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Hey everybody, happy weekend! I hope you’re having a good one! We’ve been super busy with our move from Colorado to Iowa but once we’re settled in our new house, it’ll be business as usual, lol! I have THE cutest Keep It Simple DT inspiration project to share today… a camera shaped card featuring our new KIS Cuts Camera dies that launched just two days ago. This card has no stamping, and as much as I LOVE to stamp, it’s always fun to watch a card with no stamping come together! I love how this turned out and believe it would surely make the recipient smile!

Using the dies in the KIS Cuts Camera dies, I cut the card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with all the camera pieces from assorted prints in the new Back To Basics Black & White 6×9 Collection Pack and the Ruby 12×12 Collection Pack. I also pulled out the Back To Basics Polaroids & Words Die Set and cut the sentiments from papers in the Ruby collection. The finishing touch was adding several Back To Basics Black Enamel Dots.

I cut the inside panel from 80# Solar White and embellished it with the red paper die cuts. So stinkin’ cute I can’t stand it! You HAVE to check out these dies!

Keep It Simple products used:
KIS Cuts Camera
Back To Basics Polaroids & Words Die Set
Back To Basics Black & White 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Ruby 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Black Enamel Dots

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares

I hope you’ve loved seeing this project as much as I loved creating it and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out ALL the fun goodies in the Keep It Simple online store! Save 10% on your entire order when you shop online using code LoveToScrap2 at checkout! There is no minimum purchase requirement and no usage limits, AND it combines with product, order, and shipping discounts! Is that cool, or what?! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for lots of crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Smile

3/7/20 Top Rocker at 613 Avenue Create!
3/16/20 Winner at A Bit More Time To Craft!

Hi everyone! Happy Sunday and March 1st! Wow, we are rockin’ and rollin’ right through the months, aren’t we?! The new March challenge is live over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #35 – Anything Goes + Smooshing! I created a friendship card using the smooshing technique for my background, and what I call phantom die cutting, and I think it turned out pretty cool!

I grabbed the craft mat, Brushos, distress sprayer and a piece of cold press watercolor paper, and created my background. I started with yellow, then moved to orange, and then red, drying with my heat tool between smooshes. Using a fan brush, I splattered dark brown over the entire piece and when it was dry, trimmed it and matted it on dark brown cardstock. The great thing about watercolor backgrounds is there is no right or wrong, and every one you create looks different!

To create the raised inlaid die cut sentiment, I cut the ‘Smile’ sentiment into the background and into two scrap pieces of orange craft foam. I adhered the first foam die cut into the negative space, then adhered the second foam die cut on top of that one, and then adhered the background die cut on top of the foam. This is the second project I created using this technique and this time I used two foam die cuts instead of one, so it raised the sentiment up just a tad higher. I finished the front with English Mustard Crystal Drops.

I embellished the inside with leftover brown cardstock and a thin strip trimmed from the smooshed background, then I stamped a CAS-ual Fridays Stamp sentiment in brown ink.

Here’s one more look… totally happy with how this turned out! ;)

I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #231 – Anything Goes with optional colored pencils
A Bit More Time To Craft: #111 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: March Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: 3-2020 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge: #3 – March Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #161 – Anything Goes
The Crafter’s Cafe: #237 – Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters: #25 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #428/429 – Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place: March Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD ivory cardstock, American Crafts coffee cardstock, Canson cold press watercolor paper
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sassy Smiles stamp set
Ink: Brushos- yellow, orange, brilliant red, dark brown; Memento Espresso Truffle ink
Dies/Punches: The Cat’s Pajamas Smile die
Accessories: Tim Holtz distress sprayer, fan brush, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, orange Darice craft foam, Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops, MISTI stamp tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this month! We always love seeing your ‘anything goes’ projects but really smile when you play the twist! Just remember, the twist is not necessary to play in our challenges! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Smile

Hi everyone! Here we are into July already… I keep saying it’ll be Christmas before we know it! LOL! Don’t slap me! A new challenge has launched this morning over at Love to Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m stoked to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #111 – Anything Goes! We are being sponsored this month by the amazing CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and I used Sassy Smiles and Holly Jolly Borders stamp sets to create my clean and simple friendship card.

Leslie

I stamped the borders on a scrap piece of cardstock and colored them with a Spectrum Noir marker. I cut them out together and adhered them to the card base. I then stamped the large Smile greeting and affixed several sequins. Super simple!

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I stamped the sentiment on the inside panel which I layered on coordinating cardstock and decorated with a couple strips of the same. What a great sentiment! :D

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Here’s one final shot. I really love how this turned out!

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock, Stampin’ Up Bermuda Bay cardstock
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Sassy Smiles and Holly Jolly Borders stamp sets
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir-BT7
Accessories: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Pretty Pink Posh Peacock Feathers sequins

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will link up with us this month! Be sure to check all the amazing goodies over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps – you’ll fall in love! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig