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SSS & Doodlebug Quick Halloween Cards! | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 15

Yayyyyyy!!! Happy Halloween!! I wanted to share one last Halloween project with y'all - this one combining Simon Says Stamp dies and stamps with some of the Doodlebug Pumpkin Party goodies I got and decided to NOT hoard (as much...):

Eeeepppp! Aren't they CUTE?!? And came together SO quick and easy!!

I generally struggle with using stickers of any sort on my cards but these mini icons ones from the Pumpkin Party collection were practically MADE to go with Simon's Bwahaha stamp set!!


I stamped the haunted house with Simon's Hot Mama dye ink, and the moon with Simon's Clementine dye ink, then built the rest of the scene with the Doodlebug stickers.

The sentiments are from the Bwahaha stamp set and were white heat embossed onto black card stock then die cut with Simon's Sentiment Labels wafer dies.

I finished off the insides of the card with the big Happy Halloween sentiment from the Bwahaha stamp set and some stars from the set stamped with the same dye inks plus Key Lime Simon Dye ink. I added the sticker banner and more Pumpkin Party Patterned paper 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.

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 and provide for my children! 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! 

Happy Halloween!!!

If you want to catch up (or binge watch while you hand out candy lol) on any of my Halloween series this year you can find all the posts here:

MFT Frightfully Sweet Shadow Box Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 14

Picket Fence Ink Blended Halloween Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 13

Whimsy Stamps Halloween Mashup | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 12

Honey Bee Shine On Nail Polish Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 11

Glow in the Dark Potion Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 10

SSS Bwahaha Oxide Glow in the Dark Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 9

Shaker Card with Studio Katia Monster Bash | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 8 | Studio Katia September 2018 Release Blog Hop

Little Pickup | Honey Bee Stamps | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 7

STAMPtember® Waffle Flower Exclusive: Sweet Tooth  (bonus! not part of the series but still Halloween-themed!)

Monster Hugs | Concord & 9th STAMPtember® Exclusive | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 6

Picket Fence Studios Action Wobble Ghost | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 5

Waffle Flower Hocus Pocus | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 4

Whimsy Stamps Frankenstein Schmutz | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 3

SSS Spiderweb Background 3 Ways | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 2 | STAMPtember Blog Party!!

Lawn Fawn Double Slider Candy Corn Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 1

MFT Frightfully Sweet Shadow Box Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 14

Hello everyone! I think by now y'all know the drill LOL: If you've missed any of my previous Halloween series posts you can find all of them at the links below:

Picket Fence Ink Blended Halloween Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 13

Whimsy Stamps Halloween Mashup | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 12

Honey Bee Shine On Nail Polish Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 11

Glow in the Dark Potion Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 10

SSS Bwahaha Oxide Glow in the Dark Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 9

Shaker Card with Studio Katia Monster Bash | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 8 | Studio Katia September 2018 Release Blog Hop

Little Pickup | Honey Bee Stamps | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 7

STAMPtember® Waffle Flower Exclusive: Sweet Tooth  (bonus! not part of the series but still Halloween-themed!)

Monster Hugs | Concord & 9th STAMPtember® Exclusive | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 6

Picket Fence Studios Action Wobble Ghost | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 5

Waffle Flower Hocus Pocus | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 4

Whimsy Stamps Frankenstein Schmutz | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 3

SSS Spiderweb Background 3 Ways | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 2 | STAMPtember Blog Party!!

Lawn Fawn Double Slider Candy Corn Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 1

Now on to today's cards!!

I have had MFT's Birdie Brown Frightfully Sweet stamp set sitting on my desk for WEEK's now - WEEKS. So I had to make a point of actually using it before Halloween!!

I stamped all the images from the set onto Neenah card stock with MFT's Extreme Black ink and coloured them in with Copic markers and highlighted them with my Gelly Roll white gel pen.

I used MFT's Inside and Out Stitched Ovals Die-namics on the inside of the card to create the window - and used the "left over" oval on the outside of the card for this little scene.

Then you open the card to this really fun shadow box scene!!! It's crazy to think that after around 15 years of card making this is the first time I've ever made a shadow box card LOL!

They're really fun to make - and really easy - I explain the steps in my video but if you want to check out a REALLY good and in-depth video and haven't watched it already check out Jennifer McGuire's video HERE.

I used MFT's Birch Trees for my scene as well as the Mini Cloud Edges stencil and some Shaded Lilac Distress Ink with a Picket Fence Studios blending brush to create my scene for the shadow box portion of the cards. I then adhered everything together and added all my Frightfully Sweet characters to finish it all off.

