Kat Scrappiness Blog

Author: Lisa Golzbein

  • Fur Baby Love

    Fur Baby Love

    Hello and welcome to the Kat Scrappiness blog! It’s Lisa from Oh So Cute By Lisa and I have a card for all you animal lovers out there! If you haven’t noticed slimline dies are all the rage right now and Kat Scrappiness is now carrying a wide variety of slimline dies with some very unique styles!  I used 2 of the newest slimline dies for my card. 
     
    I started out with a card base of 8 1/2″ x 7″ and scored it 3 1/2″. The next layer is the largest die from the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies and it is cut from kraft card stock. The top layer is cut from white card stock using the 2nd largest die from the Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies.
     
    For the main focal point on my card I used the word dies and the pawprint die from the Pet Sentiments Dies. I filled the pawprints with some patterned
    paper I made myself using a stencil.
     
    To finish off my card I added these 3 fun sprinkles
    around the words and the pawprints:
     
    Happy Kitty Sprinkles
    Paw Print Sprinkles
    Red Heart Sprinkles
     
     
    I’m really happy with how this card came out and I just love the 
    paw prints in the WOOF and MEOW dies!
     
    Here is one more picture with all of the fabulous  Kat Scrappiness 
    products I used on my card:
     
    Make sure you check out the  Kat Scrappiness store this weekend
    for all of your crafty needs!
    There is an awesome Labor Day Sale going on and you can get
    15% off site wide* on all products!
    It will run from September 4th – 8th, just use coupon code: LABORDAY2020
    *sale excludes all MISTI and Slimline products
    Thanks for stopping by today!
    Have a great day, I already am!
    🐱  Lisa  🐶 
  • Did Somebody Say Cake?

    Did Somebody Say Cake?

     

    Hello hello hello, it’s Lisa from Oh So Cute By Lisa and I am so excited because I am up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today with a really fun card I made for my daughter’s friend’s birthday. I love to take out a bunch of different Kat Scrappiness dies and use them in new and creative ways.  Today I decided to make my own stencils with the Nested Layering Heart Dies. I needed to have a heart shaped stencil to do some ink blending in and I didn’t have anything like that.
    I started by taking the 3 smallest dies in the Nested Layering Heart Dies and cut them out of some 6×6 stencil sheets. I just love blank stencil sheets because you can create any stencil you want with dies that you already own. How’s that for getting double duty out of your supplies!
    I just love using my Distress Oxide Inks to do ink blending and I thought it would look really neat to do some ink blending over an embossed background.
    I took a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock and stamped a scripty text background stamp in Versamark embossing ink and sprinkled white embossing powder over the panel. I then heated it until the powder was smooth and melted.
    Next it was time to put my stencil to work. I placed my handmade heart stencil all over the panel in different positions even overlapping in certain spots and used 2 different color inks on each heart to get some beautiful blends. I had so much fun making a random pattern using my favorite colors.  I was sort of going for a rainbow effect as much as possible. I just love the look of the text being highlighted over the heart shapes.
    I’ll be honest, the ink blending looked way better than I thought it would. I was very happy with how it turned out! Once I liked the layout of the hearts, I used the largest die in the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle dies to cut out the panel and give it a finished edge. I used a bright piece of pink card stock to matte the panel on so it would really stand out.
    For the sentiment I wanted a bold black die cut for the front and the Hooray w/ Shadow die was the perfect choice. I used a piece of vellum paper to back the black die cut and it looked great against the bright rainbow colors. The two smaller sentiment strips matched so well with white embossing on black paper!
    And last but not least, what card would be complete without some Sparkling Clear Droplets?
    I love how they let the color show through behind them!
    I love how this card turned out and I love how with a little creativity and imagination you can create anything you want. You just have to think outside the box sometimes!
    Here’s another picture with all of the fun Kat Scrappiness products I used on my card:
    Thank you so much for joining me today, I’m so glad you stopped by to check out my latest card and I hope you’ll check out all the fun stamps and dies over at Kat Scrappiness!
    Don’t forget to follow
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    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!
    Have a great day, I already am!
    🎉   Lisa  🎂
  • The Masked Heart

    The Masked Heart

     

