Prairie Paper & Ink

Spooky Distress Spray Stain Backgrounds Take 2 | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #12

Hello everyone!! SO - if you missed this previous post when I did the same technique you can check that out here:

Spooky Distress Spray Stain Backgrounds | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #7

As well make sure to check out Stacy's blog post HERE <-----click! as I was totally inspired by her cards and technique when I made mine!!

After I made those other spooky background cards I kept mulling over how to make that work with Simon's Spooky Silhouette Background stamp. I'd already made a card with that stamp HERE but I wanted to make more - so I did:

I used 2 different colors of Distress Spray Stain for each card - Milled Lavender and Seedless Preserves for the card on the left and Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin for the card on the right. On both backgrounds I also added Black Soot Distress Spray Stain and Black Soot Distress Oxide Spray.

I stamped the Spooky Silhouette Background and heat embossed it with Tonic's Glitter Noir embossing powder onto both backgrounds. I used that same embossing powder to coat black card stock that I then die cut with CZ Design's Trick or Treat wafer die.

The little sentiment strips are from Simon's Sentiment Strips Halloween - I cut them out and then inked them up with the same Distress Spray Stains to give them some color.

Of course I added some bling too lol - Studio Katia Iridescent stars and then coordinating colors of jewels from Little Things by Lucy's Cards.

I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the Spooky Silhouette Background with coordinating colors of Distress Oxide inks. I then stamped sentiments from the Handlettered Halloween 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!

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 the other Halloween videos I've posted so far you can find them all here:

Happy HOLLAween with Distress Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #1

Hey Pumpkin | Copic Coloring | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #2

Honey Bee Halloween House Builder | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #3

CZ Design My Zombie Boo Quick and Easy Card | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #4

Stencils & Splatters with Paper Smooches and Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #5

Studio Katia Spooky Pumpkins Trimmings | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #6

3 Halloween Cards 1 Kit | SSS Stamptember Spook Up Some Fun LE Kit

Spooky Distress Spray Stain Backgrounds | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #7

Easy No Coloring with MFT Spooktacular Friends | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #8

8 Doodlebug Halloween Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #9

Glow in the Dark Halloween Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #10

Halloween Pumpkin Bouquet Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #11

Simon Says Stamp November 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Woodland Whimsy Card Kit

OK back with post and video #2 for today! Before I get to the card kit I have an announcement (I mention it in the unboxing video so I'll post it here too!).

For those that don't follow my Instagram or Facebook page - Chris asked me to marry him a couple of days before my birthday and I said yes! We're all super happy and the kids are excited and everything is great ❤️❤️❤️. I don't share much personal stuff on my blog/social media and haven't for a long time (no more Life Update videos etc) for a plethora of reasons. However this is something that I am more than happy to share plus y'all will be seeing this ring in all my future videos (except for a couple that were filmed before that I haven't had time to edit and upload yet) 😉.

Now on to the unboxing lol!

Simon Says Stamp's November card kit JUST arrived today so I quickly got to filming the unboxing video to share with y'all and then I'll post cards using it ASAP!

You can 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 Honey Bee Home Essentials Easel Cards

Hey everyone!! It's been a minute (AKA like a week lol) since I last posted/uploaded. Lots going on, also a LOT of construction (and they like playing music which means I can't do voiceovers b/c if any of that picks up in my videos I lose all revenue from the YouTube ads - it's a pain but with 5 kids I optimize videos as much as possible!). Anywho I'm hoping to get back to posting more ASAP!!

That said - Honey Bee had an AMAZING holiday release - you can check it out HERE <-------click!

I'll be doing a Release & Review video on it - just waiting for all the noise to stop lol!!

However I did get a chance to make and film these cards using one of the new paper packs and the previously released House Builder Honey Cuts dies - which if you missed my Halloween version of those you can find that HERE.

So Honey Bee released the new Home Essentials patterned paper pack. These papers were designed to go with Honey Bee's House Builder Honey Cuts dies and are different from Honey Bee's other patterned paper packs in that they have a satin finish and more realistic look to them.

I die cut the Home Essentials patterned papers as well as various card stock with the House Builder Honey Cuts dies and assembled just the "front" of each house. There is a hinge wafer die in the set that enables you to make a house-shaped card from it but I had other plans.

I created 2 easel cards from A2 card bases and adhered each house to the base and added more of the Home Essentials patterned papers to the "inside" of the card which finish off the scene when the cards are propped open.

Aren't these FUN?!?! The new patterned papers give a totally different look to the die cuts - I only made these two cards but I could have made sooooo many more.

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! 

Halloween Pumpkin Bouquet Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #11

Hello hello everyone! So for once lately I'm ALMOST on time with this week's Color Throwdown Challenge 🤪👻:

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

I was really inspired by the graphic for this week and went about creating something inspired by it:

I combined Honey Bee Stamps Fall Bouquets wafer die set with the Haunted House Builder Add-on wafer die set to make these spooky Halloween bouquets. Other than the sentiments (which are from the Faboolous Sentiments set) these cards are made entirely from die-cuts!

I pressed the die cut pumpkin base/vase into clear embossing ink and heat embossed it with Ranger's Lavender Speckle Embossing powder to get that purple, speckly texture. The flower die cuts were all inked with Simon Says Stamp's Wisteria dye ink and a Studio Katia blending brush. I then tucked in some ghosts and trees and bats from the Haunted House Builder Add-on set.

I used the just-released Stained Glass Coverplate wafer die on my card bases - I LOVE how it looks die cut from white card stock on a light grey card base!

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping more sentiments from the Faboolous Sentiments 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 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 the other Halloween videos I've posted so far you can find them all here:

Happy HOLLAween with Distress Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #1

Hey Pumpkin | Copic Coloring | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #2

Honey Bee Halloween House Builder | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #3

CZ Design My Zombie Boo Quick and Easy Card | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #4

Stencils & Splatters with Paper Smooches and Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #5

Studio Katia Spooky Pumpkins Trimmings | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #6

3 Halloween Cards 1 Kit | SSS Stamptember Spook Up Some Fun LE Kit

Spooky Distress Spray Stain Backgrounds | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #7

Easy No Coloring with MFT Spooktacular Friends | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #8

8 Doodlebug Halloween Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #9

Glow in the Dark Halloween Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #10

SSS Outline Christmas Bulbs | Nuvo Aqua Flow Pens

Hey everyone! So after the last couple Release & Review videos:

Tonic Nuvo Blue Blossom Release & Review

and

Simon Says Stamp Cheer and Joy Release & Review!

I was itching to try out some new products and ideas started spinning and I ended up making this card:

I silver heat embossed Simon Says Stamp's Outline Christmas Background onto Distress watercolor card stock. I then watered down some Nuvo Black Ash Embellishment Mousse and painted the background portion of the image.

For all the lightbulbs I used the new Nuvo Blue Blossom Aqua Flow pens - painting the color on directly from the Aqua Flow pen and then moving it around with my waterbrush.

I coated all the bulbs with the clear Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer pen, and also added splatter with Tonic's Pink Carnation and Midnight Horizon Mica Mists.

I used the new Joyful Frame wafer die for my sentiment and die cut it from Silver Screen Glitter Card and some navy card stock. 

I finished off the inside of the card by silver heat embossing a sentiment from the Holiday Greetings Mix 1 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! 

Tonic Nuvo Blue Blossom Release & Review

Hey everyone!! So I FINALLY got my hands on most of the Tonic Nuvo Blue Blossom collection - I have everything but the paper products to share with y'all (along with a bunch of random tips and whatnot):

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

And here are the links to everything I showed as well as to the paper products in this collection!!

Also you can download the newer Nuvo Alcohol Marker Chart HERE <-----click! I just printed mine onto Tonic's Smooth White card stock with an ink jet printer and it was good to go.

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! 

Glow in the Dark Halloween Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #10

Happy Weekend everyone! And Happy Thanksgiving weekend to my fellow Canadian peeps! 

So I had some more fun with glow in the dark embossing powder again (because it IS fun - and easy lol!) - this time creating with Honey Bee Stamp's The Name's Jack wafer dies:

Aren't these fun? I die cut the pumpkins and ghosts using The Name's Jack Honey Cuts dies, then added some Oxide inks to the pumpkins with Honey Bee's Detail Blender Brushes. The ghost die cuts were then pressed into clear embossing ink and covered with Glow In The Dark embossing powder.

I also coated black card stock with the ink and GITD EP to make all the jack'o'lanterns glow as well. The "glow" isn't as strong over black card stock as it is on white - you could possibly do more layers with the embossing powder but honestly I'm more than OK with it.

For the galaxy background all I did was die cut one of the patterned papers from the Harvest Festival 6x6 pack using the largest Deckle Edge A2 Honey Cuts Dies. I also die cut black and Tonic Black Sapphire glitter card stocks with the Bee Bold Alphabet Honey Cuts and stacked them together to give them dimension.

The insides of both cards were finished off with the remaining strips of the patterned paper and another ghost and pumpkin and that was it!

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

You can also 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 the other Halloween videos I've posted so far you can find them all here:

Happy HOLLAween with Distress Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #1

Hey Pumpkin | Copic Coloring | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #2

Honey Bee Halloween House Builder | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #3

CZ Design My Zombie Boo Quick and Easy Card | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #4

Stencils & Splatters with Paper Smooches and Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #5

Studio Katia Spooky Pumpkins Trimmings | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #6

3 Halloween Cards 1 Kit | SSS Stamptember Spook Up Some Fun LE Kit

Spooky Distress Spray Stain Backgrounds | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #7

Easy No Coloring with MFT Spooktacular Friends | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #8

8 Doodlebug Halloween Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #9

Easy Heat Embossed Christmas Cards | SSS Pinecone Background

Happy Friday everyone!!!

If you missed my Release & Review video for Simon's Cheer & Joy Release you can find that here:

Simon Says Stamp Cheer and Joy Release & Review!

As well as another card I made using a different wafer die from this release here:

Picture Book Caramel Apple Card

SO - today's post is part of Day 1 of 2 days of blog hops to celebrate this release! If you didn't get here from Nina-Marie's blog you can start at the beginning HERE and I'll have a list of all the stops further down in my post. There's also GIVEAWAY info at the end!

You can shop the entire Cheer and Joy release HERE <------click! and while supplies last you can get an exclusive Post Office Box Pin FREE with any purchase* with the code HPYML9

*cannot be combined with other codes, one per purchase, not valid on previous purchases, code expires on 10/13/19 

Also there's the code PURF9 that can get you $5 off your order of $5 or more ;)

OK on to my cards:

I made multiple Christmas cards using the new Pinecone Background stamp and a sentiment from the new Holiday Greetings Mix 1 stamp set. I used 3 different colors of card stock and 2 different embossing powders as I wanted to see how the background stamp would look on the different colors with different embossing powders lol!

I used Simon's Gold embossing powder and Simon's Detail Clear embossing powder - both looked fabulous with this background IMO! Of course I added splatter to all the cards, and a little bit of bling via Simon's Stay Gold Confetti.

I finished off the insides of all the cards with a large sentiment stamp from the Inside Christmas Greetings set that I stamped with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves ink 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's blog! <-----click!

If you missed any of the stops today (and don't forget to check in to the Simon blog tomorrow for day 2!) you can find them all here:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Jennifer McGuire

Cathy Zielske

Nina-Marie Trapani

Amy Rysavy

Suzy Plantamura

Lisa Addesa

Heather Ruwe

Gayatri Murali

Karin Åkesdotter

Barb Engler

Crystal Thompson

Marge Yoon

Lea Lawson

Betty Wright

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 (10/16). All the winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize.

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

Picture Book Caramel Apple Card

Ok folks! If you missed my earlier post and video about Simon's Cheer and Joy release you can find that here:

Simon Says Stamp Cheer and Joy Release & Review!

Now on to my card for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

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

Here's what I made:

I used Simon's new Picture Book Caramel Apple wafer die - die cutting the pieces from various scraps of card stock. I then used one of my Studio Katia blender brushes and some Distress Inks to deepen the "caramel" card stock. Once I had it all put together I coated the caramel portion with Crystal Glaze and set it aside to dry.

I white heat embossed the Sketchy Lines Background stamp onto the red panel, and stacked layers of die cut yellow card stock that I'd used CZ Designs Hello's wafer die to cut. The stamped sentiment is from the CZ Design Hello You stamp set.

I finished off the inside of the card with a second die cut caramel apple 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! 

Simon Says Stamp Cheer and Joy Release & Review!

YAY!!! Simon Says Stamp's Cheer and Joy Release is available now!!

You can check out the entire release HERE <-----click! as well as at my links below!

I filmed a Release & Review video showing everything along with my random thoughts on design ideas and whatnot:

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

ALSO - COUPON CODE: use code PURF5 to get $5 off your order of $5 or more!

I'll have cards and videos coming ASAP - I have one to edit and more coming as there's blog hops and all that happening this week too! ❤️

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!