Crazy thing is is the card on the right is the one I'd made and filmed a month ago now - and that was the video I was editing when my laptop crashed and I lost all the footage (as well as several other videos). I finally got a chance to re-make and re-film everything and made the card on the left.
The grad cap image is from Honey Bee Stamps Penny the Platypus stamp set and was the focus for these cards. I stamped the image multiple times onto black card stock and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder before die cutting them all out with the coordinating wafer die.
I used Spectrum Noir's Onyx Black sparkle pen on the caps - you can see the shimmer in the pics but in the video the sparkle REALLY shows up.
I used Black Soot Distress Oxide ink on the background, sponging it over Bristol Smooth card stock and splattering it with water.
On the inside of the cards I stamped sentiments from the Congrats Grad sentiment set from Honey Bee and added the grad caps to finish them off.
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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I've admitted that I've been rather obsessed lately with using Distress Oxide inks on Neenah's Desert Storm card stock - and I don't think I'll be able to stop anytime soon LOL! I stamped the Reverse Polka Background stamp onto the Desert Storm card stock using Broken China Distress Oxide Ink, and without re-inking the stamp I stamped it a second time to get the lighter version you see on the left. I LOVE getting 2 backgrounds with only one inking!
I used the Oh, Baby stamp set for all my images, stamping them onto the Desert Storm card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink. For this first card I coloured in the images with the Oxide inks and a waterbrush before die cutting them.
For me second card I stamped the solid parts of the images with the Oxide inks and then the outline with the Versafine Onyx Black before die cutting them and adhering them to the card front.
I finished off the insides of the cards with stamped sentiments from the Oh Baby stamp set and stamped some of the images again with the same Oxide inks and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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Hellooooo everyone! I'm literally coming in under the wire with another couple of Easter cards - I REALLY wanted to use the new Simon Says Stamp Doodle Egg Background stamp AND I've had this Giveaway planned so I've been scrambling to get everything done!
I made 2 cards using this color combo and the Simon Says Stamp Doodle Egg Background stamp along with a few other SSS stamps and dies and stencil.
For my first card I heat embossed the background onto Distress watercolor card stock with white embossing powder, then "smooshed" Distress Inks onto it. I heat embossed a sentiment from the Easter Greetings stamp set onto some GinaK Sweet Mango card stock. The bunny is from the same Easter Greetings stamp set and I stamped him onto Distress Watercolor card stock with SSS Stone ink then used the same Distress Inks and a water brush to color him in.
For my second card I started out with another heat embossed background on Distress Watercolor card stock and then sponged the same Distress Inks over it using Simon's Waves & Hills Stencil. I used the new Topside Bunny wafer die which I added a little pom pom to for his tail and a pink crystal for his nose.
I finished the insides of the cards with the same bunnies I used on the outsides along with stamped and heat embossed sentiments and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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Now for the GIVEAWAY!!
I had ordered the Doodle Egg Background, the Waves & Hills Stencil, Topside Bunny Wafer Die and Easter Greetings Stamp set only for SSS to have sent them to me in a separate package (that took longer to show up). SO since I don't need doubles I want to give away this package of goodies to one of you!
To enter just follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (making sure you're using an e-mail address that you check frequently as that's how I contact the winner) and that's it!
Hello everyone! This is a long post, a long video and there's a giveaway too!!
I'm racing the clock (as usual) with Easter this weekend but I am determined to keep creating and posting (nothing like having ideas for next year right? That's what I'm telling myself anyway). I have so many new-to-me products here and the ideas are just rolling.
Speaking of I made 4 Easter cards with a bunch of the new Pretty Pink Posh goodies that I got last week:
My main focus was the new Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set and all the new Jewels that Pretty Pink Posh released - I am LOVING all the new jewels (of course - if it's bling then Amy likey lol). I also love the Sparkle Dot patterns stamp sets - Pretty Pink Posh released the first set a few months ago (I have ideas for that one too - will have to make cards and a video with it at a later date) and then just released the 2nd set with their March release.
For my first card I kept it simple and just stamped the large egg image from the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set onto white card stock. I then used several of the new jewels packs to fill in the dots and made them into a pattern of sorts. To finish off the card I ran some pink card stock through my Xyron Creative Station Lite and then die cut it 3 times with the new PPP Happy Easter Script wafer die and stacked them together before adhering to my card front.
For my second card I used the smaller egg image from the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set and stamped it 3 times onto some Distress watercolor card stock. I then watercolored over that with 3 different colors of distress ink. I like how that defined the shape and added some background color. I used jewels in coordinating colors to fill in the eggs.
The bunnies are from the new PPP Bunny Friends stamp set - I stamped them onto Distress watercolor card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder. I then used those 3 same Distress Inks to watercolor in all the images.
To create card #3 I used the new PPP Decorative eggs wafer die and die cut some light purple card stock that I stamped the small egg image from the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 set onto. I then filled it in with the 2 shades of purple PPP jewels.
