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Dad’s Tools – Happy Father’s Day
Hi there! It is Hannah, bringing you a Father’s Day card! We’ve got just about a month to get those cards to the father figures in our lives, there is no time like the present to start working on them!
Fortunately, Kat has a new layered stamp set called Dad’s Tools! This set is PERFECT for Father’s Day, men’s birthdays, or just because. There is such a wide range of sentiments in this set you’ll always find a use for it!
I started by smooshing Distress Inks: Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, and Tumbled Glass onto some Watercolor Paper. Then I use the largest of the Distressed Edge Rectangle Dies, by Kat Scrappiness, to cut a panel of that out. The finishing touch, on that panel, was to create a vignette look by adding the same Distress Ink along the edges.
Next, I stamped out my hammer. I chose to use Altenew Inks, as this is what I had on hand, however you should look at your grays and browns. You can mix brands! You might have a variety of different companies that work well for you! You’ll want 4 grays and 4 browns. If you are interested you can message Kat and see if she is able to special order something for you too. 😀
The hammers I cut out using my Scan-n-Cut, however, it would be really easy to fussy cut. I laid them out to figure out where they would go on my card and then stamped out my sentiment accordingly. This sentiment was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black and then clear embossed. Finally, I popped my hammers up using foam squares. The watercolor panel was then adhered to some coordinating cardstock I had on hand and voila! The perfect Father’s Day card! Super easy and super fun!
This has been Hannah Rubenstahl, of Fanciful Spaces. It is my sincerest hope that I have inspired you to create! If you need the Dad’s Tools stamp set or any other products at Kat Scrappiness, please feel free to use my discount code Hannah10!Products Used:
Dad’s Tools Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness
Distressed Edge Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness
Distress Inks
Altenew Inks
Memento Tuxedo Black
WOW! Clear Embossing Powder
Foam Squares
Scor-Tape
Coordinating Cardstock, Navy Blue
Neenah Solar White Cardstock in 80 & 110lb -
National Scrapbooking Day at Kat Scrappiness!
Welcome to National Scrapbooking Day at the Kat Scrappiness Blog! We have so much to share with you today!
We are celebrating our love of paper crafting in several ways today and we hope you will join in with us!
SALE
First of all, EVERYTHING at Kat Scrappiness is 20% off!!!! Just visit http://www.KatScrappiness.com and use coupon code: NSD2018
GIVEAWAYS AND CHALLENGES
Next, we have several giveaways today! Here is what you can win and how to enter.
- Grand Prize: $75.00 worth of Kat Scrappiness brand products (of your choice). This includes our stamps, dies and sequins!
- First Prize: A set of the Large Alpha Dies by Kat Scrappiness! Valued at $36.99!
- Second Prize: Your choice of $30.00 worth of Kat Scrappiness Sequins! We have almost 400 different sequin mixes to choose from!
- Third Prize: Lola The Giraffe Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness
- Fourth Prize: Interactive Card Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness
Last but not least, you can also enter to win our Card Challenge Prize!
- Card Challenge Prize: Four (4) of Kat Scrappiness’ newest dies. WIN THEM BEFORE YOU CAN BUY THEM! This includes the Stitched Scalloped Rectangles, Circles, Squares and Ovals dies which haven’t been released yet!
How to Win!
To enter our Card Challenge, scroll to the bottom of this page.
To enter all of our other giveaways, you can enter below:
Card Challenge
Congratulations to our winner, Nitasha G!
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National Scrapbooking Day Challenges & Giveaways at Kat Scrappiness!
National Scrapbooking Day is May 5, 2018 and we are planning on having a SALE, card challenge and SEVERAL giveaways right here on our blog, Facebook page and Instagram page. So be sure to follow us on all three!
See you on May 5th!
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Our May 1st Release at Kat Scrappiness!
Hi everyone! I’m so excited to share with you our three new products released today. First up is Dad’s Tools which is a layered stamp set and so much fun! Perfect for Father’s Day, birthdays, or other masculine cards!
Here are a few sample cards our design team members made with this stamp set.
Now for our newest dies! The first set of dies is called Stitched Flags and it includes SEVEN dies!
Here are some samples by our design team:
Last but not least, our Stitched Fishtail Banners! There are four banners in this set.
