So Grateful CASE

This card is a CASE from my new favorite paper crafter that I was lucky enough to stumble across. You know how I'm always questing for inspiration?   Well,  have I got a treat for you!   I found her site from her card that someone else had posted from Pinterest.  Before I knew it I was pining away and craving more inspiration I kept browsing get site and never disappointed.

Her name is Laura Lipe.  It would truly be a travesty of justice if I didn't share her blog with you.  There are so many cards of hers that I want to CASE.  The dilemma now, I just have to figure out which one I want to do next!  :)

I used Apothecary Art for the sentiment.  There was very little inking on this card, other than the sentiment and some light sponging around the edges to make the images pop. 

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B. 

Friends in Pink

Here is card #2 from the one I made yesterday.  The same design,  just different colors. 

 

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B. 

Blue Friends

This is a CASE from Sandy Mathis.  I love these colors together. Vintage Vogue was used to create this card.  I really like the layout of this card.  I think I'm going to come up with some colors that are outside of my comfort zone and create something similar to this.

 

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Blessings and Inky Hugs

~Shawnie B.

Holiday Deer

Masculine attributes of this card will hopefuly be appreciated by a male recipient. 

The trees and deer are from Life is Good from Gina K. Designs.   The snowflakes and sentiment are from Stampin' Up!s Short and Sweet stamp set. 

 

 Thanks for stopping by!

~Shawnie B.

Noel in Bermuda

I thought I would step outside my comfort zone and go with something way colorful but yet festive.  And I came up with Real Red and Bermuda Bay.  

Stamp set's used:

• Greeting Card Kids
•  Warmest of Wishes

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Shawnie B.

Thanks with Lace

Gosh it's been a while since I've made anything. Well that, my stampin' friends is fixing to change. We changed my craft room around a bit to take advantage of the light and I am so glad we did it!

I would have been creating a lot sooner if we would have moved things around. 

 

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com 

Blue Christmas

Wow!  Greetings Stampers!  It's been a long LONG time since i've posted anything here.  It's just the same amount of time since I've created anything!  And I say it's long over due! 

This card was created using the following supplies:

•  Sizzle Snowflakes #21 die
• Safety Pin
• Northern Flurry Embossing Foler
• Tiny Tag Punch
• Tiny Tags stamp set
• Maybe could use

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Whimsy Birthday

I haven't built a card since before we moved in July, so I figured a colorful Birthday card was in order :-)

Dare to Dream - CASE

Greetings!

My daughter absolutely loves this card.  She’s getting to where she likes anything that’s distressed that looks vintage-y.  She used to give me a hard time about all the “old lady cards” I make.  I’m not sure what changed her mind, but we’ve gotten quite close lately and I think she is appreciating the amount of time and effort I put into the cards I create.  This card was CASE'd from Selene Kempton.  I ran across her version on Pinterest.  I'm glad I found it. 

This was created using SU!’s Loving Thoughts stamp set and a multitude of Framelits and edgelits.

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Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Greenhouse Garden Thanks so Much

Greetings!

It has been so hot here the last couple of days.  We’re in the triple digits and it's been so hot that there have been lightning & thunder storms in the valley.  Yesterday it finally happened.  The desert area where we do a lot of fishing and hunting had sparked on fire.  The Owyhee Mountains is a gorgeous place, but high risk for fires because of the dryness and the heat.  There are still fires up there raging out of control.  Smoke is a haze all over the valley floor and access to the area has been closed off and residents have been evacuated.  It’s getting hotter and hotter, so I’m staying inside for the remainder of the day.  We have air conditioning, I’m going to enjoy it by golly!

My hubby & I picked up a mountain bike at a yard sale a few days ago, my grandson stays with us more than he’s at home and he just learned how to ride his bike.  I figure we could go for rides together AND I could get in shape, what a thought, huh?! 

Anyway, I’ve been surfing around on Pinterest, spending most of my online time there and it dawned on me that I had a few pics of my own sitting around that needed to be uploaded. 
Stamp set is SU!’s Greenhouse Garden.



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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Birthday Wishes–CASE

Hi there! I was bored and was looking through Pinterest at card ideas and I happened to come across his one by Jo Dumbeton.  I love looking through her blog for inspiration. 


