Card Swaps

I am back to participating in card swaps. I've done 4 so far. This first card was for a "Techniques" swap. I chose dry embossing and used my Cuttlebug. The card base and the one layer is the same color. The Cuttlebug folder I used is called "Birds & Swirl". It is hard to see...I used my Scor Pal and put a line just under the ribbon and 2 lines at the very bottom of the layer. I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch and punched the butterflies out of a scrap piece of DP and mounted them with foam tape. The ribbon is from Michael's and the sentiment is from SU. The next 2 cards are for a "Four Seasons" swap. I chose Summer and Spring. This first card is my summer card. Its done in greens. The ribbon is from May Arts and I used a buckle slider on it. I'm not real pleased with the colors I chose to color the girls. The stamp set is a retired SU set.

This is my Spring card. The card base is pink with a piece of DP. The tulip is from a SU retired set. I put a strip of green cardstock under the DP and then used a Martha Stewart border punch for both the green and DP. The ribbon is SU, the sentiment is AMuse and the crystal stickers are from Hero Arts. It seems lately I'm using a lot of pinks with various shades of green.

These next cards are ones I've received from swaps I've participated in. The first three cards are from a "Happy Birthday" swap.

I love the way the cupcakes were done.

The yellow layer was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The daisy really finishes off the card nicely. Love it!

I participated in a Memory Box card swap that was due in November. The hostess lives in Alaska and I guess the weather really dictated as to how soon she was able to swap these cards out. I just received these a few days ago. There are 6 cards that I received from this swap. Memory Box did a whole series of penguin images. Here's some of them:

Very soft looking card.

Memory Box has done several collage images. This is one of them. Very beautiful card and an excellent job in coloring.

This last swap was called "Flowers for You". On this card the larger white layer has been embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. Simple card yet very nice.

I absolutely love this card. I put a comment on the thread asking the swapper if the center medallion was done with a Nestability die cut. It looks like a paper doily. Then on the bottom there are two strips that look like they are also Nestability die cuts. Looks like fine lace borders. At the top of the card there's a row of tiny punched out flowers with a pearl sticker in the middle of each one. The prima flowers in the center of the medallion are held together with a brad then a pearl sticker placed on top of the brad. I need to remember this...love the look.

The last one is really nice too. I love the daisy.

I'm waiting to receive cards from the Technique swap and the Four Seasons swap. I've got 4 swaps to work on between now and the end of April. I am also hosting another card kit swap on SplitcoastStampers and that is due in my hands the end of March. I really enjoy swapping and have "met" some neat ladies. A lot of the ladies on SCS are Christians too and that makes it nice. I really enjoy doing these swaps...they are alot of fun!

Right now I am working on a card order for a friend of Denise's. The friend is in Korea right now with her family; her husband is stationed there for a couple of years. She wanted birthday cards - 4 kids, 4 guys and 4 gals. I've got 2 more gal cards to make and then I'm done. I hope to get these in the mail by Monday.

December 2010 Shoebox Card Swap

Well, better late than never...I am finally posting the cards from our stamp group's December Shoebox Card Swap. It was a Valentine's theme. I will label the ones that I remember... This is a magnet post-it note holder that was made by Candice.

Bonnie's card.

Bonnie's second card. There are 3 hearts that are held together with a brad.

I love this card...the elephant is paper pieced.

I think this was made by Linda.

This might have been made by Karen. She likes to use the googly eyes. :)

This one is so adorable!

This is a gift card holder. Rhonda made it...she said these were left overs from another project she did. The green portion slides out from the red part. Very cute.

There is a peppermint paddy sandwiched between 2 scalloped circles. A neat idea for favors.

We did a cookie exchange too and Karen made up these pocket cards to hold the recipes for her cookies and frosted oranges. So cute!

Our next swap is February 5th with an Easter, Spring and St. Patrick's Day theme.

New SCS Card Swaps - 2011

I completed 2 new SCS card swaps today...one is due on the 11th and the other on the 15th.

