A Little Country Chair 1 x 1 Charm Swap

The Little Country Chair

There isn't anything you can't do in a 1 x 1 square, you just have to think outside of the box.

Last month I joined a 1 x 1 Charm Swap that Carol McFarland put together via Stampin Connect and I can't wait to get mine back. The only thing is I forgot to put return postage on my package and now have to send stamps so I can get my package returned LOL. This just shows you what kind of week I have had.

I named my swap "A Little Country Chair". I love stamps that are different anything with chairs, benches and stools I have. I am not sure exactly why but when I first saw "Have a Seat" in the 2010-11 IDEA BOOK & CATALOGUE I had to get it. I love the uniqueness of it, and the fact that you can add little things like a bird or a cup of tea on it or even a flower makes it so cute. To me a chair is always inviting, and there is so many things you can do with it. You can rest in it, read in it, hold a cup of tea on it. You can use it for storage, to hold a door open, you can stand on it to get something up high or put two together and make fort with it.

For this little piece of art I used the following:

1. Have a Seat Stamp Set
2. Charming Stamp Set
3. Very Vanilla Card stock
4. Vellum Card stock
5. Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink
6. Chocolate Chip Classic Ink
7. Eyelets Antique Brass
8. Basic Rhinestones
9. Linen Thread
10. Heart Small
11. Vintage Wallpaper
12. Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink Illuminate Top Coat

1 x 1 Charm with chain with the insert inside plus the packaging that I did for each one. Each charm is held onto the background using clear photo corners so that it can be removed easily without ripping.

View of the back of my charm showing the embossing and twine.

Ohhhhhhhh la la ... Using Chic Boutque

I seem to be on this Paris kick and frankly I am surprised because the one time I did go to Paris I found it dirty, loud and well not very friendly. I am sure that it has changed since I was there almost 20 + years ago, but sometimes things just stick in your head. All of that said I am super excited about what is coming in the our new Stampin Ups! Idea Book and Catalogue for 2010 -2011. Can we say vintage?

I absolutely love Chic Boutique, I used it on my Simply Adorned Jewelry see here plus the card below. In fact I used two stamp sets (one of the reasons I so love Stampin Up products they are interchangeable), for the card below. I used Chic Boutique and Charming from our Holiday Mini Catalogue (September 2009 - January 2010) look for it make a return soon!

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I absolutely love chocolate and baja breeze and I am happy to say it is returning in the new catalog so I will be creating some new invitations using that fabulous colour. This card will fit a standard # 10 envelope but I will never mail this one as it has one of my favorite buttons on it. So this will become instead a little piece of art.

Close up showing that beautiful button...