Prepping for Salt Lake

My trip to Salt Lake City is coming up soon and I am getting pumped!  I am hosting a swap that uses Stampin' Up! items in fun and unconventional ways (called 3D since they are normally 3 dimensional).  60 women are joining me for this swap, so we will have lots of creativity going around.  I just packed my craft bag a little bit ago and it is STUFFED to the brim with goodies to share.  Oh Lord, please let those zippers hold up!

Here are a few projects I have completed for the swap.  I have had a blast coming up with these.

First, my tried and true clothespins.  I sell these at the Gifted stop all the time and just love them for holding notes, pictures, reminders, recipes, or more.

Second, mini magnets using bottle caps from the local craft store.  The background is the gorgeous Bohemian designer series paper, which is then layered with sayings made with the Alphabet Rotary stamp. A little Crystal Effects has these all shiny and lovely.  I add a strip of magnetic tape on the back and viola!

The last project I will share today are some pens. I used the same Bohemian DSP (can you sense a theme here?) to punch the flowers out with the Fun Flower punch. This was hot glued to the pen top and washi tape was wrapped around the pen base.  I little Crystal Effects or Dazzling Details was added to the flower petal tips to give them a little oomph.