Serene Silhouettes - Down Memory Lane

The first time I saw the stamp set Serene Silhouettes in the catalog I knew I'd be making plenty of cards using it and that's exactly what happened.  Since it's one of the sets on the retiring list I thought I'd look at all the cards I created using this set.  Some I really like and others (I have to admit) I don't know what I was thinking?! lol  Anyway I hope you'll take a trip down memory lane with me for a little bit...  If you don't have this set yet and would like to purchase it before it's gone click on one of the links below...

Some of the cards I created that I threw into a collage.  To see the rest keep on scrolling. :)

All the cards are in no particular order.  If you have any favorites I'd love to hear what you like!  As I was looking through them I kept thinking, "Oh, that's my favorite one!" then another would pop up and I'd think the same thing.  I will post my favorite one for you last because I do have a favorite even though there are a lot of close seconds, and I posted those randomly throughout. :)

This was a close second. 

This is one of the first cards I created with the set.

This is one of my close seconds. :)

This is one of my close seconds. :)

This is one of my close seconds. :)

This is one of my close seconds. :)

This is the last of one of my close seconds.

Yes, this is my favorite card. :)  Did you have a favorite?

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Stampin' Up! - Telescoping Masculine Card

Hi, Everyone!  I'm back after a bit of a break from blogging!  I've still been busy making cards, just not posting much right now between getting ready for my stamp a stacks and the fact that we FINALLY had some warm weather here in Michigan...and I took FULL advantage of it!  One of the cards I created used a technique I saw on a card by France Martin and I had to give it a try!  I ended up using the elk from The Wilderness Awaits and boy was it fun to create.  I thought the ladies at my stamp a stacks would just watercolor the picture and put it on the card, but I think only three out of both groups decided not to.  I was glad they were willing to give it a try.

This was my first card and I really like how it turned out.  I showed it to my hubby and two daughters to see what they thought.  My hubby and youngest thought it was nice, my oldest daughter thought it made the elk look fat! lol  It's so funny to get their opinions...sometimes!

These are the colors I used on my cards...

Basic Black

Soft Suede

Smoky Slate

Marina Mist

Mossy Meadow

I didn't add the trees to this card because I wanted to whip up another sample and they were just extra work.  The only problem with this card is I was NOT paying attention to the direction of my card and attached it sideways! In my defense the words weren't on yet and I was in a hurry! lol  On this card I kind of did the telescoping.  I popped up every other layer instead of adding a higher layer each time.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Watercolor Paper from local craft store

Lovely as a Tree - Stampin' Up!

Today I have a pretty CAS card to share with you.  I can say it's clean, but I'm not so sure it's simple with the angled pieces of card stock on it!  Actually it wasn't too hard to work with at all and I really like the look of it.  My inspiration came from this week's sketch challenge over at Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday.  

Make sure you check out all the other great cards created using this sketch HERE.  It does have the optional theme of April Showers which I couldn't fit in because I really needed an idea for a masculine card, but I think most of the other cards fit in really well with that!  

As you can see I have pretty simple colors for this card...

Very Vanilla

Crumb Cake

Basic Black

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Basic Black Candy Dots made using Crystal Effects

Elegant Rose Wonder

Do you ever get stuck wanting to do the same thing for a while?  That's what's been going on with me...and watercolor is the word!  I pulled out the set Rose Wonder and got to work.  I used my Stampin' Write markers to color the flower and leaves of the rose, spritzed them a couple of times with water, then stamped them onto watercolor paper.  I didn't get the watercolor paper wet before I stamped it this time.  Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't and this time was a don't time.

These are the three colors I used on this card...

