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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 January!
We had over 60 amazing entries and we LOVE that you are sharing your
gorgeous cards with us!
Thank you to all who entered for playing along!
The random winner of the Anything Goes challenge from January is
***Becca Yahrling***
Congratulations Becca and thanks so much sharing your beautiful projects with us!
We hope you enjoyed seeing our sneak peaks on the blog in January and this month we have more amazing crafty products being released!
Maria will be doing some new product introductions on the blog February 5th, 6th and 7th
so stay tuned for more info!
The design team has some amazing MANDALA designs for you to see
and you’re going to LOVE the new dies coming out!
You’re going to want to stay tuned to the Kat Scrappiness blog,
to see all of the new releases coming in just a few days!
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That brings us to the February Challenge and this month wouldn’t
be complete without some beautiful HEARTS for Valentine’s Day
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The theme for February is of course LOVE
and when it comes to sweet crafty shopping
Kat Scrappiness has got you covered!
Check out our Love Bundle and Chocolate Bundle for some super sweet deals!
So go ahead and get out your favorite stamps and dies and play along with us!
You just might get lucky and win a $25 gift certificate to KatScrappiness.com!
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 we only have 2 easy requirements to play along.
1) Use at least one heart on your project
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. Inlinkz is requiring you to verify your email address now but don’t worry, that will just make it easier for us to contact you should you win the $25 gift certificate!
Good Luck from the Kat Scrappiness team and we look forward to seeing your creations!
Good morning, crafters! Design Team Member Cynthia here with a final project featuring several of the latest Kat Scrappiness goodies. For this card, I have used the gorgeous Lacy Layered Heart Dies, and the I Love You Shadow Dies. Let’s go ahead and start walking through the steps I used to create my project.
My first step was to do some ink blending with a variety of Distress Oxide inks. For the background of the “love” die I used Worn Lipstick fading into Picked Raspberry. For the “you” die I selected Abandoned Coral fading into Candied Apple. There are two tips I can give when it comes to creating a soft fade. One: Use a very smooth card stock. For this I chose Neenah’s Solar White 80-lb card stock. Two: Start at the bottom with your lightest color and blend upwards, letting the ink fade as your sponge runs out of color. Then come in with the darkest color and, starting at the bottom, blend up into the first color. Using less ink in your sponge and repeating application is better than over-saturating your paper, too.
And now comes the ink splattering! If you haven’t tried this technique, I don’t know what you’re doing with your life (haha!) But honestly, this is so much fun to do. I used regular dye Distress Inks in both Worn Lipstick and Candied Apple. I smooshed the ink onto one of my acrylic blocks, spritzed it with a bit of water, then mixed it right into the bristles of a chubby paintbrush. The thirsty fibers will draw up a bunch of color, then you just tap your brush over your paper. I used a piece of Canson watercolor card stock for this because it’s best suited for handling the water and giving you great results. Another key bit of info is to let the first color fully dry before flicking on the second color. If the first layer is still wet, the inks will blend together and it will all look the same in the end. NOTE: You will want to protect your work area from the ink because it WILL splatter all over the place – trust me!
I definitely wanted to use the gorgeous Lacy Layered Heart Die on my card, so I cut it out of a piece of black card stock. I can’t get enough of this die! It cuts out perfectly every single time, and it has the perfect amount of lacy-ness. It’s delicate, but holds up beautifully. I honestly encourage you to get this die set for yourself – you’ll be reaching for it again and again 🙂
Now it’s time to assemble some layers. I used a standard A2 size card base in White, then added a layer of black card stock to act as a mat for my ink-splattered panel. I decided to trim down my heart a bit at the edge, which lets the pretty ink colors get more attention. When adhering a lacy die such as this, I like to dip my fingertip into a paste adhesive and gently rub it across the back of the die. The paste isn’t as wet as a standard liquid adhesive so there’s less squishing, and using your finger helps give you a nice thin layer.
My final step was to paste my ombre-inked words down to their shadow layers, then adhere them to the card using a layer of foam tape. Since the entire card is flat, popping up the words helps them stand out very well. I hope that you had fun with this project, and that you’ll give these techniques a try. Be sure to head on over to Kat Scrappiness and grab these dies for yourself. I’ve included a shopping link below, and don’t forget about the coupon code “CYNTHIA10” that will save you 10% off your entire purchase. Have a wonderful day!
Hi Kat Scrappiness fans! It’s Lisa here with you on the blog and
today I want to share an easy
Valentine’s Day card with you that has a beautiful ink blended background.
I also have a quick video so you can see how I made this card.
I used 3 of the new products we have in the store, I’ll link all of the products below.
This card came together very quickly but the ink blending and beautiful
Lacy Layered Heart in silver foil card stock give it a very elegant look.
