Stay Wild in Watercolor ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today's card is a sympathy card I sent out to a friend of mine.  I don't know about anyone else, but sympathy cards are always the hardest type card for me to make.  Not that the card itself is hard, but I want to send just the right one.  I've heard a lot of people say they like to have sympathy cards on hand, but I can't do that for some reason.  I like to make something special and unique for each family.  Don't get me wrong...I don't expect that from anyone and appreciate each card I receive!  

  
Here is a video showing how I created this card using the ATS stamp Stay Wild, the Dark Roast ink pad and Dark Roast and Gold Silk. 

 If you get my blog through email you'll need to go to the bottom of the email and click on "Simply Sara Stampin'".  That will bring you to my blog where you'll have access to see the video.  For some reason it doesn't show in emails!

Dark Roast

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Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

140 lb. hot pressed watercolor paper
1/2" flat watercolor brush

Sales and New Website!

Fun Stampers Journey has a new website and ordering system!  All of the coaches have been waiting anxiously too check it out AND to place orders for the Break-up Sale and Clearance Rack.  

Check out the Break-up Sale flyer HERE and the Clearance Rack flyer HERE.  Everything is while supplies last.  If you're not sure what an item is go to my website at www.funstampersjourney.com/sarahoogendoorn and put in the SKU# to see it, and of course that's where you'll place the order too.  If you need any help just let me know!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card

Lovely Day ~ Fun Stampers Journey Mother's Day Cards

I know I'm a little late posting today's cards, but I wanted to make sure they were delivered before I posted them.  I made these cards for my mother and mother-in-law for Mother's Day...of course!  They each hold a special place in my heart and since I'm not very good with words I like to let my cards show everyone that I care.  Even though my favorite color is green, when it comes to making cards I think that they are overwhelmingly blue of one shade or another.  And once again I used my favorite ATS Stamp Lovely Day. :)

 As you can see one card is a lighter blue than the other.  I colored the flowers with different blue Journey Burst Pencils. I believe I used  pencils 26, 30 and 32 for the lighter card with Beach Ball Satin Ribbon and I know I used pencils 30, 32 and 33 on the darker card with Catalina Splash Satin Ribbon. I hope you find them as lovely as I do. :)

Whip Cream

Pool Play

Beach Ball

Catalina Splash

Black Licorice

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Baby Oil (for color burst pencils)

Decorative Doily (Stamps from May's Bloom Box!) ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today's card is inspired by Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday's sketch challenge #321.  I have to admit I didn't know what I was going to do, but when I showed my upline the sketch she said, "Use May's Bloom Box".  Duh...why didn't I think of that!? lol  I have to say these are really intricate and beautiful doily stamps.  There are three different stamps and I used them all on my card, but not as individual stamps.  The smallest doily was added to the bottom right doily just to change it up a bit because I didn't want two of the same doilies.



Here is this week's sketch.  I did have to turn mine sideways to get everything to fit, but that's the way it goes with my cards...most of the time! lol  Make sure you check out all the other great cards made using this sketch HERE. 

Butter Cream

Oatmeal Cookie

Cocoa Powder

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Sara

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Supplies used on this card: 

May Bloom Box  Stamp Set ~ KO-0001  ~ $24.95

Lovely Day ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Can you tell that one of my favorite stamps lately is the ATS Lovely Day? :)   
I created this card for a challenge as a part of Fun Stampers Journey.  It was inspired by the circle card I created a week or so ago.  This card is really supposed to be all black and white, but I couldn't resist adding a pop of color and did that using three different pink color burst pencils.

As you can see I cut out the smallest flower and popped it.  Adding dimension just makes it a little more fun. :)

Whip Cream

Sweet Berry

Black Licorice

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Sara

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Dahlia Burst ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today I have a lovely card to share with you that I created for my nephew (and of course his new bride) on their wedding day.  I had no idea what their colors were so I went with a blue dahlia.  I wanted it to be pretty, but not a bright pink or something.  You know what I mean, right? :)

I stamped the dahlia five times and cut parts of it out starting with the very middle budding area and kept doing the same thing keeping more of the petals each time until I had the full flower.  I colored each of the layers using Journey Color Burst Pencils...I LOVE using them!  They show beautiful and vibrant colors!  I also used the Heart Film Die Set for the heart.  I believe this will be out in the new Inspiration catalog this summer.  I received it at Leadership in January and this is the first time I used it.  Glad I was digging through my dies and saw this one. I had forgotten about, but an idea popped into my head and I finally knew how I was going to finish the card. :)

Catalina Splash

Kiwi Slice

Black Licorice

Whip Cream

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Heart Film Die Set (available in 2017-2018 Inspiration Catalog)

I used Journey Color Burst Pencils 
number 30, 32 and 33 on the flower 
and
 number 21 and 22 on the leaves

Lovely Day ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today's card is inspired by Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday's sketch challenge #319.  What a fun challenge...a circle or oval card.  It's been a long time since I've made one of those!  I chose to use my favorite stamp set Lovely Day as the focus of my circular card.

I used my Journey Color Burst pencils to color my flowers and used baby oil to blend the different pinks together.  I also cut out the smallest flower and popped it up on my card.  It's kind of hard to see that though. :(
Make sure you check out all the other great cards the designers created HERE.  Lots of neat cards!  If you get a chance we'd love to see what you've created too.

Whip Cream

Bubble Gum

Watermelon Fusion

Sweet Berry

Pool Play

Kiwi Slice

Black Licorice

It was hard to get a good pic from this angle because my circle kept moving on me! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Baby Oil