Sharing Swaps

Here are a few swaps from a team event we recently had.  All stamp sets featured can be found in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  So many talented ladies in our group!  I'll be sharing more as the week goes on – stay tuned!

Designed by Kristin Springer, this card is so beautiful!  Apothecary Art and Loving Thoughts stamp sets paired with the new Framelits Labels Collection has been a real hit!  I love the touch of the the double butterflies from Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.  Color scheme is Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake and Whisper White.

Don't know who to give credit to for this darling card!  It uses Mouthwatering stamp set and features a simple color combination of Soft Suede, Island Indigo and Whisper White.  So happy about Stampin' Up!'s addition of 5 new colors of Baker's Twine to coordinate with the 2011-13 In Colors!

KC Groth uses the darling set called Gnome Sweet Gnome to create her soft, pretty card.  Colors are Lucky Limeade, Pink Pirouette and Wisteria Wonder.  Lots of sponging on this card, and the cute little lantern is cut out and popped up on Dimensionals.

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Dare to Dream

Love this card I received from my upline Aly!  The sentiment comes from a terrific set in the Occasions Mini Catalog called Loving Thoughts.  It makes great use of the Sale-A-Bration promotion – purchase $50 of Stampin' Up! products from either of the catalogs and receive a gift from the special Sale-A-Bration catalog FREE!  You can take a package of Brights Designer Buttons which includes 72 buttons, 4 each of 3 designs in 6 different colors, completely free! 

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Christmas Card ideas

Here's my third installment in Christmas card ideas from The Heartfelt Stampers Team!  Click HERE and HERE to see more!

Here's a beauty using Greeting Card Kits stamp set.  Love the use of the Lattice Bigz Die background!  And the ribbon treatment looks so nice – Whisper White Satin Ribbon tied with Always Artichoke Seam Binding Ribbon.

Everyone loves Snow Much Fun stamp set this year!  Here's another great example with this darling set.

Here's a stamp set that's an "oldie but goodie" – Holiday Lineup.  And it gets a fresh new look with some of the products from the Holiday Mini Catalog – Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin Ribbon, Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper and Dazzling Details glitter glue to highlight some of the areas.

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More Christmas Card Swaps

Here's the next set of Christmas card swaps – some fun ideas for your own cards!

This beauty is from April and uses the Winter Post stamp set along with the sentiment from Four the Holidays.  Lots of "Big Shot-ing" going on – the background is oh, so pretty with the Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions Embossing Folder in the background; Top Note Die and Scallop Square Die add interest in layers and Sweet Buttons Embosslits Die is a great way to create a paper button that's low in cost, easy to mail and cute to boot!

Love this traditionally elegant Christmas card using Perfect Polka Dots Textured Embossing Folder for the background, beautiful Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Rhinestones and Snow Swirled stamp set.

Contempo Christmas stamp set gets a gorgeous backdrop of Silver Glimmer Paper and designer paper from the Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin' Kit found in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  There's also some Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon and a Mini Jingle Bell.

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Christmas Card swaps

At our annual Oktoberfest Retreat Weekend, we exchanged Christmas Cards in a swap including 30 people!  It was so much fun to see lots of different ideas for our beautiful seasonal stamps.  Here are just a few of my favorites.

Here's a beauty by Nicole using the Holiday Mini catalog stamp set Bright Hopes.

What a truly clever card from Jackie using Holiday Happiness stamp set.  Ornaments are simply punched out of Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin' Kit designer paper from the Holiday Mini catalog and popped up on dimensionals.

My apologies to whomever designed this gorgeous card – can't remember who it was.  The border is Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink.  Stamp set is Bells and Boughs from the Idea Book & Catalog, coupled with the Bird Builder Punch used with Red Glimmer Paper.

Stay tuned for more fabulous Christmas Card swaps!  I'll be posting many more!

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More from Oktoberfest Retreat Weekend

I began posting about our Heartfelt Stampers' retreat weekend HERE.  Today, I'll show you some of the adorable gifts and goodies we all received for coming.

Here are some of the treats that everyone who attended received.  Everything was in keeping with the circus theme.

This was a little note card that accompanied a cookie made from Stampin' Up!'s new Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps – it was packaged in a cello bag with a pretty red bow on top, but I ate it!  Am I terrible?  I didn't even wait to snap a photo!

Here is our second pillow gift.  Notice the darling tag made from Under The Big Top stamp set.  And look at that gorgeous Red Glimmer Paper punched out for the bar bells!  It also uses a Mini Clothespin to keep the bag shut.  And inside was some ruffled ribbon.

I showed you a picture before of our amazing popcorn popper – well, here are the containers we used to dish it up!  The popcorn motif was created from the Cupcake Builder Punch, as well as a punch from Itty Bitty Punch Pack.  So clever!

