Product Tutorials wanted for Kraft Outlet Tutorial Segments

During the month of December we want to feature you on our Watch Us Wednesday tutorial segments here at The Kraft Journal!

If you would like your tutorial to be considered for one of our Watch Us Wednesday over at The Kraft Journal (Kraft Outlet's official blog) posts then simply create a project tutorial that features at least one product you've purchased from Kraft Outlet. Then send an email to Design Team Leader Beth Moore (bethcat at sbcglobal dot net), with a product photograph and link to the tutorial you posted on your blog or video you posted on You Tube and you may be selected as one of our Featured Artists on Watch Us Wednesday in December! We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy Krafting!

Happening at The Kraft Journal and Kraft Outlet Welcome Fall Challenge

Guest Designer Debbie Carriere

For this week’s  “Welcome Fall” challenge over at The Kraft Journal (the official blog for Kraft Outlet) our September Guest Designer Debbie Carriere created a fall themed card and bakery bag duo.  For the card, she used both Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock and Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock for the background and as mats for the patterned paper panels and sentiment.  The pennants are Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Flag Pieces covered with patterned paper, and topped with some brown pearls.  Debbie distressed all the elements of the card with Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Walnut.  To decorate the bakery bag, Debbie random stamped leaves and acorns on a Small Kraft Coffee Bag with Window and added a tag.  For more details and pictures, vist her blog.

Learn more about our current challenge and link up your "Welcome Fall" themed project by clicking on our Current Challenge link located in the top right of our sidebar over at The Kraft Journal!

Kraft Outlet Product Tutorials Wanted for The Kraft Journal Blog!

Have you created a tutorial that showcases products you've purchased from Kraft Outlet? If so, we'd love to feature you in one of our future Watch Us Wednesday tutorial segments of The Kraft Journal blog. To be considered send an email to DT Leader Beth Moore (bethcat at sbcglobal dot net), with a product photograph and link to the tutorial and you may be selected as one of our Featured Artists on Watch Us Wednesday!

Cardabilities Sketch Challenge: Vintage Clean and Simple

It is reveal day at the Cardabilities blog and we have a wonderful sketch to get you crafting for this week's challenge too, I hope you join us!

The Sketch

The Card

This week's sketch inspired me to create this quick and simple card that features vintage patterned paper and cardstock in hues of red, pink and yellow.  I also finally broke out a previously unused Waltzing Mouse stamp set that coordinates with the Spellbinders die I cut from white cardstock for the focal point and sentiment on this card. Butterflies cut with Martha Stewart's Royal Butterfly punch and topped with pearls finish off this sweet little card.

I'm looking foward to seeing what you create with this fabulous sketch and can't wait to see you over at the Cardabilities blog!

Happy Fall with Cheery Lynn Designs Dimensional Leaves Dies

I have to admit, that I am no where near wanting summer here in the United States to be over but like it or not Fall is upon us and it is indeed time to start working on our fall papercraft projects, so for today's post I created this Happy Fall card featuring Cheery Lynn Designs Dimensional Leaves.

To create this monochromatic card, I paired Vintage Cream cardstock with Kraft. I started by creating a 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 top fold card with Kraft cardstock and layered it with cream cardstock. On top of that I added a layer of Kraft cardstock that I first embossed with the Lattice Circle Frame plate using an embossing stack with my Big Shot. I then cut Dimensional Leaves and an Acorn using dies from both the Dimensional Large Leaves #2 and the Dimensional Small Leaves #2 and stamped the "Happy Fall" sentiment right onto the focal leaf. Vintage Cream ribbon and brown pearls were added as a finishing touch.