An Open Heart – Freshly Made Sketches 422

by Shannon Jaramillo // February 16, 2020 // 5 Comments

Hello my stampin’ peeps! I am back in town and was SO happy to be able to perch on my stool in my craft space and MAKE SOMETHING! I’ve been away TOO long! And I have just enough time to squeeze in the latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge! So let’s get to it!

Measurements:

Mossy Meadow Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Pear Pizzazz Card Stock 4″ x 5 1/4″
Strip of Garden Lane DSP 2″ x 5 1/4″
White Die Cut Card Stock 2 3/8″ x 4 5/16″

Details:

In my search for an image that would fit within the layout parameters, I quickly came across the retired stamp set An Open Heart and decided that it would be perfect. It’s a set that I acquired secondhand and have never stamped up. I have FAR too many of those so was very happy to get it inky! I knew I would be coloring with alcohol markers so I stamped the main image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
Four colors of Stampin’ Blends were used here (you could easily just use one or two): Light & Dark Soft Sea Foam; Light Old Olive and Light Mossy Meadow. I needed a very fine tip pen to color in the branch stem so I pulled out my Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Marker for that.
I wasn’t sure what type of foliage I was working with and had no idea what the buds and berries really were so I went with the first image that popped into my head and that was – citrus! So I reached for more Stampin’ Blends in Light So Saffron (may I add that this is a FABULOUS addition to the Stampin’ Blends color variety – if you don’t have it, order it!) and Light Mango Melody. I love the brightness of Mango Melody!

Once the image was colored I searched through my stand alone dies for a rectangle shape narrow and tall enough to use with my stamped image and found the right size in the MFT stamps Pierced Traditional Tags die set. It fit perfectly and I like the added interest the tag shape adds to the card 🙂
I layered the tag over a pattern from the gorgeous Garden Lane DSP and then layered them both over a piece of Pear Pizzazz card stock which has been embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
I added this darling bird image from the same stamp set, again stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black (always use this ink when using alcohol markers), and wondered what color to color it. I am hopelessly illiterate when it comes to birds, but I found inspiration in the yellows of the buds and berries and then added darker shades as I went. When I was finished I had used a total of SIX colors! Light So Saffron, Light Mango Melody on the face, Light and Dark Crumb Cake on the body and Light and Dark Soft Suede on the wing and tail feathers. I’m pretty impressed with how he turned out. I have no idea if any such bird exists in nature but decided that it really doesn’t matter, and that knowledge is SO liberating! I just like the colors!! I fussy cut this little guy out and popped him up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I found a perfectly small sentiment to add to my card in the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set. This set is the replacement for Teeny Tiny Wishes.
The layout called for some of ribbon or twine so I reached for (as I often do) my Linen Thread and make a quick bow. I just love (insert audible sigh) these linen bows and add them to projects frequently.
Added some Wink of Stella to the the leaves and called it good – at least for the card front!

I chose a simple white insert for the card and added a darling sentiment from the Forever Lovely stamp set. The sentiment was inked up with Versamark Onyx Black for a vivid stamp and then I added a tiny leaf spring from the same set, colored in Light Soft Sea Foam with just a touch of color from my Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Marker. I left it at that for the card interior and proceeded to add matching DSP to the envelope flap and a partial stamp of the main image on the front of the envelope.

It can be sometimes a scary feeling for me when I start a project without a fixed image of the final result in my mind, but I worked through the twists and turns of the creative process and am super happy with how it turned out. Thank you again to the Freshly Made Sketches design team for their inspiration!! Make sure to visit the Freshly Made Sketches website to see all of their beautiful designs!!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Mossy Meadow and Pear Pizzazz; and Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White (80 lb)

DSP: Garden Lane

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Versamark Onyx Black

Stamps: An Open Heart, Itty Bitty Greetings and Forever Lovely

Coloring Tools: Light & Dark Soft Sea Foam, Light Old Olive, Light Mossy Meadow, Light So Saffron, Light Mango Melody, Light & Dark Crumb Cake and Light & Dark Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends; Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Marker

Dies: MFT Stamps Pierced Traditional Tags & SU’s Envelope Die (retired)

Tools: Big Shot; Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

Embellishments: Linen Thread Wink of Stella

Other: Whisper White Envelope

A Clean & Simple Birthday – Freshly Made Sketches 416

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 1, 2020 // 8 Comments

Hello and Happy New Year! It has been awhile since I have posted so I’m feeling a bit terrified to put myself out into the digital world again! 2019 has been a busy year and I am looking forward to (hopefully) spending more time creating and sharing in 2020! I always follow my friends over at Freshly Made Sketches and decided that if I could, I would jump in with the last sketch of 2019, and I’m so happy to spend my New Year’s Eve doing just that!

Isn’t it pretty?!? Clean and simple with lots of room for interpretation.

