Distressed Embossing

Greetings!

I was looking online for an interesting technique that I haven't done in a while and decided to settle on the Distressed Embossing technique that I found and now that my cards have been completed, I cannot find the website any more.  (I hate it when that happens) Rest assured, though when I come across the site again, I'll update it here so the original author can get the recognition she deserves.

For the time being, here are the 3 variations I did.

After embossing a piece of Stampin' Up! Designer Paper with a chosen embossing folder, with a sanding block I began to lightly rub the sanding block along the raised-up images, which sanded off any color that was once on the Designer paper and left the core of the cardstock, which was white.  

Please forgive the lack of colors to show through...  the background on the first card was teal, the second card is a dark denim background, and the third one is a graple kind of purple color with the cardstock of Wisteria Wonder.  For some reason none of these colors shown through.

Thanks for stopping by and please remember to share your comments. 

 Blessings and inky hugs; 

 ~§hawnie

Very Vintage - Birthday

Greetings!

I gave up working on this card, so I finally just decided to end up calling it good.

This card was made using the following items:
Stamp Set/s - Very Vintage, Hand Delivered (sentiment)
Big Shot - Apothecary Accents Framelits and Beautiful Wings Embosslits
Misc - paper piercing pack, ribbon, and dimmensionals


I would love to hear from you! Please share your comments.

Until later!

~Shawnie

Thanks with Lace

Gosh it's been a while since I've made anything. Well that, my stampin' friends is fixing to change. We changed my craft room around a bit to take advantage of the light and I am so glad we did it!

I would have been creating a lot sooner if we would have moved things around. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings and Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com 

Birthday Wishes–CASE

Hi there! I was bored and was looking through Pinterest at card ideas and I happened to come across his one by Jo Dumbeton.  I love looking through her blog for inspiration. 


Drop me a note and share your blog address with me & I’ll stop by and visit!
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Your on My Mind–CASE

Greetings everyone!
Whew!  Boy did a lot of supplies go into creating this card.  I first saw a card done by my new Demonstrator, Patty Bennett. that she did during one of her classes (I SO wished we were closer so I could attend her classes) 
Anyway, her card was so beautiful and the technique caught my eye in piqued my interest.  I could have used different supplies, but the way her card was just perfect the way it was..
On dark colored cardstock, stamp images and emboss with white embossing powder.  Color the images with Whisper White Craft ink with your Aqua Painter or a paint brush.  Once that dries color the images with your chosen colors.  It looks really cool.  I’m glad Patty shared this technique. 
Supplies used for creating this card are:
Candy Dots - Brights, Embossing Folder - Fancy Fan, Embosslit Beautiful Wings, Framelits - Apothecary Accents, Framelits - Secret Garden, Paper Piercing Pack - Essentials, Papillon Potpourri, Punch - Elegant Butterfly, Secret Garden, Simply Pressed Clay Flower, Upsy Daisy, 

Drop me a note and share your blog address with me & I’ll stop by and visit!
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Daisies for Mom

Greetings Stampers!

Today's card is a Mother's Day card.  The Butterfly design was inspired by a woman named Tammy.  Please forgive me I've lost her blog address or I would give her the credit she very much deserves for coming up with this idea.  I really wish I could find her site again so you can review her version of the technique. 

The butterfly in the center was stenciled with a dauber and 3 different colors:  Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight, & Pumpkin Pie.

Using a clear plastic sheet I cut out a butterfly shape from the Bigz Beautiful Butterflies die.  Using the sheet with the butterfly cut in the center I adhered some temporary adhesive to Whisper White cardstock and stenciled the inside of the butterfly image and then stamped the Upsy Daisy image in black.

The following Supplies were used to create this card:

• Stamps:
• Upsy Daisy
• Punches:
• Boho Blossoms
• Itty Bitty Bits
• Modern Label
• Big Shot:
• Bigz Beautiful Butterflies
• Framelits Labels
• Movers and Shapers Modern Label
• Square Lattice Embossing Folder
• Beautiful Wings Embosslit
• Misc:
• Halfback Pearl
• Spritzer
• Stampin' Write Markers

So, there you have it!  Please let me know if you have any questions or comments!

Blessings & Inky Hugs!

~Shawnie B

Wonderful Florets

Greetings Stampers!!!

