Prairie Paper & Ink

Masking & Distress Oxide Blending | STAMPtember Mama Elephant Snow Kittens

ACK Ohmygoodness - I had planned to have this video go up as soon as the Mama Elephant STAMPtember collab went live but life had other plans. As of posting this there are still some of the stamp sets left (the stamp and wafer die set sold out already!) but I also linked to a similar set by Mama Elephant (see below) as it's adorable too!!

If you haven't seen Mama Elephants September release you can check it out HERE <------click! I couldn't resist ordering some of it (yes I wanted it ALL LOL) and can't wait for it to get here!

Also if you haven't bookmarked my post where I've been updating the new and still available STAMPtember collabs you can check that out here:

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Limited Edition Releases!

OK on to my card:

I used the STAMPtember Snow Kittens set and 😍😍😍. Once this one is sold out (and I will be shocked if it doesn't sell out before tonight - it's been INSANELY popular and I can see why) I highly HIGHLY recommend checking out the Mama Elephant Snow Friends set. It's adorable too!

I stamped the images onto Neenah Classic Crest 110lb card stock with Simon's Intense Black ink. I then masked off all the images and the snow with Eclipse masking tape and blended on 3 different colors of Distress Oxide Ink. I added splatter (of course) and some Studio Katia Iridescent Ice Flakes and Icy Sparkle Crystals.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the stack of snow kittens with the same three oxide inks and added a sentiment 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! 

Hey Pumpkin | Copic Coloring | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #2

Hey Pumpkin!! LOL! I'm back with video #2 for my 2019 Halloween card series! If you missed the first one you can find it here:

Happy HOLLAween with Distress Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #1

Today's card features a couple of WAY oldie-but-goodie sets from Simon Says Stamp that I've had for 5+ years and done multiple Halloween videos with: Hey Pumpkin and Trick or Treat.

I stamped the cat images from both sets onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with Simon's Intense Black ink and coloured them in with Copics. After adding white highlights with my favorite white gel pen I fussy cut out both images.

I used stamps from the Trick or Treat and Hey Pumpkin sets to finish off my scene and add the sentiment. On the card base I stamped the Spider Web Background with black ink, and added some Studio Katia August Crystals.

On the inside of the card I used stamps from the Trick or Treat set (and I guess there are no longer coordinating dies available for this set sorry! I thought there were still available too but I think they were discontinued as it's a pretty old set!) and stamped/adhered them 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! 

Birds on a Wire Distress Oxide Watercolor | SSS Sept Card Kit

Happy Friday!!

I posted an unboxing of the Simon Says Stamp September 2019 Card Kit here:

Simon Says Stamp September 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Look for the Rainbows Card Kit

And I made a card using all the floral images from the set in the kit here:

Copic Coloring on Floral Images | SSS Look For the Rainbow Stamp Set

I wanted to create a card using the birds in the set too. This is what I came up with:

I was really inspired by the patterned paper from the kit - this pattern specifically. I took some Distress Water-colour card stock and drew lines on it with a T-square ruler and a Pilot Envelope Addressing pen, and stamped the birds with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.

I used a bunch of Distress Oxide inks to paint the background and the birds. I chose colors that went well with the patterned paper and painted the birds in the order the colors appear in the paper.

I used sentiments from the Look for the Rainbow stamp set and white heat embossed them onto black card stock. On the inside of the card I added the sentiment and stamped a couple of the birds with the Distress 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! 

Die Cut & Glimmer Hot Foil Christmas Cards | Spellbinders 2019 Holiday

Ahhhhh happy Monday!! Usually I'm not much of a Monday person (or a morning person...) BUT I'm part of a big, fun, inspiring blog hop using a bunch of new Spellbinders dies AND I had a ton of success with foil! For those that haven't been watching me for a while - I struggle with foil and have yet to really use it on cards. That changed today!

OK first off:

Spellbinders released a bunch of fabulous Christmas sets this season! I was invited to take part in this big blog hop so there's a TON of inspiration as well as GIVEAWAY info at the end of my post!

I ended up making several cards using a few of the new die sets:

(apologies for the crappy photo - this one was taken late at night with horrible lighting)

First off - I got a Glimmer Hot Foil System - AND I was able to make it work. I have been stockpiling foils and foiling supplies for well over a year now and have either been unsuccessful or intimidated by all things foil. I took a gamble and got this machine because I LOVE the idea of being able to create letterpress foil designs - and because it's supposed to be easy to use.

