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Black Gold & White Mermaid Tails Slimline Card | SSS Be a Mermaid Take 2

OK - so my previous post and video (HERE) used this set, and I mentioned in the video that while creating that card I had the idea for this one:

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I really wanted to try out a mermaid tail card in my favorite gold, black and white combo - and it worked! I stamped Simon's Out to Sea background onto white card stock using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I trimmed it out, and used a craft knife to trim slits for the mermaid tails.

I gold heat embossed the mermaid tail images from Simon's Be a Mermaid stamp set onto black card stock. I watercolored them with my Gansai Tambi Starry Colors set and when they were dry I die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I added a BUNCH of splatter with the Starry Colors and also Black Soot Distress Paint.

On the inside of the card I stamped the Out to Sea background - this time with Delicata Golden Glitz ink. I added another mermaid tail and a sentiment from the Be A Mermaid 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!

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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! 

Sparkly Mermaid Tails Slimline Card | SSS Be a Mermaid

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

Pictures do NOT do the sparkle and bling justice (that and I'm just not good at taking pics 🤷🏻‍♀️). I show in the video just how sparkly this card is!

I used Simon Says Stamp's Out to Sea background and white heat embossed it onto Ranger watercolor paper then watercolored it with Prima Tropicals watercolor palette. I added HEAVY splatter with Perfect Pearl Powder mixed with water, then when dry I cut it down and trimmed off the top.

I gold heat embossed the mermaid tails from Simon's Be a Mermaid stamp set and watercolored them with the same Tropicals palette. I added sparkle on top of the tails with the Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss pen and once dry die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies.

On the inside of the card I did a bit of masking and stamped the mermaid tail using Distress Oxide inks (specific colors listed in the supplies below). I stamped the tails on to the white open end slimline envelope too. Once those were stamped this was all done!

To see how this card and envelope 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 Faux Watercolor with Inkon3 Atelier Inks | SSS Spring Flowers 4

Hey everyone! Another slimline card:

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I think after I had made the previous card I needed to get a rainbow fix lol!

I used Simon Says Stamp's Spring Flowers 4 stamp set. I bought the coordinating wafer die set for it some time ago and then decided it was high time to pull out the set and ink it up. I like to call what I did here "faux watercolor" as there really is no actual watercoloring or ink blending but that's how it looks in the end.

I white heat embossed ALL the images from the Spring Flowers 4 set onto Arches cold pressed watercolor paper, and then used Inkon3's Atelier inks and a spray bottle.

After everything dried I die cut all the images with the coordinating Spring Flowers 4 die set. I white heat embossed a sentiment from the Greetings Mix 1 stamp set onto a panel of Fog card stock, and added a bunch of Rainbow Party sequins.

On the inside of the card I stamped the florals and greenery with the Atelier inks and then stamped another sentiment from the Greetings Mix 1 set with the Bee Sting Yellow Atelier ink. The envelope was made with Trinity Stamps Slimline Envelope Builder wafer die set and some Lawn Fawn 12x12 paper (no longer available - sorry! I do have links to other options in the supplies). 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! 

Easy Distress Oxide Watercolor Slimline Card | Honey Bee Stamps Freshly Picked

Hello hello everyone!! SO - Honey Bee Stamps had an AMAZING new (and HUGE) release this month. I'll have a Release & Review video coming this week for it - I was waiting on the stencils and patterned paper (omggggg the patterned paper 😍😍😍) and they're here now so I can get to filming it all to share with you guys!

That said - I have a card and video to share with y'all using some of the new products:

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

Of course I made a slimline card. I am seriously OBSESSED with slimline cards. It's been a really nice break from all the A2 cards I've made for the past 16+ years (which yes there are TONS of card sizes to create, A2 has just been my "go-to" and other sizes didn't really do it for me till I started creating this slimline size). I'm loving making them.

SO - for this card I used the new Freshly Picked stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps. I stamped the images I wanted onto Distress watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and then embossed them all with Wow's Clear Matt Dull embossing powder. I watercolored all of the images in with Distress Oxide inks (all the colors I used are listed and linked in the supplies at the end of the post!), and then die cut them with the coordinating Freshly Picked Honey Cuts dies.

I used the new Honey Bee Slimline Sentiments Eyelet die set to cut the little scalloped frame, and ink blended Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink on the inner part. The "thanks" die cut is from the same Slimline Sentiments Eyelet die set.

I used sentiments from the Pearfect Sentiments set on the outside and inside of the card. I added a couple more of the peaches and leaves to the inside 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! 

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!

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 Rainbow Cards

Hello friends!

So one of my cards is inspired by one cardmaker, and are my own participation in a hop I missed signing up for 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️. Let me explain. Justine Hovey hosted a Papercrafters Unite Against Racism Blog Hop that was a couple of days ago. You can check out her post HERE <-----click! as there's a lot of info and a LOT of links to other participants. I didn't see the sign up until it was too late but I wanted to create these cards and share my post and video.

I saw Laura Bassen's card on Instagram and it just spoke to me. I love everything she posts regardless - she is the QUEEN of color blocking and rainbow and patterns! Plus her videos are hilarious. Anywho - her card was perfection. I have the same stamp set she used (and I've used it a couple of times now in videos) and the sentiment took on a whole new meaning for me. So I put my own spin on it and made these cards:

I die cut 2 sets of rainbows from Ranger watercolor paper with Simon Says Stamp's Build a Rainbow wafer die. These are A2 cards so you can see how large this die is. I show in the video how I taped the pieces so that I could paint all the rainbow stripes in different colors.

I used the Prima Complexion watercolor palette to paint all the skin tones for one card, and the Prima Classics to paint the rainbow colors on the second card. The sentiment is from the Stronger Together stamp set and I stamped that with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

On the insides of both cards I had die cut the Rainbow Heart wafer die from the same Ranger watercolor paper. I painted the rainbow pieces the same way - and then adhered all of it inside the cards. This way the hearts are inlaid in the card stock and everything is flat on the inside yet there's still space to write.

I finished off the cards with the Love You sentiment from the Stronger Together 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!

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! 

Watercolored Diecut Slimline Card with Matching Envelope

Yeah! Simon Says Stamp's NEW June 2020 release - Send Happiness is LIVE HERE <------click! AND I have it in my hands. Funny enough both the Crafty Hugs release and the Send Happiness release arrived within a couple of days of each other. So I do plan on doing Release & Review videos (since there've been several requests for them) on both releases they'll just be out of order. I'm swamped but it's a good thing IMO!

SO - I made a card. A slimline card. With a matching envelope - using one of the NEW slimline envelopes Simon released!! I am so happy about these - and yes I hope there will be a bunch more colors released down the road as that will be fun.

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I used 3 of the new wafer dies for the focal point on this card: Etched Peony Blossom, Etched Flower Buds and Leafy Branch. I die cut all of them from Distress watercolor paper and then watercolored the florals using my Prima Tropicals watercolor palette. I (of course) added some splatter to the blooms with Ranger Perfect Pearl powder and water.

On the background I used the new In the Round stencil with Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide ink. I added shimmer as well using the Cosmic Shimmer Opal Blaze polish that came in the July 2020 Card Kit. I ended up adding the Opal Blaze Polish to the Leafy Branch die cut because more is more LOL!

On the outside and inside of the card I used sentiments from the Reverse Happy Sentiment Strips pack. The card was finished off with a matching Soft Navy Slimline Envelope that I sponged the Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide ink over and Opal Blaze Polish using the In the Round stencil and that was it!

To see how the card and envelope 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! 

Watercolored Slimline Card | SSS So Beautiful Background

I made another slimline card!

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I white heat embossed the So Beautiful background stamp from Simon's Crafty Hugs release onto Arches cold press watercolor paper. I then watercolored the panel with Prima's Pastel Dreams watercolors and added a BUNCH of splatter with Ranger Perfect Pearl powder and water and Amsterdam white ink.

I die cut the Script Thanks from some of the new Holographic card stock and some Neenah Desert Storm card stock. The additional sentiment was cut from the CZ Design Reverse Love Sentiment Strips.

On the inside of the card I stamped the So Beautiful background - this time using Simon's Cobblestone ink. I made a coordinating envelope with some patterned paper from my stash and Trinity Stamps Slimline Envelope Builder wafer die 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!

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! 

Bee Yourself Slimline Card | Karin Brushmarker Pros

Hello everyone!! I am zipping through all the footage and getting the voiceovers done finally! And of course MORE slimline cards - the obsession (and fun) is real:

This was my first portrait slimline card - all the other ones I've made so far have been landscape orientation. The only big different being they're a little harder (for me anyway) to photograph. Still super fun to make though.

I pulled out an older set again for this one: Simon Says Stamp's Bee Yourself stamp set. I had bought the coordinating wafer dies for it MONTHS ago and it's just been sitting and waiting to be used again.

I stamped the bees and hearts from the Bee Yourself set onto Bristol Smooth card stock with Nocturne ink and heat embossed them with Simon's Clear embossing powder. I used my Karin Brushmarker Pro's and a water brush to color them in and then die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies.

For the background I stamped the "honeycomb" images from the set onto more Bristol Smooth card stock and heat embossed them with Wendy Vecchi's Sunflower embossing powder. I used the Canary yellow Karin marker and a big paintbrush to color over them, added some splatter, and added white splatter (it's subtle but it's there).

I recently got the Mama Elephant Slim Card Basics wafer die set so I used the stitched wafer die on the background, and then used the scalloped wafer die on some of Simon's Sea Glass card stock.

