Branching Out ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card features the stamp set Branching Out and is inspired by sketch #682 at Try a Sketch on Tuesday and the DTC Challenge #203 - circles, images and ribbon, twine or cord.

Gathered Leaves Dies ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card was inspired by sketch #681 at Try a Sketch on Tuesday and the Double Trouble Challenge "Shades of Fall".

Extraordinary Flora ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card was inspired by sketch #680 from Try a Sketch on Tuesday. I also played along with the Double Trouble 3-2-1 Challenge #201.

Doodle Card

Today I'm sharing a card that is very different than any other card I've made before. I did a little doodling. I'm really not sure what I did qualifies as doodling, but when I put my pen to some watercolor paper the design just started flowing.

Gallery Blooms ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today, I'm back with a card that I really enoyed creating! It was inspired by Try a Sketch on Tuesday challenge #678.

WCW272 ~ Autumn in Watercolor - Flowers & Foilage

Today's card was inspired by WCW272 over at Splitcoaststampers featuring MarenaART teaching Autumn Watercolor - Flowers and Foliage.

WCW271 - Watercolor Rose Painting

Today's card/paintings were inspired by WCW271 over at Splitcoaststampers. I have to say this was time around it was VERY challenging for me!

Mixed Florals ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card uses the spotlight technique and was inspired by Try a Sketch on Tuesday #676 and the Double Trouble Challenge #197.

Coastal Scene in Watercolor ~ WCW269

I was going to work on another tiny 3 x 3 painting (100 tiny paintings in 2025 with Kristin VanLeuven), but for some reason couldn't get the video to play on Patreon on my laptop even though it works on my phone, so I decided to work on this week's Watercolor Wednesday at Splitcoaststampers. I'm glad I did because I really like how both of my paintings turned out!

Cherry Blossom Tree with Salt

I'm a little behind posting my watercolor painting for Watercolor Wednesday Splitcoaststampers (WCW268), but I guess better late than never, right? Sorry the first snippet is a little blurry! I gave the card away and can't get another photo of it.

I ended up painting this painting four times! Was I discouraged? A little bit, BUT I learned along the way each time I painted another one. Definitely worth all the extra time!

Did I paint it that many times because I didn't like them? Nope! I was working on the salt technique and used Stampin' Up! ink refills the first two times and DaVinci watercolors the last two times. I tested Stampin' Up! ink with two different colors. Not sure if you can see the tests I did or not, but I really liked how they turned out. However when I started the actual painting, put the salt on and let it dry it did NOT turn out like the tests I did. I found out both times that it has to be put on immediately after I paint (literally after each dab of the brush) because the ink is absorbed into the paper so quickly and dries a lot faster than watercolor paints. I just flicked darker pink paint to get a look I liked, then moved on to my DaVinci watercolors.

The first time I used my watercolors I had the paper WAY too wet, so I ended up flicking paint into the tree again once the first layer had dried, then and tried painting it one last time and that turned into the finished card.

Basic White

Berry Burst

Granny Apple Green

Garden Green

Old Olive

Mossy Meadow

Azure Afternoon

Gray Granite

Crumb Cake

Basic Gray

I ended up giving the card to my sister for her birthday because it reminded me of a picture we took in the spring of 2024 under a crab apple tree in full bloom. We liked it so much we decided to take another picture under those same trees this spring, but they had ripped all of the trees out and we had to find somewhere else to take another picture. My sister loved the card and said it brought back the same memory that I had. So thankful for my dear sister! Love her lots!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

DaVinci Scratchmade Journal watercolors, Neptune Princeton 8 round, Linsday Weirick Craftamo Rigger

Beautiful Motifs Dies ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card is inspired by Try a Sketch on Tuesday #675 and Double Trouble 3-2-1 Kitchen "Keep Us in Stitches" Recipe - 3 Layers, 2 Die Cut or Stamped Images, 1 Stitched Element.

Wildflowers in Watercolor

Today's card was inspired by Watercolor Wednesday from Splitcoaststampers. I've been doing a lot of watercolor lately and thought I'd start a journal of my paintings when I do the Watercolor Wednesday Challenge.

Notes of Nature ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card has mixed media and is inspired by Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge #674 and the Double Trouble Challenge # 195.

A Lighthouse in Watercolor

I created today's card for my husband's birthday the other day. I don't think it's ever taken me so long to paint something before! I kept fiddling with it instead of just letting it be finished. I had even taken the masking tape off and still messed with it!

Sunrise Sailing Dies ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card uses blending brushes to help create a sunset scene. It was inspired by sketch #673 at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

Peaceful Path in Watercolor

Today's card is inspired by sketch #672 from Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

Beautiful Gallery ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card is a little different for me because I created it using Designers Series Paper - DSP. It was also inspired by Try a Sketch on Tuesday #671 and the 3-2-1 Recipe for the DTC Challenge #192.

Gallery Blooms ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's cards were inspired by sketch #670 at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

Hues of Happiness ~ A Stampin' Up! Card!

Today's anniversary card is inspired by Sketch #669 at Try a Sketch on Tuesday and the Double Trouble Challenge. 

Spotlight on Nature ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card is a slimline card that was inspired by sketch #668 over on Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

Ocean Birthday in Watercolor

Today's card is a little different than what I usually post because I grabbed a little 3x3 painting that I painted in February and put it on a card.

Mixed Florals ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

I have a card to share today (and it's not a Tuesday!) that I made last week for someone's birthday.

Adventurous Sky ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

I'm back again with another card to share with you that was inspired by Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

Spotlight on Nature ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card is a little unique because the sketch over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday is as well...

Under the Moon ~ A Stampin' Up Card!

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Mixed Florals ~ A Stampin' Up Card!

Today's card is inspired by sketch challenge #661 over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday