I Get Cards

 

Recently my team and I did a little card swap. Not all members participated and it was our first time trying it, so maybe next time more members of the team will give it a try. But I was really proud of my downline for their designs and I wanted to show them off here as very few of them have blogs! 

Lets have a look at them one by one:

The first card is created by Dianne Gough using the Hand Drawn Blooms Bundle from the Annual Catalogue. I love the colours she has used and how she die cut the bouquet out of either sponged or watercoloured paper. I also love that she incorporated the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder and the Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper in her design! Such an awesome card, Dianne!

Susan Martin made a beautiful CAS card using the Coming Home Bundle from the Aug/Dec Mini Catalogue! What you need to know about this card is that the little Volkswagon is actually adhered to the inside of the card and makes it's appearance on the card front through a die cut hole through to the front! How ingenious! So stinkin' cute, too!

This card was from Doreen Austgarden! She's designed a winter card using the Snow Wonder stamp set from the Aug/Dec Mini Catalogue. I really love this little snowman and the only reason I didn't get this set was because I already had a snowman stamp set. I just love the textured background and the way she has positioned the snowman just outside the top panel giving a unique perspective. The twine and rhinestones really brighten it up the muted image! Doreen has really skillfully coloured the images for an amazing effect!

Kim Findlater has made a beautifully rustic outdoors design using the Birch background stamp and the Mountain Air Bundle from the Annual Catalogue! I love the muted colours she's used, but the total effect is really exciting! With the pine trees and clouds popped up in front there is a real sense of perspective! Gorgeous!

So that was the card swap. I shared my card HERE.

Then I received a beautiful Thanksgiving card from a long time customer:

The beautiful fall colours that Eunice Stoneman used for this card are so warm and inviting! And this design is so texture rich that it makes me happy! Notice how each panel of design paper is backed with cardstock. That gives the card a really finished professional look! Thank you Eunice!

Speaking of Design Paper, I just wanted to remind you that the Designer Series Promotion is still on!

There is some beautiful DSP amongst this selection, and you could stock up to fuel your crafting for the remainder of the Annual Catalogue's run until May! Or you could use it to get discount prices on Christmas gifts for crafty friends and family!

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Product List

Hand-Drawn Blooms Bundle (English) [154101] $65.50	Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper [152495] $15.75	Coming Home Bundle [155144] $63.00	Snow Wonder Bundle (English) [155185] $67.50	Birch Cling Stamp [149256] $23.00
Mountain Air Bundle [153820] $68.25

Rustic Retreat for As You See It Challenges

Well, I haven't thought about Christmas in a long time, but there are only 6 months left you know, so I guess it's time to have a thought here and there about it. As you know, we crafters have to get an early start on the season! But the real reason I'm thinking about Christmas is As You See It Challenge #204.

This is a Recipe Challenge designed by our Design Team Member, Jane Knudsen, and she obviously had Yuletide on the brain:

For a Recipe Challenge, you are given a variety of elements and you have to include all of them in your project, so here goes my Christmas in July card, which makes use of a new stamp set in the Annual Catalogue called Rustic Retreat. It was designed by Million Dollar Sales Achiever, Mary Polcin:

• I also tried out one of my new background stamps for the back panel. It's called Birch and it looks just like a piece of birch bark. I stamped mine on Whisper White using Early Espresso ink. I wanted to add to the rustic look of the card, but it does look a little busy. It may have needed a larger Buffalo Check panel behind the main image to keep them apart from each other a bit more to tone it down. I do like the effect though.
• I love the varying scripts in the sentiments from this Rustic Retreat set. They would look great embossed in white on black cardstock with a faux blackboard look, but I used Real Red here to comply with the recipe elements.
• I stamped the cabin from Rustic Retreat by inking it up in Early Espresso, Smoky Slate and Mossy Meadow using Stampin' Write Markers. I made a mask of the cabin to cover it up and then stamped 3 levels of the evergreens behind it using Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz. The mask allows the evergreens to look as though they are behind the cabin.
• The stars are from the Little Twinkle stamp set, stamped in Daffodil Delight.
• The recipe also calls for a ribbon, so I've used some Lovely Lipstick 1/8" Grosgrain Ribbon in a little fork bow. And it calls for a die cut, so I brought in the Dashing Deer stamp set for a stamped stag, die cut with the Detailed Deer dies, mounted with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.

I'm still camping with all my kids and grandkids and having a wonderful time! I'll share some photos when we get home! Happy Stampin'!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Rustic Retreat Cling Stamp Set [150285] $33.00	Little Twinkle Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151264] $26.00	Dashing Deer Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151362] $30.00	Birch Cling Stamp [149256] $22.00	Birch Wood-Mount Stamp [149259] $27.00
Buffalo Check Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151372] $22.00	Buffalo Check Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147797] $27.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $10.25	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $10.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $10.25	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $40.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $10.25
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $10.25	Lovely Lipstick 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146952] $8.25	Detailed Deer Dies [147915] $46.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50