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

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.

Get Well Soon Doily

Greetings!
This card is a CASE that was inspired by Susan Carlson.  It makes for a great Get Well Soon card.  The colors are soft & soothing.  Hopefully it’ll bring a smile to someone who is sick or recovering from surgery.
This is also a sketch challenge entry for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. 
Items used to create this card: 

• Hello, Doily
• Field Flowers
• Sincere Salutations
• Seam Binding
• Brads
• Decorative Label punch

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

CASE'd Blessing

I like the soft antiquey feel of it (thanks to Chelsey tweaking the settings in my cellphone for a soft relaxing image).

This card was inspired by Wanda from Cards By Wanda (below)

If you have a moment, please feel free to stop by her blog and check out what she's been up to lately!  Tell her that Shawnie sent you.  ;)

My card was created using the following supplies:

• Stamp/s:
• Blessings from Heaven (sentiment)
• Delicate Doilies
• Hello, Doily
• Punch/s:
• Scallop Corner Punch
• Big Shot:
• Perfect Dots Embossing Folder
• Sizzix Corner Flower #2 Die
• Misc:
• Paper Flowers
• Ribbon
• Brads
• Dimensionals
• Stampin' Write Markers

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Frosted Birthday Greeting

Greetings everyone!
This Birthday card is sporting a frosted embossed tile.  To create the frosted appearance I took an acrylic tile, sanded it with my sanding block until the whole surface was scratched and you couldn't see through it.  I then stamped an image with versa mark, embossed with clear embossing powder, and then hit the heat gun to it. 

I really like how the frosted tile turned out.  I think I just might have to do some more playing around with this technique!  Maybe something feminine with flowers?

This card was created using the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Stamp Set/s:
• The Open Sea
• Little Friends
• Punches:
• Circle Punches
• Big Shot:
• Stripes Embossing Folder
• Framelits - Labels Collection
• Sizzlits - Lots of Tags Label 1
• Misc:
• Regals Brad
• Linen Thread
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Clear acrylic tile
• Colors Used:
• ink:  Soft Suede & Not Quite Navy
• Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

So Many Smiles.... Begin with You

This card is made using Fabulous Florets and the sentiment is Petite Pairs.  I stepped outside of my comfort zone by using loud vibrant colors this time.  The blue flowers were embossed with White embossing powder.

Many Blessings & Inky Hugs!
~Shawnie B

A Merry Christmas Tree Greeting

Hi there!  Christmas is going to sneak up closer than we expect, especially for a card maker.  You can never make enough Christmas cards!

This one was made using my corner punch on some Christmas paper, word window punch for the stump, and half of the Round Tab punch for the tree stand.  I added a star shaped brad to the top of the tree.  This card was inspired by Joanne French. 

Many Blessings & Inky Hugs!
~Shawnie B

Tutorial - Delicate Detailed Paper Carnations

I wish I could remember where I first saw these flowers and how to put them together, I could have added the link in this post as well.  The flowers are really beautiful and they look to me exactly like carnations.  You can use one color or you can use two different colored papers to add dimension and shading to your flowers.
Here is a project sporting one of my paper Carnations

Supplies needed for this project:

• Scallop Circle Punch
• Brad (preferably one with long tongs)
• Paper Piercer
• Piercing Mat (so table surface isn't marked)
• Premium Quality cardstock - I used Stampin' Up!.  I would strongly recommend you use a good thick cardstock for this project for ease of splitting the paper.
• Crimper (helps break the paper down but isn't necessary)

So the basic idea is to wad the paper up to make it soft & pliable to where it starts to separate.  You can start by running your cardstock through a crimper (if you don't have or use a crimper, just keep wadding up your paper more)

And then once you've crimped the paper, start wadding it up to make it soft & pliable.

Once this has been done and you see where the paper is starting to separate within itself, wad the paper some more to make it even softer.  You need to make sure that every area of the cardstock is soft as you are going to separte the paper into two pieces.  If you start separating too early and you get to the middle of the cardstock, it'll either tear one way or another, it won't split if it's not soft & worked with enough.


As you start tearing the pieces apart, you'll notice that the inside pieces have more of a fuzzy-type texture.  This is the texture that is going to face the outside of the carnation.  The other side is shiny.


Now that the paper has been separated, you've just doubled the amount of carnations you can create!  :)
Once this is done, punch with a round scallop punch.  Each carnation needs four round scallop pieces.



You will need to pierce a hole through the middle of each circle scallop.  The thing that's so great about this split paper is when you bend it & shape it, it's really good at retaining it's shape.  Place a brad through the hole of the first circle scallop and bend / crumple the paper pretty tight so the brad isnt noticable.  You can use the tongs of the brad on the other side to hold on to while you shape your carnation.  You can flatten the tongs out once your finished with the whole thing.  (I really wish i had pictures of this, but it seems my husband was distracted when we got to this part of the tutorial.
Once you are satisfied with how the first circle is crumpled around the brad, add the next one.  Each one you add can be looser and not as tight.  just crumple and twist them until they look like a carnation.



