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Merry Christmas
Happy Wednesday everyone. It’s Caren here on the blog today. Is everyone ready for the holidays? I’m really close! I just need to get a couple more things and wrap presents. Today, I have a fun slimline card using the adorable Santa’s Helper stamps.

Thanks for stopping by! Check out the couple of sales going on right now on the Kat Scrappiness site. 10% off Christmas items with code CHRISTMAS10 or 20% off Slimline dies and paper with code SLIMLINE20.

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Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on today’s card.

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December 21, 2022
Gift Card Pocket Die
Happy Wednesday everyone. It’s Caren here on the blog today. Do you give gift cards during the holidays? I always ending up giving a couple of gift cards. Today I’m sharing several gift card holders I created with the Gift Card Pocket die. What I love about this die is that you can use as it or attach it to a card, package, and gifts.

These were so fun and quick to make!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on today’s card.

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December 7, 2022
Creative Crew (Caren) 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Happy Monday everyone! It’s Caren here on the blog today with my favorite Kat Scrappiness products released this year. Make sure you subscribe to the Kat Scrappiness Blog and YouTube channel so you can see all of my teammates favorites. These are in no particular order.
- Layered Poinsettia Dies – this die set contains 5 dies and is part of the new release. I love how you can layer these dies and pop them your project.
- Reverse Scalloped A2 dies – these are also available in Slimline and Mini Slimline. I hope Kat comes out with circles, squares, and ovals this year!
- Birthday Essential 6×8 Paper – I love the entire release for the Birthday Essentials. There are some great dies and words. I also love the colors in this paper pad.
- Heart Donut Builder dies – these dies are so fun and also have a great stamp set that coordinates.
- Pearl Mixes and Embellishment Organizer – I love the pearl mixes, I use them on almost every card I make. I store almost all my embellishments from Kat Scrappiness in the embellishment organizer. I love that I can store so many in one little box.
Can’t decide what your what your crafty friends would love? Gift cards are always a great gift!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Thanksgiving to those in the states.
November 21, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Monday everyone. It’s Caren here on the blog today. I have a fun Thanksgiving card for you today featuring lots of Kat Scrappiness products!

Here is how I created the card:
- I started the card by ink blending a background using Distress Oxide Inks – Mustard Seed, Crackling Campfire, and Fired Brick
- I splattered the background with gold watercolor paint
- I die cut Autumn Foliage dies , the largest A2 Reversed Scalloped die, and a Stitched Fishtail Banner die from white card stock
- I ink blended the leaves with the same Distress Oxide Inks
- I stamped, colored and die cut one of the turkeys from the Gobble Gobble stamp set and coordinating dies
- I stamped Happy Thanksgiving from the Happy Fall Ya’ll stamp set and heat embossed it using gold embossing powder
- I ink blended the banner with Distress Oxide ink
- I added the white Reverse Scalloped border, banner, and turkey to my panel using dimensional adhesive
- I tucked the autumn leaves into three corners of the scalloped border
- To finished the card, I added gold pearls
Thanks for stopping by!

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Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on today’s card.

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November 7, 2022
Merry Christmas – Mason Jar Shaker
Happy Friday everyone. It’s Caren here on the blog today. Have you started your Christmas cards yet? I try to make them throughout the year, but I’m always scrambling in November! I have a fun Christmas shaker card for you today using lots of Kat Scrappiness products!

Here is how I created the card:
- To create the shaker element – Using the jar dies from the Mason Jar Shaker card die set, I die cut a using paper from the Cozy Christmas Slimline paper pad, gray card stock, and acetate
- Adhere the outline layer with the acetate
- Add dimensional adhesive to the back of the acetate
- Now the fun part – add sprinkles! I used Chilly Willy sprinkles and Fluffy Clouds sequin mix
- Die cut the snowflake from the Build a Stocking die set from white glitter paper and adhere to mason jar
- To create the background, die cut the Snowflake Swirls background from Crafters Essentials: Winter from white card stock
- Ink blend with a light blue ink
- For the sentiment, die cut Merry from Merry Christmas brush sentiment die set using red glitter paper
- Stamp and heat emboss the word Christmas from the Happy Day stamp set
- Adhere all to card base
- Add Ruby Red rhinestones to finish the card
Thanks for stopping by!

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Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on today’s card.

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October 21, 2022
Happy Halloween
Happy Thursday everyone. It’s Caren here on the blog today. I have a fun Halloween shaker card for you today using lots of Kat Scrappiness products!

Here is how I created the card:
- To create the shaker element – Using the solid pumpkin from the Pumpkin Shaker die set, die cut a piece of the orange and black paper from the Boo to You paper pad and a piece of acetate
- Die cut the outline layer pumpkin die from a piece of orange card stock
- Die cut the stem and one of the pumpkin faces from orange glitter card stock
- Adhere the outline layer with the acetate
- Adhere the pumpkin face to the acetate
- Add dimensional adhesive to the back of the acetate
- Now the fun part – add sprinkles! I used Eyes Have It and Simply Batty sprinkles
- To create the sentiment, using the Spooky Happy Halloween dies, die cut the top layer from the same orange and black paper from the Boo to You paper and the back layer from black card stock
- Die cut the spider web and small spider from the Creepy Crawly die set using black card stock
- Cut a panel using the spiderweb paper from the Creepy & Kooky paper pad and adhere to a card base
- Adhere the pumpkin shaker, Happy Halloween, and web/spider to card
- Complete the card by adding Royal Purple rhinestones
Thanks for stopping by!

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Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on today’s card.

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October 7, 2022
Boo
Happy Wednesday everyone. It’s Caren here on the blog today. I have a fun Halloween edge to edge shaker card for you today using lots of Kat Scrappiness products!

Here is how I created the card:
- Die cut a piece of pattern paper from the Creepy & Kooky patterned paper using the stitched rectangle die
- Use a piece of cellophane and adhere it to three sides of the stitched panel
- Add the sequins, I added Halloween Night, All Hallows Eve, Small Silver Stars, and Mirrored Clear Starlight sequins
- Adhere the last side to the back of the panel
- Layer this panel to a black piece of card stock
- Die cut another piece of pattern paper from the Creepy & Kooky patterned paper using the Embossed Edge Wavy Frame dies
- Layer the panel onto a A2 card base
- Die cut BOO from black card stock using the Condensed Lowercase Alphabet dies
- Adhere BOO to the shaker panel
Thanks for stopping by!

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Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on today’s card.

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September 21, 2022
Happy Halloween
Happy Wednesday everyone. It’s Caren here on the blog today. I’m not sure why but I love making Halloween cards (I think it’s the colors.) I have a fun Halloween card for you today using lots of Kat Scrappiness products!

Here is how I created the card:
- For the frame, I die cut a piece of pattern paper from the Creepy & Kooky patterned paper using the stitched rectangle die and the double stitched rectangle dies
- To create the background panel, I used white card stock, orange distress inks, and the Falling Stars stencil
- I die cut the large bat, moon, pumpkin, and fence from the Crafters Essential Halloween die set from white card stock and inked blended them using various distress oxide inks
- I die cut from white card stock the Slimline Grass Border die and ink blended it with distress oxide ink
- I adhered all to a card base
- I stamped Happy Halloween from the Toil & Trouble stamp set
- To finish the card, I added a couple of small bats from the Groovy Ghouls sprinkles
Thanks for stopping by!

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Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on today’s card.

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September 7, 2022
Dogs are my Favorite People
Happy Sunday! It’s Caren here on the blog today. Did you have a chance to look at the new Pawsome Dog release? My card I’m sharing today has several products from the new release.

Here is how I created the card:
- Die cut from white card stock using the Double Stitched Hearts dies
- Stamp and heat emboss a sentiment from the Pawsome Dogs Sentiment stamp set and color in the hearts
- Splatter the panel with brown watercolor paint
- Round the corners of panel
- Adhere a piece of the pawprint paper from the Pawsome Boy paper pad
- Cut apiece of the chevron striped paper from the Pawsome Boy paper pad and adhere it to a card base
- Using dimensional adhesive attach the heart panel to the card base
- Stamp, color, and die cut one of the dogs from the Pawsome Dogs stamp set
- Adhere dog with dimensional adhesive to the card
- Add Blue Heart droplets to the card
Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget to check out the Instagram blog hop for the Pawsome Dog release to see more cards from the design team.

Kat Scrappiness is looking to add to the Creative Crew. Here is a link to view all the details.

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Pawsome Dog stamp set by Kat Scrappiness

Pawsome Dog Sentiment stamp set by Kat Scrappiness

Pawsome Boy paper pad by Kat Scrappiness

Double Stitched Heart dies by Kat Scrappiness

Blue Heart Droplets by Kat Scrappiness
August 21, 2022
Summer Vibes – What’s Up Gnomie
Happy Sunday everyone! It’s Caren here on the blog today with a fun Summer Vibes card. For my card today, I used one of fellow design team member, Call Me Crafty Al, card sketches.

Here is how I created the card:
- Select three different papers from the Summer Vibes paper pad
- Cut two strips of the striped paper 1×5 1/2 inches, cut the top triangle piece 3×3 1/2 inches, and the bottom piece 3×2 inches
- Die cut two strips using the second smallest die from the stitched slimline strip dies – I used the solid turquoise paper from the Summer Vibes paper pack
- Stamp, color, and die cut the cute girl gnome from the Summer Gnomes stamp set
- Die cut a Stitched fishtail banner – I again used a yellow piece of paper from the Summer Vibes paper pack
- Stamp and heat emboss the What’s Up, Gnomie sentiment on the banner die
- Adhere pattern paper to card, adhere stitched strips, adhere girl gnome and banner strip using dimensional adhesive
- Add Daisy Days enamel dots to finish card
Thanks for stopping by.

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Summer Vibes paper pad by Kat Scrappiness

Summer Gnomes stamp set by Kat Scrappiness

Summer Gnomes coordinating dies by Kat Scrappiness

Stitched Fishtail Banner dies by Kat Scrappiness

Stitched Slimline Strip dies by Kat Scrappiness

Daisy Days Enamel Dots by Kat Scrappiness
August 7, 2022