Katrina's Kreative Heart

August 7, 2018

Center Step Gift Card Holder with Coffee Cafe

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I hope you are all off to an amazing week. I know I am. I recently received my holiday pre-order and OH EM GEE! You need to be sure to head over to my FB page and check out my haul video I did live! Wow...just wow! Once again, Stampin' Up! knocked it out of the park! I will start sharing some sneak peeks over the next week or so here, but today, I want to share this fun Center Step Gift Card Holder with you! I just love how this turned out. I got my inspiration from Mary Lee at Splitcoast Stampers.

To create this card, you will need a half sheet of Soft Suede cardstock 8.5" x 5.5"and your Stampin' Trimmer. Place the 5.5" edge up against the top of the trimmer and line the right edge upto the 1" mark to the right of the trimmer blade, cut from the 1" mark on the trimmer arm to the 5.25" mark. Flip the cardstock and do the same thing on the opposite side. Now, turn the cardstock with the 8.5" edge to the top of the trimmer and score at 1"; 2" and 5.25" on the outside of each of the cut lines you made above. Then score between the cut lines at 4.25". Once you have all of your cut and fold lines done, fold the center into a mountain fold as well as the top of the "armatures" then the bottom of the "armatures" into a valley and the final score line will be a mountain fold.

Next, cut a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock 3.25" x 3" and layer a piece of the Natures Poem DSP cut 3" x 2.75"and adhere to the card front. Then, stamp the coffee cup onto a scrap piece of Crumb Cake with Crumb Cake ink, stamp the label, sentiment and lid in Soft Suede and cut all pieces with the coordinating dies and adhere to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals, taking care not to adhere the cup to the "armature" preventing the card from opening. Next, cut a piece of Whisper White 5.25" x 4" and with the 4" edge to the top of the trimmer, score at 1" . Fold up and add adhesive to each end to seal creating a pocket for a gift card. Stamp the coffee beans in a random pattern along the "pocket" and adhere the panel inside the card. And that my friends, completes our project today. I hope you enjoyed today's card. If you have any questions, please let me know as I would love to answer them for you.
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Happy Stamping!
Katrina

Product List

Coffee Café Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143677]

$21.00

Coffee Cups Framelits Dies

[143745]

$30.00

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[115318]

$8.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper

[146338]

$11.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

$7.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Stampin' Trimmer

[126889]

$30.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

July 31, 2018

White Wash with the Color Your Seasons Bundle

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I hope you are all off to an amazing week. It's been a busy one so far for me, that's for sure. My full-time work sure does take up a lot of my time so, I have to sneak in crafty episodes wherever I can.

Tomorrow the limited edition bundle, Color Your Seasons goes live for customers. I just LOVE this bundle and you will too. The dies provide stitching on the inside and outside, so your die cut piece has stitching and so does the negative so you can use that as a decorative piece too! And this stamp set, the images are just stunning! I love them, but most especially this gorgeous floral. If anyone happens to know what flower this is, I would love to know, so please comment below what you believe this flower to be because, I think my garden really needs this added to it!

Anyhoo, I did play with this image after I completed my demonstrator swaps,(I will share once all the swaps are returned in the next few days) and I decided to do a white wash. I started with a panel of Basic Black that I prepped with my Embossing Buddy and stamped with my Versamark ink. I heat embossed the image with Whisper White embossing powder and then to color the image in, I used a watercolor paintbrush and the Whisper White Craft Ink re-inker. I carefully painted in each petal, the leaves and stems, being careful to remain inside the embossed lines. I allowed the image to dry, and then I ran it through the Big Shot with the largest of the layering stitched shapes from the Stitched Seasons Framelits collection. I added this to a Lovely Lipstick card base using Stampin' Dimensionals. I then stamped the sentiment onto a scrap piece of Whisper White that I hand trimmed with my paper snips and added to the front with another Dimensional. As I continue to look at it, the more I think I need to add a little bling with a few Basic Rhinestones? What do you think? But, overall, I'm pretty happy with it.

Stay tuned, as tomorrow this bundle will be available along with a special limited edition release of some brand new watercolor pencils (although I didn't use them in this project, I included the link for them below)! These will be while supplies last so don't wait, they will not last long!

Happy Stamping,

Product List

Blended Seasons Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[149019]

$53.00

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Bundle

[149894]

$64.75

Blended Seasons Wood-Mount Bundle

[149893]

$77.25

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[149016]

$39.00

Stitched Seasons Framelits Dies

[149013]

$33.00

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

[101780]

$4.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121045]

$8.50

Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146970]

$8.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

[149014]

$12.50

July 26, 2018

Have you thought about it?

Hello and Happy Thursday! I am so glad you stopped by to see me! Can you believe July is almost over? Yeah, me either! It's gone by crazy fast that's for sure but what makes it truly sad is when July goes away so does the amazing offer of 10 free ink pads of your color family choice added to your starter kit goes away! OH MY GOSH! Don't miss out on this awesome deal. Seriously, the starter kit is always, hands down the best deal in the catalog, but for the month of July, it's over the top, best deal EVER! You get to choose the normal $125 in product of your choice AND you get to select an entire color family of ink pads FREE for just $99 and FREEEEEE shipping! I mean really, it doesn't get any better than this! And, when you join my team, you have me as your team leader.

We had so much fun this afternoon! You will really want to join us!

