Sunday, June 18, 2017

Hit the Road for Father's Day ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Happy Father's Day to all of you father's out there.  
I made this card special for my dad today.  Since I don't have a stamp with a sailboat I went with what I had...antiques.  I'm pretty sure my dad's favorite color is green (at least that's what he has on his Valiant sailboat!).  I did look up green gas pumps and trucks like this just to be on the safe side and they do exist! :D


I colored in the truck and gas pump with Color Burst Pencils from Fun Stampers Journey.  I did a little erasing here and there to try and get the shine and glare from the sun.  I also used a little gray to add some shadows in.  


Whip Cream
Kiwi Slice
Black Licorice

(I really didn't use kiwi slice, but I wanted green on here!  I used pencil #22) 


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Sara

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Nature Trees ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

I created today's card for my nephew's open house last Sunday.  I had been so busy the past week prepping and planning for my parents'  50th Anniversary open house that I kind of forgot to make my nephew's card. :(  Sunday afternoon an hour before his party started I quickly whipped out this card.  To be honest I'm not really sure what I think of it! lol  


I guess I was in the mood to watercolor, but didn't have the time to put into that like I usually do.  This was a quick "whip the colors on and hope it turns out" kind of card.  I started by stamping a few of the same tree images with Hazelnut Blend onto watercolor paper.  I guess I did second generation stamping because I inked the stamp up, stamped it on scrap paper, then stamped the image onto my watercolor paper.  Once that was on I grabbed my large blending brush and used Green Olive, Turbo Teal and Sour Lemon splashes to add leaves and the blob of grass under the trees.  I mixed them up in different ways to get varying shades of greens starting with the lightest color and getting darker each time I added more leaves and grass.  To finish it off I added two strips of Hazelnut Blend card stock at the bottom and also a bit of gold and dark roast silks mixed together. 


Hazelnut Blend
Kiwi Slice
Green Olive
Sour Lemon
Pool Play
Turbo Teal


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Sara

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

RG Presents Journey Holidays Reminder

Just a quick reminder that you have until June 19 to sign up for RG Presents Journey Holidays at the discount price of $75!  It goes up to $99 from June 20-June 26.  This is a fun filled event where Richard will share sneak peeks for the Holiday Mini catalog coming out in August!  

You will receive two stamp sets, two die sets, four card kits and a surprise bag from FSJ (you can see everything below).  I would love to have you join me for the day!


To register go to my website www.funstampersjourney.com/sarahoogendoorn.  Click on the "Shop" button, then in the search box type BD-0325 and enter.  RG Presents Journey Holidays will pop up and you need to click on the link.  After that you just need to go through your ordering process.  If you need help or have any questions please let me know!

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Sara

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Sentimental Prints ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

I have a fun card to share with you today that was inspired by sketch #325 over at Try Stampin or Not on Tuesday.  Some of my favorite cards have come out of designs from this blog challenge. :)  This week the sketch is pretty clean and simple and I managed to keep it that way too!  


This is the sketch for this week.  Make sure you check out all the other great cards made by the design team this week HERE.  We'd love to see what you create with it too. :)



Whip Cream
Pretty Amethyst
Grape Fusion
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Sara

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Monday, June 5, 2017

Turtley Awesome ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

How fun is today's card!  I think most of you know my favorite color to use on a card is blue, but did you actually know my favorite color is green?  And today I got to combine them to create this fun card for my nephew's birthday...and it's Turtley Awesome! lol  Just a little fun pun for you. :)  I can't believe I haven't played with this set yet!  Guess I didn't have a reason to until now.


This card was pretty easy to create.  I did do just a bit of fussy cutting, but dies are available for this set if you hate fussy cutting!! :) To create my background I did a watercolor wash using Journey Splashes (Lemon Grass and Turbo Teal).  I also used the same Journey Splashes to color in my turtle and seaweed after I embossed them in white (just a note that I did all of this on watercolor paper).


Lemon Grass
Kiwi Slice
Blue Lagoon
Turbo Teal


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Sara

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Easter Blessings ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Yes, today's post is titled Easter Blessing because that's the name of the stamp set that I used.  However I ended up using it as an anniversary card.  I'm really looking forward to an anniversary stamp (hopefully stamps) in the new catalog coming out in July, but for now the Well Wishes from May's Bloom Box is what I'm going to use. :) 

So back to today's card...I created it for my sister and brother-in-law's anniversary.  Yup, it's girly because of the flowers.  Maybe next year I'll make one that's a bit more masculine (if I remember! lol).  Anywhoo I wanted to try my hand at a bit more watercolor.  Turned out kind of funky.  Some people like this look and others don't.  It wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but I'm still learning so it'll do for me. :)



Whip Cream
Sweet Berry
Cool Pool
Lemon Grass
Green Olive


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Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

140# Fabriano Hot Press Watercolor Paper
(I wanted a smooth surface for this card.  
FSJ Color Splash Sheets are awesome too, but not smooth.  
I use watercolor paper according to what I'm working on).




Sunday, May 28, 2017

Begin Adventure ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today I have another masculine card to share with you.  This was also one of my May stamp a stack cards.  


It was as simple as sponging the sun on using couple different yellows (I die-cut out a circle and masked the card stock so only the circle was open to sponge the sun), sponged some more around the sun with more yellow, stamped the airplane and birthday greeting, assembled the card and put on the twill rope (which is a freebie with a $50 purchase!).


Whip Cream
Lemon Drop
Summer Days
Black Licorice


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Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Bloom Benefit Twill Rope (free w/$50 purchase) AC-0282