Prairie Paper & Ink

Beehive Shaped Cards | Honey Bee Stamps

Hey everyone! Yesterday was a holiday here, so between the noise of the kids plus construction going on etc etc getting a voiceover accomplished just didn't happen. Anywho - I got it done this morning so here's my "bee-themed" cards - yesterday was World Bee Day and Honey Bee Stamps was part of a blog hop with a bunch of inspiration for it.

It was only fitting that Honey Bee Stamps was part of this - and it gave me an excuse to pull out some of the "bee-themed" products I have and hadn't had a chance to use yet:

I used Honey Bee's Bee Hive Card dies to make hive shaped cards with little doors that open up to reveal the "inside" of the hive.

I die cut the hive cards from yellow card stock, and then used Distress Inks to blend over the coordinating Bee Hive stencil to create some dimension. I of course added a bunch of splatter while I was at it - as sill as it seems I am LOVING the Distress Oxide Sprays for splatter. Having all the colors (well all the ones available at the moment - there's still a bunch to be released down the road!) for splatter is just FUN for me LOL!

I used the Busy Bees Stamp set and coordinating wafer dies for the little images to decorate the hives. All were stamped onto Neenah Classic Crest 80lb card stock with Simon Says Stamp's Intense Black ink, then coloured in with Copic markers.

After everything was assembled I added Crystal Glaze to all the images, and then used my Glitter Duster (filled with Simon's Unicorn Dust glitter) and dusted glitter over everything. The Glitter Duster basically blows a fine little cloud of glitter over your project - so you need something for it to STICK to - like glue or Glossy Accents/Crystal Glaze etc. 

I finished off the inside of the cards with sentiments from the Hi Honey stamp set stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I adhered a few more bees 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! 

Celebrate You Release & Review! | Simon Says Stamp May 2019 Release

Hello everyone!! OK I got my Release & Review video uploaded showing Simon Says Stamp's Celebrate You release AND there's a giveaway at the end of the post!!

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

You can check out the entire release HERE <------click! or at the individual links 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! 

Now for the GIVEAWAY!!

Since I'm Canadian the Simon Says Stamp Patriotic Service stamps and dies and American Flag stencil aren't of much use to me so I'd much rather gift them to someone who could get a lot of use out of them! I also have an extra Parental Props stamp set so I'm bundling it all together to give to one of you!

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 person 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! ❤️

Easy Graduation Cards that POP | HoneyBee Stamps

Hello everyone!! Earlier this week I shared these cards over on Honey Bee's blog:

It's the time where so many need graduation cards and Honey Bee's Penny the Platypus set has the perfect grad cap image. So I pulled that out and then pulled out some sentiment wafer dies and the new Radiant Stencil to make some fun grad cards with a POP!

 

I used the Radiant Stencil with Moonstone Glimmer paste and applied it over white, black and gold foil card stocks (as I couldn't decided as usual which one to go with so I did all three LOL!).

I used Honey Bee's Yippee wafer dies, Congrats wafer dies and Hooray for You wafer dies for all the sentiments. All these dies have the word, the outline and a second outline that cuts a piercing detail so I used all three layers for each word.

I gold heat embossed the grad cap from the Penny the Platypus set (I made graduation cards using just this grad cap HERE too!) and then die cut them with the coordinating die set. For the heat embossed sentiments I used Honey Bee's Congrats Grad stamp set.

I finished off the inside of the cards with more sentiments from the Congrats Grad stamp set, added another of the grad caps 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! 

 

SSS Dye Ink Blended Backgrounds | Big Birthday Greetings

Hello everyone!! It's almost the weekend (and long weekend holiday here - woot!) and also Day 1 of 2 days of blog hops for Simon Says Stamp's Celebrate You Release! There's giveaway info at the end of the post as well as a coupon code!!

You can check out the May release HERE <-------click! as well as the card and video I posted yesterday using one of the other new stamp sets!

If you didn't get here from Suzy's blog you can start at the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp blog HERE <-------click!

I made 2 rainbow cards with a matching envelope using the new Big Birthday Greetings stamp set. I created blended backgrounds using several Simon Says Stamp dye inks (all the colors used are listed below!) and then white heat embossed the candles and a couple of the sentiments from the stamp set onto the backgrounds.

On the card with the candles I coloured in the candles first with an Aqua Shimmer pen to add some glitter, then amped it up a bit by painting on Perfect Pearls mixed with water. I also used a yellow Copic marker (being careful not to touch the heat embossed image as Copic ink doesn't react well with melted embossing powder and it can wreck the nibs of the markers) to the candle flames just to make them pop a little bit.

I used the Perfect Pearls and water mixture to add splatter to both of the backgrounds as well just for some shimmery splatter.

On the inside of the candle card as well as on the envelope I inked up the candle image with the same inks I used to create the background and stamped them in rainbow order. With the card on the left I used the leftover piece of cardstock from die cutting it with the Rounded Corner Rectangles wafer die. It made this perfect frame and I didn't want to toss it so I adhered it to the inside of the card and added a sentiment from the Big Birthday Greetings 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!

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

You can shop the Celebrate You release HERE <-----click! and with ANY purchase at SSS this weekend you can get the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Butterfly Adornments FREE *while supplies last using the code BTF842

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 (05/22). All the winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize.

