Prairie Paper & Ink

SSS Heart of Flowers Inlay | Jan Card Kit | AmyR Valentine 2018 Series #2 + GIVEAWAY 3

Hey everyone! I'm back yet again with another card(s) and video AND there's a giveaway at the end of the post!  I'm still celebrating me passing 60,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel and while my tooth issues and all the pain has thrown everything in the air time-wise - I'm still moving forward!

I FINALLY got a chance to dive in to Simon's January card kit - and couldn't resist pairing it with a couple of older wafer dies and one brand new die set:

I used Simon's Heart of Flowers wafer die and die cut three of the card stocks that come in the kit. I also used the second largest Basic Rectangles die, then backed them with black card stock.

I used three of the patterned papers from the kit, ran them through my Xyron Creative Station to apply adhesive to the backs of them then die cut them with the Heart of Flowers wafer die.

I then inlaid all those patterned paper and card stock die cuts into the the open areas on all the card fronts.

I added Nuvo Glaze to all the centres of the flowers (watch the video to see how that turned out and how I fixed it LOL) and coated them with the Vintage Platinum glitter that came in the kit - SO pretty and sparkly in real life.

The "i love you" die cut is from Simon's new Friends release (I did 2 separate Release & Review videos on that HERE and HERE in case you missed them!). I ran white card stock through my Creative Station Lite and then die cut them multiple times with the I Love You wafer die, stacked them 3 each and stuck them to my card fronts.

I used the new Really Like You stamp set that comes in the kit on the inside of the cards, along with Delicata's Pink Shimmer ink cube (also in the kit) and Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

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. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!

Heidi (owner of Simon Says Stamp) has generously donated a $50 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp! Thank you Heidi!! To be entered in to win just follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (and make sure you're using an email address that you check frequently as that's what I use to contact the winner). 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck and Happy New Year!!! <3 <3 <3 

Honey Bee Stamps Hooray! Card | Distress Ink Watercolor

Hello everyone! Today is Melissa's (owner of Honey Bee Stamps) birthday and to celebrate she has a gift for you! Today and tomorrow if you place an order of $36 or more at Honey Bee Stamps you'll receive the Celebration Box stamp set for FREE with the code HBD36

I used that set to make this card:

I created several masks for the balloons and stamped a bunch of them onto some Bristol Smooth card stock with Hero Arts Intense Black ink. I then used Distress Inks to watercolor everything in.

After I was done all the watercoloring I used my heat tool to dry everything, then sprayed it with shimmer spray. I showed in this video how I mixed Tonic's Nuvo Platinum Embellishment Mousse in one of their spray bottles to make a shimmer spray. It gives a subtle result but in real life the shimmer is SO pretty.

I also added a TON of Honey Bee's Unicorn Rhinestones - once I started putting them on my card I couldn't stop LOL! I used Honey Bee's Hooray die for my sentiment, cutting it from SSS's White Glitter card stock and black card stock.

I kept the inside of the card simple and stamped sentiments from the Honey Bee Hooray stamp set with black 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!

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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! 

Don't forget I have a Honey Bee Stamps gift certificate giveaway going on still in THIS POST <------click!

Part 2 | Simon Says Stamp Friends Release & Review!

Before I get to the post - FYI Simon Says Stamp is having a BIG end of the year SALE!! Items are already marked down (HUGE discounts already applied!) - you can check all that out HERE <------click!

Hello everyone! I am still plugging away while on all the antibiotics and painkillers (see previous posts for all the info on that) and felt up to getting a couple of videos filmed (even talking hurts so bad sometimes in the last week or so). Package #2 arrived with the rest of the Simon Says Stamp Friends release and I HAD to share it with y'all. SO many ideas running through my head as you'll see/hear in the video:

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

You can check out the entire release HERE on the SSS site <-----click! and I have links to everything individually at the end of the post.

If you missed Part 1 of this release you can check out the post and video here:

Simon Says Stamp Friends Release & Review!

Also I mention in the video that SSS has galleries that you all can check out for inspiration and ideas using products from all their releases. If you haven't checked them out before I HIGHLY recommend it. All the images you can click on and be taken to the blog posts of the designer that explain all the info, some will have videos etc etc.

