Moon Lake Watercolor

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I have a couple of similar masculine cards that my brother requested.  I work in the office for him at his body shop...that is collision repair, frame repair, painting and restoration projects.  He asked me if I would make a couple of cards to send as thank yous to a couple of his customers.  Me make cards?  Of course! lol  I don't have any car stamps that fit the bill, but I figured a good masculine card would do so I picked a stamp from Moon Lake, stamped it on watercolor paper with StazOn Black and water colored it in.  Both similar and yet a little different.  Now to just enjoy the rest of the pictures...

As you can see the sky and lake are a little darker on the top card than the bottom.  I like the sky better in the top one, but the water better on the bottom one.  Am I picky or what? lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Ehh? It's Your Birthday?

Who doesn't love the set From the Herd in the Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog?  I know I do!  It's definitely not my usual style, but it's so cute and funny that I had to use it on one of my stamp a stack cards.  The ladies loved it too, but we all agreed that coloring it in sure takes a while!  I have to say I'm sad that the Blendabilities had to go, but I know I'll still color this using an aqua painter and ink pads because it's too cute not to use. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Silver Stars

We finally had some warmer weather here in my part of Michigan yesterday!  It was around 65 degrees.  After this past winter it seemed pretty warm to me.  I even had my office door open to let in the sunshine and warmth. :)  Seems kind of strange that I'd be making a Christmas card with this kind of weather, but it's time for another challenge over at 'Tis the Season and this time it's a color challenge.  I thought it was going to be a difficult one again, but I think I managed to do ok with it. :)

I used the colors Pacific Point, Soft Sky and Night of Navy.  I heat embossed to get my silver.  As you can see I did just a touch of each of the colors and let silver be the focus of the card.  I'd still like to make a few more and have the base be Soft Sky on one and Pacific Point for the other.  The last one will be the one I like the best out of the three. :)

Make sure you head over to 'Tis the Season to check out all the other great cards by the design team and to play along too.  You need to make your Christmas cards at some point and getting them started sooner rather than later will make you happy when December comes creeping up on you! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Moon Lake Birthday

 Today's card is inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #212. I think this challenge has some great sketches to work with.  They're not too hard...meaning there are not too many layers or things I need to add on, nor are they too simple that I feel like there's not enough on the card.  Thanks to the ladies who have provided these fun sketches. :)

Anywhoo...the other day I posted a card saying I was in the mood to do some water coloring.  After I finished the apple blossom birthday card I went on to make this card.  This stamp really needed some loving because it's the only one I hadn't used yet out of the Moon Lake set.  The other two stamps are what I would call masculine, but I think this one is feminine.   What a fun picture to "paint".

This is the sketch over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  Make sure you check them out HERE.  Lots of fun cards created using this sketch. :)

Just a couple more pics for you to look at.  I love it when there are two or more pics of someone's card on their blog.  I have no idea why, but I just do so that's why I always try to post two or three pics myself. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Apple Blossom Birthday

Today's card was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #179.  It's a clean and simple sketch and I love that about it.  I was in the mood to do a little water coloring...if that's what you call it when using an aqua painter. lol  Either way I enjoyed it even though it's a little time consuming.  

I used Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Sahara Sand ink pads to color in my flowers.  I stamped a little on the inside and you can see it peeking out of the top left corner in the first picture I took of my card.

Here is the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches that I told you I liked so much.  Make sure you check out the great cards by the design team if you haven't had a chance yet.  It's always fun to see how one sketch inspires so many different creations.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Walk in the Wild ~ Masculine Birthday

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted. :(  I've been sitting here this morning before heading into work going through pics of cards that I have that I haven't posted yet.  I have to say there are a few out there.  A lot of them were inspired by other cards that I've seen out there and a few are some pretty close cases.  I'll have to start posting them in the next few weeks in between the new cards I make. :)  

Anyway today I have a clean and simple masculine card to show you that's inspired by this week's sketch over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  Love the sketches they've had lately.  Something about them just helps me be creative.  Even though this one is simple I still love it. :)

Just a little peek inside. ;)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Christmas Beach

Are you ready to check out a few Christmas cards?  If you're thinking, "No way! I'm done with the cold and winter" you might want to check these cards out anyway.  This time around we have an inspiration photo from 'Tis the Season and it has a beach with Christmas ornaments on it.  That ought to make you think of warm weather! :)  I have to admit my imagination did not go wild with this photo.  I pretty much copied the idea that was in the inspiration photo...beach and bulbs. lol  That's ok.  I had a lot of fun creating these two cards and trying to figure out how to make them at least a little bit Christmasy.  At any rate I hope you enjoy the cards I made. :)

Make sure you stop by 'Tis the Season HERE and check out all the other great cards made by the designers.  Plus take a bit to play along with the challenge.  We'd love to see what you create. :)

Just a couple more pics of each card a little bit closer.  I have to tell you those ornaments were a bugger to make!  Lots of small detail work is what they were. lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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