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    • Pink & Main ~ Happy Camper with Galaxy Foil

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Jul 12th

      Hey there crafty friends! Crystal here from Tawny Owl Paperie with an adorable card using the sweetest little camper set called Happy Camper from Pink & Main. I paired this sweet set with the beautiful Galaxy Foil papers also from Pink & Main… these two products were literally made for each other!!

      I’ve been wanting to make a long card… one that will fit in a #10 envelope. I love to change things up sometimes and this size of card is fun to play with! I started with a 8-1/2 x 11″ piece of kraft card stock. I trimmed it down to 8-1/2 x 8″ and then on the 8″ side, I scored it right in the middle at 4″… giving me a 8-1/2 x 4″ card base. A #10 envelope is actually larger, measuring at 4-1/8 x 9-1/2″ so you could actually make a larger card if you’d like. This was just the size I decided to go with.

      I had my card base and I had picked out my Galaxy Foil paper… but then I realized my paper was only 6″ so how do I make a long card with this short patterned paper. Well, I found that Gina K.’s Plum Punch card stock coordinated with the Galaxy Foil paper and that helped to fill in the rest of my background. And to finish off my scene, I die cut some Gina K. Grass Green card stock using the Grassy Border die from Lawn Fawn. I then adhered my grass layers to the plum card stock being sure to not glue down the top layer of grass blades so I could tuck in my car and camper.

      Speaking of… how adorable is this car and camper!! They were so much fun to color!! I love all the scallops and swirls… so fun!! There are so many cute images in this set too! I just love that little backpack… it reminded me of a denim backpack that I had as a kid so I colored it to look like it, except mine was green. 🙂 How cute is that sentiment ‘Happy trails!’… I thought this would be a cute card to send to someone going out on an adventure maybe camping or taking an RV around the country seeing all the sights!

      Oh my goodness… these adorable bears!! I love their cute faces! I had a blast coloring them too. They look ready to enjoy some camping fun. And that crown on the glamping girl bear… love!!!

      I finished off the card with some kraft twine… it filled in that empty space in that top right corner… and I think it fits with the whole camping/outdoors theme. I used a bunch of Copic markers to color in the images… here they are:

      Girl Bear ~ E21, E23, E25, R00, R20, R21, R43

      Flashlight/Crown ~ V0000, V04, V12, Y06, Y35

      Boy Bear ~ E21, E25, E27, R20, B95, B97, YG17, YG23

      S’mores ~ E27, Y06, Y35, W0, W1

      Lamp ~ N0, N2, N4, Y06, Y11, Y35, R27

      Car/Camper ~ B0000, B000, B02, V0000, V04, V12, N0, N2, N4, N7, R14, R27, Y06, Y11

      Backpack ~ R00, R21, R43, B95, B97, B99, E35, E37

      I had so much fun creating this card… I sure hope you enjoy it!! Thanks so much for stopping by! See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, camping, cardmaking, copic coloring, galaxy foil, handmade cards, Long Card, Papercrafts, Pink & Main, Scrapping for Less, under the stars

    • Heffy Doodle ~ Hootiful

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Jul 5th

      Hey there crafty friends! Crystal here from Tawny Owl Paperie with a cute card using the most adorable owl stamp set I think I’ve seen in a long time!! This adorable set is from Heffy Doodle and it’s called Hootiful… so cute! I love these cute owls and there are a bunch of wonderful sentiments in the stamp set too!!

      So, normally I would have created my very own galaxy background but for this card I didn’t have to! I used the fabulous Galaxy Foil papers from Pink & Main!! These papers are so beautiful and the colors are absolutely dreamy!! And it made for another quick card design which I am always looking for!! I knew I wanted to create a scene using the papers for my background so I die cut the papers with a large stitched oval die and set it aside.

      I stamped a bunch of these adorable owls with Memento Tuxedo black ink and then colored them with the following Copic markers:

      Owls ~ W00, W0, W1, W3, W6, W7, Y06, YR15, YR21

      Branch/Leaves ~YG11, YG23, YG25, E34, E53, E57, E59

      Moon ~ Y000, Y02, Y06

      I colored around the edges of each of the fussy cut images with a Memento Tuxedo black marker. I set them all aside and then started building my card base. I die cut a piece of black card stock with a large stitched rectangle die and adhered it to a kraft card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″. I then adhered the entire card front to a white card base.

