Inner Circle Card Swaps

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The cards are in for the April Inner Circle Card Swap and here they are!

Ladies, great cards once again...thank you! I hope you all enjoy your cards :)

Regular Swaps:










Monthly Challenge: Flap Cards





If you would like to join this monthly card swap, please email me at marie@stamplounge.com

Regionals inspiration, cards and a 3D project

This week has been a heavy work schedule week...long hours hence I have been so quiet but I have had a chance to stamp in the evenings but no energy to post. So here is a 3 part post covering my stamping adventures this week.

Part One:

The Stampin' Up! regional meeting in Oakland this past weekend was so much fun. Catching up with my stamping friends, getting some great swaps and learning a few different things.

This card is a case from a swap I received from Linda Simons. I spotted her card a few feet away while swapping out in the lobby and just knew I had to have one and I was definitely going to case it! What a simply elegant design. I just loved it from the get go! The hand stamped background I switched out and used the SU! Boho
Backgrounds stamp set. Everything else is pretty much to spec...how could you alter it?! :D Did I mention I love this card? For those ladies who participate in my monthly card swap...SURPRISE! :) This will be my card to you!

Part Two:
One of the nuggets of the regional was directions to make this super cute bag. It has two pockets which makes it extra fun.

For my monthly card swap members - SURPRISE!! I decided to go ahead and make one of these for each of you. Each bag will have three 4x4 cards in it also.I used my Rose Cottage Simply Scrappin' Kit to make these.

These are a few of the selections of the 4x4 cards I made with the Rose Cottage Simply Scrappin' Kit that will be tucked into each bag for the Monthly swap members.

Part three:

The challenge for this month's card swap was the Faux Silk technique.

Here is my card :D

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Inner Circle Card Swap Club - May

Here are the pictures from the May Inner Circle Card Swap. Thank you ladies for participating!

Congratulations to Judy for being this months winner of the Challenge random drawing!

Regular Swap:



May Challenge: Shadow Box Cards

Shadow Box

This month's challenge for the Inner Circle Card Swap members was a Shadow Box card. This is the Shadow Box card I made. This was my third attempt at the shadow box, playing around with different stamp sets and colors, finally settling on this one. Boy, was that an ordeal :)

Stamp Set: Stampin' Up! Doodle This

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! White, Certainly Celery and Cool Carribean

Ink: Stampin' Up! Basic Black

Markers: Stampin' Up! Certainly Celery, Cool Carribean Real Red

Accessories: Coluzzle and White Gel Pen

Photo's of the members monthly regular swaps as well as the monthly challenges will be uploaded on Sunday.

April Inner Circle Card Swap Challenge

This was the first month a blind challenge was offered to the members of the Inner Circle Card Swap club in addition to our regular swaps. I had 6 adventurous card making Diva's raise their hands wanting to participate!


The challenge was a tri-fold card. Here are the absolutely adorable tri-folds that were made.










If you would like to join my monthly card swap club, please contact me at marie@stamplounge.com