A Ride in the Park – Paper Players 243

by Shannon Jaramillo // May 3, 2015 // 12 Comments

Greetings, Friends! It’s Sunday and that means another fun challenge from the Paper Players:

Isn’t this a great idea for a challenge? Thanks, Sandy! This is the perfect opportunity to share another fun set from The Stamps of Life:

Isn’t it FUN??? The stamp set is called bicycle2stamp and has an additional set to coordinate with called morebicycle2stamp and there is also a coordinating die set!! It’s so fun to have options! Isn’t the basket fun? It’s a separate die and is designed so you can see inside the basket! So I loaded it up with flowers!

Here is a picture of the card base and how it works. The card is called a “stand up” card for obvious reasons and is made very quickly and easily using a die called the Square Stand Up Card. It is a standard A2 card size, it’s just designed so that one side can stand up. There is even a notch to help it can stand up securely.

So, I used the die to cut my card base, and then I laid a piece of darling pattern paper from the April Card Kit over one half of the die and ran it back through the Big Shot. I snipped off the sides that fold back and was left with a perfectly sized cover for my card stock. I then used another coordinating product called For You & Thank You, it has square dies that are sized to compliment the card base! I used those to make the back drop for my sentiment…which fits perfectly inside! I just love having lots of coordinating/complimenting products! Did you notice the pretty ribbon? Also from the April Card Kit and a dream to work with!

Can you see the notch that keeps the card standing up? So awesome!! And stamping the pink bike frame within the bicycle frame was a cinch using the MISTI tool. Of course I had to add Wink of Stella to make the pink sparkle! Who wouldn’t want a sparkly pink bike? And a basket of white blooms, all sparkly as well 🙂

I have the perfect person in mind to send this to, and hope that she displays it on her desk at work and that it brings a smile to her face each time she looks at it!

Please visit the other designers and their very inspiring work!

The Paper Players Design Team

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Kiwi by The Stamps of Life

Pattern Paper: Wishes Collection by The Stamps of Life

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Raspberry Fizz by Papertrey Ink

Stamps: bicycle2stamp and morebicycle2stamp by The Stamps of Life

Dies: Bicycle Club Die Set, For You & Thank You Framelits Dies, Card, Square Stand Up Die, all by The Stamps of Life

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Basics Pearls by Stampin’ Up!; Wink of Stella

January Pals Blog Hop – Hello Occasions!

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 14, 2015 // 15 Comments

Welcome to the first Pals Blog Hop of 2015. We hope your new year is off to a great creative start. To celebrate the start of a new Stampin’ Up! year, we are showcasing products from our newest catalog this month – the Occasions catalog. You may also see new Sale-a-bration products too. If you don’t know how to earn free Sale-a-bration products – contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator to learn more.

You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery’s Owlery.

Use the full lineup below to move along from blog to blog so you see all of the new projects.

I wanted to start a new tradition and create some simple seasonal decor for my office at work so I pulled out a frame I had picked up at IKEA some months ago and started stamping:

What do you think?!? Today’s project features the new stamp set Sheltering Tree from Stampin’ Up!. It’s a fantastic set with lots of different elements that can be added to the tree for different occasions.

I wanted something Valentine-y so I chose a background of Blushing Bride cardstock. I stamped the tree in Crumb Cake and then stamped all the other images with Versamark. I then heat embossed all the different elements (separately) with white embossing powder and finished it all off with a pop of Real Red.

The frame is so clean and simple that I decided not to add any more elements. I love the soft effect!

I’m keeping it short and sweet today because I know you lots more blogs to hop off to…

The next stop is Liz Gautreaux at Kind Deeds Stampin on the Pals Blog Hop!

Thanks for visiting and I’ll see you next month.

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Blushing bride by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: None

Ink: Crumb Cake, Real Red by Stampin’ Up! and Versamark Ink

Stamps: Sheltering Tree and And Many More by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: None

Tools: None

Embellishments: None

Christmas Joy

by Shannon Jaramillo // December 19, 2014 // No Comments

I made this Christmas decoration last year but never shared it. When I pulled it out this year, I fell in love with it all over again!

This is not my idea, I completely and totally CASEd (Copy And Share Everything) from the very talented Wendy Wexler. The unfinished letters were purchased from The Wood Connection and then painted black with inexpensive craft paint from Michael’s. I traced the letters onto the Designer Series Paper and simply cut them out and adhered them to the wood with Mod Podge.

It’s a fun project for a rainy night!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Wishing you joy and blessings…