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- Spooktacular Halloween Card Featuring Lawn Fawn’s Costume Party
  
  Posted at 7:00 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Sep 16th
  
  Hello Everyone! Christine with Pattercrafts with a Spooktacular Halloween card. Today’s card has a variety of dimension and techniques.
  
  To start the card, I am making the background. I grabbed my star stencil and some distress ink. (I made one panel using Mustard Seed – as seen in the photo but ended up doing another panel using Squeezed Lemonade, which is in the final card) I applied the distress ink, wiped down the stencil carefully then applied some versamark. I pulled up the stencil, added clear embossing powder and then heat set the stars.
  
  After the embossing powder was set and cooled I then used Concord Grape, Chipped Sapphire and black soot distress ink to create my sky.
  
  While that dried, I die cut my ground and added some Peeled Paint distress ink to darken my card stock. I then then stamped the sentiment “Happy Halloween” and use more clear embossing powder.
  
  These images are darling and I really didn’t want to use them once they were all colored!! I stamped them with Gina K Black Amalgam Ink and colored them with Copic Markers.
  
  Once all the different elements of this card were ready, it was time to assemble the card.
  
  I started by adding the 1st layer of “grass”/”ground” directly onto the sky piece. I then put 3 Pumpkin Clips from Doodlebug on the 2nd layer of “grass”/”ground”; to keep the clips from moving I used a piece of tape on the back. Between the Pumpkin Clips, I put 2 pumpkins from the Lawn Fawn Costume Party stamp set. I then added a few candy pieces (also from the stamp set). I added this piece to the panel with foam adhesive.
  
  Now to the characters (that I wanted to hoard – hehe) I added them with liquid glue and made sure to add a few Halloween musts! Of course, one would need a plastic pumpkin to collect candy, the witch needs her broom and our little dinosaur is enjoying a piece of fun size candy!
  
  On the inside I added the sentiment “Trick or Treat” from the stamp set, the other 2 characters and a couple more pieces of candy.
  
  Thank You all so much for joining me today! I hope you enjoy and get inspired!
  
  Posted in All | Tagged #allaboutfall, copic coloring, Costume Party, Doodlebug Clips, Fall Cards, Halloween Cards, Lawn Fawn, Lawn Fawn Costume Party, scene building, Scrapping for Less
- Fall Scene featuring Stampingbella Tiny Townie Fay Loves Fall
  
  Posted at 6:30 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Sep 9th
  
  How Cute is this Tiny Townie Fay Loves Fall stamp by Stampingbella?!! Today’s card also uses the “Fall Break” 6×6 Paper Pad by Carta Bella.
  
  The rubber stamp was stamped with Gina K Black Amalgam Ink and the colored with Copic Markers. Since this was more of a scene stamp, I knew I wasn’t going to be cutting the image out (of course I could have, but I really like the flying leaves). I used modified rectangle die to cut my “scene” and used a slightly larger one to cut the solid paper (found in the Fall Break paper pad) to make a mat.
  
  I had SUCH a hard time deciding which pattern paper to use. My focal point takes up a large portion of the front so I knew I wanted a small pattern. I also wanted pumpkins or leaves. It seems so silly to spend so much time finding the right piece of pattern paper but I ended up taking my stitched rectangle die to each piece of pattern paper – put the scene piece in the die to a REALLY good idea of what the card will look like. It came down to 2 patterns that I liked so I decided to use both!
  
  I used the super small print for the front panel and the leaves for the inside of the card. I decided there wasn’t much room left on the front for the sentiment so I would need to stamped on the inside if the card. I took a scrap of white card stock and die cut a stitched, scalloped circle and stamped the sentiment in the center of the circle. I finished the front with a little shimmer using a clear glitter brush.
  
  What do you think? Do you like the pattern paper on the inside as well?
  
  Thank You all so much for joining me today. I hope you enjoy and get inspired.
  
  Posted in All | Tagged Autumn Cards, Carta Bella, Fall Break, Fall Break paper pad, Fall Cards, Fay Loves Fall, Pattern Paper, Scrapping for Less, sfl, Stampingbells, Tiny Townie Fay Loves Fall, Tiny Townie Girls
- Sneak Peek – August Flavor of the Month – Exotic Animals
  
  Posted at 8:00 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Aug 26th
  
  Hello Everyone, Christine with Pattercrafts here with a Sneak Peek of the August Flavor of the Month card kit. The theme for August 2019 is Exotic Animals. For today’s Sneak Peek I am using lots of ingredients from one of the collections. I absolutely LOVED the colors in pattern paper and had a hard time choosing which ones to use on this card.
  
