August SUper Friends Color Challenge Swap

For our August SUper Friends Swap, we decided on a color challenge, and right around that time Stampin' Up! happened to send demonstrators an email with four different sets of three colors each that could be used to create masculine cards.  Each swapper could pick one of those color schemes to use for her card.  It was fun to see which each person picked!  See if you can figure out the possibilities from our cards.

Margery created a wonderful, interactive card, using the Sweet Jar Bundle, Exposed Brick Embossing Folder and Everyday Arches Dies:

Judy's sweet card features a beautifully framed image stamped with the Peaceful View Stamp Set.  She layered that on a gingham design from the Floral Delight Designer Series Paper, which she inked around the edges to create a softer look:

Kallien created a fantastic campfire scene, using the Scenic Adventure Bundle along with some beautiful ink blending for the camping scene.  The greeting is embossed and fussy cut:

Jean's beautiful card is made with the Sunflower Embossing Folder and some ink blending.  The Textured Notes Die adds some wonderful details around the edge of the focal piece:

Connie's fabulous card combines the Textured Notes Dies on two layers, with images from the Artistic Leaves Bundle, and some Artistic Weave Trim.  Connie "cased" her layout from www.JilliBling.com's August 18, 2025 post. 

I used a combination of the Amber Autumn Bundle and Traditional Labels Dies to create my card:

I hope you enjoyed these cards!  Maybe they will inspire you to create a card of your own?

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for another amazing swap!

- Michelle

SUper Friends July 2025 Clean and Simple Swap Cards

 Hi!  I'm finally sharing our July 2025 SUper Friends swap cards.  For this swap, we decided to create clean and simple cards.  

Kallien's gorgeous card features products from the new Painterly Pears Suite.  It opens to reveal that it is a fun fold!  And, I love how she added some stamped pears on the envelope, giving a fun hint at what was inside

Margery created a perfectly summery card for her swap -- she used the Soft Waves embossing folder to create her ocean, torn paper for the sand, and the sunglasses, greeting, and splatter stamps in the sand are from the Notes and Totes Bundle.  I love how Margery used the red foil hearts from the inside of the glasses to decorate the inside of her card.

Judy's stunning card features the rose from the Charming Day Dies as a silhouette, with a beautiful frame from the Sentimental Framing dies and background made with the Corrugated Embossing Folder in Lemon Lolly.  I love how she rounded the edges of the card and layers to coordinate with the rounded frame!

Connie's lovely creation features the Sunflower 3D embossing folder, beautifully colored.  I love how she die cut it with Everyday Arches Die and added soft texture behind the focal piece.  Connie embossed the flap of her envelope with the Sunflower die and added a sunflower stamp inside the card:

Jaya designed her elegant card with the Spotlight on Nature stamp set.  I love the different shades of green Jaya used to stamp her leaves -- the ombre-like effect is so nice:

 

Nancy's adorable card features wonderfully colored cute woodland critters.  I love the layered greeting and the color scheme she used, with the pop of red and pink on the balloon.

I used the Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder for my card as well, but decided to go for a monochromatic look, applying Secret Sea ink by dragging the stamp pad directly across the embossed card stock.  I used Cloud Cover card stock, embossed with the Pattern of Friendship die in the background.  The stamped sunflowers inside the card and on the envelope are from the August 2022 Paper Pumpkin Sweet Sunflowers kit.

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for another fabulous swap!  

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!  Hope you enjoyed these cards!

- Michelle