Kat Scrappiness Blog

Author: Priscilla Joseph

  • Husband Threatens to Leave Over Craft Supply Purchases? – A “Crafty” Card Tutorial

    Husband Threatens to Leave Over Craft Supply Purchases? – A “Crafty” Card Tutorial

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs.   I am back again today with another “crafty” card!  When faced with the age-old ultimatum—“It’s me or the craft supplies!”—this card makes the answer hilariously clear: “we’ll miss you, dear husband… now hand me those foam dots.”

    I used the fabulously relatable “Will Work for Craft Supplies” collection along with the tried-and-true “Crafters Gonna Craft” stamp set , both from Kat Scrappiness, to build a background as dramatic as the dilemma.

     

    🧰 Supplies Used

    • Kat Scrappiness Will Work for Craft Supplies stamps, dies, and coordinating paper pad.

    • Kat Scrappiness Crafters Gonna Craft Clear Stamp Set

    • Frosted Fairyland Sprinkle Mix

    • White cardstock for base

    • Copic markers

     📋 Card Details:

    • Created an A2 top-folding white card base.
    • Adhered a pink patterned paper from the coordinating paper pad and adhered it over the card base.

     

    • Created a “crafty” background stamping several of the images from the Crafters Gonna Craft Clear Stamp Setonto a blue patterned paper from the same coordinating paper pad and adhered it over the pink layer.

     

    • Stamped and die cut the wife image from the stamp set and colored it with Copic Markers.
    • Stamped the sentiment onto her sign.

    • Foam mounted the wife image to the front of the card.
    • Added several sprinkles from the Frosted Fairyland Sprinkle Mix for the finishing touch!

    So the next time your significant other questions your “tiny little order” (read: 3 lbs of patterned paper), just show them this card and smile sweetly. And if they still don’t get it? Well, as the saying goes… “don’t let the cutting mat hit you on the way out.”

    👉 Grab the Will Work for Craft Supplies collection now at Kat Scrappiness HERE.

    Thanks for stopping by!

    Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog, Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Hugs,
    Priscilla ✂

  • Trade Husband for Craft Supplies?

    Trade Husband for Craft Supplies?

     Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs.  We’ve all had that moment mid-scroll when we see a brand-new paper trimmer, a newly released stamp & die collection, or oodles of new sequin and sprinkle mixtures that we clearly need more than we need a second human in our household. Enter: the “Will Trade Husband for Craft Supplies” card — the perfect blend of new Kat Scrappiness stamps. papers, and snark!

    🧰 Supplies Used

    • Kat Scrappiness Will Work for Craft Supplies stamps, dies, and coordinating paper pad.

    • Kat Scrappiness Vintage Lace Embellishment Mix

    • White cardstock for base

    • Copic markers

     📋 Card Details:

    • Created an A2 top-folding white card base.
    • Created a background using three different patterned papers from the new Will Work for Craft Supplies collection and adhered them over the card base.

    • Stamped and die cut the wife and husband images and colored them with Copic markers.
    • Stamped the sentiment on the wife’s whiteboard.

    • Adhered the husband image on the front of the card and foam-mounted the wife image next to him for added dimension.
    • Added several Vintage Lace Embellishment Mix sprinkles for the finishing touch!

    Don’t forget to check out the new Kat Scrappiness Will Work for Craft Supplies collection!

    Thanks for stopping by!

    If this card gave you a giggle (or triggered a little online cart guilt 😅), let me know in the comments! I’d love to see your take on this set — tag me @nubblelightdesigns if you share on Instagram.

    Until next time — stay crafty, stay sassy, and maybe…hide that next delivery from your partner 😉

    Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog, Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Hugs,
    Priscilla ✂

  • Using Die Cut Ephemera to Make a Quick and Easy Birthday Card

    Using Die Cut Ephemera to Make a Quick and Easy Birthday Card

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs. Today I am sharing a birthday card that is not only “clean & simple” in its design, but even better . . . so quick to make! Need a last minute card? Ready-to-go die cut ephemera (no coloring needed) is your best friend!

    To create this card, I used the Kat Scrappiness “Birthday Quokka” die cut ephemera as the focal point. And to add a bit of texture to the plain white backdrop, I scored some vertical lines down the center for a cool, minimalistic look.

    Check out all the die cut ephemera in the Kat Scrappiness shop HERE!

    Card Details:

    • Created an A2 top-folding white card base.
    • Scored a smaller layer of white cardstock using a scoreboard and teflon scoring tool to create clean and simple texture in the center of the card.
    • Adhered the top layer to the card base.

     

    Kat has added a new bone folder to the store. Check it out HERE!

     

     

     

     

     

    • For the finishing touch, I scored the envelope flap using the same scoring technique as I did for the front of the card.

     

    Thank you so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog,Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Priscilla 🎈

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  • Using Strips from a Coordinating Paper Pad to Create a Card Background

    Using Strips from a Coordinating Paper Pad to Create a Card Background

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs. Today I am sharing a “whale” of a fun ocean-themed birthday card. I used a coordinating paper pad from the Kat Scrappiness “Friends Under the Sea” collection to cut multiple strips of  paper of various lengths to create a textured background. It turned out to be the perfect backdrop for an adorable whale image and coordinating sentiment!

    I used the Kat Scrappiness Friends Under the Sea stamp set/dies and the Friends Under the Sea paper pad to make today’s card.

    Click to check out all of the Kat Scrappiness paper pads HERE.

    Card Details:

    • Adhered them to the front of the card, leaving the same distance between each strip.
    • Ran the front of the card through my Big Shot machine using a bubble embossing folder from my stash to add texture.

    • Adhered the whale and sentiment to the front of the card.

    Thank you so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog,Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Priscilla 🐳

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  • Creating an Underwater Scene Card

    Creating an Underwater Scene Card

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs. Today I am sharing an adorable ocean-themed card for someone “Turtley Awesome” in your life. I used several Kat Scrappiness products from the “Friends Under the Sea” stamp/die/paper collection along with Kat‘s “Stitched Dolphins” and “Life Under the Sea” craft dies.

     

    Click to check out all of Kat’s Ocean-themed products in her store. 

    Card Details:

    • Created an A2 side-folding white card base.
    • Ran a white cardstock layer through my Big Shot using a bubbled-textured embossing folder from my stash.
    • Brushed on several shades of blue Distress Oxide inks over the embossed bubble background.

    • Adhered the bubble layer to the card base.

     

    Thank you so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog,Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Priscilla 🐬

    I would be so grateful if you use my affiliate links in this post to grab your Kat Scrappiness Goodies! No extra cost to you!

  • Creating a Junk Journal . . . with a Vintage Vibe

    Creating a Junk Journal . . . with a Vintage Vibe

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs. Today I am sharing a two-page “Junk Journal” spread with a “vintage vibe” using several products from the Kat Scrappiness “Vintage Romance” collection of stamps, dies, and patterned papers. Sometimes it’s just fun to take a break from clean and simple card making and get messy! And with junk journaling, there are no rules! Enjoy!

    Along with the Kat Scrappiness Vintage Romance Stamps/dies and Vintage Romance paper pad, I used Kat’s Love is in the Air stencil and Burlap Background stencil to create this junk journal.

     

    Journal Creation Details: 

    • Adhered a vintage feel tissue paper across a two-page spread and sponged turquoise acrylic paint over it.
    • Brushed “Vintage Photo” Distress Oxide ink along the edges.

    • Added the title “Vintage Romance” using tiles from my stash.
    • Adhered a metal embellishment also from my stash for added interest.

     

    • Created a medallion element by staining a white doily with tea colored ink and then adhering a a circle of patterned  paper from the Vintage Romance paper pad over it.

    • Adhered the medallion to the top of the left page, cutting off the excess.
    •  Sprinkled several heart images from the Vintage Romance stamp/die set across the spread.
    • Completed the junk journal by stapling a fun film strip embellishment to the camera image.

    Thank you so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog,Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Priscilla🚴

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  • Finding a Different Use for a Card Stencil

    Finding a Different Use for a Card Stencil

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs. Today I am sharing a funny card featuring one of the images from the Kat Scrappiness “Easter Fun” stamp set. This poor chick just realized that his brother Pete met the somber demise that most eggs do. I created the bright background by using Kat’s “Party Balloons” stencil, BUT I turned it sideways to look like egg yolks! Then I used Kat’s new blending brushes to blend orange and yellow inks over the openings in the stencils. Viola! Not balloons anymore, but fried eggs!

     

    Click to check out all of Kat’s stencils in her store. 

    Card Details:

    • Using the new Kat Scrappiness blending brushes, inked over the stencil openings with both orange and yellow pigment inks to turn the balloons into “fried eggs”, being careful not to ink up the balloon strings.

    • Die cut a rectangular opening in the finished cardstock to create an opening.

    • Added foam tape to the back of the newly created frame and adhered it to the card base.
    • Adhered the center cutout back into the opening.

    • Stamped and die cut the chick image from the Easter Fun stamp set and colored it with Copic markers.
    • Adhered the chick to the opening in the front of the card.
    • Die cut a black frame and adhered it around the center opening of the card.
    • Stamped the sentiment from the Hippity Hoppity Sentiments stamp set on an inked cardstock strip, framed it in black, and then adhered it with foam tape to the front of the card.
    • Added three Sunny-Side Up Egg Sprinkles for the finishing touch!

    Thank you so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog,Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Priscilla 🐣

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  • Creating a D.I.Y. Stencil with a Die

    Creating a D.I.Y. Stencil with a Die

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs. Today I am sharing  a card featuring “Riley the Moose” painting some Easter eggs. The soft backdrop behind Riley was done be creating a D.I.Y. stencil from a large filagree egg die and softly blending pink ink over it.

    I used the Kat Scrappiness Large Filigree Egg Craft Die, Happy Easter Shadow Sentiment Craft Die, and Blue Faux Glitter paper pad  to make today’s card.

    Card Details:

    • Sprayed adhesive spray on the back of the stencil before laying it over a piece of white cardstock.
    • Softly blended pink pigment ink over the stencil with one of Kat’s new Mini Detail Blending Brushes, making sure not to blend the ink all the way to the edges of the stencil for a more “organic” look.

     

    • Colored Riley and his eggs using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers and cut him out using my Brother “Scan N Cut 2″ machine, and then adhered him to the front of the card.
    • Die cut the sentiment using the Happy Easter Shadow Sentiment Craft Die and the same patterned paper from the Blue Faux Glitter paper pad, and then adhered it over the top of the stenciled egg.

    Thank you so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog,Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Priscilla

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  • Using Mousse and Stencils to Create Spring Backdrops for Your Cards

    Using Mousse and Stencils to Create Spring Backdrops for Your Cards

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs. Today I am sharing my first spring card of the season using the new Kat Scrappiness “Wavy Ferns” stencil and “Forest Green Glitter Mousse” for my card background. This beautiful backdrop allows the butterfly from Kat’s “Fluttering By” stamp set/dies to take center stage.

    Along with Kat Scrappiness Wavy Ferns stencil and Forest Green Glitter Mousse, I used Kat‘s Fluttering By stamp set/dies, Stitched Foliage Craft Dies, Hippity Hoppity Sentiment Stamps, Stitched Fishtail Banner Craft Dies, Brown Diamond Rhinestone Mix, and Jasper Stone Pearl Mix to make today’s card.

    Click to check out all of Kat’s stencils in her store. 

    Card Details:

    • Created an A2 top-folding white card base.
    • Overlaid it with the Wavy Ferns stencil.
    • Applied the Forest Green Glitter Mousse with a spatula over the entire stencil, removed the stencil immediately, and allowed the stenciled cardstock to dry before sizing it slightly smaller than the card base.
    • Adhered the stenciled cardstock to the card base.

    • Die cut green ferns using the Stitched Foliage Craft Dies.
    • Created a bouquet of ferns and dried flowers, tied it with string, and adhered it to the front of the card.

    • Foam mounted the butterfly to the right of the bouquet and added several Brown Diamond Rhinestones to the body of the butterfly.

    Thank you so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog,Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Priscilla 🦋

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  • Creating a Multi-Fold Fun Fold Card

    Creating a Multi-Fold Fun Fold Card

    Hello Crafty Friends! Priscilla here from Nubble Light Designs. Today I am sharing how I made a “Multi-Fold Fun Fold” birthday card using the new Kat Scrappiness “Meet the Quouses Die Cut Ephemera” and “Magical Memories” paper pad. Inside this folded card, you’ll find “Quickey the Quokka” wishing you a “Happy Birthday” using the Kat Scrappiness “Happy Day” stamp set.

    Card Details:

    • Cut a piece of 12×12 black cardstock to create a 12″ x 5 1/2″ card base and then scored it at 1 3/4″, 4 3/4″ and 7 3/4″.
    • Cut patterned paper strips from the Magical Memories paper pad as follows:

      • TWO strips at 1 1/2″ x 5 1/4″; ONE strip at 2 3/4″ x 5 1/4″; ONE strip at 4″ x 5 1/4″.
      • ONE strip of white cardstock at 2 3/4″ x 5 1/4″.

    • Adhere the four patterned paper strips and one white cardstock strip to the scored black card base in the order shown above.

    • Fold at score lines as shown above.
    • Foam mount the Quickey the Quokka  from the Die Cut Ephemera Collection to the right edge of the card front creating a “handle-like” opener to the card.

    • Stamp “Happy Birthday” from the Kat Scrappiness Happy Day Stamp Set inside a speech bubble and then adhere another Quickey the Quokka Die Cut Ephemera below the sentiment.

    • Fold the card back up and it’s ready to go into a regular A2 size envelope!

    Thank you so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out what’s NEW in Kat’s Shop, and follow my blog,Instagram, and Facebook for more “Kat Scrappiness Amazingness”!

    Priscilla🎁

    I would be so grateful if you use my affiliate links in this post to grab your Kat Scrappiness Goodies! No extra cost to you!