Prairie Paper & Ink

Hey Dude | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #9

Hello everyone!! I am late for this week's Color Throwdown challenge - honestly it stumped me a bit:

Check out what the rest of the team created with these colors HERE <---------click! and play along too if you'd like - there's still time!

So like I said - I was a bit stumped. I've been very much living for the more "spring/valentine/etc" combos I've been using lately and this one took me a bit longer to figure out what I wanted to created. Funny enough once I came up with this card I have so many ideas for more cards using just black, brown and white lol!

Here's what I created:

I decided to use these colors and still make a Valentine's Day card using Simon Says Stamp's Picture Book Labrador wafer die and Windows to My Heart wafer die. I paired them with CZ Designs Dude wafer die and the CZ Design Simple Sentiments 2 stamp set along with a stamp from the Punny Animals sets (one of my go-to sets now to use with the Picture Book wafer dies).

I added my Gelly Roll Black Glaze pen to the puppy's eyes and nose - it gives it the perfect raised glossy black - subtle but just the right touch IMO!

I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from the Love Messages stamp set, and added a heat embossed one from the CZ Simple Sentiments 2 set 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!

If you missed any of my other posts in my 2019 Valentine Series you can find them all at the links below!

Always & Forever | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #8

Flat Shaker Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #7

Waffle Flower Group Hug | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #6

Big Picture Book Animal Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #5

You're So Stinkin' Cute Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #4

So Pun Friends Sloth Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #3

Thinking of You | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #2

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

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! 

Waffle Flower Group Hug | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #6

Hello everyone!! Waffle Flower has a FABULOUS new release this month - a bunch of awesome stamps and dies and even enamel dots!!

There's a blog hop today with a bunch of inspiration plus there's a GIVEAWAY (more info on that at the end of the post!!).

I couldn't resist using the new Group Hugs stamp set to make a card for my Valentine's Day series:

Isn't it the cutest image ever? I clear heat embossed it onto Bee watercolor paper after stamping it with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I then used my Prima watercolors to color it all in. Once it was dry I added some dots and highlights with my white gel pen and then die cut it with the coordinating wafer die.

I painted a background with the same watercolor paper and more Prima watercolors, and adhered the Group Hugs image to it along with white heat embossed sentiments from the set.

The enamel dots are NEW from Waffle Flower - and they're so pretty! I used the Up and Running pack as the colors were PERFECT for this card.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the Group Hug image with Fog ink then stamped the little outline heart from the set with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide 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!

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

If you missed any of the blog stops you can find them all here:

Waffle Flower Blog

Amy Rysavy

Channin Pelletier 

Nichol Spohr

Rebecca Keppel

Caly Person

Kelli Cool

Alix Davis

Keeway Tsao

JJ Bolton

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 info!!!

To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 1/7/19 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts on this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower blog on 1/9/19.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!!

Big Picture Book Animal Cards | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #5

Hello everyone!! I had a ton of fun making these cards - and since I'm in the "Valentine mood" I'm including them in the series. Honestly I like making all sorts of cards that *can be considered Valentines but that would work for anyone/anytime of the year.

Before I get to the cards if you missed any of the previous posts thus far you can find them all here:

You're So Stinkin' Cute Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #4

So Pun Friends Sloth Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #3

Thinking of You | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #2

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

OK now on to the cards:

AmIRight? Aren't they ADORABLE??

I love Simon's Picture Book Characters - seriously they're all just the cutest things ever.

I paired them with some heart die cuts and used CZ Design Love You wafer dies and the Punny Animals stamp set to make my sentiments.

I also created a SUPER sparkly and shimmery background using Sparkle Sheer Shimmer spray - and I mean SPARKLY. I show it better in the video. I kind of want to spray everything with it lol. I've had little bottles of this for years and used them in videos - then realized a couple of months ago that I'd almost used up the Sparkle spray. So I ordered the large bottle and it's just fabulous having it on hand again!

I finished the insides of the cards with silly, sarcastic sentiments from the Playful Messages 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! 

You're So Stinkin' Cute Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #4

Happy (almost) New Year!! I have yet another card and video for y'all (when I said I was back and catching up I meant it LOL!) - also stay tuned as I'm part of a HUGE blog hop tomorrow morning to ring in the New Year. There will be TONS of inspiration and TONS of giveaways!!

Anywho - if you missed any of the previous Valentine series thus far you can find them all here:

So Pun Friends Sloth Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #3

Thinking of You | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #2

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

Now for today's card:

This is a 4.25" square card.

I pulled out the new-to-me Stinkin' Cute stamp set from Simon Says Stamp - this set came out years ago and I just recently added it to my collection - the name says it all LOL!