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Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Your on My Mind–CASE

Greetings everyone!
Whew!  Boy did a lot of supplies go into creating this card.  I first saw a card done by my new Demonstrator, Patty Bennett. that she did during one of her classes (I SO wished we were closer so I could attend her classes) 
Anyway, her card was so beautiful and the technique caught my eye in piqued my interest.  I could have used different supplies, but the way her card was just perfect the way it was..
On dark colored cardstock, stamp images and emboss with white embossing powder.  Color the images with Whisper White Craft ink with your Aqua Painter or a paint brush.  Once that dries color the images with your chosen colors.  It looks really cool.  I’m glad Patty shared this technique. 
Supplies used for creating this card are:
Candy Dots - Brights, Embossing Folder - Fancy Fan, Embosslit Beautiful Wings, Framelits - Apothecary Accents, Framelits - Secret Garden, Paper Piercing Pack - Essentials, Papillon Potpourri, Punch - Elegant Butterfly, Secret Garden, Simply Pressed Clay Flower, Upsy Daisy, 

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Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Scenic Congratulations

Greetings!
I was in the mood to do some sponging, so I figured I would use a scenic image to satiate my appetite to sponge.  I am so glad Soft Sky has been re-included in Stampin’ Up!s current color line-up.  It covers things that Bashful Blue just couldn’t do. 
The two stamp set’s I used on this card are from Gina K Designs:  Inside and Out and Life is Good. 
The Life is Good set has great masculine images:  a train, cabin, mountain scenery, Deer, etc…

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Grateful for You

Greetings!
This card was inspired in part by my daughter and, for the life of me, I cannot remember the creative person who originally created this card. 
I was feeling in a funk, totally uninspired and my daughter brought a challenge to me that I just couldn’t refuse.  She was to surf online via Pinterest and find a card that she wanted me to create.  It would then be my job to re-create the card.
Everything pretty much matches, with the exception of the sentiment and the shape of the sentiment.
Hey, at least it kept me busy for a while. 

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Birthday Scoops!

Greetings!
I was in the mood to create something fun for a change.  I couldn’t wait to use the new in colors…. they are so yummy!
The stamp sets I used are Sweet Scoops, Itty Bitty Bits, and Hearts a Flutter. 
I used the brayer on the cardstock.  It was all white and had embossed lines that looked perfectly like a waffle cone, so I brayered with Baked Brown Sugar and wiped off the ink from the embossed area with a paper towel, which revealed a version of a waffle cone. 
New in-colors used on the ice cream cone are Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, and Baked Brown Sugar for the cone. 

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Wonderful You

I love Crumb Cake and Blushing Bride together, so thought this was a great excuse to put something together with those colors.  I used one of the die’s from my Apothecary Accents collection, but I didn’t cut the cardstock.  Instead, I stenciled the inside of the die and pierced using the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack.  The sentiment is from Loving Thoughts.

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Lattice Sympathy Card

Greetings!
This is one card that I hope stays in my collection for a long long time.  Even though some may think it’s pretty, it still represents someone’s pain and heartache.  To know that the life has changed and will never be the same for the recipient of this card.  It breaks my heart just to think about.  I always avoid making Sympathy cards and wouldn’t have made it except I asked my daughter what kind of card I should make, she recommended Sympathy.  I looked at my stash and realized she was right, that I had very few Sympathy cards remaining.  So, here we are.

This card was made with Stampin’ Up!s Elements of Style and Thanks for Caring stamp set’s.




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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Up, Up, and Away Thank You–CASE

Greetings!

I fell in love with this card the very moment I saw it on Pinterest.  I loved the soft colors and the whole cartoon-y look of it.  I just absolutely LOVE the new in Colors Stampin’ Up! has come up with:
Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, and Baked Brown Sugar. 
With colors that beautiful, there are are going to be so many possibilities!  I can’t wait to get started.  The only problem…. what colors am I going to use first?!

For my first card, I chose Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding… along with ever faithful So Saffron and Whisper White.



Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Angel in Faux Etched Glass–Thank You Card–Dynamic Duo Challenge

Greetings!  I enjoyed making the faux etched glass so much on the last card, I thought I would do it again.  This time I did it on a tiny little Beveled Windowpane from Stampin’ Up!  They are long since discontinued and I use them VERY sparingly.
This is also a Dynamic Duo color challenge.  Hmmm Raspberry Ripple and Wysteria Wonder… together… on one card…. I should have had more faith.  While I putting this card together, I wasn’t very confident with how this would turn out.  I think it’ll work!  There are a lot of wonderful and creative examples of using the color combination.  Please be sure to stop by Dynamic Duo’s and take the challenge yourself!

And here is a close-up view.  I really hope it is clear enough.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Thanks so Much with Daisy

Greetings!
Here I am again, playing with Midnight Muse and Pool Party!  This card has been sitting on my work station for over a month…  I play around with things, add them, take them away, change them around… but I keep coming back to a simple layout.  I think it’s time to just slap my label on the back and snap it’s picture!

