Prairie Paper & Ink

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!

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! 

Walrus Hugs Card | Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Walrus

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:

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

I was inspired by the nautical print on the inspiration piece for my card in the end:

I used Simon Says Stamp's Picture Book Walrus wafer die, and die cut it from white card stock then blended on Apricot and Coral Reef SSS dye inks. I used a Black Glaze pen on his eyes and nose, and a white gel pen to add highlights etc.

I used the Punny Animals set for the "walrus" sentiment, and Simon's Painted Hugs wafer die for the die cut sentiment.

I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from Simon's Handwritten Love stamp set and some Mini Hearts 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! 

Beehive Shaped Cards | Honey Bee Stamps

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. 

I finished off the inside of the cards with sentiments from the Hi Honey stamp set stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I adhered a few more bees 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! 

Customized Dinosaur Birthday Card

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!

I customized the card using CZ Design's All Caps No 1 wafer die set, as well as the Balloons dies and Everett Solid Numbers wafer dies to create the balloon.

I finished off the inside with sentiments from the CZ Design Birthday Palooza stamp 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! 

MFT Picture Perfect Shutter Card | EASY Interactive Card

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!

First off - My Favorite Things April release went live earlier this week:

You can check out the release HERE <--------click! as well as at my links below:

 

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!

You can see how this card 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! 

Pink & Main Bee Day Birthday Card

Hello everyone!! Pink & Main just released all these fun stamps and dies for March that you can check out HERE <------click!

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:

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

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

And if you didn't start at the beginning you can find out all the info on the Pink & Main blog 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! 

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!! ❤️❤️❤️

SSS Moose You Card

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!!

SO - last week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

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:

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 Picture Book Sea Creatures Card | Distress Oxide Sprays First Attempt

Hokay - if you missed my last haul video (there's a giveaway in there too!) you can check that out here:

Haul + 75K Giveaway! | NEW Ranger Distress etc

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:

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! 

Simon Says Stamp Wooly Lucky Card

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:

Simon Says Stamp March 2019 Card Kit Unboxing! | Lucky Rainbow Card Kit

SSS Ink Blended Masculine Card | Amazing Stamp Set

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:

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! 

Sparkly Distress Oxide Backgrounds | MFT Super Animals

Happy weekend!!

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:

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!