Prairie Paper & Ink

Studio Katia Paws for Kindness Card | Copics

Hello everyone!! I'm part of a great blog hop today to share inspiration for the NEW Studio Katia bundle release called Paws for Kindness. There's a stamp & die set, as well as 2 new stencils: Mini Paws and Love for Paws.

If you didn't get here from Kaja's blog you can start at the beginning of the hop HERE and I will also have links to all the stops below as well as GIVEAWAY info at the end of this post!

You can check out the Paws for Kindness bundle HERE <----click! and $10 from each bundle will be donated to Pets in the Classroom, because we truly believe that all children should have the opportunity to learn about the responsibilities, respect for life and being kind to one another.

Here's what I made with this bundle:

I stamped the little boy and his pets from the Paws for Kindness set onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with Inkon3's Blackout ink and coloured in the images with Copic markers. I used a Gel Roll broad white gel pen to add some dots and highlights to the images and then die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies.

There are 2 stencils that come in the bundle. I used the Love for Paws stencil and ran it through my Platinum 6 machine with the embossing setup to dry emboss the stencil onto the heart shaped card stock - it's such a subtle look and I love using stencils like this to get that effect!

The other stencil - Mini Paws - was used on the card front and I blended some grey ink over it with a Studio Katia blender brush.

I finished off the inside of the card with another heart that I stamped the boy and his pets on and then added some more sentiments from the Paws for Kindness 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!

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

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

Studio Katia

Ilda Dias

Emily Midgett

Kaja Vezenšek 

Amy Rysavy

Galina Filippenko

Jessica Frost Ballas

Laura Volpes

Natalia Zubkova

Tracy Freeman

Dana Gong

Isha Gupta

Erum Tasneem

Olga Moss

Liliya Rytsar

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 the blog hop, Studio Katia is giving away a $15 gift certificate on each blog post in the hop!! 

You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11/22/2019 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 Studio Katia blog on 11/24/2019.

Thank you for stopping by and good luck!! ❤️❤️❤️

Caffeinated Unicorn Card | Copic Marker Coloring

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

I wanted to play along with the Fall/Winter 2019 Coffee Loving Cardmakers hop <-----click! anyone can play along and all the info is in their post!

I pulled out one of the caffeinated critters from The Rabbit Hole Designs - I'd bought several of them some time ago as they crack me up and now was the perfect time to ink one up!

I used TRHD's Caffeinated Unicorn and stamped it onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with Inkon3's Blackout ink and coloured it in with a bunch of Copic Markers:

It is SO hard to photograph all the sparkle - you can see it in the video though!! I coated the Unicorn mane/tail with Nuvo's Clear Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer. I used a Jane Davenport Silver Screen pen on the coffee cup and "slippers" horns (lol I think they're narwhals? Love it). I used the coordinating wafer die to cut out the unicorn and popped it onto the card with foam dots.

I used Tim Holtz Swirling Stars mini stencil on the card base with Nuvo's Moonstone Glimmer paste.

To finish off the inside of the card I stamped the Unicorn with Hero Arts Reactive Taffy ink and added the other sentiment from the Caffeinated Unicorn 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! 

4 Cards 1 Kit | Simon Says Stamp Nov 2019 Card Kit

Hello everyone!!

So I posted an Unboxing Video of the Simon Says Stamp November card kit:

Simon Says Stamp November 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Woodland Whimsy Card Kit

And I made 4 cards with it to share with y'all today!

I used the Woodland Whimsy stamp set that comes in the kit and stamped the images onto Bee Watercolor paper with Fallen Leaves Versafine Clair ink. I then used the watercolor pan set that comes in the kit to color them all in.

I also used that pan set on my previous card and video - you can check that out here:

SSS Fall Frenchies Halloween Card | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #13

I used Simon's Stitched Rectangle wafer dies to die cut the watercolor paper as well as to die cut the patterned paper that comes in the kit. I also added some cute little hearts from my stash just to finish everything off.

On the insides of the cards I stamped the sentiment from the Woodland Whimsy set with the Fallen Leaves ink then stamped the little leafy sprigs with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink and that was it!

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

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

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.

Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home and provide for my children! I appreciate your support more than words can say! I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself! 

SSS Fall Frenchies Halloween Card | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #13

Happy weekend everyone! I just finished uploading my video with my card for this week's Color Throwdown challenge:

You can check out what the rest of the Design Team made using these colors HERE <-------click! and there's still time to play along if you'd like!

Here's what I made:

I stamped images from Simon Says Stamp's Fall Frenchies stamp set onto Bee Watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves ink. I then used the watercolor pan set that came in the November Card Kit to color in all the images before die cutting them with the coordinating wafer dies.

I used Simon's Bare Tree Oval Collage wafer die for my background, and the CZ Design Boo Word + Shadow wafer die too. For embellishments I used some Nuvo drops in various finishes (all linked in the supplies below).

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the frenchie image with Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink and then stamping another sentiment from the Fall Franchies set with the Fallen Leaves 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!

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! 

If you missed any of the other Halloween videos I've posted so far you can find them all here:

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

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

Honey Bee Halloween House Builder | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #3

CZ Design My Zombie Boo Quick and Easy Card | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #4

Stencils & Splatters with Paper Smooches and Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #5

Studio Katia Spooky Pumpkins Trimmings | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #6

3 Halloween Cards 1 Kit | SSS Stamptember Spook Up Some Fun LE Kit

Spooky Distress Spray Stain Backgrounds | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #7

Easy No Coloring with MFT Spooktacular Friends | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #8

8 Doodlebug Halloween Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #9

Glow in the Dark Halloween Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #10

Halloween Pumpkin Bouquet Cards | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #11

Spooky Distress Spray Stain Backgrounds Take 2 | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #12

Easy No Coloring with MFT Spooktacular Friends | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #8

Hello everyone!! Thanks to catching the worst cold last week (we all came down with some form of it - uggghhhh) I'm playing catch-up now LOL!

Last week's Color Throwdown challenge was this:

You can check out what the rest of the team created using these colors HERE <------click! and there's still time to play along with this one if you'd like!

I went Halloween with my cards:

I used My Favorite Things Spooktacular Stamp set with the coordinating wafer dies as my main images. And I didn't color them. Crazy right? Hear me out: I wanted to keep the images simple, plus focus on the backgrounds I made. Plus lets be honest: I was in the beginning stages of the chest cold and my nose was running so much that it was horrible trying to do anything (like a bunch of colouring) with my head tilted downwards b/c well.....it's just gross LOL!!

Really though - I sometimes like not colouring in line images - ones like these have so much great detail to them already that they can get away with it. IMO anyway.

I used Distress Oxide inks to create the blended backgrounds, splattered with Black Soot Distress Paint of course. I pulled out some older wafer die sets: Cause for Celebration, Skinny Strips and Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips. I also pulled out my MUCH loved (with backups on hand!) Black & White Stripes patterned paper too.

I finished off the insides of the cards with more patterned paper strips and sentiments from the Spooktacular Friends set, and then stamped the same images and pumpkins 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!

Plus if you've missed any of my previous Halloween videos this year you can find them all at the links below:

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

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

Honey Bee Halloween House Builder | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #3

CZ Design My Zombie Boo Quick and Easy Card | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #4

Stencils & Splatters with Paper Smooches and Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #5

Studio Katia Spooky Pumpkins Trimmings | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #6

3 Halloween Cards 1 Kit | SSS Stamptember Spook Up Some Fun LE Kit

Spooky Distress Spray Stain Backgrounds | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #7

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! 

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.

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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!