September Shoe-box Swap

Yesterday I held a shoe-box swap with my team members.  It's a great time for each of us to plan a project and bring the supplies for everyone to make it.  The projects are always awesome, and perfect for parties and classes.  You never know, you might see one of these at the next class you attend.

Sherri Minne's shoe-box swap

Stamps used:  Festival of Tress*

Accessories:  Tree Punch*, All Is Calm Designer Washi Tape, Frosted Finishes Embellishment (retired, but you could use the new All Is Calm Snowflake Embellishements from the Holiday Catalog), Soft Sky 1/2" seam binding, Decorative Dots TIEF, Sizzix Big-Shot

Amy Taylor's shoe-box swap

 Stamps used:  Freaky Friends, Good Greetings (hostess only)
Accessories:  Gift Box Punch Board, 1-3/8" Circle punch, Label Bracket punch, 1/8" Handheld punch, Bermuda Bay 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Motley Monsters DSP, Stampin' Dimensionals

Michele Force's shoe-box swap

Stamps used:  Get Your Santa On

Accessories:  Blendabilities Markers, Filigree Frame TIEF, Sizzix Big-Shot, Deco Labels Collection Framelits, Silver 1/8" Ribbon, 2-Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Jennifer Wade's shoe-box swap

Stamps used:  Holiday Home*
Accessories:  Homemade Holiday Framelits Dies*, Motley Monsters DSP, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

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Holiday Catalog Sneak Peek

One of the perks of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is being able to purchase new things from the Holiday Catalog a month before the catalog is relased to everyone.  So, I've been playing with some new "toys".  Here is one card that I've made using a new stamp set, White Christmas.  It's a new photopolymer set and so fun to use.

It's a fairly simple card with just a few elements.  To give a look of freshly falling snow, I added just a touch of Dazzling Details (difficult to see in the picture).  The greeting image was longer than the Word Window punch, so I cut it at the same width and then fed the ends through the punch ends to get a longer piece.  I liked the way it looked layered onto a "normal" size Modern Label punched piece.  Oh, the Designer Series Paper is another sneak peek from the Holiday catalog too.  It's a specialy paper called, All Is Calm.  Beautiful, soft colors!

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