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    • A Farmhouse Spring Card Kit ~ Butterfly Stencil

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Apr 17th
      Hello there crafty friend! Crystal here from Tawny Owl Paperie with a few more cards using the wonderful A Farmhouse Spring card kit from Scrapping for Less! I really wanted to play with the beautiful Butterfly Stencil that’s included in the Banana Split subscription… have you seen the lovely cards being created by the Design Team with this stencil?! So inspiring!! Mine was slightly delayed in arriving but now I have it and I couldn’t wait to play!!
      What do you think?! Pretty cute cards if I do say so myself! I started by blending Picket Fence Distress ink over the stencil onto a card front of Spearmint, Cotton Candy, and Grapesicle card stock. I then die cut the card fronts with a few different rectangle dies in my stash… just to change things up so they weren’t all the same. I adhered those to white card bases from my stash.
      And then I blended some Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink over a scrap of white card stock and die cut it with a circle die. I die cut three scalloped circles from the vellum paper… one for each card and then die cut three more scalloped circles from the Spearmint, Cotton Candy, and Grapesicle card stock.
      I set all of those pieces aside and blended some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink over the Butterfly Stencil. It wasn’t quite the right shade of purple but I tried to keep it light and I think it works pretty well.
      I then blended a few different green oxide inks and decided that Cracked Pistachio was the closest to coordinating with the Spearmint green. I die cut the purple butterflies and the green butterflies and then stamped the Hello Spring sentiment on each of the circles with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then adhered all of my circle layers.
      Now at this point, I had decided on my design for the card but it needed something. I decided to add a banner strip of black card stock from my stash to make the sentiment pop just a bit more on the cards.
      Here’s another look at the three cards together… I really love how they turned out! I hope you do too!
      I have one more bonus card to share. When I was finishing up the trio of cards above, I had an idea for this card. It’s a pretty simple design. Just some ink blending with the same three colors I used on the first three cards, but I did mask some of the stencil so that the butterflies looked like they’d be flying out of the sentiment. The sentiment is from the Hello Spring stamp set and I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I had an extra piece of Cotton Candy card stock in my stash so I mat the main panel with that. I then adhered the panel to a white card base. And to finish it off, I added a few of the sequins that were also included in the Banana Split subscription.
      I hope that I’ve inspired you to get inky with your card kit!! And if you don’t have this lovely card kit to play with, I believe that there are a few more left in the shop so go get one before they are all gone!! You will love it!!
      Thanks so much for stopping by!
      See ya next time.
      Inky Hugs,
      Crystal
      Posted in All | Tagged #crystalominkler, #scrappingforless, #scrappingforlesscardkit, #sflstamps, #sflstencil, #tawnyowlpaperie, a farmhouse spring, Butterflies, Card Kit Subscriptions, Card Kits, cardmaking, distress ink, Distress Oxide, handmade cards, paper crafts, Scrapping for Less, spring, SPring Cards, Stencil, stenciled background, Tawny Owl Paperie
    • Twisted Gatefold Card

      Posted at 10:00 am by Luci Manos
      Apr 15th

      Hi Everyone!  Luci here from My Crazy Craft Life with a Twisted GatefoldFun Fold Card!  The card closed will fit in a 5 X & inch envelope.

      Check out the video for all the details HERE!

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      Everything on the card is from the March 2020 Flavor of the Month Card Kit Banana Split Level!

      Be sure to grab your kit if you’re not subscribed to Scrapping for Less!

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      Posted in All | Tagged Card, Card Kit, Card Kit Subscriptions, Card Kits, card maker, card making, Card Making Tutorial, Card Making Video, card tutorial, Cardmaker, cardmaking, distress ink, Flavor of the Month, FOTM, fun, happy, inspiration, my crazy craft life, news, paper art, Papercraft, Papercrafts, papermaking, Scrapping for Less, sfl, SFL Card Kit, spring card, stenciled background, Stencils and Distress Ink, teresa russell, tutorial, Video
    • Colorful Fairy House Card featuring the SFL Fairy House Stamp Set

      Posted at 7:00 am by Christine Patterson
      Jan 20th

      Hello Everyone and Happy Monday! Today I made this colorful card using the the Fairy House Stamp Set by SFL.

      My main panel was create using distress ink (Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door) and a cloud stencil.

      I then stamped the Fairy House with a Copic friendly ink and colored the image with Copic markers. I fussy cut the image and added it to my card with foam adhesive. I chose a sentiment from the stamp set and stamped that to the upper left from the house.

      To finish the card I added Diamond Stickles to the snow on the fairy house and then 3 White Blizzard Nuvo Glitter Drops to the right of the sentiment.

      Thanks So Much for stopping by today. If you’re interested in the First SFL Release CLICK HERE.

      Posted in All | Tagged Colorful Cards, distress ink, Fairy House, January Reveal, Scrapping for Less, sfl, SFL Release
    • 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!

      Beast Friends

      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!

      Beast Friends 2

      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.

      Beast Friends 3

      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
    • 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!

      Red Penguin


      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.

      Red Penguin 2

      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!

      Red Penguin 3

      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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Pink and Main “Turtley Amazing”

      Posted at 10:00 am by Luci Manos
      Jun 3rd

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      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
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