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Peace on Earth

Hi Everyone! It’s Heidi and I’m here with a card featuring the Pine Tree Border Die by Kat Scrappiness.

I started off with cutting the pine trees from white cardstock.

I added some shimmer by pressing the die cut into some Versamark Ink…….

…then heat embossing it with shimmery Holographic Embossing Powder from Ranger.

Next, I stamped the a sentiment from Avery Elle’s Snowflakes stamp set in Versamark Ink just above where I planned to put the tree line.

I heat embossed that in white embossing powder.

For the stars, I used Carta Bella’s Christmas Sky Stencil and pressed a Versamark Ink pad onto the card front being sure to not go over the sentiment with the ink. I then heat embossed that with some more holographic embossing powder.

I created a blended galaxy sky using Distress Inks and wiped the excess from the embossing with a paper towel.

I attached the trees with some thin strips of foam tape along the bottom of the card.

Some glimmery sequins from Kat’s Snowflakes Kisses II sequin mix completed the card.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I have all the supplies linked below that can be found at the Kat Scrappiness shop. There is a Black Friday/Cyber Monday super sale going on right now over at the shop. You can get 15% off using the code: XMAS2017. See the site for more details. Have a great day!

SUPPLIES

Kat Scrappiness Pine Tree Border Die

Versamark Ink

Embossing Magic Pad

Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder

Carta Bella Christmas Sky Stencil

Wow Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder

Avery Elle Snowflakes stamp set

Kat Scrappiness Snowflake Kisses II sequin mix

Multi Medium Matte glue

Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Shaded Lilac, Seedless Preserves, Blueprint Sketch

November 25, 2017
Decorating the Design a Gingerbread Man die with Heidi

Hi Everyone! It’s Heidi and I’m here with a fun project using the Naughty Christmas stamp and die set and the Design a Gingerbread Man die.

How cute is this little guy? It’s amazing how well the Nuvo Drops worked as “frosting” for the cookie.

Here’s a closer look…..

I have a video below showing how I created this fun card. Supplies are linked below and can be found at the Kat Scrappiness shop. Thanks for joining me!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWTR5j0yrg4]

SUPPLIES:

Kat Scrappiness Design a Gingerbread Man die

Kat Scrappiness Naughty Christmas stamp and die set

Doodlebug Milk and Cookies 6×6 paper pad

Kat Scrappiness Cross-stitched Circles die set

Ranger Enamel Accents-Lily Pad

Kat Scrappiness Retro Christmas sequin mix

Ranger Clear embossing powder

Wow Opaque Bright White embossing powder

Inkadinkado Embossing magic bag

Versafine Onyx Ink

Versamark Ink

Nuvo Drops-Simply White

Green cardstock

White Cardstock

Foam tape

Felt

November 11, 2017
Pop Out Die With Patterned Paper By Heidi

Hi Everyone! It’s Heidi and I’m here with a project using the Kat Scrappiness Pop Out die.

This die is so much fun and makes such a statement with whatever you put behind it. Today, it’s a silly rabbit from Paper Smooches’ A Little Lovin’ stamp set. How funny is his face? He’s just so hopeful that you’ll pay some attention to him! How can you resist?

I did my usual shaped card using the largest square from the Cross Stitched Square die set. Again, I just simply kept the top edge of the die over the top fold of a 4.4 x5.5″ notecard and ran it through my Sizzix machine. Easy, square-shaped card with an added little cross stitched detail. I used some Neenah Desert Storm for the notecard.

For the pop out feature, I cut a square of navy cardstock with the 2nd largest square from the Cross Stitched Square die set. I then backed it with a piece of Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Winter paper cut with the same square. Be sure to layer the papers back to back so you get the fold correct as you’ll see below. I then used the Pop Out die to cut a window into the two papers.

I adhered the layers together avoiding the pop out part, then, I folded back the solid and patterned triangles with a bone folder to make the folds nice and crisp.

