I am still giddy with excitement over the responses to my first ever One-for-One Card Swap. It was such a joy for me to check the mail each and every day and to see the beautiful cards you made for one another. They came from all over the U.S., and I hope you were pleased with the cards you received in the mail. Because of the Columbus Day Holiday, they weren’t mailed until Tuesday morning, but I hope you’ve received yours by now.
As I promised, I am sharing each and every one of the cards with you, but I’m going to share them ten at a time (randomly selected). You’ll see some today, some on Tuesday and the remaining cards on Wednesday. I ask that you please share your praise for these works. Let the creator know how much you loved their card, their color choices, their techniques by posting comments below. Spread the love around, and no negative words, please.
How lucky was I to receive all of these!?! Even if I had to send them back out into the world, I enjoyed receiving every one of them. I will definitely be doing more of these swaps in the future. Thanks, again, for participating!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
Brian
Come back tomorrow! I am unveiling the details of my Embellishments and Designer Series Paper Shares. You won’t want to miss this!
More Swap cards on Tuesday and Wednesday!
Wow! What a treat to see ten cards on today’s post! Oh they’re fantastic! (insert excitement here) AND my swap buddy is in today’s group! Tricia thank you so much for the love you poured into my card! I blogged all about it yesterday http://pattisstampingstudio.blogspot.com/2012/10/card-swap-featuring-tricia-barber.html and still doing a happy dance! This was a lot of fun Brian!
Love all these cards. What a lot of work and creativity.
Brian, thank you so much for this. You share your talent and love of stamping daily and then go beyond that to showcase the work of others too. You are talented, smart, very funny and dedicated – now I add humility to your list of attributes. ( Yes, I know your going to say, “What about good looking?”. Okay, and good looking.)
Te he !
Sharon,
Thank you for getting to know me. You get me. You really get me. I appreciate your compliments and will probably giggle about the last comment for the rest of the day. 🙂
Hello Brian: WOW!! Lovely cards, feel so honored to have mine posted here. One of my cards came from Lisa Poe, in OH. I love the rich colors, fabulous man card, thank you Lisa. This was so much fun and waiting for my cards was exciting. I got mine last Friday, as I was coming back from my run, I saw the mail truck in front of my mailbox and I sprinted to get my stuff. It’s amazing to get cards or letters in the mail. In this electronic age, receiving a hand made, hand written card is such a joy. Unfortunately, the cost of a post stamp is getting to be to much so a lot of people don’t send cards anymore. I still do, I just can’t help it, besides, it’s just once a year, during the Holidays that I buy a lot of stamps.
Anyway, thank you again Lisa for my card and thank you Brian for the chance to enjoy each other’s art and style and for the joy and excitement of receiving this cards.
Hi Maria. Your cards are stunning. You have some serious water coloring skills! I am so glad that Brian shared them with us!
Kudos to all who participated in Brian’s card swap. Thank you Maria Rodriguez for the compliments on my card. Thrilled that you like it. Your swap cards are just as wonderful. Isn’t it exciting what other paper crafters come up with. The ideas are endless. Thank you Brian again for all the time you spent on the fab swap. Can’t wait to for another one.
Maria, THANK YOU for the beautiful card! I received the one with the pear. I too love to receive hand made cards in the mail, but it’g getting less and less all the time. Funny thing is, I’m so used to getting my cards back in the mail for lack of postage that when I received yours I actually had to give it a seond to glance to see that it was for me! Your card has such attention to detail. I love the brush of gold over the back ground and the delicate shine to the pear.
I missed out on this swap and I’m so sorry that I did-each and every card is wonderful! Brian, thank you for doing this and sharing with all of us. I hope you’ll do another swap and I’ll be sure to play along next time:)
What gorgeous cards! I wanted to participate, but life got in the way… I really hope you will do it again! Looking forward to it!
Kathy
The cards are beautiful and unique and every single one has at least one element that can be tucked away in my file for future use. I didn’t play along, but will look forward to visually sharing each one with each of you. Thanks, Brian, for allowing others to share your limelight for a few days!
Each and every card is a work of art! I absolutely love the little elephant with the heart and the penguin in the snow. And the kitty with the googly eyes is very fun. What a great idea, Brian!
