Prairie Paper & Ink

Easy Distress Ink Watercolor | SSS Lavender Garden

Hey everyone!! First off - if you missed my earlier post you can find that here:

Peony Bundle 3D Embossing Folder with Metallic Accents

Second - Simon Says Stamp's Hello Beautiful Release is now available:

So much fun! You can check out the entire release HERE <------click! 

Third - I'm the host of this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!

You can check out the challenge and see what the rest of the design team created with these colors HERE <-------click! and I'd love if you played along!

Here's what I made:

I clear heat embossed images from the new Lavender Garden set that I'd stamped onto Distress Watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I watercolored them all in with Distress inks (and am LOVING how the watering can turned out! It was just a whim while colouring to combine the colors and it WORKED so well), and then die cut them all out with the coordinating wafer die set.

I was so happy with how the watering can turned out that I combined the Peacock Feathers and Rusty Hinge Distress inks on the background as well. I blended the Rusty Hinge Distress Ink over the new Spring Boho Circle Stencil on a background lightly blended with the Peacock Feathers Distress ink. LOVE. Of course I added a ton of splatter with Perfect Pearls powder as well as Picket Fence Distress Paint.

On the inside of the card I blended the Rusty Hinge ink over the Spring Boho Circle Stencil again and then added a sentiment from the Lavender Garden set. I paired the card with a Metallic Cotton Candy envelope 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!!

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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! 

Peony Bundle 3D Embossing Folder with Metallic Accents

Hey everyone! I never got a chance to edit and post this video last week (thanks to a massive migraine - it's gone now and thankfully I don't get them that often but when I do......UGH) - but it's done now!

This was for last week's Color Throwdown Challenge HERE <------click! which was pale pink, sage green and gold. I had this idea for these cards brewing and while I had THE hardest time getting photos to do them justice here they are lol!

These are 5 x 6.25" cards.

I used Simon Says Stamp's Peony Bundle 3D Embossing Folder on heavyweight white card stock. I then LIGHTLY brushed the raised edges with Spun Sugar and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide inks. The gold accents were made with Cosmic Shimmer Gold Treasure Gilding Polish. I brushed that on to the flower centres and "berries".

I die cut the Painted Thanks wafer die and stacked it in 3 layers, then used the Gilding Polish on that as well. You can see in the video how reflective it is - I am going to have to play more with it!

On the card bases I used Black Soot Distress Ink over Simon's Diagonal Stripe stencil.

On the insides of the cards I stamped sentiments from the Say It All Friend stamp set using Delicata Golden Glitz and Versafine Clair Nocturne inks 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Honey Bee Stamps Spring Bliss Release & Review! | February 2021

Hey friends!! First off - if you missed my late-night post:

Shop Simon Says Stamp <------click! and save 19% store wide* with the code 19YRS21

*some exclusions apply

Woot woot! That said - Honey Bee Stamps new Spring Bliss release is now available and I filmed a Release & Review video to share it all with you guys:

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

And here are the links to everything!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

BIG Site-Wide SALE!!

Shop Simon Says Stamp <------click! and save 19% store wide* with the code 19YRS21

*some exclusions apply

Studio Light Missees by Karin Joan Haul + Easy Fun Slimline Cards!

Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay since the last video - it's generally chaos here plus I got deep into making several cards and ended up with a nearly 30 min long video to share with y'all LOL!

A couple of weeks ago I spied a new (to me) brand in the Simon Says Stamp store - Studio Light. I especially loved the looks of the "Missees" products by Karin Joan. So I ordered them all. They got here and I tore into the package, filmed the haul video for y'all and then made a bunch of cards using some of the stamps and dies and papers and bling:

All these cards are 3.5 x 8.5" slimline cards.

I had SO MUCH FUN making these cards. I used the Betty, Tasha and Carol Missees Stamps and Die sets to make all the characters. I die cut a ton of bodies/faces using all sorts of neutral card stocks in my stash. I mention in the video though how fun it would be to die cut everything from either white card stock or watercolor paper - and then use Copics/inks/markers to then get whatever skin tones you want and add contouring and highlights etc etc. You could REALLY personalize these - the sky is the limit. 

