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Happy Father’s Day

Hello everybody! I am excited to stop by and share with you all, a card that I have created for Father’s Day using some amazing products from Kat Scrappiness.

I started off by creating my A2 sized card base using 110lb. White Neenah Card Stock. I then cut down a piece of blue Bazzill Cardstock to measure 4-3/8″W x 5-3/8″H and adhered that onto my card base as my card mat.

One of my favorite dies from Kat Scrappiness is the Condensed Uppercase Alphabet Dies. I used these to die cut the word “DAD” using some gold foiled card stock that I had left over in my stash from a previous project.

I also die cut three different sized ovals using the Cross Stitched Oval Dies by Kat Scrappiness.

Have you seen the newly released Dad’s Tools – 6″x 8″ Layered Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness? This stamp set is amazing! There are a total of 34 stamps in this set. The tools, which include a hammer, screw driver, nails and screws are all layering stamps and there are 12 sentiment/word stamps, making it that much easier to be able to create that perfect masculine card for any occasion. I decided that I was going to use the hammer for my card creation. I started by stamping the hammers handle using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap and Vintage Photo. For the hammer head, I used Hickory Smoke, Iced Spruce and Black Soot.

I also decided that I wanted to use one of the sentiments from the Dad’s Tools – 6″ x 8″ Layered Stamp Set as well. I went with the “Happy Father’s Day” stamp, which I stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed using Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder onto the smallest blue oval that I had die cut previously.

To complete my Father’s Day card, I layered my die cut ovals and centered them at the lower portion of my card. I added foam tape to the “DAD” letters to make them pop up a bit and to make it fun, I wanted to put the hammer through the first “D”. Once all of my card elements were in place and adhered down, I added some small adhesive gems at the top left and bottom right corners to add a bit of interest and complete my card.

I am happy with how my card has turned out and I hope that you enjoyed my quick tutorial as well. All of the supplies I have used for this card are listed below and can be found at the Kat Scrappiness Shop. Remember to use Code: Jana10 at checkout to receive 10% off of your order. Thank you again for stopping by and have an amazing day!!!

Supplies List:

110lb. Neenah White Card Stock

65lb. Blue Bazzill Card Stock

Patterned Paper & Gold Foiled Card Stock

Condensed Uppercase Alphabet Dies by Kat Scrappiness

Cross Stitched Oval Dies by Kat Scrappiness

Dad’s Tools – 6″ x 8″ Layered Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness

Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Tsukineko Full-Size Versamark Clear Embossing Ink Pad

Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder

Adhesive Gems

May 20, 2018
Mother’s Day cards featuring Stitched Flags Dies by Kat Scrappiness
1. Hello crafty friends!! I hope that everybody enjoyed and had a fabulous Mother’s Day! I am up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today and wanted to share two cards that I had created for Mother’s Day using some amazing Kat Scrappiness products, including one of our newest dies just released this month, the Stitched Flags Dies. What an amazing and versatile die set this is. The Stitched Flag die set comes complete with seven flag dies all in different sizes, allowing endless possibilities for all of your crafting needs.
To begin, I die cut several flags using four different sized flag dies from the newly released Stitched Flag Die Set by Kat Scrappiness. I also die cut the words, “Mom” and “Aunt” using the Uppercase Condensed Alphabet Dies by Kat Scrappiness.

To make the process of adding each flag to my card, I ran each one through my Xyron sticker maker to ensure that the back side of each flag was completely covered with adhesive.

Next I began to adhere the flags in a pattern. I started off by placing the first flag in the center of the card and continued adding the remaining flags, from the center outwards towards the end of the card, making sure that the edge of each flag was inline with the top crease of the card and the tails of each flag met slightly.

I then started placing the next layer of flags over the first layer, overlapping in them so that you could still see some of the pattern on the flags. These flags ended up overlapping the edges of my card. I used scissors to cut off the excess.

I continued in this manner, placing the flags over the previous layers going from largest to smallest.

Once my flags were completely adhered, I added the words, “Mom and “Aunt” to each card. To finish off each card, I added some of the 3mm Peach Solid Heart Confetti from Kat Scrappiness to each. I put a single heart on each of the smallest green flags and also added some to a few of the letters just to bring it all together.

And that now completes my Mother’s Day cards. I hope that you enjoyed this quick Mother’s Day card tutorial. You can find a list of all the materials used in these projects down below. Most supplies used may be purchased at the Kat Scrappiness Shop and you can receive a 10% discount at check out by using the Code: Jana10

Thank you for visiting and have a fabulously crafty day!!!

Supplies and Materials Used:
- 110lb. ReCollections Cream Cardstock (Card Base)
- Patterned Paper: DCWV Copper Luxury Stack
- Stitched Flags Die Set by Kat Scrappiness
- Uppercase Condensed Alphabet Dies by Kat Scrappiness
- Xyron Sticker Maker
- 3mm Peach Solid Heart Confetti by Kat Scrappiness
- Ranger Multi Medium Matte
May 14, 2018
Envelope Art featuring Giraffe Envelope Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness

Hello everybody! Today I am stopping by to share some envelope art that I created using the newly released Giraffe Envelope Art Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness. This stamp set is perfect for creating super cute and fun cards as well as envelopes for all your happy mail!! The stamp set comes with a total of 9 stamps, allowing you to create the sweetest envelopes and cards your recipient has ever received.

I started out by placing a plain white 4.3″ x 5.75″ envelope in my Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform and stamped this adorable Giraffe using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

I then colored my stamped image using Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils.

While I was quite happy with how my giraffe turned out, I wanted to add just a bit more color to my envelope. With my pencils being a wax based pencil, I knew that I would be able to add some Distress Oxide Ink to my card without covering up and destroying the image I had already colored. I went with the Broken China and Antique Linen Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz and applied both to my envelope using both a blending and blotting motion.

I realized that I forgot to stamp the “please deliver to:” on the board before I started coloring, so I stamped it afterwards. And that completes my envelope art. I am happy with how it turned out and I can’t wait to be able to send someone some Happy Mail!!!

I hope that you enjoyed my Envelope Art project for today! Below is a list of supplies that I have used to create this envelope and most can be found in the Kat Scrappiness Store. To receive 10% off of your order, use Code: JANA10 at checkout.

As a reminder, Kat Scrappiness has a Challenge every month. One winner will be randomly picked at the end of each month and will receive a $25 gift card to the shop. Make sure you enter your projects for a chance to win!!!

Supplies & Materials Used:

Giraffe Envelope Art Stamp Set by Kat Scrappiness

Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform

Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink Pad

ReCollections White 4.3″ x 5.75″ Envelope

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils

Broken China Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

April 29, 2018
Got Coffee? Card

Hello crafty friends!! Jana stopping in today to share a card I created using some of the newly released coffee dies from Kat Scrappiness this month. I myself LOVE coffee or anything coffee flavored, so when I saw that we received these dies as part of our Design Team Package, I was super excited and could not wait to begin crafting with them.

How amazing are these new dies?!?! For this card I used the “Got Coffee?” Die and the Layered Coffee Cup Die.

To begin, I die cut all my layers from the Layered Coffee Cup Die.

I then added some shading to a few of the pieces by using one of my favorite Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks – Antique Linen.

I also wanted to add some color to the card mat. I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Antique Linen and Tattered Rose. I applied these colors using the blending tool in no specific pattern. After I was happy with the ink application, I spritzed some water on to the card mat to “soak up” some spots of color.

After my card mat was given time to dry, I wanted to stamp areas of what would look like coffee ring stains. I used the “Coffee Ring” from the 2″ x 3″ Clear Stamps by Altenew and stamped various edges of both my card mat and card base. I stamped these stains using the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide – Vintage Photo to add a darker brown color to the card.

