Hello everyone!! It was a holiday here on Monday and it's thrown my whole week off (as it tends to do) where I'm thinking one day is another and all that fun stuff. Anywho - this week's Color Throwdown Challenge went up yesterday - and honestly I was drawing a total blank. I sat on it for a bit tho and came up with a really fun card (IMO) using these colors:
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Hey everyone! Yesterday was a holiday here, so between the noise of the kids plus construction going on etc etc getting a voiceover accomplished just didn't happen. Anywho - I got it done this morning so here's my "bee-themed" cards - yesterday was World Bee Day and Honey Bee Stamps was part of a blog hop with a bunch of inspiration for it.
It was only fitting that Honey Bee Stamps was part of this - and it gave me an excuse to pull out some of the "bee-themed" products I have and hadn't had a chance to use yet:
I used Honey Bee's Bee Hive Card dies to make hive shaped cards with little doors that open up to reveal the "inside" of the hive.
I die cut the hive cards from yellow card stock, and then used Distress Inks to blend over the coordinating Bee Hive stencil to create some dimension. I of course added a bunch of splatter while I was at it - as sill as it seems I am LOVING the Distress Oxide Sprays for splatter. Having all the colors (well all the ones available at the moment - there's still a bunch to be released down the road!) for splatter is just FUN for me LOL!
I used the Busy Bees Stamp set and coordinating wafer dies for the little images to decorate the hives. All were stamped onto Neenah Classic Crest 80lb card stock with Simon Says Stamp's Intense Black ink, then coloured in with Copic markers.
After everything was assembled I added Crystal Glaze to all the images, and then used my Glitter Duster (filled with Simon's Unicorn Dust glitter) and dusted glitter over everything. The Glitter Duster basically blows a fine little cloud of glitter over your project - so you need something for it to STICK to - like glue or Glossy Accents/Crystal Glaze etc.
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Hello everyone! I hope y'all are having a great weekend so far!
My littlest little turned 4 last week and after asking his favorite color (purple) and having a discussion about dinosaurs I combined the two to make his birthday card:
Simon Says Stamp's Picture Book T-Rex OF COURSE made an appearance on this card along with Picture Book Dino and a bunch of other wafer dies LOL!
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Hello everyone!! Can't believe it's Thursday already - keep checking in here on my blog as I have a LOT going on over the next couple of days on here LOL!
Now for a fun and EASY interactive card using some of the new stamps and Die-namics!
My card starts off as a simple gate-fold card made from Kraft card stock. I created a wrap with patterned paper and used the new Polaroid Shaker Frame Die-namics, and paired it with one of the images from the new Picture Perfect stamp set (animals taking selfies? Yes please).
I kept the outside of the card simple as the real show is on the inside of the card:
I used the new Shutter Card Components Die-namics to make a movable "shutter" that opens as the sides of the card are opened - and it reveals the selfie-taking hamsters in full color. SO. CUTE. AMIRIGHT?
I don't "do" many interactive cards - I just am not a fan if it takes a ton of thought and effort (my mind is always on a million other things constantly lol). This however was super easy to put together - and the result is so fun. I highly recommend trying one out!
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AND it's their 5th Birthday!! So to celebrate they are having a big blog hop and they invited me to guest design and join in on the fun!! There's a ton of inspiration and giveaways as well (more on that at the end!!).
I made this cute birthday card using the new Bee Day stamp set, the coordinating Bee Day wafer dies and the new Happy Birthday wafer dies.
I stamped the images onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb cardstock with Simon Says Stamp's Intense Black ink and coloured them in with Copic makers. I added highlights and details with my Gelly Roll 10 white gel pen and then die cut them with their coordinating wafer dies.
For the background of the card I blended on some Wendy Vecchi Sky Blue Make Art ink, and then added some splatter with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Spray. The sentiment was created by running three pieces of yellow card stock through my Xyron 3" Sticker Maker and then die cutting with the new Happy Birthday wafer die and stacking them together.
I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from the Bee Day stamp set and another one of the bees in the set and that was it!
To see how my card came together check out my video below:
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Now for the GIVEAWAY info!!
