Nutcracker Shaker Card by Kat Scrappiness

Big, crafty news! I’m so excited to share that I’ve joined the Kat Scrappiness Design Crew! I can’t wait to dive into all the fun Kat Scrappiness products and create alongside the talented designers on the team. I’ll be sharing several videos each month, so keep an eye out for those links. And, of course, I’ll be posting the projects right here on my blog too! The blog posts won’t be quite as detailed as my YouTube videos, but they’ll still give you a peek at what I used, a little creative inspiration, and a great place to start. Let the crafty fun begin!

This month we are doing Christmas In July!  So what could be more fun than a shaker card? 

The products that I used are:

• Kat's Essential Card Builder Craft Die
• Nutcracker Stamp Set
• Nutcracker Coordinating Craft Dies
• Pink Christmas Mix

Copic colors used:

• B000, B00, B01 - blue
• V00, V01, V12 - violet
• RV63, RV55, RV66 - bright pink
• Y00, Y11, Y13 - yellow
• E000, E00, E11 - skin
• E30, E31, E33 - brown
• RV00, RV10 - soft pink

Make sure to hop over to my YouTube Channel to see how I colored my little friends and created my shaker wells without using foam tape!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a chance to get a jump on your Christmas cards!

Sandy

I Lava You!

 

Hello, my crafty cardmaking friends! Today I am sharing this extra-cute dinosaur card over on the Trinity Stamps YouTube channel, complete with the sweetest “I Lava You” sentiment—a playful little twist on “I Love You.” With its cheerful colors and adorable design, it is a fun pick for so many occasions. 

You can follow along on the process right here: https://youtu.be/ydmkDlZoC70

The supplies I used for this card are:

• Starring Sentiments - I Lava You
• Tiny Island Die Set
• T-riffic Dinos Stamp Set
• T-riffic Dinos Coordinating Die Set
• Cloudy Layers Stencil

I used another sentiment from the T-riffic Dinos Stamp Set for the inside of the card.

Cute! Cute! Cute!

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Sandy

Ghoul Party

Did someone say "pool party", oops I mean "ghoul party".  When Whimsy Stamps released this limited-edition Summerween Collection, I just had to have it.  I absolutely love Halloween, so it sure doesn't take much for me to jump right in on a card.  

I used both the Summerween Vibes and Summerween Scream for this card.  I colored them with Copic markers in the following colors:

• C1, C3, C5
• E000, E00, E11
• BVO1-ghost shading
• B63, B66, B79
• RV21, RV13, RV14
• YG23, YG05, G05
• BG10, BG23, BG45
• YR31, Y38, YR16
• Y00, Y04, Y08

For the pool, I used Catherine Pooler's Take A Dip Shaker Die.  Of course, this isn't a shaker card, but I sure would be a cute one don't you think?  

For the pool water, I used the Pool Water Stencil by Crafty Stamp Co.  I wanted my pool to have a Halloween Vibe, so I used Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, and Villainous Potion Distress Oxide Inks.  The outside grassy area is white cardstock ink blended with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide.

For the lettering on the sentiment, I used my new favorite alphabet die set called Funfetti Alphabetti by Trinity Stamps.  Not only do I love the size, but I like that the set has upper- and lower-case letters in addition to numbers and punctuation.  

The cobwebs and bats were cut from a couple of other Halloween die cut sets that I have in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are having a great summer!

Sandy

Baby You're A Firework

 

With Flag Day this weekend and Independence Day waving from just around the corner, I’ve been taking a little stroll down Bicentennial memory lane. I’m old enough to remember that wonderfully fun summer of bike parades, pool parties, backyard BBQs, and fireworks galore. It felt pretty carefree, at least for me and my siblings. One of the big thrills was the release of the Bicentennial Quarter. These days, there are so many different quarters floating around that none of them feel quite as magical. But before I disappear completely into nostalgia, I’ll move along.

I bought this stamp at least a year ago, and Pissy Kitty has been patiently—or maybe not so patiently—waiting for her big debut. We’re dog people, but I have a soft spot for any animal with attitude, and this kitty has sass to spare.

This stamp set is called Purr-ade Crasher: Pissy Kitty and it is from Unity Stamp Co.  I colored this sassy pants with Copic markers in the following colors:

• R05, R08, R24 - reds
• B26, B28, B39 - blues
• Y18, Y38, YR15 - yellows
• C00, C1, C3, C5 - kitty

I used a number of dies in my stash to cut out the different shapes from some Patriotic patterned paper.  The sentiments are all included in the stamp set which makes the a fun and quick card.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great Independence Day if you celebrate.

Sandy