You can see how these cards came together here:

 

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.

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 and provide for my children! 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! 

Picket Fence Ink Blended Halloween Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 13

Hello everyone! I hope y'all had a great weekend!

I'm still plugging away with Halloween projects - if you missed any of my posts for my 2018 Halloween Series you can get caught up with all of them at the links below:

Whimsy Stamps Halloween Mashup | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 12

Honey Bee Shine On Nail Polish Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 11

Glow in the Dark Potion Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 10

SSS Bwahaha Oxide Glow in the Dark Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 9

Shaker Card with Studio Katia Monster Bash | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 8 | Studio Katia September 2018 Release Blog Hop

Little Pickup | Honey Bee Stamps | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 7

STAMPtember® Waffle Flower Exclusive: Sweet Tooth  (bonus! not part of the series but still Halloween-themed!)

Monster Hugs | Concord & 9th STAMPtember® Exclusive | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 6

Picket Fence Studios Action Wobble Ghost | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 5

Waffle Flower Hocus Pocus | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 4

Whimsy Stamps Frankenstein Schmutz | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 3

SSS Spiderweb Background 3 Ways | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 2 | STAMPtember Blog Party!!

Lawn Fawn Double Slider Candy Corn Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 1

Alrighty - on to today's cards:

These were probably the quickest, easiest and FLATTEST cards ever LOL! I wanted to experiment some more with the ink blending brushes I was petting in my last haul video - so I pulled out several SSS dye inks and a couple of card bases and started blending.

Both bases were blended with 3 colors of ink, and then stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and Picket Fence Studio's silhouette images from 2 of their Halloween sets (linked below).

Both cards were then LIBERALLY sprayed (I really have a heavy hand when it comes to adding the bling...) with Shimmer Spritz sprays. The top card (blue, green purple combo) was sprayed with Sparkle Shimmer Spritz and the bottom (pink, orange, purple) card was sprayed with Frost Shimmer Spritz.

On the inside of both cards I stamped another silhouette image from the sets and then stamped a sentiment over it with the VF 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!

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.

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 and provide for my children! 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! 

Whimsy Stamps Halloween Mashup | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 12

Yay!! Another Halloween card and video!!

FYI I've been posting a LOT since last night - if you missed any of them here they are in order:

Haul | Whimsy & Picket Fence | Life Changing Blending Brushes & Must Have Scissors!

Heffy Doodle October 2018 Release Hop!

Simon Says Stamp Halloween SALE!!

Now if you've missed any of my Halloween posts so far this year and want to catch up you can find them all here:

Honey Bee Shine On Nail Polish Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 11

Glow in the Dark Potion Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 10

SSS Bwahaha Oxide Glow in the Dark Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 9

Shaker Card with Studio Katia Monster Bash | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 8 | Studio Katia September 2018 Release Blog Hop

Little Pickup | Honey Bee Stamps | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 7

STAMPtember® Waffle Flower Exclusive: Sweet Tooth  (bonus! not part of the series but still Halloween-themed!)

Monster Hugs | Concord & 9th STAMPtember® Exclusive | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 6

Picket Fence Studios Action Wobble Ghost | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 5

Waffle Flower Hocus Pocus | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 4

Whimsy Stamps Frankenstein Schmutz | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 3

SSS Spiderweb Background 3 Ways | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 2 | STAMPtember Blog Party!!

Lawn Fawn Double Slider Candy Corn Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 1

Now for today's card:

I decided to create this fun trick or treating "mashup" scene using several Whimsy Stamps stamp set and one of their stencils. It just took on a life of it's own while I was creating it and it was so fun!

I stamped the haunted house in Simon Says Stamp Smoke ink for the background, then used Brutus Monroe Raven Glitter Glaze over the flying bat cluster in the Halloween Creatures Stencil.

The characters were stamped onto Neenah card stock and coloured in with Copics, and the sentiments were heat embossed with Wendi Vecchi Violet embossing powder.

I also used the stencil on the card base AND inside of the card using one of the new (to me) Picket Fence Life Changing Blending Brushes (seriously they ARE amazing):

I used one of the smaller brushes with Distress Ink in black soot, heat embossed another sentiment and added the stamped and coloured bats 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.

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 and provide for my children! 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! 

Haul | Whimsy & Picket Fence | Life Changing Blending Brushes & Must Have Scissors!

