A Dino-mite Birthday – The Paper Players 249

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

Hello there my stamping friends!! It’s time for another Sunday challenge from The Paper Players! This week Sandy has given us a fun color combination!!

I fussed a bit with this combination. First I tried flowers. Nope. Then I tried a nautical theme. Nope. Both good options if you want to use them yourselves, but they just weren’t working for me. Then I inadvertently put Real Red next to Island Indigo and thought “little boy birthday colors!!!” And whamo! my whole card popped into my head.

Do you like it???? I L-O-V-E it!!! More than anything in a long time…these colors are just perfect for this sweet little dinosaur!! He looks like he could be up to a bit of mischief!! Do you see the paper I used for the envelope liner? I am OUT of coordinating DSP stack papers in Real Red and Island Indigo and my new papers haven’t arrived, so I went digging through my stash and would you believe I found this perfect paper in a Christmas themed pack!! Who knew!!

I stamped with red along the side and then cut a layer to fit over top. I used my dual-stitched oval dies to add the opening and then stamped, die-cut, and popped the dinosaur up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I embossed the ‘dino-mite’ sentiment with white embossing powder. There are a few strays, sorry about that, my Embossing Buddy is nowhere to be found!! Personally, I think it’s hiding from me because I usually have a few negative comments about it every time I use it (I HATE the feel of the powder) but I have instituted a full on search…it can’t hide for long!! lol

The layout was inspired by the current sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches…they always have such fun designs! Now let’s see if I can remember to link up! (I forgot last week, so sad)

And a close up of this little guy…so adorable!! And the sprinkles add just the perfect touch of Pool Party!

I hope you’ve enjoyed my project today, feel free to leave some love or tips on where my Embossing Buddy may have hidden, and make sure to see the awesome inspiration from the rest of the design team!!

The Paper Players Design Team

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Cozy by Authentique

Ink: Real Red, Versamark

Stamps: Dino-mite and Diagonal Stripes by Clearly Besotted

Dies: Stitched Mats: Ovals by Lil ‘Inkers and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: White Embossing Powder and Heat Tool by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: Swimming Pool Assortment Sprinkles by Doodlebug Designs

Plentiful Petals – Sunday Stamps 102

by Shannon Jaramillo // May 24, 2015 // 9 Comments

It’s time for another challenge over at Sunday Stamps! There were lots of amazing entries with the last challenge, beautiful combinations of the challenge colors so I can’t wait to see everyone’s interpretations of this challenge…a sketch!

I love sketches! Sometimes I take the focal image and build from there, sometimes I pick papers and let them dictate the focal image.

This time I knew I wanted to use the Plentiful Petals Die-namics by MFT Stamps so I started with that and then searched for a pretty paper. This one jumped out at me because it had so many bright and pretty colors in it. I knew that it would be able to handle the bold color Pure Poppy by Papertrey Ink. Isn’t it wonderful?

I had so much fun deciding the arrangements of colors in the layers and I just love the font of the sentiment I used. So pretty!

I couldn’t let the inside be neglected so I used the negative of my flower die cuts and added a few sweet details:

I’m excited to see your creations for this challenge! Before you head off to your craft area, I hope you will stop by the Sunday Stamps blog for more inspiration from the rest of the team!!

Have a wonderful long weekend for my fellow crafters in the States, for the rest of you, here’s hoping that the work week starts smoothly!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Sunny by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Tuxedo Black by Memento Ink

Stamps: Inside & Out: Thank You by Papertrey Ink

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker; Fishtail Flags: Stitched and Plentiful Petals by MFT Stamps; Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Linen Thread by Stampin’ Up! and Button by Making Memories

Frilly & Fabulous – CC35, CAS(E) this Sketch 123, CYCI70

by Shannon Jaramillo // May 19, 2015 // 19 Comments

Good morning! I hope your week is going well! I had a long crafting day this past weekend that allowed me to play along with some challenges. Yay!! I was determined to play with this new stamp set from Lil ‘Inkers called Modern Mehndi. My first thought was to stamp it in black and then color it in with Copic markers, but…yuck!! It just looked awful and I was so disappointed. After moving on and working on another project, it occurred to me that perhaps the stamps were meant to be stamped in color rather than in black so I tried that and am SO pleased with the result!!

I tried using a very pretty pattern paper on the card, but everything overwhelmed the flowers so I reverted back to clean and simple white, and those flowers sure do pop off the paper!! It’s not visible in the photo but I gently applied a coating of Wink of Stella to the flowers and flourishes to make them sparkle. It’s so pretty in real life!!

This card was inspired by three challenges: The Card Concept , CAS(E) this Sketch and the always fun Can You Case It. (Lots of “C”s going on there!) I love working with challenges to keep my perspective fresh and build new skills!

Thank you so much for visiting today, please do stop by again to see what I am up to!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Color Wash by Pink Paislee

Ink: Blushing Bride, Crisp Cantaloupe and So Saffron by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Modern Mehndi by Lil ‘Inkers

Dies: Modern Mehndi by Lil ‘Inkers and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: None

Embellishments: Wink of Stella

Scripted Thank You – Freshly Made Sketches #181

by Shannon Jaramillo // April 9, 2015 // 7 Comments

Hello there, my stamping friends! Today I have a quick card to share with you as my crafty time was limited last night. I had limited time but I REALLY wanted to play along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week…

What do you think about the tilt-y layer? Do you like those or not?? Apparently there are many folks who would rather not work with a tilt-y angle, I personally do not mind it, it can add an interesting detail to a card.

This pattern paper is from the same pad I used in my last card and it has been calling to me. I just LOVE the vivid yellow combined with the delicate pattern! I paired white and black with it for my neutrals and decided to pull out the green in the pattern with a pop of green across my card front.

Isn’t the pretty edge detail lovely? It’s from a border die set I recently acquired from a small company called Pretty Pink Posh. If you’ve not heard of this company before, you might want to pop over and browse a bit. It’s a one-woman shop and she has lots of pretties to purchase and also has a blog, her creations are darling.

I added a button to my card even though it’s not in the sketch (I hope they don’t kick me out) because I knew I wanted the second part of the sentiment to go across the green strip, but I didn’t have anything long enough to cover the entire card front so I improvised! I adore this Thank You sentiment set from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

No stamping for me tonight…I’m off to my son’s Spring Concert tonight. He is a first-year high school band director and I’m so proud to see him conduct his band that I could just pop!!

Take care and please let me know what you think of my color combination today…it’s a bit bold for me!! Stepping out of that box again!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White and New Leaf by Papertrey Ink; Vellum

Pattern Paper: Simple Life by Echo Park

Ink: Black Staz-On and Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Stamps: Thank You by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: Stitched Mats: Rounded Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker; Stitched Borders 2 by Pretty Pink Posh; Fishtail Flags: Stitched by MFT STamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Button by Making Memories (from my very old stash); Jute Twine by May Arts

Be Yourself – Sunday Stamps Challenge 98

by Shannon Jaramillo // April 2, 2015 // 10 Comments

Hello there, Friends!! It’s been a week and I FINALLY got a chance to stamp this evening! Getting some crafty time in always lifts my spirits, how about you?

I saw this darling sketch over at Sunday Stamps today and knew at once I wanted to play along:

Isn’t the sketch darling?? I’m not sure if I’m more in love with the layout, or the flower they used for it, lol! Either way, I was inspired to play along!

The fine print says to keep it to a one layer card so that’s what I did. I had to inlay my flower to do it, but I did it!!

I layered my pattern paper over my card base, then die cut the white layer with both the stitched edge die and the daisy die. Once I adhered the white layer to my base, I simply ran a scrap of my pattern paper through the Big Shot with the Daisy die and inset the cut pieces into my white layer! Easy Peasy! I love the little die cut dot in the center…SO cute!!

It’s a lighthearted and fun card, I picture sending it to someone who needs just a bit of encouragement. We all need THAT from time to time!

I don’t recall exactly where I picked up the flower sequins but they sure are cute and a very fitting accent for my card today!

I’m also entering my card in The Challenge: They are having a fun ‘anything goes’ challenge…love those!

I’m also entering it over at CASology whose theme this week is Spring! I LOVE Spring colors!

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Summer Bliss by Echo Park

Ink: Tuxedo Black by Memento Ink

Stamps: Be by Simon Says Stamp

Dies: Rounded Rectangle Stitched Mats by Lil ‘Inker; Oopsie Daisy by Papertrey Ink and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Flower Sequins (source unknown)