      I just needed to build my scene… I adhered the oval die cut Galaxy Foil paper directly to the black card stock layer. I adhered the owl landing on the branch and then adhered the branch over top. I also adhered the moon… all of these were adhered with Multi Medium Matte directly to the galaxy background. I then popped up the flying owl and the owl near the bottom right side using foam squares. I then stamped the sentiment with VersaMark watermark ink and heat embossed a fine white embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment with a banner die, trimmed it down, and popped it up on the card. I really love how this turned out! I hope you do too!


      Thanks for checking out my blog post!

      See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, cardmaking, copic coloring, copic markers, galaxy foil, handmade card, handmade cards, heffy doodle, owls, paper crafts, Pink and Main paper, Scrapping for Less

    • June 2019 FOTM Card Kit ~ Sneak Peek

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Jun 28th

      Hello there crafty friends! Crystal here with a sneak peek of the fabulous June 2019 Flavor of the Month card kit called Under the Sea Babies!! This is THE most adorable kit ever!!

      As a busy mom, I am always looking for quick and easy ways to make a card and let me tell you… the papers in this month’s kit are just perfect for a quick and easy card that is also super adorable!

      I die cut this beautiful background paper ~ easy peasy!! Then I just stamped the adorable mermaid and fish… and had some fun coloring! I fussy cut and then adhered all of my colored images directly to the card and added the cute little enamel dots included in the collection… done!

      Here’s a list of the copic markers I used for my card:

      Skin ~ E000, E00, E21

      Hair ~ E09, E15, E97

      Top/Tail ~ V000, V04, V12

      Fish 1 ~ YR12, YR15, YR16

      Fish 2 ~ Y06, B000, B02

      That’s it for me today! Be sure to use the hashtag #FOTMundertheseababies in all your social media posts showing projects you made using the June 2019 Under the Sea Babies FOTM card kit. Your project just might be featured by Scrapping for Less!! How fun! I can’t wait to see your creations with this fabulous kit!

      Thanks for stopping by!

      See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, #sneakpeek, cardmaking, copic coloring, Flavor of the Month, FOTM Card Kit, handmade card, paper crafts, Scrapping for Less, Sneak peek, under the sea, under the sea babies

    • The Greeting Farm ~ Happy to Sea You… Again!

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Jun 21st

      Hello crafty friends! Crystal here with another couple of cards using the Happy to Sea You stamp set by The Greeting Farm. I just adore this set and had to ink it up again!

      For my cards today, I went with a non-traditional fold. The base of the card is an A2 size measuring at 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ but the fold is actually the circle where the focal image is placed. 

      The base is simple with just white card stock with a layer of Watercolor Wishes paper by Lawn Fawn that I die cut with the Wonky Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-namics by My Favorite Things. I then die cut a piece of white card stock that I had scored and folded with the Wonky Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics, also by My Favorite Things. I ran it through my Big Shot a few times to get a really good cut through both layers of the folded card stock. I adhered the circle folded piece to the base and then stamped the sentiments.

      Then I started stamping and coloring all the images… I stamped the images with Memento tuxedo black ink and colored with the following Copic markers:

      Whale ~ BG10, BG23

      Coral ~ R12, R22

      Seaweed ~ YG01, YG23

      Jellyfish ~ RV63, RV66, Colorless Blender

      Clam ~ BV000, BV00, BV13, RV63, RV66, RV91

      Sand ~ E33, E55

      I adhered the fussy cut images to build my scenes… popping up the whale and the jellyfish. To finish off my cards for today I added some drops of the beautiful Fairy Wings Nuvo Dream Drops in the sand at the bottom of the scene… I think it looks like pretty pearls in the sand. So fun!

      I just adore this sweet set… if you’d like to see the other cards I made using this set, you can see them here —> Happy to Sea You cards.

      Thank you so much for checking out my blog post!

      See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, cardmaking, copic coloring, handmade cards, Happy to Sea You, Lawn Fawn, Nuvo Dream Drops, paper crafts, Scrapping for Less, the greeting farm, under the sea, underneath the sea

    • The Greeting Farm ~ Happy to Sea You!

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Jun 15th

      Hello crafty friends! 

