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Hey friends! I'm hoping to be posting a BUNCH of videos over the next few days. I've been super behind on editing and tech issues (what else is new 🤪) but I'm powering through!
I am just LOVING Simon's Mother's Day Tulips stamp set - y'all know I love me some big floral images and these tulips are HUGE. I made slimline cards recently using the set - if you missed that post you can find it here:
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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!
Hello friends!! It's the end of STAMPtember® - but not the end of new things (and not the end of me posting new videos lol). Simon just released a bunch of new colors of the PET Pawsitively Everything Tool:
I love my PET tools. I was sent one when they were first released, bought a couple more and now I definitely need to get all these colors b/c they are SO handy. I use them as a coaster, to rest my heat tools on, to keep ink pads from sliding around etc etc. I want to get more so I can keep one by my sink to use when I'm cleaning my brushes and to have extras for ink pads and coasters lol!
AND - Simon just released this HUGE Halloween kit:
For today's card I decided to go with a fave floral set and make something that could be for any occasion - all you'd need to change up is the sentiments used:
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On the inside of the card (and on the envelopes) I stamped a cat image with Simon's Cobblestone ink. I stamped the heart-shaped "fur ball" with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink and then stamped the sentiment and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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So Simon's October Card Kit arrived the other day - and it's a GOOD one (I say that every month lol). With all the craziness that is STAMPtember® and all the extra videos I decided to do I finally found a chance to unbox the kit, film it and make a card for y'all using it!
I used one of the watercolor cards that came in the kit, and colored it in with my Karin Brushmarker Pro's and a water brush. I fussy cut around the top portion as I only wanted the images for my card.
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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!
Hello friends! It's SUPER Saturday - which means Simon has TWO STAMPtember® collabs out! And I have TWO posts and TWO videos to share with y'all. If you missed my Hero Arts video you can find that here:
As with all the Limited Edition collaboration sets - they're one and done. Once they sell out they are not restocked. You can check out the Limited Edition Avery Elle Holiday Wishes Frame Stamp Set HERE!
As of posting this these Limited Edition sets are still available!
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!
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!
Hello friends! WooHoo!! I'm at post/video #17 in my 2020 Christmas card series. My plan is to always do 25 (at least - maybe.....MAYBE I can squeeze in a few more - I have more ideas and stamps and dies than I have time for every year (and always buying more....🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️)) but we shall see how many I can post this year! If you missed any of this years I have links to all of them at the end of this post.
Recently Waffle Flower released several more of their patterned paper pads:
If you aren't familiar with Waffle Flowers patterned paper packs - they're 80lb weight and measure 8.5 x 5.5". So if you score the sheet in half you have a patterned A2 card base. I did a post when they first started releasing patterned paper here:
Waffle Flower sent me some of their new Christmas papers and the Happy Gnomes stamp set which coordinates with the Happy Gnomes paper pack. I couldn't resist making a bunch of cards and tags using them:
After they were all dry I die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies and then die cut a bunch of the papers from the Happy Gnomes paper pack to make all these cards and tags:
I splattered Picket Fence Distress paint on 2 different papers from the Happy Gnomes paper pack and used those to create scenes for my cards. The mushroom papers from the pack I die cut with a circle wafer die to create a spotlight for the images and sentiments. The Merry Christmas sentiment is from Waffle Flowers Essential Sentiments combo set with the coordinating wafer dies.
On the insides of all the cards I used the patterned papers from the Happy Gnomes paper pack - all the little characters in the papers are the same size as the stamp set so you can use the coordinating wafer dies for the stamp set on the papers. I die cut a bunch of them and used them to create little scenes on the insides of all the cards.
To finish off all the cards and tags I used several different Nuvo Crystal Drops (specific colors are listed and linked below!) and let those dry and that was it!
To see how all these came together check out my video below:
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Hello everyone!! It's been a quiet couple of weeks on my end. I'll copy/paste what I posted on my social media:
"For those wondering where I’ve been - I’d posted on IG (forgot to post here too - sorry!) that my glasses broke a couple+ weeks ago. Bc of COVID etc it took a while to get an eye appointment (haven’t had one in over 7 years - I was waaaaayyyy overdue for that). My prescription changed plus I now have astigmatism in both eyes (and my prescription is different in both eyes as well so I couldn’t get temporary readers as some suggested to me).
There were delays on the glasses, plus me having to switch between NO glasses, temporary daily contacts for astigmatism, reading glasses made for me to work (edit etc) and new proper prescription glasses. Long story short? It’s been a LITERAL headache, I couldn’t see, and adjusting to the new prescription and all the hoops I was jumping through was bringing on a lot of eye fatigue and headaches. Hence the lack of posts and videos Bc I just couldn’t handle it. Chris was helping a TON extra as I can’t drive without glasses, I had so many headaches and it’s just been crazy.
That said - I got my new glasses. The work ones are great - still adjusting to the “everyday” ones and not easily able to switch between them yet. But I can now edit and answer emails and all that jazz. So I’ll have lots of videos coming - just working on the editing!! ❤️"
So there's the story. I'm still adjusting and have SOOOOO much to catch up on (this all being my full-time+ job means "breaks" like this drastically affect my income etc) but I'll get there!
You can see what the rest of the team created PLUS all the submissions from those that played along HERE <-------click!
I loved these colors and I LOVE that flower bouquet so I pulled out an oldie-but-goodie favorite set from my stash: Simon Says Stamp's Sketch Ranunculus:
I stamped the ranunculus and leaves on the inside of the card and on the slimline envelope using Distress Oxide inks. I added sentiments from the Beautiful Butterflies set and the last heat embossed vellum butterfly to the inside of the card and that was it!
To see how this card and envelope came together check out my video below:
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For the sentiments on the outside and inside of the card I used the Eggcelent Sentiments stamp set and the coordinating wafer dies. I white heat embossed the sentiment and die cut it for the outside and stamped the second sentiment (and one of the chicks from the Spring Chicks set) on the inside of the card and that was it!
To see how the card came together check out my video below:
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Hey everyone!! I missed the boat with last week's Color Throwdown Challenge - this video/cards/process just took longer than usual for all the reasons. That said - these were fun to make and the crazy-bright neon colors just make me happy!!
It's the 4th time I'm using the Look for the Rainbows stamp set - if you missed any of my previous posts using it you can find them all at the links below:
For today's cards I'm using my Karin Brushmarker Pro's again - I recently got my hands on the neon set of them and have been itching to play with them!
I had the hardest time getting pictures of these cards. Filming the video seemed to work OK but trying to photograph such intense neon colors kept making my camera go haywire (literally - I'm not very skilled with a camera and I'm sure there's settings to combat that but I'm clueless).
I stamped the florals, stems and leaves from the Look for the Rainbows stamp set onto Bristol Smooth card stock using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and then clear heat embossed all the images. I then used the Neon Karin Brushmarker Pro's to color them in, and one of the browns (Praline) from the big box to color in the flower centres.
I used the coordinating wafer dies to die cut all the images, and arranged them into bouquets on all 4 cards.
The card bases were stamped with Simon's Outline Leaves Background using Fog ink - just subtle and perfect IMO!! I white heat embossed one sentiment on black card stock and stamped another sentiment onto the card bases from the Look For the Rainbows set.
I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the florals with neon inks. The ones I used aren't available at SSS anymore - however I've linked to alternative RinaK inks that work fabulous. She's got a bunch of awesome neon products available now <-----click to check 'em out! I'm going to have to order a bunch of it b/c I have a thing for neon (and bling, and large floral stamps, etc etc etc lol).
So I finished off the insides of the cards with the large sentiment from the Look for the Rainbows set and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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Hey everyone!! I've had SO many tech issues lately, which ended with me needing to order a new SD card reader and wait for it to arrive. I can't upload video/edit/post without it so everything has been frustrating. So that explains why I haven't had any new posts or videos to share with y'all!
Anywho - I'm hoping I'm back on track and can post a bunch of videos back to back again!
While watercoloring the tulips I added some Inkon3 Liquid Pixie Dust - you can see better in the video how insanely sparkly the tulips are. Speaking of sparkle: I made a mess of the background so to fix it I covered it by spraying the background with Tonic's Morning Fog Nuvo Sparkle Spray. It is SPARKLY in real life - I bought all the colors of the Tonic Sparkle Sprays a few months ago and they sat in a basket for way too long. I should have pulled them out WAAAAAYYYY before this b/c wow - so pretty in real life!
I finished off the inside of the card by inking up the tulips stamp with the same Brushmarker Pro colors I used to watercolor the front ones and stamping it. I then stamped a sentiment from the same Sketch Tulip Bouquet stamp set using Hickory Smoke Distress Archival ink and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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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!
I added some shimmer splatter with Perfect Pearl Powder from Ranger, and some bling with Studio Katia Crystals (linked below). For the narrow gold frame I used the Memory Box Stylish Frame Trio wafer die set (the largest one) and die cut Tonic Polished Gold Mirror card before adhering it right over the wreath.
To finish off the inside of the card I inked up the wreath with Distress Oxide inks, stamped it then added the white heat embossed sentiments from the Tidings Wreath set and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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Hello everyone! Hope you're having a great weekend! I have a card and video for y'all using the NEW STAMPtember limited edition collab with Studio Katia!
If you haven't bookmarked my post where I've been updating and editing the new collab releases you can find that here:
To finish off the inside of the card I inked up the floral frame image with the same Brushmarkers that I used on the card front. These markers aren't meant for stamping but they worked perfectly! I then stamped a sentiment from the Floral Frame set, and added another mini sentiment from the Tiny Words stamp set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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