Well if I can do it anyone can. These Ornament Hot Foil pates were some of my first attempts (the sentiments on the puppy cards were my FIRST first attempt) and they were almost perfect. I used 2 different colors of Glimmer Foils for them and alternated the foiled sentiments. The set also comes with all the dies to create the poinsettias and branches etc so I added those as well.

On the outsides and insides of the cards I stamped snowflakes from the Frozen Fractals stamp set and added a sentiment from the Inside Holiday Greetings set to finish them off.

For the next 2 cards I stencilled over Simon's Pine Bough stencil and stamped the Frozen Fractals snowflakes again. Hanging from the branches is Spellbinders Deck the Halls wafer dies. I die cut and assembled them from red and white card stocks and added the topper, bow and hanger with gold foil card stock. 

I finished off the insides of the cards with the stencilled Pine Bough and another sentiment from the Inside Holiday Greetings set.

Last but not least is the Puppy Christmas cards!! I used Spellbinders Merry Hugs die set (isn't it adorable?!?). I'd foiled sentiments from the Ornament set, as well as a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiments hot foil plate onto blue card stock. 

I die cut the puppers glasses from the same goal foil card stock I'd used on the green cards above. The backgrounds were done in the same way - just a Diagonal Stripe stencil and Schoolhouse Red ink this time.

I finished off the inside in the same way - Frozen Fractals snowflakes and a sentiment from the Inside Holiday Greetings and that was it!

To see how my cards came together AND to see my first impressions/unboxing/first attempt with the Glimmer Hot Foil System (skip to the 9 minute mark if you want to get right to the cardmaking portion) check out my video below:

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

Now for the hop here are all the stops in case you missed any!

Spellbinders

Jennifer Mcguire

Debby Hughes

Yana Smakula

Nichol Spohr

Wanda Guess

Jean Manis

Keeway Tsao

Svitlana Shayevich

Mindy Eggen

Marie Heiderscheit

Zsoka Marko

Laurie Willison

Karin Åkesdotter

Nina-Marie Trapani

Mindy Baxter

Amy Rysavy

Betty Wright

Daniel West

Amanda Korotkova

Mayline Jung

Varada Sharma

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!!!

To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, August 25th 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.

Thank you for stopping by and good luck! ❤️

Rainbow of Llama's Cards | Arteza Real Brush Pens

And now it's Saturday. Any plans for your weekend? I'm trying to get caught up with a million things as usual lol!

I've had Honey Bee Stamps No Probllama stamp set and dies sitting in the front of my HB container for MONTHS now with the intention of using it. I finally sat down and made a few cards with it and am so glad I did - this llama with his accessories just cracks me up!

I pulled out Honey Bee’s No Probllama stamp set and coordinating Honey Cuts Dies. After stamping the images in black and clear embossing them onto Distress watercolor paper I coloured them all in with watercolor brush markers. Honey Bee’s Over the Rainbow 6×6 pattered papers inspired my color choices and I cut a few of the patterns down for each of the cards.

The Double Stitched Polygons Honey Cuts Dies were used to create my scenes for each card. After die cutting them from white card stock I blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink onto them with a blending brush.

The multi-colour sentiment was a fun little twist. I created my own little multi-colour “ink pad” by folding up a baby wipe, applying three different Distress Oxide ink refills and then used that to ink up the “Hola” stamp. You can get blank Distress Oxide ink pads HERE that you can then use to create your own ombré ink pads or custom colors etc. I have one of them but I like the option of just using a baby wipe when I only want to create a few stamped images/sentiments and not commit an ink pad to it.

I used my impromptu ink pad to stamp the llama word and adhered that to the insides of the cards after stamping the rest of the sentiments in 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! 

MFT Fairy-Tale Friends Cards | Tombow Marker Watercolor

Hello everyone! So after I made my first Pop-Up Wiper card last week I wanted to make another one. If you missed that post you can check it out here:

MFT Pop-Up Wiper Card | Friends with Fins 

This time I inked up MFT's new Fairy-Tale Friends stamp set and made 2 cards with it:

I stamped all the images from the Fairy-Tale Friends set onto Bristol Smooth card stock with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and clear heat embossed with with Inkon3's clear embossing powder. For the colouring I used Tombow Dual Brush pens, a water brush and Inkon3's Liquid Pixie Dust.

