Pretty Pansies

I have another flower card for you today...and what a bright card it is too! lol  I'm a part of the Red Hot Stampers group and we decided to have some challenges within our group and post them for the other group members to see.  As soon as I saw the sketch I knew exactly what I was going to do.  I have a flower making class coming up next week and need to start prepping for it.  So those of you that are coming, here is the first card.  

If you'd like to know how I made these pansies click HERE for a free picture tutorial.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

If you need anything to make these flowers or card you can purchase them through Stampin' Up!  I'd love to be your demonstrator if you don't have one!  Click HERE to order.  It will bring you right to my Stampin' Up! website.

Stamp Sets:

Wetlands ~ 126695  $21.95 or 126697  $16.95

Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green,

Daffodil Delight & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Tangerine Tango

Stampin' Write Marker:  Elegant Eggplant

Embossing Folders:

Pretty Print (retired)

Modern Mosaic ~ 129984  $7.95

Punch:

Pansy ~ 130698 $15.95

Jewels:  Basic Rhinestones ~ 119246  $4.95

Smooch Sprtiz:  Vanilla Shimmer ~ 118772  $4.95

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

You can order any of these supplies below through me.  I'd love to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator if you don't have one.  Click HERE to place an order.

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

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