Tag: Josefine Fouarge

A Thank You for Kat Scrappiness

I have to say good bye, good bye to a great team and an amazing experience. This is my last post for the Kat Scrappiness Design Team. The half year is already over. Sometimes it’s scary how fast time passes by. But I’m not gone forever. You can still follow me on my blog and stay in contact with me through social media.

This card just had to be a thank you card for Kat and Deb. Thanks to them I was allowed to join a great team and share my love for katscrappiness.com with you. I thought that a little word game might be funny, so I used a scrappy cat stamp for the Kat Scrappiness thank you card 😛

As you know I love messing around with Distress Inks, so I decided to create several layers with masked off hearts. I used the two smallest heart dies to create the masks from Inkadinkado masking paper.

Then I applied the first layer of ink (Twisted Citron) and placed the first mask so it sat between the sentiment and the scrappy cat.

With the first mask in place, I added another layer of Twisted Citron Distress Ink and splattered a little water on top.

Now I switched colors and added another layer of Distress Ink on top. After every new color, I added a new mask and sometimes splattered some water on top.

I finished after I added some more Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive and Peacock Feathers and removed all the masks to reveal the beauty underneath.

To create a pretty frame, I ran the panel through my die cut machine with the new stitched fancy scalloped rectangle die.

It was time to color the scrappy cat 😛 As you can see I was very precise with coloring it. I used Copic markers in warm gray and then fuzzy cut it.

Next up, I die cut the thank you with Kat’s Thank You die and heat embossed it with black Nuvo embossing powder.

A few sequins later, I adhered the sentiment and the cat to the panel and all to the card base.

What do you think? A thank you card worthy for Kat, Deb and the Kat Scrappiness Design team? 😀

Thanks for joining us. I can’t wait to see what the new design team comes up with!

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Stitched Fancy Scalloped Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – Double Stitched Heart Dies by Kat Scrappiness – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper 7″X5″ 12/Pkg	Kat Scrappiness – “Thank You” Brush Script Word & Sentiment Die by Kat Scrappiness
Kat Scrappiness- Tim Holtz Mini Crazy Cats and Dogs Cling Stamps – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – White Diamond Sequin Mix

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February 10, 2017

How to Create a Simple Mixed Media Valentine’s Tag

Hello there, Josefine is back 😛 Today I wanted to share a Valentine’s tag with you using Kat’s new tag dies and a really cute stamp set from Newton’s Nook. You know that I’m “a little” into mixed media, so I wanted to create something more towards that direction with the new Kat Scrappiness dies. But I also wanted to create something that fits to the current season so I decided to go with something pink 🙂

I always think it’s easier to follow a mixed media project in a video vs explanations as text. So I just had to create a new tutorial video for you. I hope you’ll enjoy it 😉

As you can see I didn’t use a lot of planning or precision while creating my Valentine’s tag. I just love to play around and just be messy without thinking about it. What I love about the new tags is that they give you a new design to play with. Usually I use the same old boring form.

Tip

When you get some manila file folders, you can use these tag dies to create your own manila tags. Because their surface can handle wet medium much better than regular card stock, you can use all sorts of paints, inks and mediums on it without worrying about the paper being destroyed.

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Drop Hearts Stencil – 6″X6″ by CC Designs	Kat Scrappiness – Be Mine Valentine Sequin Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – Newton Loves Coffee – 4X6 PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET	Kat Scrappiness – Stitched Fancy Scalloped Oval Dies by Kat Scrappiness – NEW!
Kat Scrappiness – Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tags Dies by Kat Scrappiness

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February 5, 2017

How to Create a Layered Valentines Card Using Kat Scrappiness Double Stitched Heart Dies

Have you seen the new release from Kat Scrappiness yet? She has some great new shapes and double stitched heart dies. But I think it’s easier to show you how a card using these dies looks like. That’s why I created two layered hearts cards 😉

I started by grabbing a regular white piece of card stock and running it through my die cut machine with the largest of the new Stitched Fancy Scalloped Rectangle Dies. I also used the second largest of the Double Stitched Heart Dies to cut a heart shape from masking paper.

