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  Christmas All Year Long – My Favorite Things Beast Friends

  Posted at 9:00 am by Lynnea Hollendonner

  Nov 9th

  Hey, everyone! It’s Christmas All Year Long at Scrapping for Less and I have some fun inspiration for you using the My Favorite Things Beast Friend stamp set. This was one of my first stamp sets from My Favorite Things  and it’s still one of my favorites!

  

  I stamped and colored the little yeti holding the string of lights from the Beast Friends stamp set with my Copics. My favorite way to color these guys is with light Neutral Gray Copic markers and skin tones for his face and ears. I grabbed some Distress Inks and started blending ink onto a background panel. I only used Crushed Olive, but because I didn’t clean off my blender brush the inside blending is a different shade of green. I quite like it when I stumble upon happy accidents!

  

  Once the ink blended background was completely dry I white heat embossed the three trees from the Beast Friends stamp set repeatedly across my card. I was going to leave it this way, but I decided to add a bit of shine with a gold ink from the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors watercolor palette. I’m so glad I did! To match the gold watercoloring I heat embossed a gold sentiment onto a strip, popped up my sentiment and yeti, and added some gold glittery enamel dots around the card.

  

  I love how the gold and green play off each other, don’t you?! Thanks for joining me! I hope you’re inspired to break out your Christmas supplies and get crafty!

  Posted in All | Tagged Beast Friends, Card, Cardmaking Video, Christmas, Christmas All Year Long, christmas card, distress ink, heat embossing, ink blending, Lynnea Hollendonner, MFT, My Favorite things, Video Tutorial
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  Bundled Up Circle Card

  Posted at 8:00 am by Lynnea Hollendonner

  Oct 13th

  Christmas is in full swing at Scrapping for Less! And it truly will be here before you know it!

  

  
  I’m a lover of classic Christmas colors! – red, green, gold! Gorgeous! I ink blended some Candied Apple Distress Ink onto a piece of cardstock keeping the ink darker towards the center and lighter towards the outside. I used a slightly darker color of ink – Fired Brick – and stenciled the Echo Park Magical Snowfall Stencil over the ink blending and die cut the panel with a stitched circle die. I thought the background needed something more, so I flicked on some metallic gold watercolor.

  

  I super love the Bundled Up stamp set from Sunny Studio Stamps because you can build your own penguin! I stamped the penguin and a bunch of accessories and colored them with classic Christmas colored Copic markers and trimmed them out with my scissors and added them to my die cut circle and stamped a sentiment under the penguin. I wanted to add a little more gold to my card, so I die cut a foiled piece of cardstock with a slightly larger die cut circle and added it to a circle card base. Check out the video above to see how I made that!

  

  This card has so much shine! And I love the subtle snowflakes in the background! Thanks for stopping by!

  Posted in All | Tagged Bundled Up, Cardmaking Video, Christmas, christmas card, distress ink, Echo Park, ink blending, Lynnea Hollendonner, Stencil, Sunny Studio Stamps, Video, Video Tutorial
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  Newton’s Nook Designs and Stampendous

  Posted at 5:08 pm by Katie Williams

  Jun 23rd

  Good Morning and Happy Thursday!  Katie here from 2CrafyKaties to share with you TWO different cards using Newton’s Nook Designs “Vitamin Sea” stamp set & “Seashells” stencil and Stampendous “Cling Jellyfish” stamp !

  First I have a set of six cards using Newton’s Nook Designs “Vitamin Sea” stamp set & “Seashells” stencil.

   Here is what I created: 

  

  These first 6 cards were inspired by video that Jennifer McGuire posted about a week ago.  I used my Gina K 3.5”x 3.5” wreath builder template with the Ranger Distress Oxide inks and stenciled the corners of the cards.  Next, I cut paper 3.75”x 3.75” and shaded the outside edges.  Lastly, I cut 4”x 8” cardstock for my card base.  I LOVE this technique that Jennifer shared with us in her video.  I am looking forward to using this technique in the future.

  Here is what I used: 

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  Newton’s Nook Designs – “Vitamin Sea” stamp set

  Newton’s Nook Designs – “Seashells” stencil

  Ranger – Distress Oxide “Tumbled Glass” ink

  Ranger – Distress Oxide “Carved Pumpkin” ink

  Ranger Distress Ink – “Peeled Paint”, “Stormy Sky”, “Tea Dye”, & “Seedless Preserves”

  Nuvo Glitter Drops – “White Blizzard”

  Gina K “Wreath Builder” template

  My next card I struggled with.  I just wasn’t sure how I was going to put it together.  I started by stamping out the “Cling Jellyfish” from Stampendous and using my Scan n’ Cut to cut it out.  I then took the “Tumbled Glass” Distress Oxide ink and shaded the whole the jellyfish.  Then, I took the “Carved Pumpkin” and pressed the ink pad into an acrylic block to use as a paint pallet.  I then painted the jelly fish in “Carved Pumpkin” and highlighted the circles with the “White Blizzard” Nuvo Glitter Drops.  I then cut a card base 4”x 5.25” and “double stamped or 2nd generation stamping” the jellyfish (inking the image and stamping once on scrap paper and then stamping a second time on the card base).  Lastly, I cut a card base 4.25”x 5.5” and shaded with the “Carved Pumpkin” Distress Oxide ink.  Once all of this was done, I used foam squares to pop the jelly fish and assembled the card.

  Here is what I created:

  

  Here is what I used: 

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  Stampendous – “Cling Jellyfish” stamp

  Ranger – Distress Oxide “Tumbled Glass” ink

  Ranger – Distress Oxide “Carved Pumpkin” ink

  Nuvo Glitter Drops – “White Blizzard”

   Thank you for stopping by.  Make each day creatively crafty and stay tuned for more craftiness!

  Posted in All | Tagged at the beach, Beach Background, distress ink, Distress Oxide, Distress Oxide Ink, Distress Oxide Inks, jellyfish, Newton's Nook, Scrapping for Less, Seashells, SFL Design Team Project, stampendous, Stencil, stenciled background, stencils
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  I need Vitamin Sea!! Featuring Newton’s Nook “Vitamin Sea”

  Posted at 7:29 am by Christine Patterson

  Jun 12th

  

  Hello Everyone! Christine with Pattercrafts here with a set of 3×3 cards featuring the “Vitamin Sea” stamp set from Newton’s Nook!

  Today I made a set of six 3″x3″ cards. The card bases were made with colored cardstock cut to 6 inches x 3 inches and scored at 3 inches.

  The front panels: I cut watercolor cardstock to 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″. I found coordinating distress ink to match my card bases and used the distress ink to stamp the image. Once all the front panels were stamped, I went back in with the distress ink and went over the entire panel – keeping a very light hand over the stamped image.

  To finish the cards I used a variety of Nuvo Drops!

  Thank You So Much for joining me today. I hope you enjoy and get inspired.

  Distress Ink Colors: Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Spiced Marmalade

  Nuvo Drops: Glitter Drops Yellow Bird, Glitter Drops Sherbert Shimmer, Crystal Drops Crushed Grape, Crystal Drops Woodland Green, Glitter Drops Blue Lagoon, Crystal Drops Ripened Pumpkin

  Posted in All | Tagged 3x3 cards, distress ink, Newtons nook, Scrapping for Less, sfl, Vitamin Sea stamp
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  Always be a Mermaid | Picket Fence | Scrapping for Less

  Posted at 3:08 pm by Stacy Tiedemann

  Jun 4th

  Hello, it’s Stacy from Craftaholicmomma up today on the Scrapping for Less blog. For the month of June we will be focusing on “Under the Sea” as our theme.

  Today I have a card I made using a stamp set by Picket Fence called “I am a Mermaid”. I die cut the card with the Art Impressions Flip Card Die. The papers are from Scrapberry’s “Ocean Enchantment” collection. I colored the images in with my Copic Markers (colors listed below). Full list of products used are posted at the end of this post.

  This card was so much fun to make. I think she came out very pretty. I hope you think so too. Leave a comment below if you’ve ever taken an ocean or beach vacation and to where.

