Lovely As A Tree Father's Day

Lovely As A Tree is the perfect masculine stamp set... so of course I used it to make this simple and elegant Father's Day card.

WOW! 20 NEW 2017-2018 Stampin' Up! Catalog Samples

Sharing 20 WOW! card swaps using new stamps, paper and embellishments from the NEW 2017-2018 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.

Mena Green

Louise M. DelVecchio

Lisa Meuse

Leslie Duffy-Athol

Donna Foster

Laura Hutt

Leslie Percival

Ann Dorr

Cyndy Ponczek

Mary Ann Boatman

Gayle Bassett

Tina Rosenkrans

Pat Militello

Kelly Pena

Annette Stewart

Barbara Arnold

Lilly Ruiz

Daneen R. Christmas

Vicky Wu

Pauline Vande Vrede

Pretty and Bright Bloomin Heart

I made this bright and pretty card for my friend's birthday.  I wanted to keep it bright and fun.  I used Pear Pizzazz and Calypso Coral ink pads with daubers to color in the Bloomin Heart.

Stampin' Up! Recycled Swap Ideas - 8 Samples

Today I'm sharing samples from my Monthly Demonstrator Swap.  The theme for this month was "Recycled Item" swap.  Basically the swap card had to have a recycled item that normally would be thrown away.

Mena Green - Recycled item is leftover rubber pieces from stamp sets

Gayle Bassett - Recycled item is corrugated cardboard from Stampin' Up! box

Carol Barbati - Recycled item is Arizona Green Tea aluminum can

Pat Militello - Recycled item is Arizona Ice Tea aluminum can

Cyndy Ponczek - Recycled item is plastic bag to create background

Jennifer Sootkoos - Recycled item is used dryer sheet

Lilly Ruiz - Recycled item is napkin background

Vicky Wu - Recycled item is duct tape and bottle caps