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Newton's Nook winter tails front view

Hello everyone, it’s Juhi with my very first post for 2017. I moved to the United States from Singapore last month. All my craft supplies are still in transit, which means I have to make do with minimal supplies and a really tiny desk. So the first thing I did to cheer myself up was place an order with Kat Scrappiness.

I got a set of the awesome Clarity Stencil Brushes and boy, am I in love!! I have never been good at distress ink blending, no matter how hard I try I always land up with ink splotches; but not with these brushes! These brushes make ink blending a breeze!

I created the background sky for my card by brushing on Peacock Feathers distress ink with the brush.

I love how I could get such even coverage with such ease! I then masked out the sky and inked the fallen snow in the same manner.

I also tried the Marvy Snow Marker for the first time, since I don’t have a heat gun I used a toaster with satisfactory results. Just look at that amazing dimension!

I did cover the mishap at the top right corner. I also added a paper pieced signboard on top of the one in this picture as I didn’t quite like it.

Here’s how I finished the card. I added some extra dimension by stamping and fussy cutting just the head and sticking it with double sided foam tape.

Here’s closer look at the awesome dimension.

Supplies Used:

Newton’s Nook Winter Tails	Clarity Stencil Brushes	Darice White Foam Sheet Foam Sheet	We R Memory Keepers Next Level Embossing Folders – Dotted
Doodlebug Swiss Dot Petite Prints	Marvy Uchida Snow Marker	Black Pigment Ink	Die Cuts and More Stampoholic NANO Stamping Tool
Stitched Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness

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January 6, 2017

Christmas Tree Shaker

Hello everyone! Today I am going to share with you how I made a really simple shaker card using the Stitched & Layered Christmas Tree Die by Kat Scrappiness. So let’s get started!!!

I started by doing some ink blending using Distress Inks. I traced around the Happy Holidays word die by Kat Scappiness so I knew where to blend my colors. I used Barn Door and Abandoned Coral for the “Happy” and Evergreen Bough and Peacock Feathers for “Holidays.” After my blending was complete I die cut out the sentiment.

Next I started to assemble my shaker component of the card. I used the Christmas Tree die to create the window. Then I adhered a piece of acetate to the back of the die cut panel.

I added cut strips of foam tape to the edged of the tree openings and around the edges of the die cut panel. Then I added some sequins from Kat’s Let It Snow sequin mix. I love this mix because its filled with little snowmen and the colors are Christmas themed with out being too tradition. They are great for shakers!

Finally, I added the card base behind the shaker element and adhered the word die on top of the tree. I love making shakers and just wanted to share how easy they are! I hope you got some inspiration and make a shaker this Christmas!

December 4, 2016

Layered Shaker Ornament

Hello everyone! It’s Juhi, today I’ll be sharing how I made this layered shaker ornament.

Each element in the ornament is adhered on separate layers giving it some great dimension. Here’s how I made it.

I first created a watercolor snowy background with Color Burst powders in blue and purple. Once dry I die-cut the panel with a circle die. Added some snow using a stencil and white pigment ink. I cut out 9 scalloped circles from white heavy weight cardstock. Stuck 2 of those circles onto the base circle as shown in the photo.

I then cutout birch trees from white card stock and inked thier edges with Iced Spruce Distress Ink. Layered the birch tree die-cut on the circle and trimmed off the extras.

Stuck 2 more die-cut scalloped circles on top, then stuck a blue satin ribbon loop and the reindeer and stuck another 2 die-cut scalloped circles on top of them. Then added another layer of birch trees and trimmed the extras. Finally added another 2 die-cut circles, after this I poured in the Kat Scrappiness Snow Day sequin mix and covered up the ornament with a circular die-cut piece of acetate and the final scalloped die cut circle.

To finish the ornament I tied on a few Kat Scrappiness 6mm Jingle Bells in blue and silver around the ribbon loop with some twine. The bells make the cutest jingling sound!

Here’s the finished shaker ornament, just check out the gorgeous layers!

Supplies Used:

Kat Scrappiness Snow Day Sequin Mix	Kat Scrappiness 6mm Turquoise Jingle Bells	Kat Scrappiness 6mm Silver Jingle Bells	Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Ken Oliver Color Burst	Reindeer Die by Yvonne Creations	Gina Marie Designs Birch Tree Background Die	Gina Marie Designs Stitched Scalloped Circle Frame Dies
Birthday Dots Stencil – 6″X6″ by CC Designs

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November 18, 2016

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!

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!

