When going to a Stampin’ Up! event it’s pretty usual to give table gifts and or team gifts, and the recent OnStage Telford event was no exception. Having said that, we did decide to do things a little differently for table gifts by taking part in a sampler swap. I like to think of these squares as miniature works of art.
Esther came up with the idea, and the remit was for each of us (nine people in total) to make nine identical squares. After the swap, each of us would then end up with nine different squares to fit into a 12″ x 12″ box frame.
We did have a brief. The purpose being, to avoid anything too extreme or clashing colour wise. And, these were:
- Base square to be a 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ square of Poppy Parade.
- No sentiments.
- To keep the colour palette to Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, So Saffron, Whisper White and Basic Black
This is the graphic that Esther produced for the colours
I think that a few of the Crafting Acorns were a little stuck with the colours at first, but they soon overcame that. The miniature works of art speak for themselves.
Here are the nine pieces in the format that I think I’m going to use for my 12″ x 12″ sampler.
Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. And, if you would like to see the team gifts that I gave, you can check them out here.
Happy Stamping.
Fiona xx
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