Swap for Regional

Last weekend Stampin' Up! had a regional convention in Seattle and I was lucky enough to get a ticket. Maybe lucky isn't the right word to use since I was up at 6am the day tickets went on sale to get one, maybe I got one because I'm a keener.

The regional convention was soooo cool though. Everyone who attended got a free stamp set, 6 make n' takes, and lots of presentations. There were also lots of sample cards and other things as well to get new ideas for projects as well as swaps with other convention goers.

This is the card I made for my swap and it seemed to go over really well. I made this while I was still in birthday mode, in fact I did make this card for a few birthdays! This is actually a birthday card, my swaps were with Kiwi Kiss instead of Pretty in Pink but I didn't take a picture of the green cards. Since birthday mode involved the Zoofari stamps so does this card. I chose to go with the filmstip style because it's really cool. Do make the film strip you just need the spiral punch, that's it, super easy.

I coloured the animals with blender pens and inks, then punched them with the 1-1/4 in square. I sponged the edges of the pink with matching ink and stamped the happy birthday (Big Bold Birthday) on the bottom in the same ink again. This is a super easy card that is really cute too. The part that took the longest is the sponging but really, how hard is that?