    Hello, it’s Lisa from Oh So Cute By Lisa here with you on the KS blog and today I have a fun card to share with you using some various Kat Scrappiness dies to make this beautiful one layer card.
    All the credit for my card idea goes to a video I saw recently by Cathy Zielske where she did this technique and I wanted to recreate it with some KS dies today.
    Have you ever used masking paper? If not you really should give it a try! It’s a lot of fun and you can get some really cool effects with it. Essentially it masks off a part of your paper so you can make a design within a certain shape. Another use is to mask off stamped images so you can ink blend a background around them and maintain a one layer card.
    For today’s card I will be masking off my card panel using a heart shape opening so that my design will have a heart shape when I pull up the masking paper.
    Here’s the process:
    I started by cutting out a panel of 110 pound Neenah card stock with the largest Stitched Rectangle die.
    Next I cut out a piece of masking paper that was just slightly larger than my panel and then I cut a heart out of the center of it using one of the hearts from the Layering Hearts die set. Once the heart was cut from the center of the masking paper I laid the paper over the card stock panel so I could start my stamping.
    I chose a simple stamp that resembled a flower and I used 3 different distress oxide inks to stamp the flowers in the heart making sure to overlap the edges of the heart and fill it up completely. Once I stamped all of the flowers in all of the colors, I went back over each of them and did some basic ink blending in the same exact colors.

     

    Once the stamping and ink blending were done it was time for the big reveal!
    I made a very short video to show you how it looked when I pulled the masking paper off.
                                         [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kyndMdYMcs]
    I could watch that video over and over again, it’s so satisfying!
    Once the heart was revealed it was time to decorate the rest of the card.  I used the Friendship Greetings stamp set for the sentiment. In the center of the heart I stamped the “You are Beautiful” sentiment with black ink and I stamped the second sentiment on black card stock and embossed it with WOW white embossing powder and popped it up on foam tape under the main sentiment.
    And of course I cannot leave well enough alone and I just have to add jewels to all my cards!
    The Sparkling Clear Jewels are hands down my favorite jewels and I use them on almost every card.
    Here is one more look at my card with all of the Kat Scrappiness dies and stamps pictured.
    I really had fun making this card and if you haven’t tried masking paper on your cards I highly recommend it. There are multiple videos on YouTube showing the various techniques you can do.
    Thank you so much for joining me today, I’m so glad you stopped by to check out my latest card and I hope you’ll check out all the fun stamps and dies over at Kat Scrappiness!
    Don’t forget to follow
    Kat Scrappiness on all
    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!
    Have a great day, I already am!
    ?  Lisa  ?
     
  • Avocado Sushi Birthday Shaker

    Avocado Sushi Birthday Shaker

    Hi there, it’s Lisa here with you from Oh So Cute By Lisa sharing another Kat Scrappiness inspired card!
    I’m excited to share a shaker card with you today that I made! I used quite a few products from the Kat Scrappiness store to make this fun card.
    Here are all the details:
    To start my card I colored the cute images from the You Guac My World Stamp Set and the
    Wok On Stamp Set.  I decided to use one image from each set for my card. The next step was to cut the front panel of the card using the Stitched Scalloped Collage Frame Die which served as the perfect shaker window.  It’s great because it makes 3 windows that you can put different shaker bits in. I backed that frame with a piece of acetate from the A2 Acetate Sheets and then built the back of it up with foam tape.
    Now it was time to prepare the base of the card. I used the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies and I cut out a piece of pink polka dot paper for my background.  Before I adhered that panel to the base of my A2 sized card I stamped 2 sentiments in black ink from the You Guac My World and
    Wok On Stamp Sets in the space that will be the largest window opening.  I embossed it with clear embossing powder to give it a shiny appearance.
    Now the fun part! Adding the sprinkles to the card! The technique that I use is to put my sprinkles on the base of the card and place the frame with the foam tape over those sprinkles. This way I can see the sprinkles and the base of the card and I can place the window down in the exact center of that base panel.
    I chose 3 different embellishments for my shaker windows. I used the Avocado Sprinkles and the Sushi Sprinkles for the two smaller windows and I used the 3mm Mirrored Clear Solid Stars for the largest window with the sentiment. The last thing to do was adhere the two little avocado and sushi images to the front of the card. Here’s a closeup of those fun sprinkles:
    This was a fun card to make and it always amazes me how many products you can use on one card.  Kat Scrappiness has so many awesome stamps dies and embellishments in the store, you can find EVERYTHING you need and so much more!
    Here is one more look at my card with all the supplies shown:
    Thank you so much for joining me today, I’m so glad you stopped by to check out my latest card and I hope you’ll check out all the fun shaker bits in the store and make your own card.
    Don’t forget to follow
    Kat Scrappiness on all
    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!
    Have a great day, I already am!
  • Happy Mail

    Happy Mail

    WHO DOESN’T LOVE HAPPY MAIL?!