  

  Thanks for visiting,

  

  Products used:

  Picket Fence “I am a Mermaid” stamp set

  Art Impressions Flip Card Die

  Scrapberry “Ocean Enchantment” 6×6 paper pad

  Copic Markers: YR12, YR16, YR18, B32, B34, B37, B39, E000, E01, E11, R30, R32, R35

  Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink in Salty Ocean

  Gina K Designs Amalgam Ink

  Versafine Black Onyx ink

  Nuvo Clear Sparkle Overlay Marker

  Studio Katia Clear Droplets

  Posted in All | Tagged alcohol markers, amalgam ink, art impressions, card making, cardmaking, clear stamps, copic coloring, copic markers, Copics, craftaholicmomma, die cutting, distress ink, Distress Oxide, flip card die, gina k designs, greeting cards, handmade cards, mermaid, Nuvo Clear sparkle marker, Ocean Enchantment, papercrafting, patterned paper, Picket Fence, Scrapberry, Scrapping for Less, sfl, Sunny Studio, versa fine black onyx ink
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  Pink and Main “Turtley Amazing”

  Posted at 10:00 am by Luci Manos

  Jun 3rd

  

  Hi Everyone!  Luci here from My Crazy Craft Life with a few cards I made using the Pink and Main “Turtley Awesome” stamp set!  I made some fun backgrounds from three embossing folders, a stencil, and “Distress Inks” to use with images from the stamp set. Carta Bella Ogee, Darice, and Tim Holtz  The images are stamped with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers.  I stamped the sentiments with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and finished off the cards with Glossy Accents, Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen, Nuvo Dream Drops, and a black gel pen.

  Be sure to check out the video HERE for the details!

  

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  Posted in All | Tagged copic coloring, copic markers, distress ink, distress oxide ink blending, Distress Oxide Inks, diy cards, Glossy Accents, Greeting Card, greeting cards, handmade cards, inspiration, Nuvo Dream Drops, Pink & Main, pink & Main Naughty or Mice?, pink and main, Scrapping for Less, sfl, SFL Design Team Project, spectrum noir sparkle

• Masking Two Ways with Dreamland Crafts “Graduation Boy”

  Posted at 9:00 am by Lynnea Hollendonner

  Mar 17th

  Hi! Today I’m showing you two ways to use masking to create an *almost* one layer card! I used the Graduation Boy stamp set from Dreamland Crafts and you can get yours at the Scrapping for Less store!

  

  I started by stamping the boy from the Graduation Boy stamp set onto a piece of watercolor cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I heat embossed it so that I could do some watercoloring with my Sakura Koi watercolor set. Once my watercoloring was done I heat set the paint completely. I used a Versamarker (Versamark ink in pen form) and colored all over the colored image and embossed it with clear powder. I repeated the process again so that I would have more dimension to my clear embossing. This is one of my favorite ways to emboss! There’s no need to fussy cut a mask and no wait for drying time!

  

  I used a piece of Inkadinkado masking paper and sketched a simple hill shape and cut along my sketch line. I used the top piece to mask off the upper portion of my card so that the hill section of my cardstock is exposed. I used two colors of green Distress Ink – dark at the top and lighter at the bottom. Then I dried the ink with my heat gun and added the other portion of my masking paper to the cardstock so that the green hill is covered.

  

  I grabbed the Cloud stencil from Pink & Main and some Distress Ink and created my cloudy background. It’s super easy since I didn’t have to mask off my colored image – I just blended the ink right across my heat embossed image! I used a stitched rectangle die to cut down my panel and adhered it to a card base! You can watch my process video below!

   

  Posted in All | Tagged Clean and simple, distress ink, Dreamland Crafts, Graduation Boy, ink blending, Lynnea Hollendonner, One Layer, Pink & Main, Video, Watercolor

• Heffy Doodle Party Palooza Spinner Card

  Posted at 9:00 am by Lynnea Hollendonner

  Mar 10th

  Hey, everyone! It’s Lynnea! I have a super fun card using the Heffy Doodle Party Palooza stamp set from Scrapping for Less! I have a video at the end of this post, so scroll down to watch it! This is my first spinner card and I’m obsessed!

  

  I started by stamped out the cake and candle image twice onto Copic friendly paper and coloring them with the markers pictured below. I barely used any markers and tried my best to keep my coloring simple! It’s important to select images that are symmetrical when creating a spinner card because you need to glue the images back to back. The candles had a little wax drip coming off the left side making them unsymmetrical, so after I stamped them I used a Copic safe pen to draw a straight line down the side of the candle eliminating the drip. This is better seen in the video below.

  

  I used simple blending techniques and only 2 markers per color. Then I cut out my images right up against the black line and used a marker to go around the outside of the image to eliminate the white core of the paper that shows.

  

  I wanted to add some interest to my background, so I used the Altenew Wave Builder stencil and some Cracked Pistachio and Scattered Straw Distress ink to create my stenciled background. I temporarily adhered my background to a white card base and die cut a circle through both my background and my card front. Now to create the spinner mechanism I glued a piece of clear thread to the top and bottom of the circle on the back of the stenciled background. Then I sandwiched the string between my two cake images. Make sure to use super strong adhesive when gluing the cakes back to back. This is the main focus of the card and you don’t want it to fall apart!

  

  I adhered the white frame to the card front and adhere the stenciled background to the card base. Then I used some black ink to stamp the sentiment from the Party Palooza stamp set. All that’s left to do is wind up the cake and open the card and watch it spin!

  

  You know I’m a fan of creating bonus cards! I had this cute die cut circle left over from my spinner card, so I popped it up with foam onto the front of another card and quickly colored another cake to be my focal image. I already had the sentiment set up in my MISTI so it was no problem to just stamp it again! Check out my video below!

   

   

  Posted in All | Tagged Card, card maker, card making, Card Making Video, copic, distress ink, heffy doodle, Lynnea Hollendonner, Party Palooza, Scrapping for Less, Spinner Card, Stencil, Video

• Easy Masked and Ink Blended Rolling Pin Background

  Posted at 9:00 am by Lynnea Hollendonner

  Mar 3rd

  Hello! I have some tips for easy masking with die cuts and a video using some products from the February 2019 Flavor of the Month card kit from Scrapping for Less!

  

  I used the rolling pin die from LaLa Land Crafts and die cut it from some full stick post it notes. Here’s my tip! I used a stack of 5 post it notes so that I didn’t have to die cut a bunch of the rolling pins – I just kept the post it notes held together and die cut the rolling pin 4 times from the stack of post it notes. This gives me 20 die cut masks from just 4 passes through my Big Shot! Yay for saving time! I easily peeled the layers apart and pressed them onto a sheet of Bristol smooth cardstock. Then I blended on some Distress Inks – Spun Sugar at the top, then Picked Raspberry, and Ripe Persimmon at the bottom. I kept the masks in place and flicked on some water. When I removed the masks I was over the moon with how pretty this background is! I used the Baking Marci stamp set and stamped the sentiment three times onto black cardstock, added some shimmer to the sentiments strips, and popped them up with foam tape.

  

  I used the silver hearts from Pink & Main and scattered them across my background to complete my card! I hope you’ll watch my video below!

   

  Posted in All | Tagged Card, card maker, card making, distress ink, february 2019, Flavor of the Month, FOTM, heat embossing, ink blending, La-La Land Crafts, Lynnea Hollendonner, masking, Scrapping for Less, sfl, whip it up

• Avery Elle Cool Beans Card

  Posted at 9:00 am by Lynnea Hollendonner

  Jan 30th

  Hi! It’s Lynnea Hollendonner and I have a project for the Scrapping for Less blog today using the Avery Elle Cool Beans stamp set and some colored pencils! And there’s a video at the end of this post!

  

  I love the cute little coffee cup image in the Cool Beans stamp set and I toyed around with a bunch of ideas in my head before settling on this one! I used the Splatters stencil from Tim Holtz and some Ground Espresso Distress Ink to create my background. I taped down my stencil and then blended on the ink keeping it darker at the bottom and lighter at the top.

  I stamped my coffee cup with some ink safe for colored pencils and grabbed a few colors of my Prismacolor pencils. I usually tend to stay away from colored pencils. I’m not good at coloring – especially with pencils. I can never get colors to blend and I always have streaky pencil marks. I usually use a blending stump and some gamsol to blend the colors together, but I can’t seem to keep a good point on the stumps and the gamsol almost shreds my paper. I watched Jennifer McGuire’s video where she showed how to put gamsol into an alcohol ink blending pen and use that to color with pencils and I was AMAZED! I had to try it for myself! Watch the video below to see exactly how I colored this cup!

  

  I put down some quick color with my pencils and then used the blending pen filled with gamsol to blend the colors together. And look! No streaky pencil lines! I cut out the cup and popped it up with foam and added some colored hearts as accents to finish off the card!

  Posted in All | Tagged Avery Elle, Card, card maker, card making, Colored Pencil, Cool Beans, distress ink, Gamsol, Lynnea Hollendonner, Prismacolor, Scrapping for Less, sfl, Stencil, Video

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