Strawberry Swaps for August

So on Friday I got happy mail, I was so excited. I received a parcel of swaps from the Strawberry Stampers (the Strawberry Stampers are a group of demonstrators led by the lovely Sarah Berry.)  Then I realised that I hadn't shown you all the swaps from August.

The cards are a gorgeous collection of fronts and a card, made by the other members of the team. Surprisingly there was only one repeat stamp set and a combination of different colours, I love guessing what colours are used and the stamp set. I often use swaps for inspiration. Whether it is layouts or colour combinations.

They are all gorgeous, one of my favourite is definetly the card by Martin from martinsmayhem.blogspot.com. Which uses the Share what you love' stamp set, I love the colour combination.

I am off to use these colours on a card, today I am playing with the Frosted Floral suite.

Autumn/Winter Stampin' Up! Catalogue Unboxing/ Haul - Part 2

Whoops my haul/unboxing video had to carried on in to part 2. I love the blends so decided to add the new colours on to my shopping list, I was excited to see new colours in the Annual Catalogue and more excited that there are more colours in the Autumn/Winter catalogue. I love the Basic Black blends and think that they are a necessity for any blends collection. It can be really difficult to decide what to get in every catalogue. I adore the set with alternative to light bulbs, I cant wait to make little penguins! 

The video below shows the rest of my haul, I haven't done a close up on the papers as i am planning to do a close up with the suites over the next few weeks.

I have spent the afternoon stamping with the new sets and exploring different options, I hope to share these with you soon.