Stampin' Up! Dallas Regional - Swaps & After Party

Before I show you swaps, I forgot to show what we got free along with our make'n'take pojects.

These were all attendee give aways:  Print Poetry Designer Paper Stack & the Make a Wish stamp set.  There were also several Prize Patrol drawings and Catherine in our group was a winner for one of those give aways.

After the event, I threw an After Party for my team at my house.  I had pizza, salad, brownies, and tea.  We ate dinner, chatted, showed off our swaps, and did one bonus make'n'take card I had prepared.  Here's the make'n'take inspired by a card I saw on our demo site:

Swaps Galore:

and some more:

It was a great day!  Just makes me look forward to Convention even more.

Happy Stampin'

Stampin' Up! Dallas Regional - Presentations

Here are some of the projects that were presented by talented people during the Dallas Regional:

 This was Shelli's quick masculine card using the Sale-a-bration set, Madison Avenue.

Here's a card I did inspired by hers.

Loved these ideas using the dress form from the All Dressed Up framelits.

Also loved this Easter basket using the Ovals Collection Framelits and this card box using the Happy Hello Simply Sent Card Kit.

I plan to make some of these Happy Hello boxed card sets.  I just got a second package of this Sale-a-bration kit...so I'm ready to make plenty of quick & easy cards and boxes.

More photos of swaps and our after party project coming soon!

Happy Stampin'

Stampin' Up! Dallas Regional - Fun with Friends!

We had a great time at the Dallas Regional event.  We took up 2 whole tables plus 2 seats from another table!

Me and Sherry.

Me and Kim

Most of the group at my table.

Here are the Make'n'Takes we did:

I changed this notebook a bit.  It was suppose to have 3 little flags under the flower and instead I left those off and added the Pool Party cardstock strip embossed with the Needlepoint Border embossing folder.  This folder comes with another border too (a cross stitch border).

I didn't care for this design, so I changed this one too.  Here's my version:

These are super cute and I made multiples while I was at Craftaway Studios last weekend to give to my hostesses at parties next month.

I have more photos of presentations, swaps, and our after party to post tomorrow.

Happy Stampin'

Chalkboard Card - SWAP for Dallas Regional

I have gotten a lot of mileage from this card I designed in January.  I used it for my card class at work, my team's Stamp'n'Share night, 2 home parties, and now my SWAP on Saturday for Stampin' Up!'s Dallas Regional.  It's become one of my favorite designs.

Stamp Set:

• From My Heart

Colors:

• Baja Breeze
• Not Quite Navy
• Basic Black
• Whisper White

Extras:

• VersaMark pad
• Whisper White embossing powder & Heat Tool
• White Watercolor Pencil
• Flower Trim
• Paper Doily
• Honeycomb Embossing Folder & Big Shot
• Sponge Dauber & Stampin' Sponge
• Stampin' Spritzer with rubbing alcohol and & drops of Baja Breeze Reinker

I love this Flower Trim.  It comes in vanilla, but you can dye it to match your project.  I spritzed it with Baja Breeze, let dry, then used a sponge dauber to add some Not Quite Navy to the tops of the petals.

Happy Stampin'