Here are some samples created by our design team.
That’s it for today! I hope you love our new stamp set, Dad’s Tools and our new dies, Stitched Fishtail Banners and Stitched Flags! We have another new release coming later this month so stay tuned! We also released several new sequins and sequin mixes this month as well! You can see them HERE.
Thanks for visiting our blog, be sure to stop by the store and pick up your new favorites! Have a crafty week!
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Create a Faux Coffee Look!
Hi there! Hannah, here, with another Kat Scrappiness project!
Kat seems to have a huge love of coffee. She and her design team participate in several “coffee” themed blog hops throughout the year it seems, and she has a whole section in her shop dedicated to Coffee Themed Products.
Recently she came up with two brand new products in her line that were both coffee related. Her “Got Coffee” die and her new Layered Coffee Cup die are two of the newest Kat Scrappiness brand products in her shop. Today’s card is using both of those, as well as a stamp from another new KS product: Owl Envelope Art stamp set.
First, I die cut the coffee cup bits out of Neenah Solar White cardstock. For the center portion of the cup, where a logo might go, I lightly dusted it all over with Altenew’s Rose Quartz and the edges with Altenew’s Puffy Heart. In the center of this, I stamped the small owl from the Owl Envelope Art stamp set. I also covered some of the small portions of the lid with the same Altenew inks.
Next, using some light grey Copic markers I created a curved or shadowed effect. Basic Copic coloring rules applied here, sticking with either a W, C, or N and then using alternating colors. I relied heavily on the “0” to ensure a smooth transition to white.
Using a liquid adhesive, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, I layered most of my coffee cut bits and adhered them together. If you are confused as to how to go about building the cup, there is a fabulous guide Kat has put together:
Then came the fun part! Playing with Yupo paper and Copic markers! You can see my video here:Taking some Neenah Desert Storm paper I cut out the largest rectangle from the Cross Stitched Rectangle dies. Along the edges gently dusted the beautiful Delicata Golden Glitz. Using the same Delicata ink I performed the same technique on a light pink doily I had.
Using pink fun foam I cut out the “got coffee” sentiment. As it turned out the pink in the foam was pretty much the same pink in the doily and a complimentary one to the other pinks in the cup, therefore I left the foam naked and didn’t cover it with adhesive and paper.
I trimmed my Yupo paper down to an A2 length and die cut out the inner portion of my cup. This die cut portion was a total mistake on my part, I didn’t have the plans above when I was crafting the card. However, I like how it tied the cup in with the background, created movement in my card, and looked like coffee!
I layered everything on top of a light pink A2 card front using my favorite dot runner and Ranger Multi Medium Matte, then finished off the look by sparkling gold dots everywhere.
I rather like the final look of this card! If you like it and are in need of any of the following products please feel free to use my discount code HANNAH10 at checkout!
Products Used:
Layered Coffee Cup die by Kat Scrappiness
“Got Coffee?” sentiment die by Kat Scrappiness
Owl Envelope Art stamp set by Kat Scrappiness
Cross Stitched Rectangle die by Kat Scrappiness
Delicata Golden Glitz Ink
Ranger Multi Medium Matte Adhesive
Yupo Paper
Fun Foam
Neenah Solar White in 80 and 110lb
Neenah Desert Storm in 80lb
Momento Tuxedo BlackAre you participating in our monthly challenges? Each month we have a new challenge whose theme is picked out from our Design Team members. You create your project, based on the theme, and making sure you use at least one Kat Scrappiness product and you could win a $25 store discount! This month’s link can be found above, at the top of this page, or here!
This has been Hannah Rubenstahl, from Fanciful Spaces, hoping you have an epic crafting day.
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March “Share & Win” Winners at Kat Scrappiness
Every month, Kat Scrappiness scours social media for customers who share their hauls and/or projects using or featuring our products. We choose a few and then give them gift cards up to $25.00 each! It’s fun and easy to win! For more info on how you can “Share & Win“, click here.
This month’s winners are:
Congratulations to the winners! We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers for their support and for “Sharing” their hauls/projects with others!
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3 Easy-to-make Patriotic Cards!
Greetings, Friends! Memorial Day and 4th of July will be coming before we know it, how is that possible? It seems as if we JUST celebrated Christmas. This only means one thing, we’d all better get busy crafting in advance! Fortunately, for us, Kathleen has new stamp sets that make this a breeze!
