Owl Good

Hi!

This is Anja. The other DT ladies started making Christmas cards, so slowly I'm getting in this mood too. The new dies take longer to come to me, so I used the ones I already have and made a card that could also be used for sending holidays wishes.

For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Stylized Owl, Angel With Holly, Christmas Holly Bells, Lantern w/ Holly Vine, Retro Tag Toppers, Oval Set),
- Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Crushed Olive, Pine Needles, Aged Mahogany, Barn Door, Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot),
- craft card base (10x15 cm),
- black card stock for background (10x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- wood patterned stamp, 
- brown card stock (10x15 cm, 5 pieces),
- white pigment ink,
- black pen,
- adhesive foam pads,
- paper glue,
- scissors.

First I made the owl. I used white card stock and then colored the edges with Distress Inks. I used black pen for the eyes.

I used different dies for the vines. I again used Distress Inks for coloring.

I made the banner with Retro Toppers dies. I wrote the sentiment by myself with black pen. I used Distress Ink to color around the edges.

Then I made the background. First I cut five 10x15 cm pieces of paper from brown card stock. I used Oval Set dies to cut the ovals from the paper.

Then I colored the edges of the ovals and the paper with Distress Ink.

Next I used the same Distress Ink to stamp the wood pattern on the background.

Then I glued all five pieces of paper together and distress the edges with the scissors.

I decided to color the edges with white ink to make them a bit softer. I also glued the back with black paper.

And then I glued the background to the craft colored card base and then added the holly vines and owl (I used adhesive foam pads).  In the end I glued the sentiment on top of the vines.

And this is my finished card.

The new dies are still 25 % off, so don't forget to check it out.

May your Sunday be sunny and fun.

See you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Lantern with holly

Hi everyone, Janja here!

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love all the events and moments that come along with Christmas. New release of Christmas dies are already available. They are so beautiful. For sure you will like them.
As the first one I chose the die lantern with holly vine.

For the card we need:
- white card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm)
- patterned paper: 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- patterned paper with the appearance of wood
- white and color cardstock
- Distress ink: Rusty Hinge, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Lawn Mowed, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo,  Walnut Stain
- Memento ink: Cantaloupe, London Fog
- white pigment pad
- glossy accents
- crackle clear paint
- embossing ink pad and transparent embossing powder with glitter
- double-sided foam tape

We cut out all the elements available by the die lantern with holly vine and shadow them.

Sprinkle the sentiment Merry Christmas and lantern with transparent embossing powder with glitter, and treat them with hot embossing technique. On red holly berries apply a few dots of glossy accents.

Shadow the patterned paper with yellow and gray ink on the place where we attach lantern. We will use it for the background of a card.

Now we start with the frame. Choose a patterned paper with the appearance of wood. Cut it out by the size of 4.65 x 4.65" (11,8 x 11,8 cm). In the middle, cut out the opening with the largest die of the square set.  Cut the frame in diagonal lines and shadow all four sides of the frame with Distress ink: Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. Re-assemble the frame.  In the end coat the frame with a crackle clear paint.

Brush the surface of the frame with a sponge here and there with white color. Apply it also to lantern and sentiment.

All the elements for the card are now prepared. It only remains to assemble the card. 

To begin assembling the card first apply adhesive foam tape to the back of the frame. If we look on the card from the side, we see the foam tape, so color it with matching color of the frame.

Composed card.  

I would like to remind you on our CottageCutz challenge #5 - birthday card. Join us.   Thanks for stopping by!   Janja