Team swap

Card: soft suede, pool party
DSP: spice cake patterned paper
Ink: soft suede, pool party
Stamp set: just believe
Accessories: pillow box die, big shot, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, linen thread, hemp twine, pearls, pool party ruffled ribbon

A few weeks back, we had a team meeting with a voluntary team swap. While I wasn't able to make it, I managed to put together these swaps. My upline, the lovely Paula, challenged us to use something from either the current summer mini catalogue or the upcoming Sale-a-bration catalogue.

These cute pilow boxes had smarties inside, but used the new DSP spice cake range from the mini. I teamed up the patterned paper with soft suede and pool party for a rustic, natural look. I'll problably use this 3D idea again as I love how the pillow box can be used by folding in one end and keeping the other end open but tied together. You could make the hemp twine longer and make tree decorations, for example... The sky is really the limit with Stampin' Up! products!

Team swap

My Stampin Up! team met up over coffee last Sunday afternoon for a catch up, and to do swaps. We were challenged to use at least one thing from the current Mini Catalogue. This was the swap I came up with:

Card: Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Blushing Bride
Ink: Poppy Parade, Blushing Bride
Stamps: Create a Cupcake (from the new mini)
Ribbon: linen thread
Other: Build a cupcake punch, dazzling diamonds, 2-way glue pen

I used my brayer to roll poppy parade ink on the top, and blusing bride ink on the bottom of whisper white card. I stamped happy birthday, then stamped the cupcake and cherry, and punched out the shapes of the cupcake. Finished off with dazzling diamonds (the cherry on top!) and linen thread.

If you like this card, contact me to book a workshop and I can show you how to make one for yourself!