Summertime with Sunny Studios!

Hello to all you crafty friends!

I am so excited to share this fun slim line card I created using tons of the new Sunny Studios product at Kraftgali!  I am in LOVE with the new Sunny Studios release and knew I had to use all of them on one card!

Ohhh, how cute they are!!!  To begin my slim line card, I created the card base by trimming an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of thick white cardstock to 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 card base.  Next, I trimmed thick watercolor paper to fit a little smaller than the card base front and inked with squeezed lemonade, spun sugar, and worn lipstick oxide inks on the top half of the watercolor paper.  I then embossed with the amazing cloud dies (you get a set of embossing clouds & a set of die cut clouds!) directly onto the inked paper.

I also die cut some more watercolor papers with hill dies for the sand and wave dies for the water.  I inked the sand with antique linen and then added sand dots with copic markers and inked the water with salty ocean and mermaid lagoon oxide inks. 

I stamped the sloth and leaves, the flamingos, leaves, and flowers, and fishes and plants with memento black ink, used the coordinating fish dies and coordinating flamingo dies.  I colored all the images with copic markers. 

To put the card together, I added the sloth to the top with pop dots.  I then glued the one sand down and pop dotted the other adding the flamingos and accessories at varying heights.  Next, I pop dotted the water adding the fishes and plants varying the depth also.

To finish the card, I added some die cut clouds from thick white cardstock and stamped the sentiment on a trimmed banner.  I also added highlights to the stamped images with a white pen.  I then simply added nuvo drops yellow, pink, and clear as my embellishments.

I sooo love the summer bright colors and that you will share your vibrant creations with us on the Kraftgali Fan Club on FB!

Thank you for stopping by and will see you all next Thursday with another creation using these fabulous Sunny Studios new sets!

Candice

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Friends Couch Stamp Card

Happy Monday!

This Monday I have a card to share using Ink Roads The one with all the stamps set. Friends is my favorite show ever. I have seen every episode multiple times. 

This card was fun to make and came together fairly fast.  The most time consuming part was stamping the sentiment over and over on the background paper.  

I stamped the sentiment all over in a light brow then once in a dark brown to help it stand out. "i'm not great at the advice CAN I INTEREST YOU IN A SARCASTIC COMMENT?" 

I stamped the couch and coffee cup onto smooth white card stock in Memento ink and colored them in with alcohol markers. I then fussy cut them out. 

I matted the background paper onto orange cardstock to match the couch. I adhered the couch and coffee cup to the Kraft cardstock with foam tape for some dimension. I then adhered the whole panel to a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card base. 

Have a great week! 

~Crystal 

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2 Ways to Color Your Stencils

Hey everyone! Welcome back to our Saturday Crafty fun day!  Today’s project features this gorgeous stencil from Ultimate Crafts, Field of Daisies!  We are coloring them 2 ways; one more detailed using finger daubers, and one more loose, with Distress Oxides.  Both bring a different but fun element to the stencils.  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

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Avery Elle Graduation Card

Hello Crafty Friends!

My son will be graduating high school this month and I came up with the perfect fun card using his high school colors!  The cluster of critters from the Avery Elle All of Us stamp set was the perfect group for the graduates!

To begin my card I created a5 x 6.5 card base using thick white cardstock.  I then die cut a stitched frame from gold foil paper and trimmed some watercolor paper to fit behind and inked with barn door. 

I stamped all the images from Avery Elle's All of Us and Party Pals stamp sets, colored with copic markers, and fussy cut out.  I then glued the two bottom rows of puppies to the frame and then pop dotted the other two to the frame.  Next, I adhered to the inked paper with pop dots and glued to the center of the card. 

I then die cut the graduation caps and the celebrate from black velvet paper on my cameo silhouette and glued to the card.  I adhered the YAY banner, the congrats sign, and congrats bubble with pop dots.  For the final embellishment I added the black nuvo drops.

Please check out all the product in the Kraftgali store, including the Avery Elle products! 

Once you create using the new product you get, please share with us at Kraftgali Fan Club on Facebook!

Thanks for visiting and if you are looking for a graduation card, I hope this helps you to create your own!

Candice

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You're The Avocado To My Toast Picture Changer Card

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. 

This weekend I played with Lawn Fawn's  Magic Picture Changer and Lets Toast stamp set. Lawn Fawn's Magic picture changer die set has so many possibilities. I will be playing with that die set so many times. 

I started with an avocado on the front and used the sentiment "YOU'RE THE AVOCADO TO MY TOAST" 

When you pull the tab up you see the avocado with a piece of toast. I then stamped a few hearts on the bottom left corner. 

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a great week!

~Crystal 

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Hey everyone!  Welcome to another Saturday craftday with Kraftgali!  Today's project features some really fun techniques but the highlight of our card is the Lawn Fawn Manatee-riffic Set.  This stamp set is a great price point and you get lots of great images and sentiments.  We will be making a focal point on the card front, with ink blending and some stenciling using the Lawn Fawn wave dies that we cut down to use as masks.  After we get the background just the way we like it, it's time to pull out those alcohol markers (or your medium of choice) to color in our cute little manatees.  Although I'm sure they are not so little in real life.  Then we just put our card together and finish it off with some Ranger Glossy Accents to get that bubble affect for some added interest.  I hope you give this a try or put your own spin on it!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Toot Your Horn, Lawn Fawn Style!

Welcome back friends!

I have really been on a Lawn Fawn kick lately, and so today I am bringing you a double slider!

For this card, I used the critter concert and village shops stamp sets.

Lawn Fawn products are perfect for rainbow coloring and I used rainbow colors for the shops!  I started my card by creating a 5 x 6.5 card base from thick white cardstock.  I then die cut the yellow pattern paper using a stitched rectangle and glued to the center of the card.  Next, I stamped the sentiment in black ink.

I stamped all the images from the Lawn Fawn critter concert and Lawn Fawn village shops stamp sets, colored with copic markers, and then fussy cut out, but the Kraftgali shop has the critter concert's coordinating dies to make life easier!

For the double slider pieces I used pattern papers from the Lawn Fawn really rainbow paper pad for my sky and grass and black thick cardstock for the road.  I heat embossed the sentiments with white on the bottom of each pull out and on the tabs.

For assembly of the double slider I followed the detailed instructions video. 

On the left side, I added the shops in red, orange and yellow with the cute bench, the racoon and cloud. 

For the right side, to continue the rainbow coloring, I added the shops in green, blue, and purple with the bicycle, owl and cloud. 

For the center, I glued down the rainbow shops, and pop dotted the signs in between.  Next, I stamped the sentiment in black ink on white cardstock and pop dotted along the bottom.  I then pop dotted the rest of the concert critters and a few more clouds.

Loving the bright and fun colors in this playful birthday card, and I hope you try a rainbow themed card too!  Please share your creations with us on the Kraftgali Fan Club Facebook group!

And don't forget the HUGE sale going on in the Kraftgali store, 30% off most product, that is a great deal on lots of the top stamp companies!

Have a fabulous week and will see you all next Thursday!

Candice

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