Check out the Simon Brand Galleries HERE <--------click!

And here are the links!! 

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!   

Loads of Love | Distress Oxide Watercolor | AmyR Valentine 2018 Series #1 + GIVEAWAY 2

Hello everyone! Tooth update - I'm on pretty strong antibiotics (and painkillers) and have a root canal scheduled for next week. I just need to survive another week and it'll all be over. I'm managing for the most part - it's definitely not easy taking care of 4 kids and a house and work and alllllll the things when it feels like an ice pick is being jammed in one's head. However there's light at the end of the tunnel! So I'll keep plodding along - speaking of which:

I have another card and video AND giveaway for y'all! Giveaway details are at the end of the post!

Now that the Christmas card-making season has come to a close it's time to start my Valentine's Card series:

I pulled out Honey Bee Stamps Little Pickup stamp set and coordinating die set to make this card. The set has a bunch of different items to "fill" the back of the truck with - including this stack of hearts.

I stamped all the images onto Bristol Smooth card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink then heat embossed them with Nuvo Clear embossing powder. I then used my Distress Oxide inks and a water brush to color them all in.

I used Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink and sponged it onto the card base, and then I used one of the stencils from Honey Bee's Ocean Scene Builder over it, and wiped another blending tool over it that had been sprayed with water. That's how i was able to create the rays look. 

The sentiments are from the Sending You Sentiments set and I stamped them with Versafine Onyx Black ink and Distress Oxide inks in Picked Raspberry and Candied Apple.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping more sentiments from the Sending You Sentiments set, added the pickup of course, and adhered a few of the die cut hearts 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!

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!

Honey Bee Stamps is giving one of you a $60 (to celebrate me surpassing 60,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel!) gift certificate to the Honey Bee Stamps store! To enter just follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (and make sure you're using an e-mail address that you check frequently as that's how I contact the winner). 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you all SO much and thank you Honey Bee Stamps!!! <3 <3 <3

Essentials by Ellen Mondo Magnolia | Daniel Smith Watercolor | Giveaway 1

Hello everyone! It's a late start to my series of videos and giveaways and videos that I've been promising y'all. The kids and I had a good Christmas, and just spent time together here at home. It is INSANELY cold here right now (this morning we hit around -47C with the windchill - AKA it's COLD). To top it off the reason I'm behind with  everything (and possibly why my voice sounds off in the video) is I have the WORST tooth pain - I broke one of my teeth and need a root canal. Of course my dentist (and all the ones we tried calling today including emergency) is off for the holidays. So I'm just struggling to get through the day let alone trying to work and create and edit. I don't wish this sort of pain on anyone (and it doesn't help that I have massive dental anxiety from extremely painful procedures when I was younger).

SO - that's my life update for the moment! I'm still going through with my videos and giveaways as planned it just might take me a little bit longer than I'd hoped to get them all up! I am so excited to have passed 60,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel, and have over 12,000 followers on my Prairie Paper & Ink Facebook page and over 9000 followers on my Instagram! You all are helping me create this awesome corner of the interwebs that I enjoy adding inspiration to and hope y'all will enjoy visiting for years to come! <3 <3 <3 

First off is Ellen Hutson LLC - she's provided a coupon code for my followers. You can shop the Ellen Hutson store HERE <-----click! and use the code congratsAmy and save 10% off your order! Valid on in-stock merchandise only. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers. Coupon code EXCLUDES new Mama Elephant products (released in the last 90 days) and BCRF Fundraiser. 

Stay tuned to the end of the post for the giveaway!

I used the Essential by Ellen Mondo Magnolia stamp set, and after heat embossing the image multiple times onto Canson XL watercolor paper I watercolored it with a couple of Daniel Smith watercolors.

I used the coordinating die set to cut out the flower and the inner flower and centre, then stacked them together with foam dimensionals. 

I used one of the sentiments from the Mondo Magnolia set and heat embossed it with the same copper embossing powder that I had used on the outside 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!

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!!

Ellen has generously donated a $25 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson store! All you need to do to be entered is follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (make sure you're using an e-mail address that you check frequently as it's how I contact the winner). 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you so much Ellen for the gift certificate and the coupon code for my followers! Good luck everyone!

SALES and a Thank You!

Merry Christmas everyone! I had planned to have my first video up and start the giveaways but I opted to spend extra time with my kids today. We had a great Christmas (even though it's SO cold here - we hit -42C with the wind chill this morning) and I made turkey dinner with all the fixings and just stayed warm!

I will be starting the videos and giveaways tomorrow! Stay tuned as there's a LOT up for grabs and I am beyond excited to share it with you all!

First off though are a couple of great sales I wanted to share:

First off My Favorite Things has 25% off Stamps, Die-namics and Stencils (excludes brand new) with the code SAVE25 - click HERE to shop!! <------click!

Secondly - at Simon Says Stamp you can shop all their Ranger products and save 15% with the code BXDY985 - click HERE to check out the selection!! <------click!

Third - for my Canadian peeps save up to 40% on a ton of products at ScrapNStamp! Click HERE to check it all out <-----click! no coupon code needed!!

This is a GREAT label maker (and it comes with an AC adaptor so you don't need batteries!) and it's 1/2 price on Amazon right now! Check it out HERE <-----click!

Lastly - THANK YOU!! I posted a collage of all the Christmas Card videos I did for my AmyR Christmas Card 2017 Series on my social media - and thought I'd share them here as well:

All in all I created 26 videos, 58 Cards, 4 tags and 6 ornaments! I had a lot of fun, and sadly didn’t get to make near as much as I wanted to (or had ideas for!) but at the very least I did what I set out to do! I hope y'all enjoyed them - if you missed any you can check out my YouTube playlist with all the videos in order HERE:

AmyR's 2017 Christmas Card Series

Now I’m on to working on all the giveaways and videos to accompany them! Thank you all SO much for your support, comments, likes, thumbs up and follows. 2017 has been great and I am very much looking forward to 2018 - however before we get to the New Year I have a BUNCH of videos and giveaways for y'all as a way to say thank you! <3 <3 <3 

 

Haul! AKA Lawn Fawn 2017 Valentine Release & Review!

Merry Christmas!!! I wanted to share this fun haul video with y'all as I was SO excited for it to finally arrive!!

Lawn Fawn had a new release just over a week ago and I knew I wanted to own it all:

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

And YES!! Like I mentioned in the video - earlier today I passed 60,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel!! Stay tuned for videos and giveaways ALL week!! I am SO excited!!!

Here's links to everything I showed/talked about in the video!

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!   

SSS Christmas Sweater Picture Book Animals | AmyR 2017 Christmas Card Series #25

I made it!!! 25 videos and JUST under the wire too LOL! Not to mention this one ends with a GIVEAWAY too (stay tuned to the end of the post!!).

I had so many people asking when I would use the new Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Characters that were released the beginning of December. I've had them sitting on my desk just waiting to be cut out and I thought why not put them all in sweaters? I just got my hands on the Lawn Fawn Knit Picky 6x6 papers, and they were just too perfect for making sweaters for my moose and hippo and polar bear!

I used more patterned papers to create my background as well as the speech bubble (I am loving SSS's Nested Talk Bubbles die set) and the sentiment is from an older die set from SSS. I didn't use ANY ink or stamps to make this card. All card stock and patterned paper and wafer dies!

Also FYI - if you don't have a ton of colors of card stock (unlike me - I have tons and I save all my scraps even tiny ones b/c I end up die cutting them all at some point) you can just use ink or markers to color white or light card stock in the colors you need. Easy peasy ;).

To finish off the inside of the card I die cut another of the Knit Picky papers with the largest SSS Wonky Rectangles die, then used Lawn Fawns Simple Gift Card Slots die to cut the notches. I had this cute sweater gift card that was perfect to pair with this card. So I slipped that into place 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!

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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! I have three brand new Picture Book dies here - the Hippo, Moose and Polar Bear to give away to one of you! All you need to do to enter is follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (make sure you're using an e-mail address that you check frequently as that's how I contact the winner). 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

And like I said in the video - stay tuned!! I have a BUNCH of giveaways and videos coming starting Christmas Day!!! Make sure you're subscribed to my YouTube channel, and follow me on Facebook and on Instagram as there will be giveaways on my other platforms as well (not just here on my blog!). I'm so excited to bring all this to you as a way to say THANK YOU and Merry Christmas!!! :) :) :)

Color Burst Rainbow Snowflakes | AmyR 2017 Christmas Card Series #24

Hello everyone! I apologize in advance for my rather disjointed (it feels to me) video. I got my hands on some Color Burst watercolor pigments and the other night decided to do a little experimenting LOL!

