Convention Swaps: Day 2

Good morning!  Later today I'm flying to SLC and I'm so excited that my toes are actually tingling!!  I signed up for several organized swaps this year (which means you sign up in advance and the creations are within specific parameters).  Today is the first of two gift bag and matching tag sets I'm swaping.  This set is so fun and perfect for birthdays.  It uses the Kidoodles stamp set which I love and you'll see in several different items this week.  The piece of Island Indigo cardstock was run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka dot embossing folder on the top and then I added a piece of patterned paper from the Summer Smootches DSP and Calypso Coral 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon.  Next I stamped the image on whisper white with Basic Black ink and colored it in with Stampin' Write markers before punching it out with the 2 3/8" scalloped circle punch.  This piece was matted on a piece of Pool Party cardstock that I punched with the 2 1/2" circle punch.

For the tag I used the same stamped image and DSP so it would coordinate and made a 3x3 card.  I also added Wisteria Wonder cardstock to the card to highlight all the colors in the octopus image.  I punched a small circle in the back so I could use a piece of white baker's twine to tie the tag to the handle of the gift bag.

This bag was so fun to make and I'll definately be making more since I love to use gift bags for all our gift giving occasions.  This is also a great way to use up all the designer paper, ribbons, etc. that I've been stocking up on.

Enjoy,

Diana

Candy Heart Greetings

Good evening friends.  I had some technical difficulties blogging while I was in San Antonio so I still have a couple of projects to share.  This is a cute card that uses the Candy Conversation single stamp from the Occasions Mini catalog.  I took the color combination:  Pear Pizzaz, Blushing Bride, Marina Mist, Going Gray, and Perfect Plum from the Nursery Nest DSP.  I colored the different candy hearts directly on the rubber so each one was different but only had to stamp it once.  I also used the Silver glimmer paper (love that it is still available) and was punched with the scallop border punch.  The final touch was using the paper piercer and mat pack to punch the holes in the corners.

It's funny what catches someone's eye, while I liked this card there were definately other swaps I made that I thought were WOW'd but this was the first card that I ran out of and the ladies loved it, go figure.

I've been having so much fun making tons of valentine's projects for gift giving so say tuned for more ideas and if you haven't started making your cards and gifts contact me to order all your Stampin' Up! supplies.

Enjoy!