Wishing you the Best

Good morning!

I couldn't wait for my Stampin' Up! Order to come in so i could get started with my new goodies!

Now that everything has been properly put away in it's place i can commence to creatin'.

This card was created using the Floral Frames stamp set and coordinating Foliage Frame Framelits Big Shot die set. The Bigz Top Note die was also used.

You cant tell very well, but there are glittered accents using Dazzling Diamonds. _

I would love to hear your thoughts on this one.
Thanks for stopping by!

~§hawnie

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.

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.

Thinking of You

Greetings!
As you may know, Stampin’ Up! has announced a change in their color line-up starting the beginning of their new catalog launch.  Thinking back to the last time they changed colors around, some of my favorites were discontinued.  I remembered my disappointment at having to say good bye to those that were leaving.  These colors I find myself rarely using because I don’t want to run out. A few of those colors are included in this card: Sage Shadow, Pale Plum, and Orchid Opulence.  
The sentiment was stamped from the All Year Cheer stamp set.  The flower & stem was stamped and then ran through my Big Shot with Hero Arts Floral stamp set & matching Sizzix die’s.

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.

Grateful Butterfly CASE and Début

Greetings!  I was surfing on NetworkedBlogs the other day and found myself scrolling through posts on Christine Blain’s site.  She’s actually quite talented and I always look forward to seeing what she’ll come up with next.  Anyway, the picture below is from a CASE I did on her site.  (If you check out her site, please send her a comment.  (We adore comments!)
Anyway, there were a lot of punches that were used to create this card.  The butterfly punch, is brand new and this is it’s first début right here!  hehehe

The flower was created with the 5 petal flower, Fancy Flower, and Boho Blossoms punches. 

Have a beautiful day!
~Shawnie B.

Dynamic Duo Daffodil Delight

Greetings!
My first card for today is from the Dynamic Duo’s Color Challenge.  The colors are Garden Green & Daffodil Delight.  Hmmm these are the colors that I have the most of in my stash because I use them very rarely.  Today’s card was really quite a challenge.  But, I’ve never let that stop me before. 



This card was created using the following supplies:

• Elements of Style
• Short and Sweet
• Bigz Top Note die
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Sponge Dauber
• Paper Towel (for rubbing ink off of embossed image)
• Stampin’ Pastels
• Corduroy Button
• DMC Embroidery Floss
• Ribbon

So, I ran two different sheets of cardstock through my Big Shot, the Whisper White cardstock fits perfectly on the Daffodil Delight mat because I cut the perforated barrier around the shape.
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Believe

Good morning!  My Mojo is flowing, it’s almost 2 in the morning, but I’m afraid to stop when I’m on a roll like this.  Things seem to be easily coming to me and I would hate to crash my Mojo train!  lol  Yes, I’m tired & rummy, but too stubborn to quit and go to bed, where I really do belong.  Sooooo anyway, I used Stampin’ Write Markers on the stamp to get the pink pirouette on the petals and pear pizzaz on the leaves and stems.  There are a lot of things about this one that were inspired by Chiaki Haverstick. on Pinterest.  I just LOVE Pinterest!  I have run across so many adorable cards and projects.  Once I get started, though I can go and go and go without any concept of time.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Shabby Chic CASE

This card is inspired by the talented Vicki Burdick from It's a Stamp Thing. From the instant I saw this card, I just knew I had to CASE it.  It's too beautiful NOT to want to create!

The colors are muted and I tried to help all the details have a vintage appearance to them.

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

• Stamp Sets:
• Love and Care
• Kindness Matters
• Punches:
• Itty Bitty Bits Punch Pack
• Big Shot:
• Bigz Top Note Die
• Edgelits Adorning Accents Die
• Textured Impressions Adorning Accents Embossing Folder
• Misc:
• Halfback Pearls
• Hat Pin, Pearls, Teardrop Gems from Pretties Kit (retired)
• Seam Binding 
• Dimensionals
• Faux Antique Button Brads
• Colors Used:
• Pink Pirouette
• Very Vanilla
• Soft Suede
• Pear Pizzaz

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Blessings and 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.

Brayer Fun

Yup, I was feeling restless and that I was doing the same projects the same way... so I decided to do some things with my brayer to shake things up a bit.  This card is defintely vivid with a lot of color!  I like the way the different hills & valley' turned out with the different depth. 

Colors used:  Summer Sun (retired), Ruby Red (retired), Close to Cocoa (retired), Bravo Burgundy, & Basic Black. 

It didn't really take a whole lot of work to make this card, but I like the way it's unique and eye catching!  I wander if I should get a lot more of these made up in case there are more requests like what happened with the deer card I made a while back.   The Buck card below, though was done with sponging instead of brayering.

Well, anyway, after working with this card, I realized I need to start adding the brayered technique a lot more to my bag of tricks.  ;)

I wish many blessings and Inky hugs for you & your family!
~Shawnie B

To Be Believed

I am practically jumping up and down I'm so excited (I never have been one for patience).  I am expecting a huge order from Stampin' Up! that was ordered last Thursday thanks to my generous son, Danny, but with the Pre-order of a new Holiday Mini that was released, they were behind on the orders.  grrrr!  I've NEVER had to wait this long for a Stampin' Up! order in my life because I always seem to time it before when there was not really anything going on.  It would kill me to live somewhere back east, where it usually takes 6-7 days for orders to be delivered.  That's my reward for living so close to Utah where Stampin' Up! is based out of.

