It’s Your Birthday! – CAS(E) this Sketch #113

by Shannon Jaramillo // March 7, 2015 // 8 Comments

Hello Stampers and Happy Saturday to You!! Yesterday was my Friday off from work so I chose to spend my day playing with paper! Isn’t this a fun birthday card? This week’s sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch was my jumping off point:

It’s a great sketch! Clean and crisp and you have to love those banners off the side!! While I was looking through my supplies for more inspiration I came across a frame that I had cut out for a window shaker and accidentally adhered the dimensional foam to the frame without adding the clear window first…oops! I kept it, thinking it would be a nice frame for something anyway and here I am not one week later, using it that way! It is perfect for this sketch! I love when things like that happen!

Isn’t the sentiment fun?? This stamp set from Studio Calico came in a card kit I purchased last summer and haven’t used yet. Unfortunately, the name of the set wasn’t on the packaging and I can’t see it on their website, so it shall remain nameless, but it was a perfect size and shape for this sketch! After finding the stamp, the rest of the papers and ink colors came together quickly. I used the squiggle and asterisk stamps from my Favorite Flowers Simon Says Stamp set to make some fun party confetti.

Darling balloons from Clearly Besotted Stamps take the place of the banners in the sketch and definitely round this fun birthday card out. You can’t see from the picture of course, but I have added Wink of Stella to my confetti which adds fun sparkle to the card 🙂

Thank you so much for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with another fun challenge from The Paper Players…I can’t wait to share!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey, Razzle Berry and Lemon Drop from My Favorite Things

Pattern Paper: Hootenanny by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Crushed Curry, Gumball Green (retired), Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Smoky Slate by Stampin’ Up!; Limeade Ice and Orange Zest by Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Unknown by Studio Calico, Favorite Flowers by Simon Says Stamp and It’s Your Birthday by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: Stitched Rectangle Frames by My Favorite Things, It’s Your Birthday by Clearly Besotted Stamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Wink of Stella

Dragonfly Hello – CAS(E) this Sketch #107

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 26, 2015 // 12 Comments

I came across this sketch on the CAS(E) this Sketch blog and was immediately intrigued:

I then went and laid down on the couch for an afternoon snooze and woke up with the following card idea ready to go! I love it when that happens!

None of my chores for the afternoon happened, but I got the card idea onto paper, that’s the important thing, right?!? lol

I see a lot of butterfly stamps and dies, but the dragonfly is much rarer to see in the stamping world, I wonder why that is? I’ve had this die from Clearly Besotted Stamps for quite a while but could never figure out how to use it. This sketch showcases it beautifully!

I’ve really been wanting to use this polka dot paper, I think it’s super cute and I found that Hibiscus Burst really pops with it! I applied Wink of Stella liberally to the dragonfly and then popped him up on really tiny pieces of Stampin’ Dimensionals. Can you see the shimmer?

A few moonshine sequins from Simon Says Stamp adds interest and sparkle and I managed to find the perfect pink paper for the envelope! Woot! I was starting to worry that my clean and simple days were over, I’m relieved to find that they aren’t!

We have rain in So Cal scheduled for today…yay!! Not a huge storm but we will take everything we can get. My thoughts are for those on the East Coast as this next storm blows through…please stay safe and warm!!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey

Pattern Paper: Date Night by Chickaniddy; Springtime by Doodlebug

Ink: Hibiscus Burst by Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Strictly Sentiments 2 by Wplus9

Dies: Dragonfly by Clearly Besotted Stamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Assorted Moonshine by Simon Says Stamp

Crazy in Love – CAS(E) this Sketch & Fusion Card Challenges

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 12, 2015 // 17 Comments

Woo Hoo! Happy Monday to you, my friends!! It rained all day yesterday but that was a great excuse to stay home, play with paper and watch football!! My favorite team lost (sniff) but my second favorite team won, and so it continues next weekend!

While watching football I was also looking for challenges to participate in and found two…CAS(E) this Sketch and Fusion Card Challenge.

I decided to go with the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and then was inspired to incorporate pink into my card by the picture from Fusion. Then, still watching football, I skimmed through my 6×6 paper storage for pink paper and pulled out some stamps to ponder as well.

