Prairie Paper & Ink

You are so Loved Card | SSS Boho Circle Wafer Die & Stencil

Hey everyone!

So yesterday was National Indigenous Peoples Day here in Canada - and for those wanting to know more about it you can go HERE <------click!

I was seeing posts and support online (always a plus but we have a ways to go to put it mildly), but what struck me was this graphic that our local town page shared with info about the day:

I don't know who to give credit for for this graphic - if you know just post in the comments and I will edit to add credit!

There was something about the image that really stuck with me so I designed a card inspired by it:

I die cut white card stock using Simon Says Stamp's Boho Circle wafer die (this die is REALLY intricate as you can see - I found that using my 6x6" Spellbinders Cutting Plates and running them through with the die and then rotating it and running it through again worked perfectly). I also die cut some white card stock with Simon's Engraved Feather wafer die. I painted the feathers with Black Soot Distress Paint and used my Starry Colors Gansai Tambi palette for the gold paint and splatters.

I used the Small Script Trio wafer die set for the die cut sentiment and finished it with a sentiment from the CZ Design Simple Sentiments 02 stamp set.

On the inside of the card I used Simon's Boho Circle Stencil and did some masking and ink blending to get all 4 colors. Once the card was done I paired it with a Burnt Orange envelope 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!

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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! 

Honey Bee Stamps Summer Stems Release & Review! | June 2021 Release

Hey friends!!! I finally got a chance to film a Release & Review video! There have been SEVERAL releases from several brands over the last few months that I never got a chance to film. I still don't know whether I should leave them and just keep moving forward or still film them and share my random thoughts with y'all. Let me know what you think in the comments OK?

Honey Bee Stamps Summer Stems release was the most recent so I filmed that to share with you all today:

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

What caught your eye or is your most favorite from this release? I love so much of it and am struggling with what to create with first....

As always here are all the links in the order I showed in the video:

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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 Reinker "Reinforcer" Labelling

Hey everyone!

So unless you haven't been following me recently or missed a ton of my posts, I've made a bunch of cards and videos using my Distress Reinkers:

More Easy Watercolor with Distress Reinkers | Honey Bee Cap & Gown

Watercolor DieCuts with Distress Reinkers | Waffle Flower Rustic Rainbow

Easy Rainbow Palette with 3 Distress Reinkers | CZ Design Pride Wafer Dies

Custom Embossing Paste with Distress Reinkers | SSS Fading Hearts Slimline Stencil

Shimmer Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Look For the Rainbows Take 5

Shimmer Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Wildflowers Stamp Set Take 6

Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Flower Cluster Wood Mount Stamp

Emboss Resist Gradient Background with Distress Reinkers | SSS Dandelion Messages Take 3

Emboss Resist Distress Reinker Backgrounds | SSS Spring Blooms Background

Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Organic Fruits Stamp Set

Slimline Distress Reinker Watercolor Card | Trinity Stamps Slimline Doodle Garden

Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | CZ Design Color Wheel Stamp

Yeah - a bunch!!

SO - it was high time for me to finally LABEL the tops of my bottles of Reinkers. I have them all stored in a container (and before that they were all on little shelves for the IKEA pegboards but it was harder to see and access them since I use them so often) but when you're looking down at the bottles there's no way to tell which color is which. All the dye-based AKA original Distress Reinkers come in glass bottles with bulbs and droppers. 

I went onto Ranger's website and if you scroll down to the very bottom there's a "Organize Your Ranger Products" link - and they have a TON of different downloads that you can print off to organize and label all the things.

I downloaded the Distress Color Palette Reinforcers and printed them off using my Canon Pixma printer. It handles card stock so I printed them onto Neenah Classic Crast Solar White 80lb card stock (I could have printed them onto the 110lb instead but the 80lb was fine IMO).

Once they're printed out you need to punch out the centres with a 1/2" circle punch:

I would trim up to each line with scissors, then punch out the centres of the circles with the 1/2" circle punch - it's easy to line up as the colors are paler on the inside of each circle.

Then I punched out each one using a 3/4" circle punch, and had my little pile of reinforcers for each color.

This is where you MIGHT want to have them printed on thicker card stock - but again the Neenah 80lb was fine for me and none tore etc. You'll find when you're putting the reinforcer over the bulb that the bulb goes slightly "outward" towards the base of the cap. That's a good thing. You just need to gently pull the bulb to the side and press the reinforcer down, working your way around the perimeter of it.

Once it's been worked around that slight "bulge" of the bulb keeps the reinforcer in place and won't come off. Then repeat the process for the remaining Reinkers. 

😍😍😍

SO glad I did this. It took some time but being able to see at a glance which color is what will save me even MORE time when I'm crafting. 

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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! 

More Easy Watercolor with Distress Reinkers | Honey Bee Cap & Gown

Hey friends! Today I have a couple of grad cards to share with y'all using Honey Bee Stamps Cap and Gown stamp set and coordinating Honey Cuts:

These are 5x7" cards.

That's right - 5x7 cards. My card in yesterday's post was 5x7 too - which for me isn't the norm. I generally stick to A2, slimline and now mini-slimline. BUT - sometimes 5x7 just gives that extra space and makes for a more substantial card IMO!

I heat embossed the images from the Cap and Gown set onto Canson XL watercolor paper and then watercolored them with Distress Reinkers. I silver heat embossed sentiments from the same set onto black card stock and die cut everything with the coordinating Cap and Gown Honey Cuts.

I used Honey Bee's Bee Bold Uppercase Alphabet dies and stacked them with black card stock topped with silver glitter card stock to spell out the work GRAD on each card. For the stars I used the Honey Bee Stacking Stars wafer dies and cut them from black, silver glitter and silver foil card stocks.

On the insides of the cards I added another silver heat embossed sentiment from the Cap and Gown set and the remaining die cut stars 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

You Are Loved | #LoveWins Hop 2021

Hey everyone!

Today I'm part of a MASSIVE hop on Instagram - you can find my Instagram account HERE <-----click! if you don't already follow me there! This is day 6 (and the final day) of a huge #LoveWins instagram hop where a TON of people are sharing cards and projects to support the LGBTQIA+ community. We are big supporters and ally's to the PRIDE community in this household and I am loving that one of the ways to show I care is through my card making.

Here's the card I made:

This is a 5 x 7" card.

I die cut a bunch of card stock scraps in my stash using Simon Says Stamp's Strips 2 wafer dies, and adhered them to copy paper. That made the "base" of the PRIDE flag that I was recreating. I then adhered squares in all the other colors and adhered that to the side to create the new version of the PRIDE flag that's more inclusive.

I used the You Are Loved wafer die (b/c you ARE loved!! ❤️❤️❤️), and after I adhered it I added Glossy Accents to it and then used my Glitter Duster and Simon's Unicorn Glitter over it to make it shiny and sparkly.

On the inside of the card I adhered a bunch of strips that I die cut with the narrowest die from the Strips 1 wafer die set. I then added sentiments from the Reverse Pride Sentiment Strips pack, 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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 June 2021 Card Kit Unboxing + 2 Easy Mini Slimline Cards!

Hello friends!!

Thanks to a bunch of tech difficulties, other issues, and me spending more time outside (when I'm frustrated with the computer etc etc it's best to walk away. We've been having some beautiful weather lately so I walk outside and take care of the plants I've been shockingly managing to keep alive in the backyard lol!) I haven't been able to get a video up!

However I got the issues fixed, refilmed things that I needed to re-do and have a video for y'all!

These are 3.25 x 6.25" mini slimline cards.

I used Simon Says Stamp's June 2021 card kit (it's still available as of me posting this! I'll have a link to the kit as well as to everything individually at the end of this post). I filmed my unboxing in the beginning portion of the video and then made these mini slimline cards with it.

I couldn't resist adding glitter to the clouds using Glossy Accents and 2 of Simon's loose glitters. Gotta have a little bling!

I finished off the insides of the cards and paired them with some mini slimline 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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 DieCuts with Distress Reinkers | Waffle Flower Rustic Rainbow

Hello friends!! Today is Waffle Flower's June release and it is FABULOUS. You can check out all the new products here at my links below:

I'm part of a blog hop today sharing inspiration with the new products and I'll have links to the other stops as well as GIVEAWAY info lower down in my post!

First off - my cards:

I used the new Rustic Rainbow wafer die set and die cut the stripes from Canson watercolor paper. I then used Distress Reinkers to watercolor them in all the rainbow colors, and once dry I adhered them to the die cut outline.

I die cut the clouds using the same die set, and staggered everything on my card fronts using foam squares.

For my sentiments I used the Label Maker Sentiments set that had come out in Waffle Flowers previous release. Once everything was adhered into place 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 Arjita's blog HERE <-------click!

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

Waffle Flower Blog

Amy Rysavy

Arjita Singh

Cathy Zielske

Channin Pelletier

Galina Filippenko

Jeanne Jachna

Jessica Frost-Ballas

JJ Bolton

Laura Bassen

Laurie Willison

Rachel Arribas

Nichol Spohr

Rebecca Keppel

Vicky Papaioannou

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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!!

 

For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EDT on Monday June 7th, 2021 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 6/9/2021.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!! ❤️❤️❤️

Easy Rainbow Palette with 3 Distress Reinkers | CZ Design Pride Wafer Dies

Hello hello everyone!! OK first off - if you missed that Simon has a NEW release:

You can check out all the new products HERE <-----click!

AND because today's post is part of a blog hop I have a code for y'all:

Shop at Simon Says Stamp <------click! during the Rainbows release bog hop and get a FREE pack of Holographic envelopes with any purchase using the code ENVIES

I will have links to all the other stops on the hop as well as GIVEAWAY info lower down in the post!

If you missed my earlier card and video using some of the new products you can find that here:

Custom Embossing Paste with Distress Reinkers | SSS Fading Hearts Slimline Stencil

Now on to today's card:

I used only 3 Distress Reinkers - Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Mermaid Lagoon - to create a rainbow of colors in my watercolor palette. I then used the colors to paint a rainbow background that I die cut with the outline of the CZ Design Pride wafer die set.

I used the same watercolors to create a splattery background for the Pride die cut, and added a sentiment from the Reverse Pride Sentiment Strips pack.

I watercolored another panel to adhere to the inside of the card and added a couple more of the Reverse Pride Sentiment Strips 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!

The next stop on the hop is Heather's blog HERE <-----click!

If you missed any of the stops on the hop you can find them all at the links below:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Cathy Zielske

Kristina Werner

Amy Rysavy

Heather Ruwe

Lisa Addesa

Amanda Korotkova

Sidnie Des Jardins

Suzy Plantamura

Yana Smakula

Kathy Racoosin

Barb Engler

Lea Lawson

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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 9th of June (6/9). All the winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize.

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

Custom Embossing Paste with Distress Reinkers | SSS Fading Hearts Slimline Stencil

Hey everyone!!

First off - Simon's Rainbows release is available HERE <-------click! So many fun new products (and I will do a Release & Review video ASAP - I'm just trying to catch up with life as per usual).

Here's the first card and video I have using a couple of the new products, and of course incorporating Distress Ink Reinkers as I'm still going strong with them LOL!

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I used 3 Distress Reinkers (Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Mermaid Lagoon) and embossing paste and mixed up all my colors. I then applied them over the new Fading Hearts slimline stencil.

While the paste was still wet I used my Glitter Dusters (because of course I have several of them) with Simon's Unicorn Confetti Glitter (more chunky glitter that you can see really well in the pics) and Simon's Unicorn Glitter Dust (much more fine glitter) and dusted them over the paste. The glitters stick to the paste as it dries and now I've got this fun rainbow glittery card!

On the inside of the card I used the Fading Hearts stencil again and blended several Distress Oxide inks over it. All the sentiments on the front and inside of the card are from the new CZ Design You Are Loved stamp set. I white heat embossed them onto black card stock and die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Shimmer Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Look For the Rainbows Take 5

Hello friends!! I've been editing up a STORM over the last several days - if you've missed any of my recent posts you can find them all by scrolling down!

I'm still on a Distress Reinker kick - it's been so much fun creating with them. For this card I stamped images from Simon Says Stamp's Look for the Rainbows stamp set onto Canson watercolor paper using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I heat embossed them with WOW's Clear Matt Dull embossing powder then watercolored them with Distress Reinkers mixed with Perfect Pearl Powder so they're all shimmery.

On the background I heat embossed the Open Grid Background stamp and then watercolored over it with more Distress Reinkers mixed with Perfect Pearl powder. The die cut hugs is from Simon's Small Script Trio wafer die set and I topped it with Holographic card stock.

On the inside of the card I inked up the images using Distress Oxide inks and sponge daubers. I had die cut some Flickering Butterflies from Lawn Fawn's Translucent vellum, and adhered some to the outside and inside of the card. I stamped a sentiment from the Look for the Rainbows set and paired the card with a Doll Pink envelope 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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!