My final card probably took the longest but it was SO fun to make. I stamped the long border stamp from the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set onto white card stock multiple times to fill an entire background. After filling it with the jewels in almost all the colors I added the layer that I'd die cut with the new Happy Easter Shaker wafer die. I used the same distress inks to watercolor the die cut, then inlaid it back into the main piece and popped it on top of the jewelled background with foam tape.
I finished the insides of all the cards with sentiments from the new PPP Encouraging Greetings stamp set and the remaining bunnies and flowers and that was it!
To see how all these cards came together check out my video below:
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Now for the GIVEAWAY!!
I have 2 brand new Pretty Pink Posh stamp sets: Sparkle Dot Patterns and Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 along with a generous sampling of almost all the new Pretty Pink Posh Jewels to give to one lucky winner!
To be entered in to this giveaway simply 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!):
I hope everyone had a good weekend! We got a TON of snow and wind here on Friday (totally changed all the plans and my schedule and whatnot but such is life!), and I'm still working on my old Mac. I have no new updates as we're waiting on parts to be delivered and are hoping I'll be back up and working on it soon (I really hope so!).
Anywho - here was this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:
I pulled out the new The Ink Road Stamps sets that I received recently and made a fairly quick and simple card with it (barring me spilling things and forgetting to plug in my heat tool and misplacing my adhesive runner......it was one of those days).
I heat embossed the large sentiment from the Chin Up Buttercup stamp set with gold embossing powder onto hot press watercolor paper. I then stamped the flowers (and some dots from the Bloom Where You Are Planted set) along the edges with Versafine Onyx Black ink.
To color in the flowers and dots I used Abandoned Coral and Black Soot Distress Inks with a water brush. The pink card stock panel I stamped with one of the background stamps from the Between the Lines stamp set using white pigment ink.
I heat embossed a sentiment from the Bloom Where You Are Planted set onto the inside of the card and stamped the flowers and dots again with black ink.
I finished off the back of the card with a ""handmade by:" stamp from The Inks Road's I Made a Thing stamp set and signed my name with a Uniball Gold pen and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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Stay tuned as I'll have card videos coming ASAP using some of these new goodies and there will be a giveaway coming too!!
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It's Friday already?? We're getting a lot of wind and more snow here today - just makes me crave Spring even more.
I've had the idea for this card mulling around for a while now - and when it started coming together while creating it I was having SO much fun LOL:
Like I mention in the video - I don't know WHO first realized that MFT's Balloon Shaker Window & Frame Die-namics are the perfect egg shape - but they are! If you use the base die without the frame and flip it "upside down" it looks like an egg! And if you add the balloon shaker pouch you have an egg shaped shaker - LOVE!!
Another fabulous thing is the Studio Katia Iridescent Bubbles (I used them on this card too) - they go PERFECTLY with this MFT Birdie Brown Bubble Over with Joy stamp set - more LOVE!
I created a whole fun Easter scene with bubbles and patterned paper eggs and the shaker - so much going on and yet it all works together so well. I love MFT's shaker pouches - makes adding elements like that so easy to cards without having to fuss with a ton of foam tape. I filled mine with Studio Katia Sparkling Hearts Chunky Glitter and Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Seed Beads to get that fun shaker "sound".
I finished off the inside of the card with more patterned paper eggs and one of the bunnies, then stamped the solid bubbles from the set with MFT Snow Cone dye ink.
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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Hello everyone! I'm still creating for my 2018 Easter card series - I have SO many ideas and stamps and dies and am just determined to keep going! You can check out all the previous cards so far in my blog's Spring/Easter Category <-----click! if you missed any of them.
I got this Lawn Fawn Easter Party stamp set and Happy Easter Line Border die and ended up making 3 cards with it:
I stamped the characters from the Easter Party stamp set onto Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80lb card stock with MFT's Extreme Black ink then coloured them in with Copic markers.
I used Lawn Fawns new Perfectly Plaid Spring patterned papers as well as their Watercolor Wishes patterned papers to create scenes for my characters.
I also used several different die sets to create the scenes for my cards. MFT's A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX set 2 were used on the patterned papers to make my rectangles. I then used the Lawn Fawn Simple Puffy Clouds Frames with white card stock, and used both the frame and the inner piece.
The grass was die cut from more Watercolor Wishes patterned paper using one of the LF Meadow Borders dies.
I used Ranger Collage Medium to adhere all the little details - like I mention in the video I'm still not overly LOVING this adhesive. Well, the adhesive itself is great, and it IS thinner than Ranger Multi Medium Matte - so I know a lot of people really like not having to squeeze their bottles as hard to apply it. For me though I find my bottle clogs up MORE than the Multi Medium Matte does with the exact same applicator tip. So I can use either one but I'm still preferring my Multi Medium Matte!
I finished off the insides of the cards by die cutting a banner from the Watercolor Wishes patterned papers with one of the LF Everyday Sentiment Banners dies and stamping a sentiment from the Easter Party stamp set and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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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 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!
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Hello everyone! All weekend I was thinking about making this card (lol no joke it was in the back of my mind for a while) and this morning sat down and created it:
Like I mention in the video - while I LOVE these adorable stamp sets from Mama Elephant (there's the cat one, the snowmen one (that I made cards with here) and the dog one too) I get overwhelmed at the idea of all the time it will take to color them in. While I LOVE to color....I don't have a whole lot of time. However I've seen similar examples to what I've made today that keep the colouring simple (this was 15 mins max!) and I LOVE how cute it is!
I used Copic markers to color in the bunnies and kept the colors light/pastel, and only used one marker per color - no blending.
The background was an experiment/accident on my part. I'd sponged several Distress Inks onto it over the MFT Mini Cloud Edges Stencil and it was too streaky for my taste, so I sponged white pigment ink over it. I really liked how it ended up!
I added some shimmer, and filled in the one bunny's glasses with Crystal Glaze, and added some Studio Katia Iridescent Bubbles to finish it off.
I finished off the inside of the card with some of the individual bunny images from the same set and the Happy Easter die cut from the coordinating die set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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Hello everyone! I have another Easter card for y'all:
I used the new Studio Katia Floral Cross stamp set and combined it with some Bo Bunny 6x6 patterned paper that I showed in a recent haul video.
I white heat embossed the floral cross image onto Distress Watercolor card stock then used one of my Daniel Smith dot charts and a water brush to color it in.
I then die cut the image as well as the frames with Studio Katia's Dotted Patterns Set 2 wafer dies, and die cut the vellum banner with one of the dies from the same set.
I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the floral cross image with light purple ink and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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Happy weekend! I had tried getting this up earlier but after the camera battery issues there were tech issues with my blog provider (one thing after another lately...). Anywho - first off there's SALE info:
And here are the links to everything I showed/talked about:
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Now for the GIVEAWAY!
All you need to do to be entered is follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (giveaway is open to everyone. Make sure you're using an e-mail address that you check regularly as that's what I use to contact the winner):
Happy Friday!! I've been running around all day so far and catching up on "non-work" things as I wait for my camera batteries to charge (I alternate them but apparently I didn't put the battery in the charger properly last time....ended up with 2 dead batteries - so all my filming is at a standstill till they take their sweet time charging - ugh).
I have another "green-theme" card for y'all though - I was going to post this tomorrow but since I have the time now here it is:
I used Honey Bee Stamps stencils and stamps and dies along with some green Distress Oxide inks and green Glimmer Pastes from Tonic to make a fun green coffee-themed card.
I sponged Distress Oxide inks onto white card stock, then added the Glimmer Pastes over the heart stencil from HB's Fall Showers stencil pack. All the coffee images were white heat embossed onto Neenah Desert Storm card stock and then I used the oxides as well as white pigment ink and a water brush to color them in. The sentiment is from Honey Bee's newest release (love it!) and I white heat embossed that onto a strip of vellum and wrapped it around my card front.
I white heat embossed the remaining sentiment from the Ridiculously Happy set onto the inside of the card, then sponged Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink over the heart stencil to finish it off.
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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I'm coming in JUST under the wire it seems with these cards LOL! However like I say in the video - these would look awesome in ANY color combo (rainbow is a good one ;)). I went with green's because it's St Patrick's Day this weekend and because I still have a ton of snow outside my office window so anything GREEN just makes me happy.
These cards were FUN to make. I picked 3 different shades of green alcohol inks (all linked below) and added Pearl Alcohol Ink Mixative - all of which I dropped directly onto a sheet of Yupo paper.
I used Simon Says Stamp's Basic Rectangles wafer dies to cut out the first panel, and one of their Nested Hearts dies to cut out the center - I used the heart on the second card which basically gave me 2 for 1.
Simon's Lucky to Know You wafer die was PERFECT for these cards (and it's on sale right now!) - even more perfect was using Simon's glitter card stock LOL. Y'all know I'm going for the glitter every chance I get ;).
I stacked the sentiments with 2 layers of white card stock then the glitter paper before adhering them to my cards. I also couldn't resist adding some of the new Studio Katia Iridescent Stars - they're soooooo pretty!
I finished off the insides of the cards with sentiments from the SSS Loving Heart stamp set. I stamped the sentiments with SSS Lucky dye ink (rather fitting if I do say so myself) and then stamped some of the hearts from the set with various SSS dye inks in different shades of green (all linked below!).
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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Hello everyone!! I honestly had the hardest time with the new April SSS Card Kit - not in a bad way though. I literally have SO many ideas and wanted to make so many things that I struggled with what to start with first!
I finally decided to start simple(ish) and stick to mostly what comes in the kit. If you missed my unboxing video of this kit you can check it out here:
I heat embossed some of the images from the new Beautiful Day stamp set with white embossing powder onto SSS's white card stock, then sponged the 2 Distress Oxide Inks from the kit over them. I LOVE the green color that combining Squeezed Lemonade and Mermaid Lagoon make!
I used one of the patterned papers from the kit on my card base and cut a window from it using one of Simon's Nested Circle wafer dies. I then stamped one of the sentiments with SSS Intense Black ink and stamped the solid butterflies onto the patterned paper with the same ink.
I finished off the inside of the card with another sentiment from the set and one of the butterflies and smaller leaf cluster and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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