New Stuff!

I love this set, but I have a confession to make. . . it's not SU! I met a new friend at the Notorious Scrapaholic retreat a month or so ago, and for the first time got to look through a CTMH catalog.

I thought this was the cutest set. So, last night I got some "stamp Time" and decided to use the set for my nephew's birthday card.

Card stock: old olive, close to cocoa, and soft sky

Ink: close to cocoa, and staz on

Technique: Pigs are stamped with staz-on on watercolor paper and given the "watercolor-look" using SU! markers and aqua painters.

March Project Pack

It's time for the new Project Pack! Okay, actually I'm running a little late, but better late than never, right? Here is the information for the March Project Pack. If you have any questions, please let me know. Also, if you have any requests for upcoming Project Packs I would love to hear them!







as always, thanks for looking!

New Creations from Lee!

Many of you have read my notes about my friend Lee. . . hopefully you've checked out her blog! Well today, she posted her pictures from her February Project Pack and I'm so amazed. Lee used the Simply Scrappin (r) kit Crew Kids Girl and her book is amazing!!!! just look!!!!

I can't wait to see what everyone else's books look like. . . and wonderful things you all make out of the upcoming project packs! Thank you so much Lee!

Lots of Specials!

Be sure to check out the list of current specials!

http://www.sarahsstampin.com/Current%20Promotions.htm

The new mini catalog is now out and it is SO CUTE! You'll love the stamps and the printed papers are amazing. . . . and best of all you can still recieve Sale-A-Bration sets (with qualifying purchases/parties) until March 17th.

Contact me if you have any questions! As always, thanks for looking!

Easy Does It

I've been noticing lately that there is a new trend to purchase ready made, store bought, "hand made cards". These cards seem to be doing well (I got a number of them for Christmas cards, almost as many as true hand made cards). The design on most of these cards are developed with time and cost in mind, but they are still adorable in their own right and I got to thinking. It usually takes me a solid hour to make one card, due to the fact that I sometimes think that I HAVE to have ribbon, 17 layers, and 14 embellishments (yes, okay, so that was exaggerating a little).

So, todays challenge/thought is to make it as simple as possible, and then go EVEN SIMPLER! I have a few cards below from my own take at this challenge. When making my own cards I also decided to focus on the Sale a Bration stamp sets. These stamp sets will be gone soon, and I'd like to use them while I still can!


This card was made using Blush Blossom Card stock and rose red ink pad (classic). The stamp set is (SAB) Birthday Whimsy.

This card was made using Chocolate Chip Card stock and ink pad (classic). The stamp set is (SAB) Birthday Whimsy.

This card was made using Tempting Turqouise Card stock and Not Quite NAvy ink pad (classic). The stamp set is (SAB) Birthday Whimsy. The "string" for the ballon is the silver chord from the discontiued holiday mini catalog (sorry, it just fit perfectly!).

This card was made using Pretty in Pink and Wild Wasabi Card stock and black staz-on ink pad (classic). The stamp set is (SAB) Merci. I used the watercolor technique for the SU! Markers and stamped the image on SU! Watercolor paper. The ribbon is Wasabi double stiched and the wasabi layer is punched all the way around. . . still so simple, yet pretty!

This card was made using Wild Wasabi Card stock and black staz-on ink pad (classic). The stamp set is (SAB) Merci. Again, I used the watercolor technique for the SU! Markers and stamped the image on SU! Watercolor paper. The ribbon is Pretty in Pink Teffeta. This is probably my favorite card out of this set.

Just another something to think about next time you sit down to make a card or two. Please let me know if you participate in the challenge. I'd love to see your "Easy Does It" creations!

As Always Thanks for looking!

Sarah

A little Bling

this card was made in response to a challenge from Lee's Blog. Her challenge was to use some "bling". Since my cards don't usually have much "bling" this was a fairly difficult challenge for me. This is what I came up with. . . .



The DS paper is "Bali Breeze" and the card stock is rose red. I used 3 different stamp sets. . . Baroque Motifs for the swirly background, Polka Dots & Paisley for the word "happy", and the butterfly is from Kind Thoughts. I stamped the butterfly in rose red and then covered with crystal effects and translucent glitter. Hopefully you can tell a little more about the details in this picture.



These are a couple of other cards I made to send to my notorious scrapaholics friends as thank you notes for the wonderful weekend.

as always, thanks for looking. have a great day!

Birdhouses, Boxes and Business (part 2)

This card was made using the Merci stamp set from the Sale a Bration catalog. The cardstock is Kraft. It was really simple, but I think I like it.

This card uses the main image from the same set as the first card and the background if from the boho set.

I thought the final card was going to be my favorite but I'm not sure the Wild Wasabi looks quite right with the pinks on this card.

as always thanks for looking!