Long time, no see my friends!

Hello there, gosh it has been a long time since I updated my blog! I think since January! Where has the time gone? I wish I had some great reason for not posting but I just don't... mostly I think it is simply because I am the type of person that needs to know that what I am spending my time on is worth while and in the blog-o-sphere (is that a word?) it is hard to know if anyone is really out there noticing little ole' me! However, here lately I have had several people ask me why I am not blogging and it certainly isn't because I am not creating! I am a creating fool!

So I think it is fitting that today I show you my MojoMonday creation for this week, you all know how I love my Mojo Monday sketches!

Here is the sketch...

And here is my first take on it... (actually my second take because I made a card for my dear friend Sue's birthday yesterday with this sketch but I neglected to photograph that one!)

I used a few of the brand spankin' new sneak peek items from the upcoming Stampin' Up! catalog, such as that stunning new blue... that is called Midnight Muse and it is so lovely! The yellowy green color is also new, it is called Summer Starfruit. It is a very different color and I am not sure I love it just yet but I do like how it looks on this card. The designer series paper is called Comfort Cafe, it reminds me of old wallpaper... I really like it. The flowers are from a new stamp set called Betsy's Blossoms and the sentiment is from a current set called Pursuit of Happiness. I really don't think the picture does this card justice, it is very pretty in real life!

Here is my second take, erm third take on this Mojo Monday sketch. (Can you tell I ♥ this sketch, gonna get lots of use out of it!)

This card I made for my niece, Katie, who is graduating from high school on Friday. The designer series paper is another sneak peek item. It is called Floral District. It is super bright and cheery with colors such as Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight. The sweet ribbon is also new, it is a 1/4" stitched grosgrain. I am sorry to say the sentiment on this card is retired. I don't have any other great sentiments for a graduate other than "Congratulations!" and that just was not going to fit on the little flag I created.

So that is it for today... phew, that wasn't so hard. I'll have to come back more often! There are a lot of new and exciting things happening with Stampin' Up! and I will be back soon to share them with you.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Sara~

Mojo Monday

Hi there, happy Monday! Today I decided I would play along with the girls for Mojo Monday. This weeks card sketch is round or square. Since I have never successfully created a round card... I went square. Here is the sketch...

And here is my card. I will tell you this took entirely too long and I still don't love it! I have changed out the focal image three times! It was time to just leave it alone. I used to be a big fan of the Tilda from Magnolia Stamps but I am not so crazy about them anymore... weird how our tastes change and evolve!

Here is another card I created this weekend. I made it for my daughter to give to her boyfriend for his birthday on Thursday. She picked the stamps and the papers from my stash... the sketch is one of my favorites that I have used many times. This card I LOVE!! I made several, perhaps I will get them into my etsy shop.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a great week!

~Sara~

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! I have had a happy kind of week. Something inspired me to drag out my copic markers and color some fun images and I have really been enjoying myself. This first card came from a kit for a class I taught a year or so ago. I changed out the focal image so that I could incorporate one of the images I colored this week. I did a lot of paper piecing on the image as well. The darling little girl's shirt, pants, shoes, hair bow and the flower she is holding are all paper pieced! (I went a little paper piecing crazy!)

This second card I created for the Wednesday Stamp Club over at My Favorite Things. Again I used my copics to color the sweet little girl and her cake. I paper pieced her dress and crown and then added some bling. I stamped her cake a second time, colored it and popped it up to add some dimension. So much fun!!!

The last project I created I kind of stumbled upon. While visiting My Favorite Things blog I found a super fun joint blog hop with My Favorite Things and Scor Pal. I cased this project from Gini Cagle. Her project can be found here. I absolutely love how adorable this turned out! Thanks for the tutorial Gini!

And here is the inside. It isn't quite done. I am not sure if I want to stamp a sentiment on the inside or just decorate it like Gini did. It feels like it should have a place to write a little message to the recipient doesn't it?

We'll see... I just may have to make a few more of these to give to all my little Valentine's.

And there you have it... what I have been busy doing all week! Having fun! Thanks for stopping by today.
Have a great weekend!

