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Inspiration with the new release of dies!

Hello inky friends, Martha Lucia here with you!

Today I have some inspiration with the new release of Kat Scrappiness. These new dies and stamps are really beautiful and have been created to use them in all occasions. Take a look at my first card using the Friendship Greetings stamp set released today:

To create this card I used images included on the new stamp set Friendship Greetings that is available since today! This set includes three different design of flowers that I am sure you will love. I created the card base and second layer using Flirty Flamingo card stock and the Ruffle Embossing Folder to create the texture. I also used whisper white card stock to create the third layer that I cut using one of the zig zag rectangles included on the Zig Zag Rectangles Dies. Over this rectangle I stamped one of the sentiments included on the Friendship Greetings stamp set.

In a separate piece of whisper white card stock, I stamped one of the branch of flowers included on the stamp set Friendship Greetings with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Alcohol Markers Studio 71 and some Copics. I fussy cut the flowers with my scissors and pasted it over the card with double sided foam tape.

My next card is using the Cloud Die released yesterday! It is gorgeous!

To make this I used light blue card stock for the base and second layer. I cut the second layer with the Cloud Die cover plate but to make it a little different, I rounded the corners with the Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper and traced the rainbow with alcohol markers from the center of the layer. Then I pasted the decorated layer over the card base with double sided foam tape.

To finalize the card, I stamped one of the sentiments included on the stamp set Friendship Greetings and cut it with the stitched sentiment Strips and paste it directly over the decorated layer. As final touch, I added two clouds that I cut using the He is Raisen Die set and paste some Rainbow Wheels Sprinkles only down of the clouds.

I also used the new Cloud die with a different material. I used the die with Rinea Foiled paper and I love how the stitched clouds turned out. If you want to see more details about this card you can click HERE and see all the details in my Stampartpapel blog.

Now I want to show some sneak peaks of the die that I will share tomorrow in my blog using a new die that will be released tomorrow as part of April release.

Thank you for stopping by and don’t forget that all the products released in April are available in Kat Scrappines Store.

April 13, 2019
Some Bunny Loves You Guest Designer Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,

This is my second post for Kat Scrappiness as their Guest Designer this month. I am once again using the awesome Kat Scrappiness Crafters Essentials Easter Edition die set that was released in March. This time I added some of the fun stamps that Kat Scrappiness carries too! If you missed my first card, head HERE. This once is super simple so let’s get to my Make Crafty Friends Q & A and then we can see my creation!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:

Q: What is your favorite Easter memory?

A: Me? Our last Easter with my Grandpa. I don’t remember him too well, he died when I was in 3rd grade but one year he and my grandma came to visit us over Easter. We all got dressed up and went to church then had a fabulous brunch downtown Chicago where they had BUTTER sculptures!

Here the picture on top of the Sears Tower that day, isn’t he handsome? My Grandma is still alive and will be 97 in June!

I die cut the bunnies out of three pastel patterned papers. I colored up the bunnies from the Newton’s Nook Bitty Bunnies Set found in the Kat Scrappiness Store to match the die cut bunnies.

I taped all the bunnies down and used foam tape to pop the colored images up. Then I added the little cotton tails and doodled around the edges of my card. I finished my card with a sweet pun sentiment.

Thank you so much for checking out my blog. Please take a moment to comment and follow so you can answer all the Make Crafty Friends Q & As and follow me on Instagram here!

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Kat Scrappiness Crafter’s Essentials Easter Edition Dies

Newton’s Nook Bitty Bunnies Set

Mini Cotton Balls

Patterned Papers

April 9, 2019
Easter Chicks with Guest Designer Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,

I am BEYOND EXCITED to be Guest Designing for Kat Scrappiness this month. It is one of my FAVORITE companies. They not only carry amazing products but have a fabulous facebook group and monthly challenges. Kat Scrappiness released some amazing Easter die sets in March and they are perfect for quick and fun Easter cards, no coloring necessary. For my first card, I decided to go with diecuts only. I will walk you through my process after you answer my Make Crafty Friends Q & A that I include in every blog post so we can all be friends!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:

Q: Have you ever held a baby chick? Do you own chickens?

