Spooky Halloween – Freshly Made Sketches 209

by Shannon Jaramillo // October 24, 2015 // No Comments

I picked up this adorable stamp set at the Scrapbook Expo today. It’s from a company called The Rubber Cafe. I have never heard of them before but I loved the images so much I had to run home and ink them up! I really didn’t have any Halloween stamps so the two sets I purchased should keep me for awhile 🙂

I kept it simple but added a bit of pizzazz by embossing all the images. I thought it would be simple but it took me four tries to get it embossed! I was all thumbs today! I added an awesome black and white background paper (which is actually from a Christmas pad, believe it or not!) and the topped that off with stripes of Elegant Eggplant, Cucumber Crush and Tangerine Tango. A few dots always add that last bit!

I was inspired by the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches:

Thanks for stopping by!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink; Elegant Eggplant, Cucumber Crush and Tangerine Tango by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Peace, Joy, Love by Lawn Fawn

Ink: Versamark

Stamps: Halloween Traditions by The Rubber Cafe

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

Tools: MISTI; Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Black Embossing Powder

Embellishments: Assorted Dots by Queen & Company

Sprinkles of Birthday Cheer

by Shannon Jaramillo // August 17, 2015 // 4 Comments

Hello Friends! I know it’s Monday, I hope you had a fun weekend!! It was HOT in Southern California so I stayed inside and made cards. 34 to be exact!

My husband asked me to make birthday cards for him…it was SO much fun!! I’ll share them a bit more closely over the next week. Today I wanted to focus on just one:

So much fun to make!! Almost all Stampin’ Up product today. The Cherry on Top Designer Series paper is very cute and versatile and I finally inked up the Sprinkles of Life stamp set. I has a coordinating punch so I used that too! I admit to being a bit dismayed when I realized I had to fussy cut the ice cream cone base out, but it turned out to be easily done.

I added a cherry on top from the Cupcake Builder punch…it’s perfect, don’t you think? And I love the coordinating sentiment…

So fun! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink; Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake; Pool Party and Watermelon Wonder by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Pack by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Pool Party and Bermuda Bay by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Sprinkles of Life by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rounded Rectangle Dies by Lil ‘Inker and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: Tree Builder, Cupcake Builder and Project Life Corner Punches by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: Crushed Curry 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon (retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Scripted Thank You – Freshly Made Sketches #181

by Shannon Jaramillo // April 9, 2015 // 7 Comments

Hello there, my stamping friends! Today I have a quick card to share with you as my crafty time was limited last night. I had limited time but I REALLY wanted to play along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week…

What do you think about the tilt-y layer? Do you like those or not?? Apparently there are many folks who would rather not work with a tilt-y angle, I personally do not mind it, it can add an interesting detail to a card.

This pattern paper is from the same pad I used in my last card and it has been calling to me. I just LOVE the vivid yellow combined with the delicate pattern! I paired white and black with it for my neutrals and decided to pull out the green in the pattern with a pop of green across my card front.

Isn’t the pretty edge detail lovely? It’s from a border die set I recently acquired from a small company called Pretty Pink Posh. If you’ve not heard of this company before, you might want to pop over and browse a bit. It’s a one-woman shop and she has lots of pretties to purchase and also has a blog, her creations are darling.

I added a button to my card even though it’s not in the sketch (I hope they don’t kick me out) because I knew I wanted the second part of the sentiment to go across the green strip, but I didn’t have anything long enough to cover the entire card front so I improvised! I adore this Thank You sentiment set from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

No stamping for me tonight…I’m off to my son’s Spring Concert tonight. He is a first-year high school band director and I’m so proud to see him conduct his band that I could just pop!!

Take care and please let me know what you think of my color combination today…it’s a bit bold for me!! Stepping out of that box again!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White and New Leaf by Papertrey Ink; Vellum

Pattern Paper: Simple Life by Echo Park

Ink: Black Staz-On and Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Stamps: Thank You by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rounded Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker; Stitched Borders 2 by Pretty Pink Posh; Fishtail Flags: Stitched by MFT STamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Button by Making Memories (from my very old stash); Jute Twine by May Arts

Filled With Joy – Make It Monday #196

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 10, 2015 // 13 Comments

Happy Saturday my friends!! The first week back after the holidays is always action packed, I’m so looking forward to some crafty time today!

I have two inspirations today…The first is Papertrey Ink’s Make It Monday Challenge to fill up those corners! The second inspiration is also from Papertrey Ink. It’s their January 2015 Inspiration Archive’s Color Combination…isn’t this combination amazing?

When I pulled these colors of cardstock out, I truly gasped…they are SO pretty together!

I needed to use at least one Papertrey Ink product for these challenges so I went to the PTI section of my stamp storage and found a delightful stamp set that was an exclusive gift if you purchased a minimum amount order…so of course, I did! The stamp set is called Filled with Joy and has very elegant looking flowers and leaves in it, perfect for this color combination!

What do you think? I couldn’t just fill one corner, I had to fill them both! And can I say, my new MISTI sure got a workout on this card! Just lots and lots of images and color, and the sentiment…so sweet! Love the font! And love that there are lots of options to switch out the saying, this one just worked for me.

You will have to take my word for it that every leaf and flower on this card is covered liberally with Wink of Stella…it’s sooo sparkly pretty!!

And I did not stop at the front…

Yep, more stamps from this set! I also threw in this little dot stamp from Rustic Wreath. It’s a go-to stamp for me now, it’s so easy to add little dots of interest and color to just about anything!

I also decided to enter this card into the Anything-Goes-As Long-As-It’s-New challenge over at NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff) since everything is new and I can enter more than once 🙂

Well, that’s my post for today, I’m off now to create more stuff with new goodies!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend and get to make something pretty!!

Wishing you joy and blessings!!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey

Pattern Paper: Unknown

Ink: Blueberry Sky, Ocean Tides, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse and Spring Moss by Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Filled With Joy and Rustic Wreath from Papertrey Ink

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rounded Rectangles by Lil’ Inker and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: None