend and always so generous and spoils us terribly!  She also brought her swaps to share with us.  That's always exciting to look at swaps for new ideas!  We had a good time at the Mexican restaurant.  Those $2 margaritas weren't bad either!  lol  I forgot my camera so no pictures of our challenge - to use paper piercing in some way.  Maybe I can get pics from one of the other team members.  Speaking of cards .....here is one of the projects from my Stamp Camp.

There was a request for a kid card by one of my customers so this is what I CASE'd from Chandra.  Too cute!  Thanks Chandra!  I can't believe the number of comments received on our Demo only web site about this particular card.

Stamps: Teen Tiny Wishes

Paper: White, Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake

Ink: Black

Tools:  1/8” Hole punch, 1” Circle punch, corner rounder or 1-1/4” Circle punch to round corners

Other:  Silver brads, Dimensionals

Inspiration: Chandra  http://www.bellevuestampingclub.com  Jun 22, 2010 post

OK that's it for today.  Need to clean up the studio and start deciding what I want to pack for the Girls Getaway weekend retreat beginning next Wednesday.  It will be here before I know it.  Gosh time just flies!

As always, thank you so much for coming by!

Another Anniversary

Hi there!  Another post - can ya believe it?  lol  Today is the last day to place an order for those products that are retiring!  Please contact me if you don't already have a Demonstrator.  I'd be happy to place an order for you.  My information is on the right side bar and at the top.

My to-do list is ginormous today to finish preparations for Open House tomorrow, so this will be super quick!  The card below was received from my friend and fellow Pieces of Heart team member, Mary Ellen Cope.  She sent this lovely card to commemorate my third Stampin' Up! anniversary earlier this month.  (Cuttin' it close, huh, since it's almost next month!)  Mary Ellen said the stamp set used is Love and Sympathy, which she lightly spritzed with water before stamping onto watercolor paper.  Thanks Mary Ellen.  Love it!

Must run.  Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!