Now I added the mask onto the white piece and ink blended the lightest pink shade I had through a CC Designs stencil.

On to the actual hearts. I picked several sheets of the Doodlebug paper. Because I wanted to create some Valentines cards, I chose pink and red colors. To create the layers, I die cut each sheet with a different size of the Stitched Heart die and adhered them together.

Here is the final card, all layered together.

At the end I had several sheets of paper left over, so I decided to create a second card with the layers going inside. This time I used foam tape to make the layered effect even more visible.

Finally, I added a few sequins on top and decided to skip a sentiment. I guess the layered hearts are convincing enough 😛

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Double Stitched Heart Dies by Kat Scrappiness – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – Stitched Fancy Scalloped Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – Gingham/Linen Double Sided 6×6 Paper Pad by Doodlebug	Kat Scrappiness – Drop Hearts Stencil – 6″X6″ by CC Designs
Kat Scrappiness – Candy Kisses Valentine Sequin Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper 7″X5″ 12/Pkg

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January 26, 2017

Magical Fairy Card with Mudra Stamps and Kat Scrappiness Dies

Hi, I’m back for Kat Scrappiness and I have the cutest fairy stamp to share with you. At least I think it’s a fairy with her elegant posture and the puffy skirt. And I wanted to let her swing from something, so what is better than a sentiment die cut 😛

I started by die cutting the base of the card, the sentiment and a doily as the ground for the fairy.

I decided to die cut a second doily and colored them with Distress Inks. It creates the perfect magical background for the little fairy, don’t you think?

Then I stamped her onto the smaller doily using Archival ink in jet black.

After adhering the biger doily onto the card base and the smaller doily with foam tape on top, I added the Believe sentiment to the top of the card. Finally, I added some sparkle to the sentiment itself and some sequins scattered around the card.

I hope you enjoyed my magical card with the swinging fairy on it and don’t forget to believe 😉

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Happy Girl 3″x2″ Stamp Set by Mudra	Kat Scrappiness – Gina Marie Designs – Scalloped Stitched Nested Circle Dies	Kat Scrappiness – Double Stitched Square Dies	Kat Scrappiness – Clear Overlay Sparkle Markers by Spectrum Noir – 3pc
Kat Scrappiness – “Believe” Brush Script Word & Sentiment Die by Kat Scrappiness	Kat Scrappiness – Sparkling Clear Droplets Sampler Pack	Kat Scrappiness – White Diamond Sequin Mix

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January 18, 2017

Lovely, Amazing You – Notecards for Your Valentine

Lovely, amazing you was the first sentiment that jumped at me when I looked at the Newton’s Nook “Happy Little Thoughts” stamp set. I love stamp sets like that. You can use them all year around and they fit to so many occasions, it’s not a fancy set or one that follows a specific trend. You can use it on any type of card with numerous techniques.

Today I decided to create two little note cards using this stamp set and two more from Lawn Fawn. I started with blending three Distress Inks onto the card base. To get an even look, I blended the inks back and forth a couple of times, from the lightest to the darkest color and back.

Then I stamped all the critters, the wreath and some hearts and die cut them with the coordinating dies. I did some simple Copic coloring, nothing fancy. Just two shades per combination.

I had some leftover vellum with hearts already printed on them, so I adhered the wreath on top and fuzzy cut the vellum around it. At the end I adhered the wreath directly to the card base and used foam tape for the critters. Finally, I added my favorite sentiment “Lovely, Amazing You” from the Newton’s Nook set to the card.

Of course I had to add a little sparkle to the hearts. I just love the Spectrum Noir sparkle pens for those little accents 😉

I hope you enjoyed my two little note cards. Do you have a stamp set that works for every occasion? What’s your favorite?