And here's the card I received for my sales for the month of September.  Love this idea of creating a circus tent!  It's made by punching lots of card stock pieces from the Word Window Punch and another image from the Under the Big Top stamp set.

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Oktoberfest Retreat

Once a year, our team of Heartfelt Stampers holds a weekend retreat.  We rent a lodge on Canandaigua Lake in the Finger Lakes area of New York State and meet to relax, enjoy getting to know our team members better, eat wonderful food, laugh and of course stamp!  I took a few pictures, but once the fun begins, I seem to forget about my camera!

This year was a circus theme to take advantage of Stampin' Up!'s Big Top product suite.  We had a huge kitchen to work with, and everyone contributed food for the weekend.  Needless to say, we ate like queens!

We had an authentic carnival popcorn popper with popcorn available all weekend, plus snacks like animal crackers and peanuts.

One section of the lodge is reserved for eating.  Brightly colored tablecloths and cute pinwheel centerpieces fit right in!

Here's a close-up of the centerpieces using Stampin' Up! ribbon, designer paper, card stock and buttons!

I'll continue to show you Oktoberfest pillow gifts and projects in the days to come! 

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Petite Pockets Box

Here's the second project we made at our Leadership Summit.  Can you believe this began with the Petite Pocket Die?!  This die is much more versatile than you'd think!  And paired with the Timeless Portrait product suite, this project is definitely a class act! 
 

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:
Item No. 122570 Forever Young wood $25.95 OR
Item No. 122572 Forever Young clear $18.95
Item No. 122352 Timeless Portrait Designer Series Paper $10.95
Item No. 119261 Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon $5.95
Item No. 100982 Hemp Twine $2.95
Item No. 121003 Basics Glimmer Brads (40) $4.95
Item No. 108362 Crop-A-Dile $29.95
Item No. 104294 Sticky Strip $6.95

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Leadership Summit project

Every year, our team of Heartfelt Stampers enjoys our annual retreat on Canandaigua Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.  This year, we added an extra day, and our Leadership Team met on Thursday to enjoy some business training and special projects.  Here's what we made!

This is a beautiful memo board I'm going to hang in my office.  It begins with the 12"x12" cardboard from the backing of a package of designer series paper, then hot glue two strips of Cork Sheets found in the Base Materials for the Big Shot.  I covered the cork with Timeless Portrait Designer Fabric and added Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon on all sides.  Antique Brads decorate the four corners.  Some Basic Black 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon acts as a hanger and is hot glued to the back; I adhered a piece of 12"x12" card stock to cover the back.  Now for all the decorating!  The beautiful butterfly is cut using the Big Shot and Beautiful Butterfly die in Island Indigo card stock.  Lots of the same card stock is punched out using one of the punches from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, then adhered with Mini Glue Dots. Accent pieces were stamped with Forever Young stamp set, and I personalized it with the letter "K" cut from Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies and the Big Shot.

Here's a close-up of the sweet little note card hanging from the board.  The Daffodil Delight flower is actually a tack with the head covered with card stock cut out with a punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack.

I'll share a second project we made at our Leadership Summit tomorrow – stay tuned!

THINGS YOU'LL NEED: 
Item No. 119819 Cork Sheets (6) $9.95
Item No. 122337 Timeless Portrait Designer Fabric $9.95
Item No. 117273 Antique Brads $5.95
Item No. 119261 Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (10 yds.) $5.95
Item No. 115615 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon $9.95
Item No. 114507 Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die $21.95
Item No. 118309 Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack $16.95
Item No. 103683 Mini Glue Dots $4.95
Item No. 122572 Forever Young clear mount stamp set $18.95
Item No. 115951 Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies $74.95

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More swaps from some talented gals

I'd like to share with you a couple more swaps I received from my team members at our July Stamp Fest.

First up is a fun swap from Laura S. showcasing the 2011-13 In Colors.  I love this simple but effective card using the Big Shot and the Tasteful Trims Die to do most of the work!  The image is from Happiest Birthday Wishes, a hostess-exclusive stamp set, and it's markered direct to rubber using the In Color Stampin' Write Markers.

Sad to say, I don't know who to give credit to for this beauty.  I love the color combo here – Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Basic Black make such a statement!  There's lots of fun elements – designer paper, textured embossing folder, punches and a wonderful image from Sweets for the Sweet stamp set.  Sentiment is from Thank You Kindly.

This final one is the creative work of Sheila E.  She's used one of my favorite stamp sets, Simply Soft – a hostess-exclusive set – for the two-step stamping.  Tiny Pearls are in the centers of the flowers to dress them up, and the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch adds the perfect accent.  Oh, so pretty!

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