After my card mat was dried and adhered to the card base, I die cut my “Got Coffee?” die and adhered it over my Layered Coffee Cup.

To finish off my card, I used a few sequins from both the Caramel Latte and Chocolate Truffle Kat Scrappiness Sequin Mixes.

I hope that you enjoyed my card make for today. Remember to use Code: JANA10 at checkout in the Kat Scrappiness Store to receive 10% off of your purchase. Kat Scrappiness also has an April Card Challenge going on right now……Envelope Art!!! How exciting!! Stop by here for all the details and to see how you can receive a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the Kat Scrappiness Store.

Supplies used:

“Got Coffee?” Die by Kat Scrappiness

Layered Coffee Cup Die by Kat Scrappiness

Coffee Ring 2″x3″ Clear Stamps by Altenew

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink – Antique Linen

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink – Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink – Tattered Rose

Kat Scrappiness “Chocolate Truffle” Sequin Mix

Kat Scrappiness “Caramel Latte” Sequin Mix

Echo Park Paper Co. – Fall Dots & Stripes 6×6 Paper Pad

April 20, 2018
Swatch Samples using the Swatches Stamp Set
- Hello everybody! It’s Jana and today I am stopping in to share a few different ways that I have been using the new Swatch Stamp Set that has just been released this month from Kat Scrappiness. This stamp set comes complete with eight stamps including a large square, rectangle, two circles, a heart, a star, a splatter spot and rectangular box stamp. This set is perfect for swatching out your inks, markers, pens, pencils….just about everything!
In this sample, I have swatched out just a few of the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks that I have. I have been looking for ways to swatch out my inks and other various mediums to allow me to easily look through and find a specific color or color combination that I want to use while crafting. In this sample, I used the large rectangle to stamp the ink swatches onto a 2.5 x 3.5 card which I keep in a page protector. I typed up the names of each ink along with the brand onto sticker paper and applied to each color accordingly.

For this next swatch, I used the open circle from the stamp set and stamped as many as I could fit onto an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. I then colored each using some of my Copic markers that I have and labeled to allow me to see which number and name are associated with each.

For my third sample, I used the boxed rectangle stamp and stamped continually down the page. I wanted to create a sample page for the Nuvo Crystal Drops that I have. I added a small amount of each Nuvo Drop color and again, typed up labels so that I new the name of the color at first glance. I also plan to create more swatch pages like this for all of the Stickles I have as well as embossing powders, glitter, etc.

This is an amazing Swatch set and is so versatile too. Not only can I create any type of swatches I need to, I can use these basic shapes and designs to create simple cards and/or projects as well.

I hope that you enjoyed this quick share of my swatch samples. If you are looking for a way to create your own, you can find the Swatch Stamp Set here. Thank you for visiting and have a fabulously crafty day!
April 14, 2018
Lunch Box Notes featuring Punny Snacks

Hello everybody! Today I am stopping in to share some super cute and easy to make “Lunch Box Notes” using the Kat Scrappiness Punny Snacks Stamp Set. I love surprising my kids during the school day by sticking a fun little message in their lunch bags/boxes to let them know that I am thinking about them. With the Kat Scrappiness Punny Snacks Stamp Set, it makes coming up with a quick and cute card that much easier. This super cute set comes with a total of 29 stamps: 9 different food/snacks, 2 hearts, 7 different faces you can add onto the foods, and 11 sentiments.

To start, I first cut down some ReCollections 110lb. white card stock into 3″ x 6″ pieces. I scored the pieces along the 6″ side at 3″ and folded on the score line to create a 3″x 3″ card base.

Using the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Dies, I cut out various colors of 65lb. card stock.

I then stamped many of the snacks from the Kat Scrappiness Punny Snacks Stamp Set onto Neenah Solar White Card Stock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them up using Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils.

