Swaps from Australia

I thought I'd post a few more pics of swap cards today that I got at convention since I still have quite the pile of them sitting on my table.  These are three different cards that I received from ladies that came to convention from Australia and their cards are awesome! 

This first card or maybe I should say bookmark is from Michelle Z.  It is just beautiful.  I love the vintage look and of course the sparkles that have been added.  The whole layout is fantastic.

This second card from Russarna M. is just lovely.  The way she used this set on the card from stamping, to cutting out flowers to making layers in the corner just makes the card pop for me.  The few touches of washi tape and an added strip of an embossing folder just brings it all together beautifully.

My last card from Shannean M. is clean and simple, yet gorgeous.  I'm not sure if she sponged the color, dragged the ink pad across the paper or what, but I love it.  For those of you who know I love sponging this is something right up my alley. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Elegant Butterfly Birthday Swap and Convention Pics

Today's card is another swap I received at convention from Gwen E.  Definitely a cute way to showcase the 2013-2015 In Colors.  I thought it would be the perfect card for my niece's 12th b-day too, so I added a white base since this card was cut to fit on the base sheet also.  Definitely gotta love that!  

And since I'm talking about convention I thought I'd show you a few more pics of my time there...

This is the view outside our hotel window.  The mountains don't look very big in the picture, but in person they were a lot bigger.

This is me with my upline Glenda and her friend Belinda.  They've been going to SU! conventions for quite a few years together now.  Every year since I've been a part of Stampin' Up! I've heard all about it and was SO excited to go this year!  Thanks for letting me tag along and have some fun, Belinda and Glenda! :)

This is another friend of Glenda's...France.  They met a few years back on a Stampin' Up! cruise and have been friends ever since.  How great is that?!  A friendship that has lasted even though they are thousands of miles apart (and, yes, I was happy to get a pic with the famous Stampin' Up! Demo France Martin!)

I randomly took pictures of many of the samples they had up on boards.  Notice how they are all in the shape of letters.  I never did figure out what any of them spelled. lol  When I get some time I'd like to zoom in on the cards and see them close up.  I know there's a lot of great ideas for cards on these boards. :)

This is Glenda pointing to the card she made for regionals in Lansing last November.  I found mine too (actually Glenda found it), but Glenda has the picture of me pointing to mine, so I thought I'd put her pic up instead. lol

Oh, the dreaded prize patrol!!!  Yes, I cringed every time there was a drum roll before the color popped up on the screen.  Now why didn't Gumball Green get chosen first instead of one of the last?  Then I wouldn't have been so worried all the time about all that standing, waving and clapping we're supposed to do.  It would have been over and done with right away! lol  When Gumball Green was called I did stand and clap....and thankfully they gave me my "prize" pretty quickly. lol

I hope you enjoyed a few of my pics from Stampin' Up! Convention 2013. :)

Convention Swaps - 1

Today I want to show you a bunch of swap cards from convention.  I noticed I had a lot of cards with blue in them, so I decided to grab those and show them to you.  

This first card is from Candi R.  It's such a cute birthday card.  I really like how the blue is highlighted using the Alphabet Press Embossing Folder.

The second card I want to show you is from Shawnna T. I love these colors together and how she colored her flower.  I so need to get this hostess set!

When I saw the positively Chevron background stamp I wondered what I would do with it.  Well, this card from Kristy S. shows a really cute way to use it. I really like the new In Color Ruffle Stretch Trim too.

This card from France M. has my two favorite colors...green and blue, and a bit of shimmer on the wings.  I love sparkles or shimmer of one kind or another on my cards. 

This card really stood out to me when I had a choice of a few different cards from Linda F.  I really liked the bright flower against the blue.

To be honest I didn't even know we had this stamp set in the catalog.  I kind of get stuck in the rut of what I like instead of trying to look for something new and create with it.  This was a cute way to showcase a few of the new In Colors by Melissa M.

The last card I'm going to show you today is from Ellie B.  It's such a cute and simple way to say happy birthday to someone and it could be done in any color, or preferably their favorite color. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Convention Swaps

Today I am in Salt Lake City, Utah for my first Stampin' Up! convention so I thought I'd show you the cards I made to swap.  All I can say is I was crazy to make this card!  When I made regional cards I was able to whip up 30 cards in 2 1/2 hours, but not this time!  Too many steps, but once I come up with an idea that I like there's no changing my mind.  So here's my stack...

And one up close in the pile.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers, Dictionary & Sweet Essentials

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Crumb Cake, Perfect Plum

Wisteria Wonder & Pear Pizzaz

Punch:  Bitty Butterfly

Framelits:  Window Frames

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer (diluted with rubbing alcohol)

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

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