Sweet Butterfly Birthday – Sunday Stamps 114

by Shannon Jaramillo // November 15, 2015 // 6 Comments

It’s Sunday and time for another great challenge from Sunday Stamps! This is an simple layout but feel free to make it as simple as possible or load it up with lots of creativity!

I kept my card simple but had to add a bit of the sparkly stuff 🙂

I also change the orientation of the layout to suit my ideas. You know, in looking at my card again, I am reflecting back on how much I DID NOT care for Mossy Meadow when it was introduced as one of Stampin’ Up!’s In-Colors for 2014-15. I just pushed it aside and then this fall I finally realized what an awesome color it is! It’s become my go-to green and I’m dreading it’s retirement next summer…please say it ain’t so…

I digress. On today’s card I used the English Garden DSP pattern as my inspiration to pair Mossy Meadow and Old Olive together. Just beautiful!!

I heat embossed the sentiment in white on the dark cardstock which is something I do rarely but I really love the look! I used the reverse pattern of the lovely green leaves for the butterfly diecut…the darker tones really make it pop. I used added another butterfly on top, this time in vellum and added rhinestones, which look awesome and cover up the adhesive…a win-win!!

And the inside…I really loving the stamped image underneath the sentiment!

I hope that my project has inspired you to join us in this challenge, for more inspiration please visit these lovely ladies:

Thank you for visiting today!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Mossy Meadow and Old Olive by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: English Garden Designer Series Paper Pack by Stampin’ Up!

Specialty Paper: Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper & White Vellum Cardstock by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Versamark and Old Olive by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Butterfly Basics by Stampin’ Up!; Inside & Out: Birthday Greetings by Papertrey Ink

Dies: Butterflies Thinlits Dies by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI; Embossing Buddy; White Embossing Powder; Heat Tool

Embellishments: Rhinestone Basic Jewels by Stampin’ Up!

Another Thank You – Pals Paper Arts 262

by Shannon Jaramillo // August 11, 2015 // 6 Comments

It’s been awhile since I’ve played along with the Pals Paper Arts challenge. This week they have a fun color combo:

Now, considering the love affair I’ve been having with Mint Macaron, you would probably be expecting a lot more green on this card!! Surprise!! I think I love Tip Top Taupe almost as much as Mint Macaron!

I love this stamp from Stampin’ Up!, Another Thank You. It was one of their very first photopolymer stamp sets and will be one I will keep always. How easy is this stamp?? One stamp and you’re done! Of course, I had to dress mine up a bit to fit the challenge parameters 🙂

It’s not really visible in my photos but I stamped the sentiment in Tip Top Taupe (say that three times fast! lol) and then stamped it again in Versamark ink and added clear embossing powder. It has a nice raised texture and very shiny finish.

Thanks for stopping by today and please pop on over to the Pals Paper Arts blog to see some beautiful cards with this combination!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White Papertrey Ink; Tip Top Taupe by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: 2015-17 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Memento Tip Top Taupe, Pool Party, Mint Macaron, Versamark

Stamps: Another Thank You, Papillon Potporri, Butterfly Basics by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: Bitty Butterfly and Elegant Butterfly Punches; Clear Embossing Powder by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: Rhinestone Basic Jewels by Stampin’ Up!

More Butterfly Wishes – Sunday Stamps 103

by Shannon Jaramillo // June 7, 2015 // 13 Comments

Woo Hoo! It’s time for another challenge from the Sunday Stamps design team!! Are you READY?? This challenge is a fabulous color challenge!!

Isn’t it fab???? I think it is soooo yummy and I had a blast putting my card together:

Yummy, right?? I can’t wait for you to see the rest of the cards by the design team, they really rocked this challenge!! But let’s go through my card first…

Since I pulled all of my colors from the Stampin’ Up! color palette (Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar and Soft Suede), I also pulled out a few Stampin’ Up! stamps, Butterfly Basics and Gorgeous Grunge, to play with. I used the splatter stamp and the leaf stamp to create my background in Soft Suede and Baked Brown Sugar respectively, stamping off before stamping my card stock.

I then used Square Framelits to cut a square out of my background, added two layers of card stock to it, and re-adhered it to my card. I had a ton of fun with the butterfly! I added a layer of micropore tape to the back of my Soft Suede card stock and then ran it through the Big Shot with the medium Butterfly Thinlit. I then ran Soft Sky and Baked Brown Sugar through the Big Shot with the same die. The micropore tape kept all of the pieces of the butterfly together, but allowed me to use my paper piercer to gently pull some of the pieces out and replace them with the same pieces in another color. I layered the Soft Sky butterfly on top and then carefully added Wink of Stella to all the pieces.

Whew! That was a long explanation, I hope it made sense. This all took a bit of time, but that’s okay, it became a personal challenge for me 🙂 Does that ever happen to you?

I die cut a circle from vellum and stamped it liberally with the honeycomb stamp from Butterfly Basics. The Soft Sky ink is really light on it, so I just stamped and stamped until it was dark enough. I had already adhered the layered square to the card so I was a bit stumped as to how I was going to add my circle. In the end, I used the square framelit to die cut part of my circle away and then used Crystal Effects to adhere the circle to the card.

I also added the sentiment after the fact which is why it’s a bit splotchy…it’s no easy feat to stamp straight with all those layers and twine in the way!! But I actually really like the way it turned out!

And the twine…it came off of something I purchased and I saved it. It’s been hanging around my desk for a few months. I’m glad I saved it, I think it adds so much texture to my card!

And I decorated the inside of today’s card as well:

Love these stamps together!!

The sketch for today’s card was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week:

So fun to work with!!

I hope you love the colors as much as I do!! Please be inspired by the rest of the awesome designs by the Sunday Stamps design team and I can’t wait to see your designs as well!

Holly Endress
Katie Brooks

Leena Girsa

Lisa Johansen

Monika Reeck

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Sky, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: None