Thank You

So Thankful – CAS(E) This Sketch $239

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I made this card this past weekend and then was sick and didn’t get the post completed so I’m squeaking in at the last minute for the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge for this week. I’m having so much fun with Fall themes this year! Here’s the sketch that was my inspiration:

Details:

  • It’s funny that I almost didn’t purchase the fall DSP from Stampin’ Up! called Painted Autumn this year. I’m glad I did because I’m loving the way the patterns play off of each other. For this card, I didn’t add any base layers under the DSP, I just let the patterns shine.
  • One of my all time favorite stamps sets is Vintage Leaves by Stampin’ Up!. I just love the illustration of the leaves. I love this leaf particularly (although I have no idea what tree it’s from…Maple?) and stamped it in Early Espresso ink and die cut it with the coordinating framelits.
  • The ‘thankful’ die is by Catherine Pooler and came in one of her Stamps of Approval kits. It’s perfect here in Early Espresso. I die cut two of the word dies and layered them one on top of the other for a bit of added depth.

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  • A double looped Linen Twine bow and a single sweet Early Espresso button (retired) finish this clean and simple card.
  • I accidentally pulled out the wrong card stock for this card so it’s Rustic White instead of Vintage Cream, but I think it works better, I believe some ‘accidents’ happen for a reason! 🙂

 

Thank you so much for stopping by to see my post and I hope you are inspired to check out the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge…they have fun designs to work with, week after week!

Blessings to you!

Supplies:

Card Stock: Rustic White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Painted Autumn by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Early Espresso by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Vintage Leaves by Stampin’ Up!

Dies:  Leaflets Framelits and Envelope Liner Die (retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: Big Shot by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: Linen Thread and Button (retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Other: Medium Whisper White Envelope by Stampin’ Up!

Clean and Modern Country for Inspired by All the Little Things

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I am thrilled to share some news with you that I’ve been keeping under my hat for a few weeks now. Nance Lempinen-Leedy, design team member for the challenge blog “Inspired by All the Little Things“ has invited me to be a guest designer for this week’s challenge!! I am SO honored and tickled to be considered and couldn’t say “yes” fast enough!

Doesn’t the name itself “Inspired by All the Little Things” just contour up lots of pleasant images in your head? It sure does for me and when I saw the inspiration photo, I just had to sigh in delight…

Isn’t the inspiration photo wonderful?? I focused first on the Mason jars, then the colors, then the flowers, and then finally saw the wood texture in the background. I took the photo quite literally at first but as I pondered it, my inspiration shifted from what I actually saw to the overall feeling the photo gave me, which was a fresh clean take on country. And not your grandma’s country either but rather, Joanna Gaines’ kinda country!! And this is where that inspiration led me…

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Details:

  • I picked up the wood texture with my background paper from the Wood Textures DSP Stack. I layered it on the card and also covered my envelope flap in it. It looks a lot darker in the photo than it is in real life.
  • I carried with the flowers theme with a tripled layered daisy using the new Daisy Punch. It’s very easy to create – just punch three daisies and adhere them together with glue dots! The large daisy was adhered to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals for added depth.

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  • I loved the vivid blue in the inspiration photo so I chose Pacific Point as my blue. It’s a very vivid hue of blue so I used it sparingly – stamping splatters on the background using the Timeless Textures stamp set and one single retired Pacific Point button as my “wow” factor.
  • Gold on my cards can be tough for me so I again kept it simple with looped Gold Metallic Thread wrapped behind the daisy and a prettily embossed sentiment from the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set. And just the tiniest bit of shine from the gold metallic thread wrapped through the button hole!

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And there you have it, my clean and modern take on a country inspiration. I can see this as the foundation for my dream kitchen…lots of light, bright white cabinets with the wood floors, a big white country table set for breakfast with a big white milk pitcher filled with white daisies…yes, all that from a card, lol.

And I can’t wait to see how the inspiration photo inspires you!!

I hope you are inspired to check out this amazing challenge blog “Inspired by All the Little Things” and visit each of the very talented designers and then I hope to see you in the gallery as well! There is also a short bio on me if you care to take a peek!

Blessings!

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Sweet ‘Painted Harvest’ Thank You – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #11

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Welcome Friends! It’s time for a new Tic Tac Toe challenge! I SO enjoy playing with this challenge – sometimes the boards are hard for me and then others come very easily. I love that and feel challenged as a card maker to stretch and grow! I hope you’ll find yourself intrigued and excited with the challenge and join us this week! Here’s the latest challenge board!

Details:

  • I was so excited to received the new ‘Painted Harvest’ stamp set in my Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog preorder and already had a rough idea for a card in my head when I looked at the challenge board and thought the first column on the board would be perfect for my idea; burlap, flower and leaf.
  • I ADORE sunflowers and this set is delightful with two layering stamps for the sunflower to create depth, one stamp for the center and another for the center dots. I’m not QUITE ready for fall though, in Southern California we don’t really have fall, it will be in the 100 temps through October so I decided to stamp them in another fun color instead!

  • I stamped first with the background stamp, stamping three times with Soft Sky ink. The Stamp-A-Ma-Jig is the perfect tool to make sure I stamp in exactly the same spot! I then stamped over it exactly with the detail image, again stamping three times in Soft Sky and using the guide provided on the stamp set to line the images up perfectly. What a help that was!!Stampin-Up-Oh-So-Sweetly-Thank-You-Card-Ideas-Shannon-Jaramillo-stampinup
  • The center is stamped with Crumb Cake ink and then I stamped over it in Crumb Cake again with the little detail dots stamp.
  • I used the little dots stamp again in So Saffron to add yellow detail around the flowers, stamping off for a more subtle effect.
  • Timeless Textures has the perfect little splatter stamp so I added random splatters to my card, stamping off again for a softer look.
  • This font for the thank you sentiment is the prettiest ever! This stamp can be found in the retired Thoughtful Branches stamp set…a keeper for sure!!
  • I pulled out some retired ribbon for the burlap element, snipping it into a banner and attaching it to my card front with the retired handheld stapler.

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  • I rarely make one layer cards but I forgot to trim my card front down prior to doing my stamping and then was so in love with the final product that I couldn’t bring myself to cut it down, so this is a one layer card and I’m using that for the ‘free’ space on the challenge board:)
  • I added Wink of Stella to the flowers and leaves (of COURSE I did!) so they all sparkle SO prettily!
  • And did you SEE the envelope!! Oh my gosh! I couldn’t stop stamping these adorable sunflowers! Scroll up to take a peek!! SO FUN!!

I had the BEST time with this challenge board and managed to use eight of the nine boxes on this one clean and simple card!

Please do visit the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and see what other amazing inspiration the design team has for you and I hope to see you over in the gallery!

Blessings!

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One Stamp Wonder – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #9

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Hello my stamping friends! Wow, I can’t believe it has been TWO WEEKS since my last post! I have been enjoying the last of summer with my hubby…school starts for him next week. I’m already counting the days until NEXT summer!! lol ANYWAYS…that’s not why you are here! You are here for a NEW Tic Tac Toe Challenge! Woot Woot! And without further delay…here is the newest challenge board!

I was immediately drawn to the top row of ‘thank you, sequins, and all things round’. But funny story about that last category…all things round? I tend to be quite literal so I pondered that for awhile and then I even posed that question on my FB page to get my friends to sound off on their ideas for ‘all things round’. I LOVED their suggestions and looked through every stamp set I own before finding ONE LITTLE STAMP in a Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Work of Art that sealed the deal for me. Remember how I said I tend to be quite literal???  Take a look at this!!

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Ha! Can’t get much rounder than that!! TeeHee!! Okay, maybe a circle shaped card but I’m not a fan of odd shapes so that was out… Okay, on to the dets:

Details:

  • The variety of choices in Stampin’ Up!’s Work of Art stamp set gives you as an artist an infinite range of possibliliities. Unless you are me, then you will only see the obvious:) But the obvious can be fun too!

  • I used the tiny circle stamp, rotating it each time I stamped it so that the tiny clear spot in it would be more random looking. I based my color palette on the ribbon I wanted to use, the 5/8″ Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon in Peekaboo Peach. I added Daffodil Delight, Powder Pink and the retired Crisp Cantaloupe. And now I’m craving Sherbet ice cream!!
  • I started stamping in the bottom right hand corner and changed colors with each circle I stamped to get some consistent spacing between the dots. It wasn’t a lot of work, I just had to remember to clean the stamp each time so I didn’t stamp Peekaboo Peach into my Daffodil Delight ink pad! Yikes!