The first one is a Happy Birthday swap. I used the same layout that I used for Denise's birthday card with different colors. I really like how this turned out...the black flourish is from some that Denise made for me with her Cricut. The prima flower is from a pack of flowers I got in a goodie bag from our December Shoebox swap. This card is for a Flowers for a Friend SCS swap. The main stamp image is from a retired Stampin' Up set. I used the sentiment stamp from this set and stamped just the "Friends" from the stamp. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and the crystal stickers are from Michael's. I really like this card too. Its so "girly"!

I purchased the designer scrapbook paper from the Green Tangerines Scrapbook store in Rocklin. I love that store! The selection of paper is fantastic!!

Now that the holidays are over I will be gearing up to participate in more SCS swaps. Last year I participated in 19 SCS swaps from May to November and 6 Shoebox card swaps for a total of 25 swaps. I haven't counted how many cards I made for all those swaps...I'll just say "lots"!!

Cards

Its been a few months since I've updated this blog. I have no excuses...so to catch up I uploaded some cards that I've either made or received in card swaps. I've participated in over 25 Splitcoast Stampers card swaps and hosted two swaps on Splitcoast. I've also participated in our NorCal Card Swappers Shoebox swaps this year. They are held every 2 months.

Tomorrow (Saturday) my NorCal Card Swappers group is having a Shoebox Swap. The theme is Valentine's Day. The following 2 cards are my cards for the swap. Both of them are simple. I'm not real pleased with the coloring on this first card. I used a clear glitter pen on this one to give it some bling. On this card I used a clear stamp set by Bo Bunny. Bo Bunny makes some gorgeous designer scrap paper and in fact the paper I've used on this is from Bo Bunny. I'm not real impressed with the stamps in the way they stamp. Also, I masked this one...stamped the birds first then stamped the cage over the birds. Some of the cage imagine didn't stamp so I used a silver glitter pen and traced the whole cage with the pen. I also traced over the sentiment.

This is the birthday card that I made for Denise for her recent birthday. I saw the "happy birthday" on a blog called "No Time to Stamp" and knew I had to have it. I know I will use it often. I used some designer scrap paper, a little bit of lace, prima flowers with a flower brad and then the die cut flourish behind the flowers are from some flourishes that Denise cut for me using her Cricut. I'm participating in a "Happy Birthday" swap on SCS, due in January. I'm going to use the same layout as this card with some other designer paper.

I used a strip of the paper on the inside of the card.

These next 2 cards are ones I submitted for a Memory Box card swap. We had to use all Memory Box products. These stamps are part of their Christmas 2010 release. I kept both very simple.

This card was for another SCS swap. I made a gatefold card. I thought this came out pretty good. That's a paper doily I used and there are pearl stickers in all 4 corners. I used velcro to keep the card closed.

The inside.

A pocket card for the same swap. Both cards turned out to be "pretty girly". :)

This was my Christmas card for our NorCal Card Swappers October Shoebox swap. The stamp is from Memory Box. Very simple. I haven't taken pictures of the cards we made yet.

A friend of ours celebrated his 50th birthday with a huge party. It was a beach theme. I wanted to use some sandpaper for the sand...Gerry didn't have any so I used some kraft cardstock. I added 3 brads on the side for some added interest. Can't use ribbon on guys cards. :)

This was for a fall themed SCS swap. I colored the image with pencils instead of using Copic markers.

This was my second card for the same swap. I didn't notice until I uploaded the card to my computer that I forgot to color in the grapes and the corn. And it got sent to the swap hostess that way. Mercy, how absent-minded can a person be. The hostess didn't say a thing...hope she kept it for herself and didn't swap it. I colored the whole image with pencils.

This was for a Christmas swap. Simple yet kind of fun.

Another SCS swap I participated in. This is an easel card.

Cards I received in SCS Sympathy swap. I need to use one of these on Sunday for a memorial service we're attending. A friend of ours passed away last week Friday.

Wow, this is a long post. If you are still with me, thanks for hanging in. I need to take pictures of other cards I have and will do that sometime soon. There just aren't enough hours in the day. :)