Love and Hugs – Freshly Made Sketches 372

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 27, 2019 // 7 Comments

Greetings and salutations!! I have been quiet on the blogging front while I reorganize my creative space. There’s just something about the new year that makes me want to clean up and clean out! I took a break from organizing and saw the latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge sketch on Facebook. It inspired to push my project aside for the evening and play along!

Measurements:

Lovely Lipstick Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Flirty Flamingo Card Stock Layer 4″ x 5 1/4″
Crumb Cake Card Stock Layer 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
Lovely Lipstick Card Stock 4″ x 3″
Flirty Flamingo Card Stock Layer 4″ x 2 7/8″
DSP Layer 4″ x 2 3/4″
Vellum Layer 4″ x 1 3/8″

Details:

I began my design with the long rectangle element. In looking over my stamps I saw the Ribbon of Courage stamp set and thought that would do nicely. Bonus: I have not inked this set up until now! (Shout out to Patty Bennett who collaborated with Stampin’ Up! on the design of this stamp set and coordinating dies after she reached $1,000,000 in lifetime sales!)
The All My Love DSP was at the front of my new DSP bin so I paired this lovely pattern up with Lovely Lipstick, Flirty Flamingo and Crumb Cake card stock.
The Crumb Cake piece has been run through the Big Shot with the Tufted Dynamic Embossing Folder. It’s hard to see so I probably should have run it through twice (oops!).

I stamped this darling sentiment onto vellum with Versamark ink, sprinkled on Black Embossing Powder, and then set the powder with my heat gun. (so pretty!) I secured the vellum to the DSP with a big glue dot under the ribbon die and used a bit of Ranger Multi Medium Matte fine tip glue to carefully apply a small amount of glue to the back of the embossed sentiment. It’s kind of a sneaky way to get the vellum stuck down without the glue showing!
I popped the ribbon die up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, adhered it to the card front and then went a little crazy with the Wink of Stella 🙂 Note: Use care with Wink of Stella on any shade of red, the color can bleed into the white space!
A few artisan pearls to help draw the eye to the sentiment and of course one more off to the left to create a visual triangle.

Lastly, here is the inside of the card. I layered white card stock onto Flirty Flamingo and used Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to add two lovely little flower accents from the Make a Difference stamp set. I used both shades of Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick and Sea Foam Green Stampin’ Blends to color them in. SO STINKIN’ CUTE!!
As always, I’ve covered the envelope flap with the same pretty DSP. My motto is to leave no space unadorned!! 🙂

Thank you for stopping by today!!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick; and Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

DSP: All My Love

Specialty Paper: Vellum

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Versamark

Stamps: Ribbon of Courage and Make a Difference

Dies: Support Ribbon Framelits

Tools: Big Shot; Embossing Buddy, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Blends

Embellishments: Artisan Pearls; Wink of Stella

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Wishing You Well in the New Year

by Shannon Jaramillo // January 1, 2019 // 5 Comments

Hello and Happy New Year!! I hope the new year is everything you wish it to be!! As I’m sure you can relate to if you are reading this, I love shopping for craft supplies. I ALSO love organizing those crafting supplies (!), but I feel that last year I dedicated too much time to those other two pursuits and not enough time to the actual creation of projects snd certainly not enough time sending out handmade kindness so here’s to a new year and a new focus!!

Measurements:

Night of Navy Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
DSP Layer 4″ x 5 1/4″
Smaller Night of Navy Layer 2 3/4″ x 4 1/8″
Stamped White Card Stock 2 5/8″ x 4″

Details:

Today’s project is a direct CASE of a card designed by a UK demonstrator, Sam Hammond. I thought this card was drop dead gorgeous and had to sit down and re-create it immediately.
In Sam’s photo, the card stock looked to me to be the new Blueberry Bushel, but, is in fact Night of Navy, picking up on the colors from the also drop dead gorgeous Frosted Floral Designer DSP. I LOVE that she used a holiday design for a non-holiday card!