It’s Hannah, by the way, intrepid Design Team Member for Kat Scrappiness. Today I’m sharing you 3 variations on the same card, these options will make your celebratory card making a snap! AND, if you’re mass producing it will provide you with a break from making the exact same card over and over again!
I created these three similar cards using my stamping platform and 2 of Kat’s new stamp sets! The Everyday Brush Strokes set, and Swatches. Additionally, I thought that the Stitched Postage Stamp Rectangle Dies would finish these cards off to perfection while helping to give the Americana look I was looking for.To start, I lined up one of the brush stroke stamps and the star, from the above-listed stamp sets onto my Tim Holtz Stamping Platform. There are a lot of stamping platforms on the market, but in my opinion, the Tim Holtz one is superior for this project because it allowed me to shift my cardstock as much as I needed, without the worry that my paper would run off the platform. LOVE that option on this tool!
For this card, I embossed the stars and the stripes with Versamark Ink and WOW! Clear Embossing Powder! Then I lightly dusted Distress Inks over the embossing. I believe I used Candied Apple for the red, and Salty Ocean. I used a finger dauber, and made sure that I first brushed it off after I touched it to my pad each time, this helps ensure no harsh lines. Once that was done I took a clean paper towel and burnished off any ink from the embossing, this cleaned up that area and made it shine!
For this card, I used the same Distress Inks but just stamped the inked images directly onto my cardstock. YUP, if you didn’t know, you can stamp using Distress Inks! That was all there was, easy peasy!
Where the other cards were stamped onto Neenah Solar White Cardstock, I stamped the Distress Inks directly onto Watercolor Paper, this time. Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper to be exact. Just like the card before this, I stamped my Distress Ink directly onto the paper. Once my stamping was done I took a wet paintbrush and just carefully ran it over the inked portions of the card.I adhered my card front to the base using EK Tools Adhesive Foam Strips, the added bulk provided just the extra finishing touch these CAS cards needed!
I used the same stamps, the same set up on my stamping platform, the same dies, and the same inks to achieve 3 different looks. Isn’t it remarkable how flexible our crafting products are? I think that is one of the reasons why I just ADORE paper crafting so much!
If you’re interested in any of the products I used, specifically the Kat Scrappiness ones, please see the list below! You’re welcome to use the discount code HANNAH10 for 10% off!
This has been Hannah Rubenstahl of Fanciful Spaces, and creating these cards to inspire you has been a joy! Have a great day!
Products used on these cards:
Swatches 3×4 Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness
Everyday Brush Strokes Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness
Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness
Tim Holtz Stamping Platform
Versamark Ink
WOW! Clear Embossing Powder
Distress Inks
Neenah Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock in 80 and 110lb
Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper
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Why, Hello, My Crafty Friend!
- Happy Spring, my crafting friends! It is Hannah here with another project showcasing Kat Scrappiness products! Kat has really been building up her brand’s products lately. This means that there is no end to the creative possibilities!
Today’s card is no exception, it features one of her new dies, along with one of her older dies! Her new die is the Scripty “Hello My Crafty Friend” which is not to be confused with her small word and die sentiment which says the same thing. Different sizes, different fonts, different price points, LOTS of options. See both of these dies here!
I paired the sentiment with the Wonky Wavy Rectangle Dies, I thought the stitching worked PERFECTLY as a border for the sentiment.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Creating the Card:
1) Using Distress Oxides, you could just as easily use any ink you have, I covered 6 panels of cardstock with 1 color each in Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. Then I cut them up using my paper trimmer so that they were in thin strips. Cover a panel with a sheet of Scor-Tape and layer those strips. Layer another sheet of Scor-Tape over the top and cover that with clear glitter. This is the BEST part!
2) Cut an A2 card panel and die cut with the largest of the Wonky Wavy Rectangle Dies, and then with the Scripty “Hello My Crafty Friend” die.3) On a card base, layout where the top layer will go, the die cut layer and remove the most extreme edges of your word die, if it hasn’t been removed already. Carefully add tick marks on the card base, using a pencil, to mark where the top and the sides of the sentiment go. This step is important because it will allow you to lay your inlaid rainbow in the correct spot. Once you’re sure the rainbow strips are in the right location adhere this down, I used Scor-Tape for this.
