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Snowy Mice Slimline Cards | AmyR Christmas 2020 Series #2 | Waffle Flower Holiday Cheese

Hello everyone! Waffle Flower's October release just went live and I'm part of a blog hop today to celebrate it! You can start at the beginning of the hop HERE on the Waffle Flower blog and I'll have links to all the stops lower down in my post as well as GIVEAWAY info!

I have the new Holiday Cheese stamp and die combo so I made a couple of Christmas cards with it for my 2020 Christmas Card series. If you missed the first video for this year you can find that post here:

CZ Design Chunky Christmas | AmyR Christmas 2020 Series #1

OK here's my card:

These are 3.5 x 8.5" slimline cards.

I stamped the images from the Holiday Cheese set onto watercolor paper with Ranger Jet Black Archival ink and then coloured them in with my Prima Odyssey and Prima Classics watercolor palettes. I die cut all the images with the coordinating wafer die set.

I used Neenah Desert Storm card stock for the background and blended Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide inks over it. I then HEAVILY splattered the background and the images with my Amsterdam white liquid ink.

I added the mug image to the inside of the cards and white heat embossed sentiments from the set onto red cardtsock. On the Grocery Bag Slimline envelopes I stamped the mouse with the "merry Xmas" sentiment just to give the envelope a little something 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!

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

If you missed any of the stops on this hop you can find them all here:

Waffle Flower Blog

Alix Davis

Arjita Sepha Singh

Channin Pelletier

Elyse Robinson

Galina Filippenko

Jeanne Jachna

JJ Bolton

Maria Peters

Natalia Zubkova

Rebecca Keppel

Amy R

Cathy Zielske

Nichol Spohr

Laura Bassen

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!!

For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away a $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EDT on October 11th, 2020 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 9/14/2020.

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

Easy Watercolor Slimline Card | SSS Freestyle Flowers

Hello everyone!!

It has been a heckuva September! This is my 32nd video this month lol. I don't think I'll be able to keep up a pace quite like this however stay tuned as I still have a lot of Halloween (and Christmas! And fall and just whatever-themed) videos coming!

This card was made using the sold-out STAMPtember kit. I only used elements that are still available so no worries there:

I stamped the cluster of flowers image from the Freestyle Flowers stamp set with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink onto Ranger watercolor paper. I used a Memento Tuxedo Black marker to extend the stems, stamped some of the individual leaves and then heat embossed all of it with clear embossing powder. 

I used Daniel Smith watercolors to do some quick and easy colouring of the background, and white heat embossed a sentiment from the Freestyle Flowers set onto black card stock and die cut with a circle wafer die. I OF COURSE added some bling using Studio Katia Iridescent Tiny Bubbles and Iridescent Butterflies.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the flowers with Simon's Cobblestone ink, and added another sentiment from the Freestyle Flowers set. I stamped the flowers onto a Dandelion slimline envelope with Lemon Zing 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!

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! 

Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2020 | STAMPtember Exclusive Limited Edition

That's right!! The Tim Holtz STAMPtember Limited Edition exclusive set <------click! just went live!! This is one of the most in-demand sets for STAMPtember and his set ALWAYS sells out super quickly!! You can check it out HERE!

Before I get to my cards using this set don't forget to check out the Limited Edition STAMPtember 2020 card kit that was released yesterday (and there's still some in stock!):

You can check out the kit HERE <-------click! while supplies last! This is a Limited Edition (bigger) kit that isn't part of the monthly subscription - and it's going to sell out quickly IMO!

ALSO - if you weren't aware - Tim will be doing a LIVE video on his Facebook page a little later today:

You can get to his Facebook page HERE <------click! and tune in at 1pm ET for his video! He'll be showing the set along with a bunch of inspiration made using it (I sent my cards in for this so they should be featured in there too!) from several talented designers. ALWAYS worth tuning in to Tim's videos - the amount of inspiration alone is fabulous.

OK on to my cards:

These are 3.5 x 8.5" slimline cards.

I made 4 slimline cards using Tim's STAMPtember 2020 set - the crazy cats and sentiments cracked me up so much I needed to use ALL of them.