This delightful bouquet and bow are from the Wishing You Well stamp set in the 2018 Holiday catalog. You can still purchase it through tomorrow January 2, 2019, so if you haven’t snapped this one up, you still have time!! It’s a fabulous year round stamp set! And that bow!!!!! It is not a two-step stamp, it stamps JUST like that on the first try!
The shimmery dots are actually from my retired Enamel Dots collection. They started out as a different color (pale yellow I believe) and I colored them with my Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends! How cool is that!!

A peek at the inside and the envelope – quick, easy and gorgeous!! (I’ve used that word a lot today with this card, lol) What a great card to have on hand!!

The benefits of CASEing other designer’s work are three-fold for me. One, I get to make a card without any design work just because it’s gorgeous and it gives me a mental break. Two, I try things that I wouldn’t normally do and that helps to increase my skill level as a card maker. And three, because often times, CASEing someone else’s work sparks my own creativity! That is what happened with this card and I will share what it inspired with my next post.

Until then, stay warm, happy and healthy in this squeaky new year!

Blessings,

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Night of Navy and Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

DSP: Frosted Floral Specialty

Ink: Night of Navy and Mossy Meadow

Stamps: Wishing You Well

Dies: None

Tools: Stampin’ Trimmer

Embellishments: Glitter Enamel Dots, retired

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Wrapping Up Christmas Part III – Snowflake Sentiments

by Shannon Jaramillo // December 29, 2018 // No Comments

After working with the realistic ornament pattern paper (here), I thought I would tackle another pattern in the same DSP pack, All is Bright. I’m feeling a little more adventurous now, isn’t it pretty?!?

Measurements:

Mossy Meadow Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
White layer is a die cut!!
DSP Layer #1 3 1/4″ x 3 3/4″
DSP Layer #2 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″

Details:

This card came together VERY quickly! The biggest challenge was deciding on the size of the rectangles of DSP 🙂
The sentiment is from Snowflake Sentiments and is a favorite of mine, it looks so gorgeous when stamped!

I die cut the sentiment with the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and then popped it up on a Real Red base, using the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. I feel like there should be a size of framelits between the two I used, but I wasn’t able to find one 🙁 It’s probably just user error!

The darling poinsettias are from the Dashing Deer Thinlits Dies. I was originally looking for poinsettias to stamp and die cut (which are in this same set as well), but decided these little guys were too cute to pass up. I popped them up on itty bitty pieces of Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added some Artisan Pearls to the center. So cute!! Baker’s Twine in Mossy Meadow adds a touch of texture.

I die cut the sentiment panel for the inside, trimmed it out with some Real Red card stock and stamped a few of the poinsettias that I mentioned above. I added a bit of yellow to the centers with Stampin’ Blends in Daffodil Delight.

Only one more holiday card to share (tomorrow)! I’m a bit sad to put Christmas away, I will for now but not TOO far away as we only have 363 days until Christmas rolls around again! I am determined to be prepared!! lol

Blessings to you!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Mossy Meadow and Real Red; Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

DSP: All is Bright

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments, Dashing Deer

Dies: Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies, Layering Oval Framelits Dies, Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies, Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies

Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer

Embellishments: Artisan Pearls & Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine in Mossy Meadow

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Wrapping Up Christmas Part II – Farmhouse Holidays

by Shannon Jaramillo // December 27, 2018 // 5 Comments

Need to use up some DSP? This sweet layout can help with that, and the design can easily be translated to any card you need to make in the moment!

Measurements:

Crumb Cake Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
White Card Stock Layer 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
DSP Layer 3 3/4″ x 4 7/8″

Details:

CASEing cards has helped me keep my sanity this holiday season! Today’s design was case’d from Britney Vanderlaan, I just changed up the sentiment and the embellishments!
I tend to forget to use big banners on my cards, that’s another benefit of looking at other designers’ cards! These wide banners really ground the sentiment from Farmhouse Christmas, which is still available through Jan 3, 2019 so grab it if you like it!
Can you see the texture on the Crumb Cake banner? That’s the Corrugated embossing folder – SO awesome for a rustic look!