I used the Pop-Up Wiper Card Components to create this fun pop-up card. I used MFT's Stitched Cloud Edges Die-namics to create the front panel, and also used masks cut with the dies on masking paper to create the scene. Using the masks I blended Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink over the card base and the cloud panel using one of my Picket Fence Studios Life Changing Blender Brushes.

For the second card I used the masks and Oxide ink again to create the background, and on both cards I splattered the Inkon3 Liquid Pixie Dust. I die cut the panel with one of MFT's Stitched Rounded Rectangle Die-namics before popping it on to the card with Simon's Big Momma Foam Tape.

I used the leftover "frame" from the die cut rectangle and adhered it to the inside of the card. On the inside of that card and the back of the pop-up card I adhered sentiments I'd white heat embossed and a couple of the remaining unicorns 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! 

Fuzzy Die-Cut Panda Cards | Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Panda

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

If you missed my unboxing video of Simon Says Stamp's August Card Kit you can check that out here:

Simon Says Stamp August 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Party Like a Panda Card Kit

Now here are a couple of cards I made with elements from the kit:

In the kit are 2 packages of ThermoWeb Flock sheets - a black package and a white package (there are other colors available here too!). I die cut them with the Picture Book Panda wafer die and adhered them directly to copy paper.

Isn't he so cute and fuzzy? I added some Doodlebug/Simon Says Stamp Shape Sprinkles to them to make their eyes more goofy and I just love it.

I used sentiments from the Party Like a Panda stamp set that comes in the kit (that one I die cut with one of Simon's Nested Talk Bubbles Wafer Dies) as well as a thank you sentiment from the new Greetings Mix 1 set.

I finished off the insides of the cards with strips of the same patterned papers I used on the front and stamped another sentiment from the Greetings Mix 1 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! 

MFT Pop-Up Wiper Card | Friends with Fins

Hokay folks! Second post and video from me today - I had to detour and share my SSS Card Kit unboxing as it JUST arrived:

Simon Says Stamp August 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Party Like a Panda Card Kit

And then got this video edited and uploaded! I made an interactive card (yay me lol) which I don't do very often - this one turned out so cute and once I got it all figured out in my head it will be SO easy to make more like this:

When making a pop-up card like this the bonus to it is that when it's folded flat it easily fits into an A2 envelope and isn't any more bulky (in fact it's usually less bulky as there's no foam dimension etc) than a regular card. You CAN do this in different orientations and different sizes you just need to fiddle a bit - but again once you've done it once it comes to gather a LOT easily and making adjustments doesn't seem as daunting (to me anyway! It's why I usually avoid interactive cards).

So to make this a pop-up wiper card I used MFT's Pop-Up Wiper Die-namics. You can easily make the mechanism without a wafer die but one - I like the convenience and two - there is a long (8.5") grass wafer die and long wave die in the set that I REALLY like. I used the wave one for this card obviously but it would be so cute to make a scene with the grass one and have critters or butterflies or something popping up!

I inked up the Birdie Brown Friends with Fins stamp set and coloured them all in with Copic markers. After highlighting them with my favorite white gel pen I die cut them with the coordinating Die-namics set. I also used one of the little wave dies in that set to die cut the wave for the narwhal to be popping out of.

I used MFT's Mini Cloud Edges stencil for the background. For the wave portion and for the stencilling of the background I used the new Hero Arts Reactive inks in Splash, Blue Hawaii and Sea Salt.

I finished the "inside" AKA the back of the card since there is no inside with this kind by adhering the remaining Friends with Fins images and stamping another sentiment from the 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! 

Tonic Wings & Things Butterfly Card | Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

Hey everyone! Happy weekend! I have another card and video for y'all - this time using a bunch of supplies from Tonic:

I recently got an order with the Wings & Things Mariposa wafer die and the coordinating Wings & Things Butterfly & Dragonfly wafer die sets. This butterfly is HUGE and I love it. I die cut it and the body from black card stock, then sponged Indian Gold Embellishment Mousse onto the edges of the wings and on the body.

I used the Tonic Linking Rings stencil for the background and blended a few aqua-coloured hybrid inks over it (Mint Macaroon, Laguna Bay and Moroccan Teal). Those three colors are literally a light, medium and dark shade of aqua IMO and they're perfect together. 

I also added some Crystal Gems Gemstones for bling! Gotta have bling...

I masked off a strip on the inside of the card and blended the hybrid inks again over the Linking Rings stencils. The sentiment on the inside as well as the ones on the outside are from the Little Something for Harry stamp set by Tonic.

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! 

SSS Big Picture Book Raccoon Watermelon Card

I hope y'all had a great weekend! Today was a Monday of a Monday with one thing after another going wrong it seems - BUT I still managed to finally get the video edited and uploaded for this card!

I didn't get a chance to upload this in time for last week's Color Throwdown challenge (which is part of the problem I'm having lately - Yahoo has been messed up, not working for WEEKS now and I can barely access anything. Anywho that's a whole other story...), but I loved the colors and inspiration!

See what I mean? Anyway you can see what the rest of the team made with these colors HERE <-----click! and there will be a new challenge up Wednesday morning to play along with!

So I created my own quick and easy background using 2 Distress Oxide inks and a couple of paintbrushes and my t-square ruler. I added splatter (of course) and that was it. To create my character I used several of the Big Picture Book wafer dies from Simon Says Stamp: Big Picture Book Raccoon, Big Picture Book Medium Body and Big Picture Book Tails. I die cut them all from different card stocks (all the ones I used are listed and linked in the supplies below!) and put them all together.

I used the Watermelon wafer die, and the heart shaped "seeds" were die cut from Black Mirror glossy card stock.

I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from the CZ Design Buttercup stamp set that I stamped with the Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink. I had all the little hearts left over from die cutting the watermelon so I added a few to the inside 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! 

Tonic Alcohol Markers | Adorables Scent Wiff Love Cards

And just like that it's Monday. First off Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadian peeps! I hope you all are having a great long weekend!

I posted these cards and video for Tonic last week and finally have a few mins to get them posted here too:

I used Tonic's Creative Pens - AKA alcohol markers again. I am really liking them you guys! I see them as a standalone marker - I still (and always will) LOVE my Copics. However the Tonic Creative pens have been easy to use and I do like how they come in packs of 3 colors that blend together - that takes out a LOT of the guesswork and I'm all for that. 

Anywho - for these cards I used the Adorables Scent Wiff Love set. I stamped all the characters onto Ultra Smooth card stock with Nuvo Black Shadow Hybrid ink and then coloured them all in with the Creative Pens. In the video I list what colors I use for each area and then have all the packs I used listed with the supplies below!

I white heat embossed part of one of the sentiments from the Scent Wiff Love set, and then completed the sentiment with the Essentials Love wafer die. For my backgrounds I used the new Linking Rings stencil and blended a couple of aqua Hybrid inks over it.

On the insides of the cards I stamped another sentiment from the Scent Wiff Love set and added the skunks that I'd stamped and coloured 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!

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! 

Customized Birthday Card with Diecuts | Simon Says Stamp Wafer Dies

Ohhhhh what a week! A rotten cold bug has been going around and almost everyone in this house has some level of it. So that slowed down life, plus end of the school year things (more kids in school = more things going on) AND it was K's birthday!!

SO - I finally got the card made for her that I started last year lol:

Last year Jennifer McGuire did this video on stepping up die cuts and I loved the look of it. So I die cut a TON of balloons in rainbow colors using Simon Says Stamp's Balloons wafer dies and Simon's heavy weight card stock. I layered the balloons together with glue and added letters to each one using the CZ Design Everett Solid Letters wafer dies.

After everything was adhered I coated the letters with Nuvo's Aqua Shimmer Clear Glitter Gloss and then added a THICK layer of Crystal Glaze to each one and let them dry overnight.

I created my scene with Simon's Clouds for Days stencil and Audrey Blue ink, and added waves with a Lawn Fawn wafer die. I used Simon's Picture Book Octopus wafer die as my main character holding the balloons and added in the Picture Book Jumping Narwhal - both of which were covered in the Clear Glitter Gloss. 

I customized the inside of the card using the Birthday Pallooza stamp set and various Distress Oxide inks. The number 6 is from the Everett Solid Numbers wafer dies and the "th" is from the newer Archie Jr Solid wafer dies set.

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! 

