Abstract Just Because

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Your Own Kind of Beautiful

Origami birds on water.

Nothing real special about this card.  I have a feeling this card is going to be one of those that hangs around for a long time.  It's so hideous I just can't bring myself to punish somebody enough to give this to them.  lol

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~Shawnie

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.

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

Thanks for stopping by!

~S

Wonderful You

I love Crumb Cake and Blushing Bride together, so thought this was a great excuse to put something together with those colors.  I used one of the die’s from my Apothecary Accents collection, but I didn’t cut the cardstock.  Instead, I stenciled the inside of the die and pierced using the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack.  The sentiment is from Loving Thoughts.

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Just for You

This card is inspired by a new paper crafter I was fortunate enough to come across – Julie B. from Just Julie B’s Stampin’ Space.  I was so impressed with her creativity, I actually checked out just about every post she’s posted since 2008, and let me tell you, she is a frequent poster!  Any time I’m running low on Mojo, her blog is where I can go to get some instant inspiration!

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Blessings and Inky Hugs;
~Shawnie B.
Shawnie@CardsByShawnie.com

Hello, Birdie!

Good evening!  This card went together quite nicely without incident.  I ran the oval mat’s through my Big Shot, Punched the Birdie shapes, cut out the flowers and butterfly and went to pastin’.  For the finishing touch I added bling to the center of some of the flowers, a halfback pearl for the birds eye, and a bow.

Stamp Set’s used:  Elementary Elegance, Punch Potpourri, and Vintage Vogue

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Blessings & Inky Hugs;

~Shawnie B.

Elegant Concord Butterfly - Dawn O CASE

Another Dawn O inspired card (can you tell I was on her website today watching her video's and help files?!  lol 

Anyway, I liked doing this card because the butterfly just flies off the front!

Card was created with:

• Punch Potpourri (sentiment)
• Butterfly Prints
• Elegant Lines embossing folder
• Butterfly Punch
• Bling gems

It's a really quick & simple card to make but makes a statement and looks like it took a lot longer to make than it did!

I'll try showing some different angles so you get a better view of the butterfly. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Blessings & Inky Hugs!
~Shawnie

So Many Smiles.... Begin with You

This card is made using Fabulous Florets and the sentiment is Petite Pairs.  I stepped outside of my comfort zone by using loud vibrant colors this time.  The blue flowers were embossed with White embossing powder.

Many Blessings & Inky Hugs!
~Shawnie B

Imagine - Prayer Request - UPDATED

This card is a CASE and I honestly don't remember who inspired it.  (If this looks familiar to you, please send me an email so I can give credit where credit is due)  By a miracle I found the site again where I had seen the project!  Yay!  I found the inspiration on Lori's site!!!  So, now that the proper person has been recognized I will no longer need to hang my head in shame.  ")  The sentiment says "Imagine the possibilities".  Sometimes when life is at it's most frustrating it's hard to stop, take a breath, and remember that things won't always suck forever!  So, this card is meant to remind me to "Buck up little troop" when I'm feeling frustrated and hopeless.

I need to knock it off and remind myself of the many blessings I have that I take for granted, that many people would happily point out if they were in my situation.  I am trying very hard to figure out what this lesson is I am to learn.  God is not as direct as I would like.  If I had the right frame of mind & wasn't thinking about other things, it would probably hit me like a piano falling from above on a sidewalk.

For those who willingly pray for me and / or my family members, I have another request.  I know what I want to say, but to put words to it is a lot harder than I thought.  Please pray for me to learn how to forgive honestly from my heart.  Right now it is so full of pain, sorrow, loss, anger, frustration, fear, and hopelessness that there isn't any room for the really important thing, Forgiveness.  Until I honestly forgive and ask for blessings for those who have trespassed against me, those other emotions are going to control me and that scares me.  They have had their fun this is not who I am and I have to take control back.

What was used to create this card?:
Stamp Set's:  Elements of Style and Word Play (which is currently 30% off during the month of May, which is Scrapbooking Month.  
Elegant Lines embossing folder
Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Die
Bling gems
Dimensionals
Stampin' Write Markers
Big Shot
Blue Loop Braid (kind of like Rick-Rack or Seam Binding)

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God Bless you and thanks for stopping by!!

Inky Hugs

~Shawnie Bartron

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