My First Freak Swap

As many of you know the Control Freaks started out as a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators that wanted to be able to swap with other demonstrators who were all willing to commit to be held to a very high standard of creativity, artistry, and workmanship. The blog tours that give the Freaks the most publicity are a fairly recent thing.

The Freaks have a swap with every new mini catalog and IB&C release. I was fortunate enough to get into the group in time to be included in the swap for the new Occasions Mini catalog This was my first Freak swap and I was a tad bit stressed over making sure that I lived up to the standards and produced a great product. Fortunately, I had nothing to worry about as far as having great products to use in the process! The Occasions Mini is PACKED with fabulous new stamps, accessories, and tools!

The stamp set I chose to use for my swaps was the new “P.S. I Love You” set. I love how this set has great images and sentiments combined to make the perfect Valentine or a simple heart-felt wish of love to someone dear.

I also used a variety of products from our Twitterpated Suite and also played with our new Framelits and Edgelits dies.

 

So without further ado … here’s the card I created:

I was blown away by the swaps I received in return and truly felt like the work I put into mine was truly worth the wonderful swaps I got in return. I only hope that each of the ladies I swapped with feel the same about my creation.

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SUPPLIES USED:

Stamps: “P.S. I Love You”; Paper: Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Whisper White,  Baja Breeze, Twitterpated DSP; Ink: Island Indigo; Accessories: Blushing Bride Pleated Satin Ribbon, Twitterpated Designer Buttons, Pearls Basic Jewels, White Bakers Twine, Dimensionals; Tools: Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies, Adorning Accents Embossing Folders, Scalloped Heart Embosslit Die, Full Heart punch, Hearts Galore punch, Modern Label punch