October 25, 2016

Reverse Confetti Best Witches | Prismacolor Pencils | AmyR 2016 Halloween Card Series #17

Hard to believe October is nearly over and Halloween is almost here! I have a couple more cards to share with y'all for Halloween - I haven't yet put all the Halloween supplies away yet!

I was inspired by this card by Sandy Allnock - so I had to pull out my Prismacolor pencils and color on black card stock and here's the cards I made:

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These are 4 Bar sized cards.

I used Reverse Confetti's Best Witches stamp set and stamped the images onto black card stock with Hero Arts Unicorn White pigment ink. I heat set the ink (you either need to heat set it or set it aside to dry for some time b/c pigment inks take a lot more time to dry than dye inks) then used my Prismacolor pencils to color them in.

Side note - as of typing this the full 150 set of Prismacolors are on a HUGE sale at Amazon (for less than $100US - which is like 70+% off!) HERE <------click! *please note that the price changes depending when you are reading this post.

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I added some highlights to the coloured in images with my white gel pen, then die cut them all with their coordinating dies.

I decided to keep the cards simple so I just embossed rather than cut the Reverse Confetti Web Tag Layers Die onto the front of each card before stamping the sentiment in the same ink and adhering the images with dimensionals.

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I kept the insides of the cards simple and that was it!

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

Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <-----click!

Halloween Supplies by AmyR

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/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 videos in this series you can find them all below:

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September 18, 2016

Reverse Confetti Too Cute to Spook | Polychromos & Gamsol | AmyR 2016 Halloween Card Series #6

Hello everyone! I have another Halloween card to share with y'all for my AmyR 2016 Halloween Card Series!

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This time I decided to create a clean and simple one layer card using the Reverse Confetti Too Cute to Spook stamp set.

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I used my Polychromos color pencils to color in all the images after I'd stamped them with SSS Intense Black ink onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb card stock. I blended out the pencil lines with Gambol (artist grade odourless mineral spirits) and a blending stump - super quick and easy colouring today!

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It was hard to capture in a photo - but I coated the skulls, bat, witch's hat and pumpkin with Spectrum Noir's Clear Overlay Sparkle brush pen - so it's all shimmery. I also added little dots of Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops to the eyes of all the images to give them a glossy raised look.

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I stamped more of the images and a sentiment on the inside of the card and added a couple more die cut banners and that was it!

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

  

Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <-----click!

Halloween Supplies by AmyR

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/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 videos in this series you can find them all at the links below! 

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September 12, 2016

SSS Nuts About You | STAMPtember Exclusive | Polychromos Color Pencils

Well here my post is finally - and as I type this up I really hope that SSS will be able to restock this stamp set (and the dies!) b/c it is so adorable and I don't think anyone predicted it would sell out as insanely fast as it did! 

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I stamped the images from the set onto kraft card stock with SSS Intense black ink then used color pencils (I used Polychromos but you can use any brand you have - I linked to Prismacolor ones in the description) and Gamsol to blend the color out.

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I added the highlights with Copic Opaque White (basically a SUPER white paint - it's my hands-down favourite white for adding highlights) which just pops on the kraft card stock!

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I piled up all the acorns I'd coloured on the inside of the card and left the rest blank for space to write. I added the last acorn and heart to the very back of the card (you can see it in the pic of the colors used above) and that was it!

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

  

Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <-----click!

Supplies

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. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. 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 with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

Items marked with an asterisk (*) have been sent by a store/manufacturer (with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love). Everything else I purchase myself!

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July 07, 2016

Penny Black Saying a Latte! | Polychromos Pencils | AmyR Coffee Card Series #5

Hello folks!

After the kids were in bed last night I spent some time colouring with my Polychromos pencils - I did a First Impressions/unboxing video of them here and then made a card with them here.

This time I wanted to try them out on Bristol Smooth card stock - and while I think the colors would blend amazingly on it with some artist grade mineral spirits (Gamsol), I decided to just color with them as-is and let the texture show:

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It's been a while since I posted anything coffee-themed - don't worry I didn't forget about the series. My hope is to start doing more coffee-themed cards on a semi-regular basis!

This time I used the Penny Black Saying a Latte! stamp set - I stamped the image with SSS Intense Black ink onto the Bristol Smooth card stock then coloured it in with my Polychromos. 

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I stamped and embossed the sentiment on vellum, and added some Doodlebug Sprinkles enamel dots to finish it off.

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I kept the inside uber-simple and stamped the remaining sentiment on the inside with grey ink and that was it!

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

  

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

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If you missed any of my other cards in this series you can find them all below:

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June 24, 2016

MFT Warm & Fuzzy Friends | Polychromos Colored Pencils

If you missed my previous video where I unboxed my Polychromos pencils and do a first impression with them click HERE <---click!

Now for the card made with them:

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I pulled out the MFT Warm & Fuzzy Friends card kit (it's their only kit that's still got some stock left - all their other kits have sold out thus far!) as I thought these images would be PERFECT for the look I wanted to achieve.

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I stamped all the images onto Kraft card stock with MFT's Black Licorice hybrid ink then coloured them in with the Polychromos. You don't specifically "need" these pencils (I feel like I did LOL) - any coloured pencils will work really.

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I finished off the inside of the card by adhering a leftover piece of the striped patterned paper and adding the remaining coloured images and that was it!

I hope y'all have a fabulous weekend! I have a LOT going on this weekend (the kids and I are moving!) and will be without internet (other than my phone) for a couple of days but I'll be sure to update y'all once I'm settled and hooked up at the new place. We're all super excited but there's still a LOT to be done - it's insane. And of course creativity struck at the most random of moments and I just went with it and then uploaded this video b/c packing is such a pain LOL. ;) 

  

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

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