  Today I chose to make a shaker card with the fun Chameleon stamp set and sequins found in this collection. I thought it would be fun to just stamp the image on the pattern paper since chameleon’s are known to change color based on their mood or to blend into their environment. I’m pretty sure they cannot “blend” into these awesome papers, but in crafting – all things are possible.
  
  And how much fun are these flags?! I thought it was a fun way to add the sentiment onto the card. I used the brown cord found in this collection to wrap around my front panel and tie a bow. I did have to use some glue dots to hold it in place.
  
  For the inside of my card I used a small scrap of pattern paper I used on the front and glued it to the left of this white mat. I then stamped the chameleon on a branch with some leaves. All of these images and the sentiment are all part of the stamp set in this collection.
  
  Thank You all so much for stopping by today. I hope you are looking forward to the complete reveal at the end of the week! And stop back each day until the reveal for more sneak peeks.
  
  As always — Remember — We want to see what you create! Use #SflFOTMexoticanimals this month and share what you made with this card kit!
  
  I hope you enjoy and get inspired!!
  
  Posted in All | Tagged Card Kits, Flavor of the Month, Flavor of the Month Card Kit, FOTM, FOTM Sneak Peek, FOTMexoticanimals, Scrapping for Less, Sneak peek
- 10 Cards, 1 Collection – featuring At the Zoo by Doodlebug
  
  Posted at 6:00 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Aug 19th
  Hello Everyone! Christine from Pattercrafts with another 10 Cards 1 collection featuring Doodlebug’s At the Zoo. Today I am using the 6×6 paper pad, a sheet of Icon Stickers and a Koala Doodlepop dimensional sticker.
  Thank you for stopping by! If you’d like to see the process video CLICK HERE!
  
  I hope you enjoy and get inspired!!
  Posted in All | Tagged 10 Cards 1 Collection, at the zoo, Doodlebug, Doodlebug Designs, Doodlebug Icon Stickers, Scrapping for Less
- Best Wishes – Featuring “Wild Thing” by Pink and Main
  
  Posted at 7:00 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Aug 12th
  
  Hello Everyone! I am so excited to share this card with you today. This Best Wishes card was created using the Wild Thing Stamp Set by Pink and Main.
  
  I created the entire background using the 3 different leaf stamps. I randomly stamped the leaves with Gina K Black Amalgam ink and then covered the stamped images with clear embossing powder. I let the embossing powder cool then used the Arteza Real Brush Pens in a variety of green colors to color the leaves.
  
  I stamped out the image and used clear embossing powder. I colored the image with Arteza Real Brush Pens and then fussy cut it out. I didn’t want to cover the background so I used vellum. I cut a piece of vellum with with a mini scalloped oval die. I stamped the sentiment “Best Wishes from all of us” on white card stock and then colored the piece in matching green ink.
  
  If you’re interested in the process video – head over to the Scrapping for Less YouTube channel or CLICK HERE!
  
  I hope you enjoy and get inspired.
  
  Posted in All | Tagged Best Wishes Card, pink and main, Pink and Main Stamps, Scrapping for Less, sfl, Wild Thing, Wild Thing Stamp Set
- Llama tell you… by Lawn Fawn
  
  Posted at 7:00 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Aug 2nd
  
  Hello Everyone! Christine with Pattercrafts here with a card I made using the Llama tell you by Lawn Fawn stamp set. I love these small stamp sets from Lawn Fawn – they can be very versatile and they are an inexpensive way to create variety to your stamp collection
  
  Today’s card I am also using a piece of pattern paper from the Pink and Main Watercolor Foil 6×6 paper pad. I thought this pink and foil heart paper was perfect for the sentiment. I used a stitched rectangle die to cut the pattern paper; I also use a sentiment label die to cut black card stock for my sentiment. I used versamark ink and white embossing powder for the sentiment. The Llama was perfect size for this card. I hand stamped the critter with Gina K Designs Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Copic markers. (R20, RV13, B00, BG10, W0, W2, W4) then fussy cut the image.
  
  I popped the llama up with some foam adhesive and added some Wink of Stella glitter brush.
  
  Thank You so much for stopping by today.
  
  I hope you enjoy and get inspired!
  
  Posted in All | Tagged Lawn Fawn, Lawn Fawn Let me tell you, Let me tell you stamp set, Pink and Main Watercolor Foil, Scrapping for Less, sfl, Simple Cards
- Wish you were here – featuring S’more Fun by The Greeting Farm
  
  Posted at 7:00 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Jul 31st
  
  Hello Everyone! Christine with Pattercrafts here with a fun scene card using only the S’more Fun stamp set and markers. I think this is one of my first attempts at only using copics to color in an entire front panel of a card.
  