To finish, I stamped the sentiment from Lawn Fawn’s Loads of Fun with Versamark and heat embossed it with white powder. I popped up the panel over the front of the card and added the little rabbit peeking out from the window. I had to cut him down a little so his feet wouldn’t stick out.

Thanks so much for joining me today. I have all the products I used from the Kat Scrappiness shop linked below. Be sure to use my coupon code: Heidi10 to receive 10% off your purchase (see coupon rules in the shop for more details). Have a great day!

SUPPLIES

Kat Scrappiness Cross Stitched Square die set

Kat Scrappiness Pop Out die

Paper Smooches A Little Lovin’ stamp set

Lawn Fawn Loads of Fun stamp set

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Winter 6×6 paper pad

Wow Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder

Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Pad

Versamark Ink Pad

Foam Tape

Tape Runner

Neenah Desert Storm

Bazzill Blueberry Sour

November 1, 2017
Birthday Shaker Card

Hi Everyone! It’s Heidi and I have a happy shaker card for you today using the Kat Scrappiness Cross Stitched Circle dies along with some of Kat’s sparkly sequins.

I was in the mood to make a birthday card for this project and was inspired by all the fun colors in Kat’s Rock Candy sequin mix.

I chose some colored cardstock from Gina K.’s Island Dream and Doodlebug’s Swiss Dot Petite Paper Pad to go with the theme.

I made two frames using the 2nd and 3rd smallest Cross Stitched circles and the 1st and 2nd smallest circles

I used the 3rd smallest circle to cut out a solid circle from the Doodlebug purple polka dots. This is my back to my shaker. I adhered it to the front of a white card base off to the side on the bottom left and put a little mound of sequins on top. I’ll eventually overlap the smaller green shaker circle on top.

I cut out another smaller circle using some of the bright green polka dot paper from the Doodlebug pad and put some sequins on top of that.

I adhered the frames I created to some acetate and cut around the circles to create my shaker windows.

Using my large Tonic non-stick scissors, I cut strips of foam tape for the windows

I peeled the backing off then just wrapped it around the back of my circle windows. I placed the windows on top of the sequin filled circles to create the shakers.

I made another circle from the smallest Cross Stitched circle to add to the front. I wanted to put part of a sentiment on it so I cut the second smallest circle from the Never Ending Circles die set in white. I adhered it over the top of the larger circle with foam tape after stamping it with the “Yay!” from Hero Arts’ Birthday Messages stamp set. It fit perfectly so you could still see the cross stitching from the main circle. That set really comes in handy. There are so many sizes of circles!

I added another sentiment from the same stamp set to the bottom right corner of the card and assembled my circles overlapping on the front.

Thanks so much for joining me today! Products available in the Kat Scrappiness store are linked below. Be sure to use my coupon code: Heidi10 to receive 10% off your purchase (see coupon rules in the shop for more details).

SUPPLIES:

Kat Scrappiness Cross Stitched Circle dies

Kat Scrappiness Never Ending Circle dies

Kat Scrappiness Rock Candy sequin mix

Hero Arts Birthday Messages stamp set

Gina K. Island Dream cardstock pack

Doodlebug Rainbow Petite Swiss Dot 6×6 paper pad

Scotch Foam Tape

Mini glue dots

October 25, 2017
Happy Halloween

Hi Everyone! It’s Heidi and I’m here with a fun Halloween card using the new Kat Scrappiness Toil & Trouble Layered Stamp Set. Since layering stamps have come out, they have been some of my favorites to work with. The amount of dimension you get with an otherwise flat image amazes me! For this card, I added a little bit of holographic embossing powder to the cat to really make it stand out.

Here’s a closer look………

I’ve also been enjoying masking again, which is why I had to stamp these little cats 3 times in a row.

I have a video below that shows you how I put everything together. Enjoy!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFqwxKHHaTg]

You can head over to the Kat Scrappiness store to shop for the supplies I used on this project (also linked below). Be sure to use the coupon code: Heidi10 to receive 10% off your order.

