Showing posts with label Chalking Technique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chalking Technique. Show all posts

Sunday, January 02, 2022

Christmas Deer Valentine Love Card Idea

Happy 1st Sunday of 2022 Scrapping Cottage friends! 
Melinda here with my first Cottage Cutz project for 2022! I created this super sweet card featuring the Christmas Deer w/ Mailbox and Gingerbread Cocoa House dies.
Here's a look at my completed card. It features the sweet little Christmas Deer w/ Mailbox die and some of the elements from the Gingerbread Cocoa House die. I also used some of the Rectangle Stitched scallop dies from that set.



I started by die cutting all of my pieces in white. I then used my various markers to color in my pieces. This is by far one of my favorite techniques. 

I then used my chalks to add some depth to my little deer as well as rosy up his cheeks. This is my other favorite technique for dressing up my die cuts. I love using the dies for projects outside of it's obvious use.

I then cut the second largest scallop stitched rectangle from that die set in white cardstock. I cutout a piece of Doodlebug patterned paper for a mat. I cut two of the "whipped cream" toppings from the Gingerbread Cocoa House die set. I lightly inked the edges and then added them to the bottom of my mat.

Here is a closer look at the various layers. I used several pieces from the Gingerbread Cocoa House. I even used one of their small snow pile pieces and put it on top of the mail box.

Here's another angle. You can see on the top of the small mat, I added a couple of the Gingerbread Cocoa House's Drips along the top for a border. I added several of the small hearts from that die too.

Here is one last look at my completed card. I love the super cute and very festive paper from Doodlebug. They are a perfect compliment to the adorable Christmas Deer w/ Mailbox die. I love to take pieces from various dies and use them in unexpected ways. It really helps you get more mileage out of your dies.

The Dies I used to create these projects:




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Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!
Melinda Beltran

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

CottageCutz Happy Easter Layout

Good morning CottageCutz fans!  Spring will soon be sprung, and with it comes one of my favorite holidays, which is Easter.  Today, I'm working with the CottageCutz Bunnies in the Grass border die. This is such a versatile set, which includes sentiments AND the cute bunnies in the grass border.  This border can be used as an accent, or focal point, depending on how you choose to use it.  I'm actually using it as more of a focal point on my layout.  Since I can't get my new computer's software to help me with editing a video, my instructions for the technique I used are in the form of pictures today.   Playing with this die cut was sure fun.  I hope you like it, and if you need a closer look at any of these photos, just click on them!  :-)

 Here's a picture of the supplies I used.  I don't know that there's an actual "offical" name for the technique I use here, besides "chalking", but it's a variation of a "chalkboard technique" that I've tried before using black card stock..  Items for this crafty adventure include colored chalk, Stampin' Up! whisper white craft ink (this is different from regular staming ink and is almost the consistency of acrylic paint), black Sharpie pen, sponge dauber, and of course the die.  Can't forget THAT! 
 I started by cutting the bunny border with Wisteria Wonder cardstock from Stampin' Up!  There was no particular reason I used this color, other than I had scraps of it left from cutting my 8x8 inch mat.  After cutting the border, I sponged the entire piece with the white craft ink.  It will take a while for this ink to dry, which is why it works perfectly.   The reason I used white ink on the colored card stock is because I needed a neutral background in order to lay down color from the chalk.   Using the white craft in gives you the neutral background for the color variation, and the sticky ink allows the chalk to "stay put", which it doesn't always do by using white card stock.
 After the surface was sponged in white, I colored the different parts of the die cut with various colors of chalk.  When working this technique, you will want to use more than one shade of each color so that your work takes on a three dimensional look.  I tried to choose colors that matched my patterned paper.  Once you have everything colored the way you like, then it's time to add the eyes, and noses with the black Sharpie marker.   I wanted their tails to have some texture and shimmer, so I added some pearlized dimensional paint to them.  Just give it plenty of time to dry before you glue it down!!
I finished my layout off with a bow and ribbon accent using green grosgrain ribbon.  I love me some ribbon, and find I hardly ever make a card without it!!  Can you say addicted?  LOL!!


All in all, this was a pretty quick and easy page, and I hope it has inspired you to try a chalking  technique.  Thanks so much for visiting The Scrapping Cottage Blog today.  Have a blessed and beautiful day and Happy Crafting!