I'm back again! If you missed my last couple of posts from late last night and this morning you can check them out below or at the links here:

 

SO - new goodies from Picket Fence Studios and Whimsy Stamps - I don't have links to everything right now but I'll edit them in when I can/do! And yeah - those blending brushes are something else - I'll have a (Halloween!) card video coming right away using one of the smaller ones and I'm just blown away by them!!

 Heffy Doodle October 2018 Release Hop!

Simon Says Stamp Halloween SALE!!

You can 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. 

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 and provide for my children! 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!  

Heffy Doodle October 2018 Release Hop!

Hello everyone! I'm part of a fun blog hop today to celebrate Heffy Doodle Stamps October 2018 release!

If you haven't seen all the new goodies they released you can check them all out HERE <-----click!

Also if you didn't get here from Nichol's blog you can start at the beginning of the hop HERE and I'll have links to all the stops below as well!

So I received the Dino Time stamps and dies among a few other goodies and I combined them all into these 2 cards. I've always had a soft spot for anything dinosaur-themed - I don't know what it is but I LOVE making Dino-themed crafts lol!

Aren't they adorable?!?

I stamped the Dino's with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto Distress watercolor paper and clear heat embossed them. I then did some quick and easy colouring with my Arteza Real Brush pens and a waterbrush and then after they were dry I die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies.

The die cut "rocks" and the stencilled rocks were inked up with Simon Says Stamp's dye inks, and the palm trees were also stamped with SSS inks before die cutting them.

The long sentiments are a part of the Dino Time stamp set and the speech bubbles and sentiments are from the new Whatcha Saying Now? stamp set and coordinating die set - which I used on the insides of the card as well:

I added those sentiments along with the remaining Dino's and that was it!

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

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

Next stop on the hop is Caly's blog!! <------click!

If you missed any of the stops you can check them out here:

Heffy Doodle

Rosali B.

Mona Toth

Jessica Frost - Ballas

Gemma Campbell

Kaja Vezenšek

Carissa Wiley

Heather Hoffman

Francesca Vignoli

Koren Wiskman

Isha Gupta

Laura Volpes

Nichol Spohr

Amy Rysavy

Caly Person

Amanda Korotkova

Ilda Dias

Laura Sterckx

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. 

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 and provide for my children! 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!  

There's also a GIVEAWAY with this hop!! Comments left on the blogs will be entered in to win a £50 voucher to the Heffy Doodle Shop (so leaving comments on all the blog posts increases your chance of winning!). Contest closes 10/31 and the winner will be announced on the Heffy Doodle Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck! ❤️❤️❤️

Simon Says Stamp Halloween SALE!!

Hey everyone!!! I wanted to pop on quick and let y'all know about the awesome sale going on this weekend at Simon Says Stamp!

Shop SSS this weekend <--------click! and get $15 off your purchase of $75 or more with the code TRICKY 

Valid now till 10/31 at 11:59pm EDT. Code not valid on previous purchases, card kits or card kit subscriptions. Not able to be combined with other codes.

ALSO:

There's a bunch of awesome stuff in the SALE SECTION <-------click! that's worth checking out too! Note that these items tend to sell out quick so grab what you want while you can (and use the code!!).

Last but not least - there are still a few of the AWESOME Limited Edition I Chews You card kit:

You can snag that kit HERE <------click! while there's still a few left! I did an unboxing video of that kit HERE. (note that you can't use a discount code on kit purchases as the price is already discounted!!)

Happy Shopping!!

Tim Holtz Halloween 2018 Haul + Christmas + Giveaway!

Ahhhhhh it FINALLY showed up!! I mentioned many many MANY times that I've been waiting for a huge Tim Holtz Halloween order that I'd placed (and had shipped out) almost 2 months ago!! I don't know what was going on with the USPS but this package circled Chicago for WEEKS before they just decided to send it back to SSS (even tho my address was right below and larger than SSS's address.....🤷🏻‍♀️🤪🤦🏻‍♀️🤬). Anywho - SSS shipped it back out to me the same day (I e-mailed their customer service explaining what the tracking was saying so they kept an eye out and re-sent it out the second it showed up - their customer service team is one of the best IMO!).

Anywho - it's less than a week till Halloween and I have this PILE of awesome Halloween products show up:

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

I included a couple of the Tim Holtz Christmas goodies that I'd ordered much more recently (and that showed up no problem.....lets hope the USPS and now Canada Post and their strikes get everything figured out and working smoothly again!) as they are amazing and y'all need to see them! ;) 

If you haven't checked out all the awesomeness that Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous have been up to you can find it all HERE <---------click!

