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Save the Crafty YouTuber Video Hop

Hi Crafters!

It’s Justine and thank you so much for joining me for my first ever video for Pretty Pink Posh! I am hosting a very large event today called Save the Crafty YouTuber and Pretty Pink Posh is sponsoring 6x $25 gift certificates in today’s video! So be sure to head to video directly on YouTube so you can leave a comment.

I am hosting this event with over 55 videomakers that have come together to help out some of the crafters just starting to make videos. YouTube has changed some rules about who is allowed to earn money from their channels and many are at risk so I put together a hop with plenty of prizes to help increase views and subscribers before the end of February. There are 120 prizes being given away throughout the video hop, so the more videos you click and comment on, the more chances you have to win! You can see the whole list of videos on my blog!

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For today’s video, I wanted to make a mix of masculine and feminine love cards since Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching. The Love Shaker Die combined with the Scallop Frames made such perfect accessories to create these quick cards. Did you know that two inked up 4×5 ¼ pieces of cardstock produced four cards!? I die cut each piece of coloured cardstock with the dies and saved all of the “waste”, then I die cut two pieces of white cardstock in the same way and added the wasted scraps into the card.

For the batch of pink cards, I used Candied Apple, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks for the background. I blended them on the cardstock and added water to see the oxidized effect occur. My tips for perfect blending are: Don’t put too much pressure on the handle and allow the colour to build up slowly, start off the paper and work your way into it, move the colour around in a circular motion to avoid harsh lines.

For the batch of blue cards, I used Peacock Feathers, Broken Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks for the background. I blended them on the cardstock and added water to see the oxidized effect occur. The nice thing about the oxides is that they are much more user friendly for blending than the originals.

Thanks so much for joining my for this fun event everyone! And thank you to Pretty Pink Posh for having me on the video team and sponsoring this event!

15 Comments

  1. Wonderful cards. Love the Love Shaker Die. I’ve bought a few Distress Oxide inks and am enjoying them immensely. Can’t wait to build up my collection.

  2. That’s a lovely way to help out crafters, and yes, to let us know more crafters and follow them! Thanks for this initiative :)
    Wonderful cards btw :)

  5. Fabulous cards! Love the background! What a great way to help other crafters!

  6. Beautiful cards. Loving the background and distress ink colors. Love cards that can be simple to make but give stunning results. I love these.

  8. I never knew there was an eraser for excess glue…thank you for that tip. Beautiful cards too!!

  10. Super easy way to make a whole lot of cards all at once!! Gorgeous with the Distress Oxides too! Love that Love shaker and the scallop frame dies!

  11. Love these dies. I haven’t seen that love die done in a shacker card yet but I can imagine it would be really cute.

  13. gosh it’s easy (if you do it lol). Wow. I love it. Ty – US

    Thank you for hosting this lovely hop. :)

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