I gold heat embossed the large sentiments from the Oversized Wishes set and then stamped companion sentiments with Nocturne ink. I of course added some gold splatter while I was at it.
To see how these cards came together (as well as a product review/intro/assembly of Waffle Flowers new stencil mats, blending brushes and holders) check out my video below:
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Ahhhhh happy Monday!! Usually I'm not much of a Monday person (or a morning person...) BUT I'm part of a big, fun, inspiring blog hop using a bunch of new Spellbinders dies AND I had a ton of success with foil! For those that haven't been watching me for a while - I struggle with foil and have yet to really use it on cards. That changed today!
OK first off:
Spellbinders released a bunch of fabulous Christmas sets this season! I was invited to take part in this big blog hop so there's a TON of inspiration as well as GIVEAWAY info at the end of my post!
I ended up making several cards using a few of the new die sets:
(apologies for the crappy photo - this one was taken late at night with horrible lighting)
First off - I got a Glimmer Hot Foil System - AND I was able to make it work. I have been stockpiling foils and foiling supplies for well over a year now and have either been unsuccessful or intimidated by all things foil. I took a gamble and got this machine because I LOVE the idea of being able to create letterpress foil designs - and because it's supposed to be easy to use.
Well if I can do it anyone can. These Ornament Hot Foil pates were some of my first attempts (the sentiments on the puppy cards were my FIRST first attempt) and they were almost perfect. I used 2 different colors of Glimmer Foils for them and alternated the foiled sentiments. The set also comes with all the dies to create the poinsettias and branches etc so I added those as well.
Last but not least is the Puppy Christmas cards!! I used Spellbinders Merry Hugs die set (isn't it adorable?!?). I'd foiled sentiments from the Ornament set, as well as a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiments hot foil plate onto blue card stock.
I die cut the puppers glasses from the same goal foil card stock I'd used on the green cards above. The backgrounds were done in the same way - just a Diagonal Stripe stencil and Schoolhouse Red ink this time.
To see how my cards came together AND to see my first impressions/unboxing/first attempt with the Glimmer Hot Foil System (skip to the 9 minute mark if you want to get right to the cardmaking portion) check out my video below:
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!!!
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, August 25th 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.
So I spent the last couple of days moving things around in my office/studio and making room/doing some organizing/purging things etc etc etc (as of right now I don't have plans to film another studio tour video - you can check out previous ones as well as storage ideas etc HERE). When I got my hands on the Gemini machines I had a LOT of requests to show the unboxing on camera, questions about what came with it and how does it work etc.
And here are the links to everything I talked about and showed in the video:
Now for the GIVEAWAY!!
I have these dies and embossing folders - if you'd like a chance to win them just follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (make sure you're using a current e-mail address as that's how I contact the winner!) to be entered!
If you'd like to mail a card to be featured in an upcoming Happy Mail Haul video here's my mailing address:
Amy Rysavy
Box 1041 MARTENSVILLE PO
Martensville, SK
S0K 2T0
Canada
May Theme: Father's Day/Masculine Cards
June Theme: Water/Ocean/Beach
July Theme: Summer/Food/Drink
I delved into a random quick discussion about liquid adhesives and all the ones I use - here's the links as promised!
(OK this is a copy/paste from last month's Happy Mail Haul post - just some important info!!)
Like I mention in all the Happy Mail Haul videos - I am not strict with the themes.. The post can be notoriously slow especially getting to me here in Canada, so I like to share everything that shows up in my PO Box the previous month regardless! If you ever want to check out previous months Happy Mail Haul videos you can find them all here:
If you want to send ahead and mail cards for multiple themes in the same package I am totally OK with that. It helps if you add a sticky note or something to mark what month each card is for. Please do not send more than 2 cards for each theme (so there are the 3 upcoming months therefore 6 cards in total). I cannot accept large packages/boxes of cards. I don't have anywhere to store large amounts plus it takes up a lot of my time to film/edit/upload these videos and limiting the submissions to 2 per person ensures it's fair for everyone. Thank you for understanding!