Supplies:

Kat Scrappiness Toil & Trouble Layered Stamp Set With Matching Dies

Kat Scrappiness Never Ending Circle Die Set

Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Custom Craft Die

Gina K Designs Cardstock–Island Dream

Lawn Fawn Let’s Polka In The Meadow 6×6 paper pack

Kat Scrappiness Halloween Icon sequins

Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Tool

Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper

Ranger Holographic Embossing Powder

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy

Thermoweb Deco Foil Foam Adhesive

Foam Tape

Lawn Fawn Ink–Manatee, Hippo, Black Licorice, Sunflower

October 11, 2017
So Very Grateful

Hi Everyone! It’s Heidi and I’m back with a card using a heat embossing technique with lots of shimmery gold. I also do a little pop up with my front panel which adds an interesting detail.

To start, I secured the leaf stencil from the Gina Marie Designs June Stencils Bundle to the front of a 4.25″x5.5″ white notecard using some Post-It tape. Using a Versamark ink pad, I spread the ink evenly over the stencil.

I then heat embossed the area with some Ranger Gold Embossing Powder.

After cutting off the back of the notecard, I used the 6th square in the Never Ending Squares die set, to cut into the center of the embossed panel to creat two parts.

I adhered the frame part to the front of another white notecard, then placed 2 layers of foam tape on the square. I placed the square on top of the framed piece lining up the leaves exactly.

I stamped Mudra’s Grateful Hollow sentiment stamp onto some vellum with Versafine Onyx, heat embossed it with Ranger Clear embossing powder, then cut that out with the 5th rectangle from the Never Ending Rectangle die set. The Never Ending dies are perfect when you need a lot of precision on a card like this. They create nice, clean, exact lines.

I added the vellum piece to the square panel using some clear pop dots and added some Sparkling Manhattan Sequins to highlight the sentiment.

Thanks so much for joining me today. You can head over to the Kat Scrappiness store to shop for the supplies I used on this project (also linked below). Be sure to use the coupon code: Heidi10 to receive 10% off your order.

Supplies:

Gina Marie Designs June Stencils Bundle

Never Ending Square Dies

Never Ending Rectangle Dies

Grateful Hollow

Versamark ink

Embossing Magic Pad

Sparkling Manhattan Sequins

Versafine Onyx

Ranger Clear embossing powder

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

October 1, 2017
Sending You Prayers

Hello Everyone!

It’s Heidi, and I’m back with a project using the Never Ending Oval Dies as well as the Waves Border Dies.

Every once in awhile, we need to send cards to people during difficult times. Soothing words and comforting scenes are always nice options for these types of cards. I thought the waves paired with a sentiment from Hero Arts Prayers Stamp & Cut set would work really well.

I started off with 3 colors of Distress Ink to create a sunset to go over the water.

Using Post-It tape, I masked off 3 sections to layer the colors with an ink blending tool.

When I was done, I used my ink blending tool and more ink to blend the lines together.

For the waves, I die cut one of each of the Waves Border Dies with an extra scalloped wave to make four total. I used white cardstock and did not separate them from the paper until after blending some Nuvo Embellishment Mousse in Cornflower Blue onto each wave. This was my first time using the mousse and now I want every color! It blends like butter and gives a subtle frosted sheen that is so pretty.

After blending the mousse onto the waves, I adhered them to the bottom portion of my notecard using Ranger Multi Medium Matte and cut off the excess on the sides.

Using the second largest Never Ending Ovals die, I cut a frame from navy blue cardstock to adhere to the front of my notecard.

Before securing the frame down, I placed it over the front of my card so I could stamp the sentiment right where I wanted it.

I decided the navy blue frame needed something else, so I took the oval a size below the one I used originally, and die cut it into some white cardstock to create a mat to go underneath the navy frame.

I decorated the word “prayers” with a Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle Marker just on the thicker areas to highlight them.

I added a few large sequins from the Rock Candy Sequin Mix and a couple of tiny clear sequins from the Peppermint Twists Sequin Mix. These little sparkle sequins that come in some of Kat’s mixes are great, because you can use them alone just when you need a little something, but not too much, for an embellishment. I used Glossy Accents to adhere them to the card.

