Birthday Sails

Greetings Stampers!

I hope your weekend went well!  It's too bad it had to draw to a close, but all good things must end, right?!

To get an aged / vintage feel, I took the top stamped layer, wadded it up in a ball several times, straightened it out flat with a bone folder, and lightly ran my Crumb Cake ink pad across so only the raised part of the paper would pick up the ink.  (this can be easy to over-do so be careful when doing this).  

The anchors on the base layer was stamped with Craft Whisper White.  If you don't have Whisper White to stand out from the dark background, you can always emboss with white embossing powder.

This card was made with the following Supplies:

• Stamp Set/s-
• The Open Sea
• Messages for Mom
• Punch/s-
• Scallop Trim Border Punch
• Spiral Notebook Punch
• Misc-
• Crop-A-Dial
• Large Eyelets
• Dauber
• Dimensionals
• Hemp Twine

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Blessings & Inky Hugs!
~Shawnie B.

Trellis Fusion

Greetings Stampers!

Here's another card to share with you that I just finished.

Supplies used to create this card:

• Big Shot
• Flower Fusion Sizzlits Die
• Little Leaves Sizzlits Die
• Bigz Lattice Die
• Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder 
• Stamp Set
• Petite Pairs
• Misc
• Brads
• Circle Punches
• Ribbon

Please let me know if you have any comments or questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Greetings Stampers!

I started fiddling with the roses from the Flower Fest stamp set.  I first started by embossing the image with white embossing powder, and then highlighting the centers of the rose with ink the same color as the cardstock that was used.  That still didn't give the shading / dimension that I was looking for.  I then stamped additional roses the same way I did the original ones, cut out the centers and then adhered them to the original roses with Dimensionals.  I figured I'd better stop before I ruined them ")

Supplies used to create this card:

• Big Shot
• Perfect Dots Embossing Folder
• Stamp Set/s
• Flower Fest
• Watercolor Trio
• Punch's
• Oval
• Scallop Oval
• Scallop Border
• Tools
• Heat Gun (embossing)
• Paper Piercing Tool
• Misc
• Dauber
• Dimensionals
• White Embossing Powder
• Halfback Pearls
• Aqua Painter (water-coloring / painting inside of the roses)
• Brads
• Ribbon

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Always Cherish You

Greetings Stampers!     

The following items were used to make this card:

• Big Shot
• Bigz Beautiful Butterflies
• Sizzlits Lots of Tags Label 3
• Stamp Set
• Creative Elements
• Floral Background
• Weathered Background
• Misc unknown postage stamp
• Punch
• Heart
• Misc
• Button
• Handmade Shimmer Spritz
• Hemp Twine
• Ribbon
• Dimentionals
• Q-Tip (for distressing outer edges of Butterfly)
• SU Designer Paper

 The card didn't quite turn out as I had expected.  I'm not sure what I was going for at the time, but figured I would post the card anyway.  The main reason I'm posting it is to show the handmade shimmer spritz I made.  The recipe is really simple.  All you need to do is mix Rubbing Alcohol and drops of Shimmer Paint (available through Stampin' Up!).  When it comes to the shimmer paint, a little bit goes a LONG way.  Add a few drops at a time until you achieve the desired shimmer.  I use little Mini Misters that I found at my local craft store.  you can use any spray bottle as long as the nozzle will spritz.  (for quite a while I used an old Stampin' Mist bottle that worked just fine)  Once you have the desired shimmer you can then add drops of your favorite Stampin' Up! re-inker if you want to add some color.  Make sure to shake really well before spraying. 

Shimmer paint can be purchased through Stampin' Up! for $5.95 a bottle that goes a long way.  3 color selections are:  Champagne Mist, Frost White, & Platinum.

Here is a close-up of the shimmer mist in action.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Be Mine - Butterfly

This card was created using the following items:  

• Big Shot
• Bigz Beautiful Butterflies
• Elegant Bouquet  Embossing Folder
• Stamp Set
• French Script - Background Stamp
• Delightful Dozen
• Elements of Style
• Misc 
• Corduroy Brad
• Crimper
• Paper Flower
• Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Hoppy Hearts

It's a shame this Toucan of my Love stamp set can only be used once a year around Valentines Day.  I think the images are just darling!

Items used to create this card:

• Big Shot
• CB Circles & Dots Embossing Folder
• Stamp Set
• Toucan of my Love
• Punch
• Circle
• Star
• Scallop Trim Border
• Misc Items
• SU Designer Paper
• Aqua Painter
• Watercolor Pencils
• SU Brads

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs!

~Shawnie B.

Amoure

This card was made with the following items:

• Big Shot
• Nestabilities Labels 3
• Stamp Set
• Artistic Etchings
• Music Notes Stampin Around Wheel
• Tiny Tags
• Punch
• Itty Bitty Shapes
• Tiny Tag
• Ribbon - SU Victoria Crochet Trim
• SU Vintage Brad
• SU Halfback Pearl
• Safety Pin
• SU Specialty Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!  Please feel free to leave your feedback!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Here's to You!

Greetings Stampers!

Thought I would share what I have so far.  My grand son is going to be coming over for a few days and since I try to avoid going into my craft room when he's here (too much temptation for a 3 year old), I figured I would share some of the projects I've worked on this past week & a half.

Here's to You

Items used on this card:

• Big Shot
• Square Lattice embossing folder
• Sizzlits Scribbles Swirls
• Stamp Set's
• Field Flowers
• Friendly Phrases
• Stamp-a-ma-jig for 2 step stamping
• Dauber
• Hemp Twine
• Paper Flowers
• Stampin' Up! Specialty Ribbon
• Bling gem

Thanks for stopping by!  And as always, I appreciate any feedback you offer. ")

Blessings & Inky Hugs!

~Shawnie B.