Swaps for team training

I've mentioned the team training day I attended on Saturday in a few previous posts. The first part of the day while everyone is arriving and finding a seat and getting a cuppa, is doing swaps. Everyone has to bring a card front or a project using current products. It can be a bit mad, trying to remember who has swapped with who, and I always manage to leave with a few extra that I didn't give away.

I used the set Watercolor Winter, which I had won in a raffle at the Christmas Stamp-a-stack. I used a Crumb Cake card blank, and stamped on the bottom right corner with Cherry Cobbler ink using the Curly Cute stamp set. A strip of Cherry Cobbler card stock was punched using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border. The holly outline was stamped in Always Artichoke onto Very Vanilla around the edges, and then using the markers, Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green, the image was coloured in and stamped on top of the outline. I did try to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the images, but this took too long, so I had to just use a steady hand to line it up. I like how it doesn't matter if its not exactly in line, and I like the scribbled effect the leaves give.

Everyone at the training day seemed to like them, and I've started to make a few more to add to my cards for sale box.

Stamp-a-stack Christmas 5 - Owl Occasions

Morning,

Hope you're all well, I'm doing good, got a few days off work and I celebrated my birthday yesterday. I got some lovely gifts and cards, but I worry that my friends think they have to apologise for not making me a handmade card! Please don't feel obliged, I like any card, whether it be handmade or not, it's the thought that counts.

I've not blogged for a while, and I've just realised I've not finished sharing all the Stamp-a-stack Christmas cards yet. So here's the fifth card. We used Cherry Cobbler card stock for the card itself, with a Crumb Cake layer that had been embossed with the new Woodgrain embossing folder. The Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies were used to cut out the Gumball Green background and the Whisper White card, where the Owl Occasions stamp set was used to stamp the owl stood on the branch. I love this set, it's perfect for any occasion and can be used all year round. For a bit of dimension, the hat was stamped on a separate piece of card, and cut out. Finally, Crumb Cake Taffeta ribbon was tied in a bow around the card.

I was made a birthday card from this stamp set by my downline and friend Kylie. When she's blogged the card, and doesn't mind me sharing it, I'll post a picture of it on here to show you another way the stamp set can be used.