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  • October Card Challenge – Fall

    October Card Challenge – Fall

    Welcome to the Kat Scrappiness September Card Challenge and the announcement of the September Card Challenge Winners! PLEASE READ THE RULES before ENTERING!

    First we would all like to thank everyone who entered last month’s challenge! The team really enjoyed seeing all of your creations.


    And NOW the WINNERS for August!

    1.  The Winner of the Bling Challenge is: Lagene and her prize is a $15.00 gift certificate to the Kat Scrappiness Store! She used the Kat Scrappiness Cross Stitched Nesting Slimline dies on her beautiful card.  Lagene, please email us at winners@KatScrappiness.com with your address so we can send out your prize! And grab your badge below!

    2.  The Design Team’s Top Pick and winner $5.00 Gift Certificate is Vicki Dutcher, She used the Kat Scrappiness Mini Slimline Double Stitched dies on her adorable card, please save the badge below to your computer and upload it to your blog or website to show off your accomplishments! You can link back to our blog here: http://www.KatScrappinessBlog.com! Vicki, please email us at winners@KatScrappiness.com with your address so we can send out your prize!

     


    October Card Challenge

    This month’s theme is “Fall“! You can create either a Halloween or Thanksgiving themed card. Kat Scrappiness has so many fabulous products let’s see what you can do with them.

    To enter our October Card Challenge all you need to do is share your Kat Scrappiness projects. You can join at the bottom of this page and view the RULES, for your chance to win $20 to the Kat Scrappiness Store! Try to use your Kat Scrappiness supplies we love to see our products in action and you will win a bigger gift card.

    You can also enter our social media challenge which is ALWAYS Anything Goes. Just use Kat Scrappiness products and enter your card on our Facebook Group page and Instagram using the hashtag #katscrappinessfan for your chance at a $5 Prize.

    Here are my favorite Kat Scrappiness Products:

    Kat Scrappiness Stitched Scallop Rectangle Dies

    Kat Scrappiness Mini Slimline Dies

    Kat Scrappiness After the Rain Dies

    Kat Scrappiness Stamps

    Kat Scrappiness Solid Confetti Mixes

    -Your project should be a new Creation. No Back Posting allowed.

    -Please follow the Challenge Theme. Any Entries not following the theme will be deleted.

    -We are a Multi Craft Challenge. As long as you follow the theme you may enter with any craft project.

    -You may use any product you like but at least 2 Kat Scrappiness Products are Required.

    -You may enter the Challenge 3 times but each must be with a new project.


    What’s Happening Next?

    Stay up to date on everything Kat Scrappiness!

    We want you to be the first to know about giveaways, sales, challenges and so on, and the best way to do that is to subscribe to us! Here are a few ways you can keep in touch:

    • Subscribe to the Kat Scrappiness Newsletter HERE
    • Join the Kat Scrappiness Facebook Fan Group HERE
    • Subscribe to the Kat Scrappiness Instagram HERE

    Trust us, you don’t want to miss our releases and inspirations!


    October Card Challenge Inspiration

    Hello there everyone!  It’s Sheri Gilson here and I am the host for the October Challenge.  I hope you will join in on the fun!  The challenge is to create a Halloween or Thanksgiving themed card.  All you need to do to WIN $20 is create a project with at least 2 Kat Scrappiness Products! Head to the store HERE and grab some goodies and play.  Here is my card for your inspiration

    To make my card I used the Kat Scrappiness Mini Slimline Never Ending Dies to cut out my background panel, I then ink blended a combination of Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey and a touch of Ground Espresso. I then attached it to a brown mat. Next I stamped a few images from the Kat Scrappiness Dress Up Quokkas, Thanksgiving Costume Add-On and Thanksgiving Gnomes stamp sets with Amalgam Obsidian ink and used copic markers to color. Then I cut the images out with the coordinating dies and a few were fussy cut. You will also need to die cut a few trees from Crafter’s Essential Halloween die set.

    To finish off my card, I assemble my little scene. Some of the images are popped up with foam tape for dimension. I picked one of the sentiments from the Thanksgiving Gnomes stamp set and embossed it in white on a piece of brown card stock. For embellishment I added a few Clear and Solid Round Confetti. I then popped up the stamped panel onto a kraft card base measuring 6″ x 3 1/2″ (6″ x 7″, scored at 3 1/2″).

     

    Here’s a list of the supplies I used from the store.
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  • Join Our Team! Kat Scrappiness Design & Influencers Team Call!

    CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION:

     

     

    Design Team Call

  • Kat Scrappiness Design Team Call

    Kat Scrappiness Design Team Call

    Design Team Call

    Kat Scrappiness is having a Design Team Call! This is our first open call since 2018!  We are looking for a talented and dedicated card makers who have a love of and passion for our craft to join our design, video and social media influencer teams.  Many of our team members have been with us for years and our term is a minimum of one year.  So please keep that in mind if you decide to apply. *Open to US residents only.

    Design Team Perks

    Design Team Video Team Influencer Team
    • FREE, Full release of all new products
    • A generous Design Team Discount on all products carried in the KS Store
    • Membership in our Affiliate program through Shareasale
    • Promotion of you and your projects on our blog, store website, social media accounts, including Pinterest, FB and Instagram as well as on our YouTube Channel.
    • Membership in our Design Team FB Group
    • FREE, Full release of all new products
    • A generous Design Team Discount on all products carried in the KS Store
    • Membership in our Affiliate program through Shareasale
    • Promotion of you and your projects on our blog, store website, social media accounts, including Pinterest, FB and Instagram as well as on our YouTube Channel.
    • Membership in our Design Team FB Group
    • A generous Influencer Team Discount on all Kat Scrappiness brand products
    • Membership in our Affiliate program through Shareasale
    • Membership in our Influencer/Affiliate group with access to members only discounts and giveaways!

     

     

     

    Social Media Requirements:

    • Have an active Instagram account
    • Have an active YouTube Channel – (video team members only)
    • Have an active Facebook account
    • Pinterest Board is highly encouraged to pin and promote.

    Other Requirements:

    Design Team Video Team Influencer Team
    • Have a love of Kat Scrappiness products, since you will be working with and promoting them!
    • The ability to create 3 blog posts per month using our team WordPress Blog.
    • Host at least 1 Monthly Challenge for the team blog during the year.
    • Be flexible, reliable and have the ability to meet deadlines.
    • Participate in any extra team projects from time to time including hops, collaborations, etc.
    • Promote Kat Scrappiness including new releases, sales and promotions, etc. on social media
    • Take clean, bright and professional looking photos of your projects.
    • Have a love of Kat Scrappiness products, since you will be working with and promoting them!
    • Create a video tutorial 2x a month using Kat Scrappiness products.
    • Assist the other video team members (if asked) in creating New Product Release Videos.
    • Be flexible, reliable and have the ability to meet deadlines.
    • Participate in any extra team projects from time to time including hops, collaborations, etc.
    • Promote Kat Scrappiness including new releases, sales and promotions, etc. on social media
    • Take clean, bright and professional looking photos of your projects.
    • Have a love of Kat Scrappiness products, since you will be working with and promoting them!
    • Promote Kat Scrappiness including new releases, sales and promotions, etc. on social media
    • Take clean, bright and professional looking photos of your projects so that we can share them on our social media accounts and promote you as you promote us!

    How to Apply:

    Fill out the application form here:  Design Team Call Application

    The deadline to apply is September 5, 2021 at 11:59 pm PST.  We are looking forward to hearing from you!

  • Spring Sale Going On Now!  Save 15% off STORE WIDE!

    Spring Sale Going On Now! Save 15% off STORE WIDE!

    SAVE 15% OFF EVERYTHING right now at Kat Scrappiness! 

    Use Coupon Code SPRINGSALE2021 and check out our own branded new releases!

    Spring Sale at Kat Scrappiness!

    If you are on Facebook, please feel free to follow and or join us:

     

    Kat Scrappiness FB Page

    Kat Scrappiness Insiders Group

  • 2020 New Year’s Bash Announcement

    Hi Everyone, this is Kat.  We are supposed to have the drawings for our 2020 New Year’s Bash winners in honor of my Mom (It’s her 1st heavenly birthday today), but I am sick with tonsillitis and am not feeling well enough to go into the office (where the raffle tickets are).  We are going to postpone the announcement of the winners until tomorrow at 2pm PST. I’m very sorry and hope nobody is disappointed but I’m rarely this sick and just can’t leave my house (bed) today.

    Also, just a note to those that ordered in the last week or so and haven’t received their tickets yet.  I photographed each order along with their raffle ticket so that if your number is chosen and you have not yet gotten your ticket/order, you will still win!

    Thanks for understanding and we will see you back here tomorrow.

    Happy Birthday Mom

    Kat

  • JOIN US FOR A 2020 NEW YEAR’S BASH!  (GIVEAWAYS!!!)

    JOIN US FOR A 2020 NEW YEAR’S BASH! (GIVEAWAYS!!!)

    Hi everyone, thanks for subscribing to my blog.  I have several fun things to share with you today which includes SEVERAL GIVEAWAYS including a $50 gift card AND a $100 Gift Card to the Kat Scrappiness Store!

    2020 New Year's Bash!

    Then, we are giving away a $50.00 gift card to the Kat Scrappiness store to one lucky subscriber to our newsletter!

    Newsletter Giveaway

    You can sign up for our newsletter HERE.


