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  • Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

    Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

    Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you! I have two different things for share with you. The first is the card that I created using the Holly Leaves & Berry Dies and the second, you will know at the end of this post.

    Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

    To Make this card, I die cut several pieces of the Holly Leaves & Berries Dies using a green card stock. Then I arranged and pasted these pieces directly over a green layer and die cut the entire layer with the large Embossed Edge Rectangle Die.

    Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

     

    Using a Green Illustrator Marker from Spectrum Noir, I colored all the areas that keep free and market the stitched wines of each Holly leaves creating a tone to tone look. To complete the card I die cut the berries using Cherry Cobbler card stock and stamped a message from the stamp set Merry Critters with StazOn Snow.

    Merry Christmas and more with Martha Lucia

     

    THANK YOU!

    My second notice is that this is my last card as part of the fabulous Design Team of Kat Scrappiness. This year on this team has been for me one of my best creative years. The friendship and amazing products made this one of my favorites. But I am not sad, because I will continue using the products of Kat Scrappiness and I am leaving the team because since January 2020, I will have a great creative business in my hands! Keep in touch!

    I want to give special thanks to Kathleen the owner of Kat Scrappiness and Maria Rusell the great DT Coordinator and to ALL the amazing teammates that made this one of my best teams! See you soon and thank you for your love!

    Martha Lucia

  • Holiday Cards in Traditional (and Not-So-Traditional) Color Combos

    Holiday Cards in Traditional (and Not-So-Traditional) Color Combos

    Hi Everyone, it’s Priscilla here. I’ve been having fun lately playing with non-traditional colors for holiday cards, so today I thought I’d show you some traditional and not-so-traditional color combos for both Christmas and Hanukkah cards.

     

    My first card is a Christmas one in traditional red and green.

    I used the new Kat Scrappiness “Merry Christmas with Shadow Die” as the focal point. It’s quite impressive and basically fills the front of an A2 size card in landscape orientation.I die cut patterned paper for the shadow and gold foil card stock for the sentiment. The background was created using an embossing folder and green card stock. Three of Kat‘s “Christmas Red” sequins finished this card.

    My second card uses the same “Merry Christmas with Shadow Die”, but this time with an olive green and black color combo . . . a bit of an unexpected Christmas color combo!

    Kat’s “Gold Jewels” finished this card.

    On to Hanukkah cards! I used the more traditional colors of blue and gold for my first card.

    The new Kat Scrappiness “Happy Hanukkah with Shadow Die” is the focal point. The sentiment was die cut out of navy card stock and the shadow was cut from a shimmery gold. My beautiful background paper is actually an “official” Hanukkah patterned paper from my local PaperSource store. The gold sequins are built right into the paper!

    Ok, now onto my non-traditional color combination for a Hanukkah card.

    Once again I used the “Happy Hanukkah with Shadow Die,” but this time with cobalt blue and yellow to match the bright and bold patterned background behind it. Would you believe this background is actually a plastic Hanukkah tablecloth from a party goods store?

    Here’s all four cards together.

     

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

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    The supplies I used are listed and linked below.

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  • Sequins, Sprinkles, and Confetti, oh my!

    Sequins, Sprinkles, and Confetti, oh my!

    Hey friends, how is everyone doing on their Christmas and Holiday cards?  I got all mine mailed out yesterday.  I think I mailed about 50 cards out this year!

    For today’s card, I used a combination of Kat Scrappiness sequins, sprinkles, and confetti for this fun Christmas card.

    I colored a cute snowman image with Copic markers, added a black frame and a pocket for my sequin mixes.  I used the following mixes from Kat Scrappiness – Falling Snow sprinkles, blue star confetti, white star confetti, and the Frozen II sequin mix.  I love the way all of these mix together perfectly.

    I used the largest die from the Stitched Postage Stamp Edge rectangle dies to cut a piece of paper from the My Favorite Winter paper pad from Echo Park.  I wrapped a piece of black and white twine around this panel and tied a bow.  I then adhered this to the card base with dimensional adhesive.  I added my shaker piece and three of the Falling Snow sprinkles to finish the card.