November 14, 2016

Thanksgiving Cards by Maria

Hello stampers and crafters! It’s Maria Russell on the blog today and I am back to share with you two Thanksgiving Cards that I designed this week for Kat Scrappiness. I will keep this Blog post short because I have provided a step-by-step process video of the cards below.

I used the double-stitched-rectangle-dies-by-kat-scrappiness to die-cut the pieces that I needed for my first card. I also used a die from my stash to create the beautiful shaker Mason jar piece as my focal point on the card. I wanted to fill it with vibrant colors and so I used the autumn-harvest-sequin-mix and the 6mm-espresso-brown-flat-flower-sequins-shaker-card-fillers-new.

For my second card, I used the lawn-fawn-clear-stamp-and-lawn-cuts-die-set-thankful-mice-lf936-lf937 with the lawn-fawn-clear-stamp-and-lawn-cuts-die-set-cutie-pie. I also used my scalloped-circle-frame-dies-by-gina-marie-designs, as well as my favorite perfectly-plaid-fall-6×6-paper-pad-by-lawn-fawn and a bunch of other dies and crafting supplies.

The supplies I have used are listed and linked below in case you would like to get a hold of these products.

This is the step-by-step video instruction. Have an amazing day!

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Double Stitched Rectangle	Stitched Rectangle Stacks	Stitched Scalloped Circle Frame Dies	Lawn Fawn Cutie Pie Stamp and Die Set	Lawn Fawn Thankful Mice Stamp & Dies
Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Border Dies	Fall-ing For You Stamp Set by Newton’s Nook	Autumn Harvest Sequin Mix	6mm Espresso Brown Flat Flower Blossoms	Dodz Adhesive Dot Roll-Mini
Perfectly Plaid Fall 6×6 Paper Pad Lawn Fawn	Lawn Fawn Mini Stitched Leaves Die	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	Scotch 1/4″ Acid Free ATG Tape	Ranger Multi-Medium Matter 0.5 Bottle
Stampoholic NANO Stamping Tool	Uni-Ball Impact White Gel Pen	Sizzix Big Shot Machine	Scotch Foam Adhesive 1/2 inch	Sizzix Accessory Cutting Plates
Lawn Fawn Celebration Scripty Saying Stamp

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November 2, 2016

Thankful Mice

Hey everyone! Kevin back again sharing a Thanksgiving themed card! I was so excited when Kat sent me this Thankful Mice stamp set from Lawn Fawn! They are just so adorable dressed up as little pilgrims.

I started by stamping the cheese image all over the card base- which is a lovely pale yellow color. Then I used one of Kat’s Stitched Square Dies to make an opening in a rectangular piece of card stock to make it look like an old photo. I used the square part of the cut out for my stamping and watercoloring. I stamped the mice with my Stampoholic Nano first and Copic colored them, then masked them with a sticky note. For the background, I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The card need some dimension so I popped up the image with some foam tape after stamping the sentiment with some deep burgundy ink. I hope you found some inspiration in my card! I love seeing everybody’s fall designs! Make sure to check out the supplies I used in Kat’s store! Have a great day!

October 22, 2016

Lawn Fawn Thanksgiving Card by Maria

Hello stampers and crafters. I am back today for Kat Scrappiness to show you a cute Thanksgiving card showcasing the Lawn Fawn Thankful Mice stamp set and dies, with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Mini Rope Nested Rectangle Dies, Frosty Fairy Friends Stamp set and dies, with a bunch of other Lawn Fawn stamps and dies.

I started out by stamping the images on Neenah solar white card stock with my memento tuxedo black ink. I then colored my images using my Copic markers. After coloring the images, I proceeded to die-cut the images using the coordinating dies. A step-by-step process video is provided below and the supplies I have used have also been listed and linked.

I hope you like my project today and got inspired to create your own Thanksgiving cards for friends and family. Happy crafting!

October 19, 2016

Halloween Cards and Frankie Treat Box

Hello everyone, it’s Maria and I am back today to share with you some Halloween projects that I made using a bunch of dies and card-making supplies from KatScrappiness.com.

October has always been my favorite time of the year to start my crafting for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. With the days getting shorter, I want to keep myself busy and create hand-made projects to give as gifts.

The first vellum LED tea light card with the skeleton was actually made a few days ago, as I wanted to display it on top of my mantle with the rest of my Halloween D.I.Y.’s.

The second card is my favorite. When I first saw this Cheery Lynn Designs Witch’s skirt die at Kat Scrappiness, I immediately thought of this design for a card. I thought it is pretty hilarious!