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

Easy Copic Coloring | SSS Chillin' Frenchies

Second post and video from me this evening!! If you missed my earlier one with the SSS June Card Kit unboxing you can check that out here:

Simon Says Stamp June 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Leafy Frames Card Kit

Simon also just released their new Celebrate You goodies - you can check out the May release HERE <-------click! I'll do a Release & Review video a bit later on this (I have SO much on my plate at the moment but I will get to it - plus most of it literally just arrived this afternoon lol).

It's also time for a new 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 combined this challenge's colors with one of the new Celebrate You sets:

This new Chillin' Frenchies set is ADORABLE and was perfect for this color challenge. I stamped the Frenchie dog onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with Simon's Intense Black ink and coloured him in with Copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to die cut him and the bones I'd stamped and coloured from the set.

The main panel was cut with one of the new Rounded Corner Rectangle wafer dies, and I blended on Broken China Distress ink over the Clouds for Days stencil to create the background.

I finished off the inside of the card with more images and die cuts from the Chillin' Frenchies 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! 

Simon Says Stamp June 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Leafy Frames Card Kit

Woot woot! The Simon Says Stamp June card kit JUST got here - so I quickly filmed my unboxing video of it - there will be cards and videos coming later (LOL their May release is first thing tomorrow morning so I have that on my plate among other things!):

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

And here are the links!! I'll be back SOON with more videos!

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 with Distress Oxide Sprays Take 2 | SSS Sketch Tulip Bouquet

Hey everyone!! So the other day I was using some of the newest Distress Oxide sprays (THIS post if you missed it) and decided to do some watercoloring with them again for today's card. 

I watercolored with Oxide Sprays on a card not too long ago:

Watercolor with Distress Oxide Sprays | SSS Sketch Tulip Bouquet

And I LOVED how that turned out, and I LOVE that stamp set - so I decided to use it again. Since I was in a bit of a funk and needing to get out of it I also went with last week's Color Throwdown Challenge (that I hadn't done last week thanks to said funk):

You can check out what the rest of the team created with these colors HERE <-------click! as well as see what everyone submitted. You can still play along of course but the submission links close as a new challenge goes up on Wednesday!

Here's what I made:

I white heat embossed Simon Says Stamp's Sketch Tulip Bouquet stamp set onto Distress watercolor paper, then watercolored them with water and 2 Distress Oxide Sprays. I used Abandoned Coral Oxide Spray for the blooms and Mowed Lawn Oxide Spray for the stems and leaves.

I used Tumbled Glass and Broken China Oxide inks on the Kraft card stock background - just blending them with mini ink blending tools. I then added some splatter with Broken China Oxide Spray.

I finished off the inside of the card as well as the envelope by inking up the tulips with Abandoned Coral Oxide ink and Mowed Lawn Oxide ink. The sentiment was stamped with Broken China Oxide ink 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! 

Happy Mother's Day and Sale Reminder

I shared this on my Instagram page earlier but wanted to share it here to with those that aren't on my social media! It's bymarianandrew and I think it really sums up Mother's Day (just need to add in step moms and adoptive moms as those tend to get forgotten by many). Huge ((((hugs)))) to everyone whether this day is a joy or a struggle ❤️❤️❤️.

Lastly a reminder about the SSS sale I posted that started Friday and ends tonight at 11:59pm EST:

Click HERE <-------click! to shop Simon Says Stamp and this weekend save $20 off purchases of $100 or more with the code THKUMOM - or save $5 off orders of $5 or more with the code SUBFVE

Picket Fence Studios Rose Bouquet with Distress Reinker Watercolor

Happy Friday!!!! 

Today's post is part of a nearly month long series to celebrate Picket Fence Studios first birthday!! I've been a fan of their stamps and dies and ermagerd their Life Changing Blender Brushes really ARE life changing. I use them all the time and they've made a MASSIVE difference - I reach for my inks to do quick blended backgrounds way more often now that I have those brushes. 

Anywho - I have a card and video to share AND a big giveaway too!!

I used Picket Fence's Rose Bouquet stamp set and gold heat embossed it onto water-colour paper. I then watercolored it with Distress Ink Re-inkers in really bright colors. I was inspired by the patterned papers from Doodlebug's Hello 6x6 pack - yes I used some patterned paper again!!

I added some gold splatter using one of my FineTec palettes (this Prima palette is a good cheaper alternative just FYI!).

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping a sentiment from Picket Fence's Forgot To Say Thank You stamp set and gold heat embossing it. I then stamped the roses with Distress Archival ink in Picked Raspberry 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! 

OK now for the GIVEAWAY info!!

PicketFence is generously offering a $100 gift certificate to their store for one of you!!! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post to enter (please only one comment per person to keep things fair!!) and I'll use random.org to pick a random comment on May 15th! Comments close Tuesday May 14th at 11:59pm CST. Giveaway is open to everyone - please make sure you're using an e-mail address that you check frequently as that's what I'll use to contact the winner!

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

GIVEAWAY has now closed. Congrats to Samantha R for winning a $100 gc to Picket Fence Studios! I've forwarded on your e-mail to their team for them to send it to you!! Thank you all for participating and stay tuned for future giveaways!

Simon Says Stamp Mother's Day Weekend Sale!

Click HERE <-------click! to shop Simon Says Stamp and this weekend save $20 off purchases of $100 or more with the code THKUMOM - or save $5 off orders of $5 or more with the code SUBFVE

Happy Shopping!!! ❤️❤️❤️