Today is THE Day...

What's so special about today?!  

Today you can order from the 2017 - 2018 Inspiration Book and Catalog!  
If you haven't had the chance to look through the catalog check it out...
HERE!!!

To place an order go to my website at www.funstampersjourney.com/sarahoogendoorn

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card

My World ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Just a quick post for you today...it's my hubby's birthday so I created this card for him. :)

I used a couple of embossing folders for the grainy look on the "table" and striped look for the "wallpaper".  And of course I had to have the grand idea to cut out the globe and stand so I spent a bit of time fussy cutting.  Other than that it was a pretty quick and easy card to assemble. :)

Butter Cream

Oatmeal Cookie

Hazelnut Blend

Dark Roast

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your Journey Coach! If you are thinking about joining 
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Also used embossing folder Corrugated Board that is in the new 2017 - 2018 Inspiration Book and Catalog

Using Splashes as Watercolor ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today's card is something that I've been doing a little bit of lately...watercolor.  I love the look of watercolor and was inspired by a video by thefrugalcrafter.  Check her out!  She does a LOT of different kinds of crafting and has videos galore! lol  
So I'm telling you right now I did not come up with this scene on my own.  I did use my own colors because I don't have any actual watercolor paints.  I try to use what I have on hand from Fun Stampers Journey.  For today's card that means using Journey Color Splashes! 

I tried this on several different watercolor papers and found that I liked it the best on 140 lb hot press watercolor paper.  Anything with texture didn't seem to work for me.  Probably because I wasn't using true watercolor paints.  I've never used them though so I don't really know!

These are the color of card stock that I used.

Whip Cream

Lemon Grass

Kiwi Slice

Denim Days

Yes, these are the Journey Splashes that I used.  I just did a bit of mixing. :)

Pineapple Smoothie

Sour Lemon

Sweet Berry

Cool Pool

Turbo Teal

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your Journey Coach! If you are thinking about joining 
Fun Stampers Journey and would like to be a Journey Coach click 
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I'd love to have you join me on my journey!  

If you like what you see and want to order just click on the 
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 If you have questions feel free to contact me. 
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Supplies used on this card:

Other supplies used:

Fabriano 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper
1" Flat Brush
Size 6 and 10 Filbert Brushes

Ready for Some Inspiration?!?!

Guess what?!?!  
Fun Stampers Journey has their 
2017-2018 Inspiration Book and Catalog 
available to look at online!!  
Check it out HERE!!!  

Just a note:  You cannot order from this catalog until July 1, BUT when you're ready to order go to www.funstampersjourney.com/sarahoogendoorn.  
You can still order from the 2016-2017 catalog and summer catalog that you can see to the right of my blog. :)

If you have ordered from me on a regular basis I will send you a catalog for free.  Please let me know if you would like one if you've been a regular customer.

If you haven't ordered from me in the past and place a $50+ order I will also send you a catalog for free!


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your Journey Coach! If you are thinking about joining 
Fun Stampers Journey and would like to be a Journey Coach click 
"Join My Team". 
I'd love to have you join me on my journey!  

If you like what you see and want to order just click on the 
"Shop Now" tab at the top of my blog. 

 If you have questions feel free to contact me. 
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Supplies used on this card

Greetings Bouquet ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today's card was inspired by sketch #327 for Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday.  They have great sketches over there if you need a little help to get creative every now and then!  After I looked at the sketch I noticed that I had a couple of "scrap" pieces of pierced watercolor paper sitting on my desk and figured they went with the sketch so I might as well put them to good use!  

I stamped the flowers with FSJ Clear Pigment Ink and embossed it with white.  Next I used a couple of Journey Splashes to do a watercolor wash in the background.  Usually when I do the emboss resist technique I'm sponging ink onto my card stock, but this time I did a watercolor wash.

Make sure you head over to Try Stampin's blog HERE to see what all the other designers created.  We'd love to see what you create with this sketch if you get a chance to play along. :)

Whip Cream

Cool Pool

Lemon Grass

Green Olive

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your Journey Coach! If you are thinking about joining 
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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) 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your Journey Coach! If you are thinking about joining 
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I'd love to have you join me on my journey!  

If you like what you see and want to order just click on the 
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 If you have questions feel free to contact me. 
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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

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your Journey Coach! If you are thinking about joining 
Fun Stampers Journey and would like to be a Journey Coach click 
"Join My Team". 
I'd love to have you join me on my journey!  

If you like what you see and want to order just click on the 
"Shop Now" tab at the top of my blog. 

 If you have questions feel free to contact me. 
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