For the sake of time, I am going to keep this blog post short and show you the process video for the Witch’s Skirt/Cauldron Card and the cute Frankie Pillow Treat Box.

I hope you like the projects. Have an amazing day!

Supplies Used:

Witch’s Skirt Cheery Lynn Designs	Gina Marie Designs Skeleton Die	Lawn Fawn Tiny Tags Dies	Stitched Scallop Oval Frame Dies
Embossed Mini Rope Rectangle	Stitched Rectangle Stacks	Crystal Katana Mixed Media Pick up tool	Happy Halloween Dies-Cheery Lynn
Doodlebug Boos & Brews 6×6 Paper Pad	Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops	Spider Web Sequin Confetti	Ranger Multi-Medium Matter 0.5 Bottle
Scotch 1/4″ Acid Free ATG Tape	1/4″ Scor-tape	Uni-Ball Impact White Gel Pen	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Stampoholic NANO Stamping Tool

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October 12, 2016

A crisp fall night and this gorgeous Stitched and Layered Christmas Tree Die!

Hi everyone, it’s AJ here with a project that was so enjoyable to create! I was so excited to use Kat’s original design, the Stitched and Layered Christmas Tree Die! I cut it out in a lighter green cardstock, then distressed the bottoms of the layers in Forest Moss Distress Ink. I then cut the blue base using the largest of her Stitched Rectangle Dies. The big harvest moon was cut using the third largest in the Stitched Circle Dies.

I cut the hill and houses out using the Lawn Fawn Little Town Border Die and then ran that die cut using the bottom half of the Stitched Rectangle Die again, so it would match up with the blue sky base. I distressed the sky in Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire and the moon in Fossilized Amber and Carved Pumpkin Distress Inks. I wanted to go with a simple sentiment and I remembered I had ordered this set by Mudra called Purely Labeled Sentiments. I stamped it in VersaFineOnyxBlack Ink and used my Stampoholic Nano to give it a double stamping and a nice rich impression.

I added a bit of twine at the bottom. and lastly I really wanted to decorate my tree to give it a little sparkle on this crisp, starless fall night. I remembered I had these gorgeous sequins in the Kat Scrappiness Mello Yello Mix. When I sprinkled them on my tree, I felt they were perfect. They sort of blend in and allow the tree to stay my main focus, but I get that perfect amount of sparkle in little clusters.

Well, that’s it for today, thank you for stopping by! Make sure you check out the fun goodies I used to make this card, in the Kat Scrappiness store! Click Here to Shop!

October 4, 2016

Halloween Card feat. Lawn Fawn

Hey crafty people! I’m back with another fun Halloween card! I used some new Lawn Fawn products as well as some other items from the Kat Scrappiness store! Let’s get started!!!

I began by doing some die cutting with Kat’s stitched square dies. I cut my card base and a piece of pattern paper from the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid-Fall paper pack with the largest stitched square die. I also cut a smaller square from some plain white card stock to do my stamping.Tip: If your using a piece of precious LF paper as a background- die cut the middle portion that will be covered and use it for another project!

Then I used my BRAND NEW Stampoholic Nano to stamp a couple monsters and a sentiment on the white panel. I’m not sure why it took me so long to buy one but it seriously is the BEST! I used water proof ink so I could color in the images with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I also used the sticky part of a Post-It note to mask off the smaller monster, that way when I stomped the larger one, it looked like it was behind the smaller. The I chose some coordinating colors to color in the monsters. After everything was dry, I popped up the white panel with some foam dots onto my card base. This was a super fun card to make- especially with all of the new products!!! Hope you got some inspiration and don’t forget to check out the other designers projects while you’re hear! Here are the links to all the products used from the Kat Scrappiness store!

September 29, 2016

Lawn Fawn Thankful Mice Stamp & Dies	Lawn Fawn Frosty Fairy Friends	Lawn Fawn Frosty Fairy Friends Dies	Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends Stamp
Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends Dies	Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Border Die	Lawn Fawn Grassy Hillside Borders	Lawn Fawn Celebration Scripty Saying Stamp
Embossed Mini Rope Rectangle	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	Perfectly Plaid Fall 6×6 Paper Pad Lawn Fawn	Scotch Foam Adhesive 1/2 inch
Stampoholic NANO Stamping Tool	Uni-Ball Impact White Gel Pen	Ranger Multi-Medium Matter 0.5 Bottle	Scotch 1/4″ Acid Free ATG Tape
Sizzix Big Shot Machine	Sizzix Accessory Cutting Plates

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