My Team Swap Card

This is the card I was so excited to share earlier this week.  It has been killing me to have to wait until today!

Today was our weSTAMP Team Regional Meeting where our Amazing Upline, Lorri Heiling, plans several make and takes for us to do.  These meetings are always so much fun and I'll be sharing some of the things we made over the next few days.

We also had a group Card / or 3D swap and everyone who attends votes on their favorite.  This was my card, or rather, card front as that is all we need to make for these.  Some girls do whole cards.  Today I just did the front.

I began with Whisper White base 5 1/2" x 4 1/4", then a layer of Real Red 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" which I ran through the Big Shot with the Honeycomb embossing folder.

I added a lace doily the layered on a Basic Black Circle punched with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch and a Whisper White 1 3/4" Circle Punch.

The rose is Rose Red, punched using the Bird Builder Punch - Bird Wing x 3 and the Branch x 2 is Garden Green.  After attaching the branch as shown, I trimmed off the one under the top one so there is just one "stem".

I added a bit of Clear Wink of Stella to the roses to give them some shine.

The "Silverware" comes from Cups & Kettle Framelits Dies.  The framelits go perfectly in a bundle with A Nice Cuppa photopolymer stamp set.

I really LOVE how this came together.  Sadly, mine didn't win the vote this month, but that's okay, I am still very happy with it!

Thank you for looking in today.  I hope you have a Blessed Sunday!

~ Donna

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A Tisket, A Tasket...

I wanted to give a little something cute to my boss for Easter and decided I wanted to make her one of our cute Berry Baskets.  I wanted it to be a little stronger than just with card stock so I checked out our Clearance Rack and found that Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper is still available there for $5.19 - quick go grab some!

The Under the Tree DSP is extra heavy for making boxes and is perfect for making these cute Berry (aka Easter) Baskets.  I cut out the DSP and some of our pretty papers from Sale-a-Bration - Cut two of each using the Berry Basket Bigz Die.

 

At first I glued the pretty DSP to the entire piece of cardstock DSP and found it didn't fold and line up very well.  So on my second attempt (the one shown in this post) I only glued the bottom of each section together and then glued the two together but didn't use glue any where else.

 

 



After putting the basket rim together, I stapled it to the top edges and they lined up perfectly.  When I glued them, they didn't line up well at all. 

I made a bow with the Bow Builder Punch, using the leftover DSP and added it to a doily that I folded over the edge.

It's empty for now, but on the way to work tomorrow - after my dreaded blood draw - ugh! I plan to stop and find something cute to put inside.

Thank you for looking in today.  If you are traveling for the Easter weekend, please be safe and remember the real meaning of this special holiday.

Happy Easter Weekend!

~ Donna

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