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Vertical Greetings Love Note – Freshly Made Sketches 245

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Stampin Up Vertical Greetings Card Ideas - Shannon Jaramillo Stampinup

I just love the clean look of this stamp set, Vertical Greetings, by Stampin’ Up! It’s so clean and fresh! I brought it out to use as I thought it would work perfectly with the sketch this week over at Freshly Made Sketches:

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Helpful Stuff:

  • Masking! It is the perfect thing to do when working with a solid rubber image such as this. I simply used a Post-It note to mask off all the areas that I did not want to ink up. Of course, the MISTI is the perfect tool for stamping this image as well! Love my MISTI!
  • I stepped out of my comfort zone a bit with these colors (okay, a LOT out of my comfort zone). I honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I inked up either Garden Green or Elegant Eggplant but wow, I sure love how they turned out! They really pop against the bright white!

Stampin Up Vertical Greetings Card Idea - Shannon Jaramillo Stampinup

  • Choose the unexpected. The Real Red sentiment is quite unexpected amongst the rest of the color palette and that’s what makes the card (in my humble opinion). The color makes the message jump right of the paper. And isn’t the enamel heart too precious?? xoxo
  • This card was created with my husband in mind, he has really gone the extra mile lately and I want him to know I appreciate him! He may not however be thrilled with the bow or the Wink of Stella I added to the greenery, I just couldn’t stop myself….

Stampin’ Up!’s Pretty Kitty – Pals Paper Arts 308

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Stampin Up Pretty Kitty Card Ideas - Shannon Jaramillo Stampinup

I have a confession. This stamp set, Pretty Kitty, was on my first order. I have been pulling it out to look at it and then putting it back again because it requires COLORING. Which gives me terrible anxiety 🙁

But I finally put on my big girl pants and colored. Isn’t this little guy a sweetie?

Helpful Stuff:

  • The Real Red card base combined with the Real Red banner and the Real Red flowers use the rule of thirds to keep everything in balance.
  • The Black and White are neutrals which, when used together, give the red an extra boost.
  • I used a blender pen to color the image. I find it leaves less streaking than the full strength marker as well giving you the ability to go back and add darker detail.

Stampin Up Pretty Kitty Card Idea - Shannon Jaramillo Stampinup

  • Stampin’ Write Markers colors used: Real Red, Cucumber Crush, Perfect Plum, Dapper Denim, Smoky Slate and Crumb Cake.

Stampin Up Pretty Kitty Card - Shannon Jaramillo Stampinup

  • You can never have too much bling. I’m just saying. And…did I forget the sentiment? Nope!

Stampin Up Pretty Kitty Cardmaking - Shannon Jaramillo Stampinup

This sweet little kitty truly does make me happy!

The inspiration for today’s card is Ann Schach of the Pals Paper Arts design team’s darling sketch:

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I just flipped it over onto it’s side:)

 

I would love to hear what you think of today’s card, the Pretty Kitty stamp set, and any comments on coloring…do it terrify you too?

 

 

Sunshine Sayings – Pals Paper Arts 305

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I can’t quite decide which new Stampin’ Up! products are my favorite, every time I pull something out to play with, it becomes my new favorite!

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So…today’s favorite is the Sunshine Sayings stamp set which happens to have a coordinating framlits set called Sunshine Wishes. And of course, they can be bundled together to save 10% off the purchase price!

My jumping off point for this project was the Pals Paper Arts fun color combination this week:

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Isn’t this just a SWEET color combination?!? Thanks Windy!! And a huge THANK YOU to the sketch design team for choosing my card last week as one of their top picks!

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This delightful piece of DSP is from the Serene Scenery 6×6 Paper Stack. I love this soft wash of Island Indigo! I had fun inlaying all of the dies into my top panel of Whisper White card stock. It was a bit tricky to keep track of all of the little pieces but I’m a puzzle fan, so I made a game of fitting all the pieces into place 🙂

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I did end up die cutting another flower and layering it over top of the inlaid flower, I think it adds a nice bit of dimension. And of course, Wink of Stella has been liberally applied to anything that would stand still!

I hope you have enjoyed today’s simple project, thank you so much for stopping by!

You Are My Sunshine – The Card Concept 38

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Hello there and welcome to another challenge from The Card Concept!! The inspiration photo is amazing…I can’t wait to see what you do with it!!

You Are My Sunshine - Card Concept 38cI L-O-V-E daisies so this challenge brings a smile to my face! I interpreted the challenge literally and tried to think of ways to use a daisy in a clean and graphic card. When I think of graphic, I think of repeated images, so…

You Are My Sunshine - Card Concept 38bThat’s exactly what I did! I stamped Versamark Ink onto Fog card stock and then heat embossed the daisies with white embossing powder, one at a time. I used a mask to help me stamp without overlapping. I then stamped the flower centers with Versamark Ink as well and then heat embossed them with Crushed Curry embossing powder. A simple sentiment punched out with my new washi tape punch, a coordinating layer of Crushed Curry card stock complete my clean and graphic card!

You Are My Sunshine - Card Concept 38aThis new stamp set called Garden in Bloom by Stampin’ Up! is so much fun, I know I will get a lot of use from it!!

Well, that’s it for me, I can’t wait to see your creations!!

Please be inspired by the designs from the rest of The Card Concept design team, they are soooo talented!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink; Fog by Simon Says Stamp; Crushed Curry by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Designer Series Paper Stack (Regal) by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Versamark Ink

Stamps:   Garden in Bloom and Over the Rainbow (for sentiment) by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  Washi tape Punch by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: None

 

Frilly & Fabulous – CC35, CAS(E) this Sketch 123, CYCI70

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SKP Watermarked Photos4-006Good morning! I hope your week is going well! I had a long crafting day this past weekend that allowed me to play along with some challenges. Yay!! I was determined to play with this new stamp set from Lil ‘Inkers called Modern Mehndi. My first thought was to stamp it in black and then color it in with Copic markers, but…yuck!! It just looked awful and I was so disappointed. After moving on and working on another project, it occurred to me that perhaps the stamps were meant to be stamped in color rather than in black so I tried that and am SO pleased with the result!!

SKP Watermarked Photos4-007I tried using a very pretty pattern paper on the card, but everything overwhelmed the flowers so I reverted back to clean and simple white, and those flowers sure do pop off the paper!! It’s not visible in the photo but I gently applied a coating of Wink of Stella to the flowers and flourishes to make them sparkle. It’s so pretty in real life!!

This card was inspired by three challenges: The Card Concept , CAS(E) this Sketch and the always fun Can You Case It. (Lots of “C”s going on there!) I love working with challenges to keep my perspective fresh and build new skills!

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CYCI70-300x217Thank you so much for visiting today, please do stop by again to see what I am up to!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Color Wash by Pink Paislee

Ink: Blushing Bride, Crisp Cantaloupe and So Saffron by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:   Modern Mehndi by Lil ‘Inkers

Dies: Modern Mehndi by Lil ‘Inkers and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  None

Embellishments: Wink of Stella