You're One Cool Chick

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have another card to share,  I'm showcasing a couple die sets from the fabulous new Slimline die release!  There is such a great variety of dies in this release and I used a couple of them on my card.

Once I selected the patterned paper for the my card base I cut it out with the Pinking Shear Edge Slimline die set.  I also cut out the Picket Fence Slimline and trimmed it down so it would fit between the 2 chicks.  The chicks are from the Country Farm Chicks die set.  I shaded the chicks with some Oxide Inks and used patterned paper for their outfits.

I layered the die cut patterned piece on a white card base creating a whimsical background for my card.

Each of the farm chicks were affixed on the outer edge of my card base.

The picket fence was adhered between the chicks. I tucked a piece of card stock into the picket fence to create a sentiment sign.

The sentiment tag was added to the card stock piece as the final finishing touch on my card.

Here are the die sets used on my card, available in the store: 

Sassy Farm Chicks Birthday

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! We have a new collection of Slimline Designs. Your slimline cardmaking is going to get a lot easier. We have 20 new designs and they are on sale. You can get the entire set at 58% off or each individual die is 25% off. The dies have appeal for all styles of cardmaking. So check them out and make your selections. 

Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring the Country Farm Chicks from our Country Farm collection. I created a birthday card with a sassy birthday sentiment. I have a few brothers who would think this is just too funny. So one of them will receive it for their birthday. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the layout. I had this one saved from Splitcoaststampers #856 and thought it would work well for the images I wanted to use. I did take some liberties with the sketch. Layer 4 is moved to the top of the image panel and instead of a rectangle image, I used a cloud. 

Next, I die cut the chick images using different colors of colored cardstock. I used the packaging colors because I liked them. You could always use white cardstock and then color the images with your favorite coloring medium. Our design team does each of the ways I just mentioned.

I selected a sky themed background paper for layer 2 of the sketch. I used a blue panel for layering. My hill is cut from designer paper using the Hills Slimline die. I decided to add a sun and that is cut from the Clouds & Sun die. 

Blue Layering Panel - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer Paper Layer - 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

I cut my cloud image and stamped my sentiment in a blue ink. 

Now that all my elements are prepared I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper and the sun to the blue layering panel with double sided tape. The farm chicks and the cloud sentiment are attached with dimensional adhesive. 

To finish off my card I added a white card base. The base is 4 1/2" x 5 3/4".  Scattered a few glitter enamel dots and this card is complete. I hope I have given you a fresh idea for a way to use these cute farm chicks. See you next Saturday with a sample from the new Slimline release. 

dies I used to create card:

Happy Birthday Chick

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today and I have a card for that spring chicken in your life.  This card uses the Country Farm Chicks from the new release and some older birthday dies.  This new release features adorable farm themed dies.

I started this card by die cutting the chick, presents and balloons from various colors of cardstock.

Next I cut an A2 base from white and a gingham panel 4 x 5 1/4 inches.  Using the second largest of the Scalloped Rectangles I cut my top panel from white.

The sentiment is stamped centered at the top of the scalloped panel.  Then I adhered all the panels together, centering them.

 

I added the chicken and presents centered on  the bottom.

I wanted to put strings on my balloons.  To do this I put double sided tape on the back of the balloons and added the strings.

I placed foam dots on top of the string and popped them up off the card.

I love these new Country Farm dies.  They make such fun summer cards!  Be sure to visit the online store where they are on sale for a limited time.

Products used:

 

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!