Here are the products I used on this card:
Stitched Scalloped Rectangle dies
I also have a video to show you how I made this card.
You can watch it here or on YouTube.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YXyTloUsQ8]
All of the products listed above are available in the Kat Scrappiness store
and you can save 10% on your order if you use code Lisa10.
Have a great day, I already am!
?Lisa?
Hi Everyone, it’s Tina here. I have 5 cards to share with you today using the new Lacy Layered Heart Dies. I sort of went crazy lol. This die is so versatile and below you will see the possibilities are endless. This post will be a little long and I will give brief descriptions on how I created each one. All cards are A2 size (5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″). So let’s get started.
For this card I diecut the Lacy Layered Heart Die (pattern) will foil cardstock and fun foam, the solid with white cardstock. I adhered the foil diecut on top of the fun foam and adhered it to the solid white diecut. I diecut the Double Stitched Rectangles using white cardstock. I added the sentiment from the Say It With Hearts stamp set and stamped mini hearts before adhering the whole panel to a card front. For some added interest I adhered sequins.
For this card I used the pattern paper from American Crafts Loves Me 6×6. I diecut a Double Stitched Rectangles using white cardstock and adhered to the card front. I diecut Lacy Layered Heart the solid using patterned paper and adhered to the card front. I diecut Double Stitched Squares using the pattern paper which included a sentiment and adhered to the card. I diecut Stitched Sentiment Strip using the patterned paper and adhere to card. For added interest I adhered some Heart Sprinkles.
For this card I embossed a piece of white cardstock and diecut it with the Double Stitched Rectangles die and adhered it to the card front using foam tape. Using a scrap piece of cardstock I added Distress Oxide Inks and diecut it using the Lacy Layered Heart solid and white cardstock for the pattern. I adhered both to the card. I diecut I Love You Shadow colored for the shadow and white for the sentiment. I adhered both to the card stock. I kept this one clean but you could add some Crystal Nuvo Drops Morning Dew for some added interest.
For this card I used the Nuvo Glimmer Paste Moonstone with a Heart Stencil on white cardstock. Once dry I diecut it with the Double Stitched Rectangles and adhered it to the card front. I diecut the Lacy Layered Heart solid and pattern using red cardstock and adhered it to the right edge of card. I trimmed off the excess. I stamped and colored an image and adhered it using foam tape. I diecut some little hearts and covered them with Crystal Nuvo Drops Morning Dew. I stamped the sentiment from the Say It With Hearts Stamp Set.
For my last card I used the Life Changing Brushes to create a soft pastel background. I diecut it with the Double Stitched Rectangles and adhered it to the card front landscape. I diecut the Lacy Layered Heart pattern in white cardstock and adhered over the inked background. I inked on a scrap piece of cardstock one of the colors from my background and stamped the sentiment from the Say It With Hearts using versamark and heat embossing. I adhered it to the card using foam tape.
I hope you enjoyed the many ways you can use the Lacy Layered Heart dies. You can also use it as a stencil or dry emboss it in your diecut machine. Below is a link to all the products used. Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Products Used:
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Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here with you to share another of my cards using the I Love You Shadow Dies from Kat Scrappiness. Like you have been noticed the entire Design Team and of course costumers are fascinated with these words to send your love!
To make this card, I used a cool technique of double stamping. It is double because I used both sides of a single stamp and it works great when you are using symmetric images like this kite from the stamp set Life’s a Breeze from Joy Clair. First I randomly stamped the back side of the image over a whisper white layer of card stock using Pink Shimmer Delicata Ink and then with Glamorous VersaFine Clair I over stamped the correct image over the solid background and embossed with clear embossing powder to have more texture.
After have the background layer finalized, I resized it using a stitched rectangle die cut from Gina Marie Designs and pasted directly over the real red card base to have the perfect mat for the I Love You Shadow Dies from Kat Scrappiness.
I take a piece of whisper white card stock and inked directly with the inkpad of Glamorous VersaFine Clair and covered the entire layer with clear embossing powder that I melted with the heat tool. I die cut the mat layer of the words included on the I Love You Shadow Dies using pink card stock and then I die cut the letters from this embossed layer. I assemble all the pieces and pasted over my decorated card base using double sided foam tape.
This is a creative technique that you can explore with different types of stamps. The result is always different and if you mix and match the colors of ink you will love the effect and you will take advantage of your words!
See you soon!
Hi everyone. Today I have a video for you to show you how I made a heart shaped card using the Kat Scrappiness Lacy Layered Heart die set.
I created two of the heart shaped cards with some cute matching envelopes. I also created a circle shaped card using Never Ending Circle dies by Kat Scrappiness.
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