A: Me? My aunt lives on a farm so every summer I got to hold a million baby chicks. It was soooo much fun to visit her and collect the eggs although I was terrified of the roosters :). I wish I could own chickens, it would save me a lot of money on eggs.I started my card by inking the edges of my yellow plaid panel. Then I diecut the grass hills from the Kat Scrappiness He Has Risen Set out of three different patterned green papers and taped the grassy hills on my plaid panel.

Next, I diecut the chick and egg shells from the Kat Scrappiness Crafter’s Essentials Easter Edition Dies. Again, I inked the edges to make them pop from the panel. I also used the clouds from the He has Risen set to create a spring weather background.

I finished my card by taping all my dies onto the panel. Then I added the Happy Easter Sentiment, the eyes and little cheeks on the chicks, and the tails of the butterflies.

Thank you so much for checking out my blog. Please take a moment to comment and follow so you can answer all the Make Crafty Friends Q & As and follow me on Instagram here!

Supplies:

Kat Scrappiness Crafter’s Essentials Easter Edition Dies

Kat Scrappiness He Has Risen Set

Patterned Papers

April 8, 2019

Easter Die Cuts Inspiration

Hello Crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you some inspiration using the recently released Crafters Essentials – Easter Edition Dies. Today I have a set of projects created with the Easter Die Cuts and more from Kat Scrappiness Store. This is the perfect season to create sweet projects and I found many things in this store to share with you. Let me start with these baskets for candies.

To create these baskets I used the basked die included on the new Crafters Essentials- Easter Edition Dies. It is a complete set of die cuts full of easter dies that you can also use for another occasions.

I cut twice the basket and connected on the center with a strip of card stock. The card stock size is 1-1/4″x4-1/4 and I made score in 1-1/4 from each border. Over the base of this I added the chocolate that I want to share. I used round chocolates but you can use any other form and size.

I decorated the baskets with different elements included on the Crafters Essentials Easter Edition. For one I used the big butterfly and for the other the rabbit. I decorated the rabbit with the white pom poms – Bunny Tails also available at the store. For both baskets, I use the tiny bow included on the Crafters Essentials Easter Edition.

My next project is a card that I made using the Butterfly Backdrop Die from Kat Scrappiness. It is a fantastic cover plate die that I used on the simple way. I just created the base of my card using Whisper White card stock and cut the second layer using the same color and a little small from the base.

I inked the central area of the second layer using distress ink and after that, I cut the Butterfly Backdrop Die. I keep all the negative butterflies to use them in another project. Then I stamped a sentiment..(please keep me the secret but the sentiment is a sneak peak of a new stamp set) … using VersaFine Clair Nocturne and pasted the decorated layer with double sided foam tape.

As final touch I pasted some new AB Butterfly Confetti that have the particularity of change the color as you can noticed on the above photos.

My last project is an Easter card that I made using the new He is Risen Dies by Kat Scrappiness too. This is a complete set of dies that you can use for many religious celebrations or any other occasions. The base of my card is Blue Balmy and I cut a second layer using Very Vanilla card stock. I created a distressed background with this layer, just making some score lines and sponging with Soft Suede Classic Ink.

I cut from the inked layer one of the Zig Zag Oval Dies and using the inlaid technique I replaced the oval with a new clean oval that I paste with double sided foam tape. I decorated the oval, using the three crosses and the grass border included on the He is Risen Dies.

To finalize the decoration I cut the two clouds included on the He is Risen Die set and sponged them with a Balmy Blue ink. I stamped the Jesus spine crown from the My Redeemer stamp set and the sentiment from the Light Bulb Moment stamp set, both from Joy Clair Stamps. As final touch I added some splatters of Glimmer Mist Dragonfly and some drops of Nuvo Morning Dew.

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April 4, 2019

Zig Zag Hearts, Borders and Ovals
Hi there, Martha Lucia here with you. Today I am featuring the Zig Zag Hearts, Borders and Ovals Die Cuts. Let me start with the zig zag hearts:

To make my first card I used the two small sizes of zig zag hearts and the process was very simple:
1. Cut the card base using whisper white card stock.
2. Using a stitched frame die cut cut the second layer. I used the stitched rectangle from Gina Marie Designs.
3. Cut 20 small hearts in five different colors. If you want you can mix the colors or use a single color.
4. Paste the colors over the second layer of the card.
5. Using a different color of card stock, cut the second size of zig zag heart and stamp a sentiment inside of it.
6. Paste the bigger hearth using double sided foam tape
7. Decorate with white hearts sprinkles.
My next cards were made using the Zig Zag Ovals and Zig Zag Borders Die Cuts with Mixed Media techniques.

To create this I used a piece of craft paper and applied deco foil transfer with a paint brush. Then I covered with some scraps of Deco Foil Transfer Sheets and activate the foil with the minc. When the piece was ready, I cut all the zig zag Ovals passing the entire piece with the dies through my die cut machine.

I pasted the foiled zig zag ovals over a whisper white card base and cut the lateral excess. To finalize the card I added a foiled butterfly from Gina Marie Designs and a stamped sentiment.

On my next card, I combined the zig zag ovals and one of the curve borders included on the zig zag borders collection.

To make this, I used acrylic paint, a stencil and gel press to create the background texture over whisper white card stock. I cut one of the borders of the created piece with the zig zag border and I also cut the same border in a yellow card stock to paste it a little moved behind of the end and create a diamond effect.

I pasted the entire piece over a basic black card base and finalized my card adding a stamped sentiment that I cut using one of the zig zag ovals with gold glossy Rinea foiled paper.

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March 20, 2019
Zig Zag Rectangles by Martha Lucia
Hello friends, Martha Lucia here!

As I promised you a few days ago, I have more cards to share with you using the new Zig Zag Die Cuts. Let the fun start:

To make this card I used the new Zig Zag Rectangle Dies from Kat Scrappiness and I want to share the entire process with you:
1. Cut all the rectangles using different colors of card stock but cut them centered on a regular layer of card stock (4-1/4″x 5-1/2″). If you want you can use different tones of the same lane of colors or simply different colors. Keep all the negative pieces.
2. Paste centered all the zig zag rectangles starting from large to small.
3. Create the card base. It could be horizontal or vertical. My sample is a vertical card.
4. Arrange the entire piece created with the zig zag rectangles on top of the card base leaving on of the sides off.
5. Paste the zig zag rectangles and cut the excess with the paper trimmer.
6. Arrange the excess over the free areas of the card base and repeat the process.
7. Personalize and finalize your decoration.
On my first card, I suggested to cut all the zig zag rectangles centered on the layers and keep all the negative parts. With these negative parts you can create a second card. I decided to make a shaker card. Let me share it with you:

To create this card, I only used three negative frames obtained with my first cuts. This time I arranged them in opposite side, small to large, to create a window on the center.
1. Centered and Paste the three frames. Don’t worry if you have excess on the side borders. The most important border is the large frame. Then you can cut all the excess.
2. Paste a transparency sheet to cover the centered window.
3. Turn around the card and add some Sprinkles and/or Confections over the transparency and cover it with a second sheet of transparency.
4. Create a card base.
5. Paste a decorate layer to see through the window.
6. If it is necessary, resize the negative layers created with the zig zag rectangles.
7. Add some pieces of double sided foam tape to the entire shaker piece and paste over the card base.
8. Finalize and personalize your decoration. To my sample, I just added some splatters of Dandelion Fireworks.
To decorate my shaker card I used the XL Butterfly Die from Gina Marie Designs and the new Cupcake Sprinkles. I also added a stamped sentiment from the Spring Stroll stamp set that I cut using one of the Stitched Sentiments Strips.

You can buy these Zig Zag Rectangles or any other product with the 10%OFF using the code Martha10 on Kat Scrappiness Store. I am sure that you will always find something that you will like and you will use in your creations.

Thank you for stopping by and happy shopping!

Martha Lucia
March 13, 2019
Celebrating St. Patty’s Day with the New Kat Scrappiness Zig Zag Dies

Hey Crafters! Priscilla here with lots of fun St. Patty’ cards— all featuring Kat‘s new “Zig Zag” dies. I love making St. Patrick’s Day cards, I think because the bold green on them give me hope that spring is right around the corner. Plus isn’t everyone “Irish” on St. Patty’s Day? LOL!

My first card features “Aidan,” one of the Julie Nutting dolls. Isn’t he handsome in his green and black gingham pants?

