My TAG Swap for tonight!

Hi!
Wow, you fell right outta your chair!  Yep it's a blog update from me!  Get back up and sit down ...  hahaha!  Seems like I think about writing often but for whatever reason when I get busy I just don't do it.  Guess I need to really come up with a good challenge and reward for myself in order to make it a habit!  What's that saying, 21 days to make it a habit, well here's day 1 for this round!  Seriously, I will try!  I guess I never think anyone is out there even checking on my lil' o blog.

But for those of you that are, today is the 1st Monday of the month and that's when I host my team meetings for all my SU! downline members.  Every month we have a swap theme (gives us a starting point for what to make and where to begin) and tonight's is TERRIFIC TAGS.  Tags that take over, we are mostly women and it's all in the presentation after all right?  If it's packaged cute we have to have it, even if we don't know what's inside sometimes we wanna buy if for the packaging.  Please tell me I'm not alone here!  ;)

So here's my swap:

It came together quite nicely and it really didn't take that long as I used a lot of punches and of course the Big Shot.  You can't see it as much in the picture but the little red dots on the tree are super sparkly thanks to the Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.  The hardest part was trimming out the trees by hand (sure makes you appreciate your framelits when you use a set that doesn't have them) ... but it's okay, I just trimmed while watching Sunday afternoon football with my hubby.

Layers from the back to the front:

• Large Scallop Circle Die, Cherry Cobbler
• Large Oval-y Apothecary Framelit, DSP Holiday Stack
• 1/2 Paper Doily
• 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Gumball Green Coordinations Paper
• 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Whisper White  (greeting from Tag It, with Cherry Cobbler ink)
• Small Oval-y Apothecary Framelit, Early Espresso Coordinations Paper
• Modern Label Punch, Whisper White (Oh Goodie greeting, markers)
• Watercolor Paper, hand cut, Tree from Color Me Christmas (aqua painter & markers)
• Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details on the circles of the tree
• Snip of Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, Gumball Green Ribbon & Early Espresso 1/8" Tafetta (stapled)

To adhere it to the white gift bag I just used a piece of wide Cherry Cobbler Ribbon from the Holiday Mini and looped it around the handle, used glue dots to secure ribbon and more glue dots to mount the tag to ribbon.

Let me know what you think!  Do you like it?  I can't wait for tonight to see what the other gals made!

Happy Monday, Happy Stamping!
Rhonda

Yay, it's Friday!!

Good Morning!

Well it's Friday, yeah for the weekend and normally that would make us all happy, right?  But not so much since this is the weekend we have to organize and pack up Nicole and then take her down to Tucson!  This year she is living in the sorority house (ADPi) so they have 1 day to get moved in and all decorated -- has to be cute and all!  We did do a bit of crafting and there's more to do!  I enjoy her being home but I know she loves school and it's a great time in her life, so I'm not really sad, sad but it was nice to have her around, crazy schedule and all!  Hugs Nicole if you're reading, love ya!!

Today's cards are a few more from the SBS meeting, and I just love Chalk Talk and the coordinating framelits, but did you know that the TAG IT stamp set on p45 and inside back cover was designed to coordinate with the same framelits too!  And this stamp set is special as it is our Ronald McDonald House Charities set, for EVERY SET SOLD Stampin' Up! donates $3 to RMHC!! Awesomeness!!

Marlene -- love the clay buttons and fun paper!

And it's always fun to see what card each other comes up with.  Whether it's an original design or you see something online that just strikes you!  One of the beauties of stamping is that there are SO MANY ideas shared!  Marjori and Dana's cards are so similar but yet different, one is Navy/Crumb and the other is Black/Crumb but how cute that they were so close in style, featuring SECRET GARDEN and its coordinating framelits!  This set from last year is still one of my very favorite flower sets!

Marjori -- finally a cute use for Navy Jean Twill ribbon!

 

Dana - soft and elegant with the Crumb Taffeta ribbon!

And if you want to receive the My Paper Pumpkin kit for August, you need to sign up before the 10th so skip over to my site and join now!  Use the promo code PUMPKINDEAL to receive special pricing of just $10 a month for your 1st two months!!  Promo Pricing ends Aug 31st.  Click here to see my prior post in detail!


Well that's all for today!  Happy Friday!! 

Thanks!
Rhonda