I got hung up with the holidays and then after the new year I got hung up preparing swaps for one of the regional events that was held in San Antonio, Texas in mid January.
To break things up I'll share one of the swaps I came up with and work on sharing one new one each day so that I'm not trying to put them all out there at one time and bore you to tears.
This is the first card I designed. I was trying to come up with a "WOW" swap. What is a "WOW" swap exactly? Well it's first and foremost as swap where you create all of one design and you swap them out for other cards made by other designers. This was a coordinated swap consisting of other ladies whom I call my sisters. We all come from the same group. The second part of the swap, the "WOW" part comes from the idea of when someone see's it their immediate thought in their head is "Wow, I've got to get that set!" So this first card was my original concept. It was nice, but for me it just wasn't screaming "WOW!" yet. The concept was great and even though it didn't scream to me it did to others who swapped with me.
This card utilizes lots of layers and dimensions I used the new Apothecary Art Clear stamps(125527) from the new Occasions Mini. It's also available in wood as with all of our sets. I used the new Labels Framelits (125598) for the Big Shot as well. They are meant to work with this set. If you own the Big Shot this is a must have. There are so many things you can do with these frames.
I also used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder(120175) to add additional dimension to the card as well as using lots of dimensionals to make the card pop. The stamp used on the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) is the French Filigree back ground stamp(113742) I used some other favorite embellishments, Basic Pearls(119247) Want to add just a little bit of class to any vintage type inspired card or project? This is for you.
Well I hope you enjoyed this sample. I hope to post another sample for you to view here within the next day or so.
I'm in the process of project design yet again. This time several of my "stamp sisters" and I will be planning a new Stamp-a-stack type of event. If you're interested let me know and I'll give you more details about this event. Pay $25 and make 10 unique cards. Email me at smalchow1@msn.com. Our first event will be around the end of March.
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Till next time,
Happy Stamping!
