Psychotic Ramblings from a Serial Scrapper AKA Craft Room Therapy with Chris Pozzi

  Greetings my Craft friends!  Today we are back for part 3 of sharing some tips for creating with Kits!   I have chosen the Everyday Beauty Kit from Stampin' Up!    Kits can be a quick and easy way to jump start your creativity or can be used as designed.   I almost always add a few extra touches.  TIP :  Mix and Match tips and create your own cards! ! TIP: Don't forget you can flip flop cards like I did here for the "upside" down arch!  TIP: HAVE FUN!!!!!!  There is no right or wrong way to play!   If you like the kit the way it is, GREQAT!  IF you want to add to it ... GREAT! 

  Greetings my Craft friends!  Today we are back for part 3 of sharing some tips for creating with Kits!   I have chosen the Everyday Beauty Kit from Stampin' Up!    Kits can be a quick and easy way to jump start your creativity or can be used as designed.   I almost always add a few extra touches.  TIP :  Mix and Match pieces from the cards in the kits! TIP: Re-color embellishments with your Blends!  TIP: Add stamps sand embellishments from your stash. TIP:  Mask off portion of the kit stamps to create a custom greeting. 

  Greetings my Craft friends!  Today we are back for part 3 of sharing some tips for creating with Kits!   I have chosen the Everyday Beauty Kit from Stampin' Up!    Kits can be a quick and easy way to jump start your creativity or can be used as designed.   I almost always add a few extra touches.  TIP :  Instead of cutting the card base, fold in "inside out" and create a Z fold card!  TIP: Add stamps from your stash! especially with a splash of color! 

  Greetings my Craft friends!  Today we are back for part 2 of sharing some tips for creating with Kits!   I have chosen the Everyday Beauty Kit from Stampin' Up!    Kits can be a quick and easy way to jump start your creativity or can be used as designed.   I almost always add a few extra touches.  TIP :  review the kit instructions.  If you love a design it is ok to use "as is" or with very little added!. For one I just added some vellum for more interest!  TIP:  Use goodies from your stash!  Vellum, punches, dies  stamps for extra fun!  TIP: Cut it up!  Not only cutting the card base but cut it up again.  Its only paper! 

  Greetings my Craft friends!  Today and for the next few days I will  be sharing some tips for creating with Kits!   I have chosen the Everyday Beauty Kit from Stampin' Up!    Kits can be a quick and easy way to jump start your creativity or can be used as designed.   I almost always add a few extra touches.  TIP :  I always gather coordinating card stock and ink colors!  This allows me to cut up the card bases to create extra cards. I used 1 card base here and cut it in half to create 3 cards.  TIP:  Always look at the envelopes. You can usually cut one up for some extra coordinating papers.  Here I used the envelope flap on the card front and then used the inside as extra paper on the other 2 cards.  

The ICS Blog team will be showing you some fun projects using the Theme Christmas is Coming! For this month I decided to turn my Haunted Home Kit https://www.stampinup.com/products/haunted-home-kit?demoid=2297015 Into a Gingerbread House!  I admit to having visions of this sugar-y fun idea dancing around in my brain since last year!  So here is my finished product and a few hints and tricks.       Hints and tricks ·           Use the “inside” of your home to create the gingerbread feel by folding the outside to the inside.  ·           Ink the edges of the cardboard to give a toasted look to your house. ·           Stamps Candy Cane Shutters with the Stripes and Dots stamp ·           Tear strips of Pretty in Pink and Pool Party Two-Tone card stock to create a layered roof...

Today’s card features the amazing color combination of Secret Sea and Cloud Cover.  I added lots of EXTRA touches to create this icy card.   ·          For the first layer, I embossed Secret Seas Cardstock with the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder and embossed the edges with the Silver WOW embossing Powder. ·          For the second layer I embossed Cloud Cover Card stock with the Falling Snow Embossing Folder and used the debossed side and embossed the edges with the Silver WOW embossing Powder. ·          My third and fourth layers  feature designer paper from the Peaceful Garden papers and embossed the edges with the Silver WOW embossing Powder. ·          Die cuts are cut from the New Online Exclusive 12 x 12 Vellum sheets and Peaceful Garden Glimmer papers using the Branching Out and  Delicate P...

