Birthday Cards!

 

Have you ever taken part in a card swap group? It's a lot of fun, you can make new stamping friends, and get lots of happy mail.

My friend and upline Cindy Ehlers puts together a "Bringing Birthdays Back" swap group each year. She collects names, addresses and birthdates of the stampers who want to join, and then sends the list out to those who are on it.

Each stamper who participates agrees to send birthday cards to each one on the list when their birthday rolls around. (At least that's the plan.)

Well, my birthday rolled around last week, and here are the cards I received. I love the variety of styles, colors and stamping techniques used! You can be sure I'll borrow ideas from each of these stampers to use in my own card-making.

Here is a better look at the cards -

First from Bernie S., the gorgeous Designer Series Paper makes for a simple yet elegant design.

This card from Cory H. also uses the paper as a focal point, and she adds a few layers for interest. It's hard to tell in this photo, but the paper has gold metallic accents - I love the shine!

Judy V. used coloring with Stampin' Blends and layering detailed butterfly dies to make this card stand out.

Dry embossed background images colored with Wink of Stella and beautiful vellum butterflies give texture and shine to this happy card by Rita J.!

Tricia B.'s card has such a cheery color combination, and adds interest with some fun punched shapes.

A big "Thank You" to each of you who participated in the "Bringing Birthdays Back" group, and to Cindy for setting it up. 

Who would like to join a swap group and start getting some hand-stamped happy mail???

Jan

You can reach me by email at janstamps3681@gmail.com, 

or on Facebook as JForStamping 

or at my personal Stampin' Up! website www.janforton.stampinup.net

Happy Stampin!