DIY Stencils with the Kat Scrappiness Heart Panel Die and a Video

Since I got the Heart Panel Die from Kat Scrappiness, I've been thinking that it would make an awesome stencil.  After some internet browsing I found out that you can buy full size acetate sheets just to make your own stencils! GENIUS!! I found this listing on Amazon for 12x12 stencil sheets:

12 pcs 7 mil Blank Stencil Sheets, 12x12 inch Mylar Template Stencil Material

I only paid 7.99 for this item but at the time I am writing this post the price is listed as $9.69. 

Still a good price since it comes out to $1.23 per sheet and you can get 4 stencils from 1 sheet by cutting each sheet into four 6x6 individual sheets. 

That's roughly 30 cents a stencil! You can't beat it. Now you can make your dies do double duty.  It's like getting 2 products in one! These sheets cut very easy in my die cut machine and I can't wait to cut some more!

Here is the card I made after I used my homemade stencil with the Heart Panel Die.

I used the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment from the Kat Scrappiness Say It With Hearts stamp set and I stamped it on to one of the dies from the Stitched Sentiment Strips.

What a fun technique and it's amazing how many possibilities there are just with the cover dies alone from Kat Scrappiness! Check out the patterns in these cover dies, 

I bet they would make gorgeous stencils!

Medallion Coverplate

Star Fusion Coverplate

Fancy Floral Coverplate

Peacock Backdrop Die

I have a video showing the process of making the stencil and the card.

You can watch it here or on YouTube.

I hope you enjoyed learning about DIY stencils and that you'll give it a try as well!

Have a great day, I already am!

💓Lisa 💓

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No Calorie Valentine 💘

Good morning crafty peeps!

This morning I have a Valentine's Day project up on the Kat Scrappiness blog that has no calories! Kat Scrappiness has all the supplies to create this sweet treat pocket and best of all..... it's calorie free!

I have to give credit to my daughter Taylor, it was her idea to make it calorie free! After my treat pocket was assembled I told her that I needed to buy a candy bar to slip in as a prop for the picture. That's when she reminded me that Kat has a cute stamp set with a chocolate bar in it. It was an AHA moment and so the no calorie Valentine idea was born!

Card Recipe

1) I started with a piece of kraft card stock

measuring approximately 8.5" x 4.25" and scored it on the 8.5" side down the middle. That left me with a square pocket.

2) I embossed the whole piece of paper with a burlap embossing folder and then I used a scalloped edge punch to give the top front edge a fancy finish. 

3) Next I took the Floral Heart Die and die cut it out of the front of the pocket. I then adhered a pink piece of card stock behind the front panel and glued the Floral Heart Die  back in the space where it had been cut from.

4) Next I put double sided tape on the two outer edges to form a pocket.

5) I cut the Sweet Word and Sentiment die from silver foil and adhered it to the bottom right of the pocket.

6) The sweet little xoxo sentiment from the  Say it With Hearts stamp set was the perfect size to stamp on to the smallest Stitched Flags die. I punched a tiny hole in the flag and tied it on to some pink twine for the top of the pocket. I added some Pretty Pink Jewels around the heart as well!

7) The last step was to stamp out 3 no calorie chocolate bars to stick inside my pocket. The Layered Chocolate Bar stamp set was the perfect set for this! I just love how realistic the wrapper looks with silver embossing powder!

 And there you have it folks! A no calorie Valentine with all of the SWEET and none of those pesky calories!

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope you'll check out these great products from Kat and make yourself a little treat (calories or no calories)

Don't forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

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

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Have a great day, I already am!

💘 Lisa 🍫 

Happy Valentine's Day Card With Video

Today I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog and  I want to share an easy 

Valentine's Day card with you that has a beautiful ink blended background.

I also have a quick video so you can see how I made this card.

I used 3 of the new products that are in the store, I'll link all of the products below.

This card came together very quickly but the ink blending and beautiful 

Lacy Layered Heart in silver foil card stock give it a very elegant look.

Here are the products I used on this card:

Lacy Layered Heart die

Stitched Sentiment Strip dies

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle dies

Say it With Heart stamps

Picked Raspberry Distress Ink

Spun Sugar Distress Ink

Versafine Black Onyx Ink

Nuvo Adhesive

I also made a video to show you how I made this card. 

You can watch it here or on YouTube.

All of the products listed above are available in the Kat Scrappiness store

and you can save 10% on your order if you use code Lisa10.

Have a great 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💘