Once all my snacks were colored, I fussy cut each one and added some foam adhesive square to the back so that they would “pop” off my postage die cut colored pieces.

I then placed my card bases onto my Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform and using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, aligned and stamped my card sentiments from the Kat Scrappiness Punny Snacks Stamp Set.

I then added 1/4″ scor-tape to the back of each die and adhered them onto the front of the card bases. To finish off these mini note cards, I used a white gel pen to add some highlights as well as a few colored gel pens to added colored sprinkles to my donuts.

And here once again, is my small completed set of mini note cards.

I hope that you enjoyed today’s project and it has helped to inspire you. All products used in the project are listed below and can be found at the Kat Scrappiness Store. Remember to use the Code: JANA10 to receive 10% off of your order.

Supplies Used:

Kat Scrappiness Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Dies

Kat Scrappiness Punny Snacks Stamp Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink Pad

Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform

1/4″ Scor-Tape

Foam Adhesive Squares

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils

ReCollections 110lb. White Card Stock

ReCollections 65lb. Card Stock (Various Colors)

Uni-ball Impact Bold White Gel Pen

March 27, 2018
You make the world a beautiful place…

Hello everybody! It’s Jana and I am happy to be posting and sharing another Design Team project for the Kat Scrappiness Blog. Today’s post features the Everyday Brush Strokes Stamp Set . I just can’t get over this stamp set. Again, it was just released this month and is truly amazing. This set comes with a total of 18 stamps which include: 11 sentiments, 2 paint splatters and 5 brush strokes all varying in size. For today’s project, I have used the set, along with some other fun goodies from the shop to create a beautiful shaker card.

To begin, I first die cut a piece of orange vellum I had found in my stash using the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Dies. I used the largest die in the set, which fits perfectly on an A2 sized card.

I cut a second card mat using white cardstock down to 3-3/4″ wide by 5″ high. I then die cut a circle out of the middle of the card mat using Lawn Fawns Small Stitched Circle Stackable Dies. I decided that for this particular card I wanted to create a sun and used the smallest brushstroke from the stamp set. I started off stamping my brush stroke around the base of the circle using the Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz.

I then wanted to add another tone to my bright shining sun to make it stand out just a bit more, so using the same small brush stroke stamp, I used the Wild Honey Distress Oxide and stamped around the circle once more, this time stamping in between the brush strokes that have already been stamped. This method makes not only a great sun, but could also be an amazing sunflower too (I might have to try that next!!)

After my sun was created, I decided that I wanted more color around the outer edges of the cardstock to help my sun “pop”, so I added some more color using Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide.

Once that step was completed, I cut a piece of acetate and adhered it onto the back of my card mat over the circle using Ranger Multi Medium Matte to create my shaker window.

Now for the fun part…..adding these amazing sequins. Kat Scrappiness has so many gorgeous sequins and the Turquoise Sunrise sequin mix was perfect for this shaker card. I added a bit into the center of my card before I placed my sun over it to seal.

I added foam tape to the back panel of the card mat and around the edge of the circle to create my shaker area and then adhered it to the card base. How beautiful is that ?!?!

To finish off the card, I stamped the sentiment “you make the world a beautiful place” also from the Everyday Brush Strokes Stamp Set using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on the lower left corner of the card. I then took a few more sequins from the mix and added them to the top right and lower left corners to add a bit of interest.

I hope that you enjoyed today’s project and it has helped to inspire you. All products used in the project are listed below and can be found at the Kat Scrappiness Store. Remember to use the Code: JANA10 to receive 10% off of your order.

Supplies Used:

Kat Scrappiness Everyday Brush Strokes Stamp Set

Kat Scrappiness Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Dies

Wild Honey Distress Oxides Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Fossilized Amber Distress Oxides Ink Pad by Tim Holtz

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Kat Scrappiness Turquoise Sunset Sequin Mix

Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink Pad

Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Circle Stackables Dies

Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

March 20, 2018