Convention 2010: General Swaps and FTL 99

I participated in several organized swaps this convention, but I still wanted to take a swap to do the general swapping everyone does while standing in line, eating lunch, waiting for the sessions to start, etc. By the time I started thinking about what I wanted to do for my swap, I was struggling for ideas. I needed something that would be easy to mass produce (I think I made around 60), but it also needed to be something I would be proud to share with my fellow demonstrators. Of course, I immediately thought to look at the Fall-to-Layout sketches over as Clean and Simple Stamping. As soon as I saw the FTL 99 sketch, I knew exactly which set I wanted to use. You can see the sketch HERE.

I used the new Aviary stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalog. I am not usually much of a bird person, but I fell in love with this set when I saw it. The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock. The scalloped border was punched using the new Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch and Concord Crush card stock. I stamped the birdcage image using Concord Crush, the bird is Pear Pizzazz, and the "Thanks" is Marina Mist with the Perfect Punches stamp set. I love the Perfect Punches set, because every stamp coordinates with one of our fabulous punches! For this sentiment, I used the Scallop Oval Punch. Be sure to let me know what you think of my project - I love reading the comments!

I am so glad I participated in the general swapping, because I received some beautiful cards and projects in return.

Click on a picture to see it larger. If you are a demonstrator and see one of your projects here, let me know and I'll be sure to give you credit and link over to your blog.

June Stamp Camp

I had my first meeting with my new Stamp Camp group this past Thursday. What a fun group! I'm excited to spend time with these guys (yes, we have two guys in our group!) and gals every month! I am so fortunate to be part of an organization which lets me do something I love and meet incredible people while I do it!

For our June Camp, we made 4 projects: a Father's Day card, a mulit-use card, and a card and treat box set using the Big Shot.

I love using the Big Shot. It took me awhile before I finally broke down and bought it, but now I use it almost every time I'm doing some crafting! It cuts down on my prep time and adds beautiful details. The Matchbox die holds two Ghiradelli chocolate squares, perfectly! The Big Shot was used on the card with the Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder. Both projects used Rose Red cardstock. The card has an image from the Oval All stamp set in Basic Black colored with a Rose Red marker. The box used Rose Red DSP, which is available right now on the Clearance Rack for $3.99! We wrapped the boxes in Whisper White Satin Ribbon and Rose Red Grosgrain Ribbon. The flower was made by punching 8 layers of vellum with the Scallop Circle Punch, crumbling them up, then sponging the sides with Rose Red ink.The details for this card using items from the Summer Mini Catalog can be viewed at this post.

With Father's Day just under a week away, of course we had to make a Father's Day card! We used the Holiday Blitz stamp set. This set is only available until the end of this month. It has a great array of stamps - I think it is one for everyone's collection! We layered Night of Navy cardstock with Bermuda Bay DSP and stamped the ties in matching colors. We punched out "Thank You" with the Designer Label punch and the Horizontal Slot Punch (only available until the end of this month) and ran a strip of Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon through the slots.

I forgot to take pictures while they were working on their projects, and remembered after almost everyone finished. Above is a picture of Kathy and Pam doing some shopping. Kathy was a guest of Pam's, and I hope she'll join us more in the future.

Joe is determined to find a chicken stamp he likes!Gina and Allison are getting their Wish Lists in order for upcoming months!

Alex showing off how he changed up the cards to suit his needs. I love seeing what ideas he comes up with. The card on the left shows the alternative side to one of the papers in the Island Oasis DSP from the Summer Mini. I love those little palm trees! I think that is one of my favorite paper packs we're selling right now. All the patterns are so cheerful and fun!

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Fabulous Friend - Color Swap

This is another card I made for the demo swap All About Color. The challenge was to use Sahara Sand and one color from the Earth Elements color family.

I used some paper from the Hostess Level 1 Paper Patterns Pack. I stamped the Upsy Daisy stamp in Sahara Sand ink onto Sahara Sand paper for the tone-on-tone image. I used my Big Shot and the Top Note Die on top of a double mat of Whisper White and Sahara Sand. The "Fabulous Friend" stamp is from the Oval All stamp set. I punched it out using the Large Oval Punch and layered in on a piece of Cameo Coral punched with the Scallop Oval Punch.


Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Oval All #113790, Upsy Daisy #111710
Ink: Sahara Sand Classic Ink Pad #, Cameo Coral Stampin' Write Marker #100074
Paper: Whisper White cardstock #100730, Sahara Sand cardstock #195328, Sahara Sand DSP (Hostess Level 1)
Accessories: Whisper White Satin Ribbon #114616. Scallop Oval Punch #114889, Large Oval Punch #107305
Big Shot Machine #113439, Top Note Die #113463

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Thank You Cards and Box - Oval All

Our friends Steve and Brook are having their second son in 3 weeks. We went to a BBQ tonight to celebrate. Although they didn't want anyone bringing gifts, I can't show up anyplace empty handed! I figured this was the perfect time to try out some ideas I have for my upcoming class. I will be using different papers for the class, because I want to use the papers from the Occasions Mini Catalog. James was a sport and helped me with assembling the pieces together on the cards. He did a few of the punches, too. I think he enjoys it more than he lets on... he certainly never complains when I ask him for help, and now he has started to offer help. He may not like me sharing that info, so let's keep it a secret!

Close up of box.

Top view of box.

The cards and envelopes in the box.

I included 6 cards. All the cards used the same paper, but each card was a little different.

Close up of one of the cards.

I forgot to take pictures before we left, so I took them on my Blackberry - please forgive the photos!

All materials are from Stampin' UP!

Card stock: Bashful Blue (#105209), Not Quite Navy (#101722), Whisper White (#100730)
Patterned Paper: Bashful Blue Designer Series Paper (#112151)

Stamp Set: Oval All (#113790)from the Occasions Mini Catalog

Inks: Not Quite Navy Classic Ink (#103008), Whisper White Craft Ink (#101731)

Ribbon: Bashful Blue grograin ribbon (#109029)

Punches: Large Oval (#107305), Scallop Oval (#114889)