Rainbow Cards with Heart Panel Die and Video

I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today with a couple of pretty rainbow cards using these 3 

Kat Scrappiness products:

Heart Panel Die

I Love You Shadow Dies

Embossed Edge Rectangle Dies

I started with a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock and did some ink blending with these 

6 Distress Oxide Inks:

Candied Apple 

Carved Pumpkin

Squeezed Lemonade

Cracked Pistachio

Blueprint Sketch

and

Wilted Violet

I cut the Heart Panel Die out in black and white and laid them on 2 different rainbow ink blended panels cut using the Embossed Edge Rectangle Dies.  I added the "Love" word die from the 

I Love You Shadow Dies on both cards.  One is white backed in black and the other is black backed in white.

I have a process video up on my YouTube channel showing how I made both of these cards.

You can watch it here or on YouTube.

I hope you enjoyed my rainbow cards and they have inspired you to get inky!

Check out my other blog post using the Heart Panel Die to DIY your own stencil! There's a video along with that process as well!

DIY Stencils 

That's all for today, don't forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

social media platforms to be alerted to new release, sales and giveaways!

Kat Scrappiness Shop 

Kat Scrappiness Blog

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Kat Scrappiness YouTube Channel

Have a great day, I already am!

💓Lisa 💓

**Affiliate links are used occasionally

at no additional cost to you. These

are products that I may have been sent

or ones that I purchased on my own.

Either way, they are products that I 

use frequently and LOVE!

Lovely Layered Floral Heart

Good morning! Today I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness Blog and with Valentine's Day right around the corner I've been busy creating my favorite types of cards.  I love all things heart related so this holiday is one of my favorites. I've always been drawn to the more feminine and frilly style of cardmaking. My card today was inspired by a card I saw Laura Bassen make while I was scrolling through Instagram. I am in love with the Floral Heart Die from Kat Scrappiness and for today's card I die cut about 6 of them out of heavy white card stock and layered them on top of each other with Nuvo Liquid Adhesive. I just love that added dimension it gives to the focal point.

I just love that look you get when you layer dies on each other.  

It gives so much dimension to your card.

For the background of the card I cut out a panel of Bristol Smooth card stock with the largest Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Die and did some ink blending with these 3 Distress Oxide Inks:

Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink

Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink

Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink

I added some paint splatters over the panel with the same colors 

plus some white paint for added interest.

I used the I Love You Shadow Dies for the simple sentiment on top of the heart. I cut the word "Love" out using silver foil card stock and I used vellum for the shadow die backing. I love using vellum on my projects because I think it adds a very elegant look to my projects. For some extra shine and fun I added Silver Jewels all around the heart to match the silver foil card stock.

To finish off my card I tied a bow using some Lawn Fawn Silver Sparkle cord with a glue dot.

 Here is one more look at my card with all of the dies I used on the card.  I really love how this card turned out. The ink blended background just makes me happy. I love how all the colors blend into each other to make new colors.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I love sharing my cards on my blog and I hope you'll come back often to see more of my cards! I also post my cards on my FB page and my Instagram account.

Don't forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!

Kat Scrappiness Shop 

Kat Scrappiness Blog

Kat Scrappiness FB Fan Page

Kat Scrappiness Instagram

Kat Scrappiness YouTube Channel

Have a great day, I already am!
💘Lisa 💘

** Affiliate links are used occasionally 

at no additional cost to you. These

are products that I may have been sent

or ones that I purchased on my own. 

Either way, they are products that I use

frequently and LOVE!

Lacy Layered Love card and an Announcement

Good morning crafty friends!

I have some exciting news to share today! As of today I am once again

joining the Kat Scrappiness design team. I am so happy to be back on the team 

and designing for Kat again! Those of you who shop at Kat Scrappiness often know 

what a variety of crafty products she carries in her online shop, not to mention the

growing number of products being released under the Kat Scrappiness brand.

And all of this at excellent prices!

All of my nested background dies are from Kat and I reach for them 

on almost every card I make!

For my first project back on the team I made a Valentine's Day

inspired card to put you in the mood for the new release!

You're definitely going to want to check back in the shop on 

January 17th, 18th and 19th to see all of the wonderful new Valentine's products

being released!

Here is the recipe for today's card:

1) Cut a panel of white Bristol Smooth Cardstock with the largest die in the 

Stitched Scalloped Square Dies.

2) With the My Favorite Things Cloud Stencil, blend some 

Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink on your scalloped panels

in varying heights. Adhere stenciled panel to square card base.

3) Die cut the solid heart from the Lacy Layered Heart Die 

from Bristol Smooth Cardstock and the Lacy cover die from vellum.

