I finally did it!! I stopped hoarding my Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel dies and actually USED them (y'all can pick your jaws up off the floor...):
And not only did I use the Reveal Wheel - I customized it while I was at it.
Chris's birthday was earlier this week and I decided to make him a Pizza-themed card - then had the idea to use the Reveal Wheel so that one of the slices could show different faces and toppings.
I stamped the images from Lawn Fawn's Pizza My Heart set onto Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Solar White card stock with GinaK Amalgam ink and coloured them in with Copics.
On the actual reveal wheel I inked on a couple of Lawn Fawn Dye inks (Butter and Sunflower) rather than do all the colouring with Copics. I used the Picket Fence blending brush for the inks then stamped the toppings like I did with all the other pieces and pizza's.
On the inside of the card I stamped another sentiment from the Pizza My Heart stamp set and then added the heart shaped pizza and stamped the little swirly steam image from the set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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I pulled out several of the Suzy's Snowmen paintable prints from SSS, and before I got to painting them I masked off a lot of the details with Nuvo's Masking Fluid.
Masking off some of the smaller details - the falling snow, ornaments, fine lines etc etc made it a LOT easier to watercolor the backgrounds and all the other areas around those details.
I kept the watercoloring simple as well - using one palette (Prima Tropicals), my Nuvo brushes, and then adding "snow" AKA white splatter at the end.
After everything was done and dry I die cut all the panels with either the largest Simon Wonky Rectangles wafer dies or larges Stitched Rectangles dies and then mounted them with foam tape onto top folding A2 card bases and that was it!
I'm excited to be a Guest Designer this month for Tonic as they celebrate Nuvember!! I'll have a few posts throughout the month along with a bunch of other fabulous designers showcasing a bunch of Tonic's Nuvo line. If you don't follow Tonic on Instagram you can check out their feed HERE <-------click!
To see how my cards came together check out my video 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!
I REALLY like this fall color combo - they aren't colors I'd normally think of on my own to put together and yet I LOVE them together LOL!
I pulled out one of my all-time favourite floral stamp sets - Simon Says Stamp's Beautiful Flowers - and white heat embossed it onto some Strathmore watercolor paper. I then coloured it in with some Prima Watercolors and my Tonic Nuvo paint brushes.
The thankful die cut and stamped sentiment are from CZ Design, and I added some gold confetti to finish off the outside of the card.
On the inside of the card I stamped the large floral cluster with SSS Sunshine ink and stamped the sentiment from the CZ Design 30 Days of Thankful set with SSS Dark Chocolate ink and that was it!
I'm excited to be a Guest Designer this month for Tonic as they celebrate Nuvember!! I'll have a few posts throughout the month along with a bunch of other fabulous designers showcasing a bunch of Tonic's Nuvo line. If you don't follow Tonic on Instagram you can check out their feed HERE <-------click!
To see my video of how this card came together you can watch 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!
Hello everyone!! I have a LONG blog post with several cards today - it's new release time for Waffle Flower, plus I wanted to create more Christmas cards!! This post is part of a blog hop so if you didn't get here from the Waffle Flower blog you can start HERE and then I'll have links to all the other stops below!
There's also a GIVEAWAY with this post!! Info on that is at the end of this post!
So here are the newest stamps and dies from the Waffle Flower November release:
SO. MUCH. FUN!!
I made 2 different cards using the new Holiday Thanks stamp set:
My first card I stamped the image onto Distress watercolor card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink and clear heat embossed it. I then watercolored it in with Prima Classics watercolors, and once dry I die cut it with the coordinating wafer dies.
I blended Festive Berries and Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink onto the card base, and once it was dry I white heat embossed a sentiment from the set onto the card base.
I adhered the scene to the card with Simon's Craft Tacky glue, and then added all the extra little images to finish off my scene.
For the second card I used a red card stock for my card base and heat embossed the image and sentiment with gold embossing powder. Honestly it could have been left at that but I wanted to add some more depth so I sponged on Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks onto the card base as well.
I then added some Wink of Stella to different areas of the images to give them a TON of sparkle.
For both cards I stamped the insides with the same image to finish them off.
Once I got creating I couldn't stop LOL! These stamps and dies are from last month's release - links to all the products are down below!
I used the Pull Tab Tree wafer die to create my Christmas tree - and it literally pops up when you pull on the tab!! I then added all these cute kids from the Yippee stamp set and the Santa hats are from the Holiday Thanks set that I used above!
On the inside of the card I stamped images from the Christmas Tree stamp set using the same Oxide inks that I sponged on the front of the card.
For the second card I used the Pull Tab Tree dies again along with the Pull Tab Pop Up wafer dies - this came together SO quick and easy. I die cut all the "boughs" from green glitter card stock, and then attached them all to the tree "base".
I kept this card really clean and simple - but adding some gems/crystals as "ornaments" could really jazz it up if you wanted to!
Last but not least is a "bonus" card - which inspired my Christmas card above. I saw this card idea on Channin's blog a few weeks ago and thought it was brilliant and wanted to recreate it!!
Using the Pull Tab dies to create a party hat is brilliant (and in her post she made it into candy corn as well LOL!). I had ONE of these fun little glitter pom poms in my stash from one of my kids. It was the final push I needed to make this card as I didn't have anything before to add the "topper" to the birthday hat lol!
I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from the Holiday Thanks set and then stamped the confetti and stars with a rainbow of Distress Inks and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video 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 info!!!
To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 11/12/18 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 11/14/2018.