Thanks so much for joining me today. You can head over to the Kat Scrappiness store to shop for the supplies I used on this project. Be sure to use the coupon code: Heidi10 to get 10% off your order. Have a great day!

SUPPLIES:

Never Ending Oval Dies

Waves Border Dies

Hero Arts Prayers Stamp & Cut

Lawn Fawn Jet Black Dye Ink

Glossy Accents

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Nuvo Mousse: Cornflower Blue

Rock Candy Sequin Mix

Peppermint Twists Sequin Mix

Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle Marker

Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform

Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmelade, Squeezed Lemonade

Adhesive Runner

Navy blue cardstock

White cardstock

Ink Blending Tool

Mini Sponge Dauber

Post-It Tape

September 11, 2017
Sending Happy Thoughts

Hello Everyone!

It’s Heidi and I’m so excited to bring you my first card as a Kat Scrappiness Design Team Member. I used a ton of great products from the store to create this cheerful card, including the Never Ending Square Dies and the Fancy Scalloped Stitched Border Dies.

To make the square notecard, I took an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of white cardstock, scored it down the middle and folded it in half.

Then, I took the largest square from the Never Ending Square Die Set and placed it on top with just the edge of the die hanging over the top fold. This will be where the card opens so keeping the die over the edge will keep that part from cutting. After it’s cut, the notecard will measure 5 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.

You can use this cutting technique with any of the Never-Ending die shapes to get all types of sizes and shapes. It’s a great way to get even more value from the dies!

I covered the notecard with some striped paper from Pink Paislee’s C’est La Vie 6×6 paper pad.

Using the 4th largest square from the set, I cut a panel from Gina K.’s Turquoise Sea card stock.

I used the same square to cut another white cardstock panel, then, I die cut one of the borders from the Fancy Scalloped Stitched Border Dies set across the bottom.

Using my Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform, I stamped a sentiment from Lawn Fawn’s Happy Happy Happy stamp set onto the scalloped panel.

For the flowers, I used some blooms from the Mudra Linen Blooms stamp set and heat embossed them with silver embossing powder onto some vellum.

I flipped the vellum over and colored over the flowers with a Copic marker.

Using scissors, I cut out the flowers. Vellum is very forgiving, so if you’re not as comfortable fussy cutting, this is very easy. I did a few more than I thought I’d use just so I could play around with the design.

To put the card together, I adhered the scalloped panel with the sentiment on top of the turquoise panel. I needed a little more color, so I slipped in a strip of yellow dotted paper from Lawn Fawn’s Let’s Polka in the Meadow 6×6 paper pad in between the two panels. I popped the whole thing up with foam tape onto the main notecard and arranged the flowers in the corner using glue dots. For a little embellishment, I added some of Kat’s Sparkling Clear Droplets and and a tiny sequin to the center of each flower. The sequins were part of Kat’s Fairytale Princess mix. They add just a hint of sparkle to those big purple blooms.

Here’s a closer look…….

Thanks so much for joining me today. You can head over to the Kat Scrappiness store to find all the supplies I used for this project. Be sure to use the coupon code: Heidi10 to get 10% off your order. Have a great day!

SUPPLIES:

Never Ending Square Dies by Kat Scrappiness

Fancy Scalloped Stitched Border Dies by Kat Scrappiness

Mudra Stamps: Linen Blooms

Lawn Fawn: Happy Happy Happy stamp set

Pink Paislee C’est La Vie 6×6 paper pack

Lawn Fawn Let’s Polka in the Meadow Petite Paper Pack 6×6

Gina K. Designs Cardstock: Island Dream

Sparkling Clear Droplets sampler pack

Fairytale Princess sequin mix

Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform

Scor-Buddy Mini scoring board

Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Pad

Versamark Ink

White cardstock

Black dye ink

Vellum

Foam Tape

Adhesive tape runner

Glue dots

September 1, 2017