  To start this card I stamped out all the images onto a piece of Inkadinkadoo Stamp Masking Paper. Then I fussy cut all the images. I placed the images on my card panel where I thought I would want them to be. Then I stamped the front images first with Gina K Designs Amalgam Black Ink.
  
  Once the images were stamped, I put the masking paper on so I could color the ground and sky without worry of getting my images marked. After, I had the great fun of pulling the masks off – that truly is the BEST part!! Then I colored the images.
  
  I put everything aside to dry a little then when I came back I heat embossed the sentiment “Wish you were here” with white embossing powder and cut a circle above my little camper where his thought bubble of his friend was planned to be on the card. I stamped and colored the girl image right on the card base.
  
  To finish the card I added a few smaller thought bubbles up to the circle. I chose a circle because the image fit entirely in it without being too big for the A2 size card.
  
  Thank you all so much for joining me today. If you’d like to see how I created and colored the card – CLICK HERE to be taken to the Scrapping for Less YouTube channel!
  
  I hope you enjoy and get inspired!
  
  Posted in All | Tagged 1 layer Card, Camping Cards, copic coloring, copic coloring a scene, s'more fun, Scrapping for Less, sfl, the greeting farm
- Sneak Peek!! July Flavor of the Month Card Kit!!
  
  Posted at 9:00 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Jul 21st
  
  Hello Everyone! Christine from Pattercrafts here with a Sneak Peek of the July 2019 Flavor of the Month card kit! The theme for July is Summer Camp.
  
  For this card today, I chose a piece of pattern paper for my night sky. I trimmed down some green card stock for the hills and added some distress ink to darken the paper. I then stamped, colored and fussy cut the camper image. I completed my scene by using some of the puffy stickers included in the collection.
  
  I love that sentiment (also found in the stamp set) “Go to your Happy Place”! The elements from this collection created a place I would definitely consider my “Happy Place”.
  
  Stay tuned all week for more sneak peeks. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #FOTMSummerCamp for a chance to be featured on all Scrapping for Less social media.
  
  I hope you enjoy and get inspired!
  
  Posted in All | Tagged Camp Cards, Camping Cards, Card Kit Subscriptions, Card Kits, Flavor of the Month, FOTM, Scrapping for Less, sfl
- Happy Camper Card featuring Newton’s Nook “Cozy Camper” Stamp Set
  
  Posted at 7:00 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Jul 15th
  
  Hello Everyone! Christine from Pattercrafts here to share this fun card to tell someone special how much they mean to you!
  
  For today’s card, I am using the Cozy Camper Stamp Set by Newton’s Nook. For this card, I cut an oval using a scallop oval die in the center of the card base. I then used white card stock to create a scene to put behind the oval. The scene was created first by heat embossing the sentiment. I stamped the sentiment with a clear sticky ink, then sprinkled on some charcoal embossing powder and heat set.
  
  Once my sentiment was heat set, I used a cloud stencil and some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink to make clouds in the sky. For the grass, I used a grassy border die and made several layers.
  
  The images were all stamped with Gina K Designs Amalgam Jet Black Ink. I used copic markers to color all the images then cut them out. I added the larger of the 2 campers, the table setting and of course a flamingo to the front panel.
  
  To finish the card, I added a few heart stamps above the sentiment – it looked a little bare up there 😉
  
  Thank you so much for stopping by today! If you’re interested in the video that goes along with this card CLICK HERE!
  
  I hope you enjoy and get inspired!
  
  Posted in All | Tagged Camping Cards, Cozy Camper, Dimensional Cards, happy camper, Newton's Nook, Scrapping for Less, sfl
- 10 Cards – 1 Collection – Featuring “Lost in Neverland” paper by Echo Park
  
  Posted at 7:30 am by Christine Patterson
  
  Jul 8th
  
  Hello Everyone! Christine with Pattercrafts here today with a 10 cards / 1 Collection project. I made 10 cards using the “Lost in Neverland” paper pad and the “Lost in Neverland” Frames and Tags!
  
  For this project, I pulled all the pattern paper out and grabbed a few card sketches for inspiration. It was a bit of a challenge using ONLY the paper and frames/tags pack, but I am really happy with the outcome.
  
  I had so much fun with this collection! These cards will be perfect for children and adults!
  
  Please Click Here if you’d like to see the process video on the Scrapping for Less YouTube channel!
  
  Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy and get inspired!
  
  Posted in All | Tagged 10 Cards 1 Collection, Echo Park, Echo Park Pattern Paper, Frames and Tags, Lost in Neverland, Lost in Neverland Frames and Tags, Lost in Neverland Paper, pattercrafts, Scrapping for Less, sfl
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