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    • October Sketch Challenge #8 ~ September 2020 FOTM Card Kit ~ Happy Fall

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      Oct 1st
       Hello there crafty friend! Crystal here from Tawny Owl Paperie and I’m sharing the October challenge for the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share Facebook group! This month’s challenge is another sketch challenge. We had such a great turn out for our last slimline sketch challenge that I thought we’d give it another try!
      Before we get to the sketch and the card that I’m sharing today… the key to playing along with the challenge is being a member of the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share Facebook group so if you aren’t already a member be sure to join in the fun —> here. Also, please note that you don’t need a blog to enter the challenge as you’re adding a photo of your creation directly into the challenge album in the group. You are welcome to include a link to your blog in the description of your creation, if you’d like.
      Alrighty… let’s have a look at the sketch for challenge #8…
      You may remember seeing a sneak peek or two of this sketch during our reveal and hop for the new September 2020 FOTM Card Kit – Orchards & Patches… if you haven’t hopped with us yet , you can start hopping —> here. Now, let’s check out the card I created as inspiration for the sketch…
      A cute slimline featuring the adorable gnome from Collection Two: Apple Orchard Pickin’… isn’t he just the cutest?! I used the sweet Harvest Time Stencil included in the Banana Split subscription… blending some Mustard Seed and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide inks over the sunflower one at a time. I cut my slimline card front measuring 3-1/2 x 8-1/2″ from Speckled Orange card stock and adhered it to a white slimline card base measuring 7 x 8-1/2″ and scored at 3-1/2″. I trimmed down my sunflower background to 3-1/4 x 8-1/4″ and used a corner rounder punch on all four corners. I adhered the background to my card base and cut a 3/4″ strip of Jellybean Green card stock and stamped the Happy Fall sentiment masking each of the words separately so I could stamp the sentiments next to each other. I stamped them with Clear Embossing ink and heat embossed a fine white embossing powder. I adhered the green sentiment strip to the card base and set it aside.
      I stamped the adorable Apple Gnome stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with the following Copic Markers:
      Skin ~ E000, E00, E11
      Beard ~ C00, C1
      Hat ~ E51, E55
      I stamped the hat of the Apple Gnome onto a couple scrap pieces of patterned paper from the collection and fussy cut them out and adhered them to the hat. I then fussy cut the gnome… also cutting off portion of the apple on his hat… and adhered him to a white die cut circle. I fussy cut the cute little sunflower and leaf from a piece of the patterned paper and adhered them to the gnome’s hat. I adhered the circle to a scalloped circle that I die cut from the Speckled Orange card stock. I popped up the focal image on the card with foam squares. To finish off the card, I added a few of the tiny sequins from the Banana Split subscription all around the card. I think it turned out pretty cute!
      The October Sketch challenge will run from today, October 1st and will end October 31st at 11:59pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the comments of the Challenge album on Sunday November 1st. Please use #sflsketchchallenge8 in any social media posts when playing along with the challenge.
      Thanks so much for stopping by!
      See ya next time.
      Inky Hugs,
      Crystal
      Posted in All | Tagged #cardmaking, #copiccoloring, #scrappingforless, #scrappingforlesscardkit, #sflpaper, #sflsketchchallenge8, #sflstamps, #tawnyowlpaperie, Apple gnome, cardmaking, cardmaking ideas, copic coloring, copic markers, Distress Oxide, Fall gnome, happy fall, orchards and patches, Paper Piecing, Scrapping for Less, sketch challenge, sunflowers, Tawny Owl Paperie
    • September 2020 FOTM Kit | Sneak Peek #1

      Posted at 8:00 am by callmecraftyal
      Sep 19th

      Hello Crafty Friends – It’s Alicia from @callmecraftyal – thanks so much for stopping by!

      I am here today to share a sneak peek at the September 2020 Flavor of the Month Card kit!! I have FALLen in love with this kit already!

      A little peek at the supplies I used for today’s card.

      As soon as I saw the adorable gnome in the stamp set shown above, I just knew I had to paper piece it for a card. I stamped the image on various patterned papers from the collection and then cut out each piece and assembled him. I think this look went really well with his patched-up hat.

      This gnome stamp was perfect for paper-piecing.

