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MFT January Countdown Day 4: AmyR's Valentine Cards 2015 Series Card #3

Hello everyone! I'm back with another sneak peek of *some* of the new MFT January goodies - along with a video! Make sure to check out MFT's blog post here for all of the info for today plus links to all the other DT member's blog posts!

For today's card I paired the new Birdie Brown You Have My Heart stamp set with the Tag Builder Blueprints Die-namics that I showed yesterday. I also used the new Background Hearts stencil - which took a turn from my original design for this card (more on that in the video).

I used Copics to color in this adorable image:

Then finished off the inside by stamping a sentiment and some of the companion images from the set:

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

  

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

**some links will not work until the products are released in the MFT Store on January 6, 2015 at 10pm EST**

BB You Have My Heart	Stencil Background Hearts	Die-namics Tag Builder Blueprints 3	Die-namics Blueprints 20	MFT Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
MFT Premium Dye Ink Pad Bubblegum	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Bubblegum	MFT Premium Dye Ink Pad Natural	C.C. Designs Copic Quality White 110lb Cardstock	Copic Markers
Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste WHITE Studio 490	Studio 490 Embossing Paste White	Dreamweaver PALETTE KNIFE	3M Painter's Tape - Blue	3M Scotch SAFE RELEASE MASKING PAINTER'S TAPE Blue
Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape	Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET Reusable 15 X 18	Mini Ink Blending Tool
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape (CCD)	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

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If you missed my previous videos in this series you can find them here:

AmyR's Valentine Cards 2015 Series Card #1

AmyR's Valentine Cards 2015 Series Card #2

 

3 Days Until MFT's July Release + Tissue Paper Flower Tutorial

Hey everyone! Only 3 days left to go 'till all of MFT's new July products are available! Make sure to check out MFT's blog post HERE for all the info you need to know for today!

I've got a card and photo tutorial for y'all instead of a video - after I made this card I thought it'd be easier to show how I made the flower and since time is at a premium I just took a bunch of pictures of the process! Anywho here's the card:

I used the new Square Grid Cover-Up Die-namics for my background (completely different look from how I used it yesterday!) with MFT Kraft card stock, and sponged all the squares with Natural ink just to give them some definition.

The tag is from the new Free with $60 set called Tag Talk Die-namics and there will be more info on that in MFT's blog post tomorrow.

I made this fun little flower with the new Pinking Edge Circle STAX Die-namics and the pink tissue paper that comes wrapped around the goodies you order from MFT lol! The tutorial on how I made it will follow after the next picture.

I finished off the inside of the card with another die cut Leaf Filled Flourish (that's not new it's been around for a while and I love it!) from Sour Apple card stock which I'd also used on the front and that was it!

Now here's how I made the flower:

I just ran the tissue paper thought my die cut machine with the third smallest Pinking Edge Circle STAX Die-namics - cutting all the layers at one time. Doing them all at once compresses the edges and they kind of stick together but that makes the next steps easier.

I took my scissors and snipped between every 2 or 3 "points" cutting towards the center. No ryme or reason just cutting 'till I'd gone all the way around.

I then peeled all the layers apart - again not neing too careful about it - some might tear but that's fine you won't be able to tell. And some of the layers might have been creased/wrinkled/whatever and that's fine too - no need to be careful!

You can see I cut through 8 layers no problem with the die.

I re-layered all my tissue flowers on top of each other again then I threaded my large needle with MFT's hemp cord and sewed a MFT Kraft button into the center of the flower.

Then all you have to do is ruffle up and crinkle all the layers of tissue and you've got a cute little flower to embellish your card!

I attached mine with a red line adhesive dot from Jody's Sticky Stuff Store - worked like a charm :).

**some links will not work until the products are released in the MFT Store on July 8, 2014 at 10pm EST**

MFT Die-namics Pinking Edge Circle STAX	MFT Die-namics Square Grid Cover-Up	Die-namics Tag Talk (July Free with $60) (Copy)	Die-namics Leaf-Filled Flourish	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Primitive White
MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Kraft	MFT Heavyweight Card Stock Sour Apple	MFT Premium Dye Ink Pad Natural	Hemp Cord	MFT Buttons Kraft
BasicGrey BLUSH & PALE PINK Candy Buttons	Sticky Stuff Store	Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape (CCD)	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glu

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Prismacolor Pencils and OMS Info VIDEO

I knew there'd be a lot of questions with the last video I posted on the Prismacolor Pencils and OMS (Odorless Mineral Spirits) coloring - so I sat down and FINALLY did an info video.

