Merry Christmas Border Die

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. 

We have the new release of Christmas Part 2 in the online store and they are all in stock and available for delivery. There are 34 new designs in this release. 

This release has something for everyone. So if you prefer a more religious tone to your cards- we have you covered. If you like a more whimsical design featuring Santa, reindeer, gnomes, moose or even a hot chocolate theme you will find some really cute dies.

I actually do a combo of religious and whimsical for my Christmas cards. Today, for your viewing pleasure, I am going whimsical with the new Merry Christmas Border die. It's from the Part 2 release.   It's only a month until Christmas, so if you haven't started your cards as yet this die would be a good one to use to make multiples. 

I thought I would bring you a sample today that is on the clean and simple side. One that would be easy to mass produce since it's only a month until Christmas. We all have designer paper in our stash that we haven't used. This die is perfect with a snowy, snowflakes or starry background paper. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Step 1: Since I had the die in mind to use, I looked for the right designer paper. I found this starry background paper and thought it would work well.

Navy Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Designer Paper: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

The stars on the designer paper are a navy color and cutting the border image in navy would make it pop on the paper.

Step 2: Next, I started card assembly. The border image is attached to the background paper with glue dots and Ranger multi medium matte. I cut the tree again in red cardstock to add some red ornaments onto the tree. And, for the snowman I put a little red band on his hat. 

I decided to scatter a few snowflakes in no particular order to my card. I cut them with the Holiday Hedgehog die. Attached the card base and my card is finished.

I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new border die. See you next Saturday!

dies used to create card:

Holiday Hedgehog

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a CAS card using the adorable Holiday Hedgehog die.  This die is perfect for the holidays, winter or anytime (just remove his hat and scarf!)

I started by cutting all the pieces from white card stock using the Holiday Hedgehog and Winter Window dies.

I colored the hedgehog using Distress Oxide inks.

For the background, I wanted to use an embossing folder that reminds me of falling snow, but I didn't want the embossing to go all the way to the bottom.  So I partial embossed a 4.25 x 5.5 inch panel.
I laid out my sentiment (but did not adhere it) and marked where I wanted the embossing to end...

then I ran the panel and folder through my die cutter with the embossing mat over just a part of the folder.

This kept the bottom from being embossed so I could glue down my sentiment.

This card is also for a sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and they asked that the angular feature be kept.  This is actually fairly simple.  Just lightly draw a cross with the intersection at the mid point of each line then cut from point to point.

You can get a diamond shape of any size doing this.  (If it weren't for the challenge I would have used an oval die for the background of the hedgehog.)

The hedgehog panel is popped off the card using foam dots and  the snowflakes are covered in covered in Wink of Stella.

Dies:

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Group Post Samples

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. We are sampling DT cards for the next 6 Mondays using dies from the Christmas Part 2 release.

There are 34 new designs in this release. This release has something for everyone. So if you prefer a more religious tone to your cards- we have you covered. If you like a more whimsical design featuring Santa, reindeer, gnomes, moose or even a hot chocolate theme you will find some really cute dies.
  
We thought you might like to have some new and creative ideas for your Christmas cards using the Part 2 dies. So let's get started with the cards for today.

Card 1:  Our first sample is from Sukie Dhillon. She used the Let's Bake Cookies die and combined it with the Winter Window die to create this festive card. The embossed brick background serves as the backdrop for the bake shop window.  The cookie bowls are stacked with the adorable reindeer nestled inside.  The utensils and shaped cookies make for the most adorable embellishments.  The tiny tag is the perfect finishing touch on a card designed for the baker friend or family member.

 

Card 2: Our next sample is from Anja Zurga. She used the new Ho Ho Friends die and combined it with the Happy Holidays Polar Bears to create this fun and cheerful Christmas card. This die is perfect for a long and thin card and it will fit in a #10 business envelope. The Ho Ho phrase is colored with distress inks. The polar bears are a cute addition to the "o" part of the phrase. She added a few snowflakes with gemstone centers to complete her card.

Card 3: The last sample for today is one that I (Mary Marsh) created using the Holiday Hedgehog die. I chose my card colors based on the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #763. Our own Jeanne was the hostess for the challenge. I placed the hedgehog on a circle die that I sponged with a cloud stencil, added some ribbon where the designer paper panels meet and stamped a sentiment to complete this whimsical card.

Well that's our samples for today. I hope the team has given you some fresh ideas for a way to use these new dies. 

 

dies used to create cards: