Dinner Swaps

For the Minneapolis Regional Seminar in addition to any general swapping we had two organized (sign up for) swaps that we did at dinner. These are the card swap and 3D swap I did.

You see me posting about different swaps that I participate in...swapping for those who don't know is a great way for us demonstrators to get a ton of ideas without going broke or creatively crazy! Each of us comes up with one idea and re-creates it - in this case 14 times - then we exchange (think of a cookie exchange) with each other and go home with 14 different ideas using stamps and accessories that we may not have ourselves (no commenting on what I may "not" have!).

This box was created using the new exclusive Stampin' Up! Matchbox die for the Big Shot. I used Kim's tip of puching a half circle on the end of the box to make it easier to open. Thanks Kim! The bling on the button is a rhinestone brad fed through the button holes and snipped off and folded over on the back. And as you can see I just love this gray paper from the Walk in the Park Designer Series paper featured in the Ocassions Mini Catalog. The Matchbox die and coordinating stamp set are also in the Ocassions Mini.