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  • Cook Up A Card Recipe Challenge!

    Join our Cook Up A Card Recipe Challenge! The challenge will be running for the entire month of April. You can enter as many times as you would like for a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to Kat Scrappiness, all you need to do is follow this simple recipe. Make sure you enter your card into our LINK party.

    RECIPE:

    The recipe is:
    1. Start with Pattern paper as a background
    2. Use a nested shape die to create a focal area
    3. Create a focal image with one of these three: 1) Stamp and color an image, 2) Stand Alone die or 3) large word sentiment
    4. Add some bling!
    There isn’t a specific sketch you have to follow — just the recipe above. You can use any layout you want – including your favorite sketches. You can use any products, you will get an extra entry if you use KatScrappiness products.

    You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

    Click here to enter

     

  • Happy National Cardmaking Day Weekend with Kat Scrappiness.com!

    Happy National Cardmaking Day Weekend with Kat Scrappiness.com!

    Hi Crafty Friends,

    HAPPY NATIONAL CARDMAKING DAY WEEKEND!

    Kat Scrappiness has everything you need to have a BLAST this weekend and CELEBRATE!

    We have 20% off store wide SALE that starts today!, Tomorrow we have an Instagram hop,  Facebook challenges,  Facebook Scavenger Hunts, and OF COURSE PRIZES for you all weekend.

    Details are below but you are going to want to join the

    Kat Scrappiness National Cardmaking Day Sale! 20% off the ENTIRE STORE

    http://www.katscrappiness.com?aff=174

     

    Please check this blog tomorrow morning for all of the FUN that starts tomorrow!

  • Kat Scrappiness October Challenge Collaboration with Double Trouble Challenge: Halloween/Fall

    Hi Crafty Friends,

    It’s time for a NEW Challenge at Kat Scrappiness. We have great Halloween and Fall themed Dies and Stamps. I love our Crafter’s Essentials Fall Dies and the Happy Fall Y’all Stamp Set!

    We have a special collaboration with Double Trouble Challenge this month and the theme is Halloween/Fall. Details on how to enter Double Trouble’s Challenge are below.

    I can’t wait to see your Halloween and Fall cards! Make sure you are subscribed to the Kat Scrappiness blog HERE, Kat Scrappiness Facebook Fan Group HERE and Kat Scrappiness Instagram HERE because in a few days we are having a HUGE PARTY with prizes for National Cardmaking Day on October 5th!

    Thank you so much for entering last month’s challenge Sprinkles & Sequins! We loved seeing your darling cards!

    And NOW the WINNERS!

    The Winners of the Sequins & Sprinkles Challenge for September are

    Lucy E.- Random.org Pick and winner of $15.00 gift certificate to Kat Scrappiness

    and

    Esther Asbury -The Design Team’s Top Pick (grab your badge below) and winner of 6 pack of sequins, jewels, and/or sprinkles

    Esther’s Gorgeous Fall CAS Card just awed us, she used Kat Scrappiness Jewels

    Join DOUBLE TROUBLE with your creation starting on October 7th- October 20th

    Double Trouble Challenge #40: Let the Troubles Begin

    “Put on Your Mask”

    THING 1: Trouble Maker

    says “You’re invited to our Masquerade Ball, show us your favorite masking technique on your project! (Masking can be as simple as stencils, or using  sticky notes, washi tape, die cuts, etc.”)

    You can stop here…..

    OR, you can choose to use Twisted Sister’s Optional Twist

    THING 3: Twisted Sister

    says “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! Include an image you would find in a pumpkin patch… a pumpkin, a scarecrow, or even a trick-or-treater”

    This is an OPTIONAL TWIST but you will be awarded an additional chance in Double Trouble’s random draw if you include this twist in your project

    And DON’T stop here… but take Double Dare’s Dare below…

    THING 2: Double Dare

    Join Kat Scrappiness!

    Here is a little inspiration from me to get you started! I used the Crafter’s Essentials Fall Dies, Happy Pumpkin Sprinkles, and Hocus Pocus Sequin Mix. Grab these amazing dies and sequins FAST because they will sell out!

    I created my background using Wilted Violet and Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide Ink and splattered in with water.

    I die cut all the different shaped dies out of plain cardstock and inked the edges in Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink.

     I added my stitched rectangle frame to the Kat Scrappiness AMAZING Acetate Sheets and trimmed around the edges.

    I added my shaker pieces to the center and glued my scene onto the front of the Kat Scrappiness Acetate!

    Then I put it all together and a fun Halloween Shaker Scene appeared!

    Supplies:

    Kat Scrappiness Crafter’s Essentials Fall Dies 

    Kat Scrappiness Hocus Pocus Sequin Mix

    Kat Scrappiness Happy Pumpkin Sprinkles

    Kat Scrappiness Stitched Rectangle Dies 

    Kat Scrappiness Acetate Sheets

    I can’t wait to see what you create! Prizes: $15 Gift Certificate to Kat Scrappiness or a Sequin, Jewel, and/or Sprinkles Prize Pack. While you do not “HAVE” to use our products, we would LOVE to see how you use our stamps and/or dies in your projects!