This darling sentiment was stamped in black and then die cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and the coordinating scalloped circle in Mossy Meadow was die cut using the Layering Circles Framelits Dies. I really like how just a hint of the scallop shows up, creating a subtle bit of depth 🙂
I stamped the sentiment again in Cherry Cobbler and the stitched banner die from the coordinating Farmhouse Framelits Dies was used to create the banner. I then layered it on top of the circle die with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Super Cute!
A bit of Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine in Cherry Cobbler was used to tie a double bow. Hint: I cut two short pieces of the twine, laid them across the card front, adhered the tails to the back of the card stock, and then used two other lengths of twine to tie the bow onto the front of the card.
The finishing touch was 3 retired Cherry Cobbler enamel shapes – I love how things I’ve purchased in the past coordinate so easily with current product – that keeps me coming back for more!! 🙂

One more close up, just because I’m so tickled with how this came out! I think the colors are GORGEOUS!! Plaid, twine, stitching and corrugated paper – yum!

Thank you for visiting me today and hope you have time to be crafty, if not now, soon!!

Blessings,

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, and Cherry Cobbler; Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

DSP: Festive Farmhouse

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: Farmhouse Christmas

Dies: Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies, Layering Circles Framelits Dies, Farmhouse Framelits Dies

Tools: Big Shot

Embellishments: Cherry Cobbler Enamel Shapes (retired) and Cherry Cobbler Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine

Other: Whisper White Envelope

Candy Cane Season – CASEing Christmas

by Shannon Jaramillo // December 19, 2018 // 1 Comment

What exactly is ‘CASEing’? It’s an acronym that stands for ‘Copy and Share Everything’. If you struggle to come up with card layouts – stop! Card making is supposed to be FUN so let’s make it fun! Google the name of the stop set you want to use and scroll through the images until you find one you like and copy it! There is no shame in it! Or, scroll through Pinterest until you find something interesting and copy it! Or use it as a jumping off point for whatever it triggers in your head! I tend to save a photo of cards that inspire me and then scroll back through the photos for inspiration. DO IT!! My only caveat is that if you put your card out onto the web, please be sure to credit the original designer. That’s just proper etiquette. So, go for it!

Measurements:

White Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Shaded Spruce Card Stock Layer 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″
White Stamped Layer 5″ x 3 3/4″

Details:

I adore the crisp and clean look of Mary Fish’s card (shown below) using the Candy Cane Season stamp set and couldn’t wait to recreate it. It’s perfect! I did however, want to make it in the A2 size rather than a gift tag size

Because I knew that I would be adding layers, I went ahead and added a scalloped square behind the stitched layer to add definition.
The candy cane and bow were SOOO easy to stamp and then punch out with the coordinating punch!!

I then pulled out a darling retro snowflake stamp from the same stamp set (totally reminds me of Frosty the Snowman) and my retired Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (which BTW is currently on the clearance rack at Stampin’ Up’s online store if you want to pop over and grab one) and added some carefully placed snowflakes. And, in my world, snowflakes can be red 😉
I added more Shaded Spruce behind the white stamped panel for extra ‘pop’ and then attached some retired red thread to the stitched square and popped everything up with Stampin’ Dimensionals! I think it’s so fun!
I made a boo-boo when stamping my red snowflakes and overlapped some, but not to panic!, I just added another red rhinestone to that spot and the rhinestone takes all the attention away from the mistake! Of course I had to add another red rhinestone to create a visual triangle!

A bit of decorating on the inside and the envelope and this one’s ready to go!

I think would be an easy card to mass produce and will probably do so to get ahead for next year (yeah, right, don’t we say that every year?!? haha)

My Christmas shopping is pretty easy now the my kids are grown and I don’t have grand babies yet so I’m just stamping away over here!!

Have a wonderful rest of your week with all that that entails at this time of the year and I am looking forward to sharing new products with you after the holiday!

Blessings!

Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Shaded Spruce and Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

DSP: All is Bright

Ink: Shaded Spruce, Real Red and Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: Candy Cane Season and Snowflake Sentiments (inside greeting)

Dies: Stitched Shapes and Layering Squares Framelits; retired Envelope Liner Die

Tools: Candy Cane Builder Punch; Stampin’ Trimmer

Embellishments: Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Other: Whisper White Envelope