Hi, CottageCutz friends! Lois here with a Christmas card today. It's hard to believe that it's already December. If you haven't made all your Christmas cards yet, you best get cracking! CottageCutz has lots of fun Christmas dies in their store. Be sure to take a look! My card for today uses two coordinating dies, Window with Shutters and Window Christmas Friends.
To start my card I cut cardstock and patterned paper as follows:
Black - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
White - 4" x 5 1/4"
Patterned paper - 3" x 4 1/2"
One of my favorite embossing techniques is to ink up the embossing folder before placing the cardstock inside. This Sizzix Bricked folder always works so well with this technique. I inked it up with gray ink, inserted the white cardstock, and ran it through my Cuttlebug. When you use a dye-based ink (such as Memento), the folder rinses clean under the faucet.
Next I die-cut the pieces from the coordinating dies, placing them on my sticky board to keep the small pieces from getting lost.
Using ink or markers, I added some texture to various die-cut pieces.
I wanted a window in my brick wall, so I laid the die-cut window in the center of the panel and drew inside the panes. Then, using an Exacto knife, I cut the opening just outside the lines that I had drawn.
This photo shows the opening.
I placed some Scor-Tape around the perimeter of the window and cut a piece of acetate slightly larger than the opening . . .
. . . and, removing the protective paper from the Scor-Tape, I carefully placed the acetate over the opening.
I then glued the patterned paper in the center of the black card base.
I decorated the front of the card, gluing down the window frame and cornice and adhering the shutters and window box with foam pop dots. After gluing the three flowers to the garland, I pierced the centers and added a yellow mini brad to the center of each. I then glued the whole garland to the window box.
Because I had used pop dots on Santa's head, I needed to use thicker pop dots on the brick card front so that there was a bit of room between Santa and the window sheet.
I attached the brick card front so that Santa and the tree showed through the window -- and I was finished.
Be sure to check out all the wonderful Christmas dies on the CottageCutz website. Dies used on this card are:
The white wall on the background is a great addition. Nice card!
ReplyDeleteso cute Lois- I really like this sweet Santa die - and how he peeks out of the window-you have done a great job showing him off
ReplyDeleteLove the dimension and the brick looks awesome! Adorable card!!
ReplyDeletevery cute!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! I love the brick background you created! The Santa peeking out of the window is so super cute!
ReplyDeleteLois - Love the paint used on the brick and all the texture it brings to your card. Really excellent and and idea I'm going to try because I have that same brick embossing folder. Peaking Santa is great on your card too. - Janet
ReplyDeleteLois, this is just wonderful. It so creative, how you made the wall and Santa inside. Great work
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