Happy Unicorns

Greetings!

My eldest grand daughter, Kady has been after me for quite a while to make her a card.  She didn't care what kind of card, she just wanted one.  She won't be having her 7th birthday for another couple of months and I know there's no way she'll wait until then for a card, so I looked through my stash and found the perfect stamp set / die combination that suits her personality.   Unicorns.  The card needed to be bright & sparkly, just like her personality. 

Here's what I came up with:

A jean's pocket with a rainbow / cloud patch and a Mamma and baby unicorn.  I used Dazzling Diamonds on the horns and Joann's Fairy Dust glitter around the sentiment.

 

I found the Hero Arts stamp and cut combination at Joann's a while back and I had my grand daughter's in mind when I picked up the set.  I'm glad that I got to use them.

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Thanks for stopping by!

~S

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.




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

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.

Welcome–Deconstructed Sketch Challenge

Greetings!
I found a new sketch challenge site!  I love it when I run across gems of inspiration!  Perusing through previous sketches and the inspiration from other participants, I’m confident there’s untapped Mojo within. Too wordy?  lol  The new blog is Deconstructing Jen.
The stamp set is one I found at JoAnn’s a while back.  I wrapped DMC embroidery floss around the mat and then tied it down with a bow using a corduroy button.
I also lined the bottom with a strip of rosette ribbon and added some bling to one of the flags off to the side. 

Easter Blessings

Hey everyone!
Having fun with my Dazzling Diamonds and iridescent embossing powder  I covered the entire piece of cardstock with Versa Mark and then applied the embossing powder.  I had a bottle of iridescent powder but I wanted more sparkle so I emptied my half jar of Dazzling Diamonds in with the embossing powder.  The result of anything I use it on is beautiful!  I’m glad I did it and I only wish I would have thought of doing it sooner.

Here’s a bit of a closer view.