So Glad We’re Friends – The Card Concept 37

by Shannon Jaramillo // June 10, 2015 // 6 Comments

It’s Wednesday and time for another delightful challenge from The Card Concept!:

Isn’t the inspiration photo delightful? I adore it! I was so inspired by the blended colors and the white details. I’m also inspired by the obvious subject matter, but having made several butterfly cards recently, I decided to use flowers instead…I know, that’s quite a shock to you! (If you follow my blog at all, my choice of flowers is not really very shocking at all, lol)

I must apologize to you and admit that I quite forgot my design category when designing this card. I was so wrapped up in the blended colors that everything else quite flew right out of my head! But aren’t the flowers wonderful? They’re from a never before used set called Scribble Flowers by MFT Stamps. I had so much fun playing with color combinations for this card. I used a simple ‘rock and roll’ technique to create them. I stamped my flowers in their main color and then cleaned the stamp off. I then inked the stamp up again in the second color, but this time I rolled the stamp through the ink, inking up only the outside edge of the stamp and then applied it on top of my stamped image. It didn’t need to be perfect as I knew I would use the scribble die to add detail to the top.

I cut a frame out using MFT Stamps Rectangle Frames and popped it up onto a pattern paper background. I stamped the flower stems and leaves in a soft color so that I could add my sentiment in the same bright ink as I used on the largest flower. I added the blooms to the stems using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the effect the layering gives the card. I HAD to add a few dots of color to finish the card off.

Everything except the dots falls under the ‘clean and graphic’ definition, I’m a rebel so the dots are staying…sorry!

Please be inspired by the designs from the rest of The Card Concept design team, they are soooo talented!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Simple Life by Echo Park

Ink: Audrey Blue & Green Apple; Cotton Candy & Doll Pink; Sunshine & Orange Peel by Simon Says Stamp for the flowers and Cobblestone by SSS for the stems and leaves. The sentiment is stamped in Doll Pink.

Stamps: Circle Scribble Flowers and Peaceful Flowers (sentiment) by MFT Stamps

Dies: Circle Scribble Flower, Stitched Rectangle Frames by MFT Stamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Epoxy Dots by Queen & Co.

One for the Boys – The Paper Players 248

by Shannon Jaramillo // June 7, 2015 // 10 Comments

It’s Sunday and that means another fun challenge from The Paper Players! My stint as a guest designer is winding down, only three more after this (sniff), so I’m going to make them count!! This week’s challenge is a fun one, as well as very timely with Father’s Day just around the corner:

I found the BEST pack of 6×6 paper while at the Scrapbook Expo and have been itching to use it…it’s perfect for this challenge!! I may have gone overboard on all the patterns, but I couldn’t pick just one or two…

Aren’t they AWESOME!!!??? And I found a stamp set I purchased YEARS ago that had never seen ink (unfortunately), called Watch Set #3 by Rubbernecker Stamps that coordinates perfectly with the background paper!! I stamped and fussy cut one of the watches out and then added Crystal Effects to mimic the glass in the watch face.

I die cut my sentiment out of black card stock three times and adhered the layers together to give it depth, but it still needed more to pop from all of that busy paper so I added Crystal Effects to it too.

Isn’t it a fun die cut? I love all the coordinating sayings to pair with it. It’s Wet Paint by Papertrey Ink. I purchased it a long time ago, but didn’t realize that it had dies, and then the die set was sold out for forever, but I finally got it!! Yay!

I’m not much on patience so after applying all the Crystal Effects I forced myself to LEAVE the house and run an errand, just to make certain I left it alone long enough to set up! lol

I need to give thanks to the design team over at the Fusion Card Challenge for the awesome sketch inspiration:

And a quick shot of the inside of the card:

I hope to see you playing along with us this week; before you start getting inky, please check out the awesome projects from the rest of the design team! There’s something for everyone!

The Paper Players Design Team

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Classic Kraft and True Black by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Accomplished by Authentique

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Wet Paint by Papertrey Ink and Watch Set #3 by Rubbernecker Stamps

Dies: Wet Paint by Papertrey Ink; Fishtail Flags: Pierced and Pierced Rectangle STAX by MFT Stamps; Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Crystal Effects by Stampin’ Up!

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

Simple Stems – Paper Players 246

by Shannon Jaramillo // May 24, 2015 // 11 Comments

Good Morning to you and welcome to another edition of The Paper Player’s weekly challenge! I have two posts today so please scroll down to see both!

I loved seeing all of your girlie creations, so fabulous!! This week we have a sketch challenge brought to by the talented Anne Marie:

There’s lots of room for interpretation with this sketch but I decided to stick with the square:

I was inspired by the background paper which, when put together, reminded me of old tyme wallpaper so I pulled out a flower to compliment, Simple Stems by Stampin’ Up! It’s retired but still beautiful!

I love the softness that the ribbon and the font on the sentiment add, they all add to the elegant feeling of the card. To add a bit of depth, I stamped the flower three times and then snipped two of them down and layered them on top of each other. So pretty!

I hope you are inspired to use the sketch yourself and play along with us this week! Before you start getting crafty, won’t you visit the rest of the design team and see their projects as well?

The Paper Players Design Team

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Night of Navy by Stampin’ Up! and Rustic White by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Far Away by Theresa Collins

Ink: Night of Navy by Stampin’ Up! and Khaki by Simon Says Stamp

Stamps: Simple Stems and Express Yourself (both retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Pierced Square STAX by MFT Stamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: None

Embellishments: Night of Navy Seam Binding by Stampin’ Up!

Sentimental Thank You – Paper Players 245

by Shannon Jaramillo // May 17, 2015 // 14 Comments

Welcome to another Sunday and a fun new sketch from The Paper Players! I would just like to share that your creations with last week’s color combination were wonderful to see, thank you so much for sharing your talent! This week, Jaydee has given us a fun clean and simple theme challenge:

When I first saw the challenge, I thought “Oh, how fun!” and then spent forever trying to work the card out. I can over think things at times so I took a step back, a deep breath, and cookies; and I was able to re-focus and get on track.

The cookies helped a lot! lol This beautiful flourish is from MFT Stamps and is dreamy! So soft and pretty! It would be so simple to make up gift sets with this die!

I die cut the flourish twice, adhered the layers together and then adhered the nice thick flourish to my water color pattern paper. Isn’t it lovely? And no effort needed, the best part!! I thought this stark label greeting from Altenew, stamped in black, would contrast well with all the softness, and I absolutely love the effect! A few sequins and done! Quick and easy!

Here’s one last close up of the details…

I hope you have a minute to peek at the inspiring designs from the rest of the design team! I can’t wait to see your creations over on the challenge blog!

The Paper Players Design Team