     

    Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!  Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products used on this card are below.

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  • A Bold Merry Christmas

    A Bold Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas crafty friends,

    Adam here with the fastest and easiest Christmas card using Kat Scrappiness dies and paper.

    Using the Kat Scrappiness Embossed Edge Circle dies cut three sizes of circles out of glitter stock in red, gold, and green.

    Cut a white card base, a red layer one, and a white layer two.

    Arrange the circles in a pleasing order.

    Cut out the Kat Scrappiness Merry Christmas from the Merry Christmas and Shadow Die Set in Black card stock.

    Die cut green holly leaves and red berries using the Kat Scrappiness Holly Leaves and Berries Die. Attach the greeting over the circles and add the holly to complete the card. How fast was that?

    Supply List:

    Kat Scrappiness Merry Christmas and Shadow die

    Kat Scrappiness Holly Leaves and Berries die

    Kat Scrappiness Embossed Edge Circle dies

  • Christmas Stocking Card

    Christmas Stocking Card

    Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you!

    Today I am featuring the Christmas Stocking Banner Die and the Stitched Winter Swirl Backdrop Die . I made a Stocking Christmas Card.

    Christmas Stocking Card

    Let me share the steps to create this fun card:

    1. Cut the card base in regular size. I used Cherry Cobbler Card stock of 4-1/4″x11″ with score in 5-1/2″.
    2. Cut a second layer using whisper white card stock.
    3. Embellish the second layer using the Stitched Winter Swirl Backdrop Die. You only need to pass your white layer through the die cut machine with the die to create the texture and perfect size.
    4. If you consider necessary, resize the layer just cutting a few millimeters to let see the red border.
    5. Cut two pieces of the Christmas Stocking Banner Die using whisper white card stock.
    6. Arrange the banners over your decorated card base.
    7. Cut the small parts of the stocking banner using garden green and cherry cobbler card stock. Paste it over the stockings alternating the colors.
    8. Stamp the sentiment and birds from the stamp set Merry Critters onto Whisper White card stock.
    9. Die cut the sentiment using the Stitched Sentiment Strips and with scissors, cut the little birds.
    10. Paste the stamped images onto your card using double sided foam tape.
    11. Embellish the stocking banner using some Penguin Sprinkles.

    Christmas Stocking Card

    Thank you for stopping by and see you soon with more Christmas Inspiration.

  • Christmas Snow Globe Shaker

    Christmas Snow Globe Shaker

    Hello,

    It is time to start making Christmas cards! I have a fun and easy shaker card today. I started with a green card base and added a Christmas plaid layer one. Next I cut two layer fours, one in green and one in white. I placed the green layer askew on the plaid then added the white layer squarely on top of the green. I splattered a bit of black watered down acrylic paint to the layer for dimension.

    Using the KS Merry Critters Stamp set, I stamped an assortment of the images, colored and cut them out.

    Next, arrange the images to create the back drop of the shaker. We are using the KS Merry Christmas Snow Globe shaker dimensions set.

    The top of the globe was coated in glue and covered with gold glitter.

    Close up of the layered card stock.

    The snow globe is attached to the card layers. The sentiment is stamped and embossed onto red banner and attached over the snow globe base. A few colored images are adhered to lower corners along with a few gold sequins and the shaker card is complete.

    Supply List:

    KS Merry Critters

    KS Merry Christmas Snow Globe shaker dimension set

    Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing powder

    KS Autumn Harvest Sequin Mix

     

     

  • Christmas Stocking

    Christmas Stocking

    Hi crafters, is everyone ready for Thanksgiving this week?  I’m just having a small get together with my family.

    For today, I have a card using the Build a Stocking die set.  This is such a fun and versatile die set.

    I started by die cutting the pieces of the stocking – red card stock for the stocking, chevron pattern paper for the body of the stocking, blue glitter card stock for the opening of the stocking, and white glitter paper for the snowflake.  After putting the stocking together, I added sequins from the Retro Christmas sequin mix to the stocking.  I added glitter on the edges by using a glue pen and loose glitter.