To frame my little critter I used the new All My Heart stencil and masked off the inner heart potion then inked Simon's Rosie Cheeks over the small hearts with a Picket Fence Studios blending brush.

The skunk and hearts were stamped onto Neenah Classic Crest 80lb card stock with Simon's Intense Black Ink then coloured in with Copic Markers. I used Crystal Glaze on the hearts, and added Black Glaze to the skunks eyes and nose.

I finished off the inside of the card with sentiments from Simon's Uplifting Sentiments set and stamped the hearts from the Stinkin Cute set 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! 

So Pun Friends Sloth Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #3

And I'm back with card and video #3!! If you missed the first 2 videos for this series you can find them here:

Thinking of You | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #2

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

Now for card #3:

I have had Simon Says Stamp's So Pun Friends stamp set sitting beside my desk for MONTHS now - and so many requests to make cards with it. I thought for the Valentine series so many of the stamps were beyond perfect - and I couldn't resist starting with the sloth!

I used Copics to color him in and my white Gelly Roll pen to add the highlights. The sentiments, speech bubble and banner images are all from the So Pun Friends set too. 

For my background I combined the Windows to My Heart wafer die with DoodleBug's Dot Stripe patterned paper and used the lily white Floral Graph paper to back it.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the sloth in Stone ink and adding a few of the die cut hearts that were left over 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! 

Peace & Love Card | AmyR Valentine 2019 Series #1

Yay!! As promised - now that I've completed all my haul and unboxing etc etc videos and feel (a little more) caught up - time to make some cards!

And since Valentine's Day is coming up lets get those started shall we?

I combined some brand new Simon Says Stamp and CZ Design products with my oldie-but-goodie Picture Book Love Bear wafer die to make this cute card!

I blended some Rose Apple ink over one of the new Heart Layers stencils, then over that used a smaller stencil from the pack with Tonic's Novo Moonstone Glimmer Paste. I combined the CZ Design Peace & Love dies with SSS Glitter paper - so sparkly/shimmery in real life. I also used a bit of the glitter paper for the heart on the bear - just a cute little extra.

I finished off the inside of the card by blending the Rose Apple ink a bit lighter over the stencil then added a heat embossed sentiment (from the CZ Design Simple Sentiments 2 stamp set) 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!

ALSO - if you missed my previous post about the sale info here it is:

YAY a surprise SALE!!! Click HERE to shop Simon's Wafer Die Category <--------click! and save 30% with the code SDCR546

This includes Simon's fabulous Picture Book Dies too!!! <-------click!

Happy Shopping!!! 😁😁😁

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! 

Snow Much Card with Oxide Ink Blending & Watercolor

I made a card!! I posted my unboxing video of the SSS January Card Kit here:

SSS January 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Snow Much Kit

And I couldn't resist getting a card made with it:

I created this fun winter scene using the Snow Much stamp set from the kit. I white heat embossed the igloo and one of the sentiments from the set. I then masked off the igloo and a centre rectangle and blended 3 different colors of Distress Oxide inks, then used those same inks to watercolor the igloo.

I stamped the penguin with Simon's Intense Black ink and coloured him in with Copic markers before fussy cutting him out. I stamped and silver heat embossed the snowflakes from the set onto the background to finish off my scene.

On the inside of the card I white heat embossed another sentiment from the set, and stamped the snowflakes with the same 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.

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! 

Three Levels of Cardmaking with One Stamp | Waffle Flower Thinking of You

Hello everyone! It's the 5th of the month - which means a new release from Waffle Flower!

This is a smaller release (it always looks like more as you can get the stamps and coordinating dies separately or in a bundle) with the CUTEST little mini sets and a couple of amazing larger sets:

And to celebrate the release and provide inspiration there's a hop AND a giveaway too!!

If you didn't get here from the Waffle Flower blog I'll have links to all the stops on this hop further down in my post!

I was so excited to see this new Thinking of You stamp set. I have the Always set with the same girl image (in that one she's holding a bird) that I made a card with HERE. This time she's holding a cat and the stamp is much bigger.

I ended up making three cards because I couldn't settle on one - plus they all started with a simple card design and then I step it up a bit for each card following:

I heat embossed the image onto white card stock using Ranger's Liquid Platinum embossing powder. For the first card that was it. The detail and size of the image lends itself nicely to just stamping or heat embossing the image, adding a sentiment and you're done!

For the second card I did the same thing, but offset the image on the white card stock. I then stamped the new Halftone Background onto the card base with Simon Says Stamp Stone ink. I added the sentiment and some glitter paper that I tinted with the same Stone ink. It's still a simple card - but more detail and more involved than the first clean and simple card.

