Swapping Saturday 2-14-09

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Today I thought I would share some of the other Valentine’s Day cards that I’ve made or gotten from swaps.  Hope you enjoy.  Here are just 2.  You can click here to see more.

hugs-kisses-heart-cardI really like this card.  I love how she used the hearts for balloons.  This card was created by Naomi Keeling.  You can check out more of her stuff at: www.stampwithnaomi.blogspot.com

love-bird-sparklyThis beautiful card was created by Kimberly Anderson.  I think it was for my big shot swap.  Check out all the beautiful detail.  What I love about this card is it’s all the big shot so it looks complicated but the cutting part was easy.

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Here’s a close up of the bird and flowers.  I love the glitter.

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Freewheeling Friday 2-13-09

Today was Friday the 13th, but for me it’s usually a good day.  Once again that proved to be true.  Today I was able to go to the shoebox swap that my up-line Brandi was having.  I love it when I can get together with other demonstrators and Stamp.  It’s so much fun to visit and get new ideas. 

rolled-flower-friends-cardThis was one of the 19 cards we got to make.  I loved how we used the roller on the flower from the pretties kit.  What fun.  I also love all the texture in the card.  (Texture plates on card-stock and textured DSP.)  I think the project was created by Becky.

Products used:
113218 Friends $25.95
113993 Parisian Breeze Specialty DPS $11.95
109114 Pretties Kit $29.95
114319 Whisper White Organza Ribbon $5.95
109041 5-Petal Flower Punch $15.95
102892 Sponge Daubers (12( $10.95)
113439 Sizzix™ Big Shot $99.95
114614 Texturz Impressions Pad $5.95
114615 Texturz Silicone Rubber $5.95
114512 Stampin’ Up!® Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates $11.95
111256 Dotted Lines Jumbo Wheel $8.50
103661 Stampin’ Around® Jumbo Handle $5.95

Colors- Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Kraft, Whisper White

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Wacky Wednesday 2-11-09

happy-heart-valentineSo today was club and I decided to make each member a cute little Valentine.  The projects we were making would take a bit of time so this time I made this little gift for each of them before hand.  I hope the know how much I appreciate each of them. 

i-love-you-heart1This is a sample that we made for one of my parties.  They loved it.  The heart is made using the Big Shot Petal Card and folding up the two bottom ones to make a pocket.  I saw this idea at leadership and loved it.

Products Used:
113439 Sizzix™ Big Shot $99.95
113467 Petal Card Die $19.95
113476 Premium Crease Pad $8.95
105089 Horizontal Slot Punch $5.95
105934 Tag Punch $15.95
108264 Small Tag $15.95
101227 1/16″ Circle Punch $8.95
109055 Very Vanilla 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon $7.95
104199 Linen Thread $4.50
113980 Candy Lane DSP $9.95
102845 Blender Pens (3) $9.95
111758 A Happy Heart $22.95

Colors- Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette

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Technique Tuesday 2-10-09

roster-cardSo this is something I hadn’t thought of before.  This is a card that I got at Leadership.  Sorry no name.  I love how they used the top note big die  and then cut out around it on the bottom of the card.  I thought this was a really neat effect.  I think I will have to give it a try.

rooster-card-close-upProducts used:
113439 Sizzix™ Big Shot Machine & Accessories $99.95
113463 Stampin’ Up!® Top Note die $21.95
111367 Chocolate Chip ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon $4.95
105090 Word Window Punch $15.95
105541 Many Marvelous Markers $125.95
108362 Crop-A-Dile™ $29.95
113274 Rustic Rooster Level 2 Hostess Set
I’m not sure where she got the friend from but this one is close
113716 Garden Greetings $21.95

Colors- Chocolate Chip, Real Rust, Whisper White

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Stampin’ Sunday 2-8-09

So I just got the new Circle Scissor Plus.  I had fun playing it.  You will really love this new cutter.  Here is just one of the cards that I made.  The design is from the Stampin’ Success® which is a monthly magazine Stampin’ Up!® sends to all of it’s demonstrators.  It’s a great magazine packed full of ideas and projects.  Plus it has on-line links to the website for demonstrators with even more projects.   You can get this great magazine for yourself when you sign up to become a demonstrator.  For more information check out my Join Me section of my blog.birthday-circles

Products Used:
112530 Circle Scissor plus $29.95
112531 Glass Mat $19.95
112162 Rose Red Patterns DSP $9.95
111624 Dreams du Jour $18.95
115078 Stem Sayings $20.95
115076 Sprinkles $14.95
105108 Regal Rose Stampin’ Write® Marker $3.25

Colors- So Saffron, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

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Freewheeling Friday 2-6-09

youre-a-blast-cardThis is a card we made at Amy Johnson’s meeting last spring.  I think it was created by Brandi Barnard.  I think it’s really cute and could be used for many different occasions.  The background was easily created using the Stampin’ Around® Wheel.

Products Used:
104336 Silver Brads (200) $6.95
109038 Tempting Turquoise ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon $4.95
109027 Basic Black ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon $4.95
104832 Black Gingham Ribbon
109045 Star Punch $10.95
105538 Bold Brights Stampin’ Write® Markers $31.95
115054 Pun Fun $32.95
109687 See You Around Jumbo Wheel $8.50
103661 Stampin’ Around® Jumbo Handle $5.95

Colors- Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Whisper White

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