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Happy Little Thoughts – 4X6 PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET

Kat Scrappiness – Lawn Fawn Clear Stamp and Lawn Cuts Die Set – SO STINKIN’ CUTE – LF 1022 & LF 1023

Kat Scrappiness – Lawn Fawn Clear Stamp and Lawn Cuts Die Set – HEDGEHUGS – LF729 & LF730

Kat Scrappiness – Clear Overlay Sparkle Markers by Spectrum Noir – 3pc

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January 11, 2017

A Sparkly Thank You With Nuvo Glimmer Paste

Hi and welcome to a new year full of amazing adventures!

Let’s start with a new video showing you how I created this sparkly Thank You card using Nuvo Glimmer Paste and some really neat dies. I’m starting to try products in different ways, that’s why I’m using the Glimmer Paste as a paint, versus a modelling paste. I think it turned out really nice 😛

You might have seen that I used gloves for this technique. In general you don’t need to worry about getting the paste off of your hands. I just used gloves to keep the glimmer contained 😛

Thanks for watching my video and as always, let me know if you have any questions 🙂

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Happy Little Thoughts – 4X6 PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET	Kat Scrappiness – Gina Marie Designs – Stitched Circle Plate Background Die	Kat Scrappiness – “Thank You” Brush Script Word & Sentiment Die by Kat Scrappiness	Kat Scrappiness – Nuvo Glimmer Paste – Amethyst Purple
Kat Scrappiness – Nuvo Glimmer Paste – Tanzanite Lavender	Kat Scrappiness – Nuvo Glimmer Paste – Pink Opal

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Sometimes it’s hard to get the shimmer onto the picture, but that paste is really nice. What I also like is the fact that you can rub over it as soon as it’s dry and the glitter doens’t come off.

January 2, 2017

Preparing for a Happy New Year

Hi and welcome to a new card designed for Kat Scrappiness 🙂

Did you survive Christmas? Are you ready for the new year yet? I know I am 😉

As soon as I saw this amazing snowflake die, I knew that I wanted to create a shaker card with it. I think snowflakes are glamorous, so I paired it with the Happy New Year die form Kat Scrappiness and some shiny sequins.

First I had to die cut the snowflake, once from regular white card stock and a second time from shimmer card stock. The white card stock is my front panel and I used the shimmer card stock for the die cut inlay.

Then I created the shaker part. I adhered a piece of acetate to the backside of the front panel and added one layer of foam tape. The sequins I’m using are rather flat, that’s why I didn’t double up on the foam tape. To keep the sequins from sticking to the side, I prepped the foam tape edges with the powder tool.

I added several sequins and adhered the back piece which is a piece of patterned paper from a Carta Bella paper pad on top. To add a little more interest I tied a piece of ribbon around the shaker panel. The sentiment was cut twice. I created a shadow with dark gray paper and used the same shimmer paper for the top.

Now I adhered the sentiment to the bottom of the card. I used foam tape again, just to give it a little more dimension. Finally, I added the shaker to a gray piece of card stock and both to the card base.

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all of you! See you next year 🙂

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Gina Marie Designs Large Snowflake Die	Kat Scrappiness – “Happy New Year” Brush Script Word & Sentiment Die by Kat Scrappiness	Kat Scrappiness – Snowflake Kisses Sequin Mix – Shaker Card Fillers – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – 6mm Small White Snowflake Sequins – NEW!
Kat Scrappiness – 6mm Transparent AB Snowflake Sequins – NEW!	Kat Scrappiness – Carta Bella Christmas Delivery Double-Sided Paper Pad 6″X6″	Kat Scrappiness – Embossed Mini Rope Nested Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness	Kat Scrappiness – EK Success Embossing Powder Tool Applicator

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December 26, 2016

Merry Christmoose with more Sparkle

I’m back on the Kat Scrappiness blog with some more sparkle and a Merry Christmoose card. I had to use the Nuvo Glimmer Paste again, I just can’t help it 🙂

This card is a little more settled than my last one, the goofy looking moose from Whipper Snapper Designs deserved a little sparkle though. And what is Christmas without sparkle?! Exactly! This quick video shows you how easy it is to create a cute card with the Nuvo Glimmer Paste and Embossing Powder. The results are super pretty and your craft room doesn’t look like a huge mess afterwards. Enjoy the video and I would love to see your creations using the Nuvo Glimmer Paste!