Elegant Eggplant

Garden Green

Always Artichoke

I don't know why I decided to watercolor it because it takes me forever!  I liked the look when I did them before though and decided to try it again.  I have to say the dark color was harder for me to work with than with the pinks and oranges I've used before!  I really need to work on the leaves though.  I don't mind the one on the right, but the others are just ok.  One of them was so bad that I stamped on another piece of watercolor paper, cut it out and popped that leaf to cover up the bad one! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Watercolor Paper

Best Thoughts Birthday 2

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And now back to my regular post...this card is similar to my post the other day.  I guess it's only similar because I used the same stamp and did some watercolor on it.  Other than that I guess they definitely look different ~ so does that mean they are similar or different? lol  This card's design was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches, but I didn't get it done in time to post it to their challenge before it closed because I just wasn't liking the yellow so I kept tweaking it.  It happens sometimes, but it's not going to stop me from creating...eventually :)  

I actually made this card for my niece and I've heard her favorite color is yellow, so I try to use yellow every year on her card. :) I started off by painting all of the petals with So Saffron, then went back and did the bottom part of each of the petals with Daffodil Delight.  They ended up being so close in color that it was all just yellow with no variation in it.  I pulled out Rich Razzleberry and added just a touch of that in the bottom of each of the petals.  I wasn't sure I was going to like it at first, but after I added a touch of Wink of Stella and Wild Wasabi on the leaves and stem I was very happy with how it looked!  I did NOT want to start over! lol

So Saffron

Daffodil Delight

Rich Razzleberry

Wild Wasabi

Basic Black

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your demonstrator! If you like what you see and want to order anything just click on any of the products that I've listed at the bottom of my blog or click on the "Shop Now" tab at the top of my blog. Any of them will take you directly to my website! If you have questions feel free to contact me. Just click "Contact Me" at the top of my blog . If you're thinking of becoming a demonstrator click "Join My Team". I'd love to have you join me!

Supplies used on this card:

Watercolor Paper from local craft store (SU! paper isn't big enough to use for a card base)

Butterfly Basics Birthday

I had fun creating this card a few days ago for my sister-in-law's birthday  Since I love to watercolor and the watercolor on this card was very simple to do I had to give it a try along with all the other techniques involved in this card.  I was inspired by Sandi's card HERE and she was kind enough to make a video of it!  I didn't want to copy what she created so I pulled out a whole different stamp set and got busy.

Some of the techniques used on this card are watercolor, sponging, heat embossing, bleaching and using mixed media (kind of I think). There might be more, but that's all I can think of right now. ;)

I "kind of" used all of these colors on my card.  The watercolor paper I use is more cream than white so I put Very Vanilla.  I heat embossed a few things in white, and you can tell I used Soft Suede and Basic Black card stock and ink.

Whisper White

Very Vanilla

Soft Suede

Basic Black

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your demonstrator! If you like what you see and want to order anything just click on any of the products that I've listed at the bottom of my blog or click on the "Shop Now" tab at the top of my blog. Any of them will take you directly to my website! If you have questions feel free to contact me. Just click "Contact Me" at the top of my blog . If you're thinking of becoming a demonstrator click "Join My Team". I'd love to have you join me!

Supplies used on this card:

A small amount of bleach

Best Thoughts Birthday - Stampin' Up!

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!  I made today's card for a friend's birthday. :)  She really likes Mickey Mouse and the color orange.  I didn't have any Mickey stuff, so I went with orange this time.  And of course this card was inspired by Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday's sketch challenge #264.

This is the fun sketch we worked with this time.  And if you have time make sure you head over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE to check out the great cards made by the design team.  If you get a chance to play along we'd love to see what you create!

Crushed Curry

Watermelon Wonder

Wild Wasabi

As you can see I used a flower instead of the circle for my focal point.  I water colored in the whole hydrangea using Crushed Curry.  Then I added Watermelon Wonder.  When they mixed together it made the flower appear orange and that's exactly what I wanted. :)  I used Wild Wasabi for the leaves and stem and called it good to go. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Sara

I would love to be your demonstrator! If you like what you see and want to order anything just click on any of the products that I've listed at the bottom of my blog or click on the "Shop Now" tab at the top of my blog. Any of them will take you directly to my website! If you have questions feel free to contact me. Just click "Contact Me" at the top of my blog . If you're thinking of becoming a demonstrator click "Join My Team". I'd love to have you join me!

Supplies used on this card:

Candy dots made with card stock and Crystal Effects