Good morning! Today is the day we celebrate all SIX of our family's August birthdays! Yay! Almost every month a family member has a birthday we all get together on the Sunday closest to the date for a family dinner. August is our biggest birthday month: Liam on the 3rd, Ava on the 5th, Kimberly on the 14th, Ben on the 23rd, me on the 24th, and Cody on the 31st. Since the birthdays just go on and on all month, we just pick a day, and today is it! We are going to Jessica's after church today for dinner, and then if the weather cooperates (which finally it has started being HOT like summer should be!) we will go swimming! Now, you know our family is big, (there are 17 of us now!) so we have a real fun time when we all get in the pool together! We divide up into teams and have relay races, create a "whirlpool", and just generally enjoy the time together! I can't wait!

Now that you know what kind of day I'm looking forward to, here are my swaps for Sunday Swap Day! My cards today are from on of the convention swaps I participated in. I'm sure glad I sent my swaps to convention with my downline girls!

Amy Combs created this fun card with the Snow Day stamp set in the Holiday Catalog. She also used the Festive Flurries stamp set, a Frosted Finishes Embellishment, Silver Ribbon, and Island Indigo 3/4" Chevron Ribbon! That cute little snowman is perfect stamped in Smoky Slate ink!

Next, Catherine Stephenson used Christmas Collectibles stamps, the Christmas Ornament Punch, Joy to the World stamps, Winter Frost Specialty Paper,  and the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Folder to create her "clean and simple" card:

The name on this card simply said "Donna". Donna silver-heat-embossed the Festive Flurry snowflake and cut it out with the Festive Flurry Framelits. A Basics Glimmer Brad adorns the snowflake center. She used Smokey Slate and Pool Party cardstock, Silver Glimmer Paper, Smoky Slate 3/4" Chevron Ribbon, and a Silver Foil Sheet cut with one of the Expressions Thinlits Dies for the "merry"! A lot of work went into this card, it's a shame she didn't include her full name.

 

Last but certainly not least, Gina Cardera used the Calm Christmas stamp set for her swap. The dove was stamped on Smokey Slate ink on the Shimmery White cardstock, then layered on Brushed Silver. "Peace on Earth" from the same set was stamped on the Winter Frost Specialty Paper layer with Smoky Slate ink.

A Frosted Finishes Embellishment is the perfect final touch!

 

That's all for now! I'm off to church, then to Jessica's and our family fun day!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

 Good morning! Today is the day we celebrate all SIX of our family's August birthdays! Yay! Almost every month a family member has a birthday we all get together on the Sunday closest to the date for a family dinner. August is our biggest birthday month: Liam on the 3rd, Ava on the 5th, Kimberly on the 14th, Ben on the 23rd, me on the 24th, and Cody on the 31st. Since the birthdays just go on and on all month, we just pick a day, and today is it! We are going to Jessica's after church today for dinner, and then if the weather cooperates (which finally it has started being HOT like summer should be!) we will go swimming! Now, you know our family is big, (there are 17 of us now!) so we have a real fun time when we all get in the pool together! We divide up into teams and have relay races, create a "whirlpool", and just generally enjoy the time together! I can't wait!

Now that you know what kind of day I'm looking forward to, here are my swaps for Sunday Swap Day! My cards today are from on of the convention swaps I participated in. I'm sure glad I sent my swaps to convention with my downline girls!

Amy Combs created this fun card with the Snow Day stamp set in the Holiday Catalog. She also used the Festive Flurries stamp set, a Frosted Finishes Embellishment, Silver Ribbon, and Island Indigo 3/4" Chevron Ribbon! That cute little snowman is perfect stamped in Smoky Slate ink!

Next, Catherine Stephenson used Christmas Collectibles stamps, the Christmas Ornament Punch, Joy to the World stamps, Winter Frost Specialty Paper,  and the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Folder to create her "clean and simple" card:

The name on this card simply said "Donna". Donna silver-heat-embossed the Festive Flurry snowflake and cut it out with the Festive Flurry Framelits. A Basics Glimmer Brad adorns the snowflake center. She used Smokey Slate and Pool Party cardstock, Silver Glimmer Paper, Smoky Slate 3/4" Chevron Ribbon, and a Silver Foil Sheet cut with one of the Expressions Thinlits Dies for the "merry"! A lot of work went into this card, it's a shame she didn't include her full name.

 

Last but certainly not least, Gina Cardera used the Calm Christmas stamp set for her swap. The dove was stamped on Smokey Slate ink on the Shimmery White cardstock, then layered on Brushed Silver. "Peace on Earth" from the same set was stamped on the Winter Frost Specialty Paper layer with Smoky Slate ink.

A Frosted Finishes Embellishment is the perfect final touch!

 

That's all for now! I'm off to church, then to Jessica's and our family fun day!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013