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  • Happy Father’s Day Eclipse Card

    Happy Father’s Day Eclipse Card

    Hello Kat Scrappiness fans!  It’s Lisa back with you today to share an eclipse card that I made for Father’s Day.  I used one of the new dies in the shop this month called Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies.  I also used the Large Alpha dies to form the focal point of the card after I made a background with the Dad’s Tools stamp set.

    I started by die cutting a white panel from one of the stitched rectangle dies and stamping the hammer and nails randomly all over in every direction.  I made sure to stamp some of the hammers and nails off of the card for a more random look.  Once the background was done I die cut the letter D A D out of the panel.  The next step was to die cut the same letters out of black paper two more times.  I adhered the black letters to each other and made the top layer the letter that was cut from the stamped background.  The last step was to cut the letters out one more time from double sided foam tape to pop the letters up on the card.  I adhered the stamped panel to a black card base and fit the thick letters back in like a jigsaw puzzle.  Because they had black layers under them they appear to have a shadow under them making them stand out.  I finished the card with a sentiment from Dad’s Tools heat embossed with white on to a stitched flag and popped it up on foam tape.

    I love to decorate the inside of my cards with a coordinating stamp and sentiment so I stamped Mr. Fix It on the inside with a hammer and a few nails to finish the card off.

    The eclipse card is such a fun technique and you can check out YouTube for a great video showing this technique by my other Kat Scrappiness team member Tina Dornbaum.

    All products used will be linked below.

    Don’t forget to use code Lisa10 at checkout for 10% off your order!

    Thank you for joining me today and I hope you have a great day!

    I already am!

    ?Lisa ?

     

  • Flag Flowers Thank You Note

    Hello, crafters!  Thanks for joining me for today’s card project.  I was playing around with the Stitched Flag Dies from Kat Scrappiness and realized that I could make some fun flowers with them!  Being a lover of all things floral, it was easy for me to see the dies used in this way.  And with just a few added embellishments to complete the look, I really like how they turned out.  So let’s go through the steps of how I made this card.

     

    The very first thing I did was cut out 8 separate flags.  I used the smallest flag for this, which still makes a good-sized flower for a card front.  You could absolutely use any card stock or patterned paper you like – the whimsical nature of these flowers encourages you to think outside the box.  I knew I wanted to use an assortment of papers from a single 6×6 pad, so I chose a more subtle tone-on-tone pattern for my petals.

     

    To join the “petals,” I simply taped them end to end in pairs, then joined two pairs into a cross shape.  To finish the shape, I offset the crosses so that you get a nice little “flower” with equal spaces between the petals.  For added dimension, you could add another layer of petals underneath cut from the next bigger size flag die.  Or you could also gently bend the petals upwards so they “cup” a bit and will lift off the card front.

     

    For my flower centers I found a layered floral die set in my stash and cut the starburst shape in dark brown card stock.  I then added two circles of yellow, the larger one in a deep sunflower yellow and the smaller circle in a buttercup yellow.  For my leaves I found a Doodlebug cut file in my Silhouette Cameo and cut two of them from a pretty spring green card stock.  If you don’t have dies like this, you could use a small scalloped circle die for the dark brown, and add a yellow brad to the center.  There are TONS of options, so just start playing and go wild with your flowers!

     

    The spring green polka dot and the blue woodgrain papers are both from the same patterned paper pad, and even though the blue paper wasn’t long enough to go across my card front, I absolutely loved it and had to use it.  I cut a piece of the dark brown card stock that was just 1/4″ taller than the blue for matting, then I added the thin strips of polka dot paper behind that.  Since the blue and green are both paper, this triple layer piece isn’t very thick when it’s all together.

     

    I knew that I wanted my flowers in a little cluster off to the left, so I lined my layered panel up to the right side of my card front.  I’m using an A2 size (4.25×5.5″) top-folding card as my base.  I stamped the sentiment from the Dad’s Tools Layered Stamp Set by Kat in Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink.  I love how crisp and clean this ink stamps!  It’s great for stamping sentiments  🙂  After the stamping was done, I arranged the leaves first and then added the flowers on top, popping them up on foam tape and slightly overlapping them.  The final step was to bring in a bit more yellow by adding Nuvo Crystal Drops in the Dandelion color.  I can’t say enough good things about these drops, and I encourage you to get a bottle or two and give it a try.

     

     

    And that’s a look at the final card.  I hope that you enjoyed this project as much as I did – I’ve already made this card in 3 different color palettes, and I’m going to try different flower centers, too.  Don’t forget to share your own Kat Scrappiness creations with us for a chance to win prizes each month.  If you’d like to purchase the KS Stitched Flag Dies or the Dad’s Tools Layered Stamp Set, you can use discount code “CYNTHIA10” and receive 10% off your entire order.  Happy crafting!