Team Swap - Varied Samples of Card Making

Published: Tue, 06/15/21

Last week I showed you the card I made for our team swap. Here it is again on the sidebar. I used the Simply Succulents stamp set & Potted Succulents dies and three of the new In Colors: Soft Succulent, Fresh Freesia and Evening Evergreen. The Blending Brushes made it easy to give that soft color under the cut out flower.

This week I want to highlight all the wonderful cards I received as part of our team swap. Not everyone on the team was able to participate this time, but I am sure they won't want to miss next time.

Team swaps are just one of the benefits of being part of my team & Stampin' Up! I'm happy to chat or send you more information if this is something you may want to do too (I highly encourage it!!!)

Card made by Kandy. She used a Pool Party base and highlighted the card with Hand-Penned Designer Paper and a striking Pool Party & Black butterfly that pops off the card. I love clean and crisp cards and this one fits that style perfectly! I recently copied this format for some thank you cards I needed to make.

Mary made this elegant and striking black & white card, highlighting the awesome scallops from the Scalloped Contour dies (my favorite from the new Annual Catalog). I love how she used the scallops to create her Z-fold. There are so many variations of the Z-fold, there may be a class in this technique???

Charlette made this fun interactive Z-fold card. I've never seen the Z-fold with it cut out in the front - so clever Charlette! She said she "just can't stop using the Dragonfly Garden set" and paired it with the new Turtle Friends set - a perfect pairing. She used all the new 5 In Colors.

Ellen R. did a beautiful job using all of the Pansy Patch Designer Papers together - look at all those patterns! None of them conflict. Stampin' Up! does such a great job with their Designer Series packs. Those pansy flowers and leaves are part of the paper too - all you have to do is cut them out and you have instant flowers!

Carol did a technique I never heard of - Faux Glass Flowers. (I'll let you in on a secret, Carol always comes up with techniques I've never seen or heard of and I learn so much from her). She used the Window Sheets as her glass. Embossed with a textured embossing folder for underneath the flowers and then cut out the coordinating flower die with another window sheet to lay on top. It's really cool. She too used several of the new In colors to color the flowers and ribbons. The card base & matching envelope are from the Hand Penned Memories & More set - a must have.

Look at all the texture Pam created in this card! Not only does the texture come from the embossing folder in Gorgeous Grape, but she created texture with the white layers too. The outline of the flower is textured and then the sentiment is also textured with the Floral Gallery dies. Keep that in mind, you can create texture even with layers of the same color.

This is such a happy & bright card! Everyone got the same card but in different colors (I love my yellow Susan!). Susan used the ever popular (which means lots and lots of samples can be found online) Hand-Penned stamp set and the Stitched So Sweetly Dies, which are sadly retiring at the end of June. I love how she stamped her background on the front and then stamped the same background - but in reverse colors - on the inside. I never thought of stamping the whole inside, I usually just do a corner. Again, I learned something new from my team!

OMG! Michelle made this super fun guy card (don't we all struggle with masculine cards???). I think I may give this to my husband for Father's day, he loves to wear Hawaiian shirts. Michelle used the retiring Well Suited paper and the NOT retiring Suite & Tie dies. Do a search online for these dies and you will see some unbelievable creations - military uniforms, nurse & doctor scrubs, bride & groom, boy scouts and more. The creativity people have is unbelievable!

Ellen C made her own background paper (WOW) using the new In Colors Blends Markers and Vellum paper. She told me that this technique only works with Vellum paper and you need to use 91% Isopropyl Alcohol. I will be learning how to do this amazing coloring and film a video. This look so speaks to me! If you want a shortcut to get this look, take a peek at the Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper. It's done for you.

I hope you enjoyed seeing all of the varied and awesome creations my team of Wicked Stampahs created for our swap. I love my team!!! Anyone is welcome and invited to join us anytime.

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