  Peaceful Garden Designer Papers and Charming Day dies Greetings my friends.  Today’s card shows off the Peaceful Garden designer papers.  The blues in these papers are stunning!   I added some die cut florals from the Charming Day dies in Basic White and Secret Sea. This color combination if the Secret Sea and Cloud Cover and Basic White is just timeless! 

Have you checked out Stampin’ Ups! 12 days of Crafting Calendar?  This was a treat that I bought myself!  And of course I could not wait to play with it! I don’t want to spoil the surprise. But here is a peek of the products in the kit! The card highlights the stamps an other products in the Calendar!   

Triangle Flap Masculine Card Greetings my friends! Today I am sharing this Flap card I created to celebrate a few upcoming masculine birthdays!   I chose to use the stamps from the Winter Scenes Stamp set and colored with my Water Color pencils using greens and browns rather than wintery colors!  And then added papers from the Autumn Toile designer papers.    

  Using the Nutcracker Tag Kit to create Christmas Cards Greetings my friend!  Today I am sharing a few cards I created with the Nutcracker Tags Kit! My mom collects Nutcrackers so they always remind me of Christmas! And when I saw this kit I knew I wanted to convert the tags to cards!  I simply added some background stamps from the Jolly Holly Stamp set and some holiday embossing folders. 

  Brushed with Beauty Petals of Beauty 5 floral bouquet Greetings my Crafting Friends. Today’s card highlights the Brushed with Beauty Stamp sets. The papers colors are absolutely gorgeous!  I used the Branching Out Dies to highlight the beauty of these papers.   I chose to layer some punched flowers to accent the designer papers. 

  Brushed with Beauty Petals of Beauty4- HELLO Greetings my friends. With Today’s card , I  am highlighting papers from the designer paper in the Brushed with Beauty Suite.  These papers highlight the colors of Calypso Coral and Petal Pink.  The papers are absolutely stunning .  The sentiment is stamped in Calypso Coral and is from the Branching Out Stamp set. I did add in some pearl trim that I had in my stash.  

Brushed with Beauty Petals of Beauty 2 – Double z fold. Greetings my friends!  Today I am sharing another card I created with the stunning Brushed with Beauty suite!  I just love these colors!  For this Double Z fold card I added a sentiment from the new Banner Sayings and the Mossy Meadow & Gold Ribbon and the Early Espresso & Old Olive Linen Thread.    

  Brushed with Beauty Petals of Beauty 3- silhouette Flowers Greetings my friends. With Today’s card , I  am highlighting additional papers from the designer paper in the Brushed with Beauty Suite.  These papers highlight the colors of Calypso Coral and Petal Pink.  I added a focal point with the FOILED FRAMES & LABELS EPHEMERA PACK and the TO THE POINT LABEL punch. I did add in some pearl trim that I had in my stash.  

  Brushed with Beauty Petals of Beauty 1 – Diamond Topper Card Today I am sharing this card I created to highlight the new online exclusive Brushed with Beauty Suite!  This suite is gorgeous!   I love love the colors in the designer papers. For this card I added a sentiment from the new Banner Sayings bundle. The layered flowers were created with the retired Petal Builder punch,  I can’t wait to share more cards created with this suite!

 Greetings my crafty friends!  Today I am sharing this stunning card I created for a card swap that I participate in with my uplines at Stampin’ Up! Called The Great, Big Card Swap.  We always follow the theme and then add our own theme.  This month’s swap theme was Winter Holidays  and our “twist” or extra challenge was to use Blackberry bliss and Lemon Lime Twist together.  Today I am sharing a second card I created for this challenge as I LOVED the color combination!  For today’s card I also added a die cut  ornament from this Ornamental Christmas Bundle as my focal point.