If you are interested in donating your cards there are MANY charities and organizations out there. You would need to do your own research to find a cause/group/organization that works for you and what you want to do! Everything from local nursing homes/palliative care units/Ronald McDonald Houses to charities to cards for troops is out there - LOTS to choose from!
Also if you haven't sent in a card before but want to go ahead! I love seeing what y'all are making, and being able to share it with the rest of my audience. We all have to start somewhere ;). Also again there's no need to send gifts or anything like that. I more than appreciate the thought, and I read all the letters I receive (I can't respond to them but I read and keep all of them!).
For those reading/watching - I would love if you'd take the time to leave comments/questions/etc for those that sent in something in the comments below and I know those that sent in would love to read them!
LOLLLL I don't think I've EVER received an order and filmed and uploaded as quickly as I did today. I nearly bowled over the delivery person when I saw them walking up to my door with the package and I realized what it was hahaha!
Now I really just need to figure out what I have to do to adjust my filming set-up to be able to film over a reflective (ugh! it's PERFECT for crafting on - but for filming it's a bit of a nightmare) surface like this.....
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!
SO - I don't know what is going on with USPS and Canada Post the last month and a half or so - but tracking is a mess and orders are either taking forever to show up or show up out of sequence. I know I'm not the only one with this problem as I've had a lot of you messaging me and leaving comments. I have no idea why it's happening and it's frustrating!! My orders ARE showing up though - I have yet to ever have an order get lost/disappear (and FYI if you're Canadian and ordering from the US it CAN take up to 4-6 weeks. Though honestly I usually receive mine within about 2 - maybe up to 4 at the latest which a couple that's definitely taken the full amount of time for whatever reason).
Anywho - all that complaining and disclaimer over with lol now I can get to the fun stuff:
Me again! I received another product in the mail recently and was pretty excited to review it for y'all - not gonna lie I was literally waiting for this palette to arrive so I could put these Daniel Smith watercolours in it and get playing LOL!
Anywho - I watched Kristina Werners review on the Portable Painter some time ago and thought it looked pretty cool. So when the company reached out to me and asked if I'd like one for myself I said yes please! ;) I don't travel or take any sort of colouring/watercoloring etc with me when I do get out and about (it's all I can do to wrangle all the kids when in public LOL), but IF I ever get the chance to travel etc I plan on taking this palette with me:
This was also my first experience with Daniel Smith watercolours. My color choices for this palette were totally random as I was just picking out colors that stood out to me and not really thinking about cohesiveness and colors that would work together in a 12-color scheme. I know I'll still get a bunch of use out of these colors though and I'm sure down the road I'll be adding to my Daniel Smith watercolour collection (they have well over 200 colors - ahhhhhhh my #fullsetsyndrome goes into overdrive with this line).
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!
Hey all! Just a quick review of the new Johanna Bamford planner I picked up the other day - I had to film it to show y'all before I actually started using it (why I have that weird little quirk I don't know).
I tried to remember linking to everything - I added links to the colouring books as well because they are fabulous and there are NEW ones (Magical Jungle and Johanna's Christmas) as well as new Artist ones (those are printed on watercolour paper and meant for framing - I have the Secret Garden one and it's really nice).
OK that's it from me tonight - have a great Friday night if you're reading this early, and a great weekend if not! :)
So I did this yesterday, and filmed it b/c I've been getting a LOT of questions about these Nuvo Crystal Drops. Hopefully this video answers the questions y'all have! I'll have a video coming soon using some of these ones after they'd dried, plus a video showing the "oops" I mentioned in THIS video LOL!
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 Favorite Things 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!
WooHoo! This kit showed up early for me so I was able to film my unboxing video the second it arrived and can share it with y'all now the minute the card kit is available! All the links are at the end of the post :). And I will have a card and video coming ASAP using this kit - just need to finish the editing and upload it.
Hello everyone! I'd meant to post this yesterday but was just too tired after all the editing and uploading of the 2 previous cards and videos I posted last night. That plus for whatever reason I had a heck of a time getting THIS video uploaded - I think I am now on attempt 4 or 5 - and am hoping as I type this that it works this time!