    I KNOW I DO!

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    Hi! It’s Lisa here with you today from Oh So Cute By Lisa, let’s make some Happy Mail!

    It’s my turn on the Kat Scrappiness blog today and I’ve created a fun shaker card that was inspired by

    a new embellishment in the Kat Scrappiness online craft store!

    Take a look at these adorable little Happy Mail Sprinkles!

    From the minute I got my hands on these little cuties I knew I wanted to make a card that had a mailbox on it with a shaker window for these little envelopes and here it is!

    I just love how this card came out and it was super easy to create!

    Since I don’t own a specific mailbox die I figured out a way to make my own mailbox and I’m going to show you how I did it today!

    For my mailbox I started with a top rounded Tag Die. The top part of it is shaped like the top of a mailbox so I took the smallest die in the Kat Scrappiness Double Stitched Square Dies and cut out a notch in the bottom of the tag die.

    The remaining shape looked just like a mailbox.

    I then took the smallest die from the Double Stitched Square Dies again and cut a window out of the lower part of the tag so I could create a shaker window.

    Once I had the window cut out I took a sheet of Kat Scrappiness A2 Acetate Sheets  and cut out a small enough piece to cover the back side of that small square window.

    To make the half circle on top of the mailbox I used the smallest die from the Double Stitched Circle Dies and cut it in half creating a half circle where I could stamp my sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Envelops Sentiments Stamp Set. I added one envelope and one heart from the Happy Mail Sprinkles and the Red Heart Sprinkles on either side of the sentiment.

    Here is a picture collage tutorial step by step of how I created the mailbox with the shaker window and half circle for my sentiment.

    I used foam tape to build up the area around the window so it would hold my shaker bits.

    The next step was to prepare the base of my card to adhere the shaker mailbox to.  The Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Nesting Dies are the perfect dies to create fun background panels for your cards.  I used the largest die from that set, cut out some white card stock and did some fun stenciling using a heart stencil! I just love how the cute little red hearts looked all over the background.

    Once the background was ready I tied some red and white twine around the top and adhered it to a blue card base to match my mailbox.

    Next I sprinkled some of the Happy Mail Sprinkles and the Red Heart Sprinkles into the middle of the stenciled panel. I then removed the backing from all the foam tape behind the mailbox and centered the window over the cute sprinkles. I actually angled the mailbox just because I thought it gave it a fun random look.

    I loved the little envelopes SO much I added a bunch more of them around the card in between the stenciled hearts.

    It was a lot of fun to make my own mailbox. Just because you don’t have a specific die sometimes doesn’t mean you can’t shop your die collection and make something unique!

    Thank you so much for joining me on my blog today! I hope you’ll check out all of the great crafty products over at Kat Scrappiness! There are literally hundreds of embellishments to create the most unique and fun shaker cards like mine! There are sequins, sprinkles, jewels, coffee beans and so much more!

    That’s all for today, don’t forget to follow

    Kat Scrappiness on all

    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!

    Have a great day, I already am!

                                                      ?  Lisa  ?

  • Vitamin Sea

    Vitamin Sea

    Hi it’s Lisa from Oh So Cute By Lisa and I am up on the blog today featuring a slimline card using the brand new Wonky Stitched Nesting Slimline Dies. The new release over at Kat Scrappiness brought with it quite a few new slimline dies to really dress up your slimline cards! These new dies include the Stitched Slimline Wave Die that is the perfect size for slimline cards and lets you add waves to your cards with a fun stitched edge.

    Here is the card recipe:

    1. I started with some vellum and swiped 2 different colors of Distress Oxide Ink across the paper in no real pattern. I used Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon. I splattered some water over the paper and blotted it off with a paper towel to give it the look of water.

