Video Tutorial - Mass Producing Diecuts Technique EVERY CARDMAKER Must Know

Hi, this is Princy for Kraftgali.com

I am SO excited about Mama Elephant's collaboration with Hampton Art launching these Mini Agenda stamp and die sets featuring some of Mama Elephant's most popular images. I have used Mini Boy Agenda set for today's project.

I stamped all these images using Versafine Onyx black ink & did some easy quick coloring using zig clean color real brush pens, these are small images so did not require any special color blending skills, just some basic coloring here today.

For the sweet rainbow background - I used distress inks in 6 colors - the number of colors needed for blending depends on the size of blending tool - for an A2 size card & mini blending tool - 5 or max 6 colors should be okay.

• Mustard seeds
• Cracked pistachio
• Abandoned coral 
• Picked raspberry
• Spiced marmalade
• Peacock feathers

To add some extra sine I added Tattered Angels glimmer mist in pearl color. For the front panel used A2 grid panel die from waffle flower for creating window frames! Assembled everything together and the final card is ready.

I am pretty happy with how the final card turned out. What do you think? Let me know in the comments below.

Thanks for visiting!

xx

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Light-up Cards - Part I

Hi,
Welcome to TenTen Crafts!!

This BLOG POST is part of our YouTube series 'Light up YOUR Cards' showing how to make light up cards for ALL skill levels.

Come along as I show you how to make simple and parallel circuits using Chibi lights. As we proceed, become a PRO & Go beyond creating simple and parallel circuits, and focus on more interactive pieces such as switches and other interactions.

I show some simple mistakes and fun tips to make your cards light up!! Watch YouTube Video for full tutorial -- https://goo.gl/xa8Sta

You will need –

Coin cell battery,

Conductive foil tape,

Led light

All of these come together handy in the starter kit from Chibitronics for ease of use. These LED stickers by Chibitronics are a great & easy way to add a fun, interactive element to your cards. I have also used Love Letters stamp set by Lawn Fawn.

Circuit Templates and Sketch Book Can Be Downloaded from Here -- https://goo.gl/uT3P3d

Here’s a tip for you - remember to use one continuous strip for each line as separate foil pieces taped together would not create a strong connection and the led might not work in some cases. Also, watch your fingers – copper tape can be sharp.

Here is another card I made at this year’s Creativation craft show that uses a BLUE LED sticker light.

I hope the information was helpful to you. I appreciate you spending time with me!

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• 4 Pack Copper Foil Tape

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• Lawn Fawn Love letters Stamp & Die Set

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It’s penguin-ing to look a lot like Christmas!

Hello everyone! Welcome to another blog post for Kraftgali!

When I saw Lawn Fawn’s Here We Go A-Waddling (LF1468) stamp set, I knew I just had to create a card that included these penguin friends image. I don’t know about you, but I know a TON of people who love penguins (& me).

I paired the sweet Penguin Friends images with basic stitched rectangle & circle Die and pretty DCWV Christmas Glitter Paper.

I stamped the trio of penguins on smooth white cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black Ink and colored in the images with Prismacolor Pencils. All the images were cut using my Scan & Cut 2 machine. I added white detail of the penguins with an opaque Uni-ball white pen.

I stamped a greeting from the same Stamp Set on thin strips of black & white cardstocks & heat-embossed them. 

The other bird is from Avery Elle Winter Woodland Wonders stamp set that I colored in a similar way.

I die cut the Circles Die and the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Die from DCWV Christmas Glitter cardstock.  I also die cut three Circles from white cardstock and adhered them one on top of another with the Christmas Glitter cardstock circle adhered to the top. I applied distress oxide ink to the center of a top fold card base to cover half of the circle window. Then I added some twine to the rectangle panel & later adhered the rectangle panel and the circle frame and images to the finish the card using double-sided tape.

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Distress Oxide Techniques + Graduation Cards

Hello & welcome to another Kraftgali blog post & video.

Today, we are having so much fun making these graduation cards featuring some distress oxide inks.

To begin with, I wanted to apologize for the lighting & filming variations you will come across in the video as I had struggled to complete this recording in several days.

The stamp set featured in today's video - Newtons Graduation Stamps set by Newton's Nook Designs. I am using the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform to stamp the cat images multiple times. The images are colored using Prismacolor premier color pencils.

For the first card background, I have used Distress Oxide inks in a rainbow color order. I have used Concord & 9th All About You Dies Set along with  Newtons Graduation Stamps set.

Colors Being Used in Rainbow Fashion-
1. Wilted Violet
2. Faded Jeans
3. Broken China
4. Peeled Paint
5. Fossilized Amber
6. Spiced Marmalade
7. Fired Brick

I have also used Tattered Angels glimmer mist in all of the cards today to add some sparkle and shine. Xyron Adhesive Eraser is one of my favorite tools handy to prevent any adhesive accidents.

For the second card, I have created the background using distress oxides on Canson Montval watercolor paper and adhered the stamped & colored image on it. I literally spent more than 2 hours playing on this background as it was so much fun! Distress oxide inks are very forgiving. I love it!

For the third card, I have used ALPHABET Dies to die cut the word CONGRATS. I have used an old Quinn's ABC Lawn Fawn Die Set in my video. Link to Other Dies set Here - ALPHABET Dies. I kept the card simple to let the focus stay on the shiny dimensional alpabets created using Distress Oxides.

The alphabets in the BONUS card shown in the video is created using a thick (2.5 inch) washi tape.

Next, I need to find new graduates to send these cards to! 😍😍😍

Thank you for spending time with me today! Hope you have a good weekend. Happy Crafting :)

xo

Princy

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Kraftgali Card Challenge #3 Winner

Hello!!

Thank you so much for playing the Kraftgali Card Challenge #2. So much creativity! We were blown away!!

Here is the winning entry for this month by hollyshandmadecards. Please click on the image to view the entire post.

Congratulations to the winner! Please email us at kraftgali@outlook.com before Saturday, May 5th, 11:59 pm PST to claim your prize, or it will be passed over to next person.

Remember... The May challenge is cancelled but we have some amazing giveaways for you tomorrow. Don't forget to come and join us!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!!

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