Showing posts with label CottageCutz Baseball & Golf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CottageCutz Baseball & Golf. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

8 x 8 Baseball Scrapbook Page







Hey Krafty Friends, Jen from Katahdin Krafts, back with another  CottageCutz YouTube  video on the CottageCutz Channel Today's video features an 8 x 8 Baseball Scrapbook Page, I created using several dies from the "Baseball & Golf Release." 




It was so exciting getting back to my original passion...scrapbooking!  I am way behind on my memory keeping, and when I saw this release, I knew instantly that they would make a great layout.


You can find all the layout details over on the YouTube Channel!

While over at the channel, make sure you like and comment for a chance to win the "Baseball Phrase w/ Shadow" die!

The winner of the "Strawberry Cottage" die from my last video is Martha Williams, the details are listed on the YouTube Channel!


Thanks for stopping in!  Happy Krafting!











Monday, August 29, 2022

A TEE-rific Bridge Spinner

Happy Monday Scrapping Cottage friends!  Kris here, and I hope you had a wonderful summer weekend!  I'm actually looking forward to the cooler crisp Fall season which makes it much nicer to get outside and do more...like golfing!  

This is another fun fold card & it's interactive!!  I combined the bridge fold card and a spinner!  And Don't forget - the newest release is BASEBALL & GOLF themed and the individual dies are 30% off! 


Here's a short clip of the golf ball spinning ☺ 
 (You can click  in the bottom right corner to make it larger!)

All the dies I've used are pictured and linked at the end of my post.

Design Steps:

I cut my yellow card base at 10" x 5" 
Scored at 1-1/2", 3", 7" and 8-1/2"

 (When it's all put together, it will collapse to a 5" x 7" card.) 

Next, I used a sun stencil from La-La Land Crafts and blended classic ink in the same color as the cardstock. 


Next, I fold-n-burnished my score lines as pictured below... outter scores are mountain folds, and inner scores are valley folds.  

I then cut a piece of green cardstock to 3-1/4" x 7" and cut the top with a die from the Hills Slimline set.  I scored 1-1/2" in from each side and adhered to the inside as shown below.  


Once I folded the card, I saw that my green ends were slightly over-hanging, so I used my scissors to trim so they were flush with the fold.  (see below).


Next, I cut 2 pieces of green cardstock the same size at 2-1/4" x 7" and cut the top of each with the straightest die from the Hills Slimline set - making sure that the 2nd piece has the die exactly in the same position as the first piece.  These will serve as my front spinner piece. 

I die cut the Putting Green in same green color, then ink blended Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink to make it a bit darker so it stands out.  


I then glued my Putting Green to the left side of one of my spinner pieces, with the hole on the left.

Next I die cut my spinner channel using the smallest die from the Nested Rectangles Slimline set.  It fit PAR-fectly (there's so many great golf puns!) except that it was a li'l too tall for the size golf ball I was using, so I manipulated the die a bit.  I taped the die as shown below, leaving space on the right for my foam tape, and put the top cutting plate down just so it covers the top HALF of my die.  And ran it through machine. 


Then, I turned my piece around and moved my die down so it was lined up on the sides, and you can see where it cut the first time (see photo below) Then covered just the top HALF again with my top cutting plate and ran it through.


I'm left with a nicely cut narrower rectangle - you can see the difference in the photo below. 


I then stacked that top piece onto the 2nd green piece - I did not attach it, just laid it on top.  Then I glued that strip that was die cut out back into the opening and lifted off the top piece.  (see photo below)

Using the smallest die from the Pierced Circle set, I die cut 2 white circles.  I added some grey divots with my Copic marker to make it look like a golf ball.  

I turned my top green piece upside down, placed my golf ball centered on the channel opening, and added 1/8" foam strips all around as shown.  You don't want to get too close to the ball or it won't spin.  (the ball laying there just serves as a spacer so I don't get my foam strips too close to the opening.)


I then added some glue to a small spinner disc and attached it to the backside of my golf ball.  I then turned it upside down so the disc is sticking up and laid my front green piece so that the disc is popping up through the rectangle opening.  then I added more glue to the top of the disc and attached my 2nd circle on top, lining it up exactly with the front circle (golf ball).  Sorry I don't have a photo of this.  If you don't have a spinner disc, you can stack 2 foam circles on top of each other.

