Celebrate Today

 Well, I'm excited to say that today is my first official post as a Friday Mashup designer. :)   I've played with them off and on over the past year or so, and what I love about their challenge is there are two things to work with.  You can do either one of them, or mash them up and do both. :)  Today we have a sketch by Cindy and the Theme is "Time".   I thought I'd use the colors from another challenge, but couldn't seem to fit the brown sugar color in anywhere, so I just stayed with the blues instead.  It's also the first day to order out of the new Occasions Catalog!  So much good stuff in it!  You can click on the side of my blog to check it out.  

Don't forget to check out what the other designers made HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree & Perfectly Penned

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

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Night of Navy, Pool Party & Bermuda Bay

StazOn:  Black & Uni-ball Gel Pen:  White

Embossing Folders:  Woodgrain & Square Lattice

Brayer & Sponges

Warm Wishes

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I did, and now it's time to start on my Christmas cards again for 'Tis the Season.  This week it's a sketch challenge, and I have to say this card is a little different than I normally do.  I kind of like the black background with the snowflakes on it though.  Make sure you check out what the other designers made HERE and play along so you get a head start on next year's cards too.  I have to say I was cramming at the last minute this year to get the last step on my cards done, get them written in and addressed...and it won't be happening next year!  I almost didn't get them sent out.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Snow Day

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Bermuda Bay & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Bermuda Bay, Basic Black,

Real Red & Tangerine Tange

Carft Stampin' Pad:  Whisper White

VersaMark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Embossing Folder:  Decorative Dots 

Ribbon:  3/8" Tafetta in Whisper White

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

Winter Wonder

Today's card is something I've wanted to make since Christmas Day.  I looked out the front window and the sky in the distance was a dark blue just above the tree line and the farther up you looked the lighter the sky got.  I snapped a few pictures of it, but neither my pics or this card does it justice!  It was so cool to see!  I know a lot of you don't like the cold and snow, but I have to admit I do. :)  My thought is if it's going to be cold it might as well be cold with snow instead of cold with rain and mud.  

The design for this week's card is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday, so don't forget to check all of the other ladies cards HERE.  I'll admit I fudged a little on the bottom part of this week's design, but I just didn't think the circles went with the scene I created, so I went with the "skid marks" from Gorgeous Grunge instead. lol  The twist is Sparkle it Up, which I did do, it's just hard to tell.  I spritzed it with smooch spritz that's mixed with rubbing alcohol.  I guess you can see just a bit of it if you look for it.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree, Gorgeous Grunge & Sassy Salutations

Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Smoky Slate & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Smoky Slate, Basic Gray,

Marina Mist & Island Indigo

Craft Pad:  Whisper White

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges & Brayer

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

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

Merry Snow Day

Just a quick post today since I haven't been able to stamp as much lately.  I managed to do something to my back and just when I think it's getting better it gets the best of me again!  Hopefully I'll be back to normal soon. :)  I used the sketch challenge from Try Stampin' on Tuesday #147, but rotated it.  I also used the colors from the Color Throwdown challenge #272.  Of course it's closed now, but I wasn't going to come up with another idea. lol  

Thanks for looking and have a good day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Snow Day, Festive Flurry & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, 

Smoky Slate & Pumpkin Pie (he had to have an orange nose!)

VersaMark & VersaMarker

Framelits:  Festive Flurry

Punch:  Word Window

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots & Delicate Designs

Brayer & Sponges