CottageCutz: Happiness is Homemade

Hello Friends

It is Pam sharing with you today!

It is time to show off our new RELEASE! It is called Christmas 2023 just in time for you to get started on making all those wonderful holiday cards and scrapbooks!

To display one of these sweet new dies I designed a block easel card. The card features the Holiday Gnome Baker.

Design Steps:

1. Start with a piece of heavy white card stock measuring 11 x 4 1/4. Lay the 11 inch side on the score board and score at 3/4, 1 1/2, 2 1/4, 3, 5 1/2 and 8 1/4

2. Use a bone folder and press along all the score lines. Roll the box along the 3/4 inch lines at the bottom of the easel. Then place glue on the bottom flap of the little box

3. Your card will look like the picture above after glued

4. Fold the base to form a little tent like the picture above and set aside

5. Cut a piece of white card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. This will serve as the easel front set aside

6. Use the Holiday Gnome Baker and cut out the following colors: light brown checked DP, red polka dot DP, brown checked DP, blue checked DP, white, green and silver. Assemble with a fine tip glue

7. For the base and easel piece cut: 2 checked blue strips 5/8 x 4 1/8, 2 DP ginger bread strips 1/2 x 4, Red checked DP 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, using the second from the largest Scalloped Stitched Rectangle and cut out a brown check rectangle, use the third from the largest Pierced Rectangle and cut out a checked blue rectangle

8. On the top and front of the box glue the glue strip and then add the red strip as shown

9. To decorate the 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of white that will be the easel front glue down the red DP and then add the brown scalloped rectangle slightly off center. Next glue down the pierced blue retangle as shown above