Thanks a Bunch – The Challenge #51

by Shannon Jaramillo // November 16, 2015 // 14 Comments

Hello! I hope your Monday morning finds you ready for a new week 🙂 Are you ready for a challenge? One of my cards was chosen as the winner for the The Challenge #48 and they have asked me to be their guest designer this week! I’m so thrilled to play along with this very talented design team!

Aren’t these colors cozy? I can just picture the fireplace going in the background and being wrapped up in a warm blanket with a book open…sigh…

I tried to give my card a warm and cozy feel as well. I looked and looked for a patterned paper that gave me that feel and finally manged to find one in my 12×12 paper stash. I paired it up with stamped leaves from the Vintage Leaves stamp set by Stampin’ Up!. I really love the size and detail of the leaves, this set is a keeper!

The flip side of the dots pattern paper was a very soft blue neutral pattern so I used it to stamp my leaves. I tried to use my ScanNCut to cut the image out, but either my machine doesn’t like this design or my technical skills were lacking today, either way, I couldn’t get the image to register so I broke down and fussy cut the leaves. I’m glad I had to do it because I think that perhaps I have finally gotten the hang of moving the paper and not the scissors…after five years! Ha!

I stamped a greeting and rounded the whole thing off with a few iridescent sequins.

Thank you for stopping by! Please visit The Challenge for more inspiration and I hope to see you in their gallery this week!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: My Family-Father by Fancy Pants

Ink: Soft Suede by Stampin’ Up!; Soft Navy by Simon Says Stamp; Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Vintage Leaves by Stampin’ Up! and Label Love by Altenew

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker and Envelope Line Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented)

Embellishments: Unknown source for iridescent sequins

Bitty Bouquets – Warm Welcome Fusion Card Challenge

by Shannon Jaramillo // November 12, 2015 // 21 Comments

Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge! This challenge is a fun one and leaves a ton of room for interpretation…

I was pretty liberal with my interpretation this week:

The sketch made me immediately think of this die set by MFT Stamps. Then I saw these beautiful papers and I was off to the races…

I have been a bit intimidated by the Bitty Bouquets stamp and die set by PTI…I shouldn’t have been, they came together in a snap! And the different sets of bouquets are so beautiful, this set is sure to become a go-to set! A simple sentiment by Wplus9 rounds the card off so prettily. I stamped the sentiment first in Soft Suede ink but it didn’t stand out well enough against the pattern paper so I switched it up to Early Expresso. Thank goodness for the MISTI, which made it so simple to re-stamp in the darker ink, no harm, no foul!

I used another of the patterns to add a bit of interest to the inside of the card, along with another pretty bouquet, stamped off once.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love to hear your thoughts!

Please visit the other Fusion Card Challenge design team members, they have beautiful inspiration for you!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Lost & Found – Breeze by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Early Expresso, Old Olive, Pool Party by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Bitty Bouquets by Papertrey Ink; Strictly Sentiments 2 by Wplus9

Dies: Bitty Bouquets by Papertrey Ink; Ride the Wave by MFT Stamps; Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker;and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented)

Embellishments: None

Holly Jolly Christmas

by Shannon Jaramillo // November 1, 2015 // 1 Comment

This is my second post today, a rare occurrence indeed!

If you have popped over from Stampin’ Pretty, welcome and thank you so much for visiting me today!

This card was inspired by a darling card made by Joanne James. When I saw the reindeer paperclips in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog, I could not imagine how I would use them. Then I saw Joanne’s card and the light came on! I love, love, loved the Rudolph nose on the clip!! I had to sit down and make my own 🙂

There are lots of layers on this one but the layers were made easy with rectangular stitched dies. I die cut the DSP layers and then added Mossy Meadow layers to the back of them. All but the top layer are adhered directly to each other, the top layer was lifted with Stampin’ Dimensionals to leave room for the reindeer clip.

I die cut “jolly” three times using Stampin’ Up!’s Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies and adhered them together to make the greeting pop. The rest of the greeting is from the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set and was stamped in Cherry Cobbler onto scrap pieces of white card stock, and then snipped out and layered onto Cherry Cobbler card stock. Easy peasy. If you like the look of the stamp set and the dies, you can purchase them in a bundle with a 15% discount!

And of course the Rudolph nose. That is the icing on the cake!! Thanks, Joanne, for your inspiration, and for choosing my card as A Cut Above with The Paper Players last week!

I don’t usually load my cards up this much so while I love it, one part of me is screaming “You forgot the kitchen sink!!” Is it all too much? I would love to hear what you think!

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Pack

Ink: Cherry Cobbler by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Holly Jolly Greetings by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!; Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker.

Tools: MISTI

Embellishments: Reindeer Paper Clips Embellishments

Coffee & Friends – Sunday Stamps 113

by Shannon Jaramillo // November 1, 2015 // 5 Comments

Happy Sunday to my stamping friends! Today we have another new challenge for you from Sunday Stamps and it’s a color challenge!

I took my inspiration straight from the photo for my card:

I thought this would be a perfect card to add a gift card to:

and give to a sweet friend 🙂

Please stop by the Sunday Stamps Challenge Blog to see the wonderful inspiration from the design team!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink; Island Indigo and Soft Suede from Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: None

Ink: Early Expresso, Island Indigo, and Soft Suede by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Coffee Cozy by Lil ‘Inker; Gorgeous Grunge by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Coffee Cozy by Lil ‘Inker and Gift Card Pocket by MFT Stamps

Tools: MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented)

Embellishments: None

On Your Day – Fusion Card Challenge

by Shannon Jaramillo // October 29, 2015 // 16 Comments

Welcome to a new edition of the Fusion Card Challenge! Lesley has a fun color combination and cute sketch sure to inspire!

I have several poppy stamps but I chose to use just the sketch this week. The flourish reminded me of elegant, and elegant made me think of another challenge that I could play along with, so I found some stamps and went to work!

The last card I made had a circle element on it too and I had had the thought (after my card was done, of course) that I could have used patterned paper instead of just solid cardstock for the circle, so for this card, that’s just what I did! A few sparkles add just enough bling, I think 🙂

I have also incorporated the theme over at The Challenge into my card today:

I’m also playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Color Wash by Pink Paislee

Ink: Sweet Blush by Papertrey Ink; Fog by Simon Says Stamp; Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: On Your Day by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: On Your Day by Clearly Besotted Stamps; Stitched Mats: Circles, Stitched Mats: Ovals, and Quilted Stitched Pattern Cover Up by Lil ‘Inker

Tools: MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented)

Embellishments: Assorted Moonshine Sequins by Simon Says Stamp