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May 31, 2017

Penny Black Flower Cascade Take 2 | FineTec Pearlescent Watercolors

Hey everyone! I'm late as usual for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

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LOVE this combo! Make sure you check out the CTD blog post HERE <-----click! to see what the rest of the team made. Plus if you want to play along all the info is on the CTD blog at the link above.

Here's what I came up with:

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I had a really hard time getting decent photos of this card LOL. Between the shimmer/reflection of the watercolour and the shimmer of the envelope my camera was just NOT cooperating (and I'm clueless with pics - I pretty much point and shoot....).

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I used the Penny Black Flower Cascade stamp and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder onto navy card stock. I then used my FineTec Pearlescent and Iridescent watercolour sets to color them all in - again photos don't do justice at allllll. 

The sentiments are from the Mama Elephant Congrats All Around stamp set and Congrats die - the "on your engagement" stamp was PERFECT for this card IMO!

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Really hard to see in the photo (it was one of those evenings) but I stamped the Flower Cascade image onto the inside of the card with Versamark ink for a tone-on-tone look (and so the inside wasn't totally blank - y'all know I have to finish the insides of all the cards!). The gold envelope from SSS I heat embossed the image with some blue embossing powder and that finished it all off!

To see how this card and envelope came together check out my video below: 

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

Supplies

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself!

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May 30, 2017

MFT Seaside Seagulls Mine Mine Mine Card | Copics

Hello everyone! I'm back with another post - this time with the video to go along with the card I created for MFT today. They asked me to be a Guest Designer twice this month - if you missed my previous post for them this month you can check it out HERE <-----click!

For my second card for MFT this month I had to pull out the Seaside Seagulls again (I made a card using this set HERE) and make a fun little card:

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I stamped the images from the Seaside Seagulls twice onto Neenah Solar White 80lb card stock with MFT's Black Licorice Hybrid ink then coloured them all in with Copic Markers. I listed all the colors I used on the MFT blog post HERE.

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I created a scene with all the seagulls by using a couple of different Die-namics sets and the Radiating Rays stencil. And of course I added googly eyes to all the seagulls because it's too perfect and too funny not to.

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I finished off the inside of the card by creating a mini scene with a few of the elements I saved from making the card front while leaving some space to write to the recipient and that was it!

To see how this card came together you can check out my video below:

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

Supplies

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself!

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Bees Out of the Hive

LOL I was going to title this post as "Cats Out of the Bag" but thought this would be more fitting ;) ;)

Honey Bee Stamps just announced their Design Team:

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They have a HUGE team - I'm just a small part of it! You can check out their post announcing everyone HERE.

I'm looking forward to sharing more creations with y'all using their products! :) :) :)

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May 29, 2017

MFT Mixed Media SALE - One Day Only

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I just got this in an e-mail and wanted to share! MFT's Mixed Media category <------click! is PACKED with products - from Peerless watercolours (a favourite of mine) to Nuvo Crystal Drops to Deco Foil. Definitely worth checking out and you can get 15% off with the code MIXED - happy shopping! ;)

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May 28, 2017

Altenew Adore You Embossed 3 Ways | Sakura Koi Watercolors

Hope y'all have a cuppa coffee for this one - it's a long post and a long video LOL!

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I think I made these cards a couple of weeks ago now - I honestly can't remember exactly. I wanted to play around some more with watercolour, and wanted to do some heat embossing, and I've had this Altenew Adore You stamp set sitting here for some time now so this was the end result!

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I stamped and embossed ALL the images from the stamp set onto Ranger watercolour paper with VersaMark ink and then used one of 3 different embossing powders.

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For these 2 cards I used Wow's Super Fine Primary Ebony embossing powder - I normally avoid using black embossing powder at all costs (it gets everywhere and just annoys me) but I'd got this container in one of the Simon Says Stamp monthly card kits and I've used it several times now and actually don't mind it LOL!

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I used Ranger's Super Fine Detail White powder for these cards - there's so much detail in these images that the super/ultra  fine powders are small enough not to turn it all into a blob.

