Spring Cards with Memory Box Bright Hearts Die | Kraftgali

Hello everyone!  Today we are doing to make spring cards from just dies and ink!  This Memory Box heart die is so pretty and can be used in the positive or negative form.  Let’s spring it up!! I don't know how you feel but I am definitely ready for Winter to be over!  So let's channel some sun and warm weather with our project today.

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Thank You Bear Hugs with Avery Elle

Good Friday to all of you!

I have a fun little thank you scene for you today using two of Avery Elle's new stamp sets, the market stand & All of Us.  I am so in love with the faces these little critters have!

I began my card by trimming some kraft paper a little smaller than the card base of 5x7 and adhering to the center.  I then die cut some watercolor paper with a stitched frame and inked with tumbled glass oxide ink.  I used a cloud stencil to create the background using broken china oxide ink.  I then glued to the center of the card.

I stamped the bears from the All of Us stamp set and then masked them to add the signs with the sayings.  I then colored them with copic markers and fussy cut around them.  Next, I stamped the market stand, the hedgehog, and the thank you word bubble, colored with copics and fussy cut out.  I lined up the market stand on the card front and then stamped the cute bugs onto the cloud background. 
I die cut some extra stitched scene builders, the sun, clouds, and grass and inked the sun with scattered straw oxide ink and the grass with shabby shutters oxide ink.

To put it together, I glued the grass to the bottom of the bears (I LOVE the sets were you have them all lined up and you don't have to do all the masking!) and lined them along the bottom.  I pop dotted the market stand in the center, glued the hedgehog and his paws down and pop dotted the thank you.  Next, I pop dotted the bears along the bottom and the sun along the top. 

I love creating these fun spring and summer scenes with all the new cuties that are in the stamp sets that are all available at the Kraftgali store!
Please join us on FB at the Kraftgali Fan Club and share your creations with us!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your week until I see you next Friday!
Candice

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Hay There - Lawn Fawn

Hi ya crafty friends, today is my day to share my latest make with you all! I've created a little farm scene CAS card.

This cute stamp set is called Hay There and it is by Lawn Fawn. 

Check out the Kraftgali store for this set or for other super cute stamps that you must have!  Stop by the Kraftgali Fan Club on Facebook to see what others are creating and share your own creation as well. Have a crafty day!

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Go Wild Birthday Cards

Hi crafty friends! 

Happy Monday hope you had a great weekend! 

This week I have a few cards to share with you that I made using Wild Ones by Neat and Tangled.

For my first card I stamped the images onto watercolor paper with versafine black ink. I colored them in with Arteza Real Brush pens. Then I fussy cut the images out.

For this card I used the sentiment from the Sending Hugs stamp set by Newtons Nook Designs. I used a yellow pattern paper to frame the design. Green pattern paper as the grass and some blue and white strip paper for the sky. I then adhered the whole panel to a 5 1/2"X 4 1/4" card base. 

For my second card I wanted to play with masking. I love masking but some times I struggle with the order of the stamping so I started out easy with this one. I stamped the turtle and bird first masked them and then stamped the giraffe and gift. I stamped them all with Memento black ink so I could color them in with alcohol markers. After I colored them in I die cut them out with a rectangle double stitched die.

For the sentiment I stamped "GO WILD" and heat set it with Gold WOW embossing-powder. I stamped the second part of the sentiment "PARTY ANIMAL" in black ink. Then I took some pink cardstock and die cut a rectangle with rounded corners. I matted the top panel onto the pink paper. I then adhered the whole panel to a 5 1/2"X 4 1/4" card base. 

For my last card I have to share today I wanted to play with masking again I wanted the cut little monkey to be riding the giraffe. I love the look of white embossing one black cardstock so I die cut a banner and stamped "GO WILD!" onto the black cardstock and heat set it with Opaque Bright White WOW embossing and stamped "PARTY ANIMAL" down the side.

To add a little interest to the card I ran my cardstock through my die cutting machine in a polka dot embossing folder. Then inked it with a darker shade of purple ink to help the polka dots pop off the page. I then adhered the whole panel to a 5 1/2"X 4 1/4" card base. 

Thanks for stopping by today see you next Monday! 