I warn y'all it's a long one (almost 20 minutes) but there was no way to edit it down to make it shorter. I tried to give y'all as MUCH information as I possibly could all in one spot. And then at the bottom of this post I've linked to as much as I could find so I hope this helps!

 

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

Edited January 2016 - here's an updated set of supplies/links as a lot of the ones in the original post no longer work and/or are no longer available!

Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencil, Set of 150 Assorted Colors (1799879)	Prismacolor 150 PREMIER COLORED PENCILS	Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencil, Set of 72 Assorted Colors (3599TN)	Prismacolor PREMIER COLORED PENCILS 72 Set	Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencil, Set of 48 Assorted Colors (3598T)
Prismacolor PREMIER COLORED PENCILS 48 Set	Prismacolor Premier Colored Woodcase Pencils, 12 Assorted Colors/set	Prismacolor PREMIER COLORED PENCILS 12 (SSS)	Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencil, Set of 24 Assorted Colors (3597T)	Prismacolor PREMIER COLORED PENCILS SET OF 36 Pencil
Prismacolor Premier Pencil Sharpener	Prismacolor PENCIL SHARPENER	Crafter's Companion GAMSOL BLENDING SOLUTION	Inky Antics GAMSOL KIT Coloring (SSS)	Spectrum Noir Stump Sander 8+ Sanding Sheets
Crafter's Companion STUMPS Spectrum Noir	Royal Brush Synthetic Artist Sponges, 3-Pack	Small Clear Glass Jar	Nakpunar 6 pcs , 1.5 oz Mini Hexagon Glass Jars for Jam, Honey, Wedding Favors, Shower Favors, Baby	Ranger Inkssentials PIPETTE Individual Dropper
Plastic Transfer Pipettes 3ml	Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink Pad	VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment	Hero Arts DYE Ink Pad BLACK	Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 40 Sheets

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Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits Kit	Prismacolor Pencils	VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment	Bellas Bestest Paper	Synthetic Artist Sponges 2-1/2"	Blending Stumps & Tortillons 10/Pkg
Pro Art Blending Paper Stumps 3/Pkg #2's	Prismacolor Colorless Blender Pencil	Faber Castell Pencil Sharpener	Creamy White Cardstock	C.C. Designs Copic Quality White 80lb Cardstock	Chartpak Koh-I-Noor Woodless Colored Pencils
C.C. Designs Watering Can Logos Rubber Stamp Set	Grumbacher Pretested Odorless Thinner

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AmyR's 2013 Valentine Cards - Card 4 VIDEO

13:22 Copic Airbrush 101 w ABS 2 Set Video

LOTS of requests for this video! :)

Honestly it's really simple and easy to use. I had to take a bit longer with explaining things as I have a different aircan than the one that is included with the kit (I explain that in the video).

I hope this helps those of you that were sitting on the fence with getting the airbrush for your Copic markers!

 

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

FYI I originally got my ABS-2 kit from allthatscraps.com. They don't have it listed on their site right now, but many online retailers (and probably any store that carries Copics) carry it. Here's another source:

Copic Air-Brushing System STARTING SET ABS-2 Air Brush

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Tutorial - How To Make a 4x4 Template for Evenly Spaced Circles VIDEO

Ugh everything is acting wonky at the moment and TypePad isn't letting me post more than one video in a post so this one had to go up separately.

This one ties in to the Spring & Easter Card Series - Card #7 <------click!

  

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

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BONUS Video - Making a Square Envelope from Patterned Paper

This video is meant to go along with my 2011 Holiday Card Series - Card #2 VIDEO.

And if you missed it I've started my Holiday 2011 Cardmaking video series - you can view the first post here:

2011 Holiday Card Series - Card #1 VIDEO

2011 Holiday Card Series - Card #2 VIDEO

So for video #2 I made a 5.5" square card. And normally I don't make envelopes for them (mostly b/c I'm lazy LOL) because usually when I'm making a large card like this I'm making it with a person/gift in mind so I just slip the card in with the gift and just don't bother with an envelope.

But this time I thought I'd show y'all a super-easy way to make a matching envelope for the 5.5" square card (and FYI I got the measurements from the pamphlet that comes with the Scor-Pal - they've got all the measurements you need for a TON of square card sizes).

To see how I made the envelope watch the following video:

 

To watch on YouTube click HERE <----click!

Scor Pal Measuring and Scoring Board

I used my Martha Stewart craft mat for the grid lines but you can also use the Scor-Mat Self-Healing Cutting & Work Surface

Bella Bvld. Christmas Wishes Patterned Paper

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Quick Tip VIDEO - 3D Pumpkins

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was busy but good - I didn't do any stamping at all and it actually felt good after these past few weeks of craziness LOL!

Just a quick video for today - something fun I thought of the other day and wanted to share:

 

You can watch directly on YouTube HERE <----click!

I purchased my Spellbinders Pumpkin Dies from:
http://www.onecrazystamper.com/

Copic Marker, Scorbuddy, Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive, Bakers Twine and Sponge Daubers were all purchased here:
http://allthatscraps.com/

Cardstock and ink purchased from Stampin' Up!

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**If you haven't seen it yet you can enter to win a $50 Gift Certificate to All That Scraps! Please check out THIS POST<------click! for the info on how to enter! Right now I'm at about 465 and am in first place! I still need more though as I have to get to 500 to win! Check out the post linked above if you don't know what I'm talking about LOL!**

 

How I Refill Copics VIDEO

I've lost count of how many times this has been requested - and here it is (finally LOL):

 

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

A Shaped Card! And a Video

Happy ♥ Day everyone!

I had a little more free time this morning and decided to make a card - and since I had the stamps and everything sitting out already I decided to make a Valentine's card.

And not only that I decided to make it a HEART-shaped card as well LOL!

I've had this Tiddly Inks Wrapped In Love stamp sitting on my desk for a couple of weeks now - I knew I wanted to use it but for whatever reason I just came up empty when thinking of ideas for it.

Then all-of-a-sudden this morning I thought why not make a little heart-shaped card and put this image on it?

So I did.

And while I was at it I filmed a quick video showing how I made the card base:

 

You can watch the video on YouTube here <-----click!

Super easy!

I used the Spellbinders largest heart from their Classic Heart Die set.

All that was left to do was embellish the card!

I stamped the Wrapped In Love image onto Bella's bestest cardstock - I originally meant to color her in with my Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol but then changed my mind and colored her with Copics.

The patterned paper is some Heidi Swapp papers I've had for years - I could see them sitting in the container on my table and decided to pull them out and use them!

The 'love' is from my All About Love sentiment set - I stamped it onto the patterned paper with pigment ink and embossed it with white detail embossing powder to make it stand out before punching it out with my SU! Key Tag punch.

The heart brads were from my stash - the smaller ones I know are Making Memories but I can't for the life of me remember the brand of the larger ones.

 On the inside of the card I die-cut another heart from white cardstock, then stamped the Wrapped in Love image onto it with pink ink.

I die cut another scalloped heart (same as the front) from the Heidi Swapp patterned paper and matted the white cardstock with it before adhering it to the inside of the card.

I stamped and embossed another sentiment from my All About Love set, punched it out and adhered it and that was it! 

HOUSEWORK...and a Paper Piecing VIDEO

When I designed the Sassy Sentiments set - this was the first sentiment to go on it. Definitely one of my favorites b/c it's SO true - LOL!!

And THEN, when I saw what Amy Young had created for the January release with all her Princess images - I KNEW I had to use one of them with this sentiment! It was too perfect.

This SN Lilliane image is my favorite of the bunch - but all of them are equally fabulous (being a girly person and having two little girly peoples in my house makes images like this too tempting to pass up!).

The whole card started with Lilliane and my Basic Grey Curio patterned papers. I knew I wanted to paper piece her dress, and was originally only going to piece the bottom of it, but then decided to do the whole thing.

AND while I was at it I did a quick video showing the steps:

 

You can watch the video on YouTube HERE <----click!

I got the scalloped edge by using my MFT Jumbo Scallop die.

The sentiment as I mentioned before is from my Sassy Sentiments set.

On the inside of the card I used up bits of the leftover patterned paper and cardstock, stamped Lilliane onto the yellow CS with a darker yellow ink, then used the "High Maintenance" sentiment from the Sassy Sentiments set and that was it!

