I'm hosting a fun card swap with my group members this month, with the main component being to use new & upcoming stamp sets. The cards have begun trickling in, so I'll show a few of them each day for you :)




Today's offerings are from Diane Cooper and Joyce Taylor (please click on image to enlarge).

Diane's swap card featured "Garden Silhouettes" (a new hostess set) and "Baroque Motifs", with a beautiful combo of new "In Colors": Soft Sky, Blue Bayou & River Rock all paired with some yummy Rose Red. While it might be hard to see in the scan, Diane cut the 2 larger flower blossoms out and mounted them on dimensionals to give extra oomph to the card. Joyce's card features "Baroque Motifs", Purely Pomegrante colour and the new rhinestone brads in a pretty monochromatic scheme.

In other news, the studio re-org is progressing along at a nice clip, although I'm feeling the rush today to get everything done in time for Saturday's Hostess Appreciation party. It sure looks like a bomb exploded in here, what with all the piles & shelving/furniture moving willy-nilly. My goal today is to get the new 8 feet of corkboard to go up on my opposing wall to add more samples, create a display of the new "In Colors" and of course, finishing putting everything back together... easier said then done.

I have 3 different delicious Dufflet pastries arriving for tomorrows party (hehe, is it bad I'm almost as excited about the food as the stamping?). I'm trying to finalize what projects we'll be making and then if I have any left-over time (ha) I'll start getting ready for the final blow-out event of the year which happens next Friday! Hmmm, and somewhere in between all that I'll also host my teams annual New Catalogue Pizza Party, where we get together and OOH & AAH over our new delicious catties. What could be better -- I can't wait until they come!

Happy Stamping everyone,
- Caroline

p.s. Here is the updated Retiring Accessories list... the colour legend works like this: Green = Sufficient supply; Yellow = going fast; Red = sold out. I know some items are already gone so you need to be quick! Contact your Stampin' Up! demonstrator to order before they're gone for good.