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Simple Cards with Alcohol Pearl Inks and Sentiment Die | Kraftgali

Hello everyone!  Today we are sharing this really simple project that packs a lot of WOW because of these gorgeous Ranger Alcohol Pearl Inks!! They are just stunning and so much fun to play with. We finish off the cards with this simple but fun thanks die from Paper Rose.  The set comes with the shadow portion too and I absolutely love the affect.  Thanks so  much for stopping by!!

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Free Hugs from These Cute Chicks from Avery Elle!

Hello this fantastic Friday!

This Friday I have a cute card I created using the adorable new stamp sets from Avery Elle in the Kraftgali shop!

I used the Easter Chicks stamp set & the Market Stand stamp set to create this fun interactive card!

I started my card base by creating a 5x7 card using 110lb thick white cardstock and die cut a stitched piece using the same thick cardstock and adhered to the center.  I then stamped the market stand with black memento ink along with the bumblebee, butterfly, and open sign.  I then stamped the sentiments into the spaces on the stand and then colored the whole scene with copic markers. 

I then die cut the scene using the Lawn Fawn reveal wheel die set and stamped the sentiments in the circle with the help of these new and awesome reveal wheel templates!  These guys eliminate the pencil lines that I never could fully erase.  Next, I die cut one more reveal wheel stitched base and pop dotted the wheel onto the bottom one.  I then pop dotted the whole top over it.

I die cut two layers of green grass from a stitched grass die and the bottom of the reveal wheel die.  I glued the first one down and pop dotted the second to add more depth.  I then die cut the purple arrow and glued down next to the wheel.

I stamped these adorable chicks from the Avery Elle Easter Chicks stamp set, colored with copic markers, and fussy cut out.  I then pop dotted them onto the front to add some dimension. 

For the final touches I added some white nuvo drops. 

I am so enjoying making spring cards again with all the bright and fun colors!  I must say, I am in love with Avery Elle market stand stamp set with all the cute different stands you can create and image all the cute critters you can put to work at it!

I would love to see your creations at the Kraftgali Fan Club on Facebook and you can see all the new product in the Kraftgali shop!

Until next Friday, have a wonderful week!

Candice

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Butterfly Kisses...

Hi ya crafts peeps, it's my turn to share my latest project with you featuring stamps from the Kraftgali Store. I can't wait until Spring. I am so over all this snow and cold and ready to see some sunshine and butterflys. To get you in the mood, I created a little sunny card.

With Easter and Spring not so far off, I thought that this stamp set would be perfect. This stamp set is called Butterfly Kisses and is by Lawn Fawn. It's a new set and oh so cute! You can check out new products at the kraftgali store. a Don't forget to hop on over to the FB Kraftgali Fan Club to share your make and see what other fans are creating.

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Wishing You a Very Happy Easter

Happy Monday crafty friends! 

I'm tired this Monday we just got done with a fun filled spring break. I love having my kiddos home but I'm ready to get back into a normal routine. This week I played with Lawn Fawn's Easter Party Stamp set. 

I stamped all of the images into smooth cardstock with Memento black ink and colored them in with alcohol markers. I die cut a 5 1/5"X 41/4" double stitched rectangle out of pattern paper. Over the pattern paper I layered green and blue cardstock and die cut them with a rounded corner double stitch rectangle die which was smaller then the other die.

I fussy cut all of the stamped images out after I colored them in. I stamped the sentiment "wishing you a very happy Easter" up onto the right corner of the sky.

The bunny is so adorable! I love all of Lawn Fawns little characters they are so cute.

I adhered the whole panel to a 5 1/5"X 41/4" card base. 

Thank you for stopping by today. I will be back again next Monday!

~Crystal 

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Neat and Tangled Swinging By

Hello everyone!  Today we are playing with the Neat and Tangled Swinging By stamp set.  It is just the cutest stamp set so we just had to find more than one way to use it.  We are altering the set by doing a little bit of masking!  Today our adorable elephant is going to bring us some coffee and we think it is the perfect delivery! See how we made this card in the video below and see if it sparks some more inspiration on how you can stretch your supplies.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Lawn Fawn Oh Gnome!

Morning to all you fabulous crafters!

It's Friday which means I get to share with you another fun card I created this week using the new Lawn Fawn release from theKraftgali shop!

I created a fun belated birthday card using the Magic Picture Changer & Add-on dies with the Oh Gnome! stamp set.

To begin my card I created the 5x7 card base using 110lb thick white cardstock and added some blue stitch die cut blue cardstock to the center.  I stamped the images, colored with copic markers, and fussy cut out. 