All the cards are Great! I received mine last Friday! Love it Diane! Yours is the first posted! Thank you Brian for doing this card swap! You are the best! If you do another one I would love to be part of your swap again, so much fun. Thanks and God Bless!
Wow! I was going to say something unique about each one but they are ALL equally wonderful. I love the various techniques represented here as well as the color combos. They are all works of art I would welcome in my mailbox. Maybe I better participate next time! 🙂 Great swaps everyone!
All I can say is ‘WOW’!
What a wonderful tribute to some beautiful cards! This was a super idea Brian, and I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to play along this time. I hope to do so next time. These are all so wonderful, this post is going into my “great cards to make” email folder. Thanks for arranging this; and thanks to all of you who participated! Such wonderful inspiration! 🙂
A great way to start Sunday Morning! Inspiration Central! I can’t wait to see the rest, and participate in the next one. Way to share the love, Brian.
Wow everyone did such a great job. I m so motivated to particiapte next time !
OMG! What beautiful creative cards! They are stunning and I can hardly wait till you post more on Tuesday! I will definitely be joining in the next swap, love your blog Brian and thanks for sharing your love for paper crafting with all of us!!!!!
Aah! That’s my Bestie posting on your Blog Brian! She NEVER posts on MY Blog! Humph! She’s not only my Bestie Craft Buddy but my level one downline, and Aunt. Love her! (your in trouble Rosebud.. I think you OWE me a comment on My Blog!) sorry for the interruption everyone!
The cards are all so beautiful! Thank you for hosting this Brian. I just got home from a 3 day trip and a lovely card from Jamie Barber was waiting for me. I just love it. You have some talented people following you and I can’t wait to see the rest of the cards this week!
Brian, thanks for hosting this swap…I ran to my mailbox every day last week and it arrived Friday, just in time to share with my downline! All the cards are wonderful inspiration. I was so glad to participate in this swap and received Leishman’s oh so cute frightening feline card. It gives me a chance to see some products that I haven’t purchased. There goes the wish list! Thanks Leishman for participating and crafting this great Halloween card that I was lucky to receive!
These cards are all so beautiful! I love the color combinations, the shading techniques and the details which all together made for some spectacular cards! So happy that Brian is letting us all share the joy of receiving these cards! Thanks crafters! Thanks Brian
Brian, thanks for posting the cards so we can all share in the excitement and appreciate the talent and skill each one represents. You are an angel to have started this swap and I hope you continue with it in the future. It was so much fun! Thanks!!
Oh my goodness! No wonder you were excited to get the cards–they’re all gorgeous! It’s so nice to get to see so many different styles and ideas in one place like this! Those who participated will be so happy to see what they get for their efforts, and it’s for sure no one will be disappointed! Thanks for doing the swap, and I hope to participate in the next one! –Terri
Great Swap!! Can any one join in on your Swaps?
Brian, I’m so glad to see the cards you received in your card swap. Lucky us, to be able to look at them all, even if we don’t get any. I’ll look forward to all the rest, too. Thanks for sharing them.
Kathy Liu
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Hi Sharon Broussard, such a lovely card you created and I am the lucky winner to receive it. The soft colors you used are very soothing. Your card brightened my day. Just love getting something that is homemade. Thank you Lisa
Wow Thank you Lisa! All of the cards were just Beautiful!!
I am just blown away by the responses to this blog post! Stampers are such a kind and generous group of people. I’m also excited that y’all really like these because I have 20 more just like these lined up to share with you on Tuesday and Wednesday. Yippee! Thanks to all who participated and to all who have left such nice compliments to these artists.
Great cards!! Thank you so much for sharing and for having a great blog!!!!
Thanks for sharing my card!! Loved participating in the swap with everyone. I got my beautiful fall card from Kathy Williams in Kingsport, TN. Great job!! Beautiful colors!!
How can you say anything negative about these beautiful cards!! I participated and have received one of the two I sent in!!! I was so happy to get mail with a wonderful card!! Such a fun idea!! Cant wait till the next swap!!
Thank you, sweet Brian for putting this together. I can’t wait to get my card in the mail. All of these are beautiful.