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

Floral Get Well Soon

A bright & cheerful get well soon card.  Hopefully will brighten someone’s day.  Even better, hopefully I won’t have to give someone a card like this.

Stamp set Thoughts & Prayers.  I punched the blossoms and added halfback pearls.
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Sympathy in Faux Silk

Every time I decide to do a faux silk project I always end up creating the same project as it was done by Two Happy Stampers when she demonstrated the technique on YouTube. 

This card was created using the following supplies:

• Bliss stamp set
• Elements of Style stamp set
• Sweet Buttons Sizzix embosslit
• Framed Tulips embossing folder
• 5 Petal Flower punch
• Tissue Paper
• Brad
• Ribbon

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

Thank You Flower

I was pleased with how nicely this card came together.  The flower it'self is embossed with Heat & Stick Powder and Dazzling Diamonds

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

• Stamp Set's:
• Fabulous Florets
• Just Believe (Sentiment)
• Punches:
• Word Window
• Modern Label
• Scallop Trim Border
• Big Shot:
• Framed Tulips Embossing Folder
• Misc:
• Heat and Stick Powder
• Dazzling Diamonds
• Bling Gems
• Dimensionals
• Ribbon
• Colors Used:
• Certainly Celery
• Blushing Bride
• Marina Mist
• Very Vanilla
• Crumb Cake

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings and Inky Hugs!

~Shawnie B

Sharing Your Sorrow - Sympathy

Here is another Sympathy card I made to include in a current order.  I saw a different card earlier today that was made using the colors Daffodil Delight and Bashful Blue together.  The two make a pretty combination.

This card was made with the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Stamps
• Thoughts and Prayers
• Punches
• Itty Bitty Shapes
• Big Shot
• Framed Tulips Embossing Folder
• Misc
• Halfback Pearls
• Wild Wasabi Embossing Powder
• Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge - Faith

Some days ya just gotta have Faith!   Below is the Mojo Monday Challenge for this week. 

This card was created with the following items:

•  Stamp Set/s:
• Graceful Words
• Thoughts & Prayers
• Punch/s:
• Circle Punches
• Big Shot:
• Nestabilities Oval Die
• Framed Tulips Embossing Folder
• Square Lattice Embossing Folder
• Colors:
• Cardstock:
• Chocolate Chip
• Pretty in Pink
• Very Vanilla
• Crumb Cake
• Ink:

• Crumb Cake
• Chocolate Chip
• Pretty in Pink
• Misc:
• Chantilly Crochet Trim
• Dauber
• Dimensionals
• Stampin' Write Markers
• Cross Brad

Thank you for stopping by.  I look forward to hearing your comments & feedback.

Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Pearls & Bows

I'm not really sure what I was going for this time around, I went into my craft room and just started putting things together.  With my "Mojo" difficulties here lately, I was welcoming any kind of inspiration so when ideas started popping into my head I didn't question them.  (Don't you hate months like that?!)  lol

The picture doesn't show it, but the butterflies are covered by Dazzling Diamonds to add a delicate sparkle to the card.  

Goodies used to create this card.

• You are Loved stamp set
• Cutter Kit - for distressing the mat under the sentiment
• Dazzling Diamonds
• Glue Pen
• Framed Tulips Embossing Folder
• Big Shot
• Halfback Pearls
• Beads from the Pretties Kit (now discontinued but you can use an combination of beads and or charms)
• Ribbon 1 & 1/4 Grosgrain and 1/4 sheer
• Thread - for bunching the grosgrain ribbon and stringing the pearls and crystal charm
• Ticket Corner Punch
• Glue Dots for adhering the sheer bow

Helpful Tip:  If you do not have a cutter kit or distresser, but would still like to get the same results, you can (carefully) run the blade of your scissors along the edge of your paper to get a raised distressed edge effect. 

Another Helpful Tip:  Would you like to add flock to your supply stash AND in any Stampin' Up! color to coordinate with your project?  The Cutter Kit works so well that when distressing you get shaved cardstock, just like flock.  Simply save your trimmings when distressing your cardstock to have for later or shave it as you need it!  Please be sure to let me know if you have any questions on how to do this!  ")

Thank you so much for stopping by & God bless!

~Shawnie Bartron

Faux Silk Technique Creations & Anniversary Card

Greetings!

I've been playing with the Faux Silk technique & I really like the vintage look & feel it has once it's finished.  I love these colors when all used together, Soft Suede, Blushing Bride, & Crumb Cake.

Ingredients used for this card:

• Elements of Style stamp set
• Framed Tulips Embossing Folder
• White Tissue Paper
• Adhesive
• Ribbon
• Tiny Tags Punch
• Tiny Tags stamp set
• Sponge Daubers

 Here is an Anniversary card for my cousin & her husband.  I hope she'll like it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Mr. Blue Bird

Hello Stampers!

This was a quick and easy card to create. 

"How did she punch out and color in that perfect looking bird" you must be asking?!  Well, with Stampin Up it's easy!  The stamp set is Language of Friendship.  It comes with a stamp that perfectly matches the punches from the Bird Builder punch!  All you need to do is decide what color you want your bird to be, ink your stamp, stamp the image, line up the image in your Bird Builder paper punch and squeeze!  Out pops a perfectly colored & detailed bird!  (with the stamp set are also two little bird feet in case you want your bird to be standing instead of sitting on a branch)  There is also a flower set that perfectly matches the Boho Blossoms 3 flower punch as well so the flowers you punch out will have more definition and design than just the punched image.  There is also a sentiment included with this stamp set as well.

So, what else was used to create his card?:

• Framed Tulips embossing folder
• Ribbon

 I didn't want a sentiment on this card because I'm not sure what it's going to be just yet.  I have a lot of cards made up in advance, and have decided to just create the card and add the sentiment later in case I start to run out of Thank You cards, I can throw a Thank You sentiment on this baby and send off! 

Have a great day!
Blessings & Inky Hugs
~Shawnie B

Vintage Fun with Strength & Hope and Embossing

Having fun playing Vintage with new paper & stamps!  ;)

These two cards were inspired by Sandi Maciver.  She is another one of my favorite paper crafting Guru's.  The lady knows her paper AND she's funny.  You should read her posts, she is constantly cracking herself up!  Just adds to her charm.  She is also an Oregonian!  Go Oregon!

So, here are the two vintage cards I created.  One is done in Cherry Cobbler & Crumb Cake (both sound yummy don't they?!) and the other one is Baja Breeze & Crumb Cake. 

I hope you enjoy!

Hope you enjoy!

Things are not yet resolved.  Please continue to pray for my family and I.  If you are not familiar with the story, please catch up here.

Blessings & Inky Hugs!
~Shawnie B

Welcome Baby!

Wow!  I have just learned that a girl I worked with in Coos Bay is expecting a baby!  What a good time to bring out some "Welcome Baby" cards I need to get posted.  Congratulations Naidine!  I am so happy for you & your family!!!  God Bless you all!

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.

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God Bless you and thanks for stopping by!!

Inky Hugs

~Shawnie Bartron

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