I share everything I do with you. I share project ideas with you through our private Facebook group and at live team meetings. We are still a small team but we are growing in numbers and in strength and I would love to have you join us...the more the merrier. We are currently spread out among 2 states and 6 cities/towns but with the internet, we are all able to connect and share the fun so don't let distance stop you from joining the fun. I would love to have you! Every new team member gets a special free team gift from me and I will help you identify your goals, whether they be to make a little extra income for you family or just get your hobby supplies at a discount, I will help you set up the steps to meet those goals. You will still need to do the work, but I will be here to guide you along the way. But, there is ZERO obligation beyond getting your hands on the starter kit! If this sounds like something you would be interested in, click here .

Another awesome promotion that goes away with July, is the Buy 3 Get 1 Free Designer Series Paper sale. If you love the Designer Series Paper as much as I do, then don't let this sale get by you. This is a great opportunity to stock up on all that awesome DSP, especially if you want to get ready for the holidays! So hurry before time runs out!
Happy Stamping,

July 24, 2018

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I hope you're all having a fantastic start to your week. I know I've been a bit crazed the last few days, planning and prepping for my monthly card class tomorrow while keeping up with hubby while he was off for a long 3 day weekend. I love him to pieces but boy, he makes it hard to get stuff done! Anyone else with that issue?

Anyhoo, I have a really cute project to share with you. It's an adorable mini gift bag created with 2 pieces of designer series paper, and if you want to see how I do it, join me this evening at 7 PM EST on my Facebook page for a FB Live where I will walk you step by step on how to create these adorable little gift bags. They are perfect for presenting a piece of jewelry, small embellishments and any other small gift. Seriously, they are just adorable.

What you need:
2 pieces of Designer Series Paper measuring (DSP) 6" x 6"
A strong adhesive (I recommend Tear n Tape)
A scoring tool (either the Stampin' Trimmer with scoring blade or the Stampin' Score Tool)

Score both pieces of DSP at 1.5"; 1.5"; 1.5"; and 0.75" so that is 3 sides at 1.5" and 1 side 0.75". Fold on all of the score lines and adhere the 0.75" score line down so that you see the contrasting side of the paper. Then, using your paper snips, cut up on the score lines below the folded edge up to the parallel score line; add adhesive to the tabs you created and adhere to the inside of the larger tab, this will create the bag bottom. Now repeat for the second piece of DSP. Add adhesive to the outside of the sides on one of the 1/2 bags you've created. Slip this one inside the other and adhere the 2 parts together, creating a bag. Then decorate as you wish. In this case, I added a button and Linen Thread with a mini Glue Dot.

That completes our project for today, but remember, if you would like to watch me demo this project, stop by my Facebook page for the Live Demo with me, Katrina from Katrina's Kreative Heart at www.facebook.com/katrinaskreativeheart

Happy Stamping,

July 21, 2018

Abstract Impressions - It's All About Texture

Hey all! Happy Saturday! I've been a busy bee getting ready for my team meeting this afternoon. I love getting together with my team to spend time stamping. It's a great opportunity to learn from one another and it's a great bonding experience. And I would love to have you join us and the month of July is absolutely, hands down the BEST time to join right now. Why? Well because in addition to the usual awesome deal of getting $125 in product YOU CHOOSE, you now also get to choose an entire color family of ink pads! That's 10 FREE ink pads! And the only thing you need to decide there is, do you like Neutrals, Regals, Brights or Subtles? So, seriously, you should give this some serious consideration. And, did I mention, there is NO OBLIGATION beyond purchasing the starter kit....unless you decide to keep getting the awesome 20% discount that has the potential to become a 25% discount. So while you let that sink in for a minute, let me share with you a gorgeous card I made with the Abstract Impressions.

Now, to be completely transparent, I totally CASEd this card from a swap I received from a very talented demonstrator, Pam Steckman. I just changed up the colors and the sentiment.

Links to all supplies used found below.

Measurements:

Standard Card base of Mint Macaron: 8.5" x 5.5" scored and folded at 4.25"
Shaded Spruce: 4" x 5.25"
Whisper White: 2" x 4.5"; 0.5" x length of sentiment
Soft Sea Foam: Scrap
Garden Impressions DSP: 2" x 4.5"

Directions:

Run the Shaded Spruce piece through the Big Shot with the Springtime Impressions corner image Thinlits die and the embossing mats (you only want to emboss the image, not cut it) and adhere it to the card front. Next, punch the tops of the Whisper White and the DSP with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch. Stamp the abstract butterfly (3-step stamping) 1st with Soft Sea Foam, 2nd with Mint Macaron and 3rd, the body also with Mint Macaron randomly over the Whisper White piece. Layer the DSP behind the Whisper White at an angle so that you see the DSP peeking out from behind. Adhere these tags to the card front. Next, run a scrap piece of Soft Sea Foam through the Big Shot with the butterfly die from the Springtime Impressions Thinlits collection and once you remove all the "bits" adhere this to the card front using a mini Stampin' Dimensional. Next, stamp the sentiment, Thank You from the same stamp set, onto a piece of Whisper White that is 0.5" wide and long enough to accommodate the sentiment and add that across the butterfly with a couple of Stampin' Dimensionals. Finally, make a double bow with the White and Silver Bakers Twine and add to the tags with a mini Glue Dot and sprinkle a few of the small Mint Macaron dots from the Faceted Dots collection.

I hope you enjoyed today's card. Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts. I'd love to read them. In the meantime, if you like tutorials such as this one and would like to receive them directly to your in box, join my weekly mailing list by clicking here

Happy Stamping,

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