Prairie Paper & Ink

Glimmering Hot Foil Peony Watercolored with Distress Oxide Sprays

Hey everyone! I have a couple cards and a video to share with y'all for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

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

Here's what I made:

I used Spellbinders Glimmering Peony Hot Foil plate and foiled it with Polished Brass Glimmer Foil onto Canson XL watercolor paper. I then watercolored the images with Distress Oxide Sprays in Rustic Wilderness, Worn Lipstick and Mustard Seed.

I used the Mini Everyday Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate set for my sentiments and foiled them onto black card stock. For the card fronts I die cut extra layers with the banner die that comes in the set and stacked them together to give it a little dimension.

When I was experimenting with the Glimmering Peony and the watercolor paper I didn't like how I'd positioned it the first couple of times. Since they still foiled perfectly I fussy cut them out and adhered them to the insides of the cards. I finished them off with another sentiment from the Mini Everyday Sentiments set and added some pink envelopes 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!

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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! 

Watercolor & Crackle Texture Background with Distress Oxide Sprays

Hey friends! I have more cards and a video using Distress Oxide Sprays:

These are 3.25 x 6.25" mini slimline cards.

I used Picket Fence Studios Pucker Up stamp set and inked it up with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and heat embossed with Wow's Clear Matt Dull embossing powder onto watercolor paper. I then watercolored the image using Distress Oxide Sprays (specific colors used are listed and linked in the supplies below!).

To create the background I used Picket Fence Studios Slim Line Waves stencil with Crackle Paste over watercolor paper. Once it was dry I sprayed and splattered it with Cracked Pistachio and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Sprays.

The sentiment is MFT's Thank You wafer die and I stacked it with white card stock then inked it up with Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide inks.

I did the same ink blending on some white mini slimline envelopes, and stamped the lemons and sentiments from the Pucker Up set onto the insides of the cards 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! 

Watercoloring with Distress Oxide Sprays & SSS April 2021 Card Kit Unboxing

Happy Easter Weekend everyone!

First off:

Shop at Simon Says Stamp this weekend <------click! and save $7.99 on purchases of $75 or more with the code ESTR75 

*not valid on previous purchases, card kits or card kit subscriptions. Cannot be combined with other codes.

Speaking of card kits - I finally got the April Card Kit (kits get sent to me early by SSS as I design for them). Canada Post had slowed down a LOT - BUT all of a sudden it seems like things are sped up/back to normal-ish as I received multiple things this week (and some way earlier than I was expecting!).

Anywho - the kit:

You can check out the April Kit HERE <-----click! while supplies last and I have links to everything available separately in the supplies at the end of the post.

Here's the card I made:

I heat embossed the large floral cluster from the Friendly Flowers stamp set onto Canson XL watercolor paper using the Cream embossing powder that comes in the kit. I then used a paint brush and several Distress Oxide Sprays to watercolor in the image.

I gold heat embossed the butterfly from the set onto vellum, and used some of the papers from the kit.

On the inside of the card I added part of one of the patterned papers and stamped a sentiment from the Friendly Flowers set with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink. I added the remaining gold embossed vellum butterfly and that was it!

To see the unboxing and how this card 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! 

Oxide Spray Diecuts + Stencil Background Take 3

Hey friends! It's the end of March already?!?! This month just FLEW by it seems.

Anywho - back to my splattery, Oxide Spray etc fun with die cuts. I've done SEVERAL videos using them lately - if you missed the first two of this "mini series" (who knows it may grow into a big series - I really am enjoying the process) you can find them here:

Oxide Spray Diecuts + Stencil Background

Oxide Spray Diecuts + Stencil Background Take 2

And then there's several other posts and videos I've done using sprays:

Oxide Spray Rainbows | Trinity Stamps Slimline Rainbow Builder

Oxide Spray Backgrounds with Piercing Details

Die Cut Leaves with Distress Spray Stains

Distress Oxide Spray Diecuts | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #1

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

OK onto today's card:

I die cut Simon Says Stamp's Bear Hugs wafer die from Canson XL watercolor paper and then I used Walnut Stain and Antique Linen Distress Oxide Sprays to color them. In the close up photo you can see how I added some gloss to their eyes and noses - I used my Sakura Black Glaze Gelly Roll pen for that.

On the background I used my still-favourite Spring Boho Circle Stencil with Crackle Paste, then made an inky, splattery mess using Speckled Egg, Worn Lipstick, Antique Linen and Picket Fence Sprays.

I did the same with the Etched Laurel Leaves die cuts - using Speckled Egg and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Sprays.

On the inside of the card I used the Spring Boho Circle Stencil and some Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. All the sentiments are from the Sassy Mama Sentiment Strips Pack. I applies Speckled Egg Distress Ink directly to them and then added a bit of the Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Spray 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!

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! 

Oxide Spray Rainbows | Trinity Stamps Slimline Rainbow Builder

Hey everyone! More Oxide Spray cards from me lol! I have been having a blast with them lately. If you've missed any of my recent posts using sprays here's some links to them:

Oxide Spray Backgrounds with Piercing Details

Die Cut Leaves with Distress Spray Stains

Oxide Spray Diecuts + Stencil Background Take 2

Oxide Spray Diecuts + Stencil Background

Distress Oxide Spray Diecuts | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #1

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

OK onto today's cards:

These are 3.5 x 8.5" slimline cards.

I used Trinity Stamps Slimline Series Rainbow Builder wafer die set to create these scenes. I die cut the rainbow pieces from Canson Watercolor paper and then sprayed the pieces with Distress Oxide Sprays (specific colors are listed and linked in the supplies below).

I love the splattery looks I got from all the sprays on the rainbow rays. I used the other dies in the Slimline Series Rainbow Builder wafer die set and die cut white card stock with them to finish off my scenes.

The "thankful" die cut is from the Trinity Stamps Scripty Thanks wafer die set and I cut it from black card stock and stacked it with 3 layers to give it dimension. The "for you" sentiment is from the Falling For You stamp set.

I finished off the insides of the cards with more cloud pieces from the Slimline Series Rainbow Builder set and then added a sentiment from the Joyful Heart stamp set. I made coordinating slimline envelopes from some Doodlebug 12x12 patterned paper in my stash and the Trinity Stamps Slimline Series Envelope Builder Die Set and that was it!

To see how these cards and envelopes 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! 

Oxide Spray Backgrounds with Piercing Details

Hello friends! So I've gone RIGHT back to the sprays - I'm always jumping around trying and doing different things when it comes to card making. However my whole little obsession with my Distress Oxide Sprays and Distress Spray Stains as of late is still a thing. I am just really enjoying creating with them.

Before I get to the cards - this was this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

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

Here's what I made:

I used Distress Oxide Sprays in Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet. I first die cut some Canson XL watercolor paper using Simon Says Stamp's Detail Bohemian Plate wafer die, then sprayed them with the Oxide Sprays.

Once they were dry I did a little water splattering and lifting then splattered Perfect Pearl Powder mixed with water.

I used Simon's Paper Hugs wafer die for the main sentiment and stacked it with layers cut from white card stock and then the top layer was die cut from Simon's Holographic card stock.

On the inside and outside of the cards I used sentiments from Simon's Inside Out Thank You Sentiment Strips and that finished them off!

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! 

Distress Ink Rainbow Wreath Cards

 

Hello friends! First off - Simon Says Stamp's All the Feels release is available HERE <------click!

Today's post is part of Day 1 of 2 days of blog hops - I will have links to all the other stops lower in the post and there's also giveaway info at the end!

I also have a coupon code to share with y'all:

Shop at Simon Says Stamp <------click! during the All the Feels release blog hop and get the Love Your Guts die set FREE with a purchase of $25 or more using the code LYGT42 - I used that wafer die set HERE in case you missed it!

OK on to today's cards:

I used the new Painted Flowers Wreath stencil and blended a bunch of Distress Inks (specific colors are listed and linked in the supplies at the end of the post!) over it onto Distress Watercolor paper. I then sprayed it with water, added splatter with some of the inks and once dry, die cut the panels with one of Simon's Basic Rectangles wafer dies.

I used the new XL Greetings 2 set for the main greeting and white heat embossed it onto black card stock then die cut it with the coordinating wafer die. I added a little sentiment strip from the Family Sentiment Strips pack to finish it off.

On the insides of the cards I used the Painted Flowers Wreath Stencil and just blended the one flower, then added another sentiment from the XL Greetings 2 set 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'm the last stop on the hop today - so if you missed any of the others you can find them all here:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Jennifer McGuire

Cathy Zielske

Heather Ruwe

Lisa Addesa

Sidnie Des Jardins

Cheiron Brandon

Barb Engler

Lea Lawson

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

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! 

Now for the GIVEAWAY info!!

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop (thanks Heidi!!) from each blog's comment section (so leaving comments on all the blog posts of the hop increases your chances of winning!). Simon will choose the winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday the 31st of March (3/31). All the winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize.

Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck! ❤️❤️❤️

No Line Watercolor with SSS Thoughtful Flower Stamp

Hey everyone! So Simon Says Stamp's All the Feels Release <--------click! just went live! I have this card and video to share with y'all and stay tuned for more!

This is a mini slimline 3.25 x 6.25" card.

I stamped the new wood mounted Thoughtful Flower stamp onto Arches Cold Press watercolor paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink and watercolored it with my Mijello Mission Gold watercolors.

Once the watercoloring was dry and the splatter was dry I die cut it with one of the Mini Slimline Rectangles wafer dies.

I used the new Large Chevron Pattern stencil on the card base and blended Speckled Egg Distress Ink over it.

On the inside of the card I lightly blended the Speckled Egg Distress ink over the Large Chevron Pattern Stencil, then stamped the Thoughtful Flower in the same ink. For the sentiments I used the new Welcome Spring Sentiment Strips 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!

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! 

Easter Basket Builder Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #4

Hello friends! OK first off, if you've missed any of my previous Easter card posts thus far you can find them all at the links below:

Distress Oxide Spray Diecuts | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #1

Mini Slimline Spring Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #2

Easter Egg Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #3

And now on to today's cards:

I had a lot of requests to create with Honey Bee's Easter Basket Builder set after I showed it in my Spring Bliss Release & Review video. So that's what I did. 

I white heat embossed the basket images onto Neenah Desert Storm card stock and then added some ink blending with Wendy Vecchi Acorn ink (I LOVE the Wendy Vecchi Make Art inks - they blend beautifully and you can watercolor with them and stamp with them and the ink pads stack on top of each other (which is perfect b/c I have no more space for ink pad storage lol). I used the coordinating wafer dies to cut out the pieces and make the basket.

I clear heat embossed the eggs from the Easter Basket Builder set onto white card stock and blended several of the WV inks (specific colors listed in the supplies!) over them before die cutting them with the coordinating wafer dies.

I used the Quatrefoil A2 Coverplate Top wafer die and Quatrefoil A2 Coverplate Base wafer die to create the background from Sea Glass card stock. I LOVE that piercing detail (remember waaaaayyyy back when when we would use metal stencils and add piercing details by hand with a paper piercer? All that work....) on the base wafer die.

I used more of the eggs (and "chocolate" bunny) from the Easter Basket Builder set on the insides of my cards. The sentiments were all white heat embossed on black card stock and are from the Hoppy Easter sentiment set. I die cut the sentiments with the coordinating wafer dies 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! 

Die Cut Leaves with Distress Spray Stains

Hey everyone! So I'm back to playing with sprays. This time mostly my Distress Spray Stains, with just one Distress Oxide Spray thrown in for good measure.

I created some fun spray-ey, splatter-ey backgrounds on Distress Mixed Media Heavystock using several shades of green Distress Spray Stains along with some Speckled Egg goodness.

Once the backgrounds were done I stamped all the leaves from the Trinity Stamps Autumn Rainbow set onto them with Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink and heat embossed them with the coordinating Distress Embossing Glaze. I then die cut them all with the coordinating Autumn Rainbow wafer die set.

I die cut some white card stock using one of Trinity's Modern Embossed Rectangle Stack wafer dies - it's subtle but the dies cut and also emboss a thin line close to the cut line. I just love that little "extra". I then used one of the Trinity Stamps A-2 Foundations Rectangle stencils to mask off the perimeter and blended Speckled Egg and Crushed Olive Distress Inks over it.

I finished off the inside of the card with the remaining stamped and die cut leaves 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!

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!