Scrapping for Less ~ June 2020 Flavor of the Month Card Kit ~ A Walk in the Park

Hey let's go take a walk in the park! 

With everything going on today we can most certainly go with our families and/or friends....less than 10 people though! So, let's wander through a lovely park, have a picnic lunch, play on the slide, catch frogs by the pond, and act like monkeys on the monkey bars! Those are all the components of the kit this month! You can find how to order on the Subscription page! And don't forget to enter the Rafflecopter. ~ Teresa {SFL Owner}

Welcome to the June 2020 Flavor of the Month Card Kit reveal and hop with the Scrapping for Less Design Team and guests!! If you're just starting hopping, we're so glad to have you join us!!

The hop starts on the Scrapping for Less blog or you can start hopping right here!

Here's a quick look at the June 2020 A Walk in the Park Card Kit...

Double Dip Subscription...

Banana Split Subscription...

Isn't that just the cutest kit EVER?! I mean those ants!! And the monkeys!! And I am a tad bit partial to the Pond Life set that I created to be a scene builder set... I love all the elements in that collection!! They pair so perfectly with the new Grass and Cloud Stencil in the Banana Split subscription!!

Well, enough chatter from me... lol... let's check out the cards I created and get to hopping!

Collection One: Picnic Time

So... back to what I said a minute ago about these ants! The cutest ants ever!! Am I right?! And I didn't even ink up the ants in the stamp set yet... but I can't wait to! I used the sketch for our July 2020 Sketch challenge that will begin in just a few days. I hope that you'll stop by the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share Facebook group and check out our challenges... so much fun!

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Squares

Stampers Select White Card Stock (card base)

Collection Two: Let's Hang Out

My second card is a 5" square card featuring the adorable monkeys from the Let's Hang Out stamp set. I had fun coloring up a simple scene for these monkeys to play in. I even used the Nuvo drops from the Banana Split subscription to make a couple of flowers. 

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copic markers ~ W00, W1, W2, W4, W5, N0, N2, N5, B000, B00, YG0000, YG11, YG13, YG17

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Squares

Stampers Select White Card Stock (card base)

Collection Three: Pond Life

My third card features the sweet scene building set that I had the privilege to design!! So many possibilities with this stamp set and the papers in this collection are gorgeous!! Such an amazing mix of colors and designs!! I love them!! 

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copic markers ~ YG11, YG13, YG63, B00, B02, C1 (frog); B0000, BG000, BG01, BG72 (pond); E55, E57, E59, N0, N4 (bench); YG03, YG11, YG17 (grass); E30, E33, E37 (dirt); B0000 (sky); YG0000, YG03, YG25, E11, E13, E50 (cattails)

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Squares

Stampers Select White Card Stock (card base)

I also have a process video for this card sharing my coloring and assembling of this card. You can check it out here...

Collection Four: On the Playground

And my fourth card using the On the Playground stamp set and papers... how cute is that slide?! I know... I keep gushing with each collection! I can't help myself. Teresa has seriously knocked this kit out of the park! It's awesome!!

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copic markers ~ YR0000, YR12, YR15, YR16, V000, V04, V15 (slide); 

YG11, G000, G24 (grass); B0000, B000, B00 (sky)

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Squares

Stampers Select White Card Stock (card base)

Before you start hopping be sure to go grab your kit before they are all gone... June 2020 A Walk in the Park Card Kit! There's only a few available!!

That's it for me this time! Your next stop on the hop is Beth

Don't forget to head back over to the Scrapping for Less blog to enter the Rafflecopter for your chance to win!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ June 2020 Flavor of the Month Card Kit ~ Sneak Peek

Hello there crafty friend!
I'm here with one last sneak peek from the new June 2020 Flavor of the Month card kit called A Walk in the Park. This is such a cute kit full of critters and more fabulous papers!! Of course, there's also lots of embellishments... including the adorable Picnic Time ephemera that I used for my card today!

Isn't that ant just the cutest?! I love how it's just chilling out on the watermelon... so fun!

I used the wonderful Mojo Monday sketch #539 for my card from the Poetic Artistry blog... I love Julee's sketches!! There's a couple more days to play along if you'd like to check it out.

I have more information about my card and the products I used on my process video. You can check out my Sneak Peek video here...

The last two card kits have sold out quickly so be sure to sign up for yours before they are all gone! And I hope to see you tonight at midnight EST for our blog hop and reveal of the entire June 2020 A Walk in the Park card kit!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ Easy Peasy Collection ~ Squeeze the Day!

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with one more look at the May 2020 Let's Encourage One Another card kit! Today, I'm sharing more inspiration using the gorgeous Easy Peasy Collection! Let's get right to it!