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I added gold splatter to all these cards with my Prima Metallic watercolour set (I made these before I got all those gorgeous FineTec palettes - regardless tho this Prima set is really good and the price point is great IMO).

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For the gold embossed images I used Rangers Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder - honestly it's a trickier powder to use IMO. B/c it's so fine it doesn't melt and get smooth and shiny like most powders - you really need to pay attention when melting it and it tends to take longer than other powders - that's been my experience anyway!

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It captured all the detail in these images so well though!

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I kept all the insides of the card really simple and just adhered strips of the same patterned paper that I'd used on the front of the card, then added one of the flowers and leaves and that was it!

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

Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <-------click!

Supplies

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself! 

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May 27, 2017

SSS Summer Flowers 2 Ways | Mission Gold Watercolors

It's Saturday already? I feel like I just can't ever catch up to everything lol. However I did finally get a chance to create a couple of cards with some of the new SSS Cherished release (if you missed my review of it you can find that HERE):

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The first thing I wanted to do when I saw all the stamps and dies is watercolour with the new Summer Flowers stamp set. After I did this card using SSS Barely Beige ink to stamp the outlines before watercoloring them I wanted to try that again, and thought while I was at it to stamp the image with black ink to do the same and compare.

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Like I mention in the video I'd like to try stamping images in some of SSS's other ink colors before watercoloring them (as all their dye inks are waterproof - so you can stamp and then color over them and the lines won't smear or bleed) - because after doing this one I think the sunflower itself would have looked even better had I stamped it in yellow!

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I do like how the black pops more, and it really is a lot faster and easier to color in LOL. I'm all about convenience ;) 

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I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the sunflowers with the Barely Beige ink then stamped sentiments from the new Thoughtful Messages set with Intense Black 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!

Supplies

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself! 

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May 26, 2017

SALE Info

Happy Friday everyone!! I've come across a couple of sales and wanted to share them with y'all here - and will update if I hear of any more! ;) 

 

For my Canadian peeps:

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Shop HERE at Scrap N Stamp <-----click! where a TON of items are $10 off - no coupon code required!!

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Honey Bee Stamps is having a Retirement Sale this weekend <------click! 40% OFF these stamps and dies - no code needed! :)

 

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May 25, 2017

Simon Says Stamp Cherished Release Haul & Review!

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Woot woot! Simon Says Stamp's Cherished release is now available <-------click!

I have most of it here and so many requests to do a "haul" video on it so here ya go:

 

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

Here are the links to everything in the release (and you can use the code CHEERY to 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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself! 

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May 24, 2017

MFT Mermazing w Distress Oxide Inks 3 Ways

Hey everyone! So I'm the guest over at the MFT blog today - you can check out the post HERE <----click!

I filmed this card while I was making it, and wanted to share it with y'all:

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I had sooooo many of you asking if it's possible to watercolour with the new Distress Oxide inks - and I did a teeny bit of that on a previous MFT card HERE, but didn't do anything more involved.

So this time I wanted to try watercoloring in an entire image with them, so I pulled out the Mermazing set from MFT, stamped it onto Bristol Smooth card stock with MFT Black Licorice Hybrid ink and watercolored it in with the Distress Oxide inks.

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Because of the nature of Distress Oxide inks you're going to get different results with them when watercoloring - they have a more chalk-ink-style to them which I think it pretty cool. I LOVE them for sponging which is what I did for the entire scene. I die cut everything from Bristol Smooth card stock and the Beach Scene Builder Die-namics along with the Wonky Stitched Circle Die-namics, then used all but one of the 12 new Distress Oxide inks LOL!

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The 3rd way I used the Distress Oxide inks was to stamp the coral, seaweed and fish images from the Mermazing set onto the inside of the card. I created my little underwater scene with all the images then added a sentiment from the same set and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <-----click!

Supplies

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself! 

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SSS Forget Me Not Flowers Friend Card | CTD444

Hello hello everyone! As it seems to be the case with me and my life, I've been racing the clock trying to get things done and get posts up on time!

