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

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

Thanks so Much in Razzleberry

Now that all my orders are complete and customers are satisfied, I'm gonna start playing catch-up.  Just about my whole stash is all but depleted so I'm thinking I'm gonna work on Thank You and Get Well Soon cards along with Fathers Day Cards today (best of intentions, right?!).   

This is when it's really nice.  I can just let my mind wander so I can create.  There is no pressure to finish or work on anything. It doesn't really matter though because I'm so used to the adrenaline from pressures at work to complete, perform, and compete that I end up challenging myself with crazy goals and time lines. 

I really wish I could go back to work but since that is no longer an option I'm going to be satisfied and grateful with what I CAN do.  "Let go and let God" as my Best Partner in Crime reminds me quite frequently, even more so lately.

Wow!  The lighting really doesn't do this card justice.  

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

• Stamps:
• French Script Background Stamp
• Field Flowers
• Watercolor Trio (Sentiment)
• Kindness Matters (Butterfly background behind sentiment)
• Punches:
• Wow!  A punch-free card!  That doesn't happen very often ")
• Big Shot:
• Sizzlits Lots of Tags Label 1
• Adorning Accents Edgelits(Scallop Border)
• Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
• Misc:
• Ribbon
• Halfback Pearls
• Daubers (Distressing)
• Dimensionals
• Colors Used:
• Soft Suede
• Blushing Bride
• Rich Razzleberry
• Very Vanilla
• Pink Pirouette
• Crumb Cake

Thank you so much for stopping by!  

Blessings & inky hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Pastel Thanks So Much

I really wish I could remember the creative person who inspired the design of this card.  I stamped the images with black ink and then outlined and colored in with my white gel pen.  Once the white gel ink was dry, I colored with my Stampin' Pastels to give it a soft look. I liked her version better because the gel pen didn't cover over the black ink where it did on mine.

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

• Stamp Sets:
• Simply Soft
• Sincere Salutations
• Punches:
• Extra Large Oval Punch
• Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
• Big Shot:
• Designer Frames Embossing Folder
• Framelits Labels Collection
• Adorning Accents Embossing Folder
• Misc:
• Stampin' Pastels
• White Gel Pen
• Q-TIps for applying Pastels
• Victoria Crochet Trim
• Halfback Pearls
• Colors Used:
• Not Quite Navy
• Pink Pirouette

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Your feedback is very appreciated and I look forward to reading it.

Blessings & Inky Hugs!

~Shawnie B.

Thank You - in glitter

Good evening all!  Well, after 3 days of working on the same card, my Mojo finally started coming together and I was able to finish it.  I hate it when nothing looks quite right and sometimes no matter how hard I try, some of my cards still don't get the cut and they end up sitting in a box with other cards waiting for a creative nudge from me.  Sometimes when I'm not sure what I want to do next, I'll go through my not-quite-done cards and look through them to see if any ideas jump out at me from looking at them with a fresh mind.  It's those great moments when I can finish the card once more giving it a purpose, other than laying around taking up space.

Once the card was finished I spritzed it with my home made Shimmer Spritz.  Recipe can be located here.

Anyway, here we are!

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

• Stamp/s
• Sincere Salutations
• Punches
• Oval
• Oval Scallop
• Big Shot
• Perfect Pendants Bigz Die
• Daisies #2 Die
• Adorning Accents Edgelits
• Adorning Accents Embossing Folder
• Misc
• Ribbon
• Dimensionals
• Halfback Pearls
• Handmade Shimmer Spritz
• Colors
• Pool Party
• Island Indigo
• Very Vanilla
• Whisper White

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

CASE'd Happiest Thoughts

This beautiful card was inspired by Gretchen Barron.  When I saw her card I just couldn't resist CASE'ing my own copy.

This card was created with the following items:

• Stamps
• Field Flowers
• Big Shot
• Edgelits - Adorning Accents
• Adorning Accents Embossing Folder
• Misc
• Ribbon
• Clip
• Dimensionals
• Stamp-a-majig
• Colors Used
• So Saffron
• Whisper White
• Calypso Coral

I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am that you have stopped by to visit my site.

Blessings & Inky Hugs!

~Shawnie B.