    I used the largest Cross Stitched Rectangle die to cut out a rectangle from white card stock.  I used a snowflake stencil and mermaid lagoon distress ink to create the inked background.  I used more ink at the top of the card then gradually faded the ink toward the bottom.

    I stamped Merry Christmas from the Merry Critters stamp set on the inked panel, adhered it to my card base, and attached my stocking using foam adhesive.

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    Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!  Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on these cards are below.  Stay tuned later this week for an awesome (early) Black Friday sale!

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  • Ornament Gate Fold Card

    Ornament Gate Fold Card

    Hey crafters, are you ready to start making Christmas cards? I have a beautiful yet simple card to share today. This is perfect for assembly line card creating. It just requires the Kat Scrappiness Ornament Strip Cover Plate Die and a Christmas sentiment.

    I started by die cutting only the ornament portion of the die out of gold glitter paper. Need two per card so cut as many as you will need. Next cut two red rectangles equal to the size of a card front. Adhere the ornament die cuts to the red paper.

    Using white card stock cut 5 1/2 “ x 8 1/2” piece. Score and fold at 2 1/8” and 6 3/8”. This creates the gate fold card base. The decorated panels are adhered to the front two folds.

    Next the belly band is created by cutting a strip of red card stock 1/2” x 9”.  The sentiment is embossed in gold (Brutus Monroe gilded Embossing Powder) in the center. Fold the strip to fit around the card and glue the band ends together.

    I added a pearl to each side of the sentiment band and my card was complete.  Now repeat all steps as many times as cards you want to make. What a quick and pretty card to send out this holiday season.

    Supply List:

    Kat Scrappiness Ornament Strip Cover Plate Die

    Brutus Monroe Gilded Embossing Powder

  • Happy Holidays with Ornament Strip Cover Plate

    Happy Holidays with Ornament Strip Cover Plate

    Hi everyone, can you believe that Thanksgiving is next week?  I can’t, and I’m definitely not ready.  I have been working on my Christmas cards though.

    Today, I’m sharing a card using the Ornament Strip Cover Plate die.  This die is so beautiful and detailed.

    I die cut the Ornament Strip Cover Plate die three times from white card stock.  I then trimmed the left side of each strip to the same size of space on the right side.  I then backed each layer with red glitter card stock.  I adhered each one, starting with the middle one, to my A2 sized card base.

    My sentiment is the Happy Holidays die from Kat Scrappiness.  I die cut it three times – one from gold foil card stock and two from white card stock.  I adhered the three layers together.  This gives the sentiment dimension without having to add foam adhesive to the die cut.  I adhered the sentiment to the card using liquid adhesive.

    It really is hard to capture all the shine and shimmer of the card in pictures, but it is!  The Ornament Strip Cover Plate makes it so easy to create beautiful cards.

    Here is a look at the introduction video for this die which shows a couple more cards using this die.  Thanks for stopping by!

     

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  • Merry Christmas Shadow Die Cards

    Merry Christmas Shadow Die Cards

    Hi everyone, it’s Caren here today.  What did you guys think of the new release?  So many great dies and the design did a fabulous job showing them off.

    I love them all, but the Merry Christmas Shadow die might just be my favorite.  I love the size of it and how easy it is to make quick and easy cards.  Also, I get to use all my patterned paper with it!  Today, I have several cards using this die.  If you mass produce cards, this die makes it a snap.  The longest part of making these cards was choosing my paper!

     

     

    I used the same design for all the cards, just used different patterned paper.  As you see, the die is the focal point and big enough that you don’t really need to add anything else to the cards.

    Here is the introduction video to this die with a few more examples.

    Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!  Here is a link to the Kat Scrappiness shop and direct links for products I used on these cards are below.  Get this die (plus other goodies) for 15% off in the store thru November 8th by using code COFFEE2019.

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