striped label stamp

Hey paper peeps! Over in my little Etsy Shop there I have some darling stamps that are perfect for journaling, and one of them is this cute striped label stamp! 

I just love all the possibilities with this thing! Wouldn't it be cute stamped in red for a Santa shipping tag?! EEK!! 

Here's how I used it in my September travelers notebook mini album:

I stamped the label part in one color and the words in a different color, so fun! 

A good tip if you want to type on it, stamp it onto a larger piece of cardstock, then run it through your typewriter BEFORE you cut it out! Then it goes through super nicely!

Did you notice the cute little stamped leaves? Those are the ones in the September Story Stamp subscription! If you'd like to subscribe and get a pretty little pink package in the mail each month, hit the button in the sidebar! 

Have you been documenting your fall so far? I'm trying to keep up as much as I can, it's such a beautiful good smelling yummy season I don't want to forget anything!

Thank you so much for stopping in! Have a happy scrappy day!

xoxo Sarah

deep waters

Hey paper peeps! When I decided to start a stamp subscription, I wanted to have some stamps for memory keeping of course, but I also wanted to start incorporating my faith into some projects too! Hence where I came up with the Happy Little Faith Stamp Subscription! I love that there's 2 separate ones to pick from, or you can pick both and it's still super affordable! 

I really love when you just "happen to stumble on" (wink wink) a verse that goes so perfectly with the storm or trial you are facing! That's how I came about with the August Faith Stamp verse, "When you go through deep waters, I will be with you!" ~Isaiah 43:2. Life has been super hard lately and it's going to get even trickier... I'm about to make a big life change and it's super scary! Well one day I opened up to this verse and was like oh yeah. Thank you Lord I needed this! 
I just love scraping texture paste over stencils ohmygoodness it's so much fun! These little stars are one of my faves to play with, and they fit so perfectly with this old sheet music paper :)

Look how fun these curly Q waves are! I think I used 3 different blue Tim Holtz Oxide Inks for them, then just dabbed a little white gesso over top of them to soften them up a bit! 

I am having so much fun creating a faith art journal with the Happy Little Faith Stamps! I love just adding layers and layers of messy-ness and paint and paper and ink until I'm totally happy with it! 

I can't wait to get more pages in it done, I know it will be one of my favorite things! It's kinda funny because I'll be able to look at each layout and know exactly what I was going through at that point! Kind of a faith journey :) If you want to play along and start your own journal with your Happy Little Faith Stamps, please make sure you tag me so I can see your amazing art work! #sbhappylittlefaithartjournal @sarahbargo

Thank you so much for stopping by! If you'd like to subscribe to Happy Little Stamps, the buttons are on the right in the sidebar! Have a beautiful day!
xoxo Sarah

stamping rituals

Hey paper peeps Happy Friyay woot woot! Do you have rituals or routines you do with certain scrapbook supplies? I do sometimes, like with my stamps! 

The first thing I do when I go to use a fresh hot off the press brand spankin new "Happy Little Stamp" is wash it! I just give it a good rinse and dry it off, this helps to get all of the residue from the factory production off of the stamp! (I also heard sometimes people use very fine sand paper to do this but that kinda scares me lol!) 

Secondly, since I want to get a clean crisp stamped image, I like to "break it in" by stamping it a few times onto a scratch piece of paper! This helps me so much, for some reason I get nervous right before I stamp like I'm going to wreck something lol! I'm a dork like that.

Thirdly, I keep a bag of baby wipes by me and I clean off my stamps right away! I use baby wipes for so many things, they are just so convenient! Not sure that's the best way to do it, I'm just cheap and they work great lol! There are also alot of great stamp cleaners out there you can use though if you would rather go that route :)

What are some of your rituals or routines that you do with your papercrafting? I'd love to hear! Any stamping tips that I can't live without?!

Being a bookworm at heart, one of my favorite things to journal on is a good ole fashioned library card! I wanted to have one to use on every project, so I actually just put this super cute library card stamp into my ETSY SHOP! Hop on over and take a look!

Thank you so much for hangin out with me today! Have a happy scrappy weekend!

xoxo Rah

new mercies every morning

Hey paper peeps! I've been playing with this month's Happy Little Stamps, and I just love the verse in the Faith subscription! 
"His mercies are new every morning." Lamentations 3: 22-23.
We all have horrible days sometimes, I swear some days it's like you're just taking a day long beating! But the amazing thing is that God is faithful and there is no expiration date on his mercy! Each day we can begin again, even if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed! 

I love this statement I found online, it says "The dawning of every new day could be seen as a symbol of God's light breaking through the darkness and his mercy overcoming our troubles." Isn't that awesome?!

I haven't done a 6x12 layout in a long time, it was so fun to do something different! Definitely going to be playing with this size more! 

Do your furry friends like to participate in your crafting too? :)

If you'd like to subscribe to our Happy Little Stamps and get a pretty little pink package in the mail each month, go on over to the sidebar! (make sure you're in view web version if you're on your phone) There is a button for each sub or a button for both! Easy Peasy! These are the July subscriptions;

These little guys just make me so happy! I mean that cute little sunshine and coffee to go!

Have a blessed day lovelies, thanks for stopping by!

xoxo Sarah

July happy little stamps!

Hey paper peeps! It's July already holy cannoli! That means it's time for another round of Happy! Little! Stamps! Woohoooo!! Here are the sets for July! 

I just love them so fun! That little coffee cup?! EEK! And that happy little sunshine!!
I have some fun projects coming up to show you using these stamps, can't wait! 

If you'd like to sign up and get a pretty little pink package in the mail every month, choose the button in the side bar of the subscription you'd like to join! There's one for each sub, or a button to do both! 
Thank you so much for supporting my happy little business, it really means the world to me!
xoxo Sarah