For my third card I used the same embossing powder but this time I heat embossed it onto watercolor card stock. I then did some simple watercoloring with a couple of my Prima palettes. Once dry I die cut the image with a large stitched rectangle die. I don't have any card stock that matched the Stone ink color - so I blended that onto my white card base.

On all three cards I finished the insides by stamping the main image with the Stone 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!

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

If you missed any of the stops you can find them all here:

Waffle Flower Blog

Amy Rysavy

Channin Pelletier

Nichol Spohr

Rebecca Keppel

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Caly Person

Lydia Fiedler

Emily Midgett

Therese Calvird

Kathy Racoosin

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 info!!!

To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 12/10/18 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts on this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower blog on 12/12/2018.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!!

Honey Bee Snow Buddies Latte Scene | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #13

Hello everyone!! I'm proud to be a part of the 12 Designers of Christmas with Honey Bee Stamps!! 

I had an impossible time trying to narrow down what products to use for my card - as I have a LOT of favourites in the Honey Bee line! I finally decided to combine some newly-released stamps and dies that I've been dying to ink up along with some oldie-but-goodie faves of mine to make this card:

I absolutely adore the Snow Buddies stamp set - I think the characters are so cute and of course it has a TON of options. Yet I decided to add one from another set - the to-go cup from the Penny the Platypus set lol! Since anything coffee-themed is always a favourite with me it seemed a perfect fit to give everyone a latte on this card!

I first created the background by blending Distress Oxide inks onto my card base, and then used one of the falling snow stencils from the Winter Wonder Background Stencil sets to apply some Glitter Glaze. After that was dry I added white splatter to really amp up the falling snow feel of the background.

All the images were stamped onto Copic friendly card stock with black ink then coloured in with Copics. I added some highlights and detail with a white gel pen then die cut all the images with the coordinating Honey Cuts wafer dies.

The sentiment is from one of my all-time-favorite Honey Bee sets - the Perfect Blend sentiment set. I originally was going to heat emboss it onto a separate piece of card stock then die cut and adhere - but there just happened to be enough space after adhering all the images to stamp it along the bottom (leaving more of the sky background exposed which I really loved).

I finished off the inside of the card with more sentiments from the Perfect Blend stamp set, and a couple more stamped and die cut images. The gift card is held in place thanks to Honey Bee's Gift Card Slots Honey Cuts wafer dies - it was perfect for this card!

You can see how this card came together in my video below:

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

Also - if you missed any of my previous Christmas card posts you can find them all at the links below:

SSS Christmas Trees CAS Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #12

Paper Pieced Cat Sweaters Card | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #11

Classic & Simple Christmas Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #10

Easy Embossed Backgrounds | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #9

Easy Galaxy Background Shaker Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #8

Honey Bee Cards Using Glitter Paste on Foil | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #7

SSS Picture Book Polar Bear | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #6

Christmas Cocktail Shaker Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #5

6 Easy Watercolor Christmas Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #4

Waffle Flower Christmas Cards 4 Ways | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #3

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

SSS Critter Sweaters | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #1

SSS Ornate Ornaments | World Cardmaking Day Special

Pinkfresh Studio July Release Blog Hop (quick and easy Christmas card inspiration!)

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!   

Paper Pieced Cat Sweaters Card | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #11

Hey everyone! I'm back with another card! And if you look close you'll see the big oops I did with it:

Do you see what it is?

How about now:

It's subtle..... I adhered the red heart patterned paper upside down 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ LOL!! 

I COULD try to reposition it - it's all attached with foam tape, and if you use dental floss held taught and wiggle it between the foam tape and the paper you can sometimes get it apart. But then I'd have to do that to all the images and embellishments and sentiment too and I am just going to chalk it up to be being too excited and having too much fun making this card LOL!

I used Simon Says Stamp's Right Meow stamp set - NOT a Christmas set, but with the addition of the Christmas papers (Doodlebug's Christmas Town 6x6) I made it a Christmas card!

I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from the Right Meow set, one of the cats in her glorious paper-pieced Christmas sweater, and a heat embossed sentiment from the Tiny Words Christmas stamp set.

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

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

Also - if you missed any of my previous Christmas card posts you can find them all at the links below:

Classic & Simple Christmas Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #10

Easy Embossed Backgrounds | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #9

Easy Galaxy Background Shaker Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #8

Honey Bee Cards Using Glitter Paste on Foil | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #7

SSS Picture Book Polar Bear | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #6

Christmas Cocktail Shaker Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #5

6 Easy Watercolor Christmas Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #4

Waffle Flower Christmas Cards 4 Ways | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #3

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

SSS Critter Sweaters | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #1

SSS Ornate Ornaments | World Cardmaking Day Special

Pinkfresh Studio July Release Blog Hop (quick and easy Christmas card inspiration!)

