Each StampAttic's meeting offers a chance to participate in a card swap. Unlike the craziness of the general swapping I experienced at convention this was an organized swap. The theme was Christmas, and there was 15 ladies who participated.
When I am preparing my my swap cards I always feel like an assembly line. I do the same thing for each card before I move onto the next. I feel that it's faster that way, because I am only using each tool once, instead of using the same tool at 15 separate times As you can see from my stack of card fronts I had a pretty good assembly line going with myself. :o)At Convention I learned how to KISS (Keep it Simple Stampers) and that is exactly what I like to do with my swap cards. I try to trade swaps that other demonstrators will look at and say, I can use that as a Make and Take, or that's easy enough to demonstrator at my next workshop. This is what I usually look for in swap cards.
For my Christmas Card I used the stamp set: A Cardinal Christmas (111760 $23.95) from the Holiday Mini Catalog. You can view the mini catalog by clicking HERE!
Of course I just had to use my NEW Big Shot and Top Note Bigz Die to make my swap cards. I also used Real Red, Baja Breeze and Whisper White Card Stock. I stamped with Basic Black and Baja Breeze Ink and used my Markers (Real Red, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Always Artichoke) to color the Cardinal in.
The embellishments are a Rhinestone brad from the Pretties Kit and a felt snowflake from the package of Little Felt Flurries (113697 $13.95). You can find the Little Felt Flurries in the Holiday mini catalog, which runs until January 18, 2009.I know it's hard to tell when looking in the Holiday Mini Catalog what size the Little Felt Flurries are, so I thought I would share a photo with you. The post it note below is 3" x 3" and the coin is a quarter.
Thanks for stopping In Today, and Make sure to check back tomorrow for some awesome samples from the StampAttic's Meeting.
Georgia
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