Tag: YouTube
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Rainbow Songbirds
Today I’m watercoloring Pinkfresh Studio Songbirds on Branches. It’s Pride Month, so the theme for the monthly Pinkfresh Challenge is Rainbows. I went with a pastel rainbow, as you will see. But first I made my own hot press watercolor paper. I simply run my watercolor paper through the Glimmer process with a solid plate…
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Welcome Baby
I almost created a leaky shaker window. But I caught myself in time.
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2024 Giveaway Summary
My 2024 giveaway posts netted me 103 followers. I’m almost at 1,000 followers, so that’s 10%.
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Minimalist Sympathy Card
The theme of the January 2025 video hop is Minimalism and I’ve chosen to use the Spellbinders BetterPress of the Month for January for my card.
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California Santa
I want my Santa to sit at the bottom of an A2 card with the sentiment above him. It’s a pretty big sentiment, so it’s important to plan out my card.
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Flamboyant Fall Wreath
The theme of this month’s YouTube hop was Out of My Comfort Zone. So I tried alcohol inks.
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Blue Halloween
Today’s card is a watercolored Halloween card with a witchy little quokka. I’m starting by mixing the paint I need.
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Bountiful Quokkas
These two little critters are the Kat Scrappiness Dress-Up Quokkas. The markers I’m using for them are Ohuhu BR3, BR2 and BR1.
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First Influencer Haul
These are the Kat Scrappiness products I bought to serve as a foundation for my fall and winter crafting as an official influencer of the brand.
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Get Your Skates On
The skates are really easy to put together, with no fiddly bits. There’s a base layer, that shows up as the tongue of the boot and part of the heel.
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Kat Scrappiness Influencer
About a month ago I applied to join the Kat Scrappiness Influencer Team. I’m super happy to report that I was accepted!
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Paradise Birthday
Stamping with white pigment ink and heat embossing in white gives a wonderfully crisp and fresh result.
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Orchid Cupcakes
The starting point for today’s card was a fall-themed cupcake die set from Spellbinders. It was the Large Die of the Month for September 2023.
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Tea-riffic Birthday
This is the card I’m creating in today’s video. It has this fun, wobbling effect, created with an action wobbler.
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Post-Tax Season Update
This was my first tax season as a small business owner. Unfortunately I came to the conclusion that I need to get a paying job.
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Washi Flower Power
When you’re using washi, you need smooth white cardstock that’s big enough for one repeat of the pattern.
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Swatching Glimmer Hot Foils
My first swatch is Pink, although it could be argued that it’s purple. The next one is Satin Pastel Lavender.
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Shaped Shaker Card
Today’s card is a shaped shaker card, so I’m starting with the card base.
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Frosty Florals
The main feature of this card is created with the Honey Bee Lovely Layers Amaryllis Die Set. It creates a lush amaryllis plant with a choice of two planters.
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Flutter Into Spring
Once I had laid out the scene on the Glimmer surface, it was easy to foil more, so I created one card with rainbow foil, and one with gold foil.
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Foiling Textured Paper
The best cardstock for hot foiling is the smoothest. But you can make your own smooth cardstock in a few simple steps.
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You Make My Heart Smile
For this card I used the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month for December 2023.