Winged Watercolor Wash

Here's a card I made using watercolor wash for a friend's birthday.  I started by wetting my watercolor paper and putting drops of reinkers on it using an aqua painter.  I used So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Strawberry Slush.  

Once the watercolor paper dried I ran it through my BigShot under an embossing folder instead of in between.  That flattens it back out.  I was too impatient to tape it down when I got it wet! lol  I've also found I need to use a very sticky tape to keep the watercolor paper attached to any card stock.  I've been using Fast Fuse Adhesive and that seems to be working so far. :)

I cut out the largest butterfly in Basic Black using the Butterflies Thinlits Dies.  Yeah I didn't even know the trick of using dryer sheets to pull out all the tiny pieces.  Glad my upline Glenda mentioned it.  Shows how much time I have to look at all the tips and tricks out there! lol  I also spritzed the butterfly with smooch spritz, stamped "Happy Birthday" on Calypso Coral paper and punched it out using the Decotrative Label punch and did another in black and layered it under the calypso coral one.  I also ran the base of the card through the big shot using the Large Polka Dot embossing folder.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Supplies used on this card:

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pssst...you make me HAPPY

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!  Here in my crazy part of  Michigan we're still in the midst of a snowstorm.  I can't believe how much snow we've had and it's only November 18!  Well as you can see all the snow made me think of warmer weather. lol  I just needed a break from Christmas cards and came up with this card instead.  The sketch is from this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch challenge #194, and the theme is Twice is Nice.

Well, the "Twice is Nice" on my card are the symmetrical wings on the butterfly.  I tell ya I just was not sure what else to do! lol  Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE to check out all the cards from the rest of the design team.  They are great! 

Just another quick pic. :)  Guess I forgot to mention how I did this card, so I figured I should pop back in and let you know.  I stamped the butterfly with memento ink and colored it in with Coastal Cabana Blendabilities.  Then I inked it up everywhere with VersaMark, covered it with Heat and Stick powder and heated it.  Then I covered it with Dazzling Diamonds and heated it one more time.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Supplies used on this card:

Happy Watercolor - retired

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Happy Black Berry Bliss Watercolor

Ahh...it's Friday and a day to celebrate too.  Happy 4th of July!  

Today's card from Heidi over at the Friday Mashup was a fun one!  Here is the challenge that she has for us...

Create a Project with a "Watercolor Wash".

Create a "CAS project or one with Minimal Layers".

or Mash it Up! and create a "CAS project with a Watercolor Wash".

I haven't done watercolor wash before and it's a little hard without a paintbrush so I used one of my aqua painters instead.  I tried a few different "strokes" and decided I liked this one the best.  I also did a wash around the edge of my top piece because I didn't want to add another layer to my card.  I kind of like how it turned out. :)

Head over to the Friday Mashup HERE to see the other great projects using watercolor wash.  Make sure to give it a try yourself and show us what you've created.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Sara

Stamp Sets:  Happy Watercolor, Gorgeous Grunge & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock:  Naturals White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Black Berry Bliss & Mossy Meadow
StazOn:  Black
Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

pssst...thank you

It's Friday....yeah!  I'm so ready for the weekend since it's been a pretty busy week.  I think a lot of you understand that! :)  That also means I have a card to show you for the next Friday Mashup challenge.  This week's challenge is from Tara, and it was definitely a challenge until I figured out what I wanted to make.  Then it was a snap...minus all the water coloring I did.  Here's Tara's challenge for us...

Create a project with "Stripes".

Create a project with "Movable or Removable elements".

or Mashup it Up! and create a project with "Movable Elements & Stripes".

I don't think I've made any cards that have movable or removable parts.  I guess if I have it's been quite a while.  The stripes part was easy.  I new I wanted to use the stripes embossing folder one last time before it retires.  I really like this embossing folder and I'm going to miss it.  I guess I'll still have it, but it will be retired so I won't use it as much.  I went with a removable bookmark for the other part of the challenge, and made sure the card still looked pretty after the bookmark was taken off.  I did leave the glue dot on the card so you could see how I attached the bookmark...just a glue dot on the back of the ribbon.  Anyway I really wanted to use some of the new In Colors that are coming out on June 2nd, so I did a little water coloring with the Blackberry Bliss, Moss Meadow and Hello Honey.  I think they turned out pretty well, but inking a stamp and using the ink as a water color did give them just a bit of a different color.  Not enough that it bothered me though. :)  Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I used the Freshly Made Sketches challenge to come up with my idea. So glad it was out there! :)

Make sure you head over to the Friday Mashup HERE because the other designers cards are awesome!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Happy Watercolor

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Blackberry Bliss, 

Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon & Hello Honey

StazOn:  Black

Embossing Folder:  Stripes

Punch:  Angled Tag Topper

Ribbon:  Stitched Satin in Blackberry Bliss

Aqua Painter

Pool Party Watercolor

Today's card is the card I made for the Red Hots' card swap that we had at this month's meeting.  Fourteen of us swapped with each other using sets from either the sale-a-bration catalog or the Occasions catalog...and there were a lot of great cards from each of the ladies!  I'll have to take some pics and show them to you some time. :)  For now I'll show you what I swapped with the ladies and it's also going to be one of this month's stamp a stack cards.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp  Sets:  Happy Watercolor & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Pool Party and Naturals White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party & Pear Pizzazz

Ink Refills:  Pool Party & Pear Pizzazz

Embossing Folder:  Stripes

Framelits:  Windows Collection & Ovals Collection

Punches:  1" Square & Modern Label

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Pool Party

Jewels:  Basic Pears

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Aqua Painter & Sponges

Happy Watercolor

Just a quick post for you today since I should have been to bed hours ago!  Yup, I schedule my posts ahead, but this one sure won't be much ahead! lol  Today's card is for this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch challenge.  I didn't do the twist this week which is Red, White and Pink.  I didn't need anymore Valentine's Day cards, so I just used some bright colors from the newest In Colors.  I also flipped my pieces around since it looked better that way with the stamp I used.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Happy Watercolor & Simply Sketched

Card Stock:  Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe,

Strawberry Slush & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe

& Strawberry Slush 

Embossing Folder:  Framed Tulips

Punches:  Decorative Label & Angled Tag Topper

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Aqua Painter & Sponges

Thinking of You

Wow, I had a hard time coming up with a card for this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch challenge.  It really shouldn't be that hard, but between my new job, trying to prep for my stamp a stacks and keep up with all my sketch challenges I feel like I'm striking out!  Simple...I need to think clean and simple!  Not that this is bad, just not what I was thinking it was going to be.  I do love the colors together though. :)  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Happy Watercolor & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Calypso Coral & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Calypso Coral

Stampin' Write Markers:  Calypso Coral & Basic Black

StazOn:  Black

Embossing Folder:  Fancy Fan

Punches:  Modern Label & Word Window

Smooch Spritz: Vanilla Shimmer

Happy Pink Poppies

Boy has it been snowy and cold in Michigan for the past couple of days.  I definitely wanted to make something with flowers for today's Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch challenge instead of  a wintery scene!  I love the new set Happy Watercolor, so I thought I would use the poppy along with the flower garden embossing folder.  Since there are pink poppies I thought I would make the card with pink instead of the more common poppy that is orange.  As I'm sitting here typing this I'm imagining that color would be pretty too.  Hmm...maybe a second card is in order.  We'll see...

Don't forget to check out what the other designers made HERE using this sketch.  Why not play along too if you get the chance. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Stamp Sets:

  Happy Watercolor ~ 133188 $29.95 or 133191 $21.95

 Teeny Tiny Wishes ~ 128748 $36.95 or 127802 $26.95

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Blushing Bride & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Blushing Bride

StazOn:  Black

Embossing Folders:  

Flower Garden ~ 123113 $7.95

  Decorative Dots (available during Sale-a-bration!)

Aqua Pen ~ 103954 2 for $16.95

 Blender Pen ~ 102845 3 for $9.95

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer ~ 118772 $4.95

Happy Watercolor Birthday

Happy New Year!  All I can say is it doesn't feel any different here today than it did yesterday.  It's cold and snowy...and I like it!  Well, I like the snow, but not the cold.  I guess I have to take one with the other though.  Since it is so cold and snowy I thought I would show you a couple of  bright and flowery cards I made that are similar to the sympathy card I showed you last week.  It's a new set out of the Occasions catalog that you can order from starting January 3!  I have to say I bought more than my share of things from the new catalog this time.  Lots of great stuff in it!  Ok, on to the pics of my two cards...

If you're wondering how I made these here's a few instructions...I stamped the image with Black StazOn, colored in the flower using an aqua painter and cut the flowers out.  Then I stamped the cut out image all over with a VersaMark pad, covered it with clear embossing powder and melted it with the heat tool.  If you don't want to deal with fussy cutting do all the same steps, but don't cut it out.  Instead you color in the whole image with a VersaMarker being careful not to go outside the lines.  That's what I did on the card I posted last week that is similar to these cards.  Coloring it takes time, but not nearly as much as cutting the flowers out!  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Happy Watercolor & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Rose Red, Crushed Curry & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rose Red & Crushed Curry

StazOn:  Black & VersaMark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White (colored with sponges)

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Aqua Painter & Brayer

Watercolor Sympathy

Today's card is the kind of card you never want to make, but need to every once in a while.  A dear man that we know passed away this weekend, and will be greatly missed by so many people.   Of course, I wanted to make a special card for his family.  I used Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge to come up with a few different sympathy cards since I should probably have more than one on hand.  Don't forget to check out what the other designers made using this week's sketch HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Happy Watercolor & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Island Indigo & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo & Garden Green

VersaMarker & StazOn

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Embossing Folder:  Woodgrain

Ribbon:  3/8" Ruffled Ribbon in Island Indigo

Brayer