Kat Scrappiness Blog

Author: Lisa Golzbein

  • Lacy Layered Love card and an Announcement

    Lacy Layered Love card and an Announcement

    Good morning crafty friends! It’s Lisa here on the blog with you today and

    I have some exciting news to share! As of today I am

    re-joining the Kat Scrappiness design team. I am so happy to be back on the team

    and designing for Kat again! Those of you who shop at Kat Scrappiness often know

    what a variety of crafty products she carries in her online shop, not to mention the

    growing number of products being released under the Kat Scrappiness brand name.

    And all of this at excellent prices!

    All of my nested background dies are from Kat and I reach for them

    on almost every card I make!

    For my first project back on the team I made a Valentine’s Day

    inspired card to put you in the mood for the new release!

    You’re definitely going to want to check back in the shop on

    January 17th, 18th and 19th to see all of the wonderful new Valentine’s products

    being released!

    Here is the recipe for today’s card:

    1) Cut a panel of white Bristol Smooth Cardstock with the largest die in the

    Stitched Scalloped Square Dies.

    2) With a cloud stencil, blend some

    Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink on your scalloped panel

    in varying heights. Adhere stenciled panel to square card base.

    3) Die cut the solid heart from the Lacy Layered Heart Die

    from Bristol Smooth Cardstock and the Lacy cover die from vellum.

    4) Do some ink blending in rainbow colors on the solid heart and then

    lay the lacy vellum over the rainbow heart.  It looks so pretty to see the

    pretty rainbow colors peaking through the lace.

    5) Lastly adhere the heart shaped die to the cloud blended background

    and die cut the word “love” from the I Love You Shadow Dies

    out of silver foil cardstock. Adhere the “love” die cut over the lacy heart.

    Here are the Kat Scrappiness products used on my card:

    Lacy Layered Heart Die

    I Love You Shadow Dies

    Stitched Scalloped Square Dies

    That’s all for today’s card, don’t forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

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

    Kat Scrappiness Shop

    Kat Scrappiness Blog

    Kat Scrappiness FB Fan Page

    Kat Scrappiness Instagram

    Kat Scrappiness YouTube Channel

    Have a great day, I already am!
    ? Lisa ?

  • Monkey Shaker Tag

    Monkey Shaker Tag

    Good morning Kat Scrappiness fans and welcome back to the blog!

    It’s Lisa here with you today and I have an adorable Monkey Shaker Tag to

    share with you! I am having so much fun using all of the new sprinkles and sequins

    in the shop, there are so many to choose from!

    I just love making shaker cards and tags and for my project today

    I used the Sunny Studios Love Monkey stamp set and Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tags

    to create an adorable tag.

     

    I started by cutting out

    a tag from the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tags in black and white

    striped paper and a second one in white for the base of the tag.

    Next I took one of the smaller heart dies from the Layered Nesting Heart Dies

    and die cut a heart shape from the bottom right side of the tag so I could fill

    it with my shaker bits. Before I continued with the shaker element I stamped the

    word “monkey” in Versafine Clair Glamorous Ink at the bottom of the tag

    next to the heart cut out. The next step was to cover the back of the heart shape

    up with some Lawn Fawn Acetate and then build up the area around the heart with

    some Brutus Monroe foam tape. After I created the well for my shaker bits I filled it

    with the red hearts from the Heart Sprinkles mix and some sparkly

    3 mm Mirrored Solid Heart Confetti.  I just love adding some sparkle to any shaker

    card or tag! I added the second tag I cut out in white to the back of my shaker to enclose

    all of the shaker bits.  The adorable monkey image was stamped in Gina K Amalgam ink

    and colored with my Copic markers. After I colored him I die cut him out with the

    coordinating Sunny Studios Love Monkey dies.

    I popped him up on some more Brutus Monroe foam tape for some dimension.

    For the sentiment I used Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder to

    heat emboss the sentiment from the Sunny Studios Love Monkey stamp set

    on to some black card stock and pop it up on an angle at the top of the tag.

    The finished touch was to thread some red and white bakers twine through

    the hole in the top of the tag.

    I just love how this cute tag came out and I love shaking it even more!

    Here is a another pic with a few of the Kat Scrappiness supplies used on my tag.

    I hope you’ll give shaker tags a try! They are so much fun to make and even more

    fun to shake! You will feel like a chef in the kitchen picking out the perfect mix

    of shaker bits to fill your card or tag!

    If you wish to purchase any of the products I used on my tag, just click on the

    product links to go to the store. Make sure you use my code “LISA10” at

    checkout to save 10% on your entire order.

    (Affiliate links are used at no additional cost to you)

    As always thank you so much for stopping by and have

    a great day, I already am!

    ?Lisa ?

  • Seahorse Love

    Seahorse Love

    Good morning Kat Scrappiness fans!

    It’s Lisa here with you today on the blog and I have a quick and easy shaker

    card to share with you using the adorable seahorse’s from the

    Lawn Fawn Seahorsin’ Around stamp set.

    I created the frame for the card with the Kat Scrappiness

    Stitched Scalloped Heart Dies and I backed the window with some

    Lawn Fawn Acetate Sheets. The pretty patterned paper in the background

    is from the Sunny Studios Summer Splash Paper Pack.

    The stamped sentiment behind the window is from the Lawn Fawn Wavy Sayings

    To finish off my card I used some sweet 3mm Mirrored Clear Hollow Hearts

    and Teal Jewels to fill my shaker heart with.

    All of these fun products are available in the Kat Scrappiness store

    for 10% off when you use code LISA10!

    Thanks for joining me today and have a great day!

    I already am!

    ❤️Lisa ❤️

  • July Card Challenge – Patriotic Pets

    July Card Challenge – Patriotic Pets

    Hello Kat Scrappiness fans!

    It’s Lisa back on the blog today to bring you another monthly challenge!

    We just wanted to say thank you so much for entering our card challenge in June!

    We loved seeing your

    Food themed / Father’s Day cards!

    Thank you to all who entered for playing along!

    And now on to our WINNERS!

    The 2 random winners of the Meals With Dad challenge from June are

    shartl – $15.00 gift certificate to Kat Scrappiness

    and

    Janis in ID – 6 pack of sequins, jewels and/or sprinkles

    Congratulations shartl and Janis in ID, thanks so much for sharing

    your beautiful projects with us!

    ***Please e-mail us at winners@katscrappiness.com to claim your prizes!***

    Make sure you stay tuned to the Kat Scrappiness blog,

    Facebook group and Instagram pages

    to be the first to know about special discounts and giveaways!

    ***********************************************************************************

    That brings us to the July challenge.

    Patriotic Pets

    In America the 4th of July is a huge celebration full of

    fireworks and fun! A lot of us like to include our pets in that celebration as well!

    Let’s face it, our pets are a big part of our celebrations and July 4th

    is no different!  We love our pets and they are part of the family!

    For the July challenge we will focus on July 4th and pets!

    Any and all types of animals are fair game for this challenge!

    In my house we have 1 dog, 2 cats, 1 bearded dragon and 5 leopard geckos!

    It’s a small zoo!??????

    Let’s celebrate our pets that are with us and those that have sadly

    crossed over the rainbow bridge, we LOVE them all!

    Here are 3 products in the Kat Scrappiness shop to get you started!

    Let Freedom Ring Sequin Mix, Paw Print Sprinkles 

    and

    Pet Sentiments Brush Script Word Dies

    So come on now, let’s see your July 4th and pet inspired cards!

    You just might get lucky and win a $15 gift certificate to KatScrappiness.com

    or a sequin prize package

    While you do not “have” to use our products, we would love to see how you

    incorporate your Kat Scrappiness stamps and/or dies in your projects!

    This month as always, we only have 2 easy requirements to play along.

    1) Share your July 4th or Pet themed cards!

    2) Remember to link back to our challenge in your entry.

    That’s it! Easy Peasy right!

    To enter, submit a photo of your project below

    (Click on the “Add Your Link” button) and we will randomly pick the winner at the end of the month.  Good Luck from the Kat Scrappiness team and we look forward

    to seeing your beautiful projects!

    You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

    Click here to enter

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  • SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL!

    SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL!

    Hey there Kat Scrappiness fans, It’s Lisa here with you on the blog today and we are going to

    SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL!

    For those of you who don’t know, Kat Scrappiness has a HUGE assortment of

    Sequins and Sprinkles and the collection has recently expanded!

    Today I wanted to share 1 card and 3 tags with you using 7 different varieties

    of sequins and sprinkles from the shop!

    Look at those fun sequins and sprinkles!!  Honestly the possibilities are endless!

    Let me show you what I made with those beauties!

    The first project is a card I made for my Mom’s birthday.