    Rules:

    1) Follow the theme

    2) You must link back to our Challenge in your Entry

    3) No Backlinking, projects must be NEW

    4) Only projects that use at least one Kat Scrappiness Product are eligible for DT Top Pic

    5) If the Random.org winner uses KS products they will receive a $15 G.C, if not $10 G.C

    6) Challenge Runs from October 1st- October 29th

    We will randomly pick the winner at the end of the month for the $10-$15 G.C and CHOOSE the DT TOP PICK OF THE MONTH who will get a badge to proudly display on their blog, Instagram, and/or Facebook and a Sequin/Sprinkle Prize Pack!

    You are invited to the October Card Challenge!

    Click here to enter

  • ?Winter Wonderland? Monthly Card Challenge at Kat Scrappiness

    ?Winter Wonderland? Monthly Card Challenge at Kat Scrappiness

    Hi everyone, it’s Lisa and I am back again with another Kat Scrappiness monthly challenge!

    I want to thank everyone who participated in our November challenge. We had 15 entries in the Pumpkin Patch challenge and we are so happy that you are sharing your cards and projects with us!

    The random winner from last month is:  Meghan K!

    Congrats Meghan, we love seeing your beautiful creations in our challenge!

    And now let’s get on with our December challenge!

    Monthly Card Challenge at Kat Scrappiness

    I’m sure most of you are well on your way to making your holiday cards, but if you haven’t started yet don’t worry!  Now’s your chance and Kat Scrappiness is here to help! We have so many new releases in the shop that are perfect for your winter / holiday themed cards and projects! Come browse our Winter Wonderland and I can guarantee you’ll find the perfect crafty supplies for all your projects!

    For starters I’d like to introduce you to the star of the show!  The Crafters Essentials Winter Edition Dies by Kat Scrappiness.

     This incredible set of dies includes 5 individually designed dies that you can mix and match to create uniquely designed cards time and time again. These dies are perfect for the winter holidays and Christmas!

    Dies include:

    • A2 sized *Cut and Emboss Stitched Snowflake Swirl Background Die
    • Two stitched snow drifts/hills
    • One die with three pine/Christmas trees
    • One deer die
    Here are 5 more NEW holiday themed dies you’re going to want to check out! Wait til you see the adorable stocking dies not to mention the gorgeous background dies we have!

    What would all of these wonderful dies be without some cute stamps to add color and interest to?

    Check out these 4 holiday stamp sets available as well!

    You’re going to want to dress up those backgrounds with some awesome sprinkles and sequins and we have just the products for you! These 4 sprinkles and sequins mixes are sure to dress up your holiday cards with sparkle and fun!

    We also have a very special event coming up this month and we would love it if you would participate in with us!

    It is called the Kat Scrappiness Coffee Oasis Charity Blog Hop and Sale!

    Kat Scrappiness Charity Blog Hop

    We are looking for bloggers, YouTubers (and sponsors) who want to join our charity blog hop which will happen from December 7th through the 10th.  The blog hop is winter themed and the sale at Kat Scrappiness will benefit a local charity, The Coffee Oasis.  Kat Scrappiness is donating 15% of all sale proceeds to Coffee Oasis and will have donation buttons on each blog in the hop in case our hoppers want to donate directly.

    The Coffee Oasis does a lot of good to help the youth in our community and we’d love to give back to them and show our support. Please check out this blog post for all of the details and consider joining us!

    So go ahead and get out your winter 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 project!

    .***We only have 2 easy requirements to play along this month:***

    • Make a new winter themed project for the challenge.
    • Please remember to link back to this challenge in your entry.

    That’s it! Easy peasy right? Now let’s see your idea of winter!

    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 Kat Scrappiness, and we’ll see you soon!

    ?Walking in Our Winter Wonderland?

     


  • April Card Challenge – Envelope Art!

    April Card Challenge – Envelope Art!

    Congratulations to Entry #1 (My doodling envelope art) – Your are the winner for April!  We have emailed you with instructions on how to redeem your gift card!

    Hi everyone this is Mona Leonard, Kat Scrappiness Design Team Manager and I am here today to share the April Card Challenge for Kat Scrappiness. Since our new release this month are envelope stamps I thought this would be the perfect theme for this challenge.

    We challenge you to create some envelope art (mail art) and submit your photos in our challenge for a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to Kat Scrappiness! Here are two new “Envelope Art” stamps released by Kat Scrappiness this month:

     

    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 project!  You can stamp, color, die cut, doodle, anything you can think of to decorate your envelope.

    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!


  • February Card Challenge at Kat Scrappiness

    February Card Challenge at Kat Scrappiness

    Last month’s Card Challenge Winner was Amy Osburn Purdie!  Her card was entry #17.  Congrats Amy!

