OMG!! STAMPtember® is officially here!! For those not aware - STAMPtember® is Simon Says Stamp's biggest crafty month of the year. There was a HUGE release today (check it all out HERE) and there will be tons of fun all month long with exclusive releases collaborating with a bunch of amazing companies, special surprises and allllll sorts of giveaways. Also FYI: Simon Says Stamp be having a Facebook Live video every Friday at noon ET. There will be a crafty parcel given away during each Facebook Live broadcast. You can check out the SSS Facebook page HERE <-----click!
We have an amazing two day blog hop for y'all - so make sure you check back in to the Simon Says Stamp blog tomorrow! There's also a BIG giveaway at each stop on these hops so make sure you read all the way to the end!!
If you didn't get here from Kathy's amazing blog you can start at the beginning of the hop HERE and click on through.
I had the hardest time deciding which projects to share for my post and video but the Halloween goodies won out (of course):
Simon's new If the Hat Fits stamp set is so fun I had to make 2 cards with it instead of just one.
For card #1 I stamped all the hats from the set onto Distress Watercolour paper with SSS Clear Embossing Ink then heat embossed them with a detail white embossing powder. I then went in with several different Distress Inks and a water brush to watercolor in all of the images. I decided after I was done that it needed some splatter (what doesn't?) so rather than just plain water I mixed in some Perfect Pearls powder to make it shimmery. It's subtle on this card but the shimmer is there!
For card #2 I only used one of the hats and fussy cut it after I'd watercolored it, and also added some shimmer to the ribbon band on it. The sentiment from the set I heat embossed onto another piece of Distress watercolour paper then used the Chipped Sapphire Distress ink to paint over it for some emboss resist.
I also used the new Good Reading background stamp on both cards - loving it! On the second card after I'd stamped it I added some more Perfect Pearls splatter for some added shimmer.
For both cards I stamped images and sentiments from the set using SSS Intense black ink then stamped the hats and stars using the same Distress Inks that I'd used to color the card fronts with and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <-------click!
Next stop on the hop is Nina-Marie Trapani's blog! <------click!
And if you missed any of the other stops you can find them all here:
Amy Rysavy (you're here!)
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!
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! If you're interested in winning one of my Halloween cards in this post just follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (I'm giving away all the Halloween cards I make this year just for fun and to brighten people's day).
ETA: Congrats to Eileen & Ann for winning these cards! And thank you to ALL of you for your sweet comments!
And if you'd like to win BIG - Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50 coupon to every stop on the hop from each blog's comment section - this is double what they usually do for blog hops because STAMPtember® is special! SSS will choose the winners over the weekend and post on their Simon Says Stamp store blog on Tuesday at which time the winners can e-mail SSS to claim his/her prize!! Thank you SO much Heidi for such a generous batch of giveaways!! SO - to be entered make sure to leave a comment here on my blog post, as well as on the other posts in the hop. Don't forget there's another blog hop happening tomorrow starting on the SSS blog and there will be giveaways on all of them as well!
