November 2024 Swaps

Again for November's swaps, I have a regular card swap, the digi-swap, and a couple of materials swaps.  The card above is the card I made for the regular card swap.  I actually made it partly with leftovers from the materials I gathered for my material's swap - which you'll see below.  At any rate, the patterned paper is from HOTP Masculine SaraPapers Scrapbooking Kit.  The colored card stock is from my stash.  The focal was die cut from two sets of dies - Spellbinders Gnome Drive Holiday, and Karen Burniston's Feathered Animals.

Digi-Swap:

This card uses 3 different digital patterned papers.  I adapted the layout from a sketch challenge.  As you can see, I used the blue pattern as a mat for the floral and the pink dotted for both the background and mat for the sentiment (which I added with foam tape).

Inside:

Scraps from the same paper were used to create a border for the inside.

Then I used the remaining scraps to make a 2nd card:

The sentiment is a download from Sassy's LLC - matted with the pink patterned paper top and bottom - then the light pink mat.

Materials's Swap - Mine:

This swap was particularly challenging for me as the focus was "Buttons".  I seldom use real buttons on a card as they are harder to mail, but the rules said we could used stamped or embossed buttons.  The narrow strip above, though hard to see, has buttons embossed on it.  The two patterned papers are again from HOTP Masculine SaraPapers Scrapbooking Kit. In addition, I have a reddish glimmer paper and some white card stock in addition to a card base.  I had hoped to add some embellishments, but couldn't figure out a way to add something to the card I made and the rules state that I have to use everything I send.  Here's the card I made from these materials.

As you can see, I made a center step card with the diamond patterned papers on the lower edge and the sides.  The paisley patterned paper was cut to create a shirt shape using a Spellbinders set called Athletic Apparel from the Game Day collection.  For the inside of the color, I used the same paisley pattern, but lightened it with white ink.  I simply used white card stock for the collar.  The red glimmer paper background was embossed using a Spellbinders MBossability folder called Quilted Delight.  The "You" is die cut using a die from another Spellbinders set called Half Slimline Bracket.  The stamped second part of the greeting was from a HOTP stamp set called You Greetings and each end was punched with a Stampin' Up punch. I inked the embossed buttons and punched them out with a standard paper punch.  I glued these on the shirt collar and on either side of the stamped sentiment as you can see.

Materials's Swap - Partner's Materials:

This was a really nice set of masculine materials - the Hunkydory Pop-a-Topper Gentlemen's Pick and misc paper and card stock - along with buttons and ribbon.  I made two cards from this set of materials since I didn't want to add blue to the first one.

Card #1:

I made a reverse center step card in orange and black for the first card.  I used an orange sharpie on the brownish buttons to try to bring out that color.  Bottom border was 3/4" and side panels were 1.5" wide.

Inside:

The border was created with scraps of the orange paper and scraps from the die cut sheet - along with one of the die cut sentiments.

Card #2:

This card is again a reverse center step card, and used the rest of the die cut pieces and the ribbon.

Inside:

 Inside I used most of the remaining scraps inside.