      Crystal here with two fun cards using the adorable Happy to Sea You set by The Greeting Farm and I’ve paired it with the beautiful Watercolor Wishes paper by Lawn Fawn!! 

      I love how easy it is to make a card using these beautiful papers for your background! They are so beautiful and all I needed to do was run them through the Big Shot with a fun die to create my background. For the cards I’m sharing today, I used the Stitched Circle Plate Background die by Gina Marie Designs. I die cut it four times… twice for the two patterned papers and then with white card stock and kraft card stock.

      Once I had that done, I set it aside and stamped my sea creatures… oh my goodness… this set of sea creatures just might be my favorite!! The turtle… love! And that seahorse… adore!! I sure had a blast coloring all the images!!

      I used the following Copic markers to color the images:

      Turtle ~ G12, G24, G28, BG10, BG23

      Whale ~ B21, B23, B26, T1

      Clam ~ RV63, RV91, N0, N1, N3, R00

      Seahorse ~ G12, G24, YG01

      Jellyfish ~ RV91, V04, V12

      Octopus ~ V04, BV000, BV00, BV04, BV13

      Starfish ~ YR15, YR16, R12

      Shark ~ N0, N1, N3

      Seaweed ~ YG01, YG23

      Coral ~ R12, R22

      Once I had them all colored, I fussy cut them out as close to the black line as possible and then colored the edges with my Memento tuxedo black marker. That’s a great way to make the edges look nice and clean. And then the fun part of building my scenes… so fun! On both cards, I wanted a creature to look like he was swimming through the circle so I used the whale on my first card and the shark on the second. I think it gives dimension to the card even though all the layers are adhered together. Yup… you read that right. I didn’t pop up any of the images!! Lol!

      But I did pop up the sentiments!!! I just love how these turned out! I hope I’ve inspired you to create a fun scene using pretty papers and cute stamps! Both items I’ve featured today are in stock in the SFL shop!!

      Thanks so much for taking the time to check out my blog!

      See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, cardmaking, copic coloring, copic markers, gina marie designs, Gina Marie Dies, handmade cards, Lawn Fawn, paper crafts, Scrapping for Less, the greeting farm, under the sea, underneath the sea, Watercolor

    • Picket Fence ~ Be a Unicorn of the Sea

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Jun 7th

      Hey there crafty friends!

      Crystal here with a couple super fun cards to share today using the fabulous Be a Unicorn of the Sea stamp set by Picket Fence. Oh my goodness… this is an adorable set!!

      I paired this fabulous set with the beautiful Watercolor Wishes paper by Lawn Fawn. I stamped the schools of fish and bubbles directly on the Watercolor Wishes paper using Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and Powder Blue ink by Gina K. Designs. I adhered that to another layer from the paper pad and then I set it aside. 

      I stamped several of the narwhals and started coloring… I wanted my narwhals to have some pink-purple so I started by coloring them with the V000 Copic marker. I then added some grays to the narwhals using C00, C2, and C3.

       I fussy cut the narwhals and adhered them to my panels… popping up one of the narwhals for dimension. Once I had my panels done, I set them on the white card base so I could decide where to put the sentiment. Using my stamp platform I positioned the sentiment just so and was able to remove the panel and then stamp without worrying about getting extra ink on my panel. For my first card, I stamped the sentiment with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and then just barely inked up the bottom portion of the sentiment with the Powder Blue ink and stamped it again.

      I love the effect it gives to the sentiment!

      For my second card, I did all the same steps except I turned my card base and made my panel slightly larger to fit the card. For the sentiment on this one, I just used Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.

      To finish off both of my cards I added drops of the gorgeous Nuvo Dream Drops Fairy Wings. Oh my goodness the color of these drops is seriously dreamy! Love them!!

      Be sure to check out the Scrapping for Less website this month… the featured products this month are all Under the Sea!!

      Thanks so much for checking out my blog!

      See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, copic coloring, copic markers, Distress Oxide, gina k designs, Lawn Fawn, narwhal, Nuvo Dream Drops, Picket Fence, picket fence studio, under the sea, underneath the sea

    • May 2019 FOTM ~ Last Sneak Peek Before the Reveal!!

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      May 24th

      Hello there crafty friends!

