A Very Merry Christmas...

It's time for another sketch from Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday and it also has a Christmas theme...Christmas colors/Peace on Earth.  I LOVE this sketch and was excited to put a poinsettia on it using the set Reason for the Season.  I am bit disappointed because I can NOT get pictures of the card to look like it actually looks.  It's water colored and looks fine in person, but it kind of looks like a blob in the picture.  Oh well...I'm not changing it! :)

Make sure you check out all the other great cards created by the design team HERE.  I hope you get a chance to play along too!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Sara

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Serene World of Dreams

Just a quick post today to show you something I created WAY back in September for my stamp a stacks.  Actually my daughter helped me with this one.  I had created something similar to this, but it just didn't look quite right.  Well she grabbed some card stock that I had cut up and was sitting on my craft table.  She started layering what I had stamped and here you have it.  Did I mention she hates stamping! lol  She's actually pretty creative but hates doing crafts.  Funny thing is she loves to shop and I hate it! Now if only we could both like the same thing. lol

Just a couple more pics of the front of the card and the inside also.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Sara

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Christmas Wishes

It's time for another Christmas card for 'Tis the Season and this time we have a great sketch to work with.  I went pretty simple this time around because I'm in the middle of too many things!!  I think I need to learn to do simple more often! :)

Here's the sketch that we played with.  Make sure you check out all the other Christmas cards that the designers made HERE and play along when you get a chance. We'd love to see what you create. :)

I added a little shimmer to the card because it seemed just a little boring.  Wish the camera picked it up a little better, but that's the way of things sometimes.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Watercolor Inspiration

Do you ever look at other peoples' cards and just get inspired?  I'm sure most of us have and that's what today's post is all about for me.  I  needed both a birthday and an anniversary card and  had just happened to be looking at a bunch of cards by Birgit.  The first card in her post HERE definitely inspired me.  Fascinating colors to be using together.  I grabbed a few of my ink pads, watercolor paper, aqua painters and went to work.  Two cards, same colors, totally different looks.  That's what so fun with watercoloring...you never know what you're going to get.  Her cards are just wonderful, especially if you're looking for a watercolored look.  Plus they are so clean and simple.  She sure makes water coloring look easy doesn't she?  

The first card I made into a birthday card.  I taped off the edges on this card and after I stamped and embossed the trees I did add more color on.  I didn't want the trees to look like they were floating around on the paper. lol

The anniversary card was a little more flexible as you can see! lol  It just did not want to stay straight, but flop all over when I was taking picutres.  It's hard to see here, but the water colored piece is actually framed and popped up with dimensionals.  I definitely added more color after I embossed these trees because they really looked like they were floating! lol  I guess that's the fun with water coloring.  You can change things up a little if you're careful. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Sharing in Your Sorrow

Today over at Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday we have another great sketch for you.   As I was checking the sketch out to make my card I knew I needed to make a few sympathy cards.  These are always the hardest for me to make because I want them to be special and touch each person I send them to.  I have such a hard time writing what's in my heart.  Some people are so blessed with that gift and can just write away...not me!  That's one reason I like making cards...my feeling are expressed in what I create instead of what I say.  With that being said I created the same card, just used different base colors. I used the triple layer technique and just went with the tree scene on the outside.  I did sponge on one of the cards a bit just to see what it was like...and to cover up the fact that there was just a bit of empty space where the tree image didn't stamp as close as I had hoped. lol

Here is the sketch we used.  Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday HERE to see all the other cards the ladies created using this sketch.  Play along with us too.  We'd love to see what you create. :)

My card base color on this card is Early Espresso and I used retired cardstock Naturals White.  

My card base color on this card is Soft Suede and I used retired card stock Naturals Ivory.

The card base color on my last card is Chocolate Chip and I used retired card stock Naturals White on this one too.

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Sara

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It's Been a Great Journey with You

Today is our 25th Anniversary so I had to create something kind of special for my hubby right?  I went with the ship from the stamp set Traveler and one of the things I wrote inside the card is the title of today's post...It's Been a Great Journey with You.  It seems like just yesterday that we were married, but when I take the time to think back through so many memories I guess it has been that long. :)  It has been a great journey and God has blessed me with a wonderful man.  

We celebrated by going to The Smokies in Tennessee with my cousin and her hubby who were married a week and a day after us.  What a fun trip!  Here are just a few of the pics of our time there...

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Silent Sleigh Ride

It's Thursday so that means I have another Christmas card for you.  How are you all doing on your Christmas card stash?  I'm not doing as well as I should be since I'm only making one card each time I post instead of four!  I need to get busy or my Christmas list is going to shrink drastically this year! 

Anywhoo...today's card is inspired by 'Tis the Season's color challenge of vanilla, coral, blue and razzleberry.  Wow was this a hard combo for me!  I'm not a big fan of orange and blue together at all (sorry Tigers' Fans!).  I paired up a couple of different blues and oranges and picked Calypso Coral and Marina Mist.  As you can tell I did NOT mix them, but used just a touch of the coral to outline my blue and razzleberry sky that I brayered.  I used vanilla cardstock to finish out my fourth color and am very pleased with the result. :)  Oh, I can't forget to add that I used liquid frisket to get the starry/snowy look in the sky.  I love using this stuff for that effect, but wow does it stink! lol  

Head over to 'Tis the Season HERE to be inspired by our design teams' Christmas cards.  So many different ideas using these colors.  Love seeing what everyone comes up with each time.  We'd love to see how you use these colors too so play along and build that Christmas card stash! :)

I have to admit I think the card looks prettier in person.  In the picture the sky almost looks dark blue or purple.  I guess the top is purple, but here it looks more like eggplant when it's really a razzleberry.  Does that make any sense? lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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