Happy weekend everyone!! I've been feeling rather overwhelmed lately with life on all fronts - but one thing that REALLY helps a ton is getting things cleaned up and organized. Whether it's in my little office (which is what today's video helped accomplish) or in the rest of my house - ESPECIALLY since we'd moved less than 2 months ago. I've been working on what I can when I can and it feels SO good to empty a box or install a shelf or organize a closet section etc!
So I had orders from over the past several weeks/months pile up in my office (I literally am not kidding when I respond with "it's all over the floor" when people ask what do I do with it all). It was time to do some organizing/purging (I give away a lot - to a friend, to my kids, on here as giveaways and Patreon giveaways too, and then sell off things locally once I have the time to).
Anywho - all that said, the packages piled up, and then I received an incredibly generous gift from a subscriber - so rather than split up the haul videos into shorter segments over multiple videos I decided to do ONE BIG VIDEO:
And here are links to everything I showed/talked about in order:
ALSO - I was talking about how I got some items on SALE at SSS. Sales change - sometimes it's a code, sometimes they load up their Steals & Deals category (I always post when I know of a good one going on on my Instagram and Facebook pages b/c they're usually time sensitive!!).
FYI at SSS if you use the code PURF5 you can get $5 off your order!
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 have a $50 Gift Voucher for Simon Says Stamp to give to one of you! This is not sponsored in any way I just felt like paying it forward and brightening someone's day!!
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!).
And just like that October is over and we're in November!! I was on the ball for once lol and got the October Happy Mail Haul organized and filmed for y'all:
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
November Theme: Christmas/Holiday
December Theme: Valentine's/Love/Pink & Red
January Theme: Circles (whether it be a circle shaped card or a circle frame - anything circular!)
(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:
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!
Yayyyyyy!!! Happy Halloween!! I wanted to share one last Halloween project with y'all - this one combining Simon Says Stamp dies and stamps with some of the Doodlebug Pumpkin Party goodies I got and decided to NOT hoard (as much...):
Eeeepppp! Aren't they CUTE?!? And came together SO quick and easy!!
I generally struggle with using stickers of any sort on my cards but these mini icons ones from the Pumpkin Party collection were practically MADE to go with Simon's Bwahaha stamp set!!
I stamped the haunted house with Simon's Hot Mama dye ink, and the moon with Simon's Clementine dye ink, then built the rest of the scene with the Doodlebug stickers.
The sentiments are from the Bwahaha stamp set and were white heat embossed onto black card stock then die cut with Simon's Sentiment Labels wafer dies.
I finished off the insides of the card with the big Happy Halloween sentiment from the Bwahaha stamp set and some stars from the set stamped with the same dye inks plus Key Lime Simon Dye ink. I added the sticker banner and more Pumpkin Party Patterned paper and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video 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!
Happy Halloween!!!
If you want to catch up (or binge watch while you hand out candy lol) on any of my Halloween series this year you can find all the posts here:
Hello everyone! I think by now y'all know the drill LOL: If you've missed any of my previous Halloween series posts you can find all of them at the links below:
I have had MFT's Birdie Brown Frightfully Sweet stamp set sitting on my desk for WEEK's now - WEEKS. So I had to make a point of actually using it before Halloween!!
I stamped all the images from the set onto Neenah card stock with MFT's Extreme Black ink and coloured them in with Copic markers and highlighted them with my Gelly Roll white gel pen.
I used MFT's Inside and Out Stitched Ovals Die-namics on the inside of the card to create the window - and used the "left over" oval on the outside of the card for this little scene.
Then you open the card to this really fun shadow box scene!!! It's crazy to think that after around 15 years of card making this is the first time I've ever made a shadow box card LOL!
They're really fun to make - and really easy - I explain the steps in my video but if you want to check out a REALLY good and in-depth video and haven't watched it already check out Jennifer McGuire's video HERE.
I used MFT's Birch Trees for my scene as well as the Mini Cloud Edges stencil and some Shaded Lilac Distress Ink with a Picket Fence Studios blending brush to create my scene for the shadow box portion of the cards. I then adhered everything together and added all my Frightfully Sweet characters to finish it all off.
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!
I'm still plugging away with Halloween projects - if you missed any of my posts for my 2018 Halloween Series you can get caught up with all of them at the links below:
These were probably the quickest, easiest and FLATTEST cards ever LOL! I wanted to experiment some more with the ink blending brushes I was petting in my last haul video - so I pulled out several SSS dye inks and a couple of card bases and started blending.
Both bases were blended with 3 colors of ink, and then stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and Picket Fence Studio's silhouette images from 2 of their Halloween sets (linked below).
Both cards were then LIBERALLY sprayed (I really have a heavy hand when it comes to adding the bling...) with Shimmer Spritz sprays. The top card (blue, green purple combo) was sprayed with Sparkle Shimmer Spritz and the bottom (pink, orange, purple) card was sprayed with Frost Shimmer Spritz.
On the inside of both cards I stamped another silhouette image from the sets and then stamped a sentiment over it with the VF black ink and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video 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!
I decided to create this fun trick or treating "mashup" scene using several Whimsy Stamps stamp set and one of their stencils. It just took on a life of it's own while I was creating it and it was so fun!
I stamped the haunted house in Simon Says Stamp Smoke ink for the background, then used Brutus Monroe Raven Glitter Glaze over the flying bat cluster in the Halloween Creatures Stencil.
The characters were stamped onto Neenah card stock and coloured in with Copics, and the sentiments were heat embossed with Wendi Vecchi Violet embossing powder.
I also used the stencil on the card base AND inside of the card using one of the new (to me) Picket Fence Life Changing Blending Brushes (seriously they ARE amazing):
I used one of the smaller brushes with Distress Ink in black soot, heat embossed another sentiment and added the stamped and coloured bats and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video 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!
