Prairie Paper & Ink

Quick & Easy Watercolor Slimline Card | SSS Sketch Ranunculus Take 7

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!

The card and video I'm sharing now was for this Color Throwdown Challenge:

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:

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I stamped the ranunculus and leaves from the Sketch Ranunculus set onto Distress watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and embossed them with Wow Clear Matt Dull embossing powder.

They were all coloured in with Karin Brushmarker Pro's and a water brushed and then trimmed out. This stamp set was released years ago and I didn't realize there were coordinating wafer dies for it (need!) and you can get it as a set as well. I'll have the options linked in the supplies!

One of the small butterflies from Simon's Beautiful Butterflies set was stamped onto vellum and heat embossed with Inkon3's Black as Night embossing powder before being die cut with the coordinating wafer die. I used sentiments from the same set on the main panel of the card as well.

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:

 

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

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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! 

Feeling Cooped Up? | Honey Bee Stamps | Karin Brushmarker Pro

Hello everyone! I pulled out some oldie-but-goodie Honey Bee Stamps and dies to make this card:

This is a 5.5" square card.

I thought this was a rather fitting card for the current times - as it DEFINITELY is how we've been feeling around here!

I pulled out Honey Bee's Spring Chicks stamp set and the coordinating wafer dies. I stamped the chickens onto Strathmore Ready Cut watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves ink then coloured them in with Karin Brushmarker Pro's and a water brush.

I used Honey Bee's Chicken Coop wafer dies and die cut the main part and the "inside" from woodgrain card stock, then used Distress Oxide inks (colors used are listed in the supplies) to sponge on the colors I wanted. I used Honey Bee's largest Deckle Edge Square wafer die to die cut the background and also sponged and splattered some Distress Oxide ink on it.

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:

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! 

NEON Florals with Karin Brushmarker Pros | SSS Look For the Rainbows Take 4

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:

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

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

NEW Karin Brushmarker Pro First Impression | SSS Look For the Rainbow Take 3

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.

Of course I finished off the fronts with some bling - Pretty Pink Posh's Flamingo Pink crystals were perfect for these cards.

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:

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! 

SUPER Sparkly Card | Sketch Tulip Bouquet Take 3

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!

I was the host for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

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

Here's what I came up with:

I pulled out Simon Says Stamp's Sketch Tulip Bouquet set and white heat embossed the tulips onto Ranger watercolor card stock. I then pulled out my Karin Brushmarker Pros and a water brush to color them in.

The die cut sentiment is from Simon's Painted Friend wafer die, and I complemented it with a sentiment from the Message for Everyday stamp set.

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:

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! 

MB Tidings Wreath with Karin Brushmarker Pro | AmyR 2019 Christmas Series #3

Hello everyone!

I have another Christmas card video for y'all! If you've missed any of my other Christmas posts so far you can find them all below:

OK on to today's cards:

I used the Memory Box Tidings Wreath stamp set for these cards - I am LOVING all these big Memory Box sets (I used a couple of their other big sets HERE - one was Limited Edition and no longer available but the Grateful Autumn leaf set still is and it's fabulous).

I heat embossed the wreath onto Distress Watercolor paper with Hero Arts White Satin Pearl embossing powder then used Karin Brushmarker Pros and a waterbrush to color them in.

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:

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! 

Studio Katia Sparkling Florals | STAMPtember Limited Edition

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:

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Limited Edition Releases!

OK on to the card:

This is a 5" square card.

I used the fabulous new Floral Frame Stamp & Die combo from Studio Katia that is only available while supplies last through Simon Says Stamp for STAMPtember!

I heat embossed the floral image using Inkon3's Strawberry Champagne embossing powder onto Distress watercolor paper. To color in the images I used my Karin Brushmarker Pro's along with a water brush.

After I finished watercoloring in the flowers I coated them with Inkon3's Liquid Pixie Dust - the sparkle is INSANE.

I also dry embossed Studio Katia's Grid Stencil onto white card stock for my base, and die cut some Tim Holtz rose gold foil card stock with one of the Studio Katia Fancy Scallop Circle wafer dies. The hello sentiment is from the same die set, and I finished that off by heat embossing the 'friend' work from Simon's Tiny Words stamp set.

