Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today's card is special since it's for my mom and it's her birthday today.  :)  She loves the color blue so I thought I'd play with some new stuff I got from Stampin' Up!  It was waiting for me when I got home from work...yes!  My card didn't turn out as I had planned, but I think that happens a lot.  I just change what I'm doing and go in another direction.  I can't forget to say that my design is from Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge #186.  I haven't played along with a sketch challenge in quite a while unless I've combined it with one I'm a designer for, so it was relaxing to just come up with a card and not be pushing for a deadline after a loooong day at work.  I have to admit I do work better when there's a deadline though. lol  Crazy, I know.

If you get a chance head over to HSS and check out the designers cards using this sketch and play along.  It's a great one!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Bloom with Hope

Card Stock:  Pool Party, Coastal Cabana,

Bermuda Bay & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party, 

Coastal Cabana & Bermuda Bay

Memento:  Tuxedo Black

VersaMarker

Embossing Folder:  Decorative Dots

Framlits:  Ovals Collection

Occasions Paper-piercing Pack

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Brayer & Sponges

Lovely as a TREE

Happy Friday, Everyone!  I have another card for you for this week's Friday Mashup which I happen to be hostessing. :)  The mashup for this week is...

Create a project with "Trees".

Create a project with "Heat or Dry Embossing".

Or Mash it up and create a project with "Embossing and Trees".

I have no idea why I chose these two things for the mashup, but I had to run with it once I did. lol  I figured I should try to use a tree stamp that I haven't used in a while, so I picked the oak tree from Lovely as a Tree.  Well, what was I supposed to do with that tree?  How about put it in a field.  Hey didn't I just do that with another card? lol  I did, but it's definitely not the same.  This time I used the direct to paper technique with a bit of sponging to fill it all in.  Do you ever look at the sky and see different colors in it, and they seem to be woven into the next color?  I don't know about you, but I sure do, so that's what I tried to create in this card.  I did dry embossing on a couple of colors of my card, but I have to admit it's a little hard to see in the picture.

Head on over to the Friday Mashup HERE.  We have some great cards to show you and would love to see what you create for this week's challenge.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree & Field Flowers

Card Stock:  Old Olive, Pool Party, Island Indigo,

So Saffron, Crisp Cantaloupe & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Old Olive, Pool Party, Island Indigo,

So Saffron, Crisp Cantaloupe & Early Espresso

StazOn:  Black

Embossing Folder:  Pretty Print

Sponges

Lovely as a Christmas Tree

Wow, was there a great turnout over at 'Tis the Season while we joined up with the Jingle Belles!  That was fun, so hopefully we get a chance to do it with them again some time.  This week we have an inspiration sketch, and wow did I have to think about it!  I don't have a lot of Christmas stamps, so I decided to go with the colors for my inspiration.  I pulled the green and red from the wreaths to be my main colors and the gray as a part of the background...I know, the opposite of what is in the picture. lol  I love how they turned out though, and was surprised that my hubby and daughter liked the green cards more than the red.  I thought for sure everyone would turn their noses up at them.  Personally I can't decide which color I like better. lol  Make sure you head on over to 'Tis the Season HERE to to see the other great cards and play along with us too.

Yeah, I got a little carried away with the pics this time, but I had so many turn out this time!  The cards even show the sparkle I added when I spritzed them, and that's pretty hard to catch most of the time.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree & Christmas Collectibles

Card Stock:  Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green & Basic Gray

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Cherry Cobbler & Gumball Green

Ribbon:  5/8" Seam Binding in Cherry Cobbler

 & 5/8" Organza in White

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Brayer

Serene Saturday...or Sunday

Hi Everyone...today's card is for this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch challenge and the twist is Life is a Picnic.  Since I don't have any stamps that have anything to do with a picnic I thought I'd bring you the field or meadow that you could have the picnic in. :)  I haven't done a lot of sponging lately so I thought it was time to get busy with it again. :)  Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE to see all the other great cards made using this sketch.  Don't forget to play along.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Serene Silhouettes

Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Island Indigo,

Garden Green & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo, Pool Party,

Blushing Bride, Old Olive & So Saffron

Stampin' Write Markers:  Old Olive,

Pool Party & Early Espresso

Embossing Folder:  Woodgrain

Punch:  1 1/4" Circle

Sponges

Get Well Soon

Hi Everyone...today I have a CAS card for you for this week's Friday Mashup Challenge brought to us by Lisa.  As a matter of fact I think this is the cleanest and simplest card I've made in a long time.  I guess I just didn't want to make a card that had too much on it since it is a Get Well card. :)  Oh, I can't forget to tell you what the challenge is...

Create a project using the above "Sketch".

Create a " Get Well" Project.

or Mash it Up and create a "Get Well project using the Sketch". 

Make sure you check out what all the other designers made this week mashing up the sketch and "Get Well" HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Thoughts and Prayers

Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz,

Blushing Bride & Naturals White

Classic Stampin' Pads: Early Espresso, 

Pear Pizzazz & Blushing Bride 

Sponges

Smell the Roses

What do I have for you to see today?  A card for Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge.  I have to admit I had a hard time trying to decide what to make for this challenge.  I (once again) fudged a little on the sketch.  Since I didn't know what to do I started looking at other challenges and saw that this week's Paper Players' challenge was a color challenge.  I loved the three colors together and that's when an idea popped into my mind.  Why not use the three colors at the bottom of each of the pieces I embossed.  And since the twist is "Smell the Roses" I decided to use the set Stippled Blossoms since it looks pretty close to a rose.

Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE to see the other great cards made using this challenge, and to play along if you get a chance!

Just another view of the card. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Stippled Blossoms & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Calypso Coral, So Saffron,

Pear Pizzazz & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Calypso Coral, 

So Saffron & Pear Pizzazz

Embossing Folder:  Delicate Designs

Punch:  Modern Label

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

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