Hello everyone! So far so good with using my old computer to get videos edited and uploaded (fail safes and backups in place just in case). I talked more about what's been going on in yesterday's post HERE <-----click!. A HUGE thank you to all of you who reached out with support and whatnot.
We're looking at completely replacing the hard drive on my laptop (not cheap but still way cheaper than getting a new one right now), and Chris was able to get all my files and random things not already backed up off the ruined hard drive but sadly I lost all the raw video footage (I'm sure it was something in there that caused the crash). It's a kick to the teeth to lose over a week's worth of work (I had several Gig's of footage that hadn't been edited yet for multiple videos - literally well over a week of work) on top of everything but there's nothing I can do now other than re-make and re-film all the cards.
Anywho lesson learned the hard way and I've purchased an external hard drive and whatnot to keep extra footage on before it's been uploaded to my YouTube channel! Last week was incredibly stressful (it seems like such a blur - that feeling of your only source of income being halted and scrambling to try and fix it then top that with kids getting sick and EVERYTHING going wrong.....makes sense why this weekend I've felt physically and mentally exhausted!!).
SO - all that said - I made a couple more cards and got another video done in the meantime:
I pulled out the Simon Says Stamp Paws-itivity stamp set and Paws Background stamp and stencil from the SSS Friends release. My original plan was to make the first card on the left but ended up making 2 cards with all the supplies I had out.
For my first card I stamped and heat embossed the group of paws image onto Canson XL watercolor paper with Hero Arts white embossing powder then used a water brush and Distress Inks to colour it in.
The "Pawsome!" sentiment and the Paws Background were heat embossed with Wendi Vecchi's Potting Soil embossing powder - I love the look of that EP on Neenah Desert Storm card stock!
I kept card #2 more on the clean and simple side. I heat embossed the paws image onto Desert Storm card stock and used the same Distress Inks and water brush to cooler them in (using less water and only one layer of colour as it's not watercolor paper).
I used the Paws Background stencil on the card base and sponged a little of the Vintage Photo Distress Ink over it.
I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the paw images along the bottoms 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!
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