      Crystal here with a fabulous sneak peek today for the May 2019 Flavor of the Month card kit! Each month I am blown away by these fabulous kits… Absolutely love this month’s kit!!

      I did a little stamping on my pink card front using VersaMark watermark ink so the little butterflies are faint in the background. Love the subtle touch it gives! I added a strip of one of the gorgeous papers in the collection and then set the card aside. I stamped all of my images onto a small piece of white card stock measuring 2-3/4″ x 3-3/4″. I stamped the images again on post it notes, fussy cut them out and the applied them to the stamped images. I then lightly blended my background… when done, I removed the masks and colored the sweet images with the following Copic markers:

      Butterflies ~ BG000, BG01, BG53

      Skin ~ E000, E00

      Wings ~ RV0000, RV10

      Hair ~ RV10, RV11, RV21

      Dresses/Shoes ~ YG0000, YG23, YG25

      I mat the focal image with the green card stock in the kit and popped it up on the card with foam tape from my stash. I stamped the sentiment on a strip of white card stock and then partially popped it up (on the bottom) and adhered the top portion with liquid glue. To finish off the card, I added a few sequins in groups of two. So cute!!

      The May 2019 Flavor of the Month card kit goes live tonight at Midnight EST!! Be sure to order yours before they are all gone!!

      Thanks so much for checking out my blog post! See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, copic coloring, fairy, Flavor of the Month Card Kit, FOTM Card Kit, FOTM Sneak Peek, Myths and Legends, Scrapping for Less

    • Lawn Fawn ~ Lovable Legends 3 Ways

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      May 17th

      Hey there crafty friends!

      Crystal here with a trio of cards using Lawn Fawn’s Lovable Legends stamp set! I thought it might be fun to share a trio of cards starting with a simple design and then building from that design to a slightly more involved card design.

      My first card started with a simple stenciled background using the Echo Park Good Vibes Stripe stencil along with the Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink that I blended over the stencil. Once my background was done, I die cut it with a wonky rectangle die. I then cut a 1″ strip of the beautiful Watercolor Foil paper from Pink & Main and fussy cut the little flag end on one side. I adhered it to the panel and then trimmed off the excess. 

      I stamped the super cute sentiment directly on the panel and then adhered the entire panel to a white card base. I stamped the bigfoot character three times and decided for my card design… he’d be a cute yeti so I colored him very simply with the following Copic markers ~ N0, N1, N2, B0000, B00, Colorless Blender. I fussy cut my cute yeti and popped him up on the card.

      So that is my first card design… pretty simple, right?! But still adorable!!

      For my next card, to add a little somethin’ somethin’ and bring it up a step from simple,  I decided to blend the background using distress oxide inks. I used Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. I then blended Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink over the same Good Vibes Stripe stencil that I used on the first card. I love the subtle stripes it made on the background! I die cut the panel with the same wonky rectangle die and adhered it directly on a white card base. I adhered a strip of the Watercolor Foil paper just like the first card, but this time I stamped the sentiments on scraps of white card stock. I used a banner die to cut out the ‘Have An’ sentiment and fussy cut the ‘Unbelievable Birthday’. I adhered both sentiments directly to the card. I popped up the cute yeti and to finish off this card I added a couple of trees that I stamped from the same set using green inks in my stash. I love how the Watercolor Foil paper breaks up the strips of the background and the foil in the paper adds a pretty shine for interest.

      Are you ready for the third and final card… ?!

      Whatcha think?! I’m a little partial to the background on this one because I love splatter!! I created the background the very same as the second card, but I added water and white acrylic paint splatters. I adhered the strip of  Watercolor Foil paper and the top sentiment directly to the card, but I popped up the bottom sentiment using foam tape. I adhered more trees to surround Mr. Yeti… huh, just decided to name him… LOL! I also popped up the two trees on the far right. My final touch to finish this card was to add some random dots to the trees using a white gel pen… almost like snow falling on the trees from the splatter in the background.

      Here’s a picture showing all of the cards together. I had a bunch of fun making these cards to share with you… I hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing the different steps in adding interest and dimension to the cards! I hope this inspires you to try different levels of cardmaking!!

      Thanks so much for stopping by!