4) Do some ink blending in rainbow colors on the solid heart and then 

lay the lacy vellum over the rainbow heart.  It looks so pretty to see the 

pretty rainbow colors peaking through the lace.

5) Lastly adhere the heart shaped die to the cloud blended background 

and die cut the word "love" from the I Love You Shadow Dies 

out of silver foil cardstock. Adhere the "love" die cut over the lacy heart.

Here are the Kat Scrappiness products used on my card:

Lacy Layered Heart Die 

I Love You Shadow Dies 

Stitched Scalloped Square Dies

That's all for today's card, don't forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

social media platforms to be alerted to new release, sales and giveaways!

Kat Scrappiness Shop 

Kat Scrappiness Blog

Kat Scrappiness FB Fan Page

Kat Scrappiness Instagram

Kat Scrappiness YouTube Channel

Have a great day, I already am!

💘Lisa 💘

Watercolored Mandala Card with Video

Good morning crafty friends!

I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today with a 

card I'd like to share with you using one of the newest dies in the store!

It's called the Mandala die and it cuts a beautiful intricate pattern

into your project. Today I've used a water coloring technique called ink smooshing

(yes it's a thing)😆

I used 3 different color distress inks:

Salty Ocean

Peacock Feathers

and

Lucky Clover

This technique is easy and fun to do and you can get beautiful

results every time! There are so many color combinations you 

could use depending on your favorite colors.

Here is a video I made to show you the ink smooshing technique.

You can watch it here or on YouTube.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope you'll give this technique a try!

It's lots of fun and it looks beautiful with minimal effort.

Don't forget to use my code Lisa10 to save 10% on your 

order anytime at Kat Scrappiness!

Have a great day, I already am!

🎨Lisa🎨

KaDoodle Bug Dragon Cards

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and when it comes to 

card making, this is my FAVORITE holiday!

I am a sucker for anything that is pink and involves a good dose

of sparkle, hearts and glitter!

One of the companies that I design cards for is 

KaDoodle Bug Designs

and recently they added the cutest files to their shop!

It is a collection of 10 of the cutest Valentine themed dragons and 

one is cuter than the next!  

You can view all of them in the shop right now here.

I have had the delightful opportunity to design a couple of cards 

with them and I used these 2 files:

Heart Balloons Dragon

and

Love Letters Dragon

The first card I made is with the Heart Balloons Dragon and here it is:

I am smitten with this card and I just love how it came out.

I started with white card stock and I die cut a panel with 

one of my favorite dies from Kat Scrappiness called the

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies.  I used the largest die from the pack

because it's the perfect size to fill the front panel of an A2 sized card.

The next step was to die cut some card stock with the cloud die

from Lawn Fawn to make a template that I could use to sponge 

some clouds on to my card front.

I used Broken China distress ink and proceeded to sponge it around

the cloud template to form clouds all the way down the panel.

I love the soft look you can get with varying amounts of 

pressure applied to the ink tool.

Once I got the clouds the way I wanted I stamped the sentiment from 

an Avery Elle stamp set called Handwritten notes and 

I added a cute little heart from the Kat Scrappiness stamp 

set called Let's Get Caffeinated.

To finish the card off I used some Pretty Pink Jewels

from Kat Scrappiness. 

Once all that was complete I added the cute little Dragon from KaDoodle Bug

on some foam tape and the card was done.

Here is a picture with the supplies used.

The second card I made uses the Love Letters Dragon file.

It is a shaker card and it is one of my favorite type of cards to make!

For this card I started with the Kat Scrappiness 

Stitched Scalloped Collage Frame die.

It's the perfect die for making shaker cards because it has windows for 

shaker bits and you can easily add foam tape to the back of it.

I put some Magical Unicorn Dust sequins and Fuschia Jewels inside the 

window and I used vellum instead of acetate for a softer look.

The back panel on the card is some adorable Doodlebug paper 

with a Valentines theme.

To decorate the front of the card along with the cute dragon 

I die cut the words from the I Love You Shadow dies from 

Kat Scrappiness out of pink glitter paper.

Here is a close up of the card so you can see the details.

These 2 cards were so much fun to make and I hope you'll check out

all of the cute files at KaDoodle Bug and the awesome dies and sequins

at Kat Scrappiness! They have any and all craft supplies you could want!

If you use my code Lisa10 at Kat Scrappiness you could 

save 10% on your entire order. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

💘Lisa💘

Hinged Die Cut Love Card

Happy Sunday Y'all!

I spent my morning with my coffee, Jennifer McGuire and Kat Scrappiness.

What a nice morning!