On the inside of the card I stamped the honeycomb with Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink, and the hearts with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink. I added the last bee images I'd coloured plus another white heat embossed sentiment from the Bee Yourself set. I made a coordinating envelope from some Doodlebug patterned paper in my stash and the Trinity Stamps Slimline Envelope Builder wafer die 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!

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! 

Slimline Card | SSS Beautiful Flowers 2 Take 6

Hey everyone! I've had issues with editing lately (all resolved finally!) - so here's my card and video for last week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

This is a slimline 3.5 x 8.5" card.

I pulled out Simon Says Stamp's Beautiful Flowers 2 stamp and die set to make another slimline card. If you haven't seen all my recent slimline card posts you can find some of them at the links below:

EASY Watercolor w Distress Oxide Sprays | Sketch Tulip Bouquet Take 5

Studio Katia Artsy Trimmings | Rainbow Slimline Card

Easy Messy Watercolor w MFT Main Squeeze Stamps | Slimline Card

Let the Good Times Roll Slimline Card with Custom Envelope | Trinity Stamps

Slimline Card Using Honey Bee Stamps Up, Up and Away Stamp Set 

So many fun cards. I'll be posting more slimline cards as I make them - I'm really enjoying this size as a fun diversion from making A2 size cards all these years!

I stamped the large floral stamp from the Beautiful Flowers 2 stamp set onto Ranger watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink then watercolored it using the Prima Classics watercolor palette. I added splatter using the watercolor palette as well as Ranger Perfect Pearl powder and water for the shimmery splatter.

The background was done using Simon's Diagonal Stripes stencil over white card stock. I blended Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink over the stencil, then removed the stencil and blended Weathered Wood Distress Oxide ink over it. More splatter was added of course.

On the inside of the card I stamped the large floral using Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink and then stamped a sentiment from the Thankful Flowers set with the Nocturne ink. I used another sentiment from the Thankful Flowers set and heat embossed it onto the front of the card using Wendy Vecchi Sunflower embossing powder. 

Of course no slimline card of mine wouldn't be complete without a matching envelope. I used some Doodlebug patterned paper from my stash and the Trinity Stamps Slimline Envelope Builder die 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!

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 Watercolor w Distress Oxide Sprays | Sketch Tulip Bouquet Take 5

Hello everyone! Last week ended up being totally crazy so my editing for this card and video got pushed to this week. The card was originally meant for last week's Color Throwdown Challenge (which you can still check out HERE and be inspired by!). There's a new challenge going up tomorrow so I'm going to be scrambling to get caught up as usual lol!

Anywho - I'm still just LOVING making slimline cards. I've made a few recently and there will be more. I set up a dedicated category for them here on my blog (all the categories are listed in the right hand side bar - you just need to scroll down to check them all out) and will continue adding to it as I get them made and posted.

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" card.

I pulled out the Simon Says Stamp Sketch Tulip Bouquet set again for this card. I've done a few videos on this one already - it's definitely a favorite of mine!

I stamped the tulips onto Ranger watercolor paper with Nocturne ink, then used Distress Oxide Sprays and a watercolor brush to color them in. Of course I added a TON of splatter to them, let it all dry then die cut them all with the coordinating wafer die.

I blended Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink onto another piece of watercolor paper, and splattered that too of course! For the sentiment I white heat embossed a phrase from the Luck and Hugs stamp set onto a strip of black card stock. I added some bling from the Strawberry Shortcake sequin pack just because 😉🤩.

I finished off the inside of the card with a couple more clusters of the tulips. I then stamped the large Hugs sentiment from the Luck and Hugs set with the Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink. The envelope was made with the Trinity Stamps Slimline Envelope Builder wafer die set that I bought a few weeks ago (and is the reason I keep making and will keep making slimline cards lol! Having a cute envelope to put them in is key). I used some Doodlebug patterned paper from my stash to make it 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! 

Studio Katia Artsy Trimmings | Rainbow Slimline Card

Hey everyone!! I'm still SO into slimline cards - and there will be more. They're fun to make - if you've missed any of my more recent ones here's links to those posts:

Easy Messy Watercolor w MFT Main Squeeze Stamps | Slimline Card

Let the Good Times Roll Slimline Card with Custom Envelope | Trinity Stamps

Slimline Card Using Honey Bee Stamps Up, Up and Away Stamp Set 

For today's slimline card I pulled out some Studio Katia stamps and dies:

This slimline card is 3.5 x 8.5"

I stamped one of the images from Studio Katia's Artsy Trimmings stamp set onto Ranger watercolor paper with Nocturne ink. I then used Prima's Classics watercolor palette to watercolor in all the images. I added a TON of splatter with Ranger Perfect Pearl powder and water and white ink.

I used the Crafty word die that comes in the Artsy Trimmings coordinating wafer die set to create my sentiment. To make it into a sentiment I white heat embossed words from the Paws for Kindness set and trimmed them down before adhering them.

I stamped the image from the Artsy Trimmings set again onto the inside of the card, this time with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. I made an envelope for the card from some Lawn Fawn patterned paper in my stash using the Trinity Stamps Slimline Envelope Builder Die 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!

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! 

Double Stamped and EASY Watercolor Card | SSS Beautiful Flowers Take 13

Hello everyone! I am late with my card for last week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

You can still check out what the rest of the team created with these colors HERE <-----click! plus there's a ton of inspiration from everyone who participated (on time 🤪) with it as well! There will be a new Color Throwdown Challenge up Wednesday morning so stay tuned!

I still wanted to create with these colors and I just loved them together - so here's what I made:

I pulled out my oh-so-loved SSS Beautiful Flowers stamp set and gold heat embossed it twice onto Distress Watercolor paper. I used my Prima Currents watercolor palette to color in the blooms, then added a bunch of splatter.

I used the A2 Thin Frames wafer die set and die cut the main panel, then when I adhered it to the card base I inlaid a frame I'd die cut from Smoke grey card stock. I used the Thank You Script wafer die set for my main sentiment, and added a sentiment strip from the All Things Happy sentiment strips pack.

OF COURSE I had to add some bling lol - I added some Studio Katia Golden Crystals and Ocean Wave Crystals. I also added some Nuvo Jewel Drops in Sea Breeze.

On the inside of the card I stamped the Beautiful Flowers image again - this time with Smoke ink. I then adhered the thin frame left over from die cutting the front panel 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!

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 Messy Watercolor w MFT Main Squeeze Stamps | Slimline Card

Happy Friday everyone!

My Favorite Things had an amazing May release - you can check it all out HERE <------click!

So many fun new products - but I couldn't resist inking up the new Main Squeeze stamp set. Since I'm on a slimline card kick I decided to make another one:

This is a slimline card measuring 3.5 x 8.5"

I stamped all the images from the Main Squeeze set onto Distress watercolor paper with Nocturne ink. I then did some REALLY easy messy watercolor using the Prima Classics and Prima Pastel Dreams watercolor palettes.

I used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and a SK Blending Brush to create the background, and then I splattered on Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Spray over it. I trimmed down some (of my all-time favorite lol) MFT Black & White Stripes patterned paper, and then glued it together to make a strip long enough to fit on the front of the card.

I finished off the inside of the card with the leftover piece of the Black & White Stripes paper and a few more of the images from the Main Squeeze set.

I made another envelope using the Slimline Envelope Builder wafer die set and some patterned paper from my stash and that was it!

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Galaxy Background with PinkFresh Liquid Watercolors & HoneyBee Stamps and Dies

Hello everyone! It's MAY?!? April felt like such a crazy long month and then it's just over!

Anywho - the other day I posted a card using some of the latest Honey Bee Stamps release. Side note - the last part of the release I was waiting on should be here this week! Once it is I'll film a Release & Review video for y'all to show you all the new products!

Another project that I wanted to make was a galaxy background - one because I haven't done one of those in a while and two because one of the mini sets in the new release inspired me to:

This is a 5x7" card.

I pulled out my PinkFresh Liquid watercolors to make this background. You can you anything really - dye ink refills, watercolors, Distress Inks or Oxides. Play with what you've got! I chose the PF Liquid Watercolors this time as I haven't used them in a while, plus when you keep them concentrated and don't add much water they're REALLY intense and vibrant. 

I used Strathmore watercolor paper and it comes in 5x7 sheets. I originally intended to cut it down to make an A2 card but in the end decided to keep the larger size and make a 5x7 card. After the watercolor background was dry I splattered on a bunch of white ink to make the "stars". THIS is what brings a galaxy background together - at least for me. Mine look like ugly hot messes till the splatter is added lol!

I used the new A7 Thin Frames Honey Cuts dies - the die is all one piece (you can see it in the video) and it cuts a BUNCH of frames all at once. I die cut it from Tonic Silver Screen Glitter card, chose a frame for this card and the rest I put in the package with the die to use on future projects. 

I used the same glitter card with the new Friend Honey Cuts die along with white card stock and vellum. I finished off the sentiments using the coordinating Friend stamp set that I white heat embossed onto black card stock.

Of course I couldn't resist adding some bling - I added some Studio Katia Iridescent Stars Embellishments and Silver Foil Sequins.

On the inside of the card I stamped the sentiments that inspired the card. I used both stamps from the mini Good Friends set and stamped them onto the inside with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. I didn't want just the sentiment on the inside so I used a bunch of the little tiny star images from the new Far Out Friends stamp set and inked them up with Distress Oxide inks and that was it!

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