I stamped the cats from the STAMPtember 2020 set onto Distress Watercolor paper with Ranger's Archival Jet Black ink. I watercolored all of them with Distress Inks (all the colors used are listed and linked in the supplies below) and the card with the cat tangled in the Christmas lights I coloured the lights in with Copic Markers.

I used one of the stencil's from Tim's Mini Stencil 18 set for this card. I mixed Wendy Vecchi embossing paste with Tumbled Glass Distress ink to tint it blue before applying it to the background.

The scallop frames on 2 of the cards were die cut from Tim's Idea-ology Metallic Jewels Kraft card stock using Simon's Slimline Scallop Frame wafer dies.

On all the cards I added some sparkle using my Tonic Aqua Shimmer Clear Glitter Gloss pen. I also added Glossy Accents to all the cat's eyes and to the light bulbs on the first card.

I finished off the insides of all the cards by stamping the cats used for each card with the Archival Jet Black ink. All the sentiments from the STAMPtember 2020 set were white heat embossed onto black card stock using Ranger's Super Fine Detail White embossing powder and trimmed out with scissors. I adhered the "Meowy Christmas" to the insides 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!  

Distress Oxide Watercolor Over Glimmer Hot Foil Cards | Spellbinders Autumn Leaf Border

Hello everyone! Hope y'all are planning on having a great weekend! Stay tuned as there are still more STAMPtember releases (that I will have posts and videos for!) over the next few days!

For today's cards I pulled out my Glimmer Hot Foil machine. I've done a few posts using Glimmer Hot Foil and the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Plates - you can find those posts here:

Easy Hot Glimmer Foil Slimline Card | Spellbinders Framed Details Glimmer Hot Foil Plate

Die Cut & Glimmer Hot Foil Christmas Cards | AmyR 2019 Christmas Series #4

Glimmering Foil Butterflies Cards | Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System

Making a Christmas Cabinet Card | Spellbinders Becca Feeken Holiday 2019 Release

Die Cut & Glimmer Hot Foil Christmas Cards | Spellbinders 2019 Holiday

So for today's cards I wanted to combine Glimmer Hot Foil with watercolor - and it worked out perfectly!

Card on the left is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card and the card on the right is A2 sized.

I used Spellbinders Autumn Leaf Border GHF plate and Stylish Script Thankful GHF plate along with the Polished Brass foil from this 4 pack. I foiled the leaves and sentiments onto Arches Hot Press watercolor paper and then watercolored over them with Distress Oxide inks.

I added splatter (of course) and bling (all the colors and also types of bling are listed in the supplies below).

On the outside and inside of the cards I used sentiments from the CZ Design 30 Days of Thankful set. I stamped leaves from that set onto the insides using the same Distress Oxide inks that I used for the watercoloring, 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! 

Slimline Sympathy Card | SSS Beautiful Flowers Take 14

Hey everyone!! FYI IF you see this in time it's worth checking out Simon's STAMPtember Limited Edition mixed media Creepy Halloween Kit! <-------click! This one will sell out FAST I'm guessing!

OK on to my post:

This week's Color Throwdown Challenge is a good one! You can check out what the rest of the team created with these colors HERE <------click! and play along too if you'd like!

Here's what I made:

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I used my all-time favorite stamp set yet again - Simon's Beautiful Flowers. I just love it. I heat embossed the big floral stamp onto Arches Hot Press watercolor paper with Simon's Antique Gold embossing powder. I then watercolored it all in with Distress Oxide inks.

I used Simon's Sympathy Greetings Mix stamp set for the sentiments, heat embossing one onto Cream Off White card stock and adding another to the watercolor panel.

On the inside of the card and the envelope I stamped the same large floral from the Beautiful Flowers set using a couple of the same Distress Oxide inks I used to watercolor the card front. I added a couple more sentiments from the Sympathy Greetings Mix using the Oxide inks 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! 

TWO STAMPtember Exclusives: Memory Box and Concord & 9th!

That's right friends! TWO different Limited Edition sets are here for STAMPTEMBER! So I have two cards and TWO videos to share with y'all in this post! Woot woot!

