Krafty Kat Knick Knacks

I have mentioned here before that I am in a stamp group called the Krafty Kats and each month one of us puts together a kit of paper and embellishments for each of the group members. We use the supplies in the kit to make as many projects as we can before our next get together. At each of our monthly get togethers, we 'show and tell' what we've all worked on since the last time we got together.

This month it was my turn to put together the kit. The environmentalist in me has been frustrated by all of the Ziploc bags we use each month to package all of the embellishments in, so I decided to make something we could re-use each month for our embellishments.

I selected one of the papers from last month's kit (Chatterbox Beach House Light Stripe), my Just Rite Stampers Trompe Script font and six acrylic boxes that some of my Papertrey Ink stamp sets were packaged in and made a matching set of six 'Krafty Kat Knick Knack' boxes for us to use and re-use. The photo shows the altered box, with the embellishments from this month's kit.

For the label, I stamped the small Cat Face image from Make an Impression stamps in So Saffron ink from Stampin' UP!, then I stamped the Just Rite text on top in Night of Navy ink. I cut the labels out using a Labels Four Nestabilities die and then used a So Saffron marker to color the outer edge. I finished it off by adding the dots with a navy marker.

Hope this gives you some ideas for re-purposing some of the packaging that comes with your stamping supplies! Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend!

Harvest Pumpkins

This is another card that was made using the Chatterbox Botanico papers from our last Krafty Kat kit. The main image is from Papertrey Ink's Vintage Picnic set. The basket and napkin were each stamped on the green patterned paper and cut out.

The pumpkins were stamped on the orange polka dot paper and cut out. I colored the leaves and stems with Copic markers and assembled my little scene on an ivory panel that was cut using a square Nestabilities die. The square was then attached to a polka dot panel that was cut using a Labels Three Nestabilities die. The rest is pretty self-explanatory, I think.

Hope your week is going well! Thanks for looking!

Sending Well Wishes!

Hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend! Ours was very productive, but unfortunately my productivity was not in my craft room.

All of the supplies for this card came from our last Krafty Kat kit. The flower image is from the Flowers Cotton Scraps from Crafty Secrets. The patterned paper is from the Chatterbox Botanico collection and the sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms' Script Essential Expressions set.

These Cotton Scraps are great for making quick cards - just cut the fabric image from the sheet, fray the edges a bit, adhere it and you're done! I used my Stampin' UP! eyelet border punch for the bottom edge of my mat and then layered the sentiment on top and affixed it with a couple of silver brads.

Sending you well wishes for a great week! Thanks for stopping by!

Buttons Galore!

I have always liked the look of buttons on cards, and had a small collection of nice buttons, but when I purchased Papertrey Ink's new Everyday Button Basics set, I realized I needed more buttons! So, I purchased a few sets of their colored buttons, and that led to a need for the perfect storage solution!

I picked up this set of storage jars from Making Memories and this KI Memories dot paper was the perfect match. I covered the box the jars were packaged in with the patterned paper and painted a Grungeboard label holder to match one of the colors in the paper. I used my JustRite stamps to create the label and added a couple of brads before adhering it to the box.

I added a handle to make it easier to move around, since my counter space is pretty limited. I cut a sheet of dark blue Stardreams metallic paper and affixed to the front and back of the box using brads, so it will move left and right to allow easy access to all of the jars. It's worked out great so far, except I 'need' more colors of buttons, so I may have to make a second one!

Hope you've had a good week! Thanks for looking!

Soaring by to say Hi!

I am loving the Everyday Button Bits set from Papertrey Ink. It's fun to rummage through my stash of buttons to find just the right one to go with each image in the set. Papertrey Ink's Vintage Buttons are especially nice, fun buttons.

For this card, I've used Summer Sunrise, Enchanted Evening and Scarlet Jewel buttons. The background of the image panel was airbrushed using a Copic marker and torn Eclipse masking paper to make the clouds. The circles in the designer paper, which is from KI Memories, reminded me of the buttons. Not much to it, just a fun little card to brighten someone's day!

Hope you had a nice weekend! Thanks for looking!

More Krafty Kat Goodness!

Several months ago, Jenny provided each of us Krafty Kats with a wooden letter of our first initial, and challenged us to alter it. I really enjoy doing altered projects occasionally so this was a fun challenge. I started out by giving my 'R' a couple of coats of paint to coordinate with the Graphic 45 Botanicabella papers that I was planning to use.

Once it was dry, I figured out which portions of the papers and coordinating tags I wanted to use. I tried to select ones that were significant to me, since the letter represents my name. I chose the seahorse and some of the sea elements to represent my love of diving, the grapes for my love of wine, the artichoke tag for my love of .....well..., artichokes, and the butterflies and dragonflies because I love them, too! I also selected a couple of butterfly brads that I have been hoarding for a long time. I cut the papers to fit the different sections of the letter and adhered them using decoupage glue. Once all the papers were in place, I went over the whole thing with one more coat of the decoupage glue to seal it up.

Since the artichoke tag had slots in each end, I needed some ribbon. Even with my somewhat significant stash of ribbon, I wasn't able to find one that was 'just right', so I whipped out my wide ivory silk ribbon from Sharon's ribbon store and proceeded to airbrush it with a Copic marker! It gives the ribbon a softer, more tie died look than taking the marker straight to the ribbon. But, you've gotta hold on to that ribbon, or the airbrush will blow it all over the place!!!

After I posted my Belli Challenge card on Wednesday, I realized I could have used this project as my sample for that, too. So, to my fellow Krafty Kats, if you haven't altered your letter yet, and to anyone else out there with a fun, alterable wood item, dress it up and enter it in the current Belli Challenge!

Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend!

Krafty Kat Kit cards

I have mentioned before that I am in a group of local stampers called the Krafty Kats. There are six of us and we get together each month to share our artwork and have a lot of laughs! We have such a good time together!

Each month one of us puts together a kit of papers and embellishments and then the next month we have 'show and tell' to see what everyone made with the supplies from the kit. It's always amazing how different all the cards are.

Today I'm showing three cards I made from a recent kit that Marcy put together. The patterned papers are from Heidi Grace Designs' Harvest Row collection. On the first card, I used the wicker chair image from Lockhart Stamp Company that Marcy had stamped and embossed for us. After I colored the image to match the paper, I drew a border around it while it was still in the square Nestabilities die, leaving space for the sentiment, which is from Amuse Artstamps. The bottom edge of the card front was cut and embossed with a Spellbinders Fancy Scallop Pierceability die.

For the second card, I used a photo stamp from The Stamping Studio. I stamped the pitcher of sunflowers on vellum with Black StazOn and then colored it on the back side using Copic markers. The image was cut out using deckle edged scissors.

I colored the paper flower in the bottom right corner using Copic markers and added the bead for the center to make it look like a sunflower. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Mixed Messages set.

This last card includes stamps from Gina K.Designs' Botanical Dreams (the flower) and Papertrey Ink's Mega Mixed Messages (the sentiment). The 'leaves' under the bow/brad/flower combo were made using a Martha Stewart punch and were colored with a Copic Spica marker.

These kits are such fun to play with and it's always so interesting to see how everyone used the supplies included in them.

Hope you've had a good week - mine has been busy and I'm looking forward to the weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!