I kept all mine "simple" lol. I stuck with cardstock, stamped the facial features with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and then filled in the eye areas and added highlights with my white gel pen. 

I used patterned paper from the packs I bought (everything is linked below!) and coordinated some solid-colours of card stock from my stash to go with and then just went to town making all these into slimline cards.

I gold heat embossed sentiments from the MISSEES 8 and MISSEES 9 stamp sets for the outside and inside of the cards. To die cut those sentiments plus the elements for the insides I used the MISSEES 1 wafer die set. I of course added a whole bunch of bling to all of the cards (links below!) and that was it!

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

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

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Playing with Distress Oxide Sprays & Inks | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #17

Happy Valentine's Day again! LOL! I had some time to just *play* today (that never happens anymore it seems especially as I do this for a job) and I have been wanting to use some of these stamps and dies for WEEKS now - so that's what I did. Since I really love this week's Color Throwdown Challenge I went with those colors again too:

I heavily sprayed water onto some pieces of Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper and then sprayed them with Kitsch Flamingo and Candied Apple Distress Oxide Sprays. After I dried and flattened out the pieces I stencilled on some embossing paste over Honey Bee's Whimsical Hearts stencil and let them dry.

I stamped the lips image from the mini S.W.A.K set from Honey Bee onto white card stock using Kitsch Flamingo and Candied Apple Distress Oxide inks, and clear heat embossed them before die cutting with the coordinating wafer die.

I die cut white, pink and black card stock using the Smooch wafer die set, stacked them together and added white heat embossed sentiments from the Smooch stamp set.

I stamped the lips from the S.W.A.K. set with the Candied Apple and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide inks onto the inside of the card (the red shows up a little better in real life - my camera and myself are not good at taking pics more than half the time 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️). I white heat embossed more sentiments from the Smooch stamp set and added those 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!

If you missed any of the previous posts in my Valentine Series so far you can find them all at the links below!

SSS Botanical Heart Take 3 | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #16

Heat Embossing on Yupo Paper | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #15

Hello Friend Card | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #14

Easy Watercolor with Distress Oxide Sprays | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #13

1 Background 2 Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #12

Forest Scenery Mini Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #11

Trinity Stamps Jan '21 Release & Review + 2 Cards! | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #10

AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #9 | SSS Beautiful Flowers Take 15

Love You S'More Mini Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #8

SSS February 2021 Card Kit Unboxing + Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #7

Love Your Guts Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #6

Multiple Backgrounds with Alcohol Lift Ink | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #5

SSS Botanical Heart Take 2 | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #4

Layered Hearts & Picture Book Moose | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #3

Love You Bunches Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #2

Easy Diecut Slimline Cards with Doodlebug Papers | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #1

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

SSS March 2021 Card Kit Unboxing + A Card! | Watercolor with Distress Markers

Hello everyone! Happy Valentine's Day!!

Simon Says Stamp's March Card Kit just went live! You can check out the kit HERE <-------click! plus I'll have links to everything below!

I stamped the window with shutters image from the Spring Windows stamp set onto watercolor paper using Versafine Clair Morning Mist ink and heat embossed it with Wow's Clear Matt Dull embossing powder. I then used the Distress Markers that came in the kit along with a few from my stash to watercolor the image.

On the background I stamped the brick images from the Spring Windows set and heat embossed them with the same Wow Clear Matt Dull embossing powder. I blended on some Spun Sugar Distress Ink, then stamped the speckled image from the Spring Windows set with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink.

On the inside of the card I stamped the window image with the Morning Mist ink. The sentiment from the Spring Windows set was stamped using Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink as was the one on the front. I paired the card with the Metallic Sea Glass Envelope that comes in the kit and that was it!

To see my unboxing of the kit and how I made this card check out my video below:

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

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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 Made with Love Haul!

Hey friends! So of course I had to order as much of the Doodlebug Made with Love collection as humanely possible. It showed up and I filmed a haul video to show what it all looks like!

You can check out all things Doodlebug HERE <-------click! and the coupon code LVEYU842 should get you an additional $5 off!!

Also - some items still on for DEEP discounts (no code needed on those) HERE <-----click!

Lastly - COPIC sale:

Shop all things Copic HERE <------click! and save 25% with the code HUE247

OK on to my video:

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

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

SSS Botanical Heart Take 3 | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #16

Hey everyone! This week's Color Throwdown Challenge went live yesterday:

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

Here's what I made:

I gold heat embossed the faceted heart image from Simon Says Stamp's Botanical Heart stamp set onto some Distress watercolor paper. I then coloured it in using Candied Apple Distress Ink and a detail water brush. I then did some ink smooshing onto scraps of the same Distress watercolor paper using the Candied Apple Distress Ink, and the new Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink. Once those were dry I die cut smaller hearts from the pieces using dies from the Botanical Heart coordinating wafer die set.

I die cut the thanks word from Simon's Small Script Trio wafer die set using black card stock and stacked 3 together to give it the dimension I like. I then gold heat embossed one of the sentiments from the Botanical Heart stamp set onto white card stock and ink blended the Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink over it to make it match.

On the inside of the card I stamped another sentiment from the Botanical Heart stamp set and added a trio of the ink smooshed hearts die cut with the Botanical Heart wafer dies. I added a Metallic Schoolhouse Red envelope to finish it off 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!

If you missed any of the previous posts in my Valentine Series so far you can find them all at the links below!

Heat Embossing on Yupo Paper | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #15

Hello Friend Card | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #14

Easy Watercolor with Distress Oxide Sprays | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #13

1 Background 2 Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #12

Forest Scenery Mini Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #11

Trinity Stamps Jan '21 Release & Review + 2 Cards! | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #10

AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #9 | SSS Beautiful Flowers Take 15

Love You S'More Mini Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #8

SSS February 2021 Card Kit Unboxing + Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #7

Love Your Guts Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #6

Multiple Backgrounds with Alcohol Lift Ink | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #5

SSS Botanical Heart Take 2 | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #4

Layered Hearts & Picture Book Moose | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #3

Love You Bunches Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #2

Easy Diecut Slimline Cards with Doodlebug Papers | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #1

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Heat Embossing on Yupo Paper | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #15

Hey everyone! First off:

You can shop Simon's Steals & Deals HERE <--------click! while supplies last!! Also the code LVEYU842 should get you an additional $5 off!!

Next, I was SUPER inspired by one of the cards that Nina Marie Trapani posted recently. I loved the background she created and I couldn't get it out of my head so I went about creating something similar. I really LOVED the pink and purple alcohol ink backgrounds she made but decided to go with completely different color schemes to see how they'd look:

I used Ranger's Mint and Green Spectrum alcohol ink set and the Teal and Blue Spectrum set along with Silver Mixative and Gold Mixative (all the links are also posted in the supplies at the end of this post). I created 2 backgrounds using those sets on Yupo White Heavystock, then cut them in half to get 2 card fronts from each background.

I heat embossed Simon Says Stamp's XOXO Background onto the alcohol inked backgrounds using silver and gold embossing powders. I then added some splatter with Picket Fence Distress Paint and adhered the backgrounds to white card bases using Simon's Big Momma foam tape.

The "love you" die cut is from the Botanical Heart wafer die set. I popped that onto all the cards and added a stamped sentiment from the Tiny Words set that I die cut with one of the Sentiment Labels wafer dies.

I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the XOXO background using Dusty Sage and Audrey Blue inks 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!

If you missed any of the previous posts in my Valentine Series so far you can find them all at the links below!

Hello Friend Card | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #14

Easy Watercolor with Distress Oxide Sprays | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #13

1 Background 2 Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #12

Forest Scenery Mini Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #11

Trinity Stamps Jan '21 Release & Review + 2 Cards! | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #10

AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #9 | SSS Beautiful Flowers Take 15

Love You S'More Mini Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #8

SSS February 2021 Card Kit Unboxing + Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #7

Love Your Guts Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #6

Multiple Backgrounds with Alcohol Lift Ink | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #5

SSS Botanical Heart Take 2 | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #4

Layered Hearts & Picture Book Moose | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #3

Love You Bunches Cards | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #2

Easy Diecut Slimline Cards with Doodlebug Papers | AmyR 2021 Valentine's Card Series #1

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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!