First off we have Memory Box!!

You can check out the Memory Box Life's Path Limited Edition stamp set HERE. As with all the limited edition STAMPtember exclusives this is while supplies last and when it's sold out it's gone!

Here's what I made with it:

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I pulled out my MASSIVE Memory Misti (seriously - I'm so glad I got one finally but yeah - it's HUGE lol) and used that to "extend" the stamps in the Life's Path stamp set to create this slimline card with a little bit of masking using Simon's Masking Paper and my Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves ink.

It was too perfect not to use my Prima Woodlands watercolor palette to color in this background. Once it was painted and splattered within an inch of its life I die cut it with the largest Slimline Nested Rectangles wafer die. 

On the inside of the card I did the same technique as the front and extended the stamps and used Brushed Corduroy Distress Oxide ink. I stamped the trees onto a Slimline Grocery Bag envelope with the Fallen Leaves 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!

Don't forget to scroll past the supplies for this card to see the SECOND exclusive set and my card and video for it!

OK now on to the second Limited Edition release - this one with Concord & 9th!!

You can check out the Limited Edition 'Tis the Season stamp set HERE, and get one while supplies last!

Here's what I created with this set:

I white heat embossed the large wreath from the 'Tis the Season set onto Distress watercolor paper and did some messy watercoloring with Distress Oxide inks (specific colors listed in the supplies below). I stamped the wood boards of the image onto a second piece with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and gold heat embossed one of the sentiments from the set onto it.

I fussy cut out the sentiment and adhered it to the card with Simon's Big Momma foam tape. I also added Studio Katia Poseidon Crystals, Wine Berry Pearls and Gold Spark Crystals to get my bling fix 😉.

I stamped the wreath on the inside of the card and onto the Schoolhouse Red envelope. I added another sentiment to the inside of the card from the 'Tis the Season 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! 

Honey Bee Stamps On My Mind | STAMPtember Exclusive Limited Edition

Hello hello everyone!! It's time for another STAMPtember collab release - this one is with Honey Bee Stamps!!

You can check out the Limited Edition On My Mind stamp set HERE or the Limited Edition On My Mind stamp set with coordinating wafer die HERE. As with all the Limited Edition collab sets these are only while supplies last and once they're gone they're gone!

I decided to combine my card today with the current Color Throwdown Challenge:

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

Here's what I created with these colors and the Limited Edition On My Mind stamp set:

I stamped the wreath and the hello sentiment from the On My Mind set with Fallen Leaves Versafine Clair ink onto Distress Watercolor paper and heat embossed it with Wow's Clear Matt Dull embossing powder. I watercolored in the image with several Distress Oxide inks (specific colors used are listed in the supplies below!) before adding the die cut Friend.

To create the background on the card base I layered the Garden Lattice Cover Plate - Base and Garden Lattice Cover Plate - Top wafer dies using Neenah Desert Storm card stock. I added a BUNCH of gold splatter using Ranger Gold Perfect Pearl powder mixed with water. I also added extra bling with Studio Katia pearls and crystals.

I finished off the inside of the card and the envelope by stamping the wreath on both and stamped another sentiment from the On My Mind set onto 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! 

My Favorite Things Purrfect Friends | STAMPtember Exclusive Limited Edition

It's the 10th of the month already - and time for another STAMPtember exclusive - this time with My Favorite Things!

You can check out the Limited Edition Purrfect Friends stamp set HERE or the Limited Edition Purrfect Friends stamp set and coordinating dies HERE. As with all the Limited Edition exclusive these are while supplies last and once they sell out (which has been REALLY crazy fast this year) they're gone.

Here's what I made with the set:

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I stamped all the cats from the Purrfect Friends set with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves ink onto Distress watercolor paper and heat embossed them with Wow's Clear Matt Dull embossing powder. Once heat set I watercolored them all in with my Prima Complexions watercolor palette.

For the card front I die cut Neenah Desert Storm card stock with the stitched wafer die from MFT's Slimline Starter wafer die set. I blended Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide ink over the MFT English Brick Wall stencil onto the panel, and added some Coffee Bean Heart Sprinkles.