Whenever I watch a Jennifer McGuire video with a technique I love

I can't stop thinking about it until I try it out.

This morning was the perfect time so I poured my java, turned on YouTube

and broke out my Kat Scrappiness stamps and dies.

Kat's new release was the perfect recipe for this hinged die cut card!

The heart panel on the front is on hinges and it opens up to reveal a secret message.

The hinges are made from 2 thin strips of acetate and they are sandwiched

in between the 2 hearts. Such a cool technique!

How stinkin' cute is that? I just love having that extra surprise on the front of the card.

The card opens up as usual so you can put a handwritten message on the inside

as well and decorate even more.

If you're interested in how to re-create a card like this you'll want to 

head over to You-Tube and watch Jennifer's video.

Hinged Die Cut Greeting

The gorgeous heart on the front of the card was made from one of the

new releases over at Kat Scrappiness.

It's called Lacy Layered Heart and before I die cut it out

I blended 3 different colors of distress ink on some Bristol smooth cardstock.

Broken China

Picked Raspberry

and

Twisted Citron

I wanted a shiny sentiment on the heart to really make the rainbow 

stand out so I cut out the word Love from silver foil card stock.

That die is from the 

I Love You Shadow Dies which was also just released 

at Kat Scrappiness this month.

The sentiment inside the heart panel is from the stamp set

Say It With Hearts and it is also available now.

That stamp set is so cute and you can re-create the cute

conversation hearts on your cards for Valentine's Day!

The cute little stamped hearts on the front of the card panel is from a 

Paper Sweeties stamp set called Sent From My Heart.

I just love how this card came out and I enjoyed making it!

Thanks Jennifer for all the inspiration throughout the year!

I am also entering this card into the Monday and Wednesday 

Simon Says Stamp challenges.

The Monday challenge is to use something new.

All of the products used on this card are from the new release

and the technique I used is from a recent video I just learned.

The Wednesday challenge is to make a matching envelope 

and I copied the heart and sentiment on my matching envelope here.

If you want to purchase any of the Kat Scrappiness products I mentioned 

You can use code Lisa10 at checkout and save 10% on your order.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great day, I already am!

💘Lisa 💘

💘Love Is In The Air💘

Happy New Year crafty friends!

I want to wish you a happy early Valentine's Day as well

since this post will be centered around the newest
Kat Scrappiness "Love" themed products!

There was recently 4 new products released in the shop and if you

haven't seen them yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Kat Scrappiness just released 3 new dies and 1 new stamp set to help

get you in the Valentines mood!

Say It With Hearts stamp set

I Love You Shadow Dies

Stitched Sentiment Strip Dies

Lacy Layered Heart Dies

Valentine's Day has always been one of my favorite holidays

mostly because of the color scheme and pretty hearts.

I've always loved the decorations and the way the stores look

at this time of year.  It's a wonderful sea of pink and hearts!

💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

I created 3 cards with the new products that I'll share today and I have

some process pictures to share with you for one of them.

Here is the first card I made using the I LoveYou Shadow Dies

and I'll share the process with you.

For this card I made my own background by ink blending

3 different distress inks in the following colors:

Broken China

Picked Raspberry

and

Twisted Citron

Even though I only used 3 colors it looks like so much more

because of the blending properties of the distress inks!

This is my favorite color combo right now and I 

am reaching for them a lot!

Once I got the background blended just the way I wanted it

I pulled out a heart stencil from my stash and used it to

cover the background in soft white hearts.

I had an old makeup brush on hand that worked perfectly

to apply the white ink.

After the hearts were stenciled in I hit the panel with my heat gun 

so it wouldn't smear in my Vagabond.

I used the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies to cut

out the panel for the front of my card.

The next step was to pick out colors that I wanted to die cut

the I Love You Shadow Dies out of.

I knew I wanted the shadow pieces to be black since

it makes the rainbow colors pop.

I decided on some sparkly pink paper for the actual words.

Once I adhered the words to their black shadows I popped them 

all up on foam tape so they would really stand out on the card.

And of course I needed to add some Sparkling Clear Jewels to the card

for some extra BLING!

I really love how this card turned out and I am planning on making a lot 

more ink blended cards in the near future.

Here are all 3 cards I made for the new release and I can tell there 

will be a lot more LOVELY HEART cards very very soon!

As you can also see I used the ink blending technique on all 3 of 

these cards in different ways.

Thanks for stopping by today and letting me share my cards with you!

I am enjoying the new stamps and dies and I know you will too!

Please use my code Lisa10 to do some crafty shopping and 

you can save 10% on your order.

Have a great day, I already am!

💘Lisa💘