I'm lucky enough to be able to go to the Stampin Up convention in Salt Lake City this year and I'm trying to get at least 100 swaps made. Since I live near the beach I created this look and made 36 of them. The seashell is from the new set "Nature's Nest" and the "sea grass" is from "Inspired by Nature. I ran my Sahara Sand paper through the Big Shot with a textured plate. I'm off to make a few more but it will be something different! I hope you like this!

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Christmas Recipe Cards #2

So these are some more of the cards my recipe card group will be making tomorrow. Some old and some new SU materials are being used. I have beginner and seasoned stampers in this group so trying to find a balance sometimes is a challenge. I hope they like them and have fun. Next time we will use some of the new DSP for the cards which just arrived!!!!

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2nd Time Around

I was so excited to get my swaps from my friend Tracey Old in New Zealand that I didn't notice that the calendar was crooked on the card so I am posting it again to give Tracey full credit for a job well done.

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Look What I Got In The Mail Today From New Zealand!!!

I participated in a "Sister Swap" during an online class called USTAMP this month. This and the calendar below are the wonderful projects I received from Tracey Old in New Zealand. She is a very talented SU demo and was also a part of the team that gave us wonderful projects to do this session. This little purse had a double pocket that held the card seen here in one and a bunch of yummy candies in the other. I can't say enough about this awesome gift. Thanks so much Tracey!!!!

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This is a wonderful little calendar that my friend and fellow stamper, Tracey Old, from New Zealand, made for me. I'm going to put it on my desk in the clinic this fall to remind me of all the wonderful new friends I made this session of USTamp.

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Good Evening Everyone. I had an embossing class today with some of my favorite people. They even brought lunch!! Thanks girls! Anyway we made four cards and shared ideas with each other. That is one neat thing about stamping with friends and seasoned stampers. We can share and bounce different ideas off each other. I know a few times today I said, Gee I didn't think of that!" Anyway we all had a good time and hopefully will get together again in the near future. I was going to make some of my swaps for convention tonight but got to talking with my stamping friends on USTAMP. I spent almost 3 hours talking with them. It's fun and everyone is on a different time table. When it's night here it's morning in New Zealand and Australia. Why it's already Sunday morning over there!! There will be another round of USTAMP in the fall and if you want a fun experience and the chance to meet new stampers who just happen to be wonderful people then you should sign up. There are so many talented people out there. Well I think I might try to make some cards so I will end here for now.

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I got side tracked again tonight. I was getting my materials ready for a class tomorrow on embossing and so I thought of embossing this medallion and then adding different colors. The colors kind of remind me of the West. I don't know why but they do!! These new colors might be growing on me. That doesn't mean I don't want the old colors back! I mean why can't we have both?

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