August 28, 2014

Spooky Screamy Halloweeny - PPA217

August 28, 2014/ Shannon Jaramillo

Welcome! Today is the premiere of Stampin' Up's holiday catalog and I am so excited to share it with you! It has a plethora of beautiful new products! I am showcasing some of these new products in my project today for the Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge:

September is right around the corner and that means crisp fall nights are also peeking around the bend...and that means HALLOWEEN-Y!!! Woo Hoo! I love all of the fun of hobgoblins and mischief, with just a hint of spooky, and that's what I have for you today!

How fun is this paper?!?! I went ahead and made a square card in keeping with the sketch...this one measures 4 1/2" square. I used the busy pattern for my background while keeping a more muted pattern in the forefront so as not to distract from the sentiment. Both patterns are from the new, deliciously adorable Motley Monsters Designer Series Paper. I backed the Crushed Curry patterned paper with Tangerine Tango and Basic Black cardstock to add interest and then popped all the layers up with Stampin' Dimensionals. Again, more visual interest. The candy corn patterned paper is layered over a white card base.

This super fun image is from the Mingle All the Way stamp set, also in the new holiday catalog. I admit, I purchased the set for this one sentiment, thank you Brian King for enabling me! I used Stampin' Markers in Basic Black, Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango to color my image and then I punched it out with Stampin' Up!'s 2 1/2" Circle Punch and added an additional circle in Basic Black.

I added a small strip of Tangerine Tango cardstock, trimmed into a banner. I trimmed it freehand but you can also use a square punch. To snip it freehand, simply make a small snip in the center of your cardstock strip with your Paper Snips and then trim in from the outer edge of the strip to the center, and again on the other side.

I added three Basic Black Candy Dots to my banner and then pondered my card. I felt it needed just a little bit more...but what? Something perhaps at the top and bottom of my sentiment but Candy Dots would be too big and Pearls would just look funny :) And then it hit me! The super adorable Freaky Friends stamp set has some Jack-o-Lantern eyes! Perfect!

So added them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and called it good.

Since it's a square card I quickly created a custom envelope for it using the Envelope Punch Board and Tangerine Tango cardstock. I used Mary Fish's tutorial to add an envelope liner and this card is ready to be sent out to a young nephew of mine :)

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a chance to pop on over to the Pals Paper Arts challenge blog to see at the design team's wonderful projects and I would love to see you play along!

Have a great day!

August 22, 2014

Christmas in August - Holiday Sneak Peek - FMS150

August 22, 2014/ Shannon Jaramillo

Welcome! Today I have a fun card using ALL new product from the upcoming holiday catalog (release date is August 28, 2014). I used the Freshly Made Sketches sketch as my jumping off point and the card came together very quickly...I love it when that happens!

Christmas in August - Holiday Sneak Peek - FMS150

What do you think?!?! Isn't the paper DIVINE??? And the coordinating tree punch and stamps?? And the sentiment?? And the snowflake sequins?? All available to purchase on August 28th! That gives you lots of time to make those Christmas cards!

The card base color is Soft Sky. It coordinates perfectly with this paper design from the All is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper. I used it again as my base for stamping my trees, which were stamped with Versamark Ink using the Festival of Trees photopolymer stamp set and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder. A quick punch with the new Tree Punch and they are ready to go! Good news...this stamp set and punch are also available as a bundle so you save 15%!

I also heat embossed the sentiment from the Watercolor Winter Too stamp set and then wrapped my card with Whisper White Seam Binding. This seam binding is light and airy, perfect for the feel of this card! I then layered on some Frosted Sequins to give my card a bit of bling. Sequins are easily adhered with Crystal Effects. It has wonderful grabbing power and dries clear.

Of course I HAD to line my envelope with matching paper!

Are you loving what you are seeing? If so, please shoot me an e-mail and I will get a catalog out to you right away so you can plan your shopping list before the big day...August 28th!

And thank you for allowing me to wander into Christmas this early in the year. I promise to go back to summer! Well...I may throw some more fall into there too :)

Thanks for stopping by!

April 27, 2014

Thinking of Mom - CYCI16

April 27, 2014/ Shannon Jaramillo

I am very honored to have been asked to be a guest designer today for the Can You Case It Challenge Blog. This week the challenge is to create a Mother's Day card...

I have a funny story to go along with today's card. This week I have spent some time going through my retired stash and discovered the stamp set Fabulous Florets in with my retired supplies. The funny part is that it is not retired yet! It is currently on the list to be retired on June 1st and I have never used it! Oops! So I was determined that it was going to be used today! And it's a perfect fit for the theme today!

I stamped the leaves in Pear Pizzazz (a fabulous shade of green, by the way) and stamped the flowers in Primrose Petals. I will miss this shade when it retires!! I fussy cut the flowers out and popped them up on Stampin' Dimensionals. The sentiment is from the soon-to-be-retired set Delightful Dozen. It sets the flowers off perfectly when stamped in Primrose Petals....did I say I was going to miss this color? (sniff) I rounded the corners of the top kayer for just a bit of added visual interest.

Three tiny pearls provide the perfect amount of jewelry.

I hope you have enjoyed today's special post. I have enjoyed being a guest designer for the Can You Case It Challenge Blog very much! If you have a chance won't you play along as well?

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!