Showing posts with label Congratulations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congratulations. Show all posts

Monday, July 03, 2017

Congratulations, Baby Bear!

Hi, Lois here with my Monday card.  One of my favorite kinds of die-cuts are sentiments.   They can take a pretty card a step up with some POP!  Today's card is one of those times.  The card is rather simple, but the sentiment glued on top of the doily adds a bit more interest.


This baby bear from CottageCutz is adorable.  And actually you can make either a boy or a girl bear with the die.  It also has a sleep cap, which looks cute in blue.

To make my card I cut a piece of heavyweight pink cardstock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored it at 4 1/4".  The white matting panel is 4" x 5 1/4", and the dotted pink background panel is 3 7/8" x 5 1/8".


Next I cut the various die-cuts from pink, white, cream, and kraft cardstock.


Using a few  Copic markers and some pink ink, I added a bit of dimension to the die-cuts.


All that was left was to construct my card.  I popped the bear and cloud up on foam pop-dots.



CottageCutz dies used on my card are:

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


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzovaldoilyandframe4x6.aspx


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




Thursday, May 18, 2017

Baby Clothesline!

Good Morning My Friends!

It is Pam today! The release of baby dies here at the Scrapping Cottage has been so much fun! The dies are just incredibly detail and oh so sweet!! The Baby Clothesline die is so so adorable!  And that is what I am showcasing today!

 Here are my design steps:
1.  Using the Baby Clothesline die cut out all of the pieces using yellow, gray, pink, purple, blue, brown and green card stock. After all of the pieces are cut shade them using a variety of inks and a small dabber
2.  After the shading is complete assemble the pieces using a fine tip glue applicator.  Add small black pearls for the eyes on the giraffe and elephant
 3.  Cut the pink frame using the Pierced Wide Rectange Frame die set.  Cut the green grass using the Spring Grass die and then cut a piece of cloud designer to put behind the pink frame
 4.  Place the grass behind the frame and glue to the frame then add the cloud designer paper to the back of the pink frame as shown.  Begin adding the animals on the sides of the frame as shown then attach the little blue clothesline
 5.  Add the clothes onto the clothesline and last add the tiny little clothespins!  Total cuteness!!!
 7.  Using a piece of green card stock the same color as the grass cut out the Congratulations and glue to the bottom of the front of the card
 8.  Add the pink frame and you have a darling card for a new mom!

Here are the Cottage Cutz Products I used:




I had so much fun creating this sweet card for you! I hope you give this sweet card a try!

Blessings

Pam

Monday, May 08, 2017

Noah's Ark Bendi Card

Hi, Lois here today with a really fun card.  I recently saw a U-Tube video on a variation of a Bendi Card, with just a little different look.  Instead of the two narrow panels crossing each other, they just met in the middle.  I was intrigued by this variation and decided to try to make one myself.  I used one of the new baby dies from CottageCutz called Noah's Ark.


Supplies used on this card:

White cardstock - 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2"
Light blue cardstock - 4" x 5 3/8"
Aqua cardstock - 4" x 5 3/8", two strips 2 1/8" x 4 3/4", two panels 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Patterned paper - 4" x 5 1/4"
Pieces of brown, gray, and white cardstock for the die-cuts
Wave border punch
Various inks and markers
Sponge daubers
White gel pen
Foam pop dots
2 small washers
CottageCutz dies - Noah's Ark, Congratulations

To begin my card I cut all the cardstock I would need.


Score the white piece in half and glue the light blue cardstock to the upper section (sky) and the 4" x 5 3/8" aqua piece (ocean) to the lower section.  Then using the wave punch, punch a border on the two 2 1/8" x 4 3/4" strips and score them at 1/2" and 4 1/4".   Sponge along the bottom with Ranger Distress Salty Ocean ink and run a white gel pen along each of the waves.


Adhere some Scor-Tape on the 1/2" sections and adhere to the upper section of the card, just above the score line to allow some leeway for the fold.   Cut two strips from one of the 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" pieces of aqua cardstock and punch along the top, forming the waves on the background.  Sponge as above and apply white gel pen to the waves.   Trim to 4" wide.  Glue to the background.  Using scissors, cut at the front score lines on each of the "wave" strips -- down halfway from the top on one of them and up halfway from the bottom on the other.  This will allow the two panels to lock into each other.   Here is the completed card base.


Now the fun begins.  Die cut the pieces of the ark.  I cut the ark itself, as well as the monkey, the owl, and the cow, from brown and/or tan cardstock; the hippo and elephant from gray cardstock; the wave from aqua cardstock; and the rest from white.  Then I colored the various pieces with either distress ink or Copic markers.


This part was actually the hardest -- constructing each of the animals and placing them in the ark.


Next, cut the sentiment from brown cardstock.  To make it easier to adhere to the card, I ran a strip of brown cardstock through my Xyron X sticker maker and removed the protective clear sheet before I ran the die through my die-cutting machine. 



To finish off the outside of the card, I adhered the other 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of aqua cardstock to the back of the upper section and then applied the patterned paper.   This hides the two tabs on the back from the "wave" pieces. As this is actually the back of the card, I didn't think it was necessary to put any kind of sentiment or design on it.


When I put the card together, the back was rather heavy and tipped the card back.  After some thought, I found two flat washers, which I adhered to the inside bottom of the two "wave" panels.  This allowed for a balance in weight and allowed the card to stand upright.


I then adhered the sentiment on the lower section in front of the "waves," and I was done.


This was such a fun card to make.

CottageCutz dies used were:


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


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/search.aspx?find=congratulations

Thursday, May 08, 2014

Angel for baby Girl

Hi, all! Vladka here!

I have one little Angel for you today. Sometimes I like to leave everything clean and simple, as on this card today.

Little angel is a messenger of a new life. With heart in his hands whispers gentle words about life in baby girl´s ears. She hears him. Angels are our friends, but when we grow up, we don´t hear them anymore. So, we need to start listen again. 

This Christmas Angel is really sweet die and I combined it together with some words: Congratulations, Baby and Girl. I hope you like it! Have a great day!