I wasn't intending to make them into cards but one thing led to another, and one experiment led to another and I ended up making 6 cards with it all. I consider that to be a rather successful experiment but it lended itself to me splicing together all the video footage ;).

I used MFT's Mesmerizing Mandala Die-namics to die cut all the backgrounds I created with the Color Burst Powders. I also used the back of the same die to emboss into the white watercolor card stock so that there was an inlay impression on them.

I sprayed all the white pieces with a shimmer spray I created by mixing Tonic's Nuvo Pure Platinum Embellishment Mousse with water in a Tonic spray bottle. 

The sentiments are from MFT's Snow Globe Sentiments stamp set, I heat embossed them on black card stock with white embossing powder and popped them up with foam tape. I added Studio Katia's Iridescent Crystals to all the snowflakes for a bit of sparkle - I love how they pick up the colors of whatever they're applied over!

I finished the insides of all the cards with sentiments from MFT's Snowfall of Blessings stamp set and that was it!

To see how these cards came together 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. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!   

C9 Christmas Cheer Turnabout | AmyR 2017 Christmas Card Series #23

Hello everyone! As of typing this it's super early Friday morning so YAY Happy Friday!

I had sooooo many requests to do videos showing how to use Concord & 9th's Turnabout stamp sets. This will just be the first one, I own a couple others and have ordered their newest one - plan to see many videos in the future!

These stamps are REALLY cool. And once you use them once they're actually quite easy to use! After I went through the steps of making my "jig" and marking the centre on the back of the stamp it all went smooth as butter after that (totally random - I've been seeing a lot of mashed potato recipe videos on Facebook today. With Christmas literally right around the corner it's not surprising. I REALLY want mashed potatoes like right now - smothered in butter...... OK back to the post at hand).

I stamped the backgrounds with Versafine Onyx black ink, then used the little solid images in the set and stamped those with various MFT dye inks. I am honestly just wow'd at how clever this all was - and it was REALLY easy to line up the solid images (I missed a few times here and there b/c I was stamping fairy quickly but that didn't bother me at all with the finished backgrounds).

I used the same inks and stamped backgrounds on Neenah Desert Storm card stock too - I gotta say I REALLY like how the colors look on this card stock! I need to do more solid stamping on it - I have some ideas brewing... (and I just noticed that I missed adding the white gel pen to one of the sets of candy canes - too late for these pics but again - I'm not too concerned about it LOL).

I used sentiments from Concord & 9th's Joyful Noel set on the inside of the cards, and stamped the little snowflakes from the Christmas Cheer turnabout set - only inking them up once then stamping them 3 times - getting 3 shades out of one ink.

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

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

Random (not-so-random if you actually read the post) question - do you "dress up" your mashed potatoes? I always keep mine simple - mashed so they're creamy and no lumps and I add lots of butter and milk, salt and pepper and that's it. I don't like adding anything else to it because I feel just properly done mashed potatoes are HEAVEN...... I can't wait to make Christmas dinner now ;).

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!   

Oh So Sweet Distress Oxide Card | Ellen Hutson with Concord & 9th United We Flourish

Hello everyone!

This month's United We Flourish collab (you can check out all the previous ones here on my Sales & Coupons page!) is with Concord & 9th and it's such a fun set! The set is called Sweet Sprinkles and it's a combo stamp set with the coordinating dies.

Here's the card I created with the new set:

I pulled out my Distress Oxide inks and went on a rainbow theme with this card. The sprinkles stamp in this set made for a quick and easy background. I staggered the image and stamped it with different colors of Distress Oxides - SO fun.

I decided to use the ice cream cone for this card and for both the cones and the "ice cream" I inked up the images with one color of Distress Oxide ink then before stamping I rocked the stamp onto another color of Distress Oxide ink. That way I got the 2 toned images for all the pieces with one stamp impression.

I finished off the inside of the card with a stamped sentiment from the set, and stamped the little sprinkles image "on top" of it with the same rainbow of Distress Oxide inks 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!

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!   

Simon Says Stamp Friends Release & Review!

Hello everyone! A parcel just arrived with a bunch of the new fabulous products from Simon Says Stamp's Friends release! I lost NO time in sitting down and filming a Release & Review video for y'all - and like I mention in the video this is only part of the release! You can check out the entire release HERE on the SSS site <-----click! and I have links to everything at the end of the post!

 

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

And here are all the links!

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 products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!   

PPP Joy Shaker Ornaments | AmyR 2017 Christmas Card Series #22b

I'm back! I mentioned in my previous video that it was part 1 of 2 - so here's part 2.

After I'd made the Winter Woodland card I wanted to create something with Pretty Pink Posh's Joy Shaker wafer die - and decided to make some ornaments with it:

I pulled out my WeR Memory Keepers Fuse Tool to create several "flat" circular shaker pouches that I filled with several different Pretty Pink Posh sequins and Confettis.

Before I did any die cutting on the card stock I ran the pieces through my Xyron 3" Sticker Maker so that the card stock had adhesive on one side. I then ran the pieces through with half the die cuts card stock face up and the other half with the adhesive face up.

After sandwiching the shaker pouches between the card stock die cuts, I punches holes in the tops with my Crop a Dile. I still have some eyelets in my stash so I set those in the holes and strung through some cord (also hanging out in my stash lol) and my ornaments were done!

For a great idea on how to incorporate these into a card to give to someone check out Amy Yang's post HERE <------click! I love hers!!

To see how these ornaments were made 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. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!   

PPP Winter Woodland | AmyR 2017 Christmas Card Series #22a

Hello everyone! I hope y'all had a great weekend, and here we are at the last week before Christmas! Part of me had hoped to have all my Christmas cards made and videos posted well before now (but this is me we're talking about). Another part of me enjoys it so much though that I may just keep posting all the way 'till Christmas Day (even if it bypasses the 25 videos I originally set out to do!). What do you all think?

For today's video I pulled out some of the new Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies that I hadn't had a chance to use yet - and after making this card I made more things and so will have another video coming a little later!

I stamped all the images from the PPP Winter Woodland set onto Neenah Desert Storm card stock and coloured them in with my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol to blend them out (you can check out a video I did a long time ago HERE on Gamsol and Prismacolor Pencils).

I used Lawn Fawns Stitched Hillside Backdrop: Landscape die to create my background scene. I heat embossed the snowflakes with white embossing powder and sponged Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Inks over that to create the sky. I then sponged some Hero Arts Unicorn White pigment ink over the hills to lighten them a bit.

I used PPP's Merry Christmas Script wafer die and ran the card stock through my 3" Xyron Sticker Marker before die cutting it - so it was easy to remove the backing and adhere to the inside of my card. I'd saved one of the foxes I'd coloured at the beginning and stuck him on the inside 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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SSS Ugly Sweater Cards | AmyR 2017 Christmas Card Series #21

Hello everyone! I hope y'all are having a fabulous weekend so far! It's SO hard to believe that Christmas is just over a week away! I am so close to having 25 videos in my Christmas Card series for this year - and I'm determined to keep plugging away until I hit that magical number!

I have been seeing "ugly" Christmas sweaters EVERYWHERE this season - I literally can't go into a store without there being a display of them it seems. So that's what inspired today's busy/crazy/fun cards!

I used Simon Says Stamp's Christmas Sweater Background stamp and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder on to Bristol Smooth card stock. I then masked off each "stripe" and sponged on different shades of red and green SSS dye inks. 

I used some of Simon's new glitter card stock for the focal point - I am seriously in love with this glitter card stock. It die cuts like a dream and doesn't have that weird smell (some of you know exactly what I'm talking about!!) that some glitter papers have.

For the deer and trees I used the SSS exclusive CZ Design Coolest Yulest stamp and coordinating die set. and the die cut "ho" is from the CZ Design Hos die set (I did consider adding 3 of the die cuts to the card - but considering I was going for gaudy and fun.....LOL!).

I used the Coolest Yulest stamp and die set for the insides of the card, 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. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!