Monday, September 24, 2018

Gnomes Bake Shop

Hi, Lois here with my Monday card.  Before showing the card, however, I wanted to let you know that the Christmas Release (Part 3) and new Halloween dies are on sale at 25% off on the CottageCutz website.  I hope you check them out.  There is also a cute new die, Dakota the Husky, which is available only in the CottageCutz store.

Now, on to my card!   I'm a big fan of fun-fold cards, and today's card is a Center Step Card.  If you're unfamiliar with this technique, you can find a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.  This is my card for today.



Cardstock used for this card are as follows:

Brown - 5 1/2" x 11"
Red - 3 1/8" x 4 1/8"
White - slightly larger than 3" x 4"
Patterned paper - 3/4" x 5 1/4" (3 pieces)


I die cut the pieces for the bake shop from brown and white cardstock.


Using Copic markers and some distress ink, I colored the pieces and constructed my bake shop.


I then cut the gnomes from white cardstock . . .


. . . then colored and constructed the figures.


Following the directions from the Center Step Card tutorial, I cut, scored, and folded my card base from the brown cardstock.


After die-cutting the white piece of cardstock with the second largest Wacky Stitched Rectangle die, I layered the red and white pieces onto the center of the card; then glued the three strips of patterned paper -- trimming down the vertical strips to size.


I then added the bake shop and gnomes to finish the card.


CottageCutz dies used on this card are:

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


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


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

5 comments:

Mary Marsh said...

This is fabulous Lois!!! I always love your fancy fold cards - this one is so festive with these cute Christmas dies

Janja said...

Super cute ♥ Christmas card!

Pam MacKay said...

Wonderful way to show off these cute dies love the mix of papers too!

Jeanne said...

Great card! You colored these gnomes beautifully.

Tam said...

fun card! Love gnomes! They really came out with some cute sets this year!