There will be FIVE random winners chosen from the comments left on all the blog posts in this hop!! The winners will each win a $50 store credit to Pink & Main's store! In order to enter all you need to do is leave comments on all the posts (here's the link to Pink & Main's post <-----click! that has all the stops listed and linked) to be entered in to win!
Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck!! ❤️❤️❤️
Oh Monday - I'm running around trying to do a million things at once and am super behind BUT the weather here is actually turning to SPRING!!! That makes me very happy - so I'll not keep complaining about all the other setbacks lol!!
If you're unfamiliar with the Color Throwdown Challenge (plus want to see more ideas using these colors) check out the post HERE <--------click! All the info is in the blog there and it's pretty easy to play along if you'd like! There's a new challenge every Wednesday and it's such a great way to think outside the box - I know for me personally it really makes me think of other ways to make a card and make colors work in ways I wouldn't normally think to put them together!
So I took a lot of inspiration from the pic as well as the colors and this is what I came up with:
I pulled out Simon Says Stamp's Picture Book Moose - and of course I added Studio Katia Googly Eyes to him lol!!
I used Lawn Fawn, Neenah and Simon Says Stamp card stocks for all my die cutting and whatnot. The Punny Animals sentiment was heat embossed onto a strip of LF Moonstone card stock, and adhered over a CZ Design Dude die cut (one of my faves!!).
I finished off the inside of the card with sentiments from CZ Designs Emphatic stamp set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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I got my hands on the new Distress Oxide Sprays - and wanted to try them out!!
I created 2 different backgrounds using several of the sprays. I did the green color one (using Fossilized Amber, Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint Oxide Sprays) and then due cut it with Simon Says Stamp's Leafy Frame background. The "water" background was made with Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans and Mermaid Lagoon Oxide Sprays.
I used several of the SSS Picture Book wafer dies to complete my scene. I die cut them all from various color card stocks, then blended on Distress Inks and used Copics to add the texture and detail to them.
To finish off the inside of the card I sprayed the blue and purple Oxide sprays again, then added a heat embossed sentiment and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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Ok I am back!! Feels like it's been a while but I've been posting like mad all week lol!! I posted an unboxing video of Simon Says Stamp's March card kit along with a card and video using the big set - if you missed those they're linked below:
I of course needed to ink up the little set in the kit - it's so cute how could anyone resist?
Isn't he the cutest critter ever? I coloured him in with Copic markers and added highlights with my white gel pen, and added my Black Glaze pen to his eyes and nose.
I used the patterned paper from the kit, as well as some of the embellishments. I reigned myself in to keep this card more simple and other than the Stitched Rectangle and Nested Talk Bubble dies used only elements from the kit to make this card.
I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the llama again this time with Sunshine ink, and added another heat embossed sentiment from the set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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OK this post and video took most of last week. SO. MANY. ISSUES lol. When you get to the point where you've already invested a ton of time and effort (at least to my thinking) then one just has to stay determined but 3 days of editing and fiddling and re-starting when things crash etc etc make for a frustrating time!
However - the editing was finally accomplished - probably doesn't help that in spite of my efforts the video is still 20 mins long lol!! But these cards were a LOT of fun to create - from the backgrounds to the images:
I created sparkly sky backgrounds with Distress Oxide inks over Simon Says Stamp's white card stock. After sponging on the ink I added white splatter then coated the backgrounds with Shimmer Sheer Sparkle Spray - I show in the video just how sparkly they are!
I used the new City Bock Die-namics for the city scape - they totally finished off the scenes for these cards!
All the critters and images are from 2 of My Favorite Things newest sets - Super Cat and Super Dog. I couldn't decide on which set to use so I used both and created 2 cards. I stamped all the images onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with MFT's Extreme Black ink and coloured them in with Copic markers. I added a bunch of sparkle to the images using Tonic's Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Shimmer pen. After that was dry I added highlights with a white gel pen and used my Black Glaze pen for all the critters noses and eyes.