      For the background of the card I used a lot of white space because I really wanted Mr. Gnome to stand out. Before using an apple embossing folder on the white mat, I stamped the ‘Happy Fall’ sentiment from the same set.

      To finish the card, I adhered the gnome to the card front with some foam tape and added 3 enamel dots from the kit.

      You can see my process video by clicking on the image below…

      Check out my process video on the Scrapping for Less YouTube channel.

      Make sure to stop by each day this week for more sneak peeks from the team.

      I hope you’re having a crafty day!
      Alicia

      Posted in All | Tagged call me crafty al, FOTM, FOTM Card Kit, fotm sept 2020, FOTM Sneak Peek, Paper Piecing, september 2020 fotm sneak peek, September Flavor of the Month Card Kit
    • City Streets and Country Roads Card Kit ~ Flowery Camera Die

      Posted at 9:00 am by Crystal O. Minkler
      May 8th
      Hello there crafty friend! Crystal here from Tawny Owl Paperie sharing another sweet card using the fabulous Flowery Camera die by Scrapping for Less from the City Streets and Country Roads card kit!! I just adore this die… I colored the die cuts for my sneak peek card before the reveal of the kit. That was so much fun!! You can check that card out here —> my Sneak Peek card!
      This time I wanted to piece the die back together using different papers… just like a puzzle! I don’t know about you, but I love puzzles and piecing these die pieces back together was so much fun! And I have all kinds of pieces leftover to make more cards with!! I started by die cutting Chocolate card stock for my die base. I adhered that to a piece of copy paper and then fussy cut it out.
      Then I die cut the Flowery Camera from three different papers in the Country Roads paper pack and adhered all of those pieces to my Chocolate camera. Isn’t it just so pretty?! I love how it turned out! Now if you didn’t snatch up one of these fabulous card kits while you had the chance, be sure to check out the A La Carte section of the website… you can still purchase the gorgeous papers and some of the other products in the kit!!
      Did you see the little extra glittery goodness I added to my card? These gorgeous glittery papers by DCWV are available in the A La Carte section of the shop AND they make such a great addition to the card kit!! I really loved the Mojo Monday sketch that the design team used for our hop and reveal so I decided to use it again for this card. You can check out the sketches that the DT used here —> April 2020 Sketch Sheet. I trimmed all of my paper layers and adhered them to a Chocolate card stock card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″. I wrapped a piece of Natural Twine from the Country Roads Collection around those paper layers and tied off a knot. I then adhered the panel to a white card base from my stash. I popped up the stitched arch that I die cut from the text papers and then adhered the die cut Flowery Camera directly to it.
      I think it turned out lovely!! I decided not to add a sentiment at this point because I’m just not sure what occasion I’m going to use it for. Do you ever do that with your cards?
      I hope I’ve inspired you to pull out your City Streets and Country Roads card kit and get some inky time in… or maybe some paper piecing time since I didn’t actually get inky with this card! Lol!
      Thanks so much for stopping by!
      See ya next time.
      Inky Hugs,
      Crystal
      Posted in All | Tagged #citystreetsandcountryroads, #crystalominkler, #flavorofhemonthcardkit, #scrappingforless, #scrappingforlesscardkit, #tawnyowlpaperie, Card Kit Subscriptions, Card Kits, cardmaking, City Streets and Country Roads, country roads, Flavor of the Month, Flowery Camera die, handmad, paper crafts, Paper Piecing, Scrapping for Less, Tawny Owl Paperie
    • Birthday Card featuring Party Palooza by Heffy Doodle

      Posted at 7:00 am by Christine Patterson
      Dec 2nd

      Hello Everyone! Let’s not forget those December Birthday’s among all our Holiday cardmaking! Today, I’ve grabbed the Party Palooza stamp set by Heffy Doodle and the 6×6 pattern paper pad “Ice Cream Celebration” by Scrapping for Less for this colorful birthday card.

      I first stamped out all of my images and colored parts of the images with Copic makers. I then stamped out all the parts I wanted to have a pattern, onto various pieces of pattern paper.

      While there is solid colored wrapping paper and gift bags, most gifts are wrapped with a patterned wrapping paper. In order to give my gifts that look, I decided to paper piece with pattern paper from the Ice Cream Celebration collection. I fussy cut all the pieces then used liquid glue to adhere the pieces the the stamped image on white card stock.

      *Quick Tip: The Ice Cream Celebration paper has a glossy finish. When stamping on this paper – stamp directly down – wait about 5-10 seconds then lift directly up. I also recommend putting it aside for a few minutes and allow the ink to completely dry.

      When all my pieces were ready, I assembled my card and added my finishes. I used Wink of Stella clear glitter brush on the balloons and the frosting on the cupcake. I used a white gel pen to add highlights on the balloons and grabbed Belgium Bluestone Nuvo Stone drops to add to the blank space right above the cupcake.

      I hope you enjoy and get inspired!

      Head over to the Scrapping for Less YouTube channel for the video 🙂

      Posted in All | Tagged Birthday Cards, heffy doodle, Ice Cream Celebration, Paper Piecing, Party Palooza, Scrapping for Less, sfl
    • Get on the Nice List with MFT!

      Posted at 12:00 pm by Kimberly Smith
      Nov 7th

      Thanks so much for stopping by! I love getting a jump on Christmas cards and this little cutie moved right up to the top of my list. I dug into my Christmas stash and went through some patterned paper. When I saw the green plaid I immediately wanted to use that for her dress. Then I ran into a snafu…have you ever not done a technique in so long that you forget how? That is what happened to me! Embarrassing but in case any of you out there experience this now you know you’re not alone. Thank goodness my friend was hanging out close by and when I mentioned that I really wanted to paper piece her dress but couldn’t she laughingly reminded me how. As soon as she reminded me I felt so silly but we got a good laugh out of it!

      Here is a quick run down of what I did:

      • Nice List stamp from MFT
      • patterned Christmas paper from PhotoPlay (Mad for Plaid from last year’s release)
      • using my Tim Holtz stamp platform I stamped the Pure Innocence girl with Lawn Fawn’s Jet Black which is waterproof and alcohol marker safe
      • I colored her in with my Copic markers and Teresa gave me a tip after I paper pieced her dress that I didn’t know about…she said to take a dark grey marker and color around the dress parts that I paper pieced to soften the edges so that the dress doesn’t look like it’s floating on top of her, brilliant!
      • the sentiment was stamped in VersaFine since it gives such a crisp look
      • wanting her shoes to look like patent leather (the shiny ones from my childhood) I covered them in glossy accents
      • lastly I used silver glossy dots from Pink & Main to add a finishing touch

      MFT’s Pure Innocence stamps are just that perfect mix of sweet and cute, and I am smitten with them! Now to make more Christmas cards!!! Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my post I hope you get the chance to craft today. A little or a lot just some time for what you want to do. Have a great day!

      Kim 🙂

      Posted in All | Tagged alcohol markers, Christmas, clear stamps, Glossy Accents, holiday, Lawn Fawn, MFT, Nice List, Paper Piecing, Photoplay, Pink & Main, silver dots, Versafine
    • Let’s Make Some Birthday Cards ~ March 2018 FOTM

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

      Hello! Crystal here with a handful of cards I created using an older Flavor of the Month card kit.

      I found myself in need of some birthday cards and I remembered this sweet March 2018 Flavor of the Month card kit in my stash called It’s All About Ice Cream. The perfect kit to replenish my birthday card stash!!

      For all of the cards I created, I went with a pretty simple design… I started with a 5-1/4 x 4″ piece of patterned paper from the collection. Some of those I mat on a piece of 5-3/8 x 4-1/8″ piece of coordinating card stock… some I just left as is and adhered to a white card base.

      This first card I watercolored and die cut with a wonky rectangle die. I stamped the sentiment from the Flavor of the Month Year 1 sentiment stamp set and then popped it up on the card with foam tape. I added a few sequins and that was it for card one.

      For my second card, I added a strip of the pretty ribbon that I adhered to the back of the patterned paper. I then stamped the cute Flavor of the Month Logo stamp masking the center so I could stamp Happy Birthday from the FOTM Year 1 sentiment stamp instead. I just used a ruler and a Memento tuxedo black marker to add the masked lines back in and then stamped the sentiment. I colored the image using the following Copic markers ~ R14, R20, R29, B02, B21, BG000, BB01, BG45, E0000, E00, E23, E25, Y15. I fussy cut the focal image and then popped it up on the card. I added a few red sequins and this one was done.

