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SSS Beautiful Flowers 2 Take 3 | Thinking of You Blues

Happy weekend everyone! I'm back with another card for last week's Color Throwdown Challenge - if you missed my previous card for it you can find it here:

C9 Monster Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #11

So after making that one I still couldn't get this color combo out of my head - plus I REALLY wanted to use the jewels I had pulled out and decided against using on the previous card LOL!

To go with the jewels I pulled out one of my favorite sets - Simon Says Stamp's Beautiful Flowers 2:

I white heat embossed the flower stamp onto water-colour paper then used my Prima Classics water-colours and did some messy watercoloring of the images.

I used Simon's Thinking of You wafer dies for the sentiment and added a small sentiment from the Beautiful Flowers 2 stamp set. And of course used a bunch of the Deep Pool and Blueberry jewels from Little Things by Lucy's Cards.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the large floral image with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink and then white heat embossed a sentiment from the So Loved stamp set and that was it!

To see how my 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! 

HoneyBee Piece of Cake Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #12

Hello everyone!! I have a combination Valentines/Birthday post for y'all today - using one stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps. Their new Piece of Cake stamp set and dies are fabulous and I couldn't make up my mind which images to use so I used almost all of them and made 2 cards, one birthday-themed and the other more Valentine/love-themed. 

If you've missed any of my previous Valentine posts from this years series you can find them all here:

C9 Monster Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #11

Easy MFT Nugget Treat Tags | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #10

Hey Dude | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #9

Always & Forever | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #8

Flat Shaker Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #7

Waffle Flower Group Hug | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #6

Big Picture Book Animal Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #5

You're So Stinkin' Cute Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #4

So Pun Friends Sloth Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #3

Thinking of You | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #2

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

OK on to the cards!

I clear heat embossed the images onto watercolor paper after stamping them with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I then used Prima's Pastel Dreams watercolor set to color them all in, and once dry added highlights and texture with a white gel pen. I used the coordinating Honey Cuts dies to die cut all the images, and most are adhered to the cards with foam tape.

For the backgrounds I die cut white card stock with the Scallop A2 Honey Cuts dies and masked off the outer perimeter of them. I sponged on some light pink dye inks and then used Tonic's Moonstone Glimmer Paste over the smallest dots in the Honey Bee Polka Dots Background Stencil pack.

On the inside of the cards I used a combination of heat embossed, die cut and stamped sentiments. I had more of the stamped and coloured images left over so I added those to the insides to finish them off!

To see how my 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! 

C9 Monster Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #11

Happy Friday!! I've been scrambling all week trying to make something for this week's Color Throwdown challenge - this was one of "those" times where things just weren't working out. However I left it (more than once) and came back to it and ended up making a card I was happy with!

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

Here's what I made:

I pulled out Concord & 9th's Monster Love stamp set and coordinating dies to make my card. I've been wanting to use these for a while now and thought they'd be fun for a Valentine-themed card!

I stamped the images onto gray card stock with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and coloured them in with color pencils (I used Polychromos but really any color pencil brand will work) before die cutting and assembling.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the smaller monster and the "waving" arms with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink and the sentiment with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink. I finished it off with another sentiment from the Monster Love set and that was it!

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

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

If you missed any of my previous Valentine's 2019 posts you can find them all here:

Easy MFT Nugget Treat Tags | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #10

Hey Dude | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #9

Always & Forever | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #8

Flat Shaker Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #7

Waffle Flower Group Hug | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #6

Big Picture Book Animal Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #5

You're So Stinkin' Cute Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #4

So Pun Friends Sloth Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #3

Thinking of You | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #2

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

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! 

Nail Polish Bottle Shaker Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hey everyone!! I made this card a couple weeks ago to send with my Season's Givings prize - and finally got a chance to edit and upload it all for here:

I made a bunch of nail polish bottle shaped cards in the Season's Givings post - and decided to make a card using the dies and turning it into a shaker.

I created a background on the card base using Honey Bee's Polka Dots Background stencils - sponging Milled Lavender Distress ink over one stencil, and applying Moonstone Glimmer paste over another of the stencils.

I created a shaker using the Nail Polish Bottle wafer dies, filling the shaker with Studio Katia Petals in Lavender and Magnolia and Flower Chunky Confetti Glitter. I used Tim Holtz Ideaology Metallic Confections and Metallic Jewels card stock for the "polish" and the lid as well as for the "YOU" die cut.

I finished off the inside of the card with sentiments from the Friends Like You stamp set 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! 

Easy MFT Nugget Treat Tags | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #10

Hello everyone! I'm back with another video for my 2019 Valentine series - if you missed any of the previous ones so far you can find them all here:

Hey Dude | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #9

Always & Forever | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #8

Flat Shaker Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #7

Waffle Flower Group Hug | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #6

Big Picture Book Animal Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #5

You're So Stinkin' Cute Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #4

So Pun Friends Sloth Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #3

Thinking of You | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #2

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

SO, over the weekend I pulled out all the cute Die-namics and patterned paper and Hershey's nuggets to make some fun little Valentine tags:

These came together so quick and easy! I used My Favorite Things Treat Tags Die-namics for the bases and toppers, and the Nugget Label Window & Frame Die-namics to cut the windows for the nugget pouches and frames.

The Nugget Trio Shaker Pouches are perfect - sized for three Hershey's nuggets and there's grooves in the pouch to keep them in place. I wrapped the nuggets with MFT's Sweet Stack patterned papers - there's a little rectangle die in the Nugget Label Window & Frame Die-namics that cuts the perfect sized label for the nuggets.

I mention it in the video but I'll post it here too. MFT sent me the Hershey's nuggets (along with the Die-namics etc) as they're REALLY hard to find in Canada! Some of the "flavour" (caramel etc) ones can be found here but the regular milk chocolate Hershey's nuggets are almost impossible to find it seems. I've heard people say they've found them at WalMart and Shoppers Drug Mart in the Valentine candy sections - and if I see them I'll let y'all know! And if any of my Canadian peeps find 'em be sure to share where! I looked on Amazon and the price (and the shipping charges! 😱😳) to Canada for them is insane. LOL I'm hoarding my pack of them - I used them for this project and the extras I literally hid as Chris was eyeing them up and I love them too but I want to keep some for future projects!! So funny I'm at war with my chocolate sweet tooth and doing things like this for work lolol!

Anywho - I sandwiched the nuggets and pouches between 2 of the Treat Tags - the back one I die cut with the perforated die from the Nugget Label W & F Die-namics. I stamped the backs of all of them with sentiments and a heart from the Sweet Celebrations stamp set and that was it!

To see how these 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! 

Hey Dude | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #9

Hello everyone!! I am late for this week's Color Throwdown challenge - honestly it stumped me a bit:

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

So like I said - I was a bit stumped. I've been very much living for the more "spring/valentine/etc" combos I've been using lately and this one took me a bit longer to figure out what I wanted to created. Funny enough once I came up with this card I have so many ideas for more cards using just black, brown and white lol!

Here's what I created:

I decided to use these colors and still make a Valentine's Day card using Simon Says Stamp's Picture Book Labrador wafer die and Windows to My Heart wafer die. I paired them with CZ Designs Dude wafer die and the CZ Design Simple Sentiments 2 stamp set along with a stamp from the Punny Animals sets (one of my go-to sets now to use with the Picture Book wafer dies).

I added my Gelly Roll Black Glaze pen to the puppy's eyes and nose - it gives it the perfect raised glossy black - subtle but just the right touch IMO!

I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from the Love Messages stamp set, and added a heat embossed one from the CZ Simple Sentiments 2 set 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 my other posts in my 2019 Valentine Series you can find them all at the links below!

Always & Forever | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #8

Flat Shaker Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #7

Waffle Flower Group Hug | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #6

Big Picture Book Animal Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #5

You're So Stinkin' Cute Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #4

So Pun Friends Sloth Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #3

Thinking of You | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #2

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

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! 

Sale!!

For those that don't follow me on my Social Media (Facebook, Instagram or Twitter) I posted that Simon Says Stamp loaded up their Steals & Deals category with a bunch of goodies at amazing prices!!

Click HERE <-------click! to shop!! Only while supplies last and these sales tend to go quickly!

Always & Forever | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #8

Hello everyone!! I'm back again this morning with my SECOND blog hop (a very busy day today for me lol!) - this time for Day 1 to celebrate Simon Says Stamp's You Are Loved Release!

I already did a Release & Review video on this release here - you can check it out at the link below if you missed it!

Simon Says Stamp You Are Loved Release & Review!

As part of the hop there's a special offer code - use the code LVE584 which will give you a free Tim Holtz Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink Pad (while supplies last!) with any purchase. This code will expire Sunday, 1/13 at 11:59 pm EST.

Also debuting today is a BRAND NEW set of watercolor prints from Suzy called Simon Says Stamp Suzy's SENDING LOVE Watercolor Prints <-------click to check them out!!

As this is a blog hop I'll have links below to the other designers in the hop, PLUS there will be Day 2 of hopping tomorrow AND there are GIVEAWAYS on both days! More info on that at the end of my post.

I used the new Always & Forever stamp set and coordinating dies to create my cards - one as an anniversary card and one as more of a Valentine's Day card.

I created the watercolor backgrounds on Bee Watercolor paper using my Prima Pastel Dreams watercolor set. I also used the watercolors to color in the lightbulbs:

I added Yellow Wink of Stella to the bulbs and Crystal Glaze to the heart enters. 

For the second card I used the new Flourish Background on Simon's Surf Blue card stock and then featured my favorite sentiment from the Always and Forever set on the watercolor panel.

I finished the insides of the cards with more sentiments from the Always and Forever stamp 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!

Next stop on the hop is Lisa's blog!! <-------click!

And if you missed any of the stops you can find them all here:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Nichol Spohr

Nina-Marie Trapani

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Lisa Addesa

Heather Hoffman

Marge Yoon

Anna Kossakovskaya

Karin Åkesdotter

Bibi Cameron

Barb Engler

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

 

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 (01/16). All the winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize.

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

Flat Shaker Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #7

Hello everyone! I'm super excited to be hopping along with a bunch of other super fabulous, talented designers as part of several days of inspiration for Pretty Pink Posh's January release AND their 5th Birthday Celebration!

SO - if you haven't seen all their new stamps, dies and bling - you can check out the release HERE as well as at the links below!

I'll also have links to all the other stops on the hop as well as giveaway info lower down in the post!

I ended up making 3 cards and a video using some of the newly-released products as well as a few PPP oldie-but-goodies:

Not only did I made 3 cards, but they're all shaker cards AND they're all FLAT shaker cards - fun right?

Oh and did I mention they're all die cut through the card front so it's also a window to the inside? It was an extra bit of figuring out to pull that off with these but once I made one card the other 2 came together pretty easily and having them as shakers AND windows just adds some fun to otherwise clean and simple cards!

Just a shot of the backs/inside of the card fronts so that y'all can see what I mean! 

I finished off the insides of the cards with sentiments from Pretty Pink Posh's Simple Sayings: Life and Love Sentiments sets and that was it!

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

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

Next stop on the hop is Suzy Plantamura's blog <--------click!

If you missed any of the stops here are links to all of them - plus this is day 2 of hops. Day 1 was yesterday and there will be another line up of inspiration tomorrow!

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Laura Bassen
Eloise Blue
Melody Rupple
Nicky Meek
Cathy Zielske
Dana Kirby

Amy Rysavy
Suzy Plantamura
Wanda Guess

 

 

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!!

 

Pretty Pink Posh is giving away 3 $25 gift certificates to random comments left on the different stops every day! That’s right, we’re giving away a total of NINE $25 gift certificates over the three days! Comments must be left before January 17th at 11:59 PM PST. Paulina will be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return to the Pretty Pink Posh blog to see if you are one of the winners!

Cheers Shaker Card & Wine Tag

Hello everyone!! OK first off - My Favorite Things January release went live this morning and IT. IS. FABULOUS. All of it is so right up my alley - I literally don't know what to use first! You can check out the entire release HERE <---------click! and I have links to it all below:

 

OK - now on to today's card and video. It's using LAST month's release (plus some oldie-but-goodies too) since I am playing catch up plus I literally had a bottle of wine picked out to coordinate with all of it LOL!

See what I mean? Loooovvveee. I literally went through my stash to find a color that went with the wine - which turned out to be more difficult (even with the amount of stuff *I* own lol!) than I originally thought. I settled on Lawn Fawn Guava ink which was unexpected but was the right color to "go" with the wine.

I was so excited to see MFT release the Wine Glass Shaker Window & Frame Die-namics and all the coordinating stamps and Mondo Cheers Die-namics. I had the Wine Tag and smaller Cheers Die-namics already as those were released last year (or the year before I think? I can't remember now - they're still available tho) and of course they all pair up perfectly.

I used MFT's Snowfall Background stamp and stamped it upside down on the card front and clear heat embossed it. I then used the LF Guava ink and my Picket Fence Life Changing Blender Brush to apply the ink and the clear embossing resisted it (I was going for "bubbles" - even tho it's regular wine my favorite is sparkling - plus I thought it looked cute!).

I did the same technique on the wine tag, and on the inside of the card I clear heat embossed a sentiment from the Good Time to Wine stamp set. I then applied the Guava ink and that was it!

To see how this card and tag 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!