I peeled my backing off of my foam strips and attached my back green piece to complete my spinner.

I then die cut the TEE (from the Golf Ball & Tee die), colored it red with my Copic marker and glued it on the far right of spinner, under the ball and cut off the remainder of tee.  (see photo below)

I die cut the Fall Tree, the Golfer Silhouette and the clouds from the Stitched Sun, Clouds & Umbrella set. I colored the tree with Copic markers, and die cut the golfer from Espresso brown cardstock.  I glued all die cuts onto card as shown below.  For the sentiment, I printed one I made on computer, adding a red block behind it and making the font white.  Then I cut it out with the smallest die from the Nested Wacky Stitched Rectangles set, and attached it to the right panel of card.


I then added glue to the bottom side panels only and attached my spinner piece.


 VoilĂ  and done!  ☺



and YES!  It folds flat to fit into a 5 x 7 envelope! ☺


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I hope I inspired you somehow today to get crafty with your CottageCutz dies!

~Kristine

Monday, August 22, 2022

Triple Twisted Easel

Happy Monday ~ Guest Designer Kris here with a fun Triple Twisted Easel card using the new  BASEBALL & GOLF RELEASE  which is perfect for all the sports fans!  PLUS... the individual dies from this release are currently 30% off! 


Design Steps:

I cut my card base out of Misty Moonlight cardstock - 6" x 9" and scored along the 6" side at 3" to make a horizontal slimline card base.

On the TOP half ... (see photo below):
I cut down to the score line from 3" and again at 6" to make 3 equal parts.

I scored the 2 end squares diagonally from the top outter corner down to the inside corner. 
 
I scored the middle square in half horizontally at 1-1/2"


I cut a piece of Seaside Spray (light blue) at 8-3/4" x 2-3/4" and attached to the inside lower portion.

From base card color, I cut (3) 3" squares.
From the lighter blue, I cut (3) 2-3/4" squares 
From patterned paper, I cut (3) 2-5/8" squares 


Next, I attached the 3 sets of squares from smallest to largest.  

I added glue just to the lower scored sections as shown in the photo below:


...and attached my 3 squares, centering them onto the card front.


DIE CUTTING:   I die cut all my pieces from the Baseball Cap, Baseball Glove, Bat and Ball, All Star Emblem, Baseball Phrases, Baseball Phrase w/ Shadow, Baseball Batter & Silhouette, and then for the light blue circle behind the emblem, I used the 5th (from smallest) of the Pierced Circles set. (see photo below for color/piecing reference).

GLUING:  I glued the All Star Emblem to the light blue circle die cut.  I glued the glove directly to the left square.  I glued the #1 to the cap, and I cut each of the batter silhouettes in half and glued them to the lower portion of inside card, aligning them with bottom edge (as shown).  

POPPING UP:  Everything else I popped onto the card using foam dots.  The phrases serve as the easels to prop up the squares, so they "need" to be popped up.  


The top squares lay flat to fit inside a slimline envelope!  


Don't have a slimline envelope?  Here's how I made one out of double-sided 12" paper:  (the paper I used was an older SU! one - Best Suited? or something like that.  I used the one that is red with blue diamonds on it, perfect for a baseball themed card!)

I cut a piece of patterned paper to 8-1/2" x 12".
   
With the 8-1/2" across the top of my score board, I scored at 2" and 6"

I turned my paper so 12" is across the top of my score board, and scored at 1/2" and 10"

Next, I cut out the corner pieces (as shown below) and mitered the middle flaps (cut at an angle) and the 4 side flaps I angled ever-so-slightly.  


*Optional:  You may choose to round the corners of the largest flap.  I used my envelope punch board.


Next, I used double sided tape to attach the narrower side over the wider side, and then the bottom flap up over the sides.  


For the TOP... you may wish to add a piece of Score Tape and don't peel the backing off until you've written on your card and are ready to send it off.  (I ran out of Score Tape, but that's what I normally use.)

Here's the card going into the envelope...


and ready to seal ☺


I hope you enjoyed my card today!  Have a craft-astic week :) 

~Kristine

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