Another Convention Swap - Halloween Treat holder

 

Here's another preview of items from the Holiday Catalog that's coming out August 1st. I'm participating in a small swap of 10 Halloween treat items, so this is my swap. I used Dollar Store mini containers and filled them with candy corn. I lined the lid with DSP and then topped it off with the rosette and belly band to add the pizazz! Who wouldn't want to find this at their Halloween party?

 

The supplies are: Summer Starfruit and Brushed Silver cardstock, (new) Witches Brew DSP, (new) Tags 4 You stamp set and matching Label Bracket punch, black heat embossing powder, heat gun, rhinestones and a glue gun with silicone mat to put it all together.

 

The trick to making a lot of rosettes is to score an entire sheet of DSP at the quarter inch intervals, then cut the one inch strips that you need to fold and glue.  So simple. I also used a one inch circle punch with scraps of basic black to glue a base to my rosette on the back side, then flipped it over on the silicone pad to hot glue the prepared tag.  I learned something the hard way - only touch the edges of the tag as you are pressing it to the hot glue on the rosette, otherwise the embossing powder will come off on your fingers due to the heat of the glue gun.  Luckily I learned the first time!

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Have a great day!

Sherry Robinson's Swap at the Plaza Hotel

 

Here's my original design for Sherry's swap. It's my second year for participating in her swap. I like how she does it - you prepare 25 cards that she swaps for you and then you make another 24 kits so over a 4 hour period you get to make 24 different cards from the other participants. So I leave there tired but with 48 different and lovely swaps.

 

My card has two sneak peek items from the upcoming Holiday catalog - the silver ribbon and the Winter Frost DSP.

The rest of the supplies are: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, and Brushed Silver cardstock, 4" White Doily, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, and then Stampin' Write Markers to color the "For the Birds" stamp set image in Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Island Indigo, and Silver marker.

I've never made a blue-toned Christmas card before, but I like it! Hope you do too!

2013 SU Convention General Swap

This is one of my general swaps for Convention this coming week. It lays flat, but I wanted you to see the "z" fold on the left hand side.  Simple but cute I think.

The supplies are:

Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, and Very Vanilla cardstock

Birthday Basics DSP

Silver Glimmer Paper

Chalk Talk Stamp Set

Chalk Talk Framelits

Raspberry Ripple Ink

Candy Dots

Stampin' Trimmer, Big Shot, Paper Snips

Glue Dots, Snail Adhesive & Dimensionals

Thanks for taking a look!

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Best of 25 Years - July Stamp Set

This month's Best of Set was hand selected by Shelli Gardner, head of Stampin ' Up! There is definitely something for everyone here.

Best of Shelli Clear-mount Stamp Set   133488   Price $14.95
You can order from the link on this website. Thanks for visiting!

Mr & Mrs Card

Here's another card for one of the organized swaps I signed up for at the Stampin' Up Convention. I like the classic black and white look.

The technique that I did that was a little different was ran the basic black ink pad lightly over the debossed side of the whisper white paper. The Mr. and Mrs. is heat embossed with black embossing powder. Then I think the ribbon accent, 3 rhinestones, plus the butterfly just finish off the card quite nicely.  Thanks for taking a look!