Using MFT Die-namics in the CuttleBug and Big Shot VIDEO

I had some requests to do this after I posted my review (you can check that out HERE <--click!) so here it is:

 

And as always you can watch it on YouTube HERE <----click!

And yes this should work with any other wafer-thin dies that are similar (I know the ones by CC Designs, The Cats Pajamas and Taylored Expressions will work the same!).

:o)

Bare Rubber Stamps VIDEO

Hello everyone.

I have another video for y'all today - this is one that I filmed MONTHS ago (as usual) on how I use my bare rubber stamps - so I hope y'all like it and find it useful!!

You can also watch it on YouTube HERE <----click!

And here are the links that were mentioned:

Stamping Bella Stamps

Black EZMount (shown)

Grey EZMount

Tim Holtz Scissors

Stamping How To - Masking VIDEO

I still haven't stamped yet (I've been working extra this past week and will be working extra next week - it's high school grad next week plus a holiday so I'm squeezing people in so that I can take the long weekend off - cannot wait!!) BUT I do have a stamping video to share with y'all!

As you'll see when you watch the video - it isn't NEW. I actually filmed it back in November - and I swear I thought I had edited it and uploaded it back then too! 

I was going through my videos and didn't see it - so I went through all my files on my computer and discovered I had only partially edited and never uploaded it like I thought I had.

SO - I finished editing it and uploaded it and here it is:

And here's the links:

Eclipse Masking Tape

Swiss Pixies Heidi with Ornament Stamp

My blog post with the original card

Organization - How I Store My Loose Ribbon VIDEO

Hey everyone!

I uploaded this video to my YouTube account over a week ago before going on vacation and finally got a chance to finish adding the info, annotations etc etc so here it is:

You can also watch it on YouTube HERE <-----click!

Gossipabella - a Card and 2 VIDEOS

I made this card WEEKS ago - and filmed the videos WEEKS ago (maybe even a month ago? I can't even remember anymore) - and finally got the chance to edit and upload the videos.

I have a LOT going on as usual - and actually more so right now as I've got a ton to get done in less than 2 weeks.

**scroll down to the dotted line if you want to skip all my personal chit chat!**

Why you ask?

Well May 26th is Tim and my anniversary - we got married on our 5 year anniversary in 2005 - so this makes the big 5(married) and 10(together)!

I've been saving up for months hoping we could go on a trip somewhere. We booked the last week of this month off - and have been shopping around for places to go......a lot of the places we'd LIKE to go are way out of our price range - or more than I want to spend on a trip.

SO - we're going to Vegas!!! ROFLOL!!

I'm actually insanely excited - I just want to go shopping *grin*. And we're actually driving down across the border into the US and taking a plane from there - it's WAY cheaper (like a good $1000 cheaper - even with the cost of gas it's insanely cheaper!) AND I get to shop at Target before we drive back home and not have to worry about weight restrictions and baggage - that alone is making me giddy LOL!

Anywho since we'll be IN Vegas 2 weeks from now that means I have a lot of stuff to do before we go - and that's in between the girls school schedule, my work at my salon, Tim's schedule and all the house and yardwork.....

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Anywho - here's the card:

I used my new Gossipabella image - and since I hadn't yet made a video showing how I colored in my Bella's with Copics I decided to film one (and FYI it's not one of my greatest videos - I was SO tired when I filmed it and the lighting wasn't the greatest! One of these days I'll try to make a better quality one for y'all).

Here it is:

 

 

 

You can also watch it on YouTube HERE <-----click!  

I used one of my Circle Nestabilities Dies to cut out the Bella - and omitted the phone from being cut off. Since that is something that has been requested a lot of me to show how to do I made another quick video to demonstrate:

 

 

 

And again you can watch this on YouTube HERE <------click!  

The sentiments are from the Big Words & Handy Additions sets. I stamped the 'hello' onto a scrap of patterned paper then the 'chica!' in the lower corner of it in black.

I used my SU! Key Tag punch to punch out the sentiment then adhered it to the card with dimensionals.

 

*inside of the card*

All the patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Nook & Pantry line. The ribbon is May Arts.

• STAMPS: Gossipabella from Stamping Bella, AmyR Stamps Big Words & Handy Additions sets.
• CS: CCD Copic Quality White, Dark Brown, Basic Grey Nook & Pantry Patterned Papers.
• INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Baja Breeze(?), Copic Markers.
• ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies, Ribbon, Dimensionals.