    Greetings, everyone!

    It is Design Team member Hannah Rubenstahl here, and this month it was my turn to decide on a crafting challenge! I don’t know about you, but I’m darn glad that the holidays are over. I am personally ready for the softer colors and the warmer weather!?!?!


    This is my inspiration board for the challenge!

    Can you tell that I’m over the Golds, Silvers, Reds, and Greens of the holidays? Welcome Rose Gold, Pale Pink, Light Blue!

    Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to be inspired by the collage above, and use a minimum of one Kat Scrappiness product in your creation! Link your blog post about your project below and we’ll randomly choose a winner at the end of the month! That is all! If you’re chosen you get to win a $25 credit to the Kat Scrappiness shop! (PSSST, Those fabulous sequins in the collage are from her shop!)

    To start the ball rolling, I created a card based off of my inspiration board:

    The Kat Scrappiness products I used for this card are:

    Large Alphabet Dies
    Distressed Edge Rectangle Dies
    Hearts O’Plenty Sequin Pack
    Mint Sparkles Sequin Pack

    Additional products I used for this card are:

    Distress Oxide Inks
    Fun Foam
    Scor-Tape
    Lawn Fawn Heart Swatch
    Nennah Solar White Cardstock in 80 and 110 lb

    This has been Hannah Rubenstahl of Fanciful Spaces asking, “What are you waiting for?!?!?! Go get crafty!”

    CONGRATULATIONS #7 – Evie Does It who is our February Card Challenge Winner!


  • January Challenge

    January Challenge

    JANUARY CARD CHALLENGE

    This month’s Card Challenge Winner was Amy Osburn Purdie!  Her card was entry #17.  Congrats Amy!

    Happy New Year and welcome to the Kat Scrappiness January Challenge!

    The challenge is open for the entire month of January so you can jump in and enter your project(s) at anytime during the month.

    January Challenge Theme:

    CLEAN AND SIMPLE

    With the new year comes a fresh start.  We clean out our closets, de-clutter, make new resolutions and get back to basics.  I thought it would be fun to see this on a card.  Show us your CAS creations this month.  Keep it simple with lots of white space and minimal layering or embellishment.   You can create cards, mixed media, journaling pages or any other form of art, however you must use at least one Kat Scrappiness product.  (It can be a stamp, die or sequins).  If you don’t have a Kat Scrappiness product, head on over to the store and pick something out! You can even use my coupon code to save 10%!  Coupon Code: Heidi10.

     

    Prizes:

    The grand prize winner will receive a $25.00 Gift Card to the Kat Scrappiness store!  Be sure to enter often throughout the month.  There is no limit on the number of projects you can enter into the challenge and remember this is all for fun, so be sure to share this page with all your friends!

    The Challenge is open from January 1, 2018 through January 31, 2018.  The winners will be chosen on January 31st and will be posted here on the blog, so be sure to subscribe so you can find out if you are a winner.

    Happy crafting!

    Instructions:

    To submit your project, simply click on the button that says “Add Your Link”, that will take you to a page where you can easily upload a photo of your project.  You DO NOT need a blog to enter.  All you need is a photo of your project!  Remember to include your valid email address so we can notify you if you are one of our winners!

  • Kat Scrappiness Monthly Challenge

    Kat Scrappiness Monthly Challenge

    Congratulations Vicky Dutcher, you are the winner of the  Novmeber Challenge!

    Kat Scrappiness Monthly Challenge

    Happy Fall Everyone! We are so excited to announce the very first Monthly challenge hosted by Kat Scrappiness!

    The challenge is open for the entire month of November so you can jump in and enter your project(s) at anytime during the month.

    November Challenge Theme

    Please use this color palette for your project.  The color palette is mandatory for the challenge.  You can create cards, mixed media, journaling pages or any other form of art, however you must use at least one Kat Scrappiness product.  (It can be a stamp, die or sequins).  If you don’t have a Kat Scrappiness product, head on over to the store and pick something out! You can even use my coupon code to save 10%!  Coupon Code: Carly10

    Prizes:

    The grand prize winner will receive a $25.00 Gift Card to the Kat Scrappiness store!  In addition, I, (Carly),  will also be offering a special holiday prize to the second winner and depending on the number of entries, there may be additional prizes as well.  Be sure to enter often throughout the month.  There is no limit on the number of projects you can enter into the challenge and remember this is all for fun, so be sure to share this page with all your friends!

    Challenge is open from November 1, 2017 through November 30, 2017.  The winners will be chosen on December 1, 2017 and will be posted here on the blog so be sure to subscribe so you can find out if you are a winner.

    Happy crafting!

    Instructions:

    To submit your project, simply click on the button that says “Add Your Link”, that will take you to a page where you can easily upload a photo of your project.  You DO NOT need a blog to enter.  All you need is a photo of your project!  Remember to include your valid email address so we can notify you if you are one of our winners!