To create the magic picture changer's first scene I stamped the mushrooms, grass, and cloud with masking and then colored with copic markers. 

For the second picture in the changer, I stamped the same mushrooms, grass, and cloud and added the cute gnome and quote bubble and colored with copic markers.  To put the two together, I first die cut the mushroom scene with the straight across die and then the second scene with the diagonal die.  I then rubbed them with the anti static pouch to help them move easier.  Next, I put them together and set aside.

I die cut the large white stitched frame & the smaller white frame with the green tab.  I put this all over the two scenes I had die cut earlier and glued to the center of the card.

To finish, I die cut two strips of grass from green cardstock and stamped the sentiment along the smaller one.  I pop dotted the large grass and added some of the mushrooms and gnome behind it.  Next, I pop dotted the smaller grass and added some more mushrooms and the flowers.  For the final touch, I added the stitched cloud. 

I really love the funny sentiments this stamp set has and the Magic Picture Changer dies are so easy to use for a fun interactive card!

Check out the Kraftgali shop for the amazing products she has in stock and then share your creations with us on the Kraftgali Fan Club on Facebook!

Have a great weekend and I will see you next Friday for another interactive card I have to share with you!

Candice

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Have a happy day...

Hi ya crafty peeps, today on the blog I am sharing my latest make using a little sparkle and a little outdoors.

I am sharing this cute little scene, wishing summer would get here faster.  This cute stamps set is by Lawn Fawn and it is called Butterfly Kisses. The sequins I used are by Neat & Tangled: Sherbet Sequin Mix. I hope you liked my creation and don't forget to stop by the Kraftgali  Instagram page for more inspiration.

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A Simple St. Patrick's Day Card!

Hi crafty friends!

Hope you had a great weekend. Next weekend is St. Patrick's day I'm not Irish and I don't normally make St. Patrick's day cards but I love to get the most out of my stamp sets and saw the "Happy St. Patrick's day" sentiment in this sentiment stamp set so I went ahead and made a card using it. 

This card is really simple and fast to make. I used three different shades of green ink with this Bohemian 6X6 Bouquet field of daisies stencil. 

I matted the stenciled background onto to different shades of green cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment with green ink onto a thin strip of paper cut the ends off to form a banner. I adhered the sentiment with foam tape. I adhered the whole panel to a 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" card base. 

Thanks for stopping by have a great week and see you next Monday! 

~Crystal 

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Foil Watercoloring Book | 4 Cards from 1 Panel

Hello everyone!  Today's project features this gorgeous Christine Adolph Foil Watercoloring Book!  This book has a wonderful variety of foiled images on quality watercolor paper.  I really enjoyed the process of practicing my coloring and the great thing about this book is that you can frame your work after you are finished or cut the panels down to create 4 cards like I did.  I highly recommend adding this to your collections! Thank you so much for stopping by!
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Llama tell you...Lawn Fawn

Hello Kraftgali crafters!

Today I'm bringing you a fun and cheerful card using lots of Lawn Fawn products from the kraftgali shop! 

I love these new stamps from Lawn Fawn, Llama tell you stamp and die and Oh Gnome stamp set!  They have such fun sentiments and images!

I used the reveal wheel die from Lawn Fawn for the first time and love moving the wheel around and around!   I will say that it would be much easier with the new reveal wheel templates instead of having to pencil and then erase the marks.  I had to reapply the oxide ink and it made the black ink a little hazy.

I started the card by die cutting a stitched 110lb white cardstock on the same paper used to create  5x7 card base.  I used TH watercolor paper and die cut the frame with the window and inked with carved pumpkin and dried marigold and then used a paintbrush and water to flick the colors onto the inked paper.  I also added some white splatters too. 

I stamped the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Llama tell you set with versafine black ink and from the reveal wheel sentiments stamp set.  I then added the green stitched grass from the Lawn Fawn really rainbow paper pad along the bottom.  I stamped the images from the two stamp sets with the quote bubble, colored with copic markers, cut out, and pop dotted on the front.

I love the fun new Lawn Fawn release and how fun they are to use on a fun spring card!

You can check out the new product at the kraftgali store and when you create with it, please share with us on the FB Kraftgali Fan Club!

Have a fabulous Friday and I will see you next week when a share another interactive card!

Thanks,

Candice

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