I love how the cards turned out. The embossed background, the gorgeous colors of the leaves. Wow!! I do not play with my sprays very often. I need to get them out! And I agree- can’t have too many leaves. Can’t have too many snowflakes! 😀
Yes, you can have too many snowflakes! By month three of the real deal, and needing to shovel 2-3 times a day during a lake effect storm, you absolutely can have too many snowflakes! However, I agree that you can never have too many metal die snowflakes! 😂
we get snow piled up several feet here after a good blizzard - and it takes Chris and I hours to shovel out our driveway if not days depending on how much is coming down lol. I like snow, I don't like constantly having to dig ourselves out of it every winter lol
I needed an idea for a fall wedding card in jewel tones for next weekend, and boom, Amy shows up for the win! Such a lovely card, not too hard or time consuming! And ink smushing is involved! Too much fun! Off to my craft room now to create! Thanks for the inspiration!
The cards are simply stunning! The colors and the splatter makes me so envious of those that get fall. Here in the Texas Panhandle, we get faux fall. About 2 days of falling weather, proceeded by another 2 weeks of summer. Then full on Mother Nature hates us winter. LOL! Thanks for the inspiration.
WOW! These are some of the prettiest cards I've seen. I love nature and grew up on a farm and your leaves remind me of what we saw there. OK, time to get out the sprays and play with them like this. Thanks so much.
I love the white space you left on these gorgeous cards! I probably would have tried to fill it with something, which is why I need your inspiration! 😂
I only started die cutting a year ago and I already feel like I've got enough of most things, but snowflakes? No two are alike so I will never have all the snowflakes I could possibly need!
it actually is pretty easy - but definitely gets easier with practice. I know a lot of my first attempts at ink smooshing usually resulted in a hot mess more often than not lol.
Gosh.... I think I can officially call myself a "Big Fan" of all your work. Dang you're good! I love these cards so much. Those beautiful leaves are just.... Amazing!! The splatter, the bling.... I love it all. Amy, I know you are incredibly busy, but if you do have time, could you post a link of alufa/aluva?? Cause I'd like to check that out. I take bleach now instead, to clean my hands.
She probably gets the loofah at the dollar store or the grocery store. Any one will work. I like to use foaming hand soap with a loofah when I wash after I paint.
@@CricketsBay @CricketsBay Thank you for answering. I never heard of it. I don't think we have this in the Netherlands. But I would love to learn more about it.
there are luffa sponges which are all natural (sometimes hard to find as they're a plant and have become very popular - I love those tho but I haven't been able to get any for a long time) and then loofahs which are synthetic and like others say are easy to find online and at grocery stores and whatnot. Bleach isn't good for skin and people are just asking for issues with continued use of it on their skin - all it will take is a minor reaction of bleach to other products on skin and a chemical burn will leave serious damage.
@@PrairiePaperandInk Thank you Amy for responding. I really appreciate it. I'll start hunting for it here in the Netherlands. It sounds like a crafters must have. And yes, you are right. Bleach isn't good for the skin. Thanks again Amy. 😘
I have tried this today, and wow! what a great idea and technique! the leaves turned out beautiful. By the way, I used ink pads, they also work very well. greetings from the Netherlands ❤
I really love how you did those leaves! They look amazing! Are there different sizes of splat boxes? I got a Tim Holtz splat box, but it seems smaller than yours.
Amy, your cards are just lovely. I have two questions. First, do you prefer die cutting and then ink smooching or ink smooching the paper then die cutting? I just wonder about less paper warping with one way versus the other. Also, is there a weight for the paper you prefer for better results? Your expert opinion is very much appreciated. Thank you.
I discussed that in this video about die cutting? As far as paper weights I used canson XL watercolor paper and its weight is listed on the cover - I think it's a 140lb weight. Very lightweight w/c paper will warp more yes.
@@PrairiePaperandInk I'm so sorry I completely missed the part of the video where you answered not one but both of my questions. Duh. That's what happens when I try to multitask.
Love the leaves! QUESTION: I have used mica stains to watercolor. I've had the bronze/brass/pewter set for a while. I recently bought the Christmas set that has a red, green, and blue -- I think that's winter berry. Anyway. I dry embossed a flourish design. I started one with the bronze, and it worked fine. I did another panel with the winter berry and it didn't work as well. It's a different consistency. I could add water, I suppose, but I just wondered if that's normal? Different colors are different consistency especially? Thanks 😀
the metallic ones are completely different than the mica stain sprays that TH has released the last 3 years. The metallics have no dyes in them just pigment and liquids.