On the inside of the card and on the Grocery Bag Slimline envelope I stamped the solid paw image from the Purrfect Friends set with the Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide ink 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! 

Picket Fence Studios Happy Water | STAMPtember Exclusive Limited Edition

Hello hello everyone! Post and video #2 from me today! If you missed the previous one you can find it here:

You Matter Card | Easy Geometric Watercolor

So today's STAMPtember collaboration set is with Picket Fence Studios! You can check out the Limited Edition Happy Water stamp set HERE and the Limited Edition Happy Water Stamp and Coordinating Die Set HERE. As with all the collab sets this is Limited Edition while supplies last, once it's sold out it's gone!

Here's what I made with it:

I stamped the cluster of drinks onto Bristol Smooth card stock with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then used a bunch of Distress Inks (all colors used are listed below in the supplies!) and a mini water brush to color them all in.

I used the Large Falling Snow stencil on top of the image and applied GinaK Glitz Glitter Gel. The Bubble Wrap Stencil was used on the card base with Twisted Citron Distress Ink.

I stamped the inside with the drinks and added a sentiment from the Happy Water set, and paired the card with a Lemon Chiffon envelope and that was it!

To see how my 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! 

You Matter Card | Easy Geometric Watercolor

Hey everyone!! As per usual I didn't get a chance to get a card up for last week's Color Throwdown challenge:

LOVE these colors! You can check out what the rest of the team created with them HERE <------click! plus there's a bunch of inspiration from everyone else that played along! A new challenge with new colors will be up on Wednesday!

Here's what I created:

I gold heat embossed the Fractured Background stamp onto Arches hot press watercolor paper, and then watercolored in the background using my Prima Tropicals palette. I added splatter using the palette and added gold splatter using my Ranger Gold Perfect Pearls powder mixed with water.

I used the new You Matter wafer die set for the main sentiment - die cutting the words from Tonic's Gold Pearl satin card stock. The smaller sentiment is from the Tiny Words Support set (LOVE that set - SO many great and uplifting sentiments in it!) and I gold heat embossed it onto the Soft Navy card stock.

I finished off the inside of the card with a sentiment from the Because of You stamp set that I heat embossed with gold embossing powder onto more Soft Navy card stock 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! 

GinaK Designs Snowflake Cascade | STAMPtember Exclusive Limited Edition

Hello everyone!!! It's time for another EXCLUSIVE collaboration for Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember! 

Today's collab is with GinaK Designs!! You can check out the Limited Edition Snowflake Cascade stamp set HERE or the Limited Edition Snowflake Cascade stamp set and wafer die combo HERE. As these are limited edition they are only while supplies last (and if last year's GinaK collab set was any indicator - this one will most likely go QUICK).

I went with my favorite black and gold and white combo for my card using the Snowflake Cascade set:

This is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card.

I painted an ombré background onto Arches hot press watercolor paper using my black Gansai Tambi watercolor. I then heat embossed the snowflakes from the Snowflake Cascade set onto the background with white and gold embossing powders.

I edged the background with the gold watercolor from the Gansai Tambi palette, and splattered it as well. 

I pulled out a black slimline envelope and stamped it with the snowflakes using white pigment ink and Delicata Golden Glitz ink, which I also used to stamp on the inside of the card. I gold heat embossed a sentiment from the Snowflake Cascade stamp set and added that to the inside of the card and that was it!

To see how this card and envelope came together you can 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 Floral Bunch | STAMPtember Exclusive Limited Edition

Hooray!!! It's time for the FIRST Limited Edition collaboration set for STAMPtember - Studio Katia!! And not only that - there's an extra-special buy one get one FREE element as well:

YES. If you order the Floral Bunch stamp set get the second set FREE while supplies last. If you order the Floral Bunch set with it's coordinating wafer die - you get the other set AND it's wafer die FREE while supplies last!! Woot Woot!!

I made two cards using each of these new sets:

Top card is a 3.5 x 8.5" slimline card, bottom card is A2 size.

On the first card I used the Floral Bunch set and stamped the big floral onto Arches cold press watercolor paper with Morning Mist Versafine Clair ink, then watercolored it with the Prima Vintage Pastels watercolor palette. I added splatter using the palette and then added gold splatter with Ranger's Gold Perfect Pearl powder mixed with water.

Once everything was dry I die cut the panel using the largest of Simon's Basic Rectangles wafer dies, and also die cut a frame using the A2 Thin Frames wafer dies. I die cut a second frame from Tonic's Gold Pearl satin card and inlaid that.

For my second card I used the "freebie" Flower Bunch set and did everything the same way EXCEPT I die cut this with the new Slimline Nested Rectangles wafer die. I also stencilled Cobblestone ink onto the card base using a Studio Katia blender brush and the new Deco Squares stencil. 

On the insides of both cards I stamped the respective floral images using Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide ink. I then stamped sentiments from the same sets using the Morning Mist VersaFine Clair 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! 

Halloween Card Using NON-Halloween Background | AmyR Halloween 2020 Series #2

Yay! Another Halloween card and video! If you missed post #1 I have a link to it below (and I linked to ALL the previous Halloween series in that post!):

Glow in the Dark Wobble Cards | AmyR Halloween 2020 Series #1

For today's card I used a rather NON-Halloween background stamp - in fact it's the same background I used for this card the other day:

Hello Beautiful Card | Prima Watercolors | SSS Spring Flowers Background

Here's how I used it today:

I stamped the Spring Flowers Background onto Distress watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and embossed it with Wow's Clear Matt Dull embossing powder. Once embossed I watercolored the background with Distress inks, and added white and shimmer splatter.

I heat embossed the large Halloween sentiment from the Handlettered Halloween stamp set using Wendy Vecchi's Tiger Lily embossing powder and then die cut it with the coordinating wafer die. The "happy" sentiment is from the All Things Happy Sentiment Strips. I added a few die cut Friendly Ghosts as well.

On the inside of the card I stamped the Spring Flowers Background with Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink. I heat embossed another sentiment from the Handlettered Halloween set using the Tiger Lily embossing powder, and added a couple more Friendly Ghosts 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! 

Strawberry Champagne Embossed & Pastel Watercolored Poppies

Hello everyone! Is this not a FABULOUS inspiration pic and color palette for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge?

You can check out what the rest of the team created HERE <-----click! as well as play along yourself if you'd like!

Here's what I made:

I heat embossed Simon Says Stamp's Poppies Background onto Arches Cold Press watercolor paper using Inkon3's Strawberry Champagne embossing powder. Once embossed I watercolored the background using my Prima Pastel Dreams watercolor palette.

After the image was dry I splattered on some Amsterdam white liquid ink and (of course) some Ranger Perfect Pearl Powder mixed with water for a bunch of shimmer.

I die cut the sentiment using Simon's Thinking of You wafer die and stacked 3 layers together and then blended some Clementine ink over it before adhering it to the background.

On the inside of the card I stamped the Poppies Background using the same Clementine ink and that was it!

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

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Hello Beautiful Card | Prima Watercolors | SSS Spring Flowers Background

Hey everyone! I made this card for last week's Color Throwdown Challenge. You can check out their post HERE for a ton of inspiration with these colors!

I clear heat embossed Simon's Spring Flowers Background after stamping it with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink onto Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper. I used Prima Watercolors from a couple of different palettes (I linked to the ones I used below) to color in the background.

I of course added splatter with Perfect Pearl powder mixed with water - you can see in the video how shimmery it is!

I used the GinaK SSS exclusive Summer Roses set for the sentiments. Tonic's Golden Sunflower embossing powder was a PERFECT match for this background (I love when that happens!!). I also pulled out my fave Etched Dragonfly wafer die - and painted the bodies with Forever Blue Perfect Pearl powder mixed with water. It's a subtle shimmer - but that's what I wanted since there's a lot going on on this card!

On the inside of the card I used more sentiments from the Summer Roses stamp set with the Golden Sunflower embossing powder and that was it!

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