And…. a close-up of the daisy.
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Grateful in Muse–Faux Etched Glass

Greetings!
Here’s something I haven’t done in a long long time; faux etched glass.  I simply took a clear plastic wafer chip that came in a variety of shapes and sizes, sanded the surface until the complete area was sanded and frosty looking.  I stamped an image on the surface with Versamark, and then covered with clear embossing powder.  Hit the heat tool to the powder and wha la!  Behold, a frosted butterfly!  This is so easy to do and makes an interesting focal point to your card or scrapbook page.

And here are some close-ups.  I hope you can see how beautiful this can be.  To enhance the image, I layered a piece of designer paper under the wafer and matted it with Midnight Muse.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Just for You

This card is inspired by a new paper crafter I was fortunate enough to come across – Julie B. from Just Julie B’s Stampin’ Space.  I was so impressed with her creativity, I actually checked out just about every post she’s posted since 2008, and let me tell you, she is a frequent poster!  Any time I’m running low on Mojo, her blog is where I can go to get some instant inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Butterfly Friend Birthday Card

Greetings! 
I made this card in one of my favorite color combinations; Baja Breeze (which will be discontinued by Stampin’ Up! at the end of this month), which makes me very sad, Crumb Cake, and Soft Suede.
I used some new goodies that my daughter got me for my Birthday this month; The Elegant Butterfly Punch, the Occasions Paper Piercing Pack, Edgelits Large Scallop die, Framelits Bitty Banners and coordinating Itty Bitty Banners stamp set,  I just love new goodies!

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Doilies w/ a Secret Message

Greetings!  This card is a CASE but for the life of me, I cannot remember who it came from.  I hate it when that happens!
Anyway, I thought the card was very beautiful and I just had to CASE it. 

The inside of the secret tag reveals a sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

For You

Greetings!  We’re working on, like # 4 today.  I haven’t posted in a while, so I’m making up for time.  I love the gray & pink color combination.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Thanks So Much

Greetings!  This card was inspired by the button on this card.  I picked the button out of my stash and picked the colored cardstock and stamps accordingly. 

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Musical Thank You Card

Greetings!  Thought I would put together a musical Birthday card.  I used washi tape on the corners and pierced the outside border of the sentiment.

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Birthday Wish for Daughter–Seize the Birthday Sketch Challenge

Greetings!  Here is a Birthday card I made for my daughter.  I can’t believe she’s 22!  This same daughter had me order 250.00 in Stampin’ Up! stuff for my Birthday and for a Mothers Day gift.  I’ve had a happy time playing with all my new goodies. 



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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Wonderful Mother

I really want to create right now, but I have a lot of cards piling up that haven’t been uploaded.  I really love the colors used on this card.

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

A So Saffron and Basic Black Thank You

Hi there!  I found myself looking through my colors and wandered how the colors So Saffron and Basic Black would look together.
Well, here you have it.  lol  After the card was finished I added some zing by lightly distressing Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint around the black cardstock. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Thank You Cousin

Greetings!
This card is dedicated to my smart and beautiful cousin, Lisa who, helped me a great deal more than she may know.  Thank you for being you!  You always seem to have the best timing!  (take note the large butterfly image chalked in by stencil in the middle of the card.)  The image is colored using my Stampin' Pastels. 


Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Welcome Baby

Greetings!  Another beautiful day here in the Treasure Valley!  It’s supposed to be warming up to the 80’s here in a few days, so I’m enjoying the 70’s weather while it lasts. 
This card was created with SU’s Bundled in Love stamp set.  I colored the duck with my Aqua Painter and added a button to the end of the pull string.  It’s hard to tell, but I also ran the base through my Big Shot with an Square Weave Texturz Plate.
I wrapped a ribbon around the card and tied into a squared knot.  Stamped a tag image and baby sentiment and punched it out with my Tiny Tags punch and then ran them through a safety pin and adhered it to the knot in the ribbon. 
I used the color Certainly Celery so the card can either be for a boy or a girl. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Happy Father’s Day–Try Stamping on Tuesday and Dynamic Duo’s Challenge

Greetings!  This card was inspired by both Try Stamping on Tuesday AND Dynamic Duo’s color challenges.

I decided to use my stamp set from Gina K Design’s Life is Good.  The train is a great match for the grey / black color combination challenge.


Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

CASE–Floral Fusion Thanks

Greetings!  After receiving a lot of feedback and at the insistence of my daughter, I decided to CASE a card I did a long time ago.  Because I don’t like doing the same thing unless I have to, I always strive to change things around so the item is truly unique.  The one on the bottom is exactly like the one I did a long time ago, but I couldn’t bear to do it again, so I changed up the color, the sentiment, and the extra’s. 


Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.