Simply Sketched in Watercolor

As you can tell I've been into water coloring lately!  It was my mom's birthday and I wanted to make a nice card for her so I worked ahead (for once!) and used Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch #220.  I tried to use a set that's retiring, Blooming with Kindness, but just didn't like how anything turned out so I pulled out the retired set Simply Sketched.

This is the sketch I used.  As you can tell I left mine pretty clean and simple.  I water colored the circles on the three pieces that stick out too.  Nothing else looked right because whatever I used just wasn't soft enough to match the painted panel.

Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE to check out the other great cards made by the team.  They are quite lovely!  If you get a chance give it a try too.  We'd love to see what you create. :)

I used Coastal Cabana and Wild Wasabi Stampin' Write markers to stamp the image, then blended the colors using the small aqua painter tip.  Once the flower was dry I added the wash using Pool Party and Wild Wasabi ink pads.  I made sure I worked on a wet area, but not a overly wet area so the color wouldn't wash out too much or run everywhere.  Then as I moved to the next area I made sure it was wet too so I didn't have streaky areas that had already dried.  Not sure if that makes any sense, but that's how I got it to blend and flow and mix the colors the way I did.  I did go back and add more green to the stems after everything was dry (and, yes, I get impatient and use my heat tool to dry things fast! lol).  As you can see it looks like I used a little So Saffron (yellow), but I didn't.  You never know how Stampin' Up! inks are going to blend and bleed when adding water.  Since it's all I have that's what I use and I think it's working out pretty good so far. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Retired Stampin' Up! set Simply Sketched  
Masking tape to mask the watercolor paper

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So Long Simply Sketched

It's Friday so of course that means another card for the Friday Mashup.  This week we have a great challenge from Heidi...

Create a project using "Stencils".

Create a project with a "Retiring Stamp".

Or Mash it up and create a project with " a Stencil and a Retiring Stamp".

I did my stenciling on the top and bottom of my card using the Simply Scored Boarders Plate, and used a couple of stamps that I have that are retiring...Perfectly Penned and Simply Sketched.  Yup, I'm sad both of these sets are retiring.  Everyone knows that the hostess sets retire though, but I have to admit this was a great set!

Make sure you head on over to the Friday Mashup HERE to see all the other great cards by the Friday Mashup team and to play along too. :)

I can't forget to say where my colors came from...the Color Throwdown challenge.  It's been a while since I've entered a challenge and I loved these colors together so I couldn't resist. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Simply Sketched & Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Bermuda Bay & Pear Pizzazz

VersaMark & StazOn Black

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Brayer & Aqua Painter

Simply Sketched

Today I have a card for this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch # 163.  It's another great sketch to work with and the twist is Easter is Here.  I didn't really do anything with Easter, just put a bright flower on the card.  I also used three different embossing folders for my background pieces instead of DSP.  I have to admit I just don't have much DSP at all so I fill in the background with embossing and sponging on the edges to add a little color. :)  Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE to see what the other designers made and to play along too. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Simply Sketched

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Melon Mambo & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Melon Mambo & Gumball Green

Embossing Folders:  Beautifully Baroque, Fancy Fan & Pretty Print

Framelits:  Ovals Collection

Punches:  Bojo Blossoms & Petite Petals

Paper-piercing Pack:  Occasions

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Aqua Painter & Sponges

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Stippled Blossoms Birthday Wishes

Today I have a card for you using this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge. This was a great sketch to work with, and I actually had a few ideas in my head.  I used this color combo though since I haven't done any cards with it in a while.  Head on over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday's blog HERE to check out what the other designers have made using this sketch.  Oh, I almost forgot to add what the twist is for the week...use a photo.  I decided to "frame" a flower for my photo.  Hope you like it and are inspired to join us this week at Try Stampin' on Tuesday

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Stippled Blossoms, Simply Sketched & Dictionary

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede & Crumb Cake

Framelits:  Squares Collection

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

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

Thanks So Much

I'm finally back to blogging after taking a bit of a much needed break.  I've still been making plenty of cards, I just haven't been taking pics of all of them or posting them.  I did take some pics that I want to show you today though.  These are the cards I made as thanks yous for the gifts my husband received on his mail route this year.  I wanted to make cards that were small and simple.  Well, they were small, but not as simple as I had hoped.  Not that they were that hard to make either, just a bit of coloring.  I think I made about thirty-two of them...and managed to get all the thank yous written too...whew!!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Simply Sketched

Card Stock:  Cherry Cobbler & Naturals White

Stampin' Write Markers:  Primrose Petals, Cherry Cobbler,

Pear Pizzazz & Old Olive

StazOn:  Black

Festive Flurry Snowflakes

Today's cards are the last cards I made for my December stamp a stack.  I wanted something simple for the ladies to make and this was pretty simple. :)  Plus they needed to be cards that could be Christmas or winter.  I made these two samples to be birthday and thank you cards.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Festive Flurry, Perfectly Penned & Simply Sketched

Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Wisteria Wonder

Framelits:  Festive Flurry

Jewels:  Basic Pearls - Large

Blue Bird

Just a quick post today of one of my November stamp a stack cards.  Amazingly I didn't use a sketch or color challenge for this card. No one complained about it so I'd say it passed the stamp a stack card test. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Simply Sketched (hostess)

Card Stock:  Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay  & Night of Navy

StazOn:  Black

Embossing Folder:  Modern Mosaic

Framelits:  Ovals Collection

Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White

Smooch Sprtiz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Pleasant Poppies

Today's card is for Try Stampin' on Tuesday's next sketch challenge, and the twist is a bit vintage.  Not sure I really did the vintage part, but I did manage to figure out something for the sketch.  I must say I've been using the Naturals White card stock a lot lately.  I actually hadn't bought it until just a couple of months ago, but I love it.  

A quick peek at the inside of the card too.  Don't forget to check out what the other designers made on Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE.

Stamp Sets:  Pleasant Poppies, Simply Sketched & On Your Birthday (retired)

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum & Naturals White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Perfect Plum

Ribbon:  5/8" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Blender Pen

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

Dress Up

Another quick post today of one of my September stamp a stack cards.  I've had the Dress Up framelit for a while now and decided it was about time I used it.  I usually see the dress cut out with some sort of DSP which I don't have!  Gasp!  I know, I just never buy it.  So instead I went with classic black and white and used the stamp set Creative Elements for the design on the dress.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Creative Elements & Simply Sketched

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Basic Black

StazOn:  Black

Framelits:  Ovals Collection & Dress Up

Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper (retired)

Simply Sketched Thank You

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge card...and it's our 100th challenge!  Since it's our 100th we're giving away blog candy!   Check out the Red Hot Stampers' blog HERE to see what everyone else designed and to see what we're giving away. :) 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Simply Sketched

Card Stock:  Rose Red & Whisper White

Stampin' Write Markers:  Rose Red & Wild Wasabi

Blender Pen

Embossing Folder:  Delicate Designs

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges