Card Exchange Club - November 2018

On a (mostly) monthly basis a friend holds a card exchange club at her home.  We each make multiples of any card design we come up with and exchange them.  So many fun, beautiful, unique cards!  

This month we had one all occasion card and six Christmas cards!  Take a look.  They are all just wonderful!

Fun card using Seasonal Chums stamp set and coloured beautifully with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.

Pretty shine with the now retired Springtime Foil Specialty Paper.

Christmas Pines - perfectly suited for a gorgeous Christmas card.

There is some lovely shimmer on the image from Sheltering Tree.  So pretty in blue!

So much cuteness with this card made from the now retired owl punch.  Love those little penguins!

This tree is perfect for using scraps from our Designer Series Paper.  Great idea and a great card!

My swap card using Snowflake Sentiments and the Foil Edged card bases and envelopes.

Note:  Some designs may be cased.  If so, there is no intent to call the design their own.   Merely to craft and share amongst friends.  This is not an exclusive Stampin' Up! card swap so you may see non-Stampin' Up! product in this type of swap post.

Thanks for stopping by!

You can browse and shop at my on-line store

www.cindymcgurk.stampinup.net

Cindy

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No Peeking - Paper Piecing

No Peeking is a fun little set found in the 2012/2013 Stampin' Up! catalogue.  The paper is from Snow Festival.  I love the Tiny Tags set; such an easy way to add a sentiment.

I was designing a card for the 2012 Hamilton Regionals in Aug. and this was my first sample.  I had to change it up a bit for the actual swap because I didn't have enough of the little pearls to make 25 cards!

This is the actual swap I made; much better lighting in this photo:

Here are the images you get with this set..aren't they the cutest!!

See Page 23 of the catalogue for actual image sizes.  These are a lot smaller than the actual stamp size.
126290 Wood $29.95
126292 Clear $21.95

Hope you have been busy making your Christmas cards!

Cindy

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Mouthwatering - 2012 All Sets Canadian Swap

My first ever swap!  I often see swaps, but they are always in the states and I never wanted to commit to one because of the length of time for them to get there by mail.  So when Wanda Dodds, a fellow Canadian demonstrator organized one I decided to JUST DO IT!  I got back 18 different cards to help inspire and motivate!

I love the Mouthwatering set!  I had already stamped the popsicles with the old felt stamp pads, but decided to try out the new foam ones and they stamped so bright and clear!  I did use the Melon Scented Embossing Powder; smelled good enough to eat LOL!

The photo below has a slight variation.  I did the card in a class of teenage girls and I wanted to simplify the process, so I used the Tasteful Trim die in place of the Seam Binding Ribbon.

In the first photo I used the Woodgrain background stamp to make the sticks - had to keep all products current for this swap!  However, I just used the retired wood sheets for the second one.

Stamp Set:  Mouthwatering, Fabulous Phrases, Woodgrain

Paper:  Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Floral District DSP

Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Accessories:  Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon/Tasteful Trim Die, Word Window Punch, Melon Scented Embossing Powder, Versamark, Labels Collection Framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Wood Sheets

That's probably the last I'll see of popsicles under the spring!

Happy Stamping!

Cindy

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