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!

Celebrate a Sweet Birthday

by Shannon Jaramillo // March 17, 2015 // 6 Comments

I have been slowly but surely working my way through the piles of things that accumulate in a craft room, those things that you think “Oh, I know what to use this for…someday“. I know you know what I’m talking about!! Well, I have actually whittled it down to just the bare minimum of things that I have really been putting off either doing something with or finding a home for. The last stack is a small collection of random pattern paper from a Stampin’ Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit from probably, oh, maybe two years ago? The kit was a 5″ x 5″ scrapbook with pressed cardboard covers and lots of fun papers to decorate the inside with. The kit sat forever and then I finally did something or another with most of it, only keeping a select few pattern papers because they were cute. But I couldn’t store them with all my other papers because they were a different size and my orderly mind just COULDN’T put two sizes together 🙂 Yes, I know you are shaking your head, but it’s the truth. I know that was a long story but that’s how these random pieces of paper have come to be sitting on my desk for months while I worked on everything around them.

And then tonight, I flipped one of them over and discovered the most ADORABLE pink polka dot paper ever, and that was it. I HAD to use it on a card, right there, right then. So I did! (Never argue with inspiration!)

What do you think? Was I right about the paper?? A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!

I also had this white background die cut laying around, cut for a card a few weeks ago and then discarded. So, I had my base, which I layered onto a piece of Blushing Bride card stock and then I used the PTI Monthly Moments: Spiral Notebook Die on my pink pattern paper as well as a piece of Blushing Bride card stock. Just layer them up!

Then I pulled out this Stampin’ Up! stamp set, Cycle Celebration, and stamped it in Blushing Bride ink and punched it out with the coordinating punch. I wrapped it all up with a bit of retired ribbon and even lined my envelope with retired paper! I was on a ROLL!! I added LOTS of Wink of Stella to my sentiment, it just sparkles!

And then the inside. I just want to say that the Papertrey Ink series of Inside & Out stamps has been a great investment. So many wonderful sentiments and fonts to choose from!

So what do you think? Pretty good for just scraps?? I think so, and had a ball putting it together. I made a second one, I will share that later in the week.

Now, I challenge you to look at your own pile of bits and pieces and see if you can’t create something lovely! (AND get it off your table, an added bonus!)

I would love to hear/see what you were inspired to create! Sometimes I feel like I’m talking to myself, I would really love to hear from you!!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink, Blushing Bride by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: My Paper Pumpkin by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Blushing Bride by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Cycle Celebration by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Monthly Moments: Spiral Notebook Die by Papertrey Ink and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Punches: Decorative Label Punch by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Misc Sequins and Wink of Stella

Birthdays Are Feathers – The Paper Players #229

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 25, 2015 // 17 Comments

Welcome friends to another Sunday and another challenge from The Paper Players. Can I just say, last week’s challenge was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! Over 100 participants and soooo many beautiful and inspiring creations!! I was overwhelmed by all the talent!!

This week, Jaydee has a darling sketch for us. It’s a fun and simple sketch, with lots of room for interpretation…which is good because I got a bit carried away during the creative process. After I completed and photographed my project I had a moment of panic as to whether or not I had strayed from the sketch…!! Sometimes I get so caught up in the creation of the card that I forget what I am “supposed” to be doing!

I went looking through my stamps for inspiration for the circle element and found the beautiful Fancy Feathers stamp set by Clearly Besotted Stamps (one of my favorite designers). From there I added in patterned paper. I admit I was a bit stumped by the sketch as it called for patterned paper on top, as well as a sentiment, but no layer for a sentiment…this means I need to stamp on the pattern paper! Not usually a problem for me, but I prefer to have a bold pattern on top and a more neutral pattern on the bottom so this was upside down for me! I solved my quandary by making the bottom layer smaller.

Did you notice that the bottom layer of the card is the same pattern paper as the envelope? It turns out that these two patterns are on flip sides of each other, so to make this card I have to use BOTH 6×6 squares of paper up AT THE SAME TIME!! That’s a bit hard on my paper hoarding tendencies!

In this case I had to be careful with my cuts because I’m using both a 6×6 piece as well as a 4x 5 1/4 piece. No room for errors! So I simply cut my 4×5 1/4 piece and made a cut in it at the appropriate spot and flipped the paper over to show the other side. To cover my seam, I elected to insert a small piece of scalloped cardstock. it covers the seam as well as providing a nice clean break between the two patterns.

I inked my feather up with Spring Moss ink and, using my MISTI, stamped onto my cardstock. I then used a sponge dauber to ink the stamp up again with Canyon Clay, stamped, and then inked up again in Soft Suede and just a touch of Blueberry Sky. I love the resulting variegated colors. I had some fibers on my table that I had rejected from yesterday’s card, it turns out that it is a perfect tone for this card so I figured out how to work it in. What do you think of the texture? I love it!!

My sentiment is also from the Fancy Feathers stamp set and has been stamped in Soft Suede ink. What a lovely thought as well as beautiful font!

I found a sentiment from the Inside & Out: Birthday stamp set from Papertrey Ink. I think it works very well with the outer sentiment! A nice card, perhaps masculine? A card for an older gentleman? What do you think?

So are you ready to play along? Be sure to check out the amazing inspiration from the rest of the design team:

The Paper Players Design Team

Products Used:

Cardstock: Fine Linen, Canyon Clay, Spring Moss by Papertrey; Primitive Whte by My Favorite Things

Pattern Paper: Now & Then: Mildred by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Canyon Clay, Spring Moss by Papertrey Ink; Soft Suede by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Fancy Feathers by Clearly Besotted Stamps; Inside & Out: Birthday by Papertrey Ink

Dies: Fancy Feathers by Clearly Besotted Stamps; Femme Frames (for scallop) by Mama Elephant; Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil’ Inker; Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Retired Fiber from Making Memories; Candy Dots by Stampin’ Up!