    2. After the panel was dry I die cut 2 dolphins using the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Dolphin Dies. I also wanted the waves to be cut from the same panel so I used the Wonky Stitched Nesting Slimline Dies and the Stitched Slimline Wave Die to cut out 3 panels that would fit the slimline panel from side to side and also have the stitched edging like the rest of the card. As you can see in this picture I also cut out the top panel of the slimline card in white card stock using the Wonky Stitched Nesting Slimline Dies

    3. Once the vellum pieces were cut it was time to prepare the large white panel. I decided to do some stenciling and give the background some clouds.  I used a cloud stencil and a blending foam to stencil on some clouds with blue ink. I just love the look of those big puffy clouds.

    4. Once the clouds were done I added the sentiment using some green ink. After I adhered the dolphins to the panel I stamped some water splashes using the same green ink to match the sentiment. I also included a cute little sun die cut with a fun stamped face.

    5. It was time to put everything together so I adhered my 3 vellum wave panels to the bottom of the white panel using double sided tape at the bottom of the waves so they would look 3-D on the card.

    The whole panel was adhered using Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to a piece of mint card stock measuring 8.5″ x 3.5″. For some extra watery fun I added a bunch of Kat Scrappiness Sparkling Clear Droplets. They also look great around cards in photographs (added bonus)!

    Here is one more look at the whole card.  I really enjoyed putting this card together!

    Thank you so much for stopping by today!

    Make sure you head over to Kat Scrappiness today and check out all of the amazing new slimline dies they have. The possibilities are endless and there are so many fun stamps and dies to go along with them, not to mention all of the embellishments there as well!

    That’s all for today, don’t forget to follow

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    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!

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    Have a great day, I already am!

    ?  Lisa  ? 

     

  • My Hero Cityscape Card

    My Hero Cityscape Card

    Hi there it’s Lisa here from Oh So Cute By LisaI am up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today with a card using one of the brand new Slimline Dies just released this weekend! For my card I used the Cityscape Slimline Layered Dies. Now as you may have noticed my card is not a slimline card but that is the beauty of this particular die.  You can cut it down to make a standard A2 sized card very easily!

    To start with I took a ray themed stencil and did some stenciling on the background of my card.  I used 2 different colors of Distress Oxide inks, Fossilized Amber and Squeezed Lemonade. Once I had the background done I adhered the bottom layer of the Cityscape Slimline Layered Dies in yellow and the top layer in black.  Since there are lots of tiny holes in the top layer the yellow paper makes it appear that the lights are illuminated in all of the buildings.

    Now that the base of the card was prepped I started on my little super hero. I stamped the little guy from the Heffy Doodle Super Dudes in Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored him with my Copic Markers. Once I had him colored I popped him up on my card with foam tape. The “my hero” die cut was cut from black paper using the My Hero Heffy Cuts. For some extra highlights I used the Sakura Gelly Roll Pen Classic Size 10 to highlight all of the images and words. This particular gel pen is the best one I’ve ever used and I think it makes such bold lines because it is the #10 size.

    For a final touch I added some very appropriate Kat Scrappiness Superhero Sprinkles to my card!

    I really hope you enjoyed my card today, I certainly enjoyed creating it!

    Make sure to check out the Kat Scrappiness online store to see all of the
    new releases in the shop today!
    What is a holiday weekend without a sale?
    Check out this Star Spangled Sale going on today through July 6th!

    Don’t forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all
    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!
    Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today!
    Have a wonderful day, I already am!
     
    ?‍♂️ Lisa ?‍♂️  
  • Look For Rainbows

    Look For Rainbows

    Hi and welcome back to the Kat Scrappiness blog. It’s Lisa here today from Oh So Cute By Lisa and I have a fun rainbow card to share with all of you using lots of goodies from Kat Scrappiness!

    Rainbows and shakers are two of my favorite things so I love to create them any chance I get.

    I started out by using a raindrop stencil from my stash that is similar to the Newton’s Nook Raindrops Stencil and some vibrant rainbow colored inks. I used a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock and a mini blending tool and then I ink blended in rainbow order over the raindrops.

    Once I had the ink blending done I took my panel and cut out a smaller panel using the largest die from the Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Dies from Kat’s store.

    Next I took the smaller cloud die from the He Is Risen Dies and I placed it in 3 different places on the raindrop panel and cut it out so I could make 3 different shaker wells on the front of my card.

    I turned the panel over and covered it with a piece of acetate making sure to cover the open cloud areas. To pop the panel up and create the shaker wells, I used foam tape to section off the clouds and pop the whole panel up. Now the fun part! I filled all 3 shaker wells with some fun Rainbow Bright Sprinkles! I covered the backs of the clouds with white card stock and then matted the whole panel on to a purple panel measuring 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.