Finally, the creative juices were flowing and I abandoned football (sorry Payton) and got busy creating!!

What do you think?!? I fell in love with this paper! I tried adding a cardstock layer to it, but it didn’t seem to need any other color at all. I got completely lucky and found ink that matched the paper perfectly!! And the MISTI made stamping my eye chart a breeze…

Isn’t this stamp just too fun?? It’s called (strangely enough) Eye Charts and is by My Favorite Things.

I needed an embellishment to meet the requirements of the sketch and kept trying to add a cute little die cut of glasses, but it just wasn’t working for me. So instead of focusing on the eye chart, I focused on the sentiment and found this adorable matching heart and die set in the Locking Hearts Stamp & Die Set from Simon Says Stamp. They are perfect!! And too cute too…

I kept the inside simple with these hearts from the Countless Sayings II Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!. The set is retired but has some beautiful heart stamps in it!

And just because I’m sure you want to see it again…

Yep, I love it. How about you??

Thank you so much for stopping by, I know it takes a minute to leave a comment but if you have a minute, I would really love to hear from you!! Thanks bunches!!

Wishing you joy and blessings!!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Vintage Cream by Papertrey

Pattern Paper: Sky’s the Limit by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Melon Berry by Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Eye Charts by My Favorite Things, Locking Hearts by Simon Says Stamp and Countless Sayings II by Stampin’ Up!

Dies:Locking Hearts by Simon Says Stamp and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: None

One Last Christmas Wish

by Shannon Jaramillo // December 24, 2014 // 6 Comments

Here’s one last Christmas wish for you, inspired by the sketch this week over at CAS(E) This Sketch.

I had two goals for this card; one, to follow the sketch, and two, to use this darling sentiment by Clearly Besotted THIS year!! lol, It’s too cute to wait until next year!

I pulled out some paper I’ve had for YEARS, sorry I have no idea who the manufacturer is. I wanted to incorporate several of the patterns so I also pulled out these new to me dies by ‘Lil Inkers. I love the waves, they remind me of snow, with the patterns just peeking out, particularly the words. So fun! I managed to get five patterns one one card…and I don’t think it looks too busy!

Because there was so much going on between the patterns and the very swirly font of the sentiment, I decided to finish it off with one layer of twine and a simple button.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas Eve! I am all ready to go and looking forward to enjoying this special day!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Ivory by Papertrey

Pattern Paper: Unknown

Ink: Early Expresso by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: All Occasion Sentiments by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: Border Builders by ‘Lil Inker

Embellishments: Early Expresso Button by Stampin’ Up!, Twine from Michael’s (on clearance!)

Other: Envelope by Stampin’ Up!

Peace, Joy, Love

by Shannon Jaramillo // November 24, 2014 // 10 Comments

I sat down to create tonight and chose to join in some challenges: CAS(E) this Sketch! with their awesome sketch, a format that I L-O-V-E; and the “Less is More” Challenge to “Jingle All the Way”!

With those decisions out of the way, I picked out the Rustic Wreath stamp set from Papertrey Ink and just set my imagination free!

I love all things Christmas-y but decided to step out of my box a bit for this one. This stamp set doesn’t actually have a leaf stamp to fill in the leaf outlines, so I pulled out a set I recently used from Clearly Besotted as IT had a leaf petal! I stamped the single leaf petal over and over in Lost Lagoon and Pear Pizzazz. I love that the stamping is outside of the lines. I think it’s charming. I added in some dots stamped in Real Red and die cut my wreath out. So, so cool!

Once I was done I decided it needed a little something so I pulled out some linen thread and separated it into a one ply thread which I then wound through the wreath. I popped the whole thing up on VERY small pieces of Stampin’ Dimensionals and added my bow.

I’m so pleased with how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Products Used:

Cardstock: White Papertrey Ink Stamper’s Select

Pattern Paper: Peace Joy Love by Lawn Fawn

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz and Real Red by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Rustic Wreath by Papertrey Ink; Pretty Petals by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: Rustic Wreath by Papertrey Ink

Embellishments: Linen Thread by Stampin’ Up!

Other: Envelope and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!