And here's links to everything:

 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. 

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 and provide for my children! 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 of course about the GIVEAWAY!

I am giving away this brand new Tim Holtz Scared Silly Stamp Set & Halloween Words Thinlets Die set to one lucky winner!! I apologize that by the time the winner is chosen and contacted and I send this out Halloween will be over but you can either save it or start early for next year lol! 

To be entered all you need to do is follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (please make sure you're using a current e-mail address that you check frequently (I don't keep/see any person info other than the winner's e-mail address) as that's what I use to contact the winner!). 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good Luck Foxy | SSS Big Picture Book Animal Card

It's Wednesday evening already - this week has been a comedy of errors in my life (tho not really comedic - just one fire after another to put out lol!). Anywho - we had a new Color Throwdown Challenge this week:

You can check out what the rest of the team created HERE <------click! and play along too if you'd like!

I honestly wasn't sure at first what I was going to make. But then the wheels started turning and I pulled out some of Simon's Big Picture Book wafer dies:

I am SO GLAD SSS released all those Big Picture Book body and tails and whatnots to use with all these big character heads - GAME CHANGER! 

I used the new Mod Trees Background and did tone-on-tone stamping - SSS Soft Navy Ink on Soft Navy card stock. I am loving how those trees look in blue!

I die cut all the pieces for my Fox, using the Big Picture Crouching Paws and Big Picture Tails to give him his body and tail (and make him extra cute). I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to his eyes and nose to make them glossy and raised.

I used CZ Designs Good Luck wafer die for the die cut sentiment, and SSS's Punny Animals stamp set for the "Hey Foxy" sentiment.

I finished off the inside of the card with sentiments from the CZ Design Great Things stamp set and stamped them with SSS's Burnt Orange and Soft Navy inks and that was it!

To see how my 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.

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 and provide for my children! 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! 

MFT Sweet Holiday Penguins | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #2

Hey everyone!!! OK I finally got into here to make this post - it's been one of those days with one issue after another. I have another video for my 2018 Christmas Card Series - if you missed my first one for this year you can check that out here:

SSS Critter Sweaters | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #1

Anywho - MFT had a special release today and they'd sent me the stamps and dies and I am losing my mind over all the cuteness:

They have a new illustrator - Stacey Yacula - who designed these adorable penguins and there will be more sets from her in the future!! MFT also released this awesome holiday flamingos set and patterned paper too:

OK - so I couldn't resist making cards with the penguins - what started as one card morphed into 3:

 

See what I mean??? THEY. ARE. SO. ADORABLE.

All the penguins were stamped onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with MFT's Extreme Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers and highlighted with my Gelly Roll white gel pen before being die cut with their coordinating Die-namics dies.

For card 1 I created a scene using one of the Stitched Basic Edges 2 Die-namics die to create a snow bank. I sponged Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink onto my card base (and raved about that perfect blend on my Instagram - it really was perfect - LOVE when that happens). I stacked the letters using the Peace Die-namics with card stock and topped them with patterned paper and adhered the penguins around it to create the scene.

Card 2 saw me adding a large sentiment from MFT's Handwritten Holiday set and more of this patterned paper.

Card 3 I added the Joy Die-namics die cut along with the Let It Snowflake Too Die-namics - all of which were released previously and I used in last years Holiday Card series HERE and HERE.

I finished off the insides of all the cards with stamps and sentiments from the new Sweet Holiday Penguins set and the Handwritten Holidays set 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.

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 and provide for my children! 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! 

Emboss Resist Thank You Cards | SSS November 2018 Card Kit

Happy Monday! I usually tend to detest Mondays as there always seems to be something going wrong (and news of a Canada Post strike first thing this morning confirmed as such) - BUT. I got these cards made and the video edited and uploaded so I say that's a GREAT start to the week LOL!

As usual I'm ridiculously behind with the current Color Throwdown Challenges - getting sick and then my kids getting sick really threw a wrench into everything (thankfully everyone is feeling better!). However I still wanted to play along with last weeks challenge:

You can check out the challenge and what the rest of the Design Team created with these colors HERE <-----click!

Here's what I made:

I used Simon's November Card Kit to create my cards as so many of the elements were perfect for this color challenge - plus I ALWAYS need more thank you cards!

