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  • Frosted Fairies Shaker

    Frosted Fairies Shaker

    Hi, guys! Today I am here to share with you how I made this birthday card using a stamp set that is intended for Christmas. I love getting more use out of my Christmas stamps by using them for non-holiday projects. Here’s a look at the card as well as how I made it!

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    I started by using the Kat Scrappiness Double Stitched Rectangles to die cut my frame and my background panel. I LOVE these dies because they give you stitching details on both sides of the cut, which makes it perfect for creating finished frames.

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    After die cutting, I used 2 colors of Distress Ink to blend some color on my pieces. I chose Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed. These aren’t traditional winter colors but I think they worked well for this card! I tried to achieve a gradient effect so I applied more Picked Raspberry towards the bottom and less color as I moved towards the center of the card. For the Mustard Seed, I applied more color towards the top and less in the middle section. These 2 colors of Distress Ink blended beautifully together to create a vibrant orange.

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    Next, I used my Stampoholic Nano to do my stamping of the fairies, the fairy house, and their accessories from Lawn Fawn’s Frosted Fairy Friends. I also stamped the sentiment onto my background and added a snow hill and some clouds. I used SSS Intense Black Ink because I wanted to do some Copic coloring AND watercoloring on these images.

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    My last steps were to add some foam tape (2 layers) and choose my shaker bits! I decided to use Kat Scrappiness’s Snow Day, Snowflakes, and Snowflake Kisses. By using these 3 mixes I got a variety of colors, sizes, and sparkle! I love the soft pastel colors for winter cards.

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    Finally, I assembled the whole card together onto a top folding A2 sized card base. Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving(safe travels!!) I also hope that you found some inspiration to use those Christmas sets for other occasions! Have a great day!!!

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    Here are links to all the products I used!

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  • Snowflake Kisses with the Kat Scrappiness Tree Die

    dsc_0045Hi Everyone, it’s AJ here today with another Christmas card design for you. I used the Kat Scrappiness Stitched and Layered Christmas Tree Die that I LOVE so much.  I also used a new favorite sentiment from the Kat Collection called Snowflake Kisses Brush Script Die.  This was cut out 3 times in red cardstock and layered to pop it up a bit off the trees. I’m enamored with this die and the fact it includes this gorgeous little snowflake just makes it all that much sweeter!

    My card began with a 5×5 white card base and layered with the grey snowflake pattern from Carta Bella Christmas Delivery 6×6 double sided paper pack.  I cut out 2 layers of the Stitched Mountain Border Dies by Lawn Fawn in white cardstock.  I hit each layer of the tree with some Faded Jeans Distress Ink and glued the pieces in place over my mountain layer.  I used icicle stickles on the snowflakes.  I finished my card with a little red and white twine.

    Thanks so much for stopping by today, pop on over to Kat’s shop now and check out all the new fun products she’s got in stock!

     

  • Welcome Taniesa Vlasak to the Kat Scrappiness Design Team

    We are so excited to introduce you to our newest design team member!  Meet Taniesa!

    Taniesa VlasakTaniesa Vlasak – Special Project Coordinator

    Hi! My name is Taniesa Vlasak and I have been papercrafting since I was a little girl. What began as a sticker, stamp, and stationery obsession at just 7 years old grew into a love of scrapbooking, art journaling, cardmaking and other papercrafting fun! There is nothing like playing with new art supplies and I get so excited now as I did back then.

    We have recently moved from California to Washington state and with the wetter weather outside is the perfect excuse for more crafty time inside! I am incredibly blessed to be designing for Kat Scrappiness as well as Honey Bee Stamps! You can visit me on my blog at www.thecraftypickle.com and on Instagram (@Taniesa).

  • Thanksgiving Pop Up (Card Process Video)

    Thanksgiving Pop Up (Card Process Video)

    Hi Guys, Mamie here, I have a sweet card to share with you today that features Lawn Fawn’s Pop Up dies and Turkey Day stamp set.  This was my first time using the pop up dies and they are really fun. The set comes with several sizes to use for different designs.

    Join me in the video below to see how I created this precious Thanksgiving Pop Up scene card. As always, all the supplies I used are listed below. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel here and to visit Katscrappiness.com to see all the latest products in stock.

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  • How to Use Sentiment Dies for a Die Cut Pattern

    Christmas Card with Die Cut Pattern
    Welcome to a new blog article for the Kat Scrappiness blog. Today I’m using one of the new sentiment dies to create a die cut pattern for a Christmas card. This simple technique will create two Christmas cards at a time and it won’t take too long either.

    I used the “Ho! Ho! Ho!” sentiment from Kat Scrappiness to create a neat background pattern for my Christmas cards. I wanted to work with the classic Christmas colors, so I grabbed some red card stock that I had left over from an older, random card kit.

    But enough words, here is the process video. Enjoy!

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  • Mix & Match Your Critters!

    Hey crafty people! I’m so excited to be back sharing another card for you guys! This might be my favorite Thanksgiving card I’ve made this year! I used three different Lawn Fawn sets for this card, and only one was Thanksgiving themed. The other two are Christmas and Valentine’s Day focused, but that’s the joy of mixing your stamp sets- you can make them work for whatever you want! This technique is so very simple but I love the effect it gives. Sorry I didn’t include any process photos but I actually filmed the process but somehow lost the footage… So hopefully I will have a video for my next post! Anyways, let’s get into today’s card!

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    As you may have noticed, I am probably the most clean and simple designer her at Kat Scrappiness, so I wanted to share another way to use your critter stamps besides just making them the single focal point on a card like I typically do. SO I started with a regular A2 sized card base and used my Stampoholic Nano to do all of my stamping. Using the stamping tool worked wonderfully because I was able to position all the different stamps where I wanted on my card and stamp them all at once to create this background. You can’t really tell in the photo but I used a couple different shades of brown watercolor mixed with Perfect Pearls to give them all some shimmer. This adds a ton of interest to a one layer card background. I also used a foam blending tool to blend on some very light brown ink around the edges. I left the portion of the background whitest where my sentiment is going to go. Then I stamped the greeting onto a strip of wood grain paper and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. It turned out a bit yellow because I left it in the toaster for too long- yes, my heat gun is broken to I have resorted to kitchen appliances. Then I popped it up with a few foam dots. For a final touch I added a trio of Kat Scrappiness Cinnamon Swirl sequins to add some interest. Thank you so much for checking out my card and I hope you find some sets to mix and match for a new look! Don’t forget to head on over to KatScrappiness.com to find these awesome products I used on today’s card!

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  • Deck the Halls with the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Christmas Tree Die!

    Deck the Halls with the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Christmas Tree Die!

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    Hello and Welcome everyone! With today’s project, I’m so excited to start creating for Christmas. I’ve been holding on to and waiting months to use the super special Kat Scrappiness Stitched Christmas Tree Die. This little tree is so versatile. I’ve watched and enjoyed all the fun and creative projects designed by my fellow Design Team members using this set. It has been used for everything from Halloween Trees, Fall and Autumn Trees, and even a super creative card with a mouth and teeth.

    My project for today is a traditional Christmas card and decking out a Christmas tree has never been easier than with the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Christmas Tree Die.

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    I first cut the tree out of Kraft card stock. Using my Prismacolor pencils, I first colored the insides or inner branches with Dark Green. I tried to leave the small stitched detail around the edges. I wanted the Kraft color and details of the stitches not to be covered by the pencil. Next I took the White pencil and colored what would be the tips or ends of the branches to make them look like they are covered in snow. You can go back and forth with the two colored pencils to get the desired color and blending.  Making the tips lighter white and then blending into the green.

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    The background for my stitched tree was created using the Kat Scrappiness Double Stitched Rectangle Dies along with Carta Bella’s Christmas Delivery 6×6 Paper Pad. I LOVE this paper pad. It contains everything from cute with little trucks and packages to classy with beautiful plaids and florals. I used Lawn Fawn’s Big Scripty Winter Dies for the awesome little fa-la-la greeting. I cut the word using red paper from my stash 4 times. I adhered them to each other with spray adhesive and then added them onto my tree. I finished decorating the tree with enamel dots from my stash as well as with red and white twine. I used matching red paper as the base for my stitched Christmas tree panel.

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    For more information and details on how I put this card together, please check out the video below. Until next time….Have a great day!

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  • Carta Bella Jingle All The Way

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    Hi everyone, AJ here sharing a project I made using this fun stamp set by Carta Bella called Jingle All The Way.  Here’s a list of the products I used from the Kat Scrappiness shop!  I plan to use this stamp set for some of my christmas cards, don’t you just love it?

    Jingle All The Way Stamps – Carta Bella

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    I cut circle out and glued down with temp glue and sponge inked all around it with the following colors:Weathered Wood, Blue Denim, Black Soot

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    Hi Friends!

    Happy Thursday! Today I have a fun card that can be used for Christmas or any occasion. When I saw this Birch Background die at Kat Scrappiness.com I knew I wanted to create a card with this die taking center stage.

    To pair with this fantastic Die I chose the beautiful Hero Arts color layering Deer stamp set. I love that you can layer different ink colors quickly and not have to worry where your shading will go.

    Dear Friend Winter card for KatScrappiness.com | Taniesa Vlasak www.thecraftypickle.com

    I knew that I wanted the trees to have some dimension to them so I took a piece of adhesive backed foam and a piece of adhesive backed cardstock and I stuck the cardstock on top of the foam. You could always use a product like stick-it to glue the cardstock to the foam, these were just in my supply stash. I find that it is easier to glue foam to a intricate die cut prior to cutting if at all possible. I cut the cardstock covered foam with the Birch Tree Background die in my big shot a couple of times to ensure everything cut though. This will smoosh your foam down a bit but it will puff back up.

    Dear Friend Winter card for KatScrappiness.com | Taniesa Vlasak www.thecraftypickle.com

    I carefully removed the waste from the die cut leaving just the background. I removed the adhesive backing on the foam and placed this on a piece of heavy weight cardstock that I have blended a bit of Broken China Distress ink on. I kept the ink darker at the top and lighter at the bottom.  After that was glued together, I took  W-01 and a W-03 Copic markers and added some shading to the trees. This added a bit more dimension and texture.

    I stamped my deer using three shades of hero arts ink that I had on hand (Soft Sand, Latte, and Brown Bark) and then stamped the final detail stamps in Versafine Onyx black ink. I cut the deer out with the coordinating die set then popped the deer up with the leftover scraps of foam from my trees.

    Dear Friend Winter card for KatScrappiness.com | Taniesa Vlasak www.thecraftypickle.com

    I took some of my favorite sparkling snow sequins from Kat’s shop and glued them down on the blue panel with some Ranger Multi Medium Matte finish adhesive so that they looked like snow falling. To finish off the card I added a sentiment banner from the same Hero Arts stamp set.

    I love the multiple layers on this card and it really came together quickly. I could see so many possibilities with this background die. It’s great for all seasons!

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    I hope you enjoyed my card today. I appreciate you stopping by. Please check out the links below for supplies I used today.

    Have a wonderful day!

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  • Hero Arts “Prayers” Stamp Set and Die (Card Process Video)

    Hi guys, this is Mamie thanks for joining me today. I have wanted this “Prayers” Stamp Set and Die since it first came out. So I finally got it from Kat Scrappiness’ store and I had to use it right away. So I decided to do some multiple stamping in bright fall colors. I really like the way it came out and I can’t wait to use this set again as it is perfect for so many things that people need prayers for. So join me in the video below and please make sure to stop by Kats Store!

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