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  • I love this thank you sentiment from the One Big Meaning stamp set, it’s perfect for circle die-cutting.
  • The rest of my layers were a bit more tricky. I discovered that I didn’t have any circles in my Stampin’ Up! stash to do three graduated layers like this, I’m not sure why, but I couldn’t. So the white layer is the Stampin’ Up! Stitches Shapes Framelits, the Daffodil Delight layer uses a circle die from The Stamps of Life and the darling stitched scallop layer in Peekaboo Peach is made by MFT Stamps.
  • This Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon is a MUST for your stash. It is seriously great to work with. I truly hope they come out with it in more colors. I will buy a full roll of each color, it’s THAT amazing!

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  • When I stood back and looked at my card, I decided it needed a little bit “more” so I pulled out this super darling itty-bitty butterfly stamp and die from the most recent Catherine Pooler Stamps of Approval box. I added some Wink of Stella to it and of course a sequin!
  • My last sequin is covered up by ribbon in this photo but be assured, there are three sequins…because odd numbers always look better!
  • I layered everything on to Crisp Cantaloupe and Daffodil Delight card stock and then added circles to the envelope flap…they are so stinkin’ cute!!

I hope you’ve enjoyed my interpretation of ‘thank you, sequins, and all things round’. Please pop on over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and see what the rest of the design team has for you this week! They are amazing!! We would love to see your art in the gallery!!

Supplies:

Price: $110.00

Pretty Posy – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #7

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Welcome to a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge! Today, designer Teresa brings some fun new elements to the mix! I chose to draw inspiration from the far right column: die cut; floral; and yellow. Remember, you can chose any row or column, or on the diagonal, just as long as you choose three in a row! Here’s my card for this challenge:

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Yup, I pulled out the Beautiful Bouquet bundle again (said in my best Forrest Gump voice), I’m just so in love with it! Floral, well, that’s obvious; Die Cut, yup, I think I have that covered as well, and yellow! My first inclination was to make the entire CARD yellow, but I’m glad I went for a more balanced option today 🙂

Details:

  • Tip for the Beautiful Bouquet Bundle: Make sure you know which stamps have matching dies and which do not! Contrary to what I believed, the floral stems stamp does NOT work with the floral stems die! I took a bit of time in preparation to create, and laid all the dies out on a piece of 4.25 x 8.5  card stock and ran it through the Big Shot. This helped me identify what stamps and dies matched up. I cut the negative in half and now have it stored with the stamp set so I will forever more be able to be sure that the stamp I want has a matching die!

  • The flowers stamped on the background are what I think of as filler, or Baby’s Breath, and are stamped in Soft Sky.
  • I stamped the pink flowers on the background after I had laid all of the dies out. I love how Powder Pink blooms peek out and add a subtle touch of softness.

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  • The other flowers are stamped in Crushed Curry (with Chocolate Chip centers), Perfect Plum and Island Indigo. The flower stems are stamped in Always Artichoke.
  • The bow is stamped in Island Indigo to play against the small flowers and the teeny tiny (adorable) tag is stamped in Crushed Curry to play against the largest flowers.

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  • I added Blushing Bride and Island Indigo Enamel Shapes to the flower centers and then just added Wink of Stella to the Crushed Curry flower centers.
  • I couldn’t stop there so I unwound a length of Linen Thread and used just a half thickness of thread to loop behind the flowers, peeking out to add some texture!

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  • I left off stamping a sentiment on the inside as I know I want to write a personal message. I keep the decorations minimal, with only Crushed Curry and Perfect Plum layers to mimic what what done on the outside.
  • The envelope liner is made using a retired pattern from the Regals DSP Stack that retired with the last catalog. I think it compliments the design nicely.

So…what do you think? Are you sold on the Beautiful Bouquet bundle yet? No? Okay, I’ll keep the samples coming! 😉

Please pop over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and see what the design team has created for you this week! I hope you are tempted to play along…we would LOVE to see you in the gallery!

Hugs until next time!

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Price: $110.00