I finished off the insides of the cards with more critters and more sentiments and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out the video below:
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Well we're in the middle of a deep freeze (for those that have been asking I'm in Saskatchewan) - and Saskatoon was the coldest city in the world yesterday. -53C (-60ishF) - just COLD. It was close to the same today. Really nothing much changes here when it gets really cold. Business as usual, other than I end up having to chauffeur the kids around to/from school and wherever else as it's too cold to be outside for more than a few minutes.
I was very much liking these WARM colors - and this is what I made:
I used the colors of Distress Ink to blend over a heart I'd masked off on my card base. Once the inks were on there I applied Moonstone Glimmer paste with a palette knife and let it dry.
I used Simon Says Stamp's Big Picture Book Elephant and added him with foam squares, then built the sentiment with alphabet dies and a heat embossed sentiment.
I finished off the inside of the card with another heat embossed sentiment and that was it!
To see how my card came together check out the video below:
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Hello everyone!! It's time for Waffle Flowers February Release! You can check out the release HERE <------click! and I've got links to all the stamps and dies individually as well as the stamp and die bundles below:
To celebrate the new release there's a fun blog hop with a bunch of inspiration and giveaways! If you didn't get here from the Waffle Flower blog I'll have links to all the stops below as well!
Here's what I made with a couple of the new sets:
I created 4 cards using the Be Her stamp set and the Label Greetings set. I clear heat embossed the critters after stamping them with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto water-colour paper, then watercolored them with Prima and Gansai Tambi water-colours.
I did all the backgrounds with the same watercolors, and white heat embossed the sentiments on black card stock then die cut them with coordinating dies.
All the critters and sentiments were adhered with foam tape, and I added some of Waffle Flowers enamel dots to the backgrounds.
I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping each of the critters with Distress Oxide inks, and also stamped them onto matching envelopes for each card. I then adhered the thanks sentiments to the insides and that was it!
To see how my cards came together check out my video below:
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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 2/7/19 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 2/11/19.
Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 2 of blog hops celebrating Honey Bee's Brie Mine release! If you missed Day 1 you can check that out HERE <--------click! There's also GIVEAWAY info at the end of this post!
Isn't this little mouse the cutest thing ever? The Mae the Mouse stamp set has a ton of different images in the set so you can create something for just about any occasion. I decided to use the honey jar image and go with a yellow theme to make a non-traditional Valentine's Day card that could be used as a thank you card or any occasion if you skipped the sentiment on the inside (or changed it up to a different sentiment using the Brie Mine set).
I stamped the mouse and the honey jar onto Bristol Smooth card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink and then clear heat embossed them before colouring them in with my Arteza Real Brush markers and a water brush. Once dry I added highlights with a white gel pen and then die cut them with their coordinating wafer dies.
The backgrounds were created with one of the Hexi Patterns Background stencils and 2 shades of Distress Oxide Ink. Once the color was stencilled on I used Black Soot Distress Paint to splatter onto the backgrounds.
I finished off the insides of the cards with a little bit more stencilling and sentiments from the Brie Mine set and that was it!
To see how my cards came together check out my video below:
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Now for the GIVEAWAY!!
Honey Bee is offering TWO $30 Gift Certificates to the Honey Bee Stamps Store, one from Day One and one from the Day Two comments. In order to be entered to win, all you need to do is hop along with us and comment on each blog. Winners will be announced on the Honey Bee Stamps Blog on February 1st.
Hello everyone!! This week's Color Throwdown Challenge is a good one (they are every week - even when it's a struggle for me sometimes to use the colors I always love doing these challenges):
I used Lawn Fawn's mini set I Love You(calyptus) along with several other Lawn Fawn stamp and die sets to make my card.
I stamped the images onto Neenah 80lb Solar White Classic Crest card stock with Ink on 3's Blackout ink, then coloured them in with Copic markers and added white highlights with a gel pen.
The patterned paper is from Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid Chill 6x6 paper pack - loooooovvveee this shade of blue (and funny thing is how I love this shade of blue and yet I rarely use it).
I finished off the inside of the card by combining sentiments from the Happy Happy Happy and Happy Happy Happy Add-on stamp sets and that was it!
To see how my card came together check out my video below:
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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:
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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:
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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.
