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

joy journey circle journal

Hey paper peeps! Today I wanted to share something fun I just conjured up! I created a "joy journey journal" to pass around to my friends in the mail, and then have each of them fill out a spot inside it with some encouragement! Maybe a favorite Bible verse or an inspiring quote? Then by the end I'll have a big ole chunky book of happiness to look thru!  Here is a look at the inside, I used a Tim Holtz folio as the shell! I mixed white gesso and light blush paint together and applied it to the inside using a makeup sponge to lighten up the pattern on the inside. Then took this gorgeous floral stamp set by Illustrated Faith and stamped once in each corner! 

Lots of lovely layers created out of the 49 and Market Collage Stacks! They were so fun to alter!

The watercolor splashes you see were made with Tim Holtz Oxide Ink refills in the colors of Spun Sugar and Tattered Rose! I did that technique to some of the papers and then ran them through my WRMK typewriter! I just love that look of typed words, it just gives such a cute nostalgic feel to the project! 

I also included some stamping, the black ink was a little bold for me so after the ink was dry, I just blotted it gently with some white gesso and it softened it..

To add some pretty details I topped some of the papers with some gorgeous washi tape like this floral  one here by Heidi Swapp!

Vellum butterflies are the perfect touch if you want to add a little dreamy-ness :)

I love these colors together, they are just so pretty and dreamy! I love all the verses I put in here so far, there are a few more that I'd like to add so I'll keep updating as I go! 

Thanks for stoppin by today, stay well and happy and get scrappy!

new sketch challenge

Hey paper peeps! Are you in the Hip Kit Club group on Facebook? They launched a new sketch challenge yesterday, and this is what it looks like!

Cute right? This is my version of it;

I know it doesn't look exactly like it, but if you look closely, I just flipped the sketch and smushed it all together! It was so fun I love doing these!

Look at this gorgeous cut file in the March kits?!?! I absolutely love it and plan on using it a bunch! Look how cute my mom looks in the lens lol! Siigghhh. Why are beach pics always so beautiful..makes me want to go grrrr!

I adore fancy little details... even simple little texture paste circles that were stenciled on can add so much to a page! 

Such a great saying:

You should definitely go play along, you could win a $10.00 gift card for their store! 
Can't wait to see what you come up with! Have a beautiful day! 

sweetie pies mini album

Hey there paper peeps! Ohhh it's almost Valentine's Day, which makes me so happy because I love it! I mean how can you not love a holiday about love?! It's all pink & hearts & sweets! I also love making cute papercrafting projects for Valentine's, mainly because I get to have a good excuse for mixing pinks & hearts with my boys haha! Here's a little mini album I just made for my first Shimmerz Paints Social Media Team project!
I used lots of Crate Paper goodies and yummy new Shimmerz products!

Lots of lovely layers...

I did a lot of watercoloring onto cut files and stenciling with texture paste! 

The Shimmerz products I used were;

Creameez Cheeky Pink

Inklingz She Packs A Punch
Dazzlerz Tutti Frutti
Paste-eez Baby Boy Blue
If you haven't tried their products out, you definitely should give them a whirl, they are so much fun to play with! 
Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!