    NEXT!  We are also giving away free raffle tickets to our 2020 New Year’s Bash where anyone who places an order over $50.00 between now and Christmas day!  The raffle is for $100 gift card to Kat Scrappiness.com!  (Sorry I don’t have a graphic for the 2020 New Year’s Bash yet)

    The drawing for both of the giveaways will be on January 8th at noon PST on our FB page as well as our blog.

    In Honor of Holly J Gray

    ALL THIS FUN HAPPENS ON JANUARY 8TH!

    I chose this date in honor of my mom (Holly), who was also my business partner, and best friend and recently passed from Parkinson’s because this would have been her birthday.  She was the most giving, loving and loyal mother in the universe and this is my first year without here for the holidays and her birthday.  So I wanted to honor her in this way.


    You can sign up for our newsletter here:  ENTER THE NEWSLETTER GIVEAWAY HERE

    You can shop the sale here:  KATSCRAPPINESS.COM (Don’t forget that you get a free raffle ticket if your order reaches $50 or more)

    We are also giving away FREE RAFFLE TICKETS in our Kat Scrappiness Fan Group on FaceBook if you are interested in joining!  You can join us here.

    May 2020 be a wonderful and prosperous New Year for all of us!

  • Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

    Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

    Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you! I have two different things for share with you. The first is the card that I created using the Holly Leaves & Berry Dies and the second, you will know at the end of this post.

    Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

    To Make this card, I die cut several pieces of the Holly Leaves & Berries Dies using a green card stock. Then I arranged and pasted these pieces directly over a green layer and die cut the entire layer with the large Embossed Edge Rectangle Die.

    Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

     

    Using a Green Illustrator Marker from Spectrum Noir, I colored all the areas that keep free and market the stitched wines of each Holly leaves creating a tone to tone look. To complete the card I die cut the berries using Cherry Cobbler card stock and stamped a message from the stamp set Merry Critters with StazOn Snow.

    Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

     

    THANK YOU!

    My second notice is that this is my last card as part of the fabulous Design Team of Kat Scrappiness. This year on this team has been for me one of my best creative years. The friendship and amazing products made this one of my favorites. But I am not sad, because I will continue using the products of Kat Scrappiness and I am leaving the team because since January 2020, I will have a great creative business in my hands! Keep in touch!

    I want to give special thanks to Kathleen the owner of Kat Scrappiness and Maria Rusell the great DT Coordinator and to ALL the amazing teammates that made this one of my best teams! See you soon and thank you for your love!

    Martha Lucia

  • Crafters Essential Winter Dies by Martha Lucia

    Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you! Today I am  featuring one of my favorites collection of Die Cuts, the Exclusive Crafters Essential Winter Dies in combination with the Merry Critters stamp set.

     

    I started cutting the stitched backdrop included on the Crafters Essentials Winter Collection onto whisper white card stock. I inked the upper part with distress ink and used the same die to emboss the free areas with a little darker tone. I pasted this layer over the card base using double sided foam tape.

    With watercolor paper, I die cut the trees included on the Crafter Essentials Winter Die Collection. Then I colored them with a paint brush and distress ink applied over my craft mat. I left the trees dry naturally.

     

    In a separate piece of whisper white paper, I stamped one of the images included on the stamp set Merry Critters. I used Memento Ink to stamp the image and sentiment and Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir to colored the image. I fussy cut the image with scissors and pasted in between of the two snow hills also included on the Crafters Essentials Winter Die.

    Thank you for stopping by and see you soon with more inspiration.

  • Christmas Stocking Card

    Christmas Stocking Card

    Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you!

    Today I am featuring the Christmas Stocking Banner Die and the Stitched Winter Swirl Backdrop Die . I made a Stocking Christmas Card.

    Christmas Stocking Card

    Let me share the steps to create this fun card:

    1. Cut the card base in regular size. I used Cherry Cobbler Card stock of 4-1/4″x11″ with score in 5-1/2″.
    2. Cut a second layer using whisper white card stock.
    3. Embellish the second layer using the Stitched Winter Swirl Backdrop Die. You only need to pass your white layer through the die cut machine with the die to create the texture and perfect size.
    4. If you consider necessary, resize the layer just cutting a few millimeters to let see the red border.
    5. Cut two pieces of the Christmas Stocking Banner Die using whisper white card stock.
    6. Arrange the banners over your decorated card base.
    7. Cut the small parts of the stocking banner using garden green and cherry cobbler card stock. Paste it over the stockings alternating the colors.
    8. Stamp the sentiment and birds from the stamp set Merry Critters onto Whisper White card stock.
    9. Die cut the sentiment using the Stitched Sentiment Strips and with scissors, cut the little birds.
    10. Paste the stamped images onto your card using double sided foam tape.
    11. Embellish the stocking banner using some Penguin Sprinkles.

    Christmas Stocking Card

    Thank you for stopping by and see you soon with more Christmas Inspiration.