    She is a huge fan of cupcakes….. the cuter the better!

    The Lawn Fawn Stitched Cupcake Dies were the perfect dies to use for her card.

    The Kat Scrappiness Stitched Scalloped Square Dies were the perfect dies to create the
    frame for this shaker tag. For the clear portion behind the frame I used the
    Lawn Fawn Acetate Sheets. Once the frame was made I filled it with the
    To complete the sentiment on my card I used the Sweet Word Sentiment Die.
    I die cut it out of pink paper and backed it in another layer cut with brown
    paper to give it a matted look and make it stand out more.

    I loved adding the second layer on the cupcakes to make it look like the frosting

    was dripping down.  My mom LOVED her card and I LOVED making it for her!

    The next 3 projects are shaker tags that I made using more of the fun

    sprinkles and sequins from the shop.

    Since I couldn’t get enough of those cute Lawn Fawn Stitched Cupcake Dies,

    I made a tag using the cupcake and I cut the frame out using some Doodlebug

    patterned paper from the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tag Dies.

    I stamped the sentiment in pink and yellow ink from the Lawn Fawn Tiny Tag Sayings

    stamp set inside my shaker tag. I love how the sentiments are hidden by the shaker bits

    until you shake them out of the way!

    For this shaker tag I used the Sweet Candy Sprinkles and the Cupcake Sprinkles to fill it up with.

    I also added some Pink Solid Confetti Mix to the outside front of the shaker tag.

    The last 2 tags I have to share with you are from a fun planner meet up that my daughter

    Taylor hosted recently.  They decided to do a make and take project and thanks to

    Mona Toth, I had the idea to dress up mini mason jar cups with a sweet shaker tag!

    You can see Mona’s sweet project on Instagram here.

    These sweet tags were made using the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies for the frame

    and some vellum for the base.  To fill these 2 tags I used some glitter and Watermelon Sprinkles

    on one and some Pink Flower Sprinkles in the other.

    To decorate the fronts of these tags I used the Lawn Fawn “Flamingo Together” stamp set

    and the Lawn Fawn Aloha Stamp and Die Set for the pineapple and sunglasses.

    The girls had a great time making these tags and everybody took their creations home

    to enjoy! Here is a link to the Instagram post with all of the pictures from the event.

    Oh So Cute By Lisa Instagram

    Here’s my little secret……. we had a very dear friend of Kat’s at our little meet up

    to make a shaker tag and have some fun with us!

    My second little secret is that Taylor made the second tag with

    the Pink Flower Sprinkles and she had a lot of fun doing it!

    All the girls had a blast using their very own mixture of different sequins and shakers!

     

     

    WHEW! That was a long post with lots of pictures but I had so much to share

    with you!  I hope I have inspired you to do a little

    SHAKING, RATTLING AND ROLLING YOURSELF!

    There are certainly enough shaker bits to choose from in the Kat Scrappiness

    store to make some fun and unique projects!

    If you’d like to purchase any of the products I’ve linked above

    make sure you use code

    LISA10

    to save 10% on your order.

    I’ll include a complete supply list down below for your convenience.

    Thanks for stopping by today!

    Have a nice day, I already am!

    ?Lisa ?

    Product List of Supplies used:

    Chocolate Cake Sprinkles

    Watermelon Sprinkles

    Strawberry Sprinkles

    Pink Flower Sprinkles

    Sweet Candy Sprinkles

    Cupcake Sprinkles

    Pink Solid Confetti Mix

    Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tag Dies

    Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies

    Stitched Scalloped Square Dies

    Sweet Word Sentiment Die

    Lawn Fawn Acetate Sheets

    Lawn Fawn Stitched Cupcake Dies

    Lawn Fawn Aloha Stamp and Die Set

    Lawn Fawn Tiny Tag Sayings

  • Paw Print Sprinkles Shaker Card

    Paw Print Sprinkles Shaker Card

    Good morning Kat Scrappiness fans, It’s Lisa here on the blog with you today and I have a fun shaker card using some new Sprinkles that were just released in the shop!

    All you need is LOVE and a dog (or a cat)……. and maybe some Paw Print sprinkles!!

    Today in the Kat Scrappiness shop there are over 30 new sequins and sprinkles mixes

    that were recently released

    and they are SUPER CUTE and SUPER COLORFUL and SUPER SPARKLY!!!

    You are definitely going to want to check them ALL out!

    For my card today I am featuring my favorite one. It’s called Paw Print Sprinkles.

    HOW STINKIN’ CUTE ARE THOSE TINY LITTLE PAW PRINTS???

    The minute I saw them I knew they needed to be paired with Kat’s Pet Sentiments Die Set!

    They are the perfect addition to the paw print die!

    Here is the Card Recipe:

    • I started with a black A2 card base.
    • Next I took the Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle Dies and cut out a white layer with the largest die from the set.
    • Now I cut out 3 letters from the Large Alphabet Dies (L, V and E) in red card stock. I laid them out on my white panel so I could position the paw print from the Pet Sentiments Die Set where the O in love would be.
    • I ran the white panel through my die cut machine and cut out the paw print on a slight angle.
    • Once the paw print was cut I backed it with acetate and built foam tape all around it so I could make it into a shaker element.
    • I made sure to section off the bottom of the paw print separately from the top 4 holes so I could add 2 different shaker mixes inside the paw print.
    • The bottom of the paw got the Paw Print sprinkles and the top 4 holes got the red Heart Sprinkles .
    • I applied the shaker panel to the base of the card and added my 3 Large Alphabet Dies and the outline of the paw print in black to the front of the paw print shape.
    I am super happy with how this card turned out! I just love those sweet little Paw Print
    shaker bits and I love how they look inside the paw print die!
    If you are interested in purchasing any of the Kat Scrappiness products I used
    on my card, don’t forget to use code LISA10 to save 10% on your order at checkout.
    Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
    I already am!
    ?Lisa ?
  • Kangaroo Flip Card

    Kangaroo Flip Card

    Welcome back to the blog Kat Scrappiness Fans! It’s Lisa here today and I have a special card for you using the new Hoppy for You stamp set.  This adorable stamp set features the most adorable Kangaroo with her Baby Roo! It also has the cutest little pouch stamp to put baby roo in.  It also contains some small sweet floral images to adorn your Kangaroo cards!

    I thought it was only fitting to make a flip card for this new stamp set.

    Here is a second picture with the inside of the front panel after it opens.

    I followed a video on YouTube to make the basic mechanism for the flip part of the card.

    I used the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies for the bottom panel of the card and the top panels were hand cut into layered rectangles.

    I just love how this card came out and it’s so much fun to open and close.

    Here is a short clip to show how the card works.

    Kangaroo Flip Card movie

    Thanks so much for joining me today!

    If you want to pick up this stamp set or any other crafty supplies in the shop, you can use code LISA10 you can save 10% on your order.

    Have a great day, I already am!

    Lisa

  • June Card Challenge – Meals With Dad

    June Card Challenge – Meals With Dad

    Hello Kat Scrappiness fans!

    It’s Lisa back on the blog today to bring you another monthly challenge!

    We just wanted to say thank you so much for entering our card challenge in May!

    We had over 50 amazing entries and we loved seeing your

    Coffee themed / Mother’s Day cards!

    Thank you to all who entered for playing along!

    And now on to our WINNERS!

    The 2 random winners of the Coffee With Mom challenge from May are

    Indy – $15.00 gift certificate to Kat Scrappiness

    and

    karenladd – 6 pack of sequins, jewels and/or sprinkles

    Congratulations Indy and karenladd and thanks so much for sharing

    your beautiful projects with us!

    ***Please e-mail us at winners@katscrappiness.com to claim your prizes!***

    Make sure you stay tuned to the Kat Scrappiness blog,

    Facebook group and Instagram pages

    to be the first to know about special discounts and giveaways!

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    That brings us to the June challenge.

    Meals With Dad

    In June we like to celebrate the special Dads and Grandads in our life

    on Father’s Day but we all know there are many father

    figures in our lives so in June let’s tell them how much we

    love and appreciate them!

    Let’s face it, food is a big part of our celebrations and Father’s Day

    is no different!  Whether you celebrate Dad with a big

    pancake breakfast or a smokin’ BBQ dinner,

    the important part is sharing a meal with family!

    For the June challenge we will focus on Father’s Day and food!

    Kat Scrappiness has a wide selection of food related products.

    Here are 2 Kat Scrappiness products to get you started:

    So come on now, let’s see your Father’s Day and food inspired cards!

    You just might get lucky and win a $15 gift certificate to KatScrappiness.com

    or a sequin prize package

    While you do not “have” to use our products, we would love to see how you

    incorporate your Kat Scrappiness stamps and/or dies in your projects!

    This month as always, we only have 2 easy requirements to play along.

    1) Share your Father’s Day or Food themed cards!

    2) Remember to link back to our challenge in your entry.

    That’s it! Easy Peasy right!

    To enter, submit a photo of your project below

    (Click on the “Add Your Link” button) and we will randomly pick the winner at the end of the month.  Good Luck from the Kat Scrappiness team and we look forward to seeing your beautiful projects!

    You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

    Click here to enter


  • Avocado Shaker Card

    Avocado Shaker Card

    Good morning Kat Scrappiness fans!

    It’s Lisa up on the blog today and I have a fun card featuring the

    brand new You Guac My World stamp set!

    I just love those cute avocados and they can really be used for so

    many different themed cards!

    I used quite a few Kat Scrappiness products on this card.

    Here’s how I put it together:

    To begin with I made a square card base from kraft card stock

    and I embossed the front with a heart embossing folder.

    Next I took the largest Stitched Scalloped Heart Die and die

    cut it out of white card stock. Since I wanted to make a shaker

    element out of the heart I used a smaller Layered Nested Heart Die

    to cut a smaller heart shape out of the layered heart.

    Once I had the middle heart cut out, I layered acetate over the

    heart shaped opening on the back of the scalloped heart.

    I then used foam tape around the heart shaped opening to make

    a well to put my shaker bits into.

    I used the Sparkling Wintergreen Sequins and the

    Mirrored Clear Solid Heart Confetti to fill my shaker window.

    Once the shaker was full I backed the heart with some light green

    patterned paper from the Lawn Fawn Gotta Have Gingham

    paper pack. Once I glued the shaker element down,  I layered the

    2 cute avocados on the bottom right of the heart that I had previously

    colored with my Copic markers and cut out on my Scan n Cut machine.

    The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I stamped it onto black card stock

     using Versamark clear ink and then heat embossed it with

     Brutus Monroe alabaster embossing powder.

    I have tried MANY MANY white embossing powder brands in the past

    and this one is the first one to give me a bright white finish without

    fading away while heating it with my heat gun.

    It’s definitely my new favorite white embossing powder!

    Once the sentiment was embossed and cooled off, I cut it out

    using a die from the Stitched Fishtail Banner Dies.

     

    Speaking of favorites, Kat Scrappiness just released their own

    Metal Die Snips to cut apart your dies that come wired together.

    They cut like butter and they have a flat edge that lets you cut right up


    close to the die so it doesn’t leave any sharp edges.  They make clipping your

    dies apart a breeze! Make sure to check them out in the shop today!

    Here’s a picture of all the supplies I used on my shaker card today.

    Thank you so much for joining me today! I really had fun making this card,

    shakers are my favorite type of card to make and I just adore

    those cute avocados from the new You Guac My World stamp set!

    If you are interested in any of the Kat Scrappiness products I used

    for today’s card you can use my code LISA10 at checkout and save

    10% off your order anytime you shop!

    Have a great day, I already am!

    ?Lisa ?

  • Sushi Bento Box

    Sushi Bento Box

    Hello Kat Scrappiness fans and welcome back to the blog!

    It’s Lisa here with you today and I have a card for you using the brand new

    “Wok On” stamp set! This is an awesome stamp set for all of you sushi lovers out there!

    It has 6 adorable pieces of sushi, 1 cute pile of wasabi and

    one sweet soy sauce bottle not to mention the 5 punny sentiments!

    I decided that the Stitched Scalloped Collage Frame die in the

    Kat Scrappiness store reminded me of a traditional Bento Box

    that you would get in a Japanese restaurant.

    It was the perfect die to use to make a sushi card.

    Here is what a traditional Bento Box looks like when served with sushi.

    Photo credit (https://amzn.to/2VixgU1)
    You can see how the sushi is sectioned off into little boxes and
    the Stitched Scalloped Frame die looks very similar:

    I colored my yummy sushi with my Copic markers and then placed them

    inside the frame.  I used a fun patterned paper for a background and added

    one of the punny sentiments on to a Stitched Fishtail Banner die to finish the card off.

    I hope you enjoyed my card for today, I certainly enjoyed making it!

    If you want to purchase any of the above products at Kat Scrappiness,

    make sure you use my code LISA10 to save 10% on your order.

    Have a great day, I already am!

    ?Lisa ?