Polka Dot Swaps

As I've mentioned before, I'm lucky enough to be involved with a great group of stampers, who are Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. One thing we love to do when we get together is to bring a swap card, and trade it off for ones made by others included in the swap.

This month, we were using one of my favorite new stamp sets, Polka Dots and Paisley.
This is one that Sonia made, using the Versamark Resist technique. By stamping the background flower onto glossy cardstock, then sponging on different colors, the versarmarked background stays white. So subtle, yet so effective. The she stamped the outline of the flower on top in black to make it really stand out. Her spring colors are lavendar lace and gable green. I really like the look of the pastel colors, sponged in the background!




Deb made this one using regal rose, certainly celery and always artichoke. She uses the small corner rounder punch to round the 3 edges and added a brad in the 4th corner which she kept square. Very Happy Deb!






Look how clever this is of Stacey, to use the flower heads as eyes, the stem as the mouth, the base of the flower as the nose and the daisy punch gives this happy little person some hair. And using a piece of hardward from the Hodgepodge set, finishes it off with some ribbon. So cute Stacey!



This is Bev's card with the pinks and browns and a little bit of green. Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Mellow Moss. She added 3 little pink brads to highlight the phrase on the front. Lovely Bev!





And Alicia really brightened hers up with the black and pink passion. A little bit of "fun" knots too, by mixing up the white and black grosgrain ribbon.




Enjoy your "near" spring day! Hopefully it includes a little bit of stamping!

Suzanne

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