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2 Easy Masculine Cards with SSS March 2020 Card Kit

Hey everyone!

If you missed my Unboxing Video of the Simon Says Stamp March 2020 Card Kit you can find that here:

Simon Says Stamp March 2020 Card Kit Unboxing!

So I'm back with 2 cards using the kit. I had several ideas and wanted to use allllll the stamps in the set - but to start off with I kept things more simple (SO hard for me to do) and made these 2 cards with the kit:

I really loved the long stem and leaves stamp in the Stronger Together stamp set - so I stamped it onto Ranger watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Morning Mist ink. I then used the watercolor pencils that came in the kit to watercolor the leaves and stems.

**side note: I talk about not adding sparkle to these cards in the video. Funny thing is is that I just noticed as I'm typing up the post and have my overhead lights on - there IS some sparkle to these LOL! After making THIS card the other day there was obviously still some sparkle in my water brush. So when I painted these leaves the sparkle transferred and I didn't notice at all. It's SUPER subtle but I'm kind of glad it's there. 😉

I added some Studio Katia Seafoam pearls to the stems (for the "non-bling bling" lols), and die cut the Bold Hello that comes in the March kit from Slate card stock.

I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the stem image with Simon's Mint ink, and then stamped another sentiment from the Stronger Together stamp set with the Morning Mist ink. I pulled out a couple of Slate envelopes from my stash and stamped the stem onto them with the Morning Mist ink and that was it!

To see how these cards came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself! 

Simon Says Stamp March 2020 Card Kit Unboxing!

Happy weekend everyone! Simon's March 2020 card kit just got here and I have the unboxing video of it to share with y'all!

You can watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <------click!

And here are the links to everything!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself! 

SUPER Sparkly Card | Sketch Tulip Bouquet Take 3

Hey everyone!! I've had SO many tech issues lately, which ended with me needing to order a new SD card reader and wait for it to arrive. I can't upload video/edit/post without it so everything has been frustrating. So that explains why I haven't had any new posts or videos to share with y'all!

Anywho - I'm hoping I'm back on track and can post a bunch of videos back to back again!

I was the host for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

You can check out what the rest of the team made using these colors HERE <--------click! and you can play along yourself if you'd like!

Here's what I came up with:

I pulled out Simon Says Stamp's Sketch Tulip Bouquet set and white heat embossed the tulips onto Ranger watercolor card stock. I then pulled out my Karin Brushmarker Pros and a water brush to color them in.

The die cut sentiment is from Simon's Painted Friend wafer die, and I complemented it with a sentiment from the Message for Everyday stamp set.

While watercoloring the tulips I added some Inkon3 Liquid Pixie Dust - you can see better in the video how insanely sparkly the tulips are. Speaking of sparkle: I made a mess of the background so to fix it I covered it by spraying the background with Tonic's Morning Fog Nuvo Sparkle Spray. It is SPARKLY in real life - I bought all the colors of the Tonic Sparkle Sprays a few months ago and they sat in a basket for way too long. I should have pulled them out WAAAAAYYYY before this b/c wow - so pretty in real life! 

I finished off the inside of the card by inking up the tulips stamp with the same Brushmarker Pro colors I used to watercolor the front ones and stamping it. I then stamped a sentiment from the same Sketch Tulip Bouquet stamp set using Hickory Smoke Distress Archival ink and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself! 

Doodlebug Love Notes Haul!

Welp happy belated Valentine's Day lol! I had a headache that lasted for several days (the weather here has fluctuated a LOT in temperature this week and that really seems to bring them on) - thankfully not migraine-level but it was enough that trying to work and edit in front of a computer screen just kept aggravating it. SO frustrating. 

Anywho - of course I had to get the Doodlebug Love Notes collection - and of course I'm posting this AFTER Valentine's Day LOL!

You can watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!

That said - even in my Valentine series I like to make "love" cards more open-ended. I'd rather say it all year long or use "love" cards more for friendship, thank you etc than JUST for Valentine's Day. As usual this is all me justifying posting this late as well as giving myself a reason to maybe use this collection in the future. Since I genuinely just enjoy collecting Doodlebug collections who knows - but maybe I will cut into it soon-sh 😉.