5 Cards 1 Kit | Simon Says Stamp Bee Yourself Card Kit

Hello everyone!! If you missed my unboxing video of Simon's July Card Kit you can check that out here:

Simon Says Stamp July 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Bee Yourself Card Kit

This is SUCH a fun kit <-------click!

So I ended up making 5 cards when I sat down with it:

I clear heat embossed the bee images from the Bee Yourself stamp set onto Bristol Smooth card stock after stamping them with Nocturne ink. To color them in I used Arteza's Real Brush pens and a water brush.

I used the Bee's Knees patterned papers that came in the kit for each of the cards, as well as Simon's Wonky Rectangles wafer dies for all but the square card. 

I finished off the insides of all the cards with more images from the Bee Yourself set. The honeycomb images were stamped with Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink and the bees, sentiments, trails etc were stamped with the Nocturne 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! 

Birthday Balloons Layering Stencils | EASY Stencil Layering

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Studio Katia 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop! Studio Katia also had a release to coincide with this hop. You can check out the release HERE as well as at the links below:

This is Day 1 of 2 days of hops with a ton of inspiration. If you didn't get here from Vicky's blog you can start at the beginning HERE at the Studio Katia Blog! There's also GIVEAWAY info at the end of my post so stay tuned!

I made 2 cards using the new Birthday Balloons Duo Stencils along with some of the new stamps and coordinating dies from this release. I LOVE the layering effect of the Balloon Stencils so I made 2 cards using them - one in a pastel rainbow theme and one with brighter colors.

I used Distress Inks over the stencils and to stamp the confetti images from the It's Your Birthday stamp set onto the cards. On the second card I used the new Kobi Makes a Wish set and coordinating dies and watercolored them with Distress inks.

I finished off the insides of the cards with a combo of stencilling, stamping the confetti images and sentiments from the It's Your Birthday and Kobi Makes a Wish sets 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 Tracy's blog! <------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! 

Now for the GIVEAWAY!! 

Studio Katia is giving away $25 gift certificates on each stop on the hop. All you need to do to be entered is to leave a comment on this blog post! All comments must be left by Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 21:59 PM EST. All winners will be announced on Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 on the Studio Katia Blog.

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

ETA: CONGRATS to JO ANN for winning my giveaway!! I've replied to your winning comment with the info!

Tonic Adorables Sloth Card Using Nuvo Alcohol Markers

Hey everyone!! Ahhhhhh it's almost the end of May?!?! What is happening...

Anywho - I made this card with envelope and video using a bunch of Tonic products:

Tonic has a line of stamps and dies called Adorables <------click! and they ARE! I used the Sammy Takes it Easy stamp set for my card. For the colouring I used Tonic's Creative Pens alcohol markers. I KNOW a lot of you will ask me to compare them to Copics but honestly? They're not very similar and I know I'm biased. I have been using Copics for over a decade and have invested HEAVILY into them. They're expensive, and they're great markers. The only complaint I have against Copics is the price.

Now with Tonic's Creative Pens you get 3 in a pack for like 5.99US. They don't have a brush nib (it's a bullet nib and a chisel nib) and they aren't refillable. However for that price you can't really go wrong. They also color really nicely. Colors went down smoothly and they blended well and I was able to achieve a nice texture by dotting them with the bullet tip:

So my initial first impression is I like them! Will they replace my Copics? Nope (I am WAY to invested into those for that to ever happen), but since I'm someone who likes to have tons of colouring options this works for me. Plus me being on the Tonic Social Media Design team means I'm a tad biased towards them too. I gotta be honest on all fronts! They're a really affordable coloring option though and they have a decent range of colors across all the packs and a fraction of the investment (like you can literally get ALL the Nuvo ones for less than what 20 Copic Sketch markers costs lol).

As always tho it's personal preference when it comes to crafty supplies and colouring mediums especially! I like to collect and dabble and use whatever I'm in the mood for - it's one of the big reasons why I love doing what I do. With all the options I've collected over the years for colouring it's practically impossible to ever get bored!

Anywho - back to the card. The white card stock and the mat layer were die cut with the Tonic Mixed Layers Rectangles wafer dies. That set has a BUNCH of dies (already separated!) that alternate smooth edges with scalloped edges which is cool.

To finish off the inside of the card I stamped more of the images with Nuvo Hybrid Inks. I also made an envelope with the Oak Woodgrain Speciality paper and my WeR Memory Keepers Punch board!

To see how this all came together check out my video below:

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

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