Prairie Paper & Ink

EASY Mini Slimline Bunny Card | SSS Picture Book Wafer Dies

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Hello friends! Today's video is a short and sweet one. I made a quick and simple mini slimline card using ONLY die cuts for last week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

You can check out what the rest of the team created with these colors HERE <-----click! and there's still a little bit of time left to play along - or at the very least check out what everyone else made too as there's always a bunch of inspiration!

Here's what I created:

This is a 3.5 x 6.5" Mini Slimline Card.

I pulled out some of my Simon Says Stamp Picture Book wafer dies - specifically the Big Picture Book Bunny and Big Picture Book Small Body for this card. I have an entire playlist on YouTube HERE using Simon's Picture Book wafer dies. 

I used Simon's Carrot wafer die of course - making the bunny hold it. I created a little scene using the Grassy Edges wafer dies and the Flickering Butterflies wafer die. I also pulled out the Mini Flowers & Leaves wafer dies and created a little daisy chain "crown" for the bunny with them.

I added another die cut carrot to the inside of the card and paired it with one of Simon's Orange Peel Mini Slimline envelopes. I didn't use ANY sentiments on the outside or inside of the card. I was planning to and then decided to keep them off and let the card be open-ended depending on who I send it to or what for (and you can always add a sentiment before sending it off!).

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

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

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Easy Emboss Resist Distress Oxide Blends

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Hey friends! I was really inspired by the two new sequin packs Simon released in their Hello, Gorgeous release that I made cards based on those colors:

The Disco Party Sequin Mix has pink, blue, clear and a peachy orange color in the mix, while the Seashore Sequin Mix has a combo of greens and aqua colors.

I started off by clear heat embossing the new Delicate Floral Mandala background stamp onto panels of Simon's 120lb Smooth White card stock.

To go with the Disco Party Sequins colors I used Saltwater Taffy, Picked Raspberry and Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide inks.

For the sentiment I used the XL Spring Greetings stamp set and Saltwater Taffy, Picked Raspberry and Prize Ribbon Distress Embossing Glaze to get all the different colors.

For this card to coordinate with the Seashore Sequins Mix I used Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron and Broken China Distress Oxide inks. On the sentiment (also from the XL Spring Greetings stamp set) I used Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron and Broken China Distress Embossing Glazes. 

On both sentiments I used the coordinating wafer dies and popped them up with Simon's Big Momma Foam Tape.

On the insides of the cards I stamped the Delicate Floral Mandala background with Simon's Fog ink. I then stamped another sentiment from the XL Spring Greetings stamp set with Saltwater Taffy and Salvaged Patina 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Watercolor with Distress Oxide Inks | Happy Spring Card

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Hello friends! Simon Says Stamp's Hello, Gorgeous release is LIVE!

You can check out the release HERE <------click! at SSS and I also have links to all of it here below:

Of course I immediately gravitated to one of the new large floral images (y'all know me and my love of large floral stamps lol) to make a card with:

I used the new Mom's Spring Flowers stamp set and watercolored it with a variety of Distress Oxide inks. I LOVE this huge floral image in the set, and there are a bunch of great sentiments in it as well.

I used the new Detail Mandala Plate on the background to add some piercing detail, then ink blended with Oxide inks and stamped Simon's Friendship Text Background over it.

On the inside of the card I stamped the Friendship Text background stamp. The sentiments on the inside and outside of the card are from the new XL Spring Greetings stamp set. I stamped them with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide ink on vellum and heat embossed them with Saltwater Taffy Distress Embossing Glaze before diecutting them with the coordinating wafer dies.

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

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

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

No Line Watercolor with SSS Thoughtful Flower Stamp

Hey everyone! So Simon Says Stamp's All the Feels Release <--------click! just went live! I have this card and video to share with y'all and stay tuned for more!

This is a mini slimline 3.25 x 6.25" card.

I stamped the new wood mounted Thoughtful Flower stamp onto Arches Cold Press watercolor paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink and watercolored it with my Mijello Mission Gold watercolors.

Once the watercoloring was dry and the splatter was dry I die cut it with one of the Mini Slimline Rectangles wafer dies.

I used the new Large Chevron Pattern stencil on the card base and blended Speckled Egg Distress Ink over it.

On the inside of the card I lightly blended the Speckled Egg Distress ink over the Large Chevron Pattern Stencil, then stamped the Thoughtful Flower in the same ink. For the sentiments I used the new Welcome Spring Sentiment Strips 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Easter Basket Builder Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #4

Hello friends! OK first off, if you've missed any of my previous Easter card posts thus far you can find them all at the links below:

Distress Oxide Spray Diecuts | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #1

Mini Slimline Spring Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #2

Easter Egg Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #3

And now on to today's cards:

I had a lot of requests to create with Honey Bee's Easter Basket Builder set after I showed it in my Spring Bliss Release & Review video. So that's what I did. 

I white heat embossed the basket images onto Neenah Desert Storm card stock and then added some ink blending with Wendy Vecchi Acorn ink (I LOVE the Wendy Vecchi Make Art inks - they blend beautifully and you can watercolor with them and stamp with them and the ink pads stack on top of each other (which is perfect b/c I have no more space for ink pad storage lol). I used the coordinating wafer dies to cut out the pieces and make the basket.

I clear heat embossed the eggs from the Easter Basket Builder set onto white card stock and blended several of the WV inks (specific colors listed in the supplies!) over them before die cutting them with the coordinating wafer dies.

I used the Quatrefoil A2 Coverplate Top wafer die and Quatrefoil A2 Coverplate Base wafer die to create the background from Sea Glass card stock. I LOVE that piercing detail (remember waaaaayyyy back when when we would use metal stencils and add piercing details by hand with a paper piercer? All that work....) on the base wafer die.

I used more of the eggs (and "chocolate" bunny) from the Easter Basket Builder set on the insides of my cards. The sentiments were all white heat embossed on black card stock and are from the Hoppy Easter sentiment set. I die cut the sentiments with the coordinating wafer dies 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Easter Egg Slimline Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #3

Hey everyone! I have more Easter cards to share with y'all! If you missed my previous Easter posts this year you can find them here:

Distress Oxide Spray Diecuts | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #1

Mini Slimline Spring Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #2

Now for today's cards:

These are 3.5 x 8.5" slimline cards.

I die cut some white card stock using Honey Bee Stamps Basketweave Slimline Cover Plate wafer die. I then die cut several papers from the Pretty Pastels paper pack using Honey Bee's Build an Egg wafer die set and layered them onto white card stock.

I white heat embossed sentiments from the Hoppy Easter stamp set on black card stock and die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies. I also added some bling using the Playful Pastels Gem Stickers.

On the inside of the card I added another sentiment from the Hoppy Easter set. I then die cut the scraps of patterned paper using the Itty Bitty Eggs wafer die and added them 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!

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Mini Slimline Spring Cards | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #2

Hello friends!

I made 2 cards for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

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

Here's what I made:

These are 3.25 x 6.25" Mini Slimline Cards.

I pulled out Simon Says Stamp's Hello Easter Stamp and Die Combo set and used just the floral images. I stamped them onto Neenah Solar White 110lb card stock with Simon's Intense Black ink and coloured them in with Copic markers.

On the background I used the Spring Boho Circle Stencil and Crackle Paste. After it was dry I mixed up some Distress Paints to get that green color and splattered it onto the background. 

For the main sentiment I used the Spring Blessings wafer die and stacked 3 layers together with Craft Tacky glue to get the dimension I like.

On the insides of the cards I stamped a sentiment from the Bunny Butt Peek A Boo stamp set with the Intense Black ink then added a couple more of the flowers I'd stamped and coloured. I paired the cards with Lemon Chiffon Mini Slimline envelopes 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!

If you missed my first post for this year's Easter card series you can find it here:

Distress Oxide Spray Diecuts | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #1

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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! 

Distress Oxide Spray Diecuts | AmyR 2021 Easter Card Series #1

Hello friends! I can hardly believe February is nearly over already. This month FLEW by.

First off:

Simon Says Stamp's Hello Beautiful Release is available now HERE <--------click! Today's post is part of Day 1 of 2 days of blog hops to celebrate so I also have a code to share:

Shop at Simon Says Stamp <-----click! during the blog hop and get a FREE Rose Trio Stencil with any purchase using the code RSE542

If you missed my last post using products from the Hello Beautiful release you can check that out here:

Easy Distress Ink Watercolor | SSS Lavender Garden

As this post is part of the blog hop I'll have links to all the other stops lower down in my post AND there's giveaway info at the end!

I pulled out several of my Distress Oxide Sprays and had some inky fun making smooshed, splattery backgrounds that I then die cut using the new Carrot Wafer Die along with a couple of Simon's Nested Egg wafer dies.

I couldn't resist adding some gold splatter with my Gansai Tambi Starry Colors. On the card base I stamped the new Botanical Split Background using Khaki Ink.

I kept the insides simple and added a sentiment from the Easter Wishes Sentiment Strips pack 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!

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

If you missed any of the other blogs you can find them all here:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Jennifer McGuire

Cathy Zielske

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Amy Rysavy

Yana Smakula

Heather Ruwe

Lisa Addesa

Suzy Plantamura

Sidnie Des Jardins

Cheiron Brandon

Barb Engler

Lea Lawson

Kathy Racoosin

Jo Nevill

Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube! You can also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

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!!

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop (thanks Heidi!!) from each blog's comment section (so leaving comments on all the blog posts of the hop increases your chances of winning!). Simon will choose the winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday the 3rd of March (3/3). All the winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize.

Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck! ❤️❤️❤️

Easter Gnome with Copics | SSS Spring Gnomes Take 2

Hello everyone!

So I'm getting footage edited and posted while I play catchup (the story of my life it seems lol) - this one being for last week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

You can check out what the rest of the team made with these colors HERE <------click! and there's still a bit of time left to play along if you'd like! There will be a new challenge posted on Wednesday!

I was of course totally inspired by the gnome - so I pulled out Simon's Spring Gnomes stamp set and made this:

I stamped the bunny gnome onto Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb card stock with Simon's Intense Black ink and coloured it in with Copic markers. I also stamped the little heart from the set, then cut them all out with the coordinating wafer die set.

I used the Doodle Egg background stamp that was released a couple of years ago on my card front. I inked it up with Lawn Fawn Sugarplum ink and stamped it onto the coordinating card stock. I die cut the panel with Simon's Basic Rectangles and Nested Circles wafer dies to create the window for the gnome to be peeking out of.

On the inside of the card I used the leftover piece from the card front as well as a sentiment from the Spring Gnomes set. I quickly created a matching envelope by heat embossing the gnome onto a Cotton Candy envelope 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! 

Unboxing Limited Edition SSS Easter Card Kit COTTONTAIL WISHES 2020

Hey everyone! Simon Says Stamp JUST released a Limited Edition Easter Card Kit (this is not part of the monthly card kit subscription - the April kit will be revealed in a couple more days!). Simon sent me the kit to make samples with and it JUST arrived today! So I got an unboxing video filmed to share with y'all and hopefully can get cards up ASAP (one after another has been sick or is sick here - thankfully just colds so far - so I have been dealing with that).

Here's the video:

You can watch on YouTube in HD HERE <-------click!

Simon also released 2 other new products - a Spring Nest wafer die and a Basket Weave cling background stamp. Those aren't part of the kit but I thought I'd mention and link to them (links are below!) as they're PERFECT for Easter/Spring projects IMO.

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! 

No-Line Watercolored Spring Gnome Bunny

Hey everyone! If you missed my Release & Review video sharing Simon Says Stamp's Lucky to Know You release you can check that out here:

SSS Lucky to Know You Release & Review! | March 2020

Of course I couldn't resist inking up the new Spring Gnomes set and decided to try my hand at some more no-line watercoloring:

I love all the gnomes in the Spring Gnomes set but I HAD to ink up the bunny gnome first - not only is he too cute to resist, but of all the gnomes I consider this one easiest to do no-line colouring with (all of them will work you'll just need more patience with the other images IMO).

I stamped the gnome onto Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper with Antique Linen Distress ink. I then coloured him in using my AlteNew watercolor palette, and added a bit of shading and dimension with my Polychromos color pencils.

After I was done colouring I stamped the sentiment from the Spring Gnomes stamp set with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

On the card base I stamped Simon's You Are Background stamp with Stone ink onto the Stone card stock.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the gnome with the Stone ink and then stamped another sentiment with the Nocturne 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! 

Ranger Alcohol Pearls Easter Egg Card

And just like that it's April already. CRAZY!!

What isn't crazy - how much fun the new Ranger Alcohol Pearls inks are lol! I showed them in a haul video weeks ago, and made a point of swatching them over the weekend. Once I started with that I HAD to try a background with them. I ended up being really happy with said background so I die cut them to make super colorful shimmery Easter eggs:

Aren't they fun? I used Simon Says Stamp's Nested Eggs wafer dies to die cut the background I'd created, and then nestled them into some "grass" I die cut from Green Apple card stock.

I used the Clouds for Days stencil with Maliblue ink on the background, and the Easter Wishes words from the Bunny Kisses wafer die for my sentiment.

I kept the inside of the card simple and just adhered the remaining Easter eggs I'd die cut and that was it!

To see how I created the background and the card 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 Doodle Egg Background | AmyR 2018 Easter Card Series #8 + Giveaway!!

Hellooooo everyone! I'm literally coming in under the wire with another couple of Easter cards - I REALLY wanted to use the new Simon Says Stamp Doodle Egg Background stamp AND I've had this Giveaway planned so I've been scrambling to get everything done!

First off, this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

You can check out what the rest of the Design Team created HERE <-------click! and play along if you'd like!

So here's what I created:

I made 2 cards using this color combo and the Simon Says Stamp Doodle Egg Background stamp along with a few other SSS stamps and dies and stencil.

For my first card I heat embossed the background onto Distress watercolor card stock with white embossing powder, then "smooshed" Distress Inks onto it. I heat embossed a sentiment from the Easter Greetings stamp set onto some GinaK Sweet Mango card stock. The bunny is from the same Easter Greetings stamp set and I stamped him onto Distress Watercolor card stock with SSS Stone ink then used the same Distress Inks and a water brush to color him in.

For my second card I started out with another heat embossed background on Distress Watercolor card stock and then sponged the same Distress Inks over it using Simon's Waves & Hills Stencil. I used the new Topside Bunny wafer die which I added a little pom pom to for his tail and a pink crystal for his nose.

I finished the insides of the cards with the same bunnies I used on the outsides along with stamped and heat embossed sentiments 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. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!

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!!

I had ordered the Doodle Egg Background, the Waves & Hills Stencil, Topside Bunny Wafer Die and Easter Greetings Stamp set only for SSS to have sent them to me in a separate package (that took longer to show up). SO since I don't need doubles I want to give away this package of goodies to one of you! 

To enter just follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (making sure you're using an e-mail address that you check frequently as that's how I contact the winner) and that's it!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck and Happy Easter! :) 

Pretty Pink Posh Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 | AmyR 2018 Easter Card Series #7 + GIVEAWAY!

Hello everyone! This is a long post, a long video and there's a giveaway too!!

I'm racing the clock (as usual) with Easter this weekend but I am determined to keep creating and posting (nothing like having ideas for next year right? That's what I'm telling myself anyway). I have so many new-to-me products here and the ideas are just rolling. 