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!   

SSS Picture Book Polar Bear | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #6

Hello everyone!

This week's Color Throwdown Challenge is so PERFECT for Christmas cards:

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

This is also part of my 2018 Christmas Card Series - if you've missed any of the other posts you can find them all here:

Christmas Cocktail Shaker Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #5

6 Easy Watercolor Christmas Cards | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #4

Waffle Flower Christmas Cards 4 Ways | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #3

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

SSS Critter Sweaters | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #1

SSS Ornate Ornaments | World Cardmaking Day Special

Here's what I came up with:

I pulled out Simon Says Stamp's Felicity Snowflake wafer die, and after die cutting it from Simon's 120lb card stock I coated it with Tonic Nuvo glue and then covered it with Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter.

I used Simon's Polar Bear Picture Book die as my main character, and then a combination of the CZ Design Merry Die, Ornamental stamp set and SSS Punny Animals stamp set for my sentiments.

I finished off the inside of the card with sentiments from the CZ Design Ornamental stamp set and that was it!

I'm excited to be a Guest Designer this month for Tonic as they celebrate Nuvember!! I'll have a few posts throughout the month along with a bunch of other fabulous designers showcasing a bunch of Tonic's Nuvo line. If you don't follow Tonic on Instagram you can check out their feed HERE <-------click!

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! 

Waffle Flower Christmas Cards 4 Ways | AmyR 2018 Christmas Card Series #3

Hello everyone!! I have a LONG blog post with several cards today - it's new release time for Waffle Flower, plus I wanted to create more Christmas cards!! This post is part of a blog hop so if you didn't get here from the Waffle Flower blog you can start HERE and then I'll have links to all the other stops below!

There's also a GIVEAWAY with this post!! Info on that is at the end of this post!

So here are the newest stamps and dies from the Waffle Flower November release:

SO. MUCH. FUN!!

I made 2 different cards using the new Holiday Thanks stamp set:

My first card I stamped the image onto Distress watercolor card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink and clear heat embossed it. I then watercolored it in with Prima Classics watercolors, and once dry I die cut it with the coordinating wafer dies.

I blended Festive Berries and Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink onto the card base, and once it was dry I white heat embossed a sentiment from the set onto the card base.

I adhered the scene to the card with Simon's Craft Tacky glue, and then added all the extra little images to finish off my scene.

For the second card I used a red card stock for my card base and heat embossed the image and sentiment with gold embossing powder. Honestly it could have been left at that but I wanted to add some more depth so I sponged on Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks onto the card base as well. 

I then added some Wink of Stella to different areas of the images to give them a TON of sparkle.

For both cards I stamped the insides with the same image to finish them off.

Once I got creating I couldn't stop LOL! These stamps and dies are from last month's release - links to all the products are down below!

I used the Pull Tab Tree wafer die to create my Christmas tree - and it literally pops up when you pull on the tab!! I then added all these cute kids from the Yippee stamp set and the Santa hats are from the Holiday Thanks set that I used above!

On the inside of the card I stamped images from the Christmas Tree stamp set using the same Oxide inks that I sponged on the front of the card.

For the second card I used the Pull Tab Tree dies again along with the Pull Tab Pop Up wafer dies - this came together SO quick and easy. I die cut all the "boughs" from green glitter card stock, and then attached them all to the tree "base".

I kept this card really clean and simple - but adding some gems/crystals as "ornaments" could really jazz it up if you wanted to!

Last but not least is a "bonus" card - which inspired my Christmas card above. I saw this card idea on Channin's blog a few weeks ago and thought it was brilliant and wanted to recreate it!!

Using the Pull Tab dies to create a party hat is brilliant (and in her post she made it into candy corn as well LOL!). I had ONE of these fun little glitter pom poms in my stash from one of my kids. It was the final push I needed to make this card as I didn't have anything before to add the "topper" to the birthday hat lol!

I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from the Holiday Thanks set and then stamped the confetti and stars with a rainbow of Distress Inks 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!

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

And if you missed any you can find all the stops are the links here:

Waffle Flower Blog

Amy Rysavy

Channin Pelletier

Nichol Spohr

Rebecca Keppel

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Caly Person

Lydia Fiedler

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 info!!!

To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 11/12/18 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts on this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower blog on 11/14/2018.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!!

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! 

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! ❤️❤️❤️

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!