Monday, October 15, 2018

Enjoy Fall

Hi, Lois here with my Monday card.  CottageCutz has a brand-new release of Fall dies -- and they're all just marvelous!  Be sure to check the website because they are currently on sale for 25% off.  In addition, the Halloween and Christmas Part 3 releases are also 25% off.   I chose two of the Fall dies for my card today -- Pumpkins and Vines as well as Fall Phrases.   I had seen a card made with a die-cut frame mounted on top of patterned paper and liked the way it looked, so I used basically the same idea on my card.


To make the frame I cut a piece of orange cardstock 3 3/4" x 4 3/4" and placed the largest of one of the straight-edged rectangle dies in the center.  You could use any rectangle die -- I just happened to have the Cross-Stitched ones, so that's what I used.  I can use the center (with the cross-stitches around the edge) for another card.


I then cut my card base . . .

Brown - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Patterned paper - 4" x 5 1/4"


. . .  and constructed my card.


I then cut the Pumpkins and Vines die -- the pumpkins in orange and the vines in green.


Using a brown Copic marker I colored the pumpkin stems and sponged the pumpkins and vines with orange and green distressed ink.  A little hint:  because the pumpkins are slit, you can slip a piece of scrap paper into the slits to allow you to sponge the edges of each section separately.  It gives a bit of dimension to your pumpkins.


I cut the Fall Phrases die from orange cardstock, although I am only using two of the words,


which I sponged with a little bit of brown distress ink.


I then gathered all my die-cuts and placed them on the card.  I moved them around a bit until I was satisfied with the arrangement and then glued them down.  As you can see, I extended some of the leaves over the frame.


My card was now finished.


CottageCutz dies used on my card are:

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

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

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcross-stitchedrectanglesetbasics.aspx


5 comments:

Mary Marsh said...

this is such a pretty fall card Lois - I like the framing over the patterned paper- it created a nice background- thanks for the hint on sponging the pumpkins

Tam said...

love pumpkins!

Sukie said...

Very cute card! Those pumpkins look great with the shaded dimension! The framed design is a very nice touch too!

Jeanne said...

Beautiful card Lois! And thanks for the tip on using the slits when sponging the ink on the edges - great idea.

Janja said...

Colors and pumpkins are so beautiful. Nicely done!