    I then placed the finished panel on to a white card base.

    For the sentiment I used Versafine Black Onyx ink which is my go to black ink and I love how crisp it stamps! I also used some Sparkling Clear Droplets around the finished card to add some extra shine!

    For one extra fun added element I used the Rainbow made of polymer clay that is included in the

    Teal Kawaii Cloud Sprinkles. What a fun element to add to any card!

    This card is just all full of color and whimsy and I love how it turned out!

    Kat Scrappiness is definitely your go to shop for all things shaker related!

    There are literally hundreds of different sequins and sprinkles in stock to fit any theme card or any style card you can dream of! From food to animals to jewels, Kat has you covered!

    Don’t forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!

    Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

    Have a wonderful day, I already am!

    ?  Lisa  ? 

  • Hooray Times Two

    Hooray Times Two

    Hello it’s Lisa from Oh So Cute By Lisa! Today on the Kat Scrappiness blog I have two very different cards using the same die.

    I love how versatile the Kat Scrappiness Hooray with Shadow Die is! It is large enough to stand alone on a card and be the main focal point. All you need is an interesting background and your card practically makes itself. I made 2 very different cards today with the Hooray die. One has lots of ink blending and stenciling in the background while the other is more of a clean and simple type of card.

    For my first card today I used assorted Distress Oxide Inks in

    rainbow colors to get a polka dot ink blended background.

    The first step was to take a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and do some ink blending with these Distress Ink colors in this order using an ink blending tool and foam applicators:

    Squeezed Lemonade

    Cracked Pistachio

    Blueprint Sketch

    Wilted Violet

    Picked Raspberry

    Carved Pumpkin

    I applied these colors to my cardstock with a fairly light hand and then I applied a

    polka dot stencil to the same panel and went back over the panel with the same colors but using a slightly heavier hand to get the large polka dot stenciled look. I just love how it came out!

    Next I used the largest die from the Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut a rectangle out from the ink blended panel.  I then took the Kat Scrappiness Hooray with Shadow Die and cut the shadow layer out in black and the actual word layer out in white.  The layers are so easy to put together because the shadow layer is the perfect matte for the word. I added in an extra sentiment under Hooray to make this a birthday card and then I decorated with my favorite embellishment from Kat Scrappiness,  Sparkling Clear Droplets!

    I matted the card on a black panel to really make the rainbow colors pop and my card was done.

    Here is a look at the card with all the supplies pictured.

    For my next card I went a little more CAS but still using the

    Kat Scrappiness Hooray with Shadow Die.

    I also did some ink blending with Distress Inks on this card but only for the word Hooray.

    Once again I did a little ink blending with these 3 colors in this order using an ink blending tool and foam applicators:

    Fossilized Amber

    Picked Raspberry

    Candied Apple

    Once I had the blend the way I wanted I cut the word Hooray out of the panel.  I just love how those 3 colors blend together to give a warm tropical look! I cut the word Hooray out 4 more times, twice in white and 2 more times in a coral color.  I used the white words to give a tone on tone look by adhering them directly to the white card base and the 2 coral words I used to build up the ink blended Hooray die cut.  Once I applied the two white Hooray cuts to the top and bottom of the card I did some ink splattering in gold using the Kuretake watercolor paint in gold to add some interest to the background of the card. Once the ink splattering was done I added the ink blended Hooray to the center of the card and finished off the card with some gold sequins

    Here is a look at the card with all the supplies pictured.

    Although I don’t often make CAS cards, I like how this one came out!

    Thanks so much for joining me today! Head over to Kat Scrappiness to check out all of the amazing sentiment dies with shadows!

    Don’t forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!

    Have a great day, I already am!

    ? Lisa  ?

  • Rainbow Thank You

    Rainbow Thank You

    Hi it’s Lisa from Oh So Cute By Lisa and today on the blog I am featuring the  Thank You with Shadow dies by Kat Scrappiness.

    I am really in love with these dies because you can make an entire card with just the dies. For this card I just made a really cool rainbow background and the cut the Thank You out of black paper minus the shadow layer and placed it on top.  I think it makes a great card and it comes together super quickly!

    Thank you so much for joining me today!
    Don’t forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all
    social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!
    Have a great day, I already am!
    ? Lisa  ?