Showing posts with label CottageCutz Stitched Wide Circle Frame Set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CottageCutz Stitched Wide Circle Frame Set. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Special Hello

Hi Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam sharing some creative ideas with you on the Thursday blog!

I am using our fantastic Safari Release today to create a cheery hello for my friends in Ohio who are really stuck in their homes because of a hugh snow storm.  I used the Safari Adventure Gang for all of these fun little animals!  The dies in this collection can be used for so many different projects!


Design Steps:
1.  I am using a slim line card so the measurements are 8 1/2 x 7 scoring along the 7 in side at 3 1/2.  Also cut a piece of white card stock 3 1/4 x 8 1/4.  Use the Stitched Wide Circle Frame dies the smallest one and cut out 3 white frames.  
2.  Center and pop up the frames to the piece of white card stock.  Cut out the animals using the Safari Adventure Gang and rust, brown, light yellow, gray, black and white card stock.  Shade and assemble the animals.  I used a black gel pen for the eyes, nose and antlers.  Pop up the animals in the frames then glue the white panel to the card front
3.  Using the Stitched Alphabet die cut out the word hello twice.  Glue the letters together and then pop to the card as shown below
4.  Cut out some leaves using two different shades of green.  The die I used for the leaves is the same the Safari Adventure Gang.  It has a great variety of leaves.  Stick the leaves behind the animals and your card is complete
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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a crafty week and I will see you on Monday!

Blessings and Take Care

Pam


Friday, August 07, 2020

Aloha Friday

Aloha!  It's Jeanne to day with a fun vintage Hawaiian card featuring dies from the new Beach and Tropical Release.  This release is perfect for summer and right now it's 25% off for a limited time!
The card is actually quite easy to make but does involve some ink blending.  I wanted to make sure that there was a good variety in my browns and I tend to use the same colors all the time.  So before I undertook the coloring, I organized my Distress Oxide inks to see exactly what I had.  Previously they were all thrown in a drawer!

So....I cut all the pieces in white from the Aloha & Ukulele and the Tropical Fruit dies. Then I used blending brushes and colored them using these Distress Oxide inks:
It may seem like a lot but you'll notice there is overlap in the colors I used on the objects.  It really didn't take long and I love the color depth I got!

Next I cut a slim line card (folded size is 3 1/2 x8 1/2 inches) and a panel from wood look paper 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.
I took a scrap piece of white cardstock and stenciled a sky background.
Using the middle size of the Stitched Wide Circle Frames, I cut three from the sky and three from green cardstock.
I inserted the middle part of the sky into the center of the frames.  I now have some "sky" patterned frames which I am storing with my dies for future use!

I cut the word Aloha from dark brown cardstock.  I toyed with the idea of using a bright color but I really didn't want the greeting to compete with the colors of my objects.
I arranged the word and the frames on my panel....
and then cut off the overhang.
I then added all my objects. I used the watermelon slice and turned it into a pineapple slice simply by changing the colors!  This card was fun to create and went quickly once I knew what colors I wanted to use.

Dies:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzalohaandukulele.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutztropicalfruit.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedwidecircleframesetbasics.aspx

Mahalo for stopping by!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!


Friday, June 05, 2020

I Dig You

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a card featuring the adorable tomte from the new Gardening release.  I learned a few things this week. To me the new tomtes look a lot like gnomes. So I wondered - what is the difference? I found that Tomte is a Swedish word for a sprite that is pretty much the same as a gnome.  In Norwegian he would be called a nisse.  Very interesting!
Now, on to my card.

As I often do, I started by choosing my colors which I got from the patterned paper I decided to use.  This paper is one of my favorites and features a combination of coral, light grey and light blue/green.
I cut the pieces from Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Smoky Slate cardstock along with white.  The tomte and accessories use the Flower Power Tomte die and I used the Hat Box w/Flowers die for the foliage.
I edged the beard and mustache in just a bit of Distress Oxide Pumice Stone.  I used Distress Oxide inks in Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose, and Vintage Photo to color his face, shoes and shovel handle.
I cut a panel 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches from the grey/white floral.  Using the largest of the wide stitched circle frames I cut three from Calypso Coral cardstock and one from the zig zag patterned paper.  The third largest of the Stitched Circles fits perfectly inside the frame and I used that as I like the sticthing around the edges.  You could also just use the negative from the frame.

The sentiment is heat embossed in white on a half inch strip.
To give some height to the frame I used three corals frame underneath  the patterned one.  I glued that to the panel and then inset the white circle.
I added my tomte, bird and flower to the circle.  I trimmed the strip and glued it directly to the card, adding the foliage.  The whole panel is adhered to an A2 card base.

Dies:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzhatboxwflowers.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedwidecircleframesetbasics.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedcirclesetbasics.aspx

I hope you enjoyed my post today and that you have a fun and creative weekend!

Thursday, October 31, 2019

O Come Let Us Adore Him

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam creating with you on the blog today!

Our Part 2 of the the Christmas release has 34 new designs everything from Moose to Mangers!  So please take a moment and check out the collections.  I am using the manger scene for today's card.  The name of the die is Nativity w/Donkey.

Design Steps:

 1.  Start by using the Nativity w/Donkey die and cut out the pieces using light yellow, tan, brown, flesh, and grey card stock
 2.  Shade the pieces with your favorite markers.  I used Copics
 3. Using the largest of the Stitched Wide Rectangle Frame set cut out a frame from tan card stock. Set aside and next cut out a piece of white card stock that will tuck just behind the frame.  Using your Distress inks sponge the bottom of the white card stock with yellow and the top with a navy blue
 4.  Use an A2 tan card base and take a distress edging tool to rough up the sides and bottom.  Next use a brown distress ink to ink all the edges of the card.  Also use the brown distress ink to ink the sides of the frame
5.  Glue the yellow and blue white piece to the center of the tan card base.  Then use dimension tape to attach the frame.  Add the nativity scene, your sentiment and star button to the card and it is finished

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have time to create today!  We would love to see you in the store.   Shopping for dies to use for all those wonderful Christmas cards you create and everyone treasures!

Blessings
Pam

Friday, March 15, 2019

Bunny Kisses

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans.  It's Jeanne today with a quick, graphic Easter card.  I love cards that I can easily make multiples of and this is one of them.
I started by cutting an A2 card base from green card stock, a white panel 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches and a gingham panel 5 1/4 x 4 inches.
I then cut a complete set of bunnies from both blue and pink card stock using the Spring Bunnies Trio die.
Because I only needed one bunny for this card I now have extras I can use to make more of the same card (or design a new one!)
I used the largest blue bunny with pink ears and cut a frame using the middle of the Stitched Wide Circle Frames.
I cut an opening in the gingham panel using the middle of the Stitched Circle dies.  Since I used gingham it was fairly easy to get the circle equidistant from the top and right side by counting the squares.
Then I lightly traced the circle on the white panel so I would know where to place my bunny.
I glued it down, added the pink ears and used a pen to color the eyes and nose. I also erased the pencil line although it really wasn't necessary.
After I added the top panel and the frame, the pencil would not have been seen anyway.
I cut the sentiment from green card stock that matched the base and used a self adhesive sheet on the back.  I find this makes it easier to adhere thin sentiments to my card.
I used foam tape to adhere the assembled panel to the card and added some sequins in a matching purple.

This card is simple to make and with cutting the multiple bunnies at one time you could easily make several cards quickly.

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzbunnykissesandeasterwishes.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzspringbunniestrio.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedwidecircleframesetbasics.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedcirclesetbasics.aspx

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!