Simple Shaker with Concord & 9th

Hey everyone!  We are pulling out a few great products from different companies and get to playin’!  We are making a simple shaker with some simple ink blending…see a theme here?? Sometimes simple can have a wow factor too!  Concord & 9th and Neat & Tangled are the stars of the show today.  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

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Flamazing News!

Welcome back crafters!

Today I am sharing a bright and fun welcome baby card using the new Sunny Studio's Fabulous Flamingos stamp set and Fabulous Flamingos coordinating dies along with Avery Elle's Market Stand stamp set and Stuck on You stamp set. 

I started my card with a 5 x 6 1/2 card base and die cut a stitched piece of watercolor paper and then inked using a sunray stencil with mustard seed and squeezed lemonade oxide inks.  I then embossed and die cut the clouds using Sunny Studios Fluffy Clouds dies directly onto the background and from thick white cardstock. 

Next, I die cut three strips of grass gluing the darkest green down over the sun ray. 

I stamped all the images from Sunny Studios Fabulous Flamingo stamp set, and Avery Elle's Market Stand stamp set and Stuck on You stamp set using memento black ink, colored copic markers, and cut the flamingos and leaves using the Fabulous Flamingos coordinating dies and market stand dies. 

To put the card together, I layered all of the images with pop dots in varying heights for dimensions to create a fun and bright scene.

I added the sentiments on the market stand and on the banner.  For my final touches, I added sequins in green and yellow.

I have been enjoying creating bright and summery cards lately!  If you make some, please share them with us at Kraftgali Fan Club on Facebook!

You can check out all the new Sunny Studio products in the Kraftgali shop!

Thanks so much for swinging in!

Candice

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From The Whole Herd

Hi Crafty Friends! 

Do you ever have a card all set in your head the way you plan on making it and nothing goes right? Well this was one of those cards for me. 

For the card I have to share this Monday I used Lawn Fawn's Hay There stamp set! 

I knew when I started making this card I wanted the animals from the stamp set to be next to each other. I started by stamping the chicken in the front center and masked him off and stamped the goat and pig on either side of him then masked them to stamp the cow and horse.

My plan was to mask the cow and horse and in the background but ended up not liking the background. So after all of the background was inked and I die cut it out I didn't like it at all so I fussy cut the animals out. 

I put foam tape onto the back of the animals and attached to a background and then attached the background to pattern paper with foam tape but didn't like the look of it. This card was not coming together the way I had it pictured at all. But since I had used foam tape I couldn't pull it apart so I ended up fussy cutting the animals out again. 

I really wanted the animals to pop so in the end I adhered them to a very simple pattern paper background matted onto a busy pattern paper. I stamped the sentiment onto black cardstock and heat set it with white embossing powder.  

Thanks for stopping by have a great week!

~Crystal 

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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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