Cards from My Team Swap, May 2024

 

Hi Stampin' Friend!

Here, in no particular order, are the cards I received in a swap this month. The swap was for my second upline's team and the theme was "Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper." It is always inspiring to see the variety of cards that is produced by the very creative demonstrators in this group.

I hope you enjoy the cards and get some design inspiration for your own crafting! You can see the names of the people who created the cards in the photos just above each card.

Happy Stampin! 

This one is my card:

May 6th Swap Cards

 

Hi Stampin' Friend!

The May "6th Swap" cards have all arrived. As always, they are beautiful and varied, representing the array of talent in the group.

The card above is my creation for May. I enjoyed using the Sending Love die cuts to create the 3D mailbox. The words on the card front are from the Trucking Along set, the "Happy Birthday" words are from Unbounded Love, and the Designer Series Paper is called Thoughtful Journey.

The next card is from Tammie. The picture doesn't do it justice. The cardstock and ink color is Coastal Cabana and it looks so fresh in person.

Pam's birthday "Make a Wish" card is bright and colorful.

Kim's "Let's Celebrate" card features some of the new In Colors. Notice the subtle interest in the background mat with 2 different coordinating pieces of cardstock.

Julie's Zinnia card makes me smile, with the bold, happy flowers. It is an offset gatefold card, something just a little different.

Jennifer also used some of the new In Colors for this lovely feminine birthday card. The stamped greeting is once again from the versatile Unbounded Love set.

And last, but not least, Carolyn's simple and bold "hello" card showcases all 5 of the 2024-2026 In Colors. Brilliant!

Happy Stampin!

Campin' Stampin' Kit

 

Hi Stampin' Friend!

We just returned home from a short (4 days, 3 nights) camping trip. I put together a little campin' Stampin' kit to take along in the RV and thought I'd show you what I took, what I made, and give you a tip I learned.

Everything you see in this photo was packed neatly into the tote as you can see in the first picture above.

I chose 3 stamp sets with some word and image stamps. Two were photopolymer stamps and one was "cling" or red rubber stamps that mount on acrylic blocks. The stamp types makes a difference which I will talk about later in my tip.

I pulled out every Stampin' Up! Stampin' Write Marker that I own, so I would have a wide variety of ink colors to use. I included an assortment of Designer Series Papers, an assortment of colored cardstock selected to coordinate with the patterned papers, some pieces cut to 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches and pre-scored for card bases, and others in smaller sizes to use for layers. There were also some white cardstock pieces to stamp on.

For tools, I included a couple of acrylic blocks, paper snips, a craft tweezer, small paper trimmer, liquid glue, Tombow Mono adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, a painters pad for cleaning the stamps and some scratch paper to protect the table.

Yes, it all fits in that tote bag as you see!

And here are the cards I assembled. You can see that most of them do not have stamped sentiments yet. This brings me to the tip I want to share with you:

Stampin' Write Markers have a water-based ink that corresponds to the ink in Stampin' Up! ink pads. The markers can be used to apply color to stamps, instead of using an ink pad.  

HOWEVER, my experience is that the photopolymer stamps do not hold the ink the same as the red rubber stamps do. The cards in my picture which have stamped sentiments used the red rubber stamps. When I colored with the markers on the photopolymer (clear) stamps, the ink was all blotchy and the stamped image was not good enough to use on a card.

The next time I take a Campin' Stampin' Kit along, I will only take stamps made of the red rubber.

Oh, and here's a bonus tip for you: when you get a kit from Paper Pumpkin or Stampin' Up's Kits Collection, they are packaged in the cardboard boxes you can see in the photos. Those boxes are great for packing stamping supplies and many other things you may want to take along. And when not in use, they fold flat for easy storage.  Just another useful feature of our kits!

The next time you are camping or traveling on vacation, consider taking a stampin' kit along for some extra fun.

Here is a photo of what I made on our first camping trip this season.

Happy Stampin' and Campin'!