Showing posts with label Motorhome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motorhome. Show all posts

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Exploring in a MotorHome (New Die)


Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

There is another great release of new dies over in the online store. The Expressions Plus (word dies) with 35 designs are available right now. The font is so beautiful and you will definitely want these in your collection. Janet (our video artist) has put together a video showcasing some of these new dies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSLcthpx5W0&feature=youtu.be


For your viewing pleasure today, I am featuring one of the new dies. I am using the Explore Phrase. As soon as I saw this word, I thought of making an outdoor scene with the dies from the November 2016 Camping Bundle set.

I have some friends that just retired. they bought a motorhome and are taking a 3 month trip across our beautiful country. This is a retirement celebration card for them.

I thought the outdoor scene would work best in a different type fold. I found a tutorial on YouTube for a double front fold card. You have your front image, then an inside image an then another panel for a 2nd inside image.  Here is a video link. I will also give you a step by step tutorial.

So let's get started with some details on how I created my card this week.

Step 1: I started by cutting my navy blue card base. It is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". I scored it at the 4 1/4" point and cut 2 1/4" off  the 8 1/2" side. This is how I achieved the front fold on my card.  I set that aside to work on my outside image panel.
Step 2: The next step was to cut the Motorhome. I used light and dark gray + red cardstock on the image. The white panel is cut at 2 3/4" x 3 1/4". I layered that over red cardstock measuring 3" x 3 1/2". I stamped my sentiment and set this aside to work on the inside image panel.
 
Step 3: On this panel I used the images from the Campsite & Woodland Friends dies. I cut the pine tree in a dark green, a yellow sun and the directional arrows in red, green and blue. I cut a small cloud from the sun & clouds die and used that as a template and did a bit of background sponging.

The white panel is cut at 2 3/4" x 3 1/4". Cut the explore phrase word in navy cardstock. I layered this panel over red cardstock measuring 3" x 3 1/2".

Step 4: I cut another piece of white cardstock at 5 /14" x 8" and scored it at 4". I attached this image panel to the cardstock and then secured it to my navy blue card base.

1st inside image
Now I can attach the front panel to the card.  It goes directly over the inside image. I used Scor-tape to make sure it stays put when the card gets opened and closed.
 
 
Step 5: Now it's time to decorate the inside hidden panel or the double fold part. I used the Jamboree Bear die and the campfire from the Campfire Squirrel die. The background paper is some that I had in my stash. It reminds me of a nighttime sky so I thought it would work well here.
 
2nd inside image
Well, that completes my card for this week. I hope I have shown you another way to use the new Expression Phrases dies and incorporating them with existing CottageCutz product you already have. And, I hope you will give this fun fold a try. I think it makes a big impact on a card.  
 
Dies I used to create card:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzwoodlandfriends.aspx

 
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcampsite.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzjamboreebear.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzmotorhome.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzsnowcappedmountains.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzexpressionsplusexplorephrase.aspx
 
Front panel
1st inside panel
2nd inside panel
 

Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Outdoor activities

Hi, Janja here!

Do you like to go to the mountains, camp in the nature, enjoy the quiet moments of fishing?
With the new release of CottageCutz dies - Camping, you can catch all these outdoor activities on your projects.
If you are interested how I created the whole card, please sit back, since today's post is a little longer.



Supplies:
- white and colored cardstock
- washi tape
- Distress ink: Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Aged Mahogany, Black Soot
- Memento ink: Dandelion, Tangelo, Bamboo Leaves
- glue, adhesive pads, double-sided adhesive tape
- punch- round
- punch - slot
- ribbon
- string

Prepare the card base:
- two thicker cardstock for cover pages: 4.3 x 6" (11 x 15,3 cm)
- white cardstock: 17.2 x 6" (43,6 x 15,2 cm)
- folding measurements are: 4.3", 8.6", 12.9" (10,9 cm, 21,8 cm, 32,7 cm)


Glue two middle sheets with double-sided adhesive tape to get a pocket. On the upper part cut out a semicircle with a round punch. 


In the pocket insert a tag:
- brown cardstock: 3.5 x 4.7" (9 x 12 cm)
- white cardstock: 3.3 x 4.5" (8,3 x 11,5 cm)

Cut out a slot for ribbon with a puncher.


Paste cover pages. Our card base is now completed.


Trim colored and patterned papers:
- 2 x patterned paper: 4.3 x 6" (10,8 x 15,1 cm)
- 4 x blue cardstock: 4.3 x 6" (10,8 x 15,1 cm)
- 6 x patterned paper: 4.3 x 2.1" (10,8 x 5,2 cm)


Add on each sheet washi tape and a strip of a patterned paper (0.6" from the bottom edge). On cover pages add two different washi tapes.


In two patterned strips cut out openings for the mountains and lake with dies.


With brushes, clouds mask and Distress inks create clouds on the backgrounds.
 

In the middle of two backgrounds cut out semicircle with a punch.
 

From colored cardstock cut out all motives, which will be added to the backgrounds.
On the following photos, you can see only a few of them.




Now we can start by assembling and attaching individual sheets to the card base.
 

Used CottageCutz Dies:
Camping Phrases, Campsite, Campfire Clothesline, Camping Trailer



Used CottageCutz dies:


Used CottageCutz dies:
Jeep, Snowcapped Mountains, Campsite, Camping Phrases




I hope you enjoyed this project. 

Thanks for joining me today!