Good luck and I can't wait to see your project!  (if you don't mind, I would like to share your work on my website for others to see as well!  If you forward me a picture of your project but DO NOT want me to share it on my website, please let me know and I will respect your privacy)  :)
Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to hearing your comments!
Blessings & Inky Hugs
~§hawnie B
Remember, if you don't get ink all over yourself, your not stampin'!
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Birthday Celebrations

I have a lot of Birthday cards, but most of them are foo foo cards with pretties all over them.  I was running low on cards for every day or for men so I figured since I was in the mood, I'd better get some whipped out.  My Mojo for that only lasted for one card.  Sigh... beggers can't be choosers.  I need to listen and remember to go by my own advise.  Keep it simple.  I get myself all worried about embellishments, accents, extra's, etc... so much to the point where nothing is on the card at all!

Yeah, you don't want to be inside my head.  Trust me!

Items used for this card:
Stamp Set/s:  Upsy Daisy,  Happy Day, and Background Basics
Cardstock:  Tempting Turquoise, Bermuda Bay, Peach Parfait, Whisper White, and generic designer paper I had in my stash.
Ink Colors Used:  VersaMark (for embossing Powder), Cherry Cobbler, Bermuda Bay (inside sentiment)
Goodies used:  Punches:  Decorative Label, Scallop circle, circle.
Nesties Lacey Circle Die, Cupcake Embellishment, Glitter, Black embossing powder, Green Grossgrain ribon, Brad, Crop-a-dile, Big Shot, Circles Cuddlebug Embossing Folder

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God Bless you and thanks for stopping by!!

Inky Hugs

~Shawnie Bartron

Remember, if you’re not covered in ink, you’re not stampin'!

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On my Mind

Please forgive the blurriness of this picture.  Because I am notorious for adding embellishments no matter the size to my cards, the embellishments that are thick will make a blurry image on the card when I scan it.  There are a lot of layers to this card, especially the 1 1/2 inch grosgrain ribbon I used to make a faux bow. 

I was thinking about my oldest daughter, how we used to be best friends and shared hopes and dreams with each other.  Her boyfriend has since gotten into her head to ensure that she is segregating herself away from her family members, not sure why at this point but I'm sure his motives will be made clear in time.  My daughter is very strong willed and she will only be controlled as much as she will allow.  When she wises up and see's that she has hurt her family and has abandoned them, she'll come around.  The hardest part of all this, we used to call each other every day and just shoot the breeze, talk about our day.

She would tell me how Bug was doing and little cute things he started doing.  He's now 3 and learning and developing very quickly.  She lives in the next town over and she knows how important my grand son is to me, so she would make every attempt to make sure I knew how Bug was developing.  I didn't always just talk to my daughter when we were on the phone, I would talk to Bug as well.  I would take great joy at the excitement in his voice when he would tell me about something he saw or something he had done.  My heart is definitely full of happy when I hear his sweet little voice.  He would know the conversation was about over when I would start telling him "I love you".  No matter how hard I would try, I couldn't pull the words out of him because he knew that once he said those words that not long after Nana was going to hang up and he wanted to keep me on the phone.  He's always been sharp.  Common sense sharp.  The kind of sharp that he can't be taught.  Either someone has common sense or they don't.  Well he does.  As long as he's taken care of and is in the right environment, he's going to go far in life.

Oh yeah, I'm rattling on and I was actually posting a card!  lol

I stamped the rose image in black on the scalloped oval mat.  I stamped the rose image again on a piece of watercolor paper.  I used a Sakura Gelly Roll stardust pen and my Aqua-painter to watercolor the glitter and to shadow more area's on the image.  It turned out really beautiful! 

I embossed the cardstock with Framed Tulips, cut out a smaller piece of Specialty Paper to fit inside the framed tulips.  for the tiny tags, I used stampin write markers to get the different colors on the stamp.

Stamp Set's used:  Abundant Joy, Upsy Daisy, and Tiny Tags
Colors used:  Cardstock:  Certainly Celery & Whisper White.  Ink:  Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Sahara Sand, Not Quite Navy, and Poppy Parade.
Extra's:  Ribbon is Riding Hood Red, Bling Brad holding the Faux Bow together is from the Pretties Kit.

Feel free to leave a comment on this project. Remember if you are kind enough to add yourself as a follower on my blog, I will do the same for you as well. Please just let me know your website.

God Bless you and thanks for stopping by!!

Inky Hugs

~Shawnie Bartron

Remember, if you’re not covered in ink, you’re not stampin'!

Visit my online Stampin' Up! store 24-7. Click on "Shop Now" http://Shawnie.StampinUp.net