Saturday, June 27, 2015

First Card Swap at Island Scrapbooking

Hey Peeps!  Hope you're all having a fabulous weekend.   I sure had a great day.  First, my iPad Mini arrived in the mail and I got it FREE.  Also, went to Island Scrapbooking for their very first card swap.  We all enjoyed some ono grinds, game, and card swap.  

Here's the card I made.  I saw a similar card on Pinterest and altered it a bit.  


Ingredients for my card:
Image:  "Love Birds" by Sweet November Stamps
Embossing folder by Cuttlebug
Cloud DP by Bella Blvd. from Island Scrapbooking
Copics
"Ribbon Banner" die by Spellbinder
"Stitched Rectangle" die by Die-namics from Island Scrapbooking

On to the awesome cards I received.  Here's Michelle M.'s card.....


A watercolor card by Jenny S......


A pretty thank-you card by Michele J........



A cool Christmas card by Bill......



A vibrant colorful card by Jenny R.......



A pretty embossed birthday card by Peggy.....



A fun spinner card by Kristen......



A gorgeous Asian card by Don......



A cool "Latch Card" by Susan.  Here's the front....

....and the card opened......



A beautiful Hawaiian "Mahalo" card by Carol.....



An ocean-themed birthday card by Suzi.....



A darling "duckie" card by Gwen.......



A colorful birthday card by Kelli.......



and this stunning card by Tracy.....


Thanks for poppin' in and have a fabulous week.

8 comments:

cuilliesocks said...

Hi Karen, your own card is so sweet, love the image and your design.
The cards you received are all fantastic, hugs Kate

Cheryl said...

Your card is so cute Karen! How fun to do swaps with friends. Have a nice weekend!!!

eva said...

the love birds are sweet! wow, lots of great cards to swap. and how did you get your ipad mini for free???

Colleen said...

How cool you received a free mini iPad. How did you get a free one?

The card that you made for the swap is cute. I am sure that everyone that received it was happy. It's always fun to participate in swaps with friends. You received some very nice cards.

Elise said...

HI Karen! Oh my goodness .. your card is truly DARLING! And I love how you even thought about putting the background dp paper like that behind the lovebirds! You got a free ipad mini?! Way cooooooooooool! Woot woot! :)

And it looks like such a fun swap with all your friends!!!!!!!!

ps .. yes .. it is soooo disgustingly hot here in Vegas! blaugh! My family back home was telling me how hot it is there too in Hawaii .. :( So weird weather huh?!

Wishing you a beautiful night!

Big Hugs,
Elise

Cely said...

whaaaaat? free ipad mini?!

also LOVE all the cards!!!

Leanne said...

Hey that's so cool. I won an Ipad mini at work, I donated $50 to Children's Miracle Network and was entered in the drawing and I won! I would never buy one! hahaha! Congrats!!

Totally cute card for the swap and wowzers so many pretty ones in return. Sigh, wish I was there for all the fun.. Hopefully soon. hehehe...

Hope you're enjoying your summer, we're having some weird weather, I wish it would make up it's mind if its going to be hot or rain!! Ugh, the humidity is not agreeing with my hair! hahaha!! Miss you!!

Anonymous said...

Your swap cards are fun for us and are great for new ideas.