Kissing Pandas for Valentine's Day

By    January 18, 2019 // No comments
Welcome friends!

Today I am bringing you a Valentine's card with non traditional colors.  I love spicing things up that way and trying new color combos for holidays!  I used the ever cute pandas from Mama Elephants Panda stamp & die set.


To start my card I trimmed 110lb white cardstock to create a 5x7 card base.  I then trimmed some watercolor paper to fit a little smaller over the front.  Next, I inked the watercolor paper with Tim Holtz oxide inks in tumbled glass, broken china, mustard seed, & squeezed lemonade and splattered with white paint using a wet paint brush.


While I let that dry, I stamped the pandas with black ink and die cut using the coordinating dies that come with the stamp set!  Yeah for all in one!  I lined them up on the bottom and then stamped the ever adorable sentiment and then pop dotted the pandas next to it. 


For the lanterns, I stamped and die cut them from the Mama Elephant Panda stamp & die set and colored with copic markers.  I then lined them up and added the black and white twine with glue dots to create the line.  Next, I pop dotted each lantern along the twine and glue dotted the mint sequins under each lantern.


For the final touches, I added my shimmer on each lantern using the wink of stella and a little silver heart I cut from my cameo between the two kissing pandas.

I wish everyone a crafty weekend and I hope I inspired you try some new color combos yourself!
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See you next Friday!

Candice

 




Enjoy the Journey...

By Anonymous   January 16, 2019 // 1 comment
DT Carolyn here and today I am sharing a card using another fun and cute stamp set from Kraftgali...

This stamp set is called Enjoy the Journey from Pinkfresh Studio.
I love tea cups so this set is perfect for me. Cute little images and accessories are fun to play with to create different scenes.


This set is available now in the Kraftgali store along with other Pinkfresh products. There are lots of great stamps and accessories in the store so be sure to browse around.


Don't forget to stop by the Kraftgali Fan facebook page to see what people are creating and sharing. Come back to the blog to see what other design team members have cooked up for inspiration for your next craft project!

First Design Team Project- City Stacks

By    January 13, 2019 // No comments
Hi crafty friends it's Crystal here today I'm super excited to be sharing my first design team post for Kraftgali. 


This week I thought I would play with this fun stamp set City Stacks by Concord & 9th. This stamp set is adorable and so many options I will be using this set many times in the future.



I started our with stamping all of the image onto some white paper scraps I knew I would be fussy cutting them out. I stamped in Momento black ink so I could color them in with Alcohol markers. When I had all of the images colored in I fussy cut them then I set them aside to work on my card base. 


I inked the almost the whole front of my card base with  a dark blue ink because I wanted to do a night scene on my card. I went over it a couple times to get it really dark. 


Once the ink is completely dry I stamped the sentiment up on the top right corner with VersaMark and stamped stars all over the sky. I added Metallic Gold Wow embossing powder on all of my stamped images and heat set them. 

After all of the stamping was done I ended up cutting the last house off and cutting the trees apart. I used Scotch Foam Mounting Tape to add dimension to all of the layers. 


Here is a close up of the sentiment. I love it so much I is just perfect to send to a friend who lives faraway to let them know you are thinking of them. 




Have a great day I look forward to seeing you all next week!

~Crystal 






  

Kraftgali Let’s Bundle Up with Concord & 9th

By    January 12, 2019 // No comments
Hello everyone!  Today’s project is so fitting for us up here in the north east as we face wintery storms this weekend!  I thought we would pull out this amazing set again from Concord and 9th, Bundled Up create a snowy scene.  This time we will be water coloring the images, showing how much fun this set is whether you are using the layering stamps or coloring it in with your favorite medium.  Thanks so much for stopping by.
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Interactive Valentine's with Lawn Fawn!

By    January 11, 2019 // 2 comments

Hello!  This is Candice and I am so excited to be sharing my creations with you and will be bringing you something new every Friday!  For today, I created four mini cards using the new Lawn Fawn's Let's Toast trio set of stamps and dies perfect for valentine's!


For my first card, I trimmed 110lb white cardstock to 4"x8", scored, and folded in half to make my card base.  I then trimmed 110lb black cardstock a little under 4"x4" and adhered to the front.  I took a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper, trimmed to a little under 3.75"x3.75" and inked the center with spun sugar oxide ink using the Tim Holtz blending tool.


I stamped the images from Lawn Fawn's Let's Toast stamp set, colored with copic markers, and die cut out using the Let's Toast coordinating dies.  To create the pull up tab I used the Let's Toast pull up add on die following the video on Lawn Fawn's website.  It's very easy, once you see the instructions you will remember for next time!  I simply lined up the notch die to the top of my inked paper and ran through my die cutting machine.  Then I marked and lined up where I wanted the notch to pull the pop tart up and ran through my die cutting machine.  I also die cut the pull up tab, the holder to keep the pull up tab straight, and the pink glitter handle.  Next, I adhered the pop tart to the bottom of the pull tab, lined up the toaster over it, and pop dotted using two on each side of the toaster.

To finish the card, I heat embossed the sentiment in white on 110lb black cardstock using the anti-static pouch to help keep it from sticking, trimmed the edges to a banner, and pop dotted at the bottom of the toaster.  I added some pink sequins for my final touch.


For my second card, I created the base the same but I used tumbled glass oxide ink on the Tim Holtz watercolor paper.  I made the pull tab the same but used the toast and added blue sequins.

For the third card, I wanted to use the Let's Toast pull tab die in a different way.  I wanted my little avocado to get close to its love of toast!


I created the base the same and used shabby shutters oxide ink on the Tim Holtz watercolor paper.  This time I made the pull tab on the side adding the avocado to the pull tab and the toast pop dotted next to the avocado when it is pulled out.  I made the banner the same with heat embossing and used green sequins.

For my final and fourth card, I had to have my two loves of PB & J come together!  


I used the same technique as in the previous cards but used milled lavender oxide ink on the Tim Holtz watercolor paper and added purple sequins.


I hope this has inspired you to try some interactive card making for this valentine's season!  The Let's Toast trio of stamps and dies make it easy to create different style cards. 

Wishing you lots of crafty creative time until I see you next Friday!

Candice





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