4) My front card panel was ONLY adhered to the glittering rainbow. I did this for a couple of reasons: First: I didn’t want my card front to be extraneously elevated from the front. Second: If I had taped the whole thing, you’d see indents for the edges of the rainbow panel. I used SO MUCH Scor-Tape, and to keep it even more secure I used a bunch of Ranger Multi-Matte Medium, to ensure the finner bits stayed down, and to act as back up for the tape.5) Glue down the negative bits of the sentiment using more Ranger Multi-Matte Medium. I found out that the Crystal Katana was an EXCELLENT tool for this job! I’ll be doing a video shortly, for Kat Scrappiness, showcasing this tool soon. Look for it shortly! P.S. If you can, leave the entire sentiment in the panel and remove slowly, after you’ve adhered the negative bits. This makes lining up the negatives of the letters a breeze!
The final result is a CAS card that is sweet, cheerful, and bright! 😀
Products used:Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness
Scripty “Hello My Crafty Friend” by Kat Scrappiness
Distress Oxide
6X6 Scor-Tape Sheets
Nuvo Clear Sheen Glitter – Diamond
Scor-Tape
Ranger Multi-Matte Medium
Crystal KatanaIt’s been a pleasure sharing this card with you! I hope it inspires you and I can’t wait to see what you create with these products! If you’d like a discount on your purchase at Kat Scrappiness, please feel free to use Hannah10.
This is Hannah Rubenstahl, of Fanciful Spaces, wishing you a crafty day!
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Happy Easter
Hello! It is Hannah, again! Yes, I did just share yesterday, but I’m catching up from being sick the past week and my wonderful fellow Design Team members picked up my slack. Now it is time for me to start pulling my fair share of the work and that means that YOU get to hear from me two days in a row! Lucky you!
Yesterday I showed you how to make a fun bunny spinner card, and today we’re still working with the same bunny dies! I’m making these adorable dies work for you, you’re going to get your money’s worth out of them before I’m done!
To start, though, I took the Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies and cut a panel of cardstock using the largest die. Then I centered the Brush Script Happy Easter Word Die in that panel and cut it out. While I’m talking about that die, have you checked it out in the Kat Scrappiness shop? Many of her sentiment word dies are really inexpensive! For $4.99 you really can’t beat the price! FABULOUS deal!!
I was really careful removing the word die from my cardstock, I was able to keep most of the paper bits in place and ran some Glad Press and Seal over the entire thing to keep all of them exactly where I wanted. I was able to move the sentiment and toss it, I wanted the negative pieces.
The Glad Press and Seal holds REALLY well. I was able to run my tape runner over all the intricate tiny pieces and edges so that I could adhere this panel, negative pieces from the letters and all, directly onto another piece of cardstock with little fuss.
Look how perfect that looks! Next, I die cut two bunnies using the largest of the Stitched Easter Bunny Outline Die. I lined them up where I wanted them to go on my card panel, and then taped the largest Cross Stitch Rectangle Die so that the cross stitch edge would provide a finished look where I wanted them to be cut off.
Carefully, I curved the bunnies so that they didn’t lie flat on the card panel. I only adhered them along the cross stitch edge, I wanted them to look like they were popping off of the card front. Scor-Tape was my adhesive of choice on this because it was strong and didn’t have a drying time. I used some Ranger Multi Medium Matte and my Crystal Katana (video coming soon on this awesome tool) to adhere some sequins that I used for eyes! How cute does that look? The mix from the Pastel Pop Sequin Mix fits this Easter theme perfectly!
It is a really quick and easy card, some die cutting and no stamping, that is super sweet and just a lot of fun! I just love the unexpected use of sequins.While we are on the subject of Easter, have you seen Kat’s Easter selection? OH, you should go get your shop on! If you want the items I’ve used in this card or any others, feel free to use my discount code: HANNAH10!
For this card, I used the following items found at the Kat Scrappiness store:
Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness
Brush Script Happy Easter Word Die by Kat Scrappiness
Stitched Easter Bunny Outline Die by Kat Scrappiness
Scor Tape
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Pastel Pop Sequin Mix by Kat Scrappiness