This evening I am showing you a card made with my new Fabulous Florets stamp set.  I thought it was really pretty and looking at other peoples projects I thought it would be a fun stamp set.  For some reason I seem to be having a difficult time putting anything together with it.  sigh...

That's not going to keep me from continuing to try though.  :)

Goodies used for this card:

• Fabulous Florets
• Warm Words
• Scallop Trim Border Punch
• White Embossing Powder
• Modern Label Punch
• Square Lattice Embossing Folder
• Ribbon
• Beautiful Wings Embosslit

 Stay tuned for more projects made with the Fabulous Florets set!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.

Anniversary Cheer!

Greetings Stampers!

As some may know, today is Bill's an my 18th Anniversary.  I got up this morning, came into my craft room, and there was a beautifully made card!

After Bill & I turned in for the night, Chelsey put this card together!  This is a testament to her creative ability.  I have been trying to convince her to make cards with me, but she always declines.  Every once in a while she'll express interest with different "tools of the trade".  She was playing with the Big Shot the other day.

I know she's very creative because she is my creative consultant.  Every time I make a card, she gives me feedback as to what looks good or what might look better. 

So, this is a huge step for her and I am very proud of her for exerting herself and putting this together.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B

Love & Care Gold Framed Cards - Dawn O CASE

When I watched Dawn's video I just knew I had to CASE what she had done.  Normally I CASE Dawn's projects to a T (as long as I have the items she used), however, I made one small change, which turned out to make quite a difference I think.  She used Basic Black for her frame / border, where I used my Versamark Pen and Gold Embossing Powder.  The stamp set used for this project is the Hostess set Love & Care. 

Here are two different cards that I made with different sentiments & different embellishments. I also embellished with Gold Butterflies that were ran through my Big Shot with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit.


Thank you all and God Bless!
~Shawnie B

Thank you SOOOOOO much for stopping by!

Blessings & Inky Hugs!
~Shawnie

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

Swirls

Hey there!  This card is basic, but still has a lot goin' on. 
 

Items used to make this card:

• Stamp Set - Elements of Style
• Punch - Scallop Border
• Punch - Scallop Corner
• Embosslits Beautiful Wings
• Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder
• Square Latice Embossing Folder
• Ribbon
• Bling
  

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

The Power of Prayer

The Power of Prayer 

Good morning! The power of prayer can be an amazing thing! My father-in-law was taken into the hospital for a collapsed lung. He has OCPD (lung condition where patient has problems breathing). It seems a hole formed in his lung and all the air he was breathing was escaping out of that lung & filling his chest cavity with air. They put a hose through his ribs to suck out the air. At the very least, they were expecting to pull the hose by no earlier than this Friday. Well, they did a cat scan and it revealed the hole is just about all healed and they are going to take the tube out by today as it should be all the way healed. That's 4 days sooner than they had anticipated!!!

When we got the news about Dad, I quickly turned to those I love and care for and asked for their prayers. I asked God to make my dad comfortable and to help my mom, mother-in-law feel un alone and unafraid during this trying time.

Well obviously there were a lot of prayers because both my Mother-in-Law and Father-in-Law are doing just fine!

I am dedicating these cards to the power of prayer and I hope who-ever ends up with them will experience the same kind of blessings, serenity, and comfort that I felt when I was making them!

Have a beautiful day!

~§hawnie®

Butterfly Tri-Fold Shutter Card

Can you not tell that I love butterflies?! This card was fun to make & didn't take as long because i'm getting more comfortable with making them. The thing that takes the longest is cutting all the peices to add to the card.

The Elements of Style stamp set was used and I watercolored the flowers and distressed the edges of all the papers.

Elegant Thank You Card

This card was put together pretty quickly. I actually got an idea from a man's stamping website, yes, that's right I said a man's website - his name is Mike Funke (You should be able to click on his name to visit his website). I was rather intrigued by the thought of men stamping and creating cards, so i clicked on his name in a blog I visit often. His work is beautiful & creative. Once I viewed other mens' creations, I now feel guilty for my pre-conceived notions that men, too are capable of being just as imaginative and creative and expressing that with paper arts as women!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed CASE'ing it. (CASE: In the stamping industry it's acceptable and appreciated to CASE someone elses work. No plagiarism. Copy and Share Everything is the meaning of CASE)