Because Aidan is so long, I created an 8 x 4.25 card base and stamped him directly on the front. After Copic coloring his skin and hair, I paper -pieced his pants and t-shirt logo using paper from the Doodlebug “Lots O’ Lucky”paper pad.

I cut out a heart from the same Doodlebug paper pack using the Kat Scrappiness“Zig Zag Heart Dies”and white heat embossed the “Hey Baby” sentiment from Kat’s “Say it With Hearts” stamp set.

My second card feature the new “Zig Zag Oval Dies” and a stamp set from Neat & Tangled, “So Lucky.”

I cut a large oval from the die set and white heat embossed the sentiment on it. I also used the same oval to die cut the center of a white “heart embossed” panel and insert the green oval inside it.

The sentiment “In My Life,” also from the “So Lucky” set was stamped on an “Stitched Sentiment Strip”die, adhered to the front panel, and topped off with a resin shamrock from my stash.

Speaking of shamrocks, this next card features a whole jar full of them! I used Lawn Fawn’s “How You Bean?” stamp set and coordinating diesto create the jar, and once again using the Doodlebug “Lots O’Lucky” papers.

I used the “Zig Zag Rectangle”die to create a panel for the front of the card, with some Doodlebuggingham behind it. The “Lucky Me” die cut is also from this same paper pad.

Before “filling” the jar with shamrocks, I mixed clear glitter and Kat‘s “Kelly Green Star Solid Confetti Sequins”and adhered them to the base of the jar. Some more Kelly Green stars and silver thread provided a finishing touch for this card.

I call this card my “Quilt Card,” and Kat’s “Zig Zag Square Dies” helped me piece it together for the front of this next card.

The quilt squares, the rainbow paper, and the sentiment all came from the Doodlebugpaper pack. Kat‘s “Kelly Green Star Solid Confetti Sequins” highlight the lucky rainbow.

I got to play around with alcohol inks for Card #5! I mixed several shades of greensplus gold on Yupo paperto create a “marble background” for the front of this card.

I used one of the “Zig Zag Border Dies”to add a cool edge to the front panel that mimics the musical notes on the patterned paper strip.

My final card is not a card at all, but a cute “St. Patty’s” tag, using three of the “Zig Zag Circle Dies.”

The center features an adorable moose from the “Clover Riley”stamp set. I copic colored him and added some of Kat’s “Sparkling Clear Jewels” to his pot of gold.

Well, that’s all for today. See you again soon!

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March 11, 2019
Zig Zag Die Cuts by Martha Lucia
Hello crafty friend, Martha Lucia here with you.

A few days ago I received the new Zig Zag Die Cuts available since today on Kat Scrappiness Store and I could not resist to show you all of them. I prepare some projects using them but I also made a video to show you all the die cuts and the creations that I will be sharing this month here on our blog. Let me start with the video and then I will show you all the details about some of the cards using the zig zag squares, circles, rectangles, hearts , ovals and borders:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK0zd_6cw5A?rel=0]

Now that you saw all the Stitched Zig Zag Die Cuts let me share more details about today cards. On these I used the Square Zig Zag with the inlaid technique.

Directions:
1. Cut each stitched zig zag die cut using a different tone of card stock. You can use the same line of color of mix different colors.
2. Following the sizes of your dies create frames and keep all the negative parts.
3. Arrange the frames created over a card base. You can work in a vertical or horizontal shape of card. My sample is horizontal.
4. Paste the large frame on the center of the card and arrange and paste the next pieces inside of this.
5. Finalize decorating the center with a sentiment.
6. Personalize.
For my next card I used all the negative parts that I suggested to keep on step 2.

Directions:
1. Arrange all the negative pieces created with the card one over a whisper white card base or cut zig zag squares in different sizes to arrange them over the card base.
2. Paste the zig zag square using double sided foam tape.
3. Add some Jewels in between of the white spaces.
4. Finalize the card adding the sentiment.
I have a third project to share today. It is a shaped card that I made using the Zig Zag Circles.

All these day have a stitched border that you can use to enhance your designs. To create this sample I used two different sizes of zig zag cirlces and made the flower with the smaller size.

