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

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

Giving Thanks – Freshly Made Sketches 208

by Shannon Jaramillo // October 16, 2015 // 2 Comments

In preparing this post I discovered that I haven’t played along with the Freshly Made Sketches‘ challenge since the 200th sketch…8 weeks ago! Yikes!

I was so inspired by the wonderful designs from the design team that I just had to sit down and create a card with Cindy Hall’s sketch:

I’m really loving the colors in this one and I had so much fun coloring the pumpkins! Did I mention yet that I purchased a ScanNCut2? If I haven’t and you haven’t heard of it, please use the link to check it out–this machine is A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

With the machine I was able to cut out both the basket full of pumpkins AND the itty bitty pumpkins after I had them colored. Just slipped the paper right into the machine and BAM, now I have die cuts…AND I can choose the depth of the border around them! SO cool!!

Lawn Fawn’s 6×6 paper pack Into the Woods have really framed the pumpkins nicely and really help them pop. Of course, Stampin’ Dimensionals give them a bit of pop too 🙂

ShinHan Touch Twin Brush Markers helped me color my stamped image in. If you haven’t heard of them, they are the product giving Copic a run for it’s money. They have a wonderful brush tip to work with, and have a lower price point…yippee!!

Isn’t the script font of the sentiment amazing? The stamp set is called Scripted by Papertrey Ink and the sentiment carries on to the inside of the card:

I was inspired by Kim Singdahlsen‘s card to use the cross stitch borders that I forgot I had. Thanks Kim, I love them!

Clean, simple and a POP of color…I’m so in tickled with how this turned out! I would love to hear what you think as well, your feedback only makes me a better artist!!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Into the Woods by Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Early Expresso by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Vintage Picnic and Scripted by Papertrey Ink

Dies: Cross Stich Circle STAX by MFT Stamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI; ScanNCut2; ShinHan Touch Twin Brush Markers

Embellishments: Neutrals Candy Dots by Stampin’ Up!

Feeling Like Fall – Sunday Stamps 110

by Shannon Jaramillo // September 20, 2015 // 2 Comments

We’ve had a few cooler days lately, and that combined with Friday night football games, has me feeling like Fall! So I broke out a new to me pad of paper that I have been saving for the occasion and started creating!

My jumping off point was this delightful sketch from Sunday Stamps:

I enjoyed mixing colors on this card and perhaps took a few liberties with Fall leaf colors!

I hope you will pop over and gather inspiration from the rest of the Sunday Stamps design team! We would love to see you play along with us!

A side note: My posts have been fewer lately as I have been busy painting another room in my house and then moving my creative space into the new room. It has a bit less square footage but oodles more sunlight! It will take me a bit to get everything reorganized but I look forward to sharing my new space with you!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Vintage Cream by PTI

Pattern Paper: Autumn Flowers by Ki Memories

Ink: Pure Poppy, Ocean Tides, and Ripe Avocado by PTI; Chocolate Chip by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Leave It Be by PTI and Fall Foliage by MFT Stamps

Dies: Leave It Be by PTI; Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI

Embellishments: Linen Thread by May Arts

I Love Pattern Paper – The Paper Players 259 & Stamp, Ink, Paper 11

by Shannon Jaramillo // August 26, 2015 // 7 Comments

…and I cannot lie…lol, yes I do!!! And the sketch from The Paper Players has given me an excuse to play with some!

Well, how did I do?? I had a ton of fun with this one and sure do like how it turned out. I’m loving all the black with just a pop of color. I used Altenew’s Painted Butterflies stamp set and used Papertrey’s Blueberry Sky and Enchanted Evening for the pops of blue.

What do you think? Should I have lined my banner in black? I couldn’t decide so I left it alone, but in looking at it now, perhaps I should have…

I tried very hard to capture the sparkle on the butterfly’s wings. It’s so pretty!

Thank you very much to The Paper Players design team for always providing tons of inspiration!

And I’m also playing along with the Stamp, Paper, Ink challenge this week…tic-tac-toe challenges are so much fun!! I chose butterflies, buttons and monochromatic (although I took some liberty with monochromatic with the pop of blue)

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink; Basic Black by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: The Story of Us by Simple Stories & unknown toile paper

Ink: Memento Ink Tuxedo Black, Blueberry Sky and Enchanted Evening by Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Painted Butterflies by Altenew

Dies: Pierced Circle STAX by MFT Stamps; Banner Framelits and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI

Embellishments: Black Button by Making Memories & Black embroidery thread