SO - as I mention in the video I generally have been showing MFT's new stamps and die-namics in some of my live stream videos and whatnot, but that I think it's easier for me to share them and my thoughts in a YouTube video that everyone can watch - so here it is:
I've got links to ALL the new products both on MFT's site and Simon Says Stamp's site as well. By using my links I do receive a small commission from orders placed via affiliate links on my blog/YouTube videos/Fecebook posts/etc, and that is at no extra cost to you. Every little bit adds up and it helps pay the bills and funds my job here as a paper crafter as well as enables me to keep bringing y'all content here on the interwebs! So THANK YOU so much for your support! :) :) :)
Also whenever you see things like SSS or MFT or AZ below a picture link it just means you have the option of clicking through to Simon Says Stamp, My Favorite Things, Amazon etc to purchase the product wherever is the most convenient for you. I've been getting questions about links and whatnot lately so I hope this explanation helps!
This video was a long time coming - like I mention in said video I got these around Christmas time and have been too swamped to share this video. I uploaded it over a month ago and am just now getting to sharing it with y'all now! :P
I have been getting a lot of questions about the washi tape on my MISTI magnets that people see in recent videos - funny thing is I filmed this Quick Tip video when I first put it on. I just hadn't got to uploading and posting the video 'till now.
Such a simple thing yet whoever thought of it is BRILLIANT (I can't take the credit - wish I was that smart LOL!):
Hello everyone!! I am SOOOOO excited to share this post with y'all. Recently Xyron reached out to me and wanted to know if I'd be interested in trying out their new Creative Station Lite machine - and of course I said yes. I've had my little Xyron X sticker maker for years, and showed it in a recent video. I've always wanted one of the larger machines - and now I have one!
***make sure to check out the end of the post b/c there's a GIVEAWAY that you don't want to miss out on***
You'll be seeing it used in other ways in future videos - but for today's video I decided to make some fun magnets. I've had a LOT of you asking when I'd use the new pony/unicorn stamps by The Greeting Farm - so I pulled those out and decided to try out making them into magnets for Katelyn:
I don't want to sound like a paid advertisement (b/c I'm not getting paid to say anything! All the commentary and thoughts are my own) but I am REALLY liking this machine. I didn't realize it worked exactly like the little X I already had until I pulled it out and started using it. I've avoided getting into a lot of other "machines" out there because I don't have the time or energy to figure them out LOL! This was so simple though that I am kicking myself for not getting myself a larger one years ago.
I stamped these images onto Neenah Solar White 110lb card stock with SSS Intense Black ink and coloured them all in with Copics. I couldn't resist adding sparkle to them when I was done so I coated them all generously with my Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay before I ran them through the Xyron.
I wasn't even sure when I was making these if the dies would cut through all the layers with the magnet on the back of these - but success! So now K has these fun little magnets - and funny thing she doesn't use them as magnets she carries them around in her little purse and pulls them out to play with them :P. Maybe once I make her some more (because I ordered the coordinating dies for the other TGF set - I linked to them in the supplies) she'll have fun playing with them on the fridge like she does all my other magnets. Or maybe she'll just carry them around in her purse and whatever floats her boat. She loves them and I had fun making them so it's win win in my book.
To see how I made these magnets check out my video below:
I am SOOOOO excited to be giving away a Xyron Creative Station Lite! Thank you SO much to Xyron for offering this fabulous prize - I was all for being able to give one away to one of you! This giveaway is open to US and Canadian readers only (sorry to my International peeps - hopefully I'll do a giveaway open to everyone soon) - follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below to be entered in to win!
CONGRATS to Kirsty B! And thank you ALL for playing along and all your sweet comments. I love doing giveaways as a small way to give back to you guys for all the support - and hopefully can do another giveaway soon!
OK folks I finally went through and edited the footage I filmed a while ago LOL! I've already posted a couple of videos using the Spectrum Noir Sparkle brush pens, and y'all know I'm enjoying them ;). Here's my "official" lengthy rambling review:
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