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HUGE June 2019 Haul + Giveaway!

I'm SLOOOWWWLLLYYY chipping away at my big box full of products I've ordered and that were sent to me over the past however many months. It all just piled up like crazy - BUT the nice thing about that is that I can film extra long "haul" videos AND toss in a big giveaway while I'm at it!

During all the craziness of this year I've been slowly going through my studio and purging all the product that has been discontinued or that I just know I'm not going to get a chance to use. Since I have such a great group of y'all that watch my videos and read my blog I'll keep doing giveaways like this where I'll pack a box FULL and just give it away to one of you! All you'll have to do is stay tuned as I'll post them pretty randomly!

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! 

Now for the GIVEAWAY!!!

I packed a box FULL of stamps and dies, papers and embellishments to give to one of you! Some of it is brand new and some has been gently used.

To be entered all you need to do is follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (please make sure you're using a current e-mail address that you check frequently (I don't keep/see any personal info other than the winner's e-mail address) as that's what I use to contact the winner!). 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you for stopping by and good luck! ❤️

Customized Birthday Card with Diecuts | Simon Says Stamp Wafer Dies

Ohhhhh what a week! A rotten cold bug has been going around and almost everyone in this house has some level of it. So that slowed down life, plus end of the school year things (more kids in school = more things going on) AND it was K's birthday!!

SO - I finally got the card made for her that I started last year lol:

Last year Jennifer McGuire did this video on stepping up die cuts and I loved the look of it. So I die cut a TON of balloons in rainbow colors using Simon Says Stamp's Balloons wafer dies and Simon's heavy weight card stock. I layered the balloons together with glue and added letters to each one using the CZ Design Everett Solid Letters wafer dies.

After everything was adhered I coated the letters with Nuvo's Aqua Shimmer Clear Glitter Gloss and then added a THICK layer of Crystal Glaze to each one and let them dry overnight.

I created my scene with Simon's Clouds for Days stencil and Audrey Blue ink, and added waves with a Lawn Fawn wafer die. I used Simon's Picture Book Octopus wafer die as my main character holding the balloons and added in the Picture Book Jumping Narwhal - both of which were covered in the Clear Glitter Gloss. 

I customized the inside of the card using the Birthday Pallooza stamp set and various Distress Oxide inks. The number 6 is from the Everett Solid Numbers wafer dies and the "th" is from the newer Archie Jr Solid wafer dies set.

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! 

5 Cards 1 Kit | Simon Says Stamp Bee Yourself Card Kit

Hello everyone!! If you missed my unboxing video of Simon's July Card Kit you can check that out here:

Simon Says Stamp July 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Bee Yourself Card Kit

This is SUCH a fun kit <-------click!

So I ended up making 5 cards when I sat down with it:

I clear heat embossed the bee images from the Bee Yourself stamp set onto Bristol Smooth card stock after stamping them with Nocturne ink. To color them in I used Arteza's Real Brush pens and a water brush.

I used the Bee's Knees patterned papers that came in the kit for each of the cards, as well as Simon's Wonky Rectangles wafer dies for all but the square card. 

I finished off the insides of all the cards with more images from the Bee Yourself set. The honeycomb images were stamped with Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink and the bees, sentiments, trails etc were stamped with the Nocturne ink and that was it!

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

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

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

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

Stamp Once and Get Two Cards | Honey Bee Zen Bouquet Take 6

Happy weekend everyone! This should come as no surprise to anyone but I'm still on a black/white/gold all the things kick. It just looks SO good with everything and ugh yeah I just love it. If you missed some of my other Honey Bee cards using this color combo here's a couple of posts (each with several cards!):

Honey Bee Stamps My Tribe Card Set

Easy Graduation Cards that POP | HoneyBee Stamps

I pulled out my oldie-but-goodie fave from Honey Bee - the Zen Bouquet stamp set. I've used this set in several posts before:

Ranger Alcohol Lift Ink | Honey Bee Stamps Card Set

Honey Bee Stamps Zen Bouquet Take 4 | AmyR 2017 Christmas Card Series #18

World Kindness Day with Honey Bee Stamps 

Honey Bee Stamps Watercolor Coffee Cup Cards | Distress Ink Faux Watercolor

Honey Bee Stamps Zen Bouquet 2 Ways Using 3 Distress Inks

Needless to say I still reach for this set - and decided to use it again but put the white/gold/black twist on it!

I used Nuvo Gold Enchantment embossing power to heat emboss the large bouquet onto black card stock. I then (of course) added splatter with Picket Fence Distress Paint and Gansai Tambi Starry Colors.

The sentiments are from Honey Bee's Bloom stamp set and Bloom Honey Cuts dies set. I used Tonic's Gold Pearl Mirror card for the main Bloom word die cut. The outline die was cut from the black panel, and I backed that with the second outline cut from white card stock then stacked everything together.

I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the Zen Bouquet with my Delicata Golden Glitz ink and then more sentiments from the Bloom 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! 

Birthday Balloons Layering Stencils | EASY Stencil Layering

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Studio Katia 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop! Studio Katia also had a release to coincide with this hop. You can check out the release HERE as well as at the links below:

This is Day 1 of 2 days of hops with a ton of inspiration. If you didn't get here from Vicky's blog you can start at the beginning HERE at the Studio Katia Blog! There's also GIVEAWAY info at the end of my post so stay tuned!

I made 2 cards using the new Birthday Balloons Duo Stencils along with some of the new stamps and coordinating dies from this release. I LOVE the layering effect of the Balloon Stencils so I made 2 cards using them - one in a pastel rainbow theme and one with brighter colors.

I used Distress Inks over the stencils and to stamp the confetti images from the It's Your Birthday stamp set onto the cards. On the second card I used the new Kobi Makes a Wish set and coordinating dies and watercolored them with Distress inks.

I finished off the insides of the cards with a combo of stencilling, stamping the confetti images and sentiments from the It's Your Birthday and Kobi Makes a Wish sets 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 Tracy's blog! <------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! 

Now for the GIVEAWAY!! 

Studio Katia is giving away $25 gift certificates on each stop on the hop. All you need to do to be entered is to leave a comment on this blog post! All comments must be left by Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 21:59 PM EST. All winners will be announced on Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 on the Studio Katia Blog.

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

 

Simon Says Stamp July 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Bee Yourself Card Kit

Yay!! Simon Says Stamp's July Card kit JUST went live and I have my unboxing video for it ready to go!! I hope to create with it this weekend and get cards and videos up for it ASAP!

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

And links to everything are down below!

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! 

 

May 2019 Happy Mail Haul | Cards from You!!

Hey everyone!! Here's the cards y'all sent to my PO Box during the month of May!!

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

And now for the rest of the info:

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

Amy Rysavy

Box 1041 MARTENSVILLE PO

Martensville, SK

S0K 2T0

Canada

June Theme: Thank You/Teacher (school's out!)

July Theme: Water (ocean/beach/underwater etc)

August Theme: Back to School/Teacher/Thank You

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

(A repost of some important info!!)

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

RAK/Happy Mail Hauls

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

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

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

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

Boombox 80's Card | Honey Bee Stamps Good Mix

Hey everyone! Today's post has 2 videos - I filmed a Release & Review video for Honey Bee's Ramblin' Man release PLUS a card video. These were meant to go up on Friday but EVERYTHING worked against me, and then they were supposed to go up this morning and I've been dealing with technical issues all day. LOL MONDAYS - why. That said lol, I'm excited about this release, and I'm stubborn so this is going up no matter what!!

First off the release:

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

Such a fun release amiright? You can find everything I showed here at the links below:

Now for my card:

I used Honey Bee's new Good Mix stamp set with the coordinating dies (I am LOVING this set - so many different occasions to create for with it IMO) and created a very 90's-themed card with it.

I embossed the boombox image from the Good Mix set onto grey card stock using Nuvo Glitter Noir embossing powder. I then used Prismacolor Pencils to color it in, and on some of the buttons I added Glow in the Dark Nuvo Drops.

The sentiment is from the new Rockstar Sentiments set and I white heat embossed it onto black card stock and then die cut it with the coordinating wafer die.

For the inside of the card I stamped the boombox with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink and then stamped a sentiment from the Rockstar Sentiments set and that was it!

You can see how this card came together here:

Or watch it 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! 

Distress Ink Watercolor | SSS Round and Round Background

Hello everyone!! Welcome to Day 1 of 2 days of blog hops for Simon Says Stamp's Rest and Refresh release!!

You can shop the release HERE <-------click! and get a FREE SSS Coral Reef Ink pad with ANY purchase (while supplies last) with the code CRL898

I did a Release & Review video on this release here:

Simon Says Stamp Rest and Refresh Release & Review! | June 2019

And I posted a couple of cards and video using other sets from this release here:

Gold Wildflowers Silhouette Cards | Simon Says Stamp

If you didn't get here from Jessica's blog you can start at the beginning of the hop HERE. There's also GIVEAWAY info at the end of my post!!

I fell in LOVE with the new Strawberry Shortcake sequin mix in this release. The colors and shimmer are so pretty - so I was inspired to create a card based on them. I used the new Round and Round Background stamp and white heat embossed it onto Distress Watercolor card stock.

I used Distress Inks and Distress Ink Refills to watercolor in the background - letting the colors layer on top of each other. I then added a large die cut heart that was cut from vellum and adhered after running it through my little Xyron machine. The die cut sentiment is from the new Thanks Frame wafer dies, and the stamped sentiment is from the Say It All Friend stamp set.

I used another sentiment from the Say It All Friend stamp set on the inside of the card, stamping it with Picked Raspberry Archival ink 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!

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

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 (06/12). All the winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize.

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

Simon Says Stamp Rest and Refresh Release & Review! | June 2019

Hey everyone!! Here's my Release & Review video of Simon Says Stamp's Rest and Refresh release!!

If you missed the cards I posted earlier you can check them out here:

Gold Wildflowers Silhouette Cards | Simon Says Stamp

Now for the video:

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

And you can check out the entire release HERE or I have links to everything below!

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!