Speaking of I made 4 Easter cards with a bunch of the new Pretty Pink Posh goodies that I got last week:

My main focus was the new Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set and all the new Jewels that Pretty Pink Posh released - I am LOVING all the new jewels (of course - if it's bling then Amy likey lol). I also love the Sparkle Dot patterns stamp sets - Pretty Pink Posh released the first set a few months ago (I have ideas for that one too - will have to make cards and a video with it at a later date) and then just released the 2nd set with their March release.

For my first card I kept it simple and just stamped the large egg image from the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set onto white card stock. I then used several of the new jewels packs to fill in the dots and made them into a pattern of sorts. To finish off the card I ran some pink card stock through my Xyron Creative Station Lite and then die cut it 3 times with the new PPP Happy Easter Script wafer die and stacked them together before adhering to my card front.

For my second card I used the smaller egg image from the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set and stamped it 3 times onto some Distress watercolor card stock. I then watercolored over that with 3 different colors of distress ink. I like how that defined the shape and added some background color. I used jewels in coordinating colors to fill in the eggs.

The bunnies are from the new PPP Bunny Friends stamp set - I stamped them onto Distress watercolor card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder. I then used those 3 same Distress Inks to watercolor in all the images.

To create card #3 I used the new PPP Decorative eggs wafer die and die cut some light purple card stock that I stamped the small egg image from the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 set onto. I then filled it in with the 2 shades of purple PPP jewels.

My final card probably took the longest but it was SO fun to make. I stamped the long border stamp from the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set onto white card stock  multiple times to fill an entire background. After filling it with the jewels in almost all the colors I added the layer that I'd die cut with the new Happy Easter Shaker wafer die. I used the same distress inks to watercolor the die cut, then inlaid it back into the main piece and popped it on top of the jewelled background with foam tape.

I finished the insides of all the cards with sentiments from the new PPP Encouraging Greetings stamp set and the remaining bunnies and flowers and that was it!

To see how all 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. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. 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!

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!!

I have 2 brand new Pretty Pink Posh stamp sets: Sparkle Dot Patterns and Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 along with a generous sampling of almost all the new Pretty Pink Posh Jewels to give to one lucky winner!

To be entered in to this giveaway simply follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (and make sure you're using an e-mail address that you check frequently as that's how I contact the winner!): 

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Lawn Fawn Easter Party Card Trio | AmyR 2018 Easter Card Series #5

Hello everyone! I'm still creating for my 2018 Easter card series - I have SO many ideas and stamps and dies and am just determined to keep going! You can check out all the previous cards so far in my blog's Spring/Easter Category <-----click! if you missed any of them.

I got this Lawn Fawn Easter Party stamp set and Happy Easter Line Border die and ended up making 3 cards with it:

I stamped the characters from the Easter Party stamp set onto Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80lb card stock with MFT's Extreme Black ink then coloured them in with Copic markers.

I used Lawn Fawns new Perfectly Plaid Spring patterned papers as well as their Watercolor Wishes patterned papers to create scenes for my characters.

I also used several different die sets to create the scenes for my cards. MFT's A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX set 2 were used on the patterned papers to make my rectangles. I then used the Lawn Fawn Simple Puffy Clouds Frames with white card stock, and used both the frame and the inner piece.

The grass was die cut from more Watercolor Wishes patterned paper using one of the LF Meadow Borders dies.

I used Ranger Collage Medium to adhere all the little details - like I mention in the video I'm still not overly LOVING this adhesive. Well, the adhesive itself is great, and it IS thinner than Ranger Multi Medium Matte - so I know a lot of people really like not having to squeeze their bottles as hard to apply it. For me though I find my bottle clogs up MORE than the Multi Medium Matte does with the exact same applicator tip. So I can use either one but I'm still preferring my Multi Medium Matte!

I finished off the insides of the cards by die cutting a banner from the Watercolor Wishes patterned papers with one of the LF Everyday Sentiment Banners dies and stamping a sentiment from the Easter Party 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!

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