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Gina Marie Designs – Scalloped Stitched Nested Circle Dies	Kat Scrappiness – “Merry Christmas” Brush Script Word & Sentiment Die by Kat Scrappiness	Kat Scrappiness – Nuvo Glimmer Paste – Emerald Green	Kat Scrappiness – Kiss Me Moose 4″ x 6″ Cling Stamp by Whipper Snapper
Kat Scrappiness – Oh Christmas Tree Stencil 6″X6″ by Echo Park	Kat Scrappiness – Carta Bella Christmas Delivery Double-Sided Paper Pad 6″X6″	Kat Scrappiness – Embossed Mini Rope Nested Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness	Kat Scrappiness – Nuvo Embossing Powder .74oz. – Shimmering Pearl

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December 17, 2016

So Much Sparkle for Santa and his Helper

Hello and welcome to a new card for Kat Scrappiness, using a lot of sparkle and a new to me stamp brand, Nordic Stamps. Santa and his reindeer are just so adorable that they needed a lot of sparkly goodness around them.

To create all this sparkle for Santa and his little helper, I used the new Nuvo Glimmer Paste and Embossing Powder. I just love both of them, for several reasons. First, the glitter is not too much. It’s sparkly, but not blinding. Second, the glitter is containable. You don’t have a huge mess on your craft table afterwards, plus it sticks to the card and doesn’t rub off very easily. I usually don’t like glitter, but this stuff got me 🙂

Anyway, I created two cards using the Nuvo Glimmer Paste and today I’m sharing the first of them. I hope you enjoy my video. In case you want to skip the coloring part, you can jump forward to minute 6:42.

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Nordic Christmas EZMount Stamp Set – Santa’s Helper	Kat Scrappiness – Oh Christmas Tree Stencil 6″X6″ by Echo Park	Kat Scrappiness – Nuvo Glimmer Paste – Emerald Green	Kat Scrappiness – “Merry Christmas” Brush Script Word & Sentiment Die by Kat Scrappiness
Kat Scrappiness – Embossed Mini Rope Nested Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness	Kat Scrappiness – Echo Park Deck The Halls Double-Sided Paper Pad 6″X6″

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December 6, 2016

Let it Snow with Minc Foil and Reactive Mist

Hi, I’m glad you’re here! I hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving! Today I wanted to share a product with you that I had in my stash for a while, but haven’t used as much as I should have. Don’t we all have these types of products at home?!

The product today is the Minc Reactive Mist with the Minc machine. Even though it’s rather sticky, I like the results you can get with the Mist. Mixed Media meets elegant card making 😛

And you are really lucky, because today starts the Black Friday sale (Information are in the banner on top) at the katscrappiness.com store, so you can grab everything at a good deal 😉

I thought that it might be easier to show the process in a video. All in all the Minc Reactive Mist is simple to use, you just have to let it dry. Not like me in the video and everything sticks together at the end…

Let me know if you have any question about the Minc Foil or the Reactive Mist and I try my best to answer them as good as possible 😉

Btw, you can see AJ’s card, that I mentioned in the video, here. It’s unbelievably beautiful!

Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

Josefine

Supplies Used

Kat Scrappiness – Minc Reactive Mist Medium 2oz – Toner Spray Mist	Kat Scrappiness – Heidi Swapp Mini Minc Machine – 6″ Foil Applicator Machine	Kat Scrappiness – Minc Transfer Folders 2/Pkg 6.25″X12″ & 12.25″X14″	Kat Scrappiness – “Believe” Brush Script Word & Sentiment Die by Kat Scrappiness
Kat Scrappiness – Cute Snowman Die Gina Marie	Kat Scrappiness – Let It Snow Sequin Mix – Christmas Sequin Mix	Kat Scrappiness – Echo Park Deck The Halls Double-Sided Paper Pad 6″X6″

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November 25, 2016