      See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #scrappingforless, cardmaking, Distress Oxide Inks, Echo Park, handmade cards, Lawn Fawn Stamp, Lovable Legends, Papercrafts, Pink and Main paper, Scrapping for Less, Yeti

    • La-la Land Crafts with Pink & Main ~ Unicorn Marci on Watercolor Foil

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      May 10th

      Hi there crafty peeps!

      Crystal here sharing an adorable card today using Unicorn Marci and some absolutely beautiful paper from Pink & Main called Watercolor Foil.

      I shared a card last week using Unicorn Marci… you can check out that card here —> Unicorn Marci with Coffee Distress Oxide Watercolor card! I watercolored my card for last week, but for this week I wanted to use bright colors to coordinate the beautiful Watercolor Foil papers so I stamped Unicorn Marci using Gina K Designs Amalgam black ink and then colored her in using the following Copic markers:

      Skin ~ E000, E21, E51, R20

      Hair ~ E42, E43, E44, Y21

      Pajamas ~ RV10, RV14, RV17, RV25, N0, N1

      Slipper boots ~ N0, N1, Colorless Blender

      I die cut the Watercolor Foil papers and adhered them to a white card base. I then fussy cut Unicorn Marci and set her aside. I die cut some clouds that I lightly sponged with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink but any blue oxide ink would work. There happens to be this ink in the shop —> Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink… which would work just as well when lightly sponged on.

      I adhered the die cut clouds with liquid glue so I could adjust them quickly before they set. I popped up my fussy cut Unicorn Marci with foam tape. I then stamped the cute sentiment on white card stock with Gina K Designs Amalgam black ink, fussy cut a flag, and then popped it up on the card. I just love that beautiful shine from the foil in the Watercolor Foil papers! So pretty! I sure hope you’ve enjoyed my card!

      Thanks for checking out my blog post!

      See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, amalgam ink, cardmaking, copic, copic coloring, copic markers, Distress Oxide, Distress Oxide Inks, gina k designs, handmade cards, LaLa Land Crafts, marci, Papercrafts, pink and main, Scrapping for Less, Unicorn, watercolor foil

    • Pink & Main ~ Pretty Jars

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Apr 19th

      Hello crafty peeps!

      Crystal here with a lovely card using the Pretty Jars stamp and die bundle set by Pink & Main. Oh my goodness… I absolutely love this bundle!! The stamps are so beautiful and the dies make cutting out this intricate floral stamp super easy peasy!!

      I still had the beautiful Echo Park Spring Fling papers on my desk so I decided to use them again for this card. I cut strips of a few different papers to create the pattern underneath the focal image. The background greenish/blue paper is also from the paper pad. 

      I stamped the flowers twice because I wanted to fussy cut the flowers to pop them up on the focal image for a bit more dimension. Working with colors that coordinated with the papers, I colored both sets of the flowers. I used the following Copic markers ~ RV00, RV21, Y13, Y35, YG11, YG23.

      I then die cut the flowers and fussy cut the one set… cutting it on the black line. I colored the outer edge of the fussy cut flowers with a Memento tuxedo black marker to clean up the edges and then I popped them up on the other flowers.

      I then adhered the flowers to a white die cut stitched oval and popped the oval piece up on the card. I knew I wanted to use the ‘sweet friend’ sentiment from the set but I wanted to add a little somethin’ somethin’ so I pulled out the ‘hello’ die from Pink & Main that was included in a past card kit and die cut three times out of white card stock. I colored one of the die cut hellos with Copic markers in an ombre style and then adhered all the die cut layers. I stamped the ‘sweet friends’ sentiment on white card stock and then die cut it with a banner die and layered it on a strip of pink paper from the Spring Fling paper pad that I also die cut with the same banner die.

      In retrospect, I kinda wish I had stamped the ‘sweet friend’ sentiment in a dark pink… but at the time, I was packing my studio and my supplies were limited. I am still very happy with how this card turned out! The design is definitely one that would work to use up some of those scraps of patterned paper that we all have laying around!!

      You can find the Pretty Jars stamp & die bundle in the shop!

      Thank you friends for checking out my blog post!

      See ya next time.

      Inky Hugs,

      Crystal

      Posted in All | Tagged #scrappingforless, cardmaking, copic coloring, copic markers, friends, handmade cards, hello, ombre coloring, paper crafts, Pink and Main dies, Pink and Main Stamps, Scrapping for Less, sfl
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