Anyway, while impatiently waiting for my order to arrive, I have had a really hard time trying to make anything because my Mojo is all thinking about the 12 beautiful stamp sets, 2 die's for my Big Shot, 2 punches, and 5 re-inkers for the new In Colors for this year.

Here is what I have struggled to come up with:

The rose buds were made from the wings of my Bird Builder Punch.  The outside of the bud (green part) not sure what they are called in a flower, but it's the part that connects the flower to the stem, anyway that was made from the wing and the tail of the bird punched out.

The bouquet of rose buds is in front of lattice that was rolled through my Big Shot with the lattice die.  Rolled out some butterflies with my embosslits die that embosses & cut's 5 different shaped butterflies.

Sentiment is stamped from the Just Believe stamp set and punched out from my Curly Label punch.

All of that was put on a Top Note mat.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Blessings & Inky Hugs!
~Shawnie

Happy Birthday in Stitches

I just finished this card and figured I would take the picture and get it loaded on the website before I started another card (I have a habit of putting it off and then I'm left holding a stack full of cards that I have to load and document). 

The carnation used on this card is home made.  Click here for my tutorial for making these flowers.  They are simple to do and look quite real when they are finished.

The background is some patchwork quilting I did, at least I think that's what it is.  Anyway, I had a bunch of scraps of Stampin' Up!'s designer paper and because it's so beautiful AND I hate to waste even the tiniest bit of paper I figured this would be a perfect time to use it.  Once the whole sheet of cardstock was full with the pieces fitting together, I ran it through the Big Shot with the Bigz Top Note die.  Once I had the patchwork shape of the top note, I ran it through the Big Shot again in the Square Lattice Embossing Folder this time.  There, that definitely gave it a unique look & texture.

I had some misc clear stamps I used for the Postal H in the upper right hand corner and the Cross Stitched Happy Birthday sentiment in the lower right hand corner.  Once I stamped the sentiment I took about four different colors:  Concord Crush, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, & Wild Wasabi and their matching sponge daubers and did some pouncing, which gave it a cool effect. 

Another step, not sure why I did it, but I guess it doesn't look too bad is a button with silver DMC floss strung through holding an apple shaped charm. 

So, with the name of this post, were you expecting a funny card?  Not quite, but it is fitting considering the sentiment is to look like it was cross stitched & embroidered, hence the "stitch" in the title.  I don't usually use stamp set's from other manufacturers but with the quilt theme, I wanted the sentiment to blend smoothly with everything else - yeah?

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

A is for Adorable

Good Morning! 

Thought I would share a card a did a while back when I was in a black & white mood. 

Goodies used to make this card:

• Bigz Top Note Die
• Punch - Curly Label
• Punch - Decorative Label
• Stamp Set - A is for Adorable
• Stamp Set - Zoofari
• Grommet
• Ribbon
• Stampin' Write Marker

To create this card I used the Top Note die to cut the Whisper White and the Zebra print design paper and cut the Whisper White cardstock shape in half.  

Using the Adorable stamp I stamped on Whisper White with Basic Black ink. Punched out the image with my Curly Label punch & then punched the basic black cardstock with my Decorative Label punch.

Using Basic Black ink I stamped the zebra image from the Zoofari stamp set on the half top note Whisper White piece.  

Tied the Basic Black ribbon around the zebra print Top Note piece and then punched the Grommet through the ribbon and cardstock.  Once everything was adhered correctly I attached it to the card base. 

I look forward to seeing your comments!

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

Black & White Plus 1

Good evening!  I have been working on a swap project that I participated in.  As the subject of this post indicates, the card is supposed to be Black, White, and 1 other color.  The additional color I selected is Melon Mambo.  I have also included 5 additional sentiments that the user can adhere in the care to make it more personal.

Goodies used on these cards:  (they are the same with the exception of the bow.  One has a square knott & the other one has a double looped bow)

• Stamp Set – Yummy
  
• Stamp Set – Sincere Salutations (for sentiments)
  
• Bling Brads
  
• Bigz Top Note Die
  
• Embosslits Beautiful Wings
  
• Ribbon
  
• Spritzer
  
• Stampin' Write Marker
  
• Stamp-a-ma-jig

I look forward to seeing your comments!

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

Thank You Butterflies

Card was made using the Top Note Die, Sizzix labels #2 die, Hemp, eyelets, and Brocade Blue ink. Kind of plain, but hopefully the recipient will appreciate it. ")

Birthday Bird on a Branch

I suppose this could be a birthday card for either a man or a woman, it might be a bit too girly for a man, though.

To get the top note mat to look like it was matted, I trimmed the faux stitched border so the white background was just a smidge smaller than the Melon Mambo in the back.

You can't really see because of the lighting, but the white background is distressed with yellow around the top note die. 

Flighty Thanks

This is my first attempt at emboss resist. Basically you take your Versamark or any embossing ink, stamp your image or sentiment, apply & heat your clear or iradescent embossing powder, and then sponge all over the cardstock. Once you are done with this, you can take a clean dry cloth or paper towell & rub the area that is embossed and the ink should come off just the areas that was embossed. I didn't want to do it too heavy in case it didn't turn out. I got just about the look I was aiming for.

Look! Another purdy bow!

Live with Passion

This is one of the more simple cards I have done. I'm glad to see it turned out decent. :)