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I love the swaps I received from the Late Night Stampers organized Christmas swap.  Here is the card I traded:

I used the Season of Joy set on page 33 and the new Designer series paper “Jolly Holiday” on page 174.  The old olive 1/8″ taffeta ribbon on page 191.  The silver emboss powder is on page 196.

Swap cards for convention.  At Stampin’ Up conventions most people bring card fronts to trade with other demos and get new ideas and great card samples.  Here are my big shot flower cards in three different color designs.  The first two use the new Love Letter DSP on page 173.  The colors are basic black, riding hood red and very vanilla.  The flower is a bigz clear die called “Flower” found on page 207.  This is one of my favorites right now.  It is also used a lot for making quilts.  The third flower card uses Sweet & Sour Specialty DSP found on page 172.  These colors are very vanilla, pumpkin pie and rose red.  The cards also use several circle and oval punches on page 203.  I spent four days with my upline and good friend, Lori, in Salt Lake City, Utah.  We had a wonderful time!  I will show you my Christmas swap (only 153 days until Christmas, so think about what your Christmas card will be) and show you many of the beautiful swap cards I received over the next several days.  Please stop back often and leave a comment so I know there’s someone out there reading this. :)  Oh… I almost forgot,  all the flowers are embossed with the big shot embossing folder called vintage wallpaper on page 214.

I really like the Stampin Up Sweet Pea Paper Stack.  I can’t wait to make every color combination.  I also used Whisper White paper, Old Olive Satin Ribbon page 13 of the summer mini catalog, Sincere Salutations and Hello Again stamp sets.  (I got Hello Again free during Sale A Bration)  I also used my eyelet border punch which has become a favorite of mine recently.  You’ll find this on page 187 of the Stampin Up Idea Book and catalog.  This card idea came from Inking Idaho.  Becky Roberts has a great blog.  On the envelope I used the Scallop Circle punch and cut between the petals and the 3/4 in circle punch,  on pages 186 & 187.

Card cased from Jen Sannes http://www.simpleandsincere.com/2009/09/cheers-to-newlyweds.html 

I used all Stampin Up products Shimmery White and Brushed Gold card stock SU idea book page 159, Bride Specialty paper-page 158, Cheers to You stamp set p 62, Teeny Tiny Wishes p 145  The champagne is made with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter p180 It looks really cool in person, but it’s hard to see in the picture.  I also used the Paper Piercing Tool and Matt Pack on page 191.

  My kids were lucky enough to go boating a few weekends ago, so we made a thank you card to send to the hosts.  I used the SAB 2009 set, So Many Scallops, In Full Bloom is where I got the stem and the sentiment came from Sincere Salutations.  The paper and ink is Regal Rose, Riding Hood Red and Old Olive.  The flower print paper is a single sheet from Michael’s purchased last week.  It matches the Stampin Up colors really well.  The scallop circle punch is my favorite.  I also used the1/2 inch circle punch for the center of the flowers.  The flowers are raised with dimensionals.  I cased this card from Nancy Riley at istamp.com.  See her card here  I really like Nancy’s blog.  She always has awesome cards.  My son just taught me how to do the link so I can show the card I used for inspiration.

If you are a Stampin Up customer or hobby demo, don’t feel like you can’t use retired products.  I’m going to try and make a lot of cards using retired Stampin Up products so you can be inspired to use everything you already own.  If you make cards with retired products, please send me a link and I’ll show them here.

I want to have another LNO (Stamp A Stack) in August, so watch for details coming soon.

I was trying to make a “manly” Valentine card for my husband.

Stamps-Love You Much- from the Love You Much Bundle- 20% off through the end of January

Love Matters-Retired- “I love you the most” is from this set and fits the word window perfectly

Ink-Purely Pomegranate-Retired

Paper-Purely Pomegranate-Retired, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories-Cuttlebug embossing folder, Word Window Punch, Purely Pomegranate stitched ribbon-Retired, Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/8 Circle punch

I made 16 of these cards for the gals in my Bible study.  They all had a different verse, flower color or ribbon color.  I also had these at my LNO class this week.  The cards are simple, yet elegant.   I always stamp the envelope to match the card.  At my classes, the gals always go home with matching envelopes too.

Stamps-Easy Elegance-Stampin Up Retired

Ink- Versamark

Paper-Whisper White

Accessories- Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool,Stampin Up Ribbon-Retired