~Sara~

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! A little late I know but I have been busy... neglecting my blog. To be honest I was looking around yesterday to see if I could suspend it rather than take it down permanently... no such luck.
So, here are some random things I have created since my last post.

I created these cards for a class I will be having in February. The fabulous paper is from the Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration brochure which goes "live" on January 24th. I have also used some of the new products from the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog... so many great products, but so little time!!

These are some scrapbook pages I created last week. I case'd them from the very talented Andrea Deer. Her layout was much more boyish and I wanted to use up this girlie birthday paper I had. I love how they turned out! I think I will use them to scrap my daughters 15th birthday in May.

I created these adorable houses at the Stampin' Up! convention this past summer. Well actually, I took a class at the convention and while I was there I got them painted, distressed and stamped, the rest I finished up a couple of weeks ago. When I showed them to some ladies that were here for a class they said they would like to make some as well so this is on my calendar for the end of January. I love them!

Well I think that is it for today. I have a few more things to share with you but it is just about time for me to go and get Hannah from school.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend, thanks for stopping by today!

~Sara~



Happy Holidays!

Holy smokes it has been a long time since I have posted anything here! It certainly isn't because I haven't been creating things to share, it is mostly because I am too lazy to post those things... well maybe I haven't been as creative lately as I would have liked to have been but hey... it is the holidays and I have been busy!

Today I want to share with you a card I made for a special friend of mine... Lynn Moore. She hosted our
stamp club waaaaay back in November and I made a set of four of these cards for her as a thank you gift for hosting our stamp club in her home.

I used the "Letters for Santa" dsp, some Marina Mist taffeta ribbon, the sentiment is from Contempo Christmas and the brad is a glimmer brad from the basics collection.

I really love this card and may just have to "CASE" myself for next years Christmas card!

Have a wonderful day!

~Sara~

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza with a Little Mojo Mixed In!

Good morning! Gosh I have been away for awhile! I was just looking back and I haven't posted since October 25! Wow, the time just zips right by! Well I have some exciting news to share with you today as well as my Mojo Monday card.... read on!

The Stampin' Up! On-Line Extravanganza Sale starts today (Nov. 21 thru  Nov. 30).  Save 20 to 60% on select items and bundled products!  Click here for complete details and sale items PLUS a TODAY ONLY 20% discount on the Simply Scored Scoring Tool and Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps. Sweeet!!!

• Here's a PDF link to everything on sale during the On-Line Extravaganza.
• There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.
• For product bundles, you must use the bundle item numbers provided. Bundle discounts will not be applied if individual item numbers are used. 
• Additional products from current catalogs may be purchased on the same order.
• Discounts range between 20 and 60 percent.

Go ahead... start your Christmas shopping early!

I have missed my Mojo Monday sketches. I have just been so busy that I haven't taken the time to participate. I really like this weeks sketch and I am still loving this Just Add Cake dsp. The sentiment comes for the Pretty Postage stamp set, perfect for when you need a small image!

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful day!

~Sara~

Polar Party

Good morning! I am back again today to share another card with you.

When I was at the Stampin' Up! convention in July they gave us all of these different projects. Some were make-n-takes, some were classes we signed up for in advance, some were hostess thank you gifts and some were workshop demonstration projects. The card I am going to share with you today was meant to be a workshop demonstration card. I was supposed to use the Easy Events stamp set that we were given as one of the many free stamp sets we received for attending convention but when I started putting it together I thought I would like use it for one of the cards I add to my December card buffet and I wanted to use one of the new stamp sets I got recently that is wintry... Polar Party. I thought it would make a nice winter birthday card.

The card base is Pool Party, the focal image is stamped on natural white and matted on Wild Wasabi. That luscious ribbon is the 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon also in Wild Wasabi. The little heart is punched from the owl punch in Real Red. I added a little two-way glue to the white on the hat and to the snow the bear is standing on and then sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

It is rather simply but I really like it! Oh, I used the now retired ticket corner punch on the corners of the Wild Wasabi mat (you could also use a very small circle punch to get a similar effect) then wrapped white baker's twine around the outside of the mat. Thanks for a great project idea Stampin' Up!

Have a wonderful day, thank you for stopping by.

~Sara~