2010 September | designs by Sarah Martina

Skipping Stones Design – Guest Designer Week 4

Posted by Sarah Martina on Sep 28, 2010 in K & Co., Skipping Stones Design | 10 comments

Hey there, y’all!

I’m back today with a card to share using the wonderful Skipping Stones Design stamps. Over the past 3 weeks or so, I’ve had the pleasure of guest designing with this great stamp company, and it has been such a joy to play along with them. We’ve had super-inspiring sketches provided by Ashley, and awesome newly released stamp sets which can be found here.

Today’s card is based on this sketch (hands down, my fave!):

I decided not to do a banner as depicted in the sketch, and instead go with a scrolling piece of chipboard that I picked up at a local garage sale (it came in a zippy FULL of pretties just like it for $2!)… Anyway, what I did was paint the chipboard with some white acrylic paint, let it dry, sand the edges, then stamp with Timeless Textures background stamp by SSD. I had initially planned to glitter the entire piece, but after doing a tester piece, I decided to just leave it be…and that’s basically how we ended up with the final result. The rest was pretty easy – cut, distress, adhere, stitch, repeat. Lol.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and as always, let me know if you have any questions!

To Heather, and all of the SSD team, thanks so much for having me this month! It’s been such a pleasure!

THE LINKS:

THE DEETS:

Card Stock: Rustic White (PTI)
Patterned Paper: Life’s Journey (K & Co.)
Stamps: Timeless Textures & Always Here (Skipping Stones Design)
Ink: Chestnut Roan (ColorBox), White acrylic paint (FolkArt)
Embellies: Angel (Etsy.com – Little Pink Studio), Ribbon (Etsy.com – MemrieMare), Pearls (Recollections), Chipboard (Craft supply)
Tools: Sewing Machine (Singer Advance)

THE CLOSE-UPS:

*Thanks again!*

My 2 Guys + a Winner!

Posted by Sarah Martina on Sep 27, 2010 in Family, Pink Paislee | 9 comments

Hey y’all!

Happy Monday! I’m sorta sad that my weekend is over… It was FULL of celebration as my sweet Sydney turned 7 years old. We had SO very much fun eating cake, opening presents, laughing, dancing, singing and just being a family as we showered miss Sydney with love. And to think we still haven’t had her party yet, lol! She’ll be enjoying a slumber party with some of her dearest friends and family in a couple of weeks… Momma needs some time to prepare for that madness, lol!

Anyhow, the page I’m sharing today is from my time as guest designer over at the Pink Paislee blog last month. I had so much fun playing with their fun Old School collection. Though it’s a school-themed line of papers and embellishments, I had fun challenging myself to use it in other, unexpected ways. You can see the rest of my projects at the Pink Paislee blog.

I also wanted to take a chance to congratulate Tiffany! You are the winning bidder (and only bidder) of my card designed in support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation during the “Blogs for Boobies” blog hop. Thanks so much, Tiffany, for stepping up to show your support for this deserving cause. You are much appreciated!

Well, thanks for popping in today, y’all! Before I slip out, I wanted to quickly share a pic that I snapped last night before my sweeties went off to bed… I can’t wait to show this to them when they’re my age.

THE CLOSE-UPS:

*Thanks again!*

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #16

Posted by Sarah Martina on Sep 25, 2010 in Christmas, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch | 12 comments

Hey y’all!

I’m popping in to share my card for this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #16. Check out the fab sketch:

Isn’t it fun? Just as usual, this WMSC sketch is FULL of possibilities! If you have an idea and would like to share it, please post your link at the Waltzingmouse Sketch House site. You have until 11:59 pm EASTERN on Thursday, September 30th to upload your card.

See y’all soon! (I’m too tired to chit chat much more today… I’m sorry y’all)

THE LINKS:

THE DEETS:

Card Stock: Smokey Shadow & Rustic White (PTI)
Stamps: Nutcracker Sweet & Musical Backgrounds (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Ink: Smokey shadow, Aquatic Splash (VersaMagic)
Embellies: Ribbon (Etsy.com – MemrieMare), Twine (Dollar Tree), Course glitter (Martha Stewart), Pearls (Recollections), Felt (Michael’s)
Tools: Sewing machine (Singer Advance), Rotary Trimmer (Martha Stewart), Adhesive (Love My Tapes), Standard Scalloped Circle – Small Die (Spellbinders), Glossy Accent (Ranger)

THE CLOSE-UPS:

*Thanks again!*

Embellish Color Challenge – Background Stamping

Posted by Sarah Martina on Sep 24, 2010 in Embellish Magazine, Prima, Skipping Stones Design | 7 comments

Hey y’all!

I’m here today to share my card for the newest Embellish Color Challenge which calls for the use of background stamping. Our fabulous sponsor is Skipping Stones Design. I have been playing with their stamps as one of their Guest Designers this month, and have had such a great time! I encourage you to check out their store below to see some of their pretty stamps.

Ashley has put together a wonderful inspiration board for the challenge:

Aren’t those colors the best?! I love gray paired with just about anything these days, so I’m definitely diggin’ this challenge.

If you want to join the team and me for this challenge, submit your card by Thursday, October 7th at 11:59p.m. EST on the Embellish blog (linked below). Once you’ve done that, you can upload your project to the Embellish Flickr Gallery, too.

*Thanks again!*

THE LINKS:

Embellish Magazine Color Challenge – Background stamping

THE DEETS:

Card Stock: White & Harvest Gold (PTI)
Stamps: Timeless Textures & Always Here (Skipping Stones Design)
Ink: Pumice Stone (Ranger), Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)
Embellies: Ribbon (Etsy.com – MemrieMare), Pearls (Primar), Trim (Craft supply), Jewels (Kaisercraft)
Tools: Sewing machine (Singer Advance), Adhesive (Love My Tapes), Tiny Attacher (Ranger), Paper distresser (Making Memories)

THE CLOSE-UPS:

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*UPDATE ON “BLOG BOUNCE FOR BOOBIES”*

Thanks so much to each and every one of you who helped support the drive to raise money in support of the fight to end breast cancer and in support of the Susan G. Komen foundation. Skipping Stones Design appreciates each of you, as do I.

I’m leaving the comments open for one more day (until the end of today) at this post for those of you who are still interested in bidding on my card (above) , to assist in supporting such an awesome cause.

Please refer back to this post to read more about how you can help! I’ll contact the highest bidder tomorrow, so get those bids in soon if you want to be considered!

Enjoy your weekend y’all!