Prairie Paper & Ink

Honey Bee Gift Card Present Box & Stocking Gift Card Holder Assembly

Hello everyone! Welcome to #15 of my Christmas series - today's post has TWO videos. I'll have both of them here in the post and then links to all the other Christmas posts below!

I used Honey Bee's Gift Card Present Box Honey Cuts dies to make these 2 festive gift card holders. They come together REALLY easily and you can jazz them up however you'd like with patterned papers and embellishments or other Honey Bee stamps and Honey Cuts dies.

I used Honey Bee's Holiday Traditions patterned papers to decorate my present boxes, and added some sentiments using the One-of-a-Kind stamp set and coordinating Honey Cuts dies. The "ribbon" was die cut from Tonic's Ruby Gemstone Cotton card. 

For the assembly of these Gift Card Present Boxes check out my video below:

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

Next I assembled Honey Bee's Stocking Gift Card Holders using more patterned papers from the Holiday Traditions 6x6 patterned papers. For the tops and heels/toes of the stockings I used Tonic's Snowdrop Meadow card.

I used the One-of-a-Kind stamps and coordinating Honey Cuts dies to embellish these gift card holders as well.

For the assembly video of these Stocking Gift Card Holders check out the 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! 

For all my previous Christmas posts you can find them all at the links below!

Stenciled and Stamped Trees | AmyR 2019 Christmas Series #14

Hello everyone! I hope y'all are having a good weekend so far!

I just finished uploading my video for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

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

Here's what I made:

I started with Simon Says Stamp's Christmas Gnome Home Stencil and blended Simon's dye ink in Lucky over the pine tree with a blending brush. The pine tree stamps and snowflakes from the Gnome for the Holidays set were stamped using Simon's Evergreen dye ink and Broken China Distress Oxide inks.

The Merry Christmas Script wafer die was die cut from white cardstock and Tonic's Gold Pearl Satin card and stacked together with Craft Tacky glue. I used the same glue to adhere all the crystals and pearls as well (all linked below!).

Simon's Inside Christmas Greetings stamp set was used on the inside of the card for the sentiment and hearts and then I stamped the snowflakes from the Gnome for the Holidays set. I paired the cards with Gold 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!

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 previous Christmas cards I've made this year you can find them all linked below!

Quick and Easy Die Cut Cards | AmyR Valentine 2020 Card Series #1

Hello everyone! First off welcome to the first of my Valentine Card 2020 Series! I'll be jumping back and forth between Valentine/Love-themed cards and more Christmas and winter themes and whatever else - there's no set schedule on my end!

To kick off this series I used some of the NEW Waffle Flower stamps and dies:

You can check out their new release HERE or at the links below:

As this is part of a blog hop sharing a bunch of inspiration for this release I'll have links to all the stops on the hop below as well as GIVEAWAY info at the end!

I created 2 "Valentine" cards using the new Outline Love Word wafer die, and the Outline Love stamp set and coordinating wafer die. I also used Waffle Flower's previously released Micro Grid 1 wafer die as my background.

I did some die cutting of Tonic's Ruby Ritz and Candy Floss Glitter card as well as some vellum and heavy white card stock. The companion sentiments from the Outline Love stamp set were white heat embossed onto black cardstock.

I added even more bling with some Studio Katia Iridescent Hearts and Red Hearts Crystals, and then added some Waffle Flower Enamel Dots (linked below).

To finish off the insides of the cards I used sentiments from the new Sweet Sentiments stamp set and stamped them with Picked Raspberry and Candied Apple Distress Oxide inks 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 JJ Bolton's blog HERE <-----click!

If you missed any stops on the hop you can find them all here:

Waffle Flower

Galina Filippenko

Mindy Eggen

Natalia Zubkova

Elyse Robinson

Amy Rysavy

JJ Bolton

Alix Davis

Channin Pelletier

Keeway Tsao

Rebecca Keppel

Jessica Frost-Ballas

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!

To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away a $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners!! 

You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 12/7/19 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts on this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower blog on 12/9/2019.

Thank you for stopping by and good luck!! ❤️❤️❤️

Now for the GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away a $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners!! 

You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 12/7/19 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts on this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower blog on 12/9/2019.

Thank you for stopping by and good luck!! ❤️❤️❤️

October & November 2019 Happy Mail Haul | Cards from You!!

Hi everyone!! I didn't post the October Happy Mail Haul last month as it was just a crazy month. So I filmed both October's and November's to share with y'all in one big long video!! 

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

And now for the rest of the info:

My Patreon page<------click!

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

 

December Theme: New Years/Celebration/Sparkle

January Theme: Love/Valentines/Pink&Red

February Theme: Green/St. Patrick's Day/Sending Luck

 

(((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 sometimes 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!

Leafy Christmas Tree Cards | AmyR 2019 Christmas Series #13

Hello friends!! Today's post serves 2 purposes: it's part of my Christmas Card Series, AND it's part of a 2 day blog hop to celebrate Simon Says Stamp's December release!!

You can check out the release HERE <-------click! if you haven't already and I did a Release & Review video HERE on this release too!

If you didn't get here from Nina-Marie's blog you can start at the beginning HERE and I will also have links to all the stops on the hop below. Don't forget that this is Day 1 of the hop - Day 2 will commence on Friday December 6 with even more inspiration. There's also GIVEAWAY info at the end of my post!

To celebrate this blog hop Simon's giving away a FREE Simon Exclusive enamel pin with any purchase at the Simon Says Stamp Store!! Just enter the code for the pin you'd like from the ones pictured above when checking out while supplies last!

I could not resist the new Leafy Christmas Tree wafer dies - and made several cards using them:

I die cut the Leafy Christmas Tree pieces from different shades of green card stocks, and then layered them all together. I mixed up the layers for each card just to create a slightly different look. 

I added "ornaments" to my trees using various pearls from my stash (linked below) and also added a sentiment from Simon's Holiday Greetings Mix 1 stamp set that I heat embossed onto black card stock. For the card fronts I cut down some Tonic Silver Strokes Grey Kraft card, and created "trunks" for the trees with Simon's Woodgrain card stock and some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

I finished off the insides of the cards with more sentiments from the Holiday Greetings Mix 1 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!

If you missed any of the stops on the hop you can find them all here:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Jennifer McGuire

Cathy Zielske

Nina-Marie Trapani

Amy Rysavy

Lisa Addesa

Heather Ruwe

Bibi Cameron

Marge Yoon

Gayatri Murali

Barb Engler

Lea Lawson

Crystal Thompson

Betty Wright

Bobbi Lemanski

 

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 11th of December (12/11). 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 DieCember 2019 Release & Review!

Hello everyone!

Simon Says Stamp's DieCember release is available now <-------click to check it out!!

I die cut all the products and then filmed my video to share it all with you "in real life" and to give you an idea of how they all look:

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

Stay tuned as I'll have a video sharing some Christmas cards I made with one of the new die sets coming tomorrow morning!

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 Winter Floral Layering Stencilled Cards | AmyR 2019 Christmas Series #12

Hey everyone!! I don't know about y'all but it feels INSANE that it's the end of November already!! 

Anywho - I made more Christmas cards!! I have been itching to use the Winter Floral Layering Set stencils from Simon Says Stamp ever since they sent them to me with the Cheer & Joy release. What I loved most about this stencil set is that they're a set of 4 so it makes it super easy to use multiple colors and not have to be careful about where you're placing the color. So I was able to knock out 4 cards in not a whole lot of time:

I combined the Winter Floral Layering Stencil Set with several different SSS dye inks (all the specific colors listed below) over Simon's 120lb white card stock. After that was done I splattered Ground Espresso Distress Oxide Spray over the backgrounds, then coated them with Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. 

I used the Joyful Frame wafer die for my sentiments. Tonic's Gold Pearl Satin card was used for the sentiment and frame portion and then I die cut the "backing" from vellum before adhering them together. I of course added a bunch of bling to all the cards as well lol!

The insides of the cards and the flaps of all the envelopes were stamped with sentiments from Simon's Inside Christmas Greetings 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 my previous Christmas Card videos so far this year you can find them all at the links below!

Stencilled Glacier Paste Santa Cards | AmyR 2019 Christmas Series #11

I'm back!! I hope everyone survived the Black Friday madness (I barely left my house - I can't handle the crowds and craziness).

If, like me, y'all do most of your shopping online - well I have a couple of codes for Simon Says Stamp for y'all!

Shop Simon Says Stamp <--------- click! and if you spend $50 or more get FREE shipping in the US or $7.99 off International shipping with the code BZW799 - or spend $5 or more and get $5 off with the code 5BK853

Check out Simon Says Stamp's Steals & Deals category HERE <--------click! Items in here tend to sell out REALLY quickly but as of posting this there's still some great deals to be had! 

OK on to my cards:

These cards were so fun and pretty quick and easy to make!!

I used Simon Says Stamp's Ho Ho Ho stencil that came out yeaarrrrssss ago but I just bought it recently as it escaped my notice till now. I wanted to use it with my Nuvo Glacier Pastes - so that's what I did.

I applied Nuvo Haute Red Glacier Paste to the first card and Sea Sprite Glacier Paste to the second. On both cards I put together a Picture Book Santa that I die cut from various card stocks (linked below) and highlighted with a white gel pen.

I finished off the insides of the cards with a sentiment and snowflakes from the (what else lol?!) Holiday Greetings Mix 1 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 my previous Christmas Cards this year you can find them all here:

Easy No-Coloring Poinsettia Cards | AmyR 2019 Christmas Series #10

Hello everyone!! I hope all my American peeps had a wonderful Thanksgiving (as I'm Canadian our Thanksgiving was in October) and for everyone else I hope y'all had a happy Thursday! 😉

OK on to today's cards:

I pulled out Simon Says Stamp's Poinsettia Background stamp and made 2 quick and easy Christmas cards!

Afre gold heat embossing the background onto Simon's Soft Navy card stock I carefully filled in the areas between the poinsettia's with a Copic Special Black marker. I was careful not to touch the gold embossing (or as little as possible) as Copics tend to absorb or melt embossed images and it can clog up the nibs of your markers. I didn't have any issues with this here as I kept it minimal.

I did some blending around the edges with Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks and added some gold splatter. I also added gold thread and Studio Katia Crystals in Midnight Blue and Gold Sparkle.

The coolest part (for me) with these cards were the sentiments. I used Simon's Extra Large Christmas Sentiment Strips. As these are printed with toner ink onto Simon's 120lb card stock - they CAN be foiled - so that's what I did! I ran them through my laminator with Gold Deco Foil and it worked perfectly!

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the Poinsettia Background with the Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide ink. I then added another foiled sentiment from the Extra Large Christmas Sentiment Strips 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 my previous posts for this year's Christmas Cards you can find them all below!

Simon Says Stamp Black Friday SALE

THEY'RE BACK!!! Click HERE <------ click!! to shop Simon's Crafty Parcels! These have sold out in MINUTES in the past (Heidi said in their last Facebook Live video that they've tried to stock up plenty for this year as the demand has been so high). Snag one while you can!!

If you're not interested in a Crafty Parcel you can save 15% site wide - click HERE <-----click! to shop and save 15% with the code BLF398 - you can in turn use code TAKEFIVE instead to get $5 off orders of $5 or more!

Happy Black Friday!!