JAMIE'S SWAP CARD

Hi Stampers!

Today I am going to share with you a card made by my friend Jamie as a swap card for February's stamp club. It's so lovely and elegant....I just LOVE it!!!

She used the Emboss Resist technique for the flowers......she also stamped faint background images which really gave it some depth. She used the Darling Dots embossing folder on the bottom portion of the card....once again, no card seems complete without something Big Shot-ed (that should be a new word ;-o)

This card is really stunning in person.....I wish I had a camera that did cards like this one justice.

Thanks Jamie!!! You did a PERFECT JOB on this card!!!

I will be back soon and share with you my swap card.....but don't get too excited.....this card is a HARD act to follow :-)

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

CLUB SWAP

Hey Stampers,

Today I spent a good portion of the day in my stamp room....stamping!!! I had a friend over so she could make a couple of Christmas 6x6 albums.....and while she was busy putting her albums together I busied myself working on making my swaps for my upcoming monthly Stamp club on Monday. I also made my neice's and nephews gift card holders too.....but I will show you those in another post.

I saw a card similar to this one on a blog or a stamper's website....but I can't remember where!!! So, I apologize that I can't give credit for this card's basic design.....but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the simplicity of this card and how good it turned out. I just used Whisper White and Marina Mist.

Then I got thinking.....other non-traditional colors might look good too....so here those cards are too.

The colors used here are Pacific Point, Soft Suede, Basic Black, and Always Artichoke. The Soft Suede one is the best of these....but I think they all turned out good. Let me know which one you like best!

I'll be back soon with the gift card holders!

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

MY CLUB SWAP and PIE MAKING

Hey Stampers!

Thanks for poppin' in!!

Here is the swap that I made for my club.....it is very CAS (Clean And Simple). This is because when I tried to add something more, it just didn't look right, so I just left it alone.

The card's base is Certainly Celery and is layered with some now retired DSP. The 5/8" satin Certainly Celery ribbon is from the Summer Mini. I used the Level 2 hostess Set Fast & Fabulous....stamping a couple of the images on the cute little Scallop Rectangle (By the way.....I'm lovin' the little Scallop Rectangle Sizzlit that SU has now!!!). I layered those cuties on some Chocolate Chip bases and popped them up with Dimensionals.....and I was done!

Easy as pie!!

Speaking of pie.....Madison has decided to become a "chef" as her summer project, so the other day she made her first pie ALL BY HERSELF!

This is her finished pie crust.....simply gorgeous!!!

Here she is peeling the apples to fill the wonderful pie crust....

(please ignore the overflowing and never-ending laundry in the background!!)

Here she is learning from Grandma.....the "Pie Master"

Ready for the oven!

The finished product!!!!

YUM!!!! I think I'm going to like her new "hobby"!!!

Well, that's enough for today....

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

CLUB SWAPS

Hi Stampers!

Today I am posting the swaps from my Monday stamp club......

This card is by Janeen Best....

Here's Michelle Barnes card....

Ruth Berberian made this card....

Here is what Jamie Slater made....

I already posted mine.....but here it is again....

Well, that's all for me today.....until next time, find some time for stamping!!!

Blessings..........Cindy

CLUB SWAP CARD ~ COLOR RENOVATION

Hey there Stampers! Thanks for taking the time to pop in!

Today, I wanted to show you the card that I made for my stamp club swap.....I used the always-beautiful-no-matter-what-you-do Inspired By Nature stamp set. This really is such a GREAT set....very verstile!! You can't really tell from the picture...but I painted the tops of the flowers with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint....they look REALLY PRETTY in real life!!! If you haven't bought these.....they are still available.....they're great and easy to use too!!

Since Stampin' Up! announced their Color Renovation, I have been trying to use up all my soon-to-be-retired cardstock. My card's base is Close to Cocoa. I used Lovely Lilac for the liner and the flowers....the grass is stamped with Certainly Celery and the flower leaves with Old Olive. The flower tops are with Chocolate Chip....I didn't have a Close to Cocoa marker ;-)

Just in case you've been out of touch with the world.....Stampin' Up! (SU) recently announced that they are renovating the basic color families.....and retiring a bunch of "regular" colors that have been around for a few years. I am VERY EXCITED about this new change.....I think the new color organization is going to be the FANTASTIC!!! I think SU has picked the BEST OF THE BEST colors....and what is SO COOL is that they are bringing back some retired In Colors.....and what's even COOLER is that most of the colors they are bringing back are some of my FAVORITES!!! WooHooo!!!! Anyway....click HERE to see the new color families.....and click HERE to see which colors will be retiring.

Well.....that's it for me today. Hope you come back.....I will be posting my clubs' swaps soon!

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!!

Blessings.........Cindy

PS: I should add that the sentiment is from the long ago retired stamp set Say It With Scripture. I cannot bare to ever part with this set....it is one of my favorites!! Wish they would bring that one back :-)

CLUB SWAPS

Hi Stampers! Thanks for stopping in.....and sorry for not getting this posted sooner.

Anyways.....here are the swaps that my Monday night club members made. (I already posted my swap.....click here to take a look at it.)

Here is the card made by Barbara Holmes....

This one is by Jamie Slater....

Here is Janeen Best's....

Ruth Berberian made this one.....

and finally....this one is by Michelle Barnes...

Good job ladies!!! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with in May!!!

Well...that's it for today. Until next time, find some time for stamping.

Blessings..........Cindy

CLUB SWAPS

Hey Stampers! Sorry again for the long pause.....Just a bunch of stuff going on here.

My monthly stamp club has decided to start swapping. Each gal made 6 cards and then each of us went home with 6 different cards.

Here are pictures of those cards.....sorry, but I forgot to take a picture of my swap :-(

This first card was made by Janeen Best....love the sentiment!!!

This card is Jamie Slater's....beautiful coloring!

This card is Barbara Holmes'.....such pretty pinks!

Here is Michelle Turner's card.....I love the richness of the Elegant Eggplant and the Baroque Motifs

This card is Michelle Barnes'.....you never can have enough birthday cards!!

This last card was made by Ruth Berberian.....She did a LOVELY job!!!

They all did a great job and I look forward to seeing what they come up with next month....which has the theme of SPRING!

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!

Blessings.........Cindy