The latest Color Throwdown Challenge is now up:

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You can check out the CTD blog post HERE <------click! to see what the rest of the team created, plus play along if you'd like!

This was what I came up with:

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I've been wanting to create with the Tonic Nuvo Embellishment Mousse more as I now have several colors - and it's all so shimmery (love!). So I pulled out my SSS Chevron Pattern stencil and sponged some Pure Platinum mousse over the stencil onto SSS 120lb white card stock.

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I also sponged the mousse onto the Forget Me Not Flowers that I'd die cut from the same card stock - I just love the shimmer. The greenery was die cut from SSS Green Leaf card stock and the Painted Friend wafer die was my only sentiment - so NO stamping on this card front whatsoever.

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I did stamp a sentiment onto the inside of the card - y'all know me I can't leave the inside blank. I used a stamp from the SSS Friendship Blooms stamp set and inked it up with SSS Slate 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!

Supplies

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself! 

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May 23, 2017

Wednesday Blitzday Deals from MFT!

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It's always a good day when there's crafty products on sale am I right?

MFT's Wednesday Blitzday items <-------click! are offered at a huge discount - no coupon code needed! They're only on sale for today! 

 You can check out the sale section at MFT HERE <----click! Or I have each item linked here below:

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Amazon Crafts Deals on Now!

Hello everyone! There are some GREAT prices on some of my favourite products through Amazon right now!!

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My FAVOURITE sequin storage solution is available for under $30 (the first option when you click "Available from these sellers" is 26.24!!) <-------click!

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Get the full set of 12 Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks for $62 <------click! This is a GREAT price, and these inks have been selling out everywhere and hard to get!!

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The Prismacolor Premier 150 Pencil set off Amazon for under $90 <----click! This is a GREAT deal.

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The Gansai Tambi Pearl Colors set is $13.99 <-------click! It usually retails for $20 and right now is sold out almost everywhere!!

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The Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 watercolor set <------click! is listed for under $30 right now - it retails for around $54.99 usually!

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The FULL set of 80 Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers <------click! is at $108 - these markers retail for around 3.50 EACH (so $280!). FABULOUS deal.

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The Mijello Mission Gold 36 Color Palette <-----click! is on for around $62 right now (usually retails for around $160) - so yes an AMAZING price!!

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself!

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May 22, 2017

SSS Floral Bliss w FineTec Iridescent Watercolors

I wasted NO time diving into the FineTec watercolours that I just showed y'all in my latest haul video! I decided to play with the Iridescent set and here was the end result:

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I used supplies from the June Simon Says Stamp card kit along with SSS Ultra Fine Detail Gold embossing powder and the FineTec Iridescent Watercolors.

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I heat embossed the large floral image from the SSS Floral Bliss stamp set onto black card stock with the gold embossing powder then painted in the image with the Iridescent watercolours. I also used the watercolours to splatter the black card stock and to paint a strip of SSS Cotton Candy card stock before adhering it to the card.

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I stamped the flap of the SSS Metallic Ivory envelop with the floral image and heat embossed it with the same gold embossing powder. THAT envelope with this Iridescent watercolour card? LOVE! ;)

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

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

Supplies

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself! 

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May 21, 2017

SALE on MFT STAX Die-namics!

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Woot woot! Today and tomorrow you can shop MFT's STAX Die-namics <-----click! and save 20% with the code STAX

They have literal TONS of these sets to choose from - you can't go wrong. I've linked to just some of my most-often-reached-for favourites below:

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SSS Haul x2!

I hope y'all are having a great weekend so far! I've been so behind with everything (which is pretty much the story of my life LOL) so orders have piled up and instead of separating them into individual videos and whatnot I just combined my 2 big SSS orders into one video for convenience sake ;).

You can watch directly on YouTube HERE <------click!

I've included links to multiple sources for y'all too! :D

Oh and before I forget - the coupon code for SSS that I mentioned in the video is CHEERY - use that and 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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself! 

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