My first card is my absolute favorite! I love the colors and the simple design... those beautiful lemon blossoms are just the right touch for such a delicate combination of papers!

I used the following Copic Markers to color the lemon blossoms ~ C00, C1, Y11, Y03, Y13, YR0000, YR01.

I have been itching to make one of these beautiful lemons into a lime and I just had to pair it with this gorgeous green patterned paper. The photo makes my coloring appear to be a bit brighter, but in person it coordinates very nicely. I used the following Copic Markers to color these images:

Lemon ~ Y000, Y11, Y13, YG0000, YG11, G82

Lime ~ YG0000, YG03, YG11, YG63, G82 

My third and final card features one of the gorgeous lemon patterned papers in the collection... I love the colors in these papers!! It just screams summer to me! Again, the photo makes my coloring on this one also looks a bit bright, but in person it's toned down. I used the same Copic markers for this last card but I kept the leaves lighter. You may also see a similarity to the card I created for my sneak peek of the Let's Encourage One Another card kit... I flipped the stitched die cut card stock pieces for a different design. You can check out my sneak peek card here... Easy Peasy Sneak Peek card.

Here's a video sharing the coloring of the lemon from my second card and the finishing touches of assembling these cards. I hope you'll check it out!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ May 2020 Let's Encourage One Another ~ Little Lady Collection

Hello there crafty friend!

Today, I'm sharing a few more cards using the adorable Little Lady Collection of the Let's Encourage One Another card kit! I have a bunch of pictures to share and a video so I'm going to try to keep this short... Lol. 'Try' is the key word here!

I just have to say that the variety of color combinations in this collection are so versatile!! I created four cards, but each of them are so different! So I started with this fabulous black and white card... I did use black card stock from my stash to finish this card. I used the following Copic markers ~ N0, N1, N2, N4, N6, Colorless Blender.

I'm entering my first card into the wonderful Mojo Monday sketch challenge #538...

If you ever find yourself in need of a little mojo boost, check out the Mojo Monday sketches over at Poetic Artistry... Julee's sketches rock!!

I had another strip of that black with white polka dot paper and thought it would be a fun contrast to the red with black polka dots. It was easy to keep the polka dot theme going with the dots in the flower swag and ladybugs ephemera pieces. And to finish it off, I added a few more dots with the enamel dots included in the collection.

How fabulous is this big 'you GOT this' die from the Banana Split subscription!?! I had the striped papers on my desk and was trying to figure out what to do with them... and then I saw this die! It's actually two dies... I die cut the sentiment from the striped papers and white card stock. I adhered those together. And then I die cut the shadow image twice from black card stock (again, from my stash) and adhered those together. I adhered the sentiment onto the shadow image and totally got stuck!! Lol... I knew I wanted to use more of the fabulous ephemera pieces but the layout was not working. Anyhow, I remembered a card that Teresa had shared recently where the top of the card was cut short to show some patterned paper inside the card and Bam! I had my design!

My last card is a CAS card that I created with the embossing powder included in the Banana Split subscription. Be sure to check out my process video down below!!

Here's one last look at all four cards together... they are all so different! I love how they turned out!

Have you received your card kit? We'd love to see your creations in the Scrapping for Less Show & Share Facebook group. We even have a fun sketch challenge going on through the month of June... come check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Unity Stamp Co. ~ Stick Together ~ Mojo Monday Sketch!

Hello there crafty friend!

I'm popping in here real quick to share a card that I created for the recent release over at Unity Stamp Co. using this gorgeous Stick Together stamp!

Such a beautiful stamp to watercolor! I've really been enjoying my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers! It's nice to play with a different medium sometimes.

I combined this beautiful stamp with some old Stampin' Up! papers called Festive Birthday from my stash... I'm sure that they are retired, it's been so long! But they really worked well with the colors that I used to watercolor this image.

I used this beautiful Mojo Monday sketch #538 for my card design... I did move the orange patterned paper over a bit more to work with my design, but otherwise I kept to the sketch. I am loving using black for my neutral color lately. I hope you're liking it, as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Unity Stamp Company ~ June 2020 Whit Kit Live in the Sunshine ~ Sparkle Dust ATCs

Hello crafty friend!

I'm back with a little ATC fun for the June challenge in the Unity Show & Tell Facebook group! This fun challenge is hosted by my sweet friend, Dawn Bryson. You can check out the challenge here ---> Unity Blog... or here ---> Unity Show & Tell.

I'm using the gorgeous June 2020 Whit Kit called Live in the Sunshine... this kit is stunning! All the fabulous glittery goodness is amazing!! And the beautiful papers... I just can't get enough of this kit! 

I'm a huge fan of kraft card stock combined with blues so when I saw the Nuvo Sparkle Dust in the kit, I just had to make a background on kraft card stock!! 

To see how I created the fabulous sparkly background for these ATCs check out my video below!! I also show my process in assembling the cards.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ May 2020 Let's Encourage One Another ~ Weather Together Collection

Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing some more inspiration using the sweet Weather Together Collection of the May 2020 Let's Encourage One Another card kit! I have created three more cards to share with you today and even have a video of the third card!

My first card features the sunburst rainbow paper for my background layer that is trimmed down to 3-7/8 x 5-1/8" and mat on a piece of Blu Raspberry card stock measuring 4 x 5-1/4". I die cut a stitched circle from white card stock and then masked off the edge with some scrap paper. I then stamped the rainbow from the Weather the Storm stamp set with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I then die cut another slightly bigger circle from the Blu Raspberry card stock and mat the rainbow circle.

I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of white card stock, trimmed it and mat it with the same Blu Raspberry card stock. I popped up the circle rainbow and sentiment with foam squares. A simple and cute card!

I still had the rainbow stamp on my Stamp Platform and had adhered these pretty patterned papers together so... I got to thinking that this would be a cute idea for a second card. What do you think? It's another simple design. I wrapped the ribbon around the card front and secured it with Tear & Tape from Stampin' Up. Here's a similar tape that's available in the SFL Shop... Scor-Tape. I then tied a knot with the little piece of ribbon left over and trimmed the edges. I used a glue dot to adhere it to the card... a little cheat for those days you don't want to fuss with trying to tie a bow. I popped up the rainbow panel that I had mat with the Blu Raspberry card stock with foam squares.

I used the same Copic markers for my first two cards. Here's a list:

Red ~ R000, R14

Orange ~ YR0000, YR16

Yellow ~ Y000, Y13

Green ~ G000, G07

Blue ~ B000, B02

Purple ~ V0000, V06

And here is my third card... a Faux Shaker card.

A close up photo of the third card. I created a video for this card... you can check it out down below!

My trio of Weather Together cards! These were fun to create!

There's only 4 card kits left... Hurry and order yours before they are all gone! ---> Let's Encourage One Another card kit!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ Sketch Challenge #5 Extended!!

Hello there crafty friends!

The May challenge for the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share Facebook group is extended through June!! The May challenge is a fun sketch challenge and since we've included the sketch in the May 2020 Sketch Sheet that's available to download on the Scrapping for Less website, we thought it would be a fun idea to extend the challenge and let everyone have some more time to play along and maybe even use their May 2020 Let's Encourage Once Another Card Kits in the challenge!!

So, the key to playing along with the challenge is being a member of the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share Facebook group if you aren't already a member ---> join 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 in the Challenge album in the group. But you are welcome to include a link to your blog in the description of your creation, if you'd like.

Here's what Sketch Challenge #5 looks like...

I have a couple of cards using this sketch to share with you...

My first one is from the reveal and hop for the May 2020 Let's Encourage One Another card kit... this was a very fast card to create. I literally didn't stamp one thing for this card. I just trimmed the patterned papers and adhered them to a white card base. I die cut the oval from white card stock and adhered it to the card. And the sweet Little Lady Ephemera pieces and enamel dots finished off the card! Easy Peasy!

My second card is also using products from the Little Lady Collection of the May 2020 card kit. I trimmed my patterned papers and adhered them to a white card base. I die cut a wonky stitched oval die from white card stock. I used the cloud stencil from the Banana Split subscription and blended a little scene for the ladybug and her daisies with Tumbled Glass and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks. I used Shabby Shutters and Mowed Lawn Distress Markers for the shading under the ladybug and the stems of the daisies. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of white card stock and mat it with the Lemon Drop card stock. I adhered the sentiment to the bottom of the oval scene and then popped up the oval and sentiment strip with foam squares.

I used the following Copic markers to color the stamped images in this card:

Ladybug ~ R000, R14, R46, N0, N2, N4, N5

Daisies ~ Y11, Y13, Y35

I thought about adding a couple enamel dots but the pretty daisies in the bottom right corner work right along with the sketch design so I left it as is. I sure hope that you'll play along with our fun sketch challenge. 

This challenge will continue until June 30th at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, July 1st in the challenge album. Please use #sflsketchchallenge5 in any social media posts when playing along with the challenge.