Details:

This sketch seemed like a great way to show off DSP so that’s where I started. I stood in my craft space facing my drawers of pattern paper collections and randomly pulled a drawer out – it turned out to be a monthly kit from Felicity Jane called “Jenny”. Every time I see their papers, I sigh with delight – GORGEOUS!

Did I lie?? G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S. I pulled one sheet out and used my old stand by, Femme Frame by Mama Elephant, to die cut one rectangle from the front side and one rectangle from the back side. I tilted the rectangles and layered them onto the scalloped rectangle die from the same set, which i die cut from a coordinating piece of heavy DSP. Easy peasy. Now to decorate!!
Felicity Jane’s stamp and die set Hip Hip Hooray was my choice for creating my focal point. I stamped and die cut the sentiment and then stamped a star onto a coordinating embellishment from the “Jenny” collection and die cut them out with the coordinating die.

I created a sparkly bow with a bit of Stampin’ Up! gold metallic twine and a bit of Doodlebug Designs baker’s twine. I discovered that the gold metallic twine unwound into 6 separate threads so I went with the ‘messy’ look – I love it!! I attached the bow with a glue dot, the sentiment with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and the stars with Tombow adhesive tape. A variety of colored and sparkly enamel dots add detail and a bit of playfulness to compliment the bow.
Using the bold black pattern as the envelope liner both mimics and accentuates the bold birthday sentiment. Such a FUN pattern!

And that’s it! A fun clean and simple card that took me about three hours to make!! lol. I’m rusty!! But it was fun to get my beloved toys out and make a really big mess. I can’t wait to do it again!! Thank you to Amy and the Freshly Made Sketches design team for their continued efforts to inspire us!!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

DSP: the “Jenny” Collection from Felicity Jane

Specialty Paper: None

Ink: Versamark Onyx Black

Stamps: Hip Hip Hooray by Felicity Jane

Dies: Hip Hip Hooray by Felicity Jane; Femme Frame by Mama Elephant and SU’s Stitched Rectangle Dies & Envelope Die (retired)

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer (retired)

Embellishments: Enamel Dots & Baker’s Twine by Doodlebug Designs, SU’s Glitter Clear Epoxy Shapes & Gold Metallic Twine (both retired), Wink of Stella

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Bold Blossoms

by Shannon Jaramillo // February 1, 2019 // 8 Comments

Hello there! I thought the folks hunkering down for this cold spell could do with some spring flowers, so these are just for you! 🙂

Measurements:

White Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Strip of Calypso Coral Card Stock 1 7/8″ x 5 1/2″
Strip of Happiness Blooms DSP 1 3/4″ x 5 1/2″
Calypso Coral Card Stock Layer 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
White Die Cut Card Stock 3 3/8″ x 4 3/4″

Details:

This very bright and bold pattern is from the Happiness Blooms DSP pack. Isn’t it amazing?!? I used to be intimidated by this type of pattern, but I am learning how to work with it. Once it’s paired up with elements whose colors are drawn directly from the DSP, the pattern tones down. It’s kind of magical!
There is a stamp set called Bloom by Bloom in the Occasions Catalog that exactly matches this DSP, but I don’t have it (yet). So…I improvised! The set I used is called Bunch of Blossoms from the Annual Catalog.

The catalog doesn’t list a pink color for this paper pack, but after stamping with a few different pinks I determined that the pink is Blushing Bride.
The blooms are Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral and those two colors combined with Call Me Clover is, well, magical!!
I paired the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set with a sentiment from Petal Palette and then die cut it and layered it onto a Calypso Coral oval scallop die cut.
This darling Calypso Coral 3/8″ Satin Ribbon is from the same suite of products. I love the satin finish as well as the width – perfect for a simple knot!
Lastly, the Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots in Call Me Clover are the sweetest accents…make sure you get some, they are soon cute in three sizes!

I chose to leave the inside of this card blank this time – I couldn’t find any inspiration for it 🙁 Maybe something will occur to me before I mail it!

Thank you so much for visiting me!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Calypso Coral and Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White (80 lb)

DSP: Happiness Blossoms

Ink: Blushing Bride, Call Me Clover and Calypso Coral, Tuxedo Black Memento, Versamark

Stamps: Bunch of Blossoms and Petal Palette

Dies: Layering Ovals Framelits Dies, Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies, Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

Tools: Big Shot

Embellishments: Calypso Coral 3/8″ Satin Ribbon, Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots; Wink of Stella

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Love and Hugs – Freshly Made Sketches 372

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 27, 2019 // 7 Comments

Greetings and salutations!! I have been quiet on the blogging front while I reorganize my creative space. There’s just something about the new year that makes me want to clean up and clean out! I took a break from organizing and saw the latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge sketch on Facebook. It inspired to push my project aside for the evening and play along!

Measurements:

Lovely Lipstick Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Flirty Flamingo Card Stock Layer 4″ x 5 1/4″
Crumb Cake Card Stock Layer 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
Lovely Lipstick Card Stock 4″ x 3″
Flirty Flamingo Card Stock Layer 4″ x 2 7/8″
DSP Layer 4″ x 2 3/4″
Vellum Layer 4″ x 1 3/8″

Details:

I began my design with the long rectangle element. In looking over my stamps I saw the Ribbon of Courage stamp set and thought that would do nicely. Bonus: I have not inked this set up until now! (Shout out to Patty Bennett who collaborated with Stampin’ Up! on the design of this stamp set and coordinating dies after she reached $1,000,000 in lifetime sales!)
The All My Love DSP was at the front of my new DSP bin so I paired this lovely pattern up with Lovely Lipstick, Flirty Flamingo and Crumb Cake card stock.
The Crumb Cake piece has been run through the Big Shot with the Tufted Dynamic Embossing Folder. It’s hard to see so I probably should have run it through twice (oops!).

I stamped this darling sentiment onto vellum with Versamark ink, sprinkled on Black Embossing Powder, and then set the powder with my heat gun. (so pretty!) I secured the vellum to the DSP with a big glue dot under the ribbon die and used a bit of Ranger Multi Medium Matte fine tip glue to carefully apply a small amount of glue to the back of the embossed sentiment. It’s kind of a sneaky way to get the vellum stuck down without the glue showing!
I popped the ribbon die up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, adhered it to the card front and then went a little crazy with the Wink of Stella 🙂 Note: Use care with Wink of Stella on any shade of red, the color can bleed into the white space!
A few artisan pearls to help draw the eye to the sentiment and of course one more off to the left to create a visual triangle.

Lastly, here is the inside of the card. I layered white card stock onto Flirty Flamingo and used Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to add two lovely little flower accents from the Make a Difference stamp set. I used both shades of Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick and Sea Foam Green Stampin’ Blends to color them in. SO STINKIN’ CUTE!!
As always, I’ve covered the envelope flap with the same pretty DSP. My motto is to leave no space unadorned!! 🙂

Thank you for stopping by today!!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick; and Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

DSP: All My Love

Specialty Paper: Vellum

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Versamark

Stamps: Ribbon of Courage and Make a Difference

Dies: Support Ribbon Framelits

Tools: Big Shot; Embossing Buddy, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Blends

Embellishments: Artisan Pearls; Wink of Stella

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Everything Old is New Again…Just a Line

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 17, 2019 // 5 Comments

This darling stamp is Stampin’ Up!, circa 1997. Isn’t it sweet? I found this set on-line a few weeks back and had to give it some love…it’s probably been sitting unused for quite awhile 🙁

As the stamps are wood mount, I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp two images in Memento Tuxedo Black and then added color with my Stampin’ Blends. Here are a few things that I wanted to share:

I had a few choices here. I could have just stamped the clothesline and left it empty, or I could have used the darling baby images at the top of the photo, or I could use the pinafores image (which obviously is what I did). There is also an image of a quilt which I forgot to add to my photo 🙂
Isn’t this Stampin’ Blends color chart AMAZING??? Sadly, it is not my creation. It was created by Diane Barnes and you can download a free copy here for yourself, if you would like. I really like seeing all of the colors like this, it makes it SO much easier to choose colors.

I also discovered that if you would like to use three colors to shade, you can! Light Calypso Coral is a wonderful darker shade for Light and Dark Petal Pink, and Light Bermuda Bay works well with Light and Dark Pool Party!
I used Light and Dark Daffodil Delight to color the daffodils and to color two of the birdies, and used Light and Dark Mango Melody for the third birdie.
I also discovered that coloring leaves with Daffodil Delight (quite by accident, I assure you) and then covering it with Granny Apple Green makes a unique shade of green! I then used Light Old Olive as an accent color for the leaves of the low flowers. The leaves of the daffodils were colored with both Light and Dark Old Olive.

The pinafores were colored (left to right) with Pool Park and Flirty Flamingo; Petal Pink; and Balmy Blue.
The laundry poles are Smoky Slate because I decided they were metal poles, and the laundry in the basket is Pirouette Pink; Pumpkin Pie; and Calypso Coral. The basket itself is Crumb Cake.
Mr. Kitty is colored after my own Buster…white with Light Pumpkin Pie stripes 🙂
I used the Rectangle Dies to trim my stamped panel out and then backed it with Grapefruit Grove Gingham Gala DSP. It’s funny to me that the Grapefruit Grove really compliments the Petal Pink pinafore nicely, when it isn’t even a color the I used!! I have no idea….

This cute little sentiment was a sweet addition to the inside of the card while still leaving ample room for a personal note.

I hope you liked my card today! Please let me know if this set is new to you, or if you have it and my post was a walk down memory lane… I love that Stampin’ Up! stamps never really go away, they just keep changing hands!

Blessings to you!