If you missed my Unboxing Video for this kit you can check that out here:

Simon Says Stamp November 2018 Card Kit Unboxing! | Thanks & Leaves Card Kit

I gold heat embossed the sentiments, and clear heat embossed some of the leaves from the Thanks and Leaves stamp set. I then sponged Peeled Paint Distress Ink over them, which were rested by all the heat embossing. I stamped more of the leaves with Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink, and then splattered water on it before die cutting the panels with one of Simon's Stitched Rectangle wafer dies.

I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping this large sentiment from the Thanks and Leaves stamp set with the Peeled Paint Distress Oxide 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!

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.

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 and provide for my children! 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! 

Honey Bee Shine On Nail Polish Cards | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 11

I hope y'all had a great weekend! I know we're getting close to Halloween but as usual I'm still going to keep posting most likely right up until the day of. Everything has been bonkers and totally derailed all my Halloween card posts and I still have a ton of supplies and ideas to use!

Also IF you've missed any of my Halloween series this year here are the links to all the posts so far:

Glow in the Dark Potion Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 10

SSS Bwahaha Oxide Glow in the Dark Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 9

Shaker Card with Studio Katia Monster Bash | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 8 | Studio Katia September 2018 Release Blog Hop

Little Pickup | Honey Bee Stamps | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 7

STAMPtember® Waffle Flower Exclusive: Sweet Tooth  (bonus! not part of the series but still Halloween-themed!)

Monster Hugs | Concord & 9th STAMPtember® Exclusive | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 6

Picket Fence Studios Action Wobble Ghost | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 5

Waffle Flower Hocus Pocus | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 4

Whimsy Stamps Frankenstein Schmutz | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 3

SSS Spiderweb Background 3 Ways | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 2 | STAMPtember Blog Party!!

Lawn Fawn Double Slider Candy Corn Card | AmyR 2018 Halloween Series 1

I did a combined Halloween/fall post for today - 2 cards using stamps and dies not meant for either season but easily adaptable for both:

I pulled out Honey Bee Stamps Shine On stamp set and decided to make the bottles using colors for each "theme" - so Halloween colors for a Halloween card and a more muted Fall palette to make a Fall-themed card.

I used Distress Inks to color in all the bottles - and for the "polish" parts I used my Tonic Aqua Shimmer pen instead of a water brush to do the watercoloring. It's hard to really see the sparkle in photos - but in real life they are SUPER sparkly when the light hits them!

I sponged the same colors on the bows and added Copic markers to intensify them before adhering them to the bottles. The sentiments were a combination of die cuts and heat embossed sentiments (from the HB Hey, Pumpkin! stamp set) that went with each theme.

For the insides of both cards I added another themed polish bottle and then stamped a sentiment from the Shine On stamp set 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. 

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 and provide for my children! 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!  

Unboxing SSS Limited Edition I Chews You Card Kit, Haul + Giveaway!

Hahahaha happy Friday everyone! It wasn't my intention to post yet another haul/unboxing video after already posting a couple this week 😳🙄🤪. However this package showed up today and I wanted to share it ASAP as the kit really is Limited Edition (and will be sold out by the end of the weekend if not sooner) PLUS I'm giving it away!!

If you missed my haul and raving about the DoodleBug So Much Pun release you can check that out here as it all ties in to these goodies:

 Haul! | Halloween & Doodlebug So Much Pun Collection

You can watch in HD over on YouTube 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. 

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 and provide for my children! 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 am giving away this brand new Limited Edition I Chews You Card Kit to one lucky winner!!

To be entered all you need to do is follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (please make sure you're using a current e-mail address that you check frequently (I don't keep/see any person info other than the winner's e-mail address) as that's what I use to contact the winner!). 

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Doodlebug Halloween & Christmas 2018 Haul!

Welp this package was DEFINITELY a fun one to dive in to LOL!! I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ all things Doodlebug and have for years - so each time they release a new collection they have to come live at my house - ESPECIALLY the Halloween and Christmas ones!!

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

Here's links to everything - including the 12x12 and whatnot that I (shockingly lol) didn't get:

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Simon Says Stamp November 2018 Card Kit Unboxing! | Thanks & Leaves Card Kit

Hello everyone! I am seriously wondering how on earth we're already halfway through October?!? It's been a crazy month for me (tho that's usually the state of my life lol), and getting sick and then one of my kids getting sick really knocked me off my game. We're both on the mend tho and things are starting to get back on track - including the Simon Says Stamp November card kit showing up today!

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

And as always here are all the links to everything!

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.

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 and provide for my children! 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!