Swap cards from 2010 Convention

My upline gave me my swap cards she got for me at convention this year. I had 90 to trade so I got back 90. I have picked out some of my favorites to share with you.
This was my absolute favorite of the whole bunch. It is from Kelly Murray. There is a tutorial at http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/06/25/isc-leaf-in-pond-tutorial. You really have to see the card in person to get the full appreciation of it.

This next one is by Lisa Sipes. I love how she has the bats coming out of the hat.

This one is from Jodi Kutz. I really like the simplicity of this.

 You all know how I love punch art and if you are new, yes I LOVE it. I have just finished a card using just punches and/or Big Shot but I will show you that later. The following cards all have some sort of Punch Art or Big Shot Dies. 

This card is from Anne Heard. It is so cute.

This one is from Michelle Girardin. It uses the bird punch for the stems and flower petals.

I love Sunflowers and this is a simple one yet elegant. It was made by Vickie Mages.

Who doesn't love kissing fish? This one is so cute. It was made by Amanda Callahan who gives credit to Marti Jurnak.

Well, you want to know what to do with that new punch? This is a good suggestion. I really like this one too. It is by Jean Williams.

And last, this card has a wonderful vintage look to it. It was also made by Vickie Mages.

* 1st Christmas Card

I do so love my punches. This is a card I did tonight after seeing someone on Splitcoaststampers do a similar one. It did not come with instructions so I just had to look and wing it. I think it came out great. There is so much you can do with the owl and the bird punch. All are current SU products. The cardinal is made with only the bird punch.

Congrats to Sandi Dailey

Sandi Dailey is July's winner of my blog candy. She has given me her address so her stamp set Flower Lines and the small heart punch will be going out tomorrow. Again, congrats!

It's August 1st and time to announce July's Blog Winner

I had 91 comments this month. Wow. So this is the number generator I used and came up with winner 19. This is the 19th winner from the beginning of the month. The winner will get Flower Lines and the new small heart punch.

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So the winner is: Sandy. I have emailed her and she has a week to respond. Congrats! We now begin another month, so keep those comments coming and remember to put your email with your comments or else I will have to chose someone else, and remember that I will surprise someone who is a follower so if you are not one, your chances are higher if you become one.

Card Holder

I am sorry SU got rid of the Forget Me Not Keepers. But I bought a bunch right before the end so I would have enough for my storage and making fun Card Holders. This is what I made last night using a tutorial I purchased and "To the Nines" retired DSP.  Because most of the stuff is retired and I didn't have it, so I had to improvise. Anyway, here are the pics. I plan on selling this at the fall festival. Each month has a card in it and I am only posting the cards I made last night that go with the holder.

New Addition

I added some Stampin' Up Decor elements yesterday to my Scrapbox. I think I will have to add some more.

* What to do with file folders

These are retired file folders from Stampin' up, but I imagine you could take regular file folders and cover them with designer paper and do the same thing with them. You can get the instructions from:

barb@barbstamps.com

This is the front of the folder.

This is the inside w/3 cards on each side w/matching pen.

This is the rest of the folder (outside).

This is the inside with a 5x7 ruled paper attached.

More Oldies but goodies

SU Employees

Wouldn't you love to work for Stampin' Up. Here the employees in their lunch area (beautiful by the way) dance for us and listen to the song, it is all about stampin'. What fun.

ScrapBox

Here are pictures of my new ScrapBox all full and ready to use. I am so excited. I still have more clean up but the box is full of what I want to keep and now I am ready to make some cards.
This is the box closed.

This the mask my daughter brought back to me from New Orleans when she was there for the NCAA Tournament. She played in the Pep band for ODU. I thought it was a perfect place to put it.

This is the middle of the box right above the desk. This is where I put my current DSP Paper, embossing folders, glitters and other stuff.

This is where I keep my 12 x 12 paper and other supplies. I have marked them so they are easy to find. This is on the left side of the box.

This is the far left hand side of the box. It is all velcro.

This is the right side of the box where I keep larger supplies, rub-ons, and my current scraps according to the collection they are in.

This is the far right side of the box, also velcro.

This is the middle again looking down at the desk folded down.

This is the desk when it is folded out ready to use. I have a great lamp to use.

This is my Big Shot stuff under the desk.

This is the box looking to the left from the middle.

This is the box looking to the right from the middle.

You can store stuff on top and it does not move when you move the box. Great construction. This is my retired button vase.

This is the company who makes the box.

This is closing it up from the left side.

This is closing the rest of the left side and latching it.

And this is the box completely shut again and rolled back into place. The C is a gift for my daughter made with our new newsprint paper.

Hope you enjoyed the tour of my new box.