No Foolin' Shoebox Swap 2025

I was at a crafting retreat this past weekend. What fun! Twelve of us gathered together at the Gather House in Waunakee Wisconsin for 4 days of cardmaking, eating, giggling, and more. My friend Barb is the organizer of this retreat; I think this is her fourth year and my third year attending. Barb truly is an amazing hostess!

She attained an amazing assortment of items for our swag bags, put together plans for us to have a white elephant stamping/cardmaking exchange, recruited some demonstrations for us, and had us each prepare a shoebox swap.

Did I mention we had a great time!!?!?!?!

This is the card I designed for the shoebox swap:

I think I've designed a floral card for each year. This was actually my second card. The original one I designed seemed to lack some definition so I tweaked it a bit - okay, I changed the color of the card base. 

This was where the design started: 

Tell me  your thoughts. Do you like the black card base better?

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Stamp/Die Set: Altenew Cone Flower stamped with Pink Fresh Detail Black and Taylored Expressions Bubble Gum, Dragon Fruit, Granny Smith, Lemon Meringue, Lime Zest, Mango, and Strawberry Milkshake Inks

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White, Amazon 120# Black and SU Bubble Bath CS and a Glossy Black CS from an unknown vendor

Dies: Pink Fresh Stitched Scallop Rectangles

Embellishments: Amazon Nail Art Pearls