Now I want to share with you, some of the new Sprinkler & Confections additions to the store. They come in different colors and designs that are perfect for this season. Take a look to the options available:

On the above photo you can find the Pastel Girl Stars, the Mouse Ears Sprinkles, the 1980’s Star Sprinkles, the Rainbow Wheel Sprinkles, the Mixed Flowers Sprinkles and the Pink Heart Sprinkles.

Here the Mixed Fruit Sprinkles, the Black & White hearts, the White Hearts and the Red Hearts.

The last photo includes the Black & White Stars, Cupcake Sprinkles and White Sprinkles.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy a lot these new products.

See you soon!

Martha Lucia
March 4, 2019
Cards Galore with Kat Scrappiness’s New Dies!

Hey Crafters! Priscilla here again with more card designs using the new Kat ScrappinessCoverplate and Mandala dies. I have six designs to show you today, so let’s get started!

I made three cards today using the “Medallion Coverplate” die. It’s such a versatile die . . . you can use it as a beautifully die cut background, as a backdrop for a focal point image, or simply as an accent to a card.

Here’s my first card . . .

Isn’t this die gorgeous? I white heat embossed the Neat & Tangled“Floral Wreath”stamp, used the coordinating die, and placed it as the focal point on this card.

The Kat Scrappiness“Fuschia Jewels” added a finishing touch to this card.

For my second card, I die cut navy blue card stock with the Coverplate and backed it with another piece of navy card stock that I had die cut with the largest of the Kat Scrappiness “Cross Stitched Rectangle”dies.

This time I added a Papertrey Inkglobe and some books for a cute “Travel” card.

For my next card, I again used the “Medallion Coverplate“, but this time as an accent on the top of my card design.

I die cut a piece of Kraft card stock with the die and mounted it on a layer of deep red card stock. I then used some patterned papers to overlay 2/3 of the die design. I gold embossed a “Happy Birthday” sentiment on one of the Kat Scrappiness“Stitched Sentiment Strip” dies, adhered it to the front panel, and finished the card with a scattering of some of Kat’s “Be Mine Valentine” sequin mix.

My next two cards feature the “Mandala Frame”die. This first one uses a specialty paper from Tonic Studios.

I love how the Kraft card stock background that peeks through the die cut openings creates such a unique look. I used Kat‘s “Happy Birthday”die to add a sentiment to the front of the card and some of her shop’s “Superhero Star Sprinkles” to finish the card.

The next card today combines the “Mandala Frame” die with the “Mandala” die as the focal point in the center. This card features my first attempt at using the new black Yupo Paper and the new alcohol pearl inks, recently released by Tim Holtz.

I finished this card with some ofKat’s “Sparkling Clear Jewels.”

For my final card, I used the “Star Fusion Coverplate”die, which I used several time to make my Valentine’s Day cards inthis blog post .

I use these Distress Oxideinks to make the bold striped layer underneath the white “Star Fusion Coverplate“layer.

I added a Papertrey Ink globe and suitcases for a bold focal image.

Well, that’s all for today. See you again soon!

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February 28, 2019
Mandala Frame & Die Cut

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you two different cards that I made using the recently released Mandala Frame and the Mandala Die Cut. Take a look at my first card:

To make this card I used Whisper White card stock. I created the card base and inked the top layer with three different color blue of Distress Ink. Then in a separate piece of Whisper White card stock I cut the Mandala Frame Die Cut and pasted it with double sided foam tape over the inked card base.

I inked a separate piece of whisper white card stock with two of the colors used for the background. Then I cut the Mandala Die from this piece and from a white foam piece. I pasted together the two Mandalas to have it with more dimension. I pasted the entire piece on the center of the Mandala Frame and completed my card with a stamped sentiment that I cut using the Stitched Strip Sentiments.

My second card is using the Mandala Die Cut. I think this is a fantastic die that you can show in your creations in natural stage.

I created my card base using a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. The size of the paper that I used is 8-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ with score in 4-1/4″. I splatter this base with three different colors of Glimmer Mist and let a side for a while until cut the Mandala Die.

I cut the Mandala Die using Cherry Cobbler card stock and pasted it using double sided foam tape directly over the splatter card base. To finalize the card I cut a stamped sentiment with a strip die.

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February 25, 2019

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