Team Swaps

Good morning,

How are you? I think this might be my first blog post of the year, in which case Happy New Year! I can't believe it's nearly February already. 

It's my teams first quarterly training of the year today. As usual, we've made swaps to share with each other so that we've got samples of products or stamps to show customers. 

I have used the designer paper series from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue, called Best Year Ever. I love the colours on the papers, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede and Whisper White. To cut the banner using the Naturals White card stock, I used the Banner framelits which I purchased in the Weekly Deals a week or two ago. The very cute bow was made using the Bow Builder Punch from the Spring Summer Catalogue. The stamp set is from Perfect Pennants.

I hope you like my cards. I'll be back soon to share what we made today.

Birthday balloons

I've recently moved into a new office at work, and I've been chatting away to my colleagues about my hobbies and interests. At the recent regional training event in Leeds, one of the key messages that came across was to share Stampin' Up! as much as we could, with everyone. Sometimes us crafty folk are shy about talking about our passions, for fear of looking silly, but when it's something we love, why not share it with the world. Enthusiasm is catching, and every Stampin' Up! demonstrator was once hooked because of someone sharing what they love.

As a result of talking about my cards, a colleague asked me to make a card for her Mum for her 65th birthday. I love being asked to make custom cards, it's very flattering, and I love making things to make people smile. The only specification she asked for was something bright and colourful, and perhaps with balloons.

This is what I came up with.

I used the same layout as I'd used for one of my Jubilee class cards, with the crowns from Artistic Etchings. This time, I used the stamp set Party This Way, with the 2011-12 In Colours. I used Pool Party for the card blank, with panels of Whisper White stamped with the in colour inks using the balloon stamp. Inside the card I put numbers cut with the Big Shot and the Bigz Alphabet Simple Numbers dies. The sentiment is from Curly Cute.

She was really pleased with the card, as was her Mum. I do like a satisfied customer! In fact, her Mum liked it do much she wouldn't even let her write in it!

If you've got a special occasion that you need a nice card for, please get in touch. I'd love to help you out!

 

 

 

The inside of the card

The back of the card