      For my third card I had to get creative because I didn’t have a full 5-1/4 x 4″ piece of patterned paper left over so I combined two papers and mat them on a green piece of card stock. This card was pretty simple… I utilized the fantastic cut-a-parts included in the patterned papers. I mat this particular one on red card stock and then popped it up on the card. I added a few of the Silver Glossy Dots and then decided I wanted to also use the cute Lawn Fawn Treat Yourself stamp set.

      I thought it would be fun to add a gift card for an ice cream shop (only had this gift card to show… sorry!) inside so I paper pieced the ice cream tub using the papers from this collection and adhered it on a strip of the same patterned paper that I had stamped the sentiment. I colored the little bit of ice cream using R20, E27, E51. I left the bottom portion of the card empty so I can write my birthday wishes to the recipient.

      Now getting creative again, I cut the music note patterned paper in half and adhered it along with the green/white polka dot paper to the mat of orange card stock. I mat another cut-a-part paper onto red card stock and popped it up on the card with foam tape. I used my last five Silver Glossy Dots to finish off this card.

      My last card came together pretty simply with the layers of patterned paper and the addition of the tag. I stamped the Ice Cream Marci directly on the tag along with the sentiment and then set the tag aside. I stamped Ice Cream Marci again on a scrap piece of white card stock and then paper pieced her shirt with the pink/white polka dot paper. I colored her in with the following Copic markers E0000, E00, E17, E23, E27, E47, E49, B91, B95, RV10, RV14, RV21. I then fussy cut her out and adhered her to the tag. I added some pink and white ribbon that I tied off with some twine… all from my stash. I then popped up the tag on the card and called this last card done!

      There are some March 2018 Flavor of the Month card kits still in the shop. There’s also some mini collections available in the shop. You can check out all of those kits… here.

      Thanks so much for stopping by!

      See ya next time.

      ~ Crystal

      About the Author

      Crystal Minkler

      My name is Crystal. I’m a wife and SAHM to our four children whom I homeschool. Card making and paper crafts are my sanity and passion. [VISIT MY BLOG]

      Posted in All | Tagged birthday, Birthday Cards, card maker, copic coloring, Flavor of the Month, handmade card, handmade cards, Happy Birthday, Ice Cream, It's All About Ice Cream, Paper Piecing, Papercrafts, Scrapping for Less, Watercolor, watercoloring, zig clean color real brush markers
    • You’re Owlsome, Teacher!

      Posted at 12:37 pm by Stacy Tiedemann
      Sep 11th

      Hello There! It’s Stacy from Craftaholicmomma up on the Scrapping for Less Blog today with a super cute Thank You Teacher card. With the kiddos just returning to school I wanted to give my daughter’s Special Education teacher a thank you card for to show our appreciation for everything she does for our Emily.

      I used the Doodlebug Flea Market 6x6 paper pad. I stamp out the owl and tree branch from the Lawn Fawn So Owlsome stamp set that was just released recently. I stamped three branches on brown pattern paper from the pad, two owls in a teal polka paper and two owls on yellow wheat tone on tone pattern paper. I fussy cut and paper pieced the two owls, coloring their beaks in with an orange Copic marker. I used my black Memento marker to go along all of the edges to cover up my not-so-perfect fussy cutting.

      I die cut a stitched circle out of pattern paper as well as a lacey circle. I layered these two circles on top of each other. Taking the three branches I arranged them to look like one tree, covering the seams with some leaves that I also fussy cut from a sheet of pattern paper. To finish off the card I layered one of the cut apart sentiments from the paper pad, notching the end into a fish tail. I attached a pumpkin paper clip, from Doodlebug, to the sentiment and now my card is done. I love how cute it turned out! Even though I fussy cut the images, they are so small that it really doesn’t take much time. Do you like to fussy cut?

      Thanks for visiting,

      Posted in All | Tagged card making, cardmaking, clear stamps, copic markers, craftaholicmomma, Doodlebug Designs, fussy cutting, Lawn Fawn, Paper Piecing, Scrapping for Less, sfl, so owlsome, teacher, thank you
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