And of course I couldn't finish off the card without some Studio Katia embellishments - namely some Exotic Onyx Pearls and Rose Gold Confetti.

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:

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! 

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

Hey everyone! Post and video #2 from me today!! If you missed my earlier one you can check it out here:

My Favorite Things September 2019 Release & Review!

AND, if you missed any of my other Halloween-themed posts for this year you can find 'em 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

So in my most recent haul video I shared the new Studio Katia release - and I couldn't wait to get it inked up/cut out:

I used the new Spooky Pumpkins Trimmings stamp set and stamped one of the images onto Ranger Distress watercolor card stock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and clear heat embossed it. To color everything in I used the Karin Brushmarkers and a detail water brush.

The background was done with Distress Oxide inks, and then I die cut it with one of the new Studio Katia Halloween Trimmings wafer dies. I get asked often what my favourite glitter card stocks are - answer is the Simon Says Stamp Glitter Card Stock and Tonic's Glitter Card Stock. Both are awesome, have a bunch of colors to choose from, don't shed and can be die cut easily.

So, I backed it with Simon's Silver Glitter card stock before adhering to my card base. As a finishing touch to the card front I added some of the Studio Katia Ripe Persimmon Pearls.

To finish off the inside of the card I die cut some white card stock using another of the Halloween Trimmings wafer dies, and then stamped the other Spooky Pumpkin Trimmings images with Tiger Lily 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! 

Dry Embossing with a Stencil | SSS Sketched Flowers Take 3

Happy Monday everyone!!

If you missed the post I've compiled with the current STAMPtember sets available you can check that out here:

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Limited Edition Releases!

Last week's Color Throwdown Challenge was this:

You can check out what the rest of the design team made with these colors HERE <-------click! There's still a little bit of time left to play along if you'd like before the new challenge is up on Wednesday!

So for my card I pulled out Simon's Sketched Flowers set. They released a coordinating die set with the STAMPtember release so I wanted to use that. Plus I hadn't actually coloured in the florals in this set before - my previous videos using it were more technique-based (and both were for previous Color Throwdown Challenges too lol):

Alcohol Lift Ink with SSS Sketched Flowers Stamp Set

Simon Says Stamp Dye Ink Blending | Sketched Flowers Take 2

So here's what I created this time:

I heat embossed the large floral image onto Ranger water-colour paper using Inkon3's Strawberry Champagne embossing powder. To color them in I used the Karin Brushmarker Pro's and a water brush and then die cut everything with the coordinating dies after they'd dried.

To get that gorgeous dry embossed impression I ran the new Deco Weave stencil through my Platinum 6 machine following the instructions to dry emboss with wafer dies. I only needed to add an extra piece of card stock as a shim and got this fabulous texture on the card stock.

For splatter I used a mix of a couple different Gansai Tambi palettes - I mixed a pale gold from the Starry Colors and a pink color from the Pearl Colors palettes to get a close match to the Strawberry Champagne embossing powder.

The sentiments on both the outside and inside of the card are from the Greetings Mix 1 stamp set and were both heat embossed with the Strawberry Champagne embossing powder 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! 

NEW Karin Brushmarker Pro First Impression | SSS Look For the Rainbow Take 3

Hey everyone! So I'm not AS late with this week's Color Throwdown Challenge lol - it went live this morning:

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

I wanted to use Simon Says Stamp's Look for the Rainbow stamp set again - it came in the September card kit and I have videos on the kit as well as cards made previously below:

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

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

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

So I'd posted this picture on my Instagram page the other day:

(don't ask me why it's posting sideways here - I've been having more tech issues the last few days and have no idea what's going on)

ANYWHO - I recently got the Karin Brushmarker Pro 60 set, and swatched them all before using them. I have a linked list HERE <-----click! that has the dies and supplies I used to make these swatches.

So to try out said markers I made this card:

I clear heat embossed the images and sentiment from the Look for the Rainbow stamp set after stamping them with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink onto Bristol Smooth card stock.

I used the Karin Brushmarkers and a water brush to color in all the images. Once those were done and dry I added splatter using Distress Oxide Sprays and Perfect Pearl powder mixed with water.

To finish off the inside of the card I inked up the floral cluster stamp with Distress Oxide inks in the same colors as the sprays and stamped it twice on the inside of the card 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!