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself! 

December 2019 & January 2020 Happy Mail Haul | Cards from You!!

Hello everyone!

SO - FINALLY got this video filmed (and checked off my to-do list!). For those that follow the Happy Mail videos regularly I normally film them every month, and I DO try to get them filmed and posted within the first few days of the beginning of each month. That all unravelled back in the fall - but I did the October & November one together, and now have the December & January one together. I'm hoping to be back on track and back to monthly - mostly for those of you that send in cards because I don't want anyone worrying about whether they showed up or not etc!

You can watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <---------click!

And now for the rest of the info:

My Patreon page<------click!

If you'd like to mail a card to be featured in an upcoming Happy Mail Haul video here's my mailing address:

Amy Rysavy

Box 1041 MARTENSVILLE PO

Martensville, SK

S0K 2T0

Canada

February Theme: Green/St. Patrick's Day/Sending Luck

March Theme: Spring/Easter

April Theme: Birthday/Rainbow Colors

(((a note about the themes - if you have ideas/suggestions for future themes feel free to post them in the comments below!)))

(A repost of some important info!!)

Like I mention in all the Happy Mail Haul videos - I am not strict with the themes. The post can be notoriously slow sometimes especially getting to me here in Canada, so I like to share everything that shows up in my PO Box the previous month regardless! If you ever want to check out previous months Happy Mail Haul videos you can find them all here:

RAK/Happy Mail Hauls

If you want to send ahead and mail cards for multiple themes in the same package I am totally OK with that. It helps if you add a sticky note or something to mark what month each card is for. Please do not send more than 2 cards for each theme (so there are the 3 upcoming months therefore 6 cards in total). I cannot accept large packages/boxes of cards. I don't have anywhere to store large amounts plus it takes up a lot of my time to film/edit/upload these videos and limiting the submissions to 2 per person ensures it's fair for everyone. Thank you for understanding!

If you are interested in donating your cards there are MANY charities and organizations out there. You would need to do your own research to find a cause/group/organization that works for you and what you want to do! Everything from local nursing homes/palliative care units/Ronald McDonald Houses to charities to cards for troops is out there - LOTS to choose from!

Also if you haven't sent in a card before but want to go ahead! I love seeing what y'all are making, and being able to share it with the rest of my audience. We all have to start somewhere ;). Also again there's no need to send gifts or anything like that. I more than appreciate the thought, and I read all the letters I receive (I can't respond to them but I read and keep all of them!). 

For those reading/watching - I would love if you'd take the time to leave comments/questions/etc for those that sent in something in the comments below and I know those that sent in would love to read them!

Rainbow Fluttering Hearts Cards | Honey Bee Stamps and Inkon3 Atelier Inks

Hey everyone! Earlier this week I had these cards on the Honey Bee Stamps blog and finally got the time to share them with y'all here. 

I created a couple of backgrounds using several Inkon3 Atelier Inks. I know the inks are sold out right now (I have zero control over inventory - I just freelance and create with what I like) but I am sure Inkon3 is working overtime to replenish and restock retailers as they're super popular. I REALLY like these inks so far (I used them HERE for the first time to watercolor) and I'll share more videos using them but I'll wait till they're back in stock so I'm not always teasing everyone with them.

After blending the inks onto white card stock I sprayed the backgrounds with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle spray - you can see it better in the video how SPARKLY they are. I then die cut the backgrounds with Honey Bee Stamps Fluttering Hearts Coverplate wafer die and Fluttering Hearts Pierced Coverplate wafer die. To get multiple backgrounds from those 2 I also die cut white card stock with the same 2 backgrounds and ended up with 3 cards.

For this card I used Honey Bee's XOXO stamp set and coordinating wafer die set.

On card number two I used Honey Bee's Kisses stamp set and coordinating Kisses wafer die set.

Card number three uses Honey Bee's Heart stamp set and coordinating Heart wafer dies.

On all three cards I added Studio Katia April Crystals to add some extra bling, and finished off the insides with more die cut hearts:

To see how these cards came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <--------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself! 

If you missed any of my other Valentine 2020 posts you can find them all at the links below!

Glittery Heart Rose Card with One Nuvo Aqua Flow Pen

Happy Friday!!! I had THE craziest time from getting this video-filmed-to-uploaded-to-editied-to-YouTube. Seriously what a week. Anywho - this week's Color Throwdown challenge is another awesome one:

You can check out what the rest of the DT made with these colors HERE <--------click! and there's time to play along if you'd like!

So here's what I made:

I pulled out Simon's Heart Rose stamp and heat embossed it with Inkon3's Strawberry Champagne embossing powder. I then watercolored it with a Blue Velvet Nuvo Aqua Flow pen and added a bunch of sparkle with the Clear Aqua Shimmer pen.

I used the Blue Blossom 6x6 patterned papers - one side of one of the pink pieces (there's little hearts on it) is layered on the card base. I used the other side of one of the same papers to die cut with the Detailed Leaf Cluster wafer die. I used the Bold Thanks wafer die on Tonic's Burnished Rose card stock (it matches SO well with the Strawberry Champagne embossing powder). 

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the You Are Background with Sky Blue ink, and then stamped the Heart Rose using the Blue Velvet Aqua Flow pen to ink it up.

Of course I had to make an envelope to go with! I used Simon's A2 V Flap Envelope wafer die on Tonic's Navy Toile luxury embossed card.

To see how the card and envelope came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <--------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!  

Simon Says Stamp SALE!

YAY!!! Shop Simon Says Stamp <-------- click! and save 18% site wide with the code EGHTN845

 

Honey Bee Stamps Bee Mine Release & Review!

Hello everyone!! Happy first week of FEBRUARY?!?! I'm not gonna lie I am REALLY glad January is over - it was not a good month for me and I'm hoping we can all move on from it LOL!

Since I was sick and then had a ton of catching up to do - I had the footage for this Honey Bee Stamps Bee Mine release waiting for me to edit. Annnddd..... it was all corrupted 😭. Which meant I had to re-film and edit it all. Not the end of the world just frustrating to lose all the time and work. However, I re-filmed it (apologies if it jumps a bit here and there between takes - lol the kids were all over the place during and I'd stop filming to compliment hair styles or run interference, veto snacks etc etc etc etc), finished editing it and here it is:

You can watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <------click!

And you can check out the whole Bee Mine Release HERE <------click!

And I've got links to everything as always here below. I will have projects/videos coming ASAP!!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself! 

First Impression InkOn3 Artelier Inks with Easy CAS Card

Hey everyone! So today's post is literally a first impression/first use of the InkOn3 Atelier inks. These were released a couple of months ago and I was SO excited when Io3 sent them to me. Then I got sick. So they've sat here waiting for me to try them out and so for today's card I did. I'll do more videos and use them in different ways later on - for now it's just a quick first impression:

I heat embossed one of the images from Simon's new Be Kind stamp set using Rangers Liquid Platinum embossing powder. I then watercolored them in using a few of the new Atelier inks (Goddess Green, Bee Sting Yellow, Peacock Blue, My Jam Purple). I used the inks to do a "little" (for me lol) splatter and let it all dry.

So far I am REALLY liking these inks - I talk about them a bit more in the video as well. I'm sure there are already several posts and videos out there with a LOT more info on these than me - thanks to my bout with bronchitis and walking pneumonia I'm way behind.

After everything was dry I stamped Simon's You Are background stamp on top of everything using Simon's Fossil ink. I also stamped a sentiment from the Be Kind set using Versafine Clair ink (today's card while more clean and simple used a lot of different types and brands of ink LOL!).

I used one of the A2 Thin Frames wafer dies on the card front and inlaid a frame die cut from Neenah Desert Storm card stock. I also couldn't resist adding some Studio Katia June Crystals to the card while I was at it.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the You Are background and the leaf image from the Be Kind set with the Fossil ink and the sentiment with Nocturne ink. I pulled a purple envelope out of my stash and inked up the leaf image with the Goddess Green and My Jam Purple Atelier inks and stamped it onto the envelope and that was it!

To see how these cards came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!