And I'd like to invite you, again, to come play along with this challenge over in the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share Facebook Group! We'd love to see what you create using this fun sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ May 2020 Flavor of the Month Card Kit ~ Let's Encourage One Another

Easy

Nice

Caring

Opportunity

Unite

Refreshing

Applaud

Giving

Exhilarate

Motivation

Excite

Nurture

Thoughtful

Hello Cardmakers! I hope you are doing well this morning. This month’s theme is all about encouragement. How about taking one of the words in the acronym above and making it your word for the coming month? My word is going to be motivation! Motivation to send out at least 3 cards a week to encourage someone. The design team and guest designers this month have created some absolutely fabulous designs with the card kit contents. Hop on through and take a look. One person I know who encourages people each and every day is Courtney Kreeber, she has helped design components of this month’s kit. Her group Handmade Happiness over on Facebook is all about encouraging each other. Who have you encouraged today? Check out this wonderful card kit centered around encouragement over on the Scrapping for Less website. Also check out the SFL blog post and make sure to enter the Rafflecopter. ~ Teresa, {SFL Owner}

If you are just starting hopping, we're so glad to have you join us! 

The hop starts on the Scrapping for Less blog or you can start hopping right here.

Here's a quick look at the May 2020 Let's Encourage One Another card kit...

Double Dip Subscription...

Banana Split Subscription...

Such a darling kit!! I had so much fun creating cards to share with you today... 

let's get to the cards!

Collection One: Love Big

How cute is that Big Foot Benny?! I love him! I stamped him with black ink and colored him up with Copic markers. I trimmed the striped paper and adhered it to a card front of Sour Apple card stock measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". I die cut the polka dot paper with my largest circle die (approx. 3-3/4" in diameter) and adhered it to the card. To create the background, I blended some light green and blue inks over the cloud stencils included in the Banana Split subscription. I added the chalk heart sticker to the background and popped up the sentiment from the Benny the Bigfoot stamp set by SFL. I also popped up Benny using foam squares. To finish off this card, I added one of the Jolee's flowers over top of the little flower in the stamped Bigfoot image.

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copic markers ~ W00, W1, W3, E000, E00, R00, R14, YG11, YG23

Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink

Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Memento Tuxedo Black marker

Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX

Collection Two: Easy Peasy

As I mentioned yesterday in my Sneak Peek post, this collection is my absolute favorite!! The colors are gorgeous and that lemon, as well as the blossom, are so beautiful... not to mention the fabulous sentiments!! I can't get enough of this one!! Anywho... I just wanted to showcase the beautiful lemon for this card. I layered the pretty lemon slices with the strips of polka dot papers onto a 5 x 5" square white card base. I die cut the Lemon Drop and white card stocks with a couple of square dies from my stash. I adhered them together and then adhered them to the card. I then blended a bit of Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink (it's much lighter in person... not sure why it's so dark in the photo) in the top center portion of the white card stock. I colored the lemon with Copic markers, fussy cut it, and cleaned up the edges with a Memento Tuxedo black marker. I popped it up on the card with foam squares and then added a few of the enamel dots and tied a sweet bow with the yellow twine included in the collection. I love how this card turned out!

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copic markers ~ Y000, Y11, Y13, YG0000, YG11

Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Memento Tuxedo Black marker

Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Newton's Nook Square dies

Collection Three: Weather Together

The third collection in the card kit has a fun scene building stamp set that I can't wait to play with more! For my card today, I just focused on the pretty papers included in the collection and kept this design CAS. I did have fun stamping and coloring the sun stamp. I stamped it with a mix of yellow inks and then I colored the center with Copic markers. I adhered the die cut sun to the edge of the patterned paper and then popped up the whole piece with foam squares. I stamped the sentiment and die cut it with a banner die. I trimmed it and adhered it to the card. To finish off this card, I added the the three enamel dots to the side.

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Copic markers ~ Y000, Y11, Y13

Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink

Scattered Straw Distress Oxide ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Stampin' Up Round Corner punch

Newton's Nook Square dies (stitched circle die)

Lawn Fawn Everday Sentiment Banners dies

Collection Four: Little Lady

This card came together so fast!! I used four of the fabulous Little Lady Ephemera pieces to create this adorable and super quick card! And there are a whole bunch more pieces (as you can see in the background of my photo) to create a whole bunch more cards!! You may also recognize this card design from the current challenge in the Scrapping for Less: Show & Share Facebook group. I'm so happy to see it included in this month's sketches to download... check out the downloads here ---> May 2020 Sketch Sheet!

Supplies used (not found in the kit):

Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

My Favorite Things Oval STAX Set 1

That's it for me this time! Your next stop on the hop is... Christine

Be sure to head back over to the Scrapping for Less blog to enter the Rafflecopter once you've finished hopping!

Thank you friends for checking out my blog post!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal