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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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.

Amour Thanks

Hello everyone!  I was in a shabby vintage type of mood.  At least I think this is a version of shabby vintage.  Regardless, it’s a Thank You card.

Have a blessed day!
~Shawnie B.

Love

Greetings!
After spending days with my grandbabies, helping their mom tend to their cold symptoms I am starting to come down with the cold of colds.  The way it’s coming on, it feels like it’s gonna be a real hum-dinger!  Even if I’m sick, I still find comfort in my craft room. 
The below card is a re-make of a card I created a year ago placed below.  The colors are different, but the flavor is pretty much still the same. 
This card was created using the following materials:

• Artistic Etchings stamp set
• Established Elegance stamp set
• Tiny Tags stamp set
• Music Notes Stampin’ Around Wheel
• Button
• DMC Floss
• Spell Binders Labels 3 Die
• Gold embossing powder
• Halfback Pearls
• Itty Bitty Bits punch
• Tiny Tag punch
• Ribbon
• Safety pin
• Chantilly Crochet Trim

Here is the card I made a year ago.







Thanks for stopping by!  I look forward to any comments you may have.
Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Love You Much–Kisses

If you can’t tell what these are, they are Hershey kisses, lol.  I punched them from my Blossom Builder Punch. 

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Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Love

I am having the BEST evening I’ve had in a long time.  I just got back from Wisdom of the Word Bible Study and am feeling uplifted & optimistic in my relationship with the Lord.

I used Baby Blossom and Tiny Tags to create this card. This card was inspired by Lisa Young.

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X’s & O’s

Greetings!  Valentines Day is not far away, it’s coming around the corner and will be here before you know it!  I’m getting a jump on Valentines day cards so I’ll have enough available in case there’s a high demand. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Embossed Merry

Good evening everyone!  I figured even though I"m not in the Christmas spirit, other people are, so I should make some cards for them to try to help brighten their Holiday.

This card was created using the following supplies:

• Stamp Set/s:
• Merry & Type
• Tiny Tags
• Punch/s:
• Tiny Tag Punch
• Big Shot:
• Northern Flurry Embossing Folder
• Misc:
• Pewter Embossing Powder
• Silver Floss
• Ribbon
• Aqua Painter

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Butterflies - Thanks so Much

Good afternoon folks!  I used Stampin' Pastels (chalk) to color in the larger butterfly to give a softer appearance.  To add texture I waded up a piece of Patterns Stack Designer Series paper, flattened and smoothed it out and ran the ink pad directly to the surface where only the raised portions received the ink.  This gives it a marbled appearance.  I finished off the butterfly with an Antique Brad. 

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

• Stamps:
• Elements of Style
• Tiny Tags
• Punches:
• Tiny Tags
• Big Shot:
• Bigz Beautiful Butterflies
• Bigz Lattice
• Misc:
• Antique Brads
• Safety Pin from Vintage Trinkets
• Ribbon
• Sponge Daubers
• Stampin Pastels
• Colors Used:
• Crumb Cake
• Soft Suede
• Very Vanilla
• Bashful Blue

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #235 - Hello, Friend

Good Afternoon Stampers and fellow bloggers!

 I thought I would work a bit outside the box on this challenge today. I have to admit, I finally made a card I'm pleased with.  Don't you just love it when that happens?!  I have been in such a cheerful good mood today, I think it's attributed to the bright sunshine outside.  It just feels like a good day!

This card was created with the following items:

• Stamps -
• Little Friends
• Tiny Tags
• Big Shot -
• Bigz Top Note Die
• Blossom Party Die (3 flower pieces)
• Perfect Dots Embossing Folder
• Punches -
• Word Window Punch
• Tiny Tags Punch
• Square Punch
• Misc -
• Paper Piercer
• Dauber
• Filigree Designer Brad
• Ribbon
• Stampin' Up! Designer paper
• Vintage Trinkets (Safety Pin)
• Colors Used -
• Pool Party
• Soft Suede
• Marina Mist
• Sahara Sand

Please enjoy the rest of your day!

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.

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.

Poser Thank You

lol The reason why I titled this post as Poser Thank You, note the butterfly & the flower on the front of the card.  Usually I make all the embellishments on my cards.  These, I did not make.  Since I didn't make them, I'm calling them Posers.  lol  Not that anything is wrong with using pre-made embellishments.  I have tons of them laying around.  I just am the type to make them is all.  (kind of like preferring to make meals out of scratch instead of out of a box) 

Oh, the card.  That's right. 

This is a circle card I used by folding my cardstock in half and running it through my Big Shot with my Lacey Circles Die with a tiny portion outside of the die so it didn't get cut.  If the whole thing would have been in the die, I would have ended up with two lacey circles.  <-- WOW, That doesn't even make sense to me!!!! 

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Tiny Tags stamp set & Tiny Tags punch.  After punching out the tag I laced silver floss through it and hooked a safety pin through the floss and the ribbon.  I felt this card needed far more sparkles than just the ones on the Poser butterfly & flower, but couldn't really find any other place to make it fit or work.  So, I opted out this time.  Some sprinkle is better than no sprinkle, I suppose.

Well folks, I've just uploaded ump-teen different posts for the ump teen different cards I've made recently.  I'm tuckered!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Friend Card

Goodness! I sure have been busy today! I'm not feeling too bad & wanted to take advantage of it as much as I could before I start hurting again. So, here we have a "Friendly" Friend card. I suppose you could give this to a friend if you wanted to. hehehe

This card was created with Vintage Vogue (I really wish i would have gotten this stamp set a long time ago) I really like the patterns and the Tiny Tag's set was used for the two tiny tags. Punches used were the tiny tag punch and the scalloped trim border punch. The ribbon is Stampin' Up! exclusive ribbon that came with the Sherbet collection. The colors used - ink and cardstock: Soft Suede and Bravo Burgundy. The white cardstock is confetti white. I really like the way this card turned out! I think I'm going to play with some other color combinations with this pattern & see what I come up with. Stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by!

§hawnie®

A Sweet Sentiment

I was